Abstract: Example embodiments may provide a system, apparatus, computer readable media, and/or method configured for processing input representing data associated with a first product, the first product comprising a plurality of components, processing input representing a particular one of the components, processing input representing an attribute of the particular component or of the first product, querying a product memory based on the particular component and the attribute to identify a second product.

Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a router having a first I/O terminal and a second I/O terminal, wherein the first I/O terminal is configured to be in communication with at least one client via a first network, wherein the second I/O terminal is configured to be in communication with a plurality of remote servers via a second network, and wherein the router is configured to receive, at the first I/O terminal via the first network, a web services request from the at least one client, identify, based on the web services request from the at least one client, a group of the plurality of remote servers that are capable of fulfilling the web services request, and transmit, in parallel via the second I/O terminal and the second network, the received web services request to each one of the plurality of remote servers within the group.

Abstract: A method of propagating annotations of content items to a search query is disclosed. A strength of a correspondence between a search query and a listing of an item on a network-based publication system is determined. The strength of the correspondence is based on an analysis of a set of actions by a set of users who submitted the search query. A set of annotations is generated. The set of annotations is propagated to a search engine and used to enhance search results.

Abstract: Included is a method for providing a customized product recommendation to a user. Information is collected from a user regarding a type of shaving stroke the user takes when shaving. The information collected from the user is analyzed. A product for the user is selected from at least two available products based upon the information collected from the user. The selected product is recommended to the user.

Abstract: Included is a method for providing a customized product recommendation to a user. Information is collected from a user regarding the user's habits when cutting and/or removing hair. The information collected from the user is analyzed. A product is selected for the user from at least two available products based upon information collected and analyzed from the user. The selected product is recommended to the user.

Abstract: Included is a method for providing a customized product recommendation to a user. Information is collected from a user regarding a condition of the user's skin. The information collected from the user is analyzed. At least one product for the user is selected from the group of a product for cutting hair, a product for removing hair, a product to be applied by the user prior to cutting and/or removing hair and a product to be applied by the user after cutting and/or removing hair based upon information collected and analyzed from the user. The selected product is recommended to the user.

Abstract: Included is a method for providing a customized product recommendation to a user. Information is collected from a user regarding issues experienced by the user during cutting and/or removing hair selected from the group consisting of discomfort, tug and pull, missed hairs, hair not cut close enough, nicks, cuts, trapped hairs, ingrown hairs, razor bumps, blemishes, acne, razor burn, irritation, redness, pseudofolliculitis barbae and pain. The information collected from the user is analyzed. A product for the user is selected from at least two available products based upon the information collected from the user. The selected product is recommended to the user.

Abstract: Included is a method for providing a customized product recommendation to a user. Information is collected from a user regarding issues experienced by the user after cutting and/or removing hair selected from the group consisting of discomfort, dry skin, missed hairs, hair not cut close enough, nicks, cuts, trapped hairs, ingrown hairs, razor bumps, blemishes, acne, razor burn, irritation, redness, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and itching. The information collected from the user is analyzed. A product for the user is selected from at least two available products based upon the information collected from the user. The selected product is recommended to the user.

Abstract: Included is a method for providing a customized product recommendation to a user. Information is collected from a user regarding how frequently a user cuts and/or removes hair over a period of time. The information collected from the user is analyzed. A product for the user is selected from at least two available products based upon the information collected from the user. The selected product is recommended to the user.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system for maximizing the propensity of content consumption according to content complexity and content consumption time. During operation, the system receives a request from a user to access a content feed. Based on a time of receipt, the system identifies a current seasonality that corresponds to reading habits of the user during a time period encompassing the time of receipt. The system then accesses a profile for the user to obtain a reading speed of the user and the reading habits of the user for the current seasonality. Next, the system: identifies a subset of content items; estimates a reading session length; and determines a complexity, with regard to the user, for each content item. The system then creates the content feed by ordering the subset of content items according to the reading session length and the complexity of each content item.

Abstract: A system architecture of a gift transaction system is disclosed. The gift transaction system can include a buyer interface module, a recipient interface module, a merchant backend interface module, a store front interface module, a curation module, a reminder module, an analytics module, or a media plug-in interface module. A method of operating the gift transaction system under the system architecture includes: providing an embedded widget on a website to determine gift intent to initiate a gift transaction by a buyer account for a recipient account; generating a gift buyer interface for a first client device to personalize a gift package including a gift item; generating a gift recipient interface for a second client device to customize the gift package; and communicating with a merchant backend system to complete the gift transaction to ship the gift package.

