Patents Assigned to Accenture
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Patent number: 8832124Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method of identifying a biometric record of an individual in a database (108), the database comprising at least first and second sets of records, each set comprising at least one record, the method comprising: receiving by a processing device (102) at least first and second input biometric samples of said individual; performing on the records of said first set a first matching process comprising a first filtering operation followed by a second filtering operation, and performing on the records of said second set a second matching process comprising said second filtering operation followed by said first filtering operation, wherein said first filtering operation comprises comparing said first input biometric sample to a first reference biometric sample of each record, and said second filtering operation comprises comparing said second input biometric sample to a second reference biometric sample of each record; and identifying a biometric record of said individual based on resType: GrantFiled: October 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Alastair Ross Partington, Per Anders Matteus Astrom, Cyrille Bataller
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Publication number: 20140250226Abstract: A method for managing, with a base data processing system of a primary business entity, a remote data processing system of a secondary business entity via a communications network is provided. The method includes steps of the base data processing system receiving a report message on at least one technical parameter from the remote data processing system via the communications network and interpreting the report message to determine a state of interoperability between the base data processing system and the remote data processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Shawn S. Cornelius, Clifford Donoughe, Arnold Z. Huffman, Richard R. Krahn, Michael S. Sweeney
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Publication number: 20140247466Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for executing a user interface on a computing device, generating one or more event handlers executed on the computing device, each event handler corresponding to a local device service file, receiving first data at a first event handler of a first local device service associated with a first device that is in electronic communication with the computing device, generating, using the first event handler, a first event that includes the first data, receiving, at an external device service, the first event, generating, using the external device service, a first external device event based on the first event, and performing a first action based on the external device event.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventor: Eric Allan Frome
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Publication number: 20140249865Abstract: Methods and systems for processing claims (e.g., healthcare insurance claims) are described. For example, prior to payment of an unpaid claim, a prediction is made as to whether or not an attribute specified in the claim is correct. Depending on the prediction results, the claim can be flagged for an audit. Feedback from the audit can be used to update the prediction models in order to refine the accuracy of those models.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Rayid Ghani, Leana R. Wallace, Michael S. Irish, Ajay K. Easo, Mohit Kumar, Zhu-Song Mei, Dmitriy Feferman, Nicholas F. Howell, Lindsey J. Lizardi, Laura J. Jantzen
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Patent number: 8826225Abstract: The invention concerns a model transformation unit adapted to transform a first source model in a source domain into a target model in a target domain, the first source model being a tree of source elements and the target model being a tree of target elements representing a project to be implemented in computer code, the model transformation unit including at least one memory adapted to store the first source model (104, 106), a source meta-model (204) representing the source domain, a target meta-model (206) representing the target domain, and a transformation model (210) indicating rules for transforming between the source meta-model and the target meta-model; and a transformation engine (102) adapted to determine, based on the transformation model, a parent element of each target element of the target model to be generated and to construct the target model by generating, for each source element in the source model to be transformed, a target element based on the transformation model, and by positioning eacType: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Oswald Perrin, Gérard Naouri, Erwan Vezin
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Patent number: 8825358Abstract: The present description refers in particular to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product and a device for ensuring the privacy of a user and the utility of data communicated by a device, such as a vehicle telematics device, to a server, the method comprising: moving the device during a time period; receiving data at the device during the time period; processing, by the device, the received data; summarizing, by the device, the processed data in a matrix, wherein the rows and columns of the matrix define circumstances of movement of the device, wherein the matrix includes a plurality matrix-entries, and wherein each matrix-entry includes a distance covered by the device during the time period under a pair of said predefined circumstances of movement; and transmitting the summarized data from the device to the server.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Jörg Schäfer, David Toma
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Patent number: 8825447Abstract: Automatic correlation, in which an automatic correlation accelerator tool accesses at least a first and a second recording of a base script that defines operations executed in testing performance of a system. The tool causes the system to execute the first recording of the base script and the second recording of the base script and stores, in electronic storage, dynamic value data that describes dynamic values generated during execution of the first recording of the base script and during execution of the second recording of the base script. The tool automatically, without human intervention, analyzes the stored dynamic value data to identify candidates for correlation within the base script and generates a correlated script based on the identified candidates for correlation and the base script.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Jothi Gouthaman, Nantha Kumar, Vinod Kumar Palla, Harimurali Jeyaraj, Radhika Golden
