Patents Assigned to Accenture
  • Patent number: 7908158
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a process that includes defining software travel objects that are configurable to represent a variety of types of accommodations used in transportation of passengers, associating the software travel objects with configurable properties that specify accommodation attributes that affect a passenger's experience during travel, and receiving, through a user interface, information used to customize the configurable properties during run-time of a software application that manages travel reservations for accommodations. The process also includes outputting the customized configurable properties for use by a user in a selection of one or more of the accommodations during a travel reservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: William Christopher Stirlen, Thomas Walter Mehl
  • Patent number: 7904817
    Abstract: A graphical user interface, implemented in a standard system management environment, accepts selections of logical instruction steps that are external to the standard system management environment. The logical instruction steps may include process steps, specify chemical formulae, or identify other components of master recipes that control drug manufacture or dispensing, as examples. The external logical instruction steps are introduced into the standard system management environment and approved. The standard system management environment subsequently controls the drug manufacturing or dispensing processes according to the external logical instruction steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Stefano Bergantino, Luigi Gagliardi, Marco Irione
  • Patent number: 7904378
    Abstract: An auction result prediction system predicts auction results. The system may determine item, seller, or auction characteristics from prior or pending auctions. The system also obtains item characteristics of an item for which a result prediction is sought, either by a buyer or by a seller. A price predictor in the system accepts the auction and item characteristics and predicts an auction result based on the characteristics. The system also determines insurance parameters for insuring online auctions, and the insurance parameters may be based on predicted auction results. An insurance policy reflecting the insurance parameters may be offered to an online auction buyer, seller, or other market participant. The insurance policy may insure, for example, that an item for sale will obtain at least a price specified by the insurance policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Rayid Ghani, Hillery D. Simmons
  • Patent number: 7904411
    Abstract: A system for managing a knowledge model defining a plurality of entities is provided. The system includes an extraction tool for extracting data items from disparate data sources that determines if the data item has been previously integrated into the knowledge model. The system also includes an integration tool for integrating the data item into the knowledge model that integrates the data item into the knowledge model only if the data item has not been previously integrated into the knowledge model. Additionally, a relationship tool for identifying, automatically, a plurality of relationships between the plurality of entities may also be provided. The system may also include a data visualization tool for presenting the plurality of entities and the plurality of relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Michael E. Bechtel, Sanjay Mathur, Jordi Arago
  • Patent number: 7904501
    Abstract: A system for a community of multimedia agents (COMMA) is provided comprising an Agent Library and a Development Environment. The former comprises one or more multimedia agents contributed for use as components when developing more sophisticated systems. All contributed multimedia agents are provided in executable or object code format only to protect intellectual property rights of contributors. The Development Environment allows multimedia agents to be presented to users and allows users to build more sophisticated systems by combining the multimedia agents. The Development Environment also handles the coordination of agent execution. Results generated by the agents are visualized in the Development Environment to facilitate comparison of agent performance. Specifications based on the industry standard are provided for agents' inputs and outputs that facilitate communication among agents and allow the construction of hierarchies of agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Gang Wei, Valery A. Petrushin, Anatole V. Gershman
  • Publication number: 20110055254
    Abstract: An Object Customization and Management (OCM) system is configured to identify an object for creating a website based on a business objective. The OCM system includes a customizing module configured to determine qualitative attribute categories for a plurality of objects operable to be used in websites. The module assigns the plurality of objects to the qualitative attribute categories. The OCM system also includes a data management module configured to receive a request for one of the plurality of objects to be used to achieve the business objective. This module also matches the business objective with one of the qualitative attribute categories, and selects an object in the matched qualitative attribute category for the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Matthew Symons, Anatoly Roytman
  • Publication number: 20110055798
