Abstract: The Social Equity Renewable Energy Credit Datastructures and Distributed Generation Engine Apparatuses, Processes and Systems (“SERECDG”) transforms inputs via SERECDG components into community apportionment values outputs. In one embodiment, the SERECDG is an energy social equity allocation apparatus, comprising at least one memory, a component collection in the at least one memory, and at least one processor disposed in communication with the at least one memory and configured to issue a plurality of processor-executable instructions from the component collection. The SERECDG includes processor-executable instructions configured to obtain an energy equity participation request datastructure for the benefit of an underserved community, a climate steward site datastructure from an energy production site, and a climate steward request datastructure from an energy production site.

Abstract: A method executed by an electronic device includes receiving measurements from one or more one sensor systems, wherein each of the sensor systems measures characteristic variables of a respective space located proximate to the sensor system and is removably attached to a bin that defines the respective space. The method includes determining, for each of the respective spaces, whether a measured characteristic variable of the respective space satisfies one or more conditions for generating a maintenance request. For each of the respective spaces, the method includes: in response to determining a condition, from among the one or more conditions for generating a maintenance request, is satisfied by a measured characteristic variable of the respective space, generating the maintenance request in association with an identifier of the sensor system. For each of the respective spaces, the method includes: transmitting a message to a mobile device, the message including the maintenance request.

Abstract: A printer system includes a paper medium disposed, the paper medium including an adhesive label and a backing strip to which the adhesive label is affixed. The adhesive label includes first, second, and third portions affixed to the backing strip, wherein each of the first, second, and third portions is permitted to be peeled off from the backing strip while the others of the first, second, and third portions remain affixed to the backing strip.

Abstract: Visibility of a message transmitted from a maintenance object system is improved. A maintenance person support device 1 includes: a storage device 10 configured to store distribution rule data 11 in which a category of a message received from a processing unit 2 and an action name of an action corresponding to the message are associated with each other, and action definition data 12 in which the action name and a channel corresponding to the category as execution contents of the action are associated with each other; a message transmission/reception unit 21 configured to receive a message from the processing unit 2; an action execution unit 22 configured to acquire the action name corresponding to the category of the message from the distribution rule data 11 and acquire the execution contents corresponding to the acquired action name from the action definition data; and a user interface control unit 23 configured to display the message to the channel specified by the acquired execution contents.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed herein provide solutions for predicting vehicle invoice pricing, trim, and options by starting from scratch (raw data), transforming the raw data into actionable data, and comprehensively exploring all possible option combinations that can match a vehicle's Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). Embodiments implement algorithms that determine the trim of a vehicle and intelligently analyze all possible option combinations that would result in a target MSRP while avoid searching unnecessary vehicle configurations. The algorithms can be used to predict the trim, invoice, and options of a vehicle based on the vehicle's VIN and MSRP.

Abstract: A service providing apparatus includes: a communicator configured to communicate with an electronic product, a user terminal, and a manufacturing server. The service providing apparatus further includes a controller that is configured to generate data to be transmitted to a service provider to enable the service provider to perform a service on the electronic product, where the data is generated based on product identification information that is associated with the electronic product and that is determined based on communicator identification information of the electronic product received from the user terminal through the communicator.

Abstract: Insurance and warranty cataloging, detection and evaluation techniques are described for a micro insurance or warranty system. An example method for an insurance or warranty system includes receiving, at a server, an error code from a device of a user, processing the error code to extract sensor data related to one or more failed components of the device, determining the one or more failed components is covered within an insurance policy or warranty based on the sensor data, and issuing an insurance claim or warranty claim based on the one or more failed components being covered. In some embodiments, the micro insurance or warranty system includes analyzing the sensor data to determine the cause of the one or more failed components.

Abstract: A method for collecting returned items or information about returned items and evaluating return policy criteria with respect to collected items, and a system for the same, are disclosed. The method includes providing a station, such as a kiosk terminal, preferably at a pharmacy location. The station includes a computer and a user interface including a touch screen interface. Items, for example, pharmaceutical items to be returned are brought to the station. The user enters information at the station, such as by scanning a bar code on a container of the item, weighing the item or its contents, and entering lot number and expiration date associated with the item. A system and method for facilitating recalls is also provided.

Abstract: A work order initiation and tracking system is coupled between various plant asset diagnostic systems and a work or business management system within a process plant. The work order initiation and tracking system includes a user interface that enables a user to review diagnostic data, recommendations, and other information from one or more of the diagnostic systems regarding potential or recommended changes to plant assets, and to initiate the generation of one or more work orders to implement the recommendations or corrections based on information from the diagnostic systems.