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Patent number: 8825462Abstract: A method and system for simulating a plurality of devices are disclosed. A simulator configured to simulate a plurality of devices may output simulated device data for the plurality of devices, where the output of the simulated device data may be performed based upon execution of commands by the simulator. The commands may be received from a device abstraction layer in response to a request from the simulator for any commands associated with the plurality of devices. Additionally, the simulated device data may be communicated to a component coupled to the simulator, where a result of the processing of the simulated device data by the component may be used to analyze the performance of the component. Further, other commands may be executed by simulator for changing the frequency at which simulated device data is output, for performing another operation defined during configuration of the simulator, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Michael J. Biltz, Jonathan Hsu, Sean Stauth, Graeme D. MacDonald
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Publication number: 20140244295Abstract: A clinical quality analytics system may include a data storage to store electronic medical record (EMR) data. The system may map events from the EMR data to a process map through a recursive matching process. The mapping may include recursively matching the events to nodes in threads in a map based on event times and thread times. One of the recursions may be selected as a best fit based on metrics determined for the recursions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Dennis Carroll, Anh-Hoang Vo, German Acuna, Cecil O. Lynch, Erica Creen
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Patent number: 8819645Abstract: The invention concerns a method for performing a run-time simulation of a computer program comprising: extracting said computer program from a first application environment to a second application environment; parsing said computer program to generate a hierarchical representation of said computer program; based on said hierarchical representation, inserting at least one log value generation instruction into said extracted computer program to generate an enhanced computer program; re-injecting said enhanced computer program into said first application environment; executing, in said first application environment, said enhanced computer program; and receiving from said first application environment generated log values and analyzing said values with respect to a hierarchical representation of said computer program.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Franck Kerizac, Antoine Sebilleau
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Patent number: 8818705Abstract: In general, a method performed on a vehicle includes determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of a beacon, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification, navigating the vehicle to a first location based on determining that the vehicle is located with the predetermined range, generating a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located at the first location, the generating including: specifying the beacon identification, recording navigation data that includes an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon, and recording environmental data. The method further includes transmitting the first report from the vehicle to a base station, the first report including the beacon identification, the navigation data, and the environmental data.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventor: Gregory P. Spata
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Publication number: 20140236812Abstract: In one aspect, the present application is directed to a communications network, a computer system, a computer-implemented method, and a computer program product for providing a femtocell-based infrastructure for mobile electronic payment. In an aspect, the communications network may include a mobile operator network; a local area in the mobile operator network, wherein the local area is under coverage of at least one femtocell; and a femtocell-based payment system connected to the mobile operator network, wherein the femtocell-based payment system is operable to provide mobile electronic payment via a user device recognized by the at least one femtocell within the local area and notified by the femtocell-based payment system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Giuseppe CAPUOZZO, Gianluca D'Angelo, Orlando Onorato, Alessandro Imparato, Daniele D'Errico
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Patent number: 8812971Abstract: A system is described for providing strategies to reduce the carbon output and operating cost of a workplace. The system may include a memory, interface, and processor. The memory may store an initial configuration of a workplace and workplace initiatives. The initial workplace configuration may include equipment and travel data items, and each workplace initiative may be associated with a data item and may provide a strategy for reducing the carbon output of the associated data item. The processor may receive the initial configuration from the user and provide workplace initiatives to the user. The processor may receive a selection of an initiative from the user. The processor may process the initial workplace configuration and selected initiative to determine a recommended configuration capable of reducing the carbon output of the data item associated with the selected initiative. The processor may provide the recommended configuration to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Zsolt Benedek, Jonathan Wen Jay Liang, Jacob O. Wenegrat