    Abstract: A plurality of coding violation indications corresponding to software code are categorized according to a plurality of coding quality attributes. The coding violation indications may be reported via static analysis tools or via manual analysis of the software code. The categorized coding violations serve as the basis for determining a plurality of code quality indices each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of coding quality attributes. In an embodiment, the plurality of code quality indices may be further processed to determine an overall code quality index for the software code. One or more of the resulting code quality indices may be displayed to a user. In this manner, code quality indices may be provided that are directly based on coding violations reported through static analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Bernbard F. Kraft, Shantiprakash Motwani, Colin P. Jarrett, Anirudha Singh, Reva Modi, Vikrant Shyamkant Kaulgud, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma
  • Publication number: 20110055712
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium, and system for providing access to computing resources provisioned across multiple cloud providers and/or data centers is disclosed. A graphical user interface may be used to display a plurality of computing resources which are provisioned across at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center, where the plurality of computing resources may implement a virtual machine, a plurality of virtual machines of a cloud computing environment, etc. In response to a selection of the computing resources using the graphical user interface, the plurality of computing resources may be launched and/or configured on the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center which provide the computing resources. Access to the plurality of computing resources may then be provided using the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Teresa Sheausan Tung, Owen E. Richter, Vipul Savjani
  • Publication number: 20110055799
    Abstract: Within each of a plurality of developer workstations contributing to a software development project, event data concerning at least one quality-related issue is collected via a development tool implemented by the developer workstation. The event data is stored locally and periodically output as at least part of code development information. The code development information is provided to a quality management component for subsequent processing, particularly the determination of one or more quality metrics. At least a portion of such quality metrics may be subsequently provided to the developer workstation for display on a suitable display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Vikrant Shyamkant Kaulgud, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma
  • Patent number: 7899698
    Abstract: A real time sales support method includes automatically monitoring an interaction between a sales agent and a customer. One or more contexts of the interaction are determined and, based on the contexts, stored information relevant to the interaction is automatically retrieved. The retrieved information is provided in an electronically presentable format to the sales agent to be shared with the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Dadong Wan, J. C. Groon, Harpreet Marwaha, Mitu Singh
  • Patent number: 7899735
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for setting targets of predicted growth of financial metrics of a company is provided. The method may include displaying a template of historical and predicted financial performance measures, receiving inputs of predicted financial targets such as earnings growth and shareholder return, and calculating the predicted future value and current value components required to obtain the financial targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: John J. Ballow, Brian F. McCarthy, Anthony J. Relvas, Roland Burgman
  • Patent number: 7899692
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a user interface to receive an electronic status change for an airline flight and an airline reservation system to determine whether at least one ancillary travel service associated with the airline flight should be modified based on the received electronic status change. The system includes a messaging interface to electronically transmit a request to modify the at least one ancillary travel service based on the electronic status change if the determination is made to modify the at least one ancillary travel service. The messaging interface further electronically transmits payment information to the travel service provider for use in crediting or debiting a payment associated with the at least one modified ancillary travel service. The payment information is associated with a customer that reserved the at least one ancillary travel service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Gerardino Canciller Caballero, David P. Evans, Terry Wayne Hornbaker, Martin J. Drefs, Jefferson Bridger Walsh
  • Patent number: 7899723
    Abstract: The present invention provides and system and related method for automatically examining a company's financial data and evaluating factors affecting the company's stock value. Specifically, the present invention evaluates a company's spread through that company's debt and equity costs. The present invention further measures returns to investors from company growth, either organic growth or growth through Mergers and acquisitions. The present invention may further evaluate the financial data of other publicly traded companies, such as those in the same industry, and compares the various factors affecting stock value. The present invention also includes a system for determining the return to investors. The system may be a software-based application that collects receives financial data and uses this information to calculate the return to inventor through the company's spreads and growth. The system is connected to a distributed network such as the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kirk Ostergard, Patricia Anslinger, John Joseph Ballow
  • Patent number: 7899725