Abstract: An electronic commerce system configured to implement a product ordering method for receiving a product search inquiry from an input device, displaying a plurality of products in a product listing available from purchase based on the product search inquiry on an output device, receiving a selection of a product, and displaying a first product information page including at least a product name, a product price, general product information, a first product ordering link for accessing a product ordering interface and a product information detail link. The system further includes a secondary product information display system configured to display a product datasheet including the product name, the general product information, product technical information and a commercial function display including at least one of a second product ordering link for accessing the product ordering interface and an inventory reporting display.

Abstract: A social network data processing and profiling system generates a customer profile from customer attributes and information regarding the customer's social network profiles on a plurality of virtual social networks. The social network data regarding the customer is received from the plurality of virtual social networks. The received social network data is used to update the customer profile. One or more products from a products database are identified for recommending to the customer based on the customer profile. The identified products are output to a products page associated with the customer.

Abstract: A descending price auction associated with a number of substantially indistinguishable items may be implemented by one or more computing devices including a counter module configured to generate a series of decreasing counter values, and a matching module configured to match a bidder and a particular quantity of items at least partly in response to a bid received by the computing device. The matching module matches the bidder and the particular quantity of items based at least partly on a particular counter value active when the bidder and the particular quantity of items are matched. Additionally, the matching module removes the items from the auction based at least partly on the matching, and determines the number of items remaining in the auction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computationally implemented method on an article of manufacture enabling the user to transfer at least one non-payment banking related transaction from at least a first bank to at least a second bank. In the present invention, in order to avoid the hassles of filling out multiple forms and having to visit both banks when switching at least one non-payment banking related transaction and associated non-payment banking related transaction from at least a first bank to at least a second bank, the present computationally implemented method enables the user to simply enter some identifying information and have all the records of at least one non-payment banking related transaction changed automatically.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for resource tracking and utilization. The present invention is configured to extract resource information related to a user from an entity server, extract resource information related to a plurality of users from the entity server, display the information associated with an event to the user, wherein the displayed information is based on the retrieved resource information related to the plurality of users and perform a series of steps based on the information associated with the event.

Abstract: A system integration tool integrates an external service to run in conjunction with or as part of a remote business accounting system. The system integration tool includes a front-end component and a back-end component. The front-end component remotely accesses accounts receivable data from the accounting system. The back-end component merge each financial transaction within the accounts receivable data with a credit score of an entity associated with the financial transaction at a date associated with the financial transaction. The back-end component generates an external service that secures the accounting system against insecure financial transactions and embeds the external service to run as part of the accounting system. The external services alert the business as to insecure financial transactions that lead to bad debt or disqualify such transactions from entry into the accounting systems.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for generating action scores based on the performance of entities to determine action probabilities. One method includes an operation for accessing data comprising transactions exchanged between entities. The method further includes generating performance values for each entity based on the data, and generating, for each entity, an action score that is an indication of past performance of the entity with respect to the performance values. The method further includes receiving a request, from a user, for action probabilities regarding an event associated with a first entity, each action probability being a probability that another entity responds to the event within a predetermined time frame, determining related entities associated with the event, and determining the action probability for each entity based on the action score of the related entity. The action probabilities are presented within a graphical user interface.

Abstract: A system or method is provided to allow users to share or donate a portion of their credit line to others. In particular, the system may provide an interface between credit line donors and recipients and allow a user's friends or family to donate portions of their credit lines to the user. With the system serving as an intermediary between the borrowers and the lenders, the credit line donation arrangement may be hidden from the lenders. The system may manage the distribution of the credit line from the five donor friends to the beneficiary friend. Further, the system may manage the payoff or pay back of the credit lines from the beneficiary friend back to the lenders. In particular, based on the donation arrangement, the system may receive the payoff amount from the beneficiary user and distribute the payoff back to the lenders.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for a product exchange system that allows end users, providers, and retailers to buy and sell commoditized products. The product exchange system is in communication with at least one inventory system and a plurality of client devices. The product exchange system includes a data module for receiving an indicator from the inventory system. The indicator is an indication of availability for a specific product, and is associated with a predetermined set of parameters that includes a resource amount associated with the product. The product exchange system also includes an availability module receiving the indicator from the data module. The availability module makes the product available upon request. The product exchange system also includes a request module receiving a plurality of client requests from the client devices. The client requests are each associated with a resource value.