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Patent number: 8813048Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that allows an application comprising a single code set under the COBOL Programming Language to execute in multiple platforms on the same multi-platform system (such as a mainframe). In one embodiment, a single code set is pre-compiled to determine specific portions of the code set compatible with the host (or prospective) platform. Once the code set has been pre-compiled to determine compatible portions, those portions may be compiled and executed in the host platform. According to these embodiments, an application may be executed from a single code set that is compatible with multiple platforms, thereby potentially reducing the complexity of developing the application for multiple platforms.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventor: Mark Neft
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Publication number: 20140229235Abstract: A technology analysis system automatically monitors information available from both publicly and privately distributed networks of information for details that are relevant to a technology hypothesis. The technology analysis system provides a technology radar that assists with determining how the technology hypothesis stands up against ongoing developments in technology. The technology analysis system also visualizes the technology hypothesis and its underlying precursor predictions using a web portal, dynamic document, or other visualization technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Alex Kass, Lucian P. Hughes, Peter Z. Yeh
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Patent number: 8805710Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a process that includes selecting accommodations during a travel reservation is described. The method includes receiving, at a software application that manages travel reservations, input that customizes configurable attributes of software travel objects representing accommodations used in transportation of passengers. The method also includes receiving criteria from a customer specifying preferences that affect a passenger's experience during travel, ranking the received criteria so that one or more criterion are preferred, selecting one or more of the accommodations using an optimization function to compare the ranked criteria to the customized configurable attributes, and outputting the selected one or more accommodations for use by the customer in selecting a first accommodation for the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: William Christopher Stirlen, Thomas Walter Heinrich Mehl
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Patent number: 8806424Abstract: Systems and methods for linking process architectures to technology architectures greatly reduces the time and cost associated with common changing business requirements. The design's robust features allows for simplified integration and management to changing business processes and needs. The system incorporates a method of integrating changing business processes with current and up to date technological systems without having to start over every time a new business process is introduced or a new technology or technology upgrade takes place.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Subhashish Ray, Senthil Ramani
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Publication number: 20140223567Abstract: An incident triage engine performs incident triage in a system by prioritizing responses to incidents within the system. One prioritization method may include receiving attributes of incidents and assets in the system, generating cumulative loss forecasts for the incidents, and prioritizing the responses to the incidents based on the cumulative loss forecasts for the incidents. Another prioritization method may include determining different arrangements of incidents within a response queue, calculating cumulative queue loss forecasts for the different arrangements of incidents within the response queue, and arranging the incidents in the response queue based on the arrangement of incidents that minimizes the total loss to the system over the resolution of all of the incidents present in the response queue.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Joshua Z. HOWES, Walid NEGM, James J. SOLDERITSCH, Ashish JOTWANI, Matthew CARVER
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Publication number: 20140222610Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for a first business entity to provide a network-based supply chain framework for collaborative order management between at least a second and a third independent business entity, such as a service provider, vendor, reseller, manufacturer and the like. A request for an order is received over a network with an automated system, from at least a second business entity. The order is transmitted over a network, with an automated system, to at least the third business entity. Information is received from the third business entity relating to a status of completion of the order by the third business entity using a network. The progress in completing the order is tracked based on the information received from the third business entity. Progress reports from the tracking are generated periodically; and transmitted to the second business entity using the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventor: Michael G. Mikurak
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Patent number: 8799869Abstract: A method for determining a comprehensiveness of software requirements tests for testing a software application includes receiving data that defines artifacts of a software project. A first sub-link between at least one application requirement and at least one code module of the application code is identified. The first sub-link indicates a relationship between the application requirement and the code module. A second sub-link between at least one test case and the code module is identified. The second sub-link indicates a relationship between the test case and the module. A traceability link between the test case and the application requirement is determined based on the first sub-link and the second sub-link. The traceability link indicates that the test case tests the software application for compliance with the application requirement.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventor: Mark Grechanik