Abstract: Different examples for a server and methods for providing actionable insights based on warranty analytics related to usage of a protective apparatus with an electronic device by a customer are described herein. In some cases, the method comprises: receiving an electronic query, at a server, from a user device; accessing, at the server, at least one of risk profile data and test data from a multidimensional data structure, where the at least one risk profile data and test data include data needed to respond to the electronic query; determining, at the server, a response to the electronic query using the accessed data; an sending an electronic message from the server to the user device, the electronic message including data for answering the electronic query.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically determining potentially applicability of product regulations to product protocols. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may access new or updated product regulations for various jurisdictions as well as product protocols associated with certain products. The electronic device may employ various data analyses technologies to determine which product regulations are potentially applicable to which product protocols. The electronic device may present information associated with the data analyses, and enable users to review information, further assess applicability, and make selections.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for machine learning algorithms that dynamically allocate traffic to contact strategies that are performing well, while allocating less traffic to contact strategies that are underperforming. In particular, the methods and systems discussed are for the use of a contextual multi-armed bandit framework for applications that have both immediate results and long-term results, in which immediate results are correlated with the long-term results (e.g., results related to debt collection strategies).

Abstract: A system and method for assessing a supply chain for a perishable product. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a quality code for a perishable product which encodes a cut-to-cool time, transportation quality and accumulated shelf-life loss into a compact, modular, and simple to read format. The system and method also provide feedback to address any differences between the quality code and one or more observed qualities of the perishable product at a destination.

Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for identifying fraudulent transactions. A computing device receives return data identifying the return of at least one item. The computing device obtains modified strategy data identifying at least one rule of a modified strategy. The rule may be based on the application of at least one discrete stochastic gradient descent algorithm to an initial strategy. The computing device applies the modified strategy to the received return data identifying the return of the at least one item, and determines whether the return of the at least one item is fraudulent based on the application of the modified strategy. The computing device generates fraud data identifying whether the return of the at least one item is fraudulent based on the determination, and may transmit the fraud data to another computing device to indicate whether the return is fraudulent.

Abstract: Data associated a plurality of user interface elements may be retrieved from at least one database associated with a service business, such as a casino. At a first time, a first indication to turn on a first subset of the plurality of user interface elements may be received. The user interface elements may include content management, task management, property management, action management, player profiling, comp management, player development, asset tagging and flagging, profitability and comparative analysis, etc. Each of the first subset of user interface elements may be populated with the respective data associated that user interface element.

Abstract: A method for asset health management is provided. The method includes receiving, first maintenance data, first booking data, first vehicle data, first operational data, and a labelled dataset for a set of vehicles over a first time-interval. The labelled dataset includes at least an actual health index for each vehicle observed over the first time-interval. The method includes determining a first plurality of features and a corresponding first plurality of feature values based on the first maintenance data, the first booking data, the first vehicle data, and the first operational data. The method includes training a prediction model based on the first plurality of features, the first plurality of feature values, and the labelled dataset. The method includes determining a health index of a target vehicle based on the trained first prediction model and a first dataset associated with the target vehicle.

Abstract: Automated vehicle repair estimation by preferential ensembling of multiple artificial intelligence functions is provided. A method comprises receiving, from each source of a plurality of the sources, a respective vehicle repair recommendation set for a damaged vehicle, wherein each vehicle repair recommendation set identifies a recommended vehicle repair operation of a plurality of the vehicle repair operations for the damaged vehicle; determining a respective source rank of each source from a plurality of the source ranks; generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set that identifies the recommended vehicle repair operations in an order determined according to the source ranks of the respective sources; and providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more vehicle repair insurance claims management systems.

Abstract: A system and method for calculating a journey excellence score (JES) for a customer journey in a contact center, including, during a training phase: representing each of a plurality of tagged customer journeys by a list of attributes and a value associated with each of the attributes, wherein each of the tagged customer journeys is tagged with respect to a dissatisfaction indicator, and training a model using the plurality of tagged customer journeys, based on the associated values and tags, to generate model weights; and at runtime: obtaining the customer journey; representing the customer journey by the list of attributes and a value associated to each of the attributes; and calculating the JES for the customer journey by applying the model weights to the associated values.

Abstract: Considering the number of OSS components and the number of OSS license types available today, the number of license attributes to be considered for analyzing a product at a granular level is a challenge to perform manually, prudently considering legal implications of non-compliance and contamination and also within the limited time available today before go to market in the software industry. Systems and methods of the present disclosure intelligently facilitates a matrix which is able to identify OSS components in a deliverable and also facilitates the product owner to identify proprietary IP that can be suitably protected and licensed without contamination by the accompanying OSS components in the product under consideration. License attributes of the OSS components are mapped suitably and a final attribute is derived for each OSS component embedded in the product under consideration.

Abstract: A blockchain-based method for purchase document transformation and accountability is provided. Offer documents for a real estate transaction are maintained and a review of the documents is performed by comparing populated fields of each document with offer compliance guidelines. When the fields of the offer documents comply with the offer compliance guidelines, the offer documents are grouped as an offer for the transaction. Public and private documents from the offer are formed as separate data blocks, which are provided to a tier of supernodes. Each data block is added to a ledger of transactions via one of the supernodes. A copy of each data block is stored on each of the supernodes. An immutable record of each data block is transmitted from the supernode to a tier of network nodes and the immutable record of each data block is committed to a blockchain via each of the network nodes.