    Abstract: Software encoded on a computer-readable medium when executed performs a method for assessing the performance of a company. The method includes receiving financial data about the company; calculating a Total Economic Profit (TEP) value based in part on the financial data, the TEP value including a current value component and a future value component, determining at least one business component of the company that drives at least one selected from the group comprising the current value component and the future value component, and assessing the at least one business component based in part on at least one selected from the group comprising the TEP value, the current value component, and the future value component. From this data, a Total Return to Shareholders (TRS) value may be calculated with a data processor. The TRS may be decomposed into components and mapped onto a computer-generated display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: John J. Ballow, Brian F. McCarthy, Roland Burgman
  • Patent number: 7899721
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for e-commerce. In use, a plurality of suppliers are registered. In addition, goods-related information from customers is received, where the goods-related information is associated with goods. Access to the goods-related information by the suppliers is allowed utilizing a network. Further, offers relating to the goods from the suppliers are received utilizing the network, and the customers are informed of the offers. Still yet, a guarantee is provided to the customers regarding a qualification of at least one supplier with respect to a provision or fulfillment of the offer received therefrom. Such guarantee is provided as a function the at least one supplier or at least one action thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventor: Michel K. Bowman-Amuah
  • Patent number: 7899591
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring fuel efficiency of a vehicle is provided. Fuel efficiency of a vehicle may be monitored in real-time using telemetry transmitted from the vehicle. The telemetry may be analyzed in combination with a fuel efficiency model in order to determine whether the real-time fuel efficiency determination deviates from a baseline fuel efficiency. The real-time fuel efficiency monitoring system and method may be used for feedback for the driver, such as sending real-time messages to the driver to modify operation of the vehicle to increase fuel efficiency. The fuel efficiency model may further be used to assign vehicles in a fleet to particular routes, vehicles to particular drivers, or vehicles to particular routes with particular drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Baiju Shah, James Richmond, Mikhail Shemyakin
  • Publication number: 20110047164
    Abstract: While a user is viewing content on a computer display, the universal data relationship inference engine presents related information from disparate data sources. A normalized index is maintained that indexes content to a set of standard taxonomy terms. The inference engine parses content being viewed by the user. If the content includes tags for some of the standard taxonomy terms, then the system may provide the user with the ability to view the related content that is indexed by the normalized index. If there are not taxonomy tags then the system may attempt to recognize non-standard taxonomy terms in the content in order to provide the user with related content. The inference engine may also identify related content by identifying synonyms to the taxonomy terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas W. Hoglund
  • Patent number: 7895336
    Abstract: A mobile decision support system for proactive decision support of an enterprise includes at least one server computer, at least one mobile communication device and at least one client system in operable communication over a network. The server computer includes a database. The client system may interface with the server computer and direct the configuration of hotspot information in the database. The hotspot information includes identification of a user, a response template and/or data. The mobile communication device may periodically request hotspot information from the server computer as a function of the user operating the mobile communication device. Based on the request, the hotspot information may be transmitted over the network to the mobile communication device. The user may generate a response to the hotspot information with the mobile communication device by selections within the response template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Richard Neill Cameron, Loic Jaouen Feinbier, Michael Clayton Schmaltz, Alexander Peter Van Den Hondel
  • Patent number: 7895123
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving digital content and metadata associated with the digital content. In an embodiment, the method and system inputs publication information associated with the digital content, produces protected digital content, stores the protected digital content, and sends a message including the metadata and the publication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: L. Garren Du, Bryant Chih-Ming Lee, Gabriel Martin Flores, William Henry Miceli
  • Patent number: 7894584
    Abstract: A messaging interface provides the flexibility to allow interchangeability of underlying telecommunications service provider processing systems, such as billing systems. At the same time, the messaging interface extends the underlying functionality of the telecommunications service provider processing system to a series of business events defined as part of a common data model shared across multiple telecommunication service provider processing systems. The messaging may implement a mechanism for tracking the implementation of the business event in the underlying telecommunication service provider processing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Andrea Cesarini, Alessandro Cugno Garrano