Abstract: A method, device, system, and computer medium for providing odd lot pricing evaluation of a security using market-acceptable odd lot pricing range (OLP range) are provided. For example, a price quote for an odd lot transaction or potential transaction of a security is received. An Odd Lot Pricing range (OLP range) for the quote is searched. If the OLP range is found for the quote, the quoted price is compared against the OLP range. Based on the comparison, the quote can be verified or indicated as requiring further review.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards methods, systems and apparatuses for creating, training and reconfiguring a crossing engine that are particularly useful in trading of financial instruments such as fixed income securities. The present disclosure provides tools for generating a crossing engine given an initial situation as well as tools for adding and removing constraints, optimizations and corrections in order to re-generate the crossing engine in a way that takes into account such additional learned refinements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for providing finance to recreational vehicle from investor to plurality of travel companion groups based upon a pre-defined criteria over a communication network. The system includes a database and a processing unit. The processing unit performs a process which includes step of determining set number of ownership weeks to be sold in each recreational vehicle by investor. Then each week sold is equivalent to actual percentage of ownership of travelling companion group. The processing unit performs a process which includes step of computing first price of the recreational vehicle per year by dividing the number of years financed by retail price of recreational vehicle. Then, computing second price of recreational vehicle per week by dividing the computed first price per year by number of ownership week sold in each recreational vehicle. Thereafter, computing third price of recreational vehicle per month by dividing computed second price per week by twelve.

Abstract: A method of increasing account management efficiency comprising the steps of first creating an account, wherein the account is held by a financial institution. Then, establishing a triggering event, wherein the triggering event consists of a graduation date of a predetermined user. Then, distributing the contents of the account based upon the trigger event, wherein the distribution occurs after the triggering event.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a retirement strategy for an individual is provided.

Abstract: Embodiments analyze historical events to determine potential catalysts and automatically generate and implement mitigation of issues by determining a potential issue with a customer's finances based on historical event data; correlating the potential issue with one or more causes of the potential issue; and, in response to the correlation, initiating mitigation of the issue. In some cases, embodiments rank the possible causes of the potential issue; and present the possible causes to the customer for consideration. In some cases, embodiments receive the customer's confirmation of the possible causes. In some cases, embodiments initiate communication of one or more recommendations for mitigating the potential issue to the customer, receive the customer's approval of at least one recommendation; and initiate mitigation of the issue based on the at least one approved recommendation.

Abstract: A method for validating tax data of a taxable entity comprises: receiving at a computer processor, payment card transaction records including at least one of a customer identifier, a merchant identifier, and transaction purchase amounts corresponding to entity purchase transactions over a given time period; analyzing the payment card transaction records data to generate one or more spending profiles according to one or more categories of merchants; correlating the entity spending profiles with one or more other aggregated spending profiles representative of historical spending by additional entities whose reported income is within a given range of the entity reported income; comparing the degree of correlation with a threshold and generating a signal indicative of a request for secondary review of a tax filing of the entity when the degree of correlation is below the threshold; and otherwise generating a signal indicative of a validated tax filing of the entity.

Abstract: The present application is directed to a distributed-services component of a distributed system that facilitates multi-cloud aggregation using a cloud-connector server and cloud-connector nodes that cooperate to provide services that are distributed across multiple clouds. These services include the transfer of virtual-machine containers, or workloads, between two different clouds and remote management interfaces.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for vehicle conditioning and provision. It particularly relates to a method for the conditioning and provision of hired vehicles and/or used vehicles. Vehicles under the invention are passenger cars as well as commercial vehicles. Apart from that, the method according to the invention is also suitable to condition and provide other vehicles such as two-wheelers or the like.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing server including a specification unit configured to specify an individual registered in a predetermined database on the basis of identification information sent from a near-field communication device and collected voice information.

Abstract: Technologies are provided for correlating experimental biological datasets. The disclosed technologies may be used for data dependent socialization for life scientists and organizations. Data dependent socialization may be based on statistical correlations between experimental life science data.

Abstract: An activity management system is configured to allow users to access multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided in to segments. While a user is viewing or interacting with the multimedia content, the user can submit one or more activities (e.g., comments, questions, replies, or reactions) using a graphical user interface. The system is operable to electronically link the activity provided by the user with the particular segment of multimedia content in which the activity was captured by the system. The system is also configured to determine a sentiment score for particular multimedia content, one or more segments of the particular multimedia content, a user, a group of users, or an organization. The sentiment score may be related to a general mood (e.g., confused, happy, bored) of the user when viewing one or more segments of particular multimedia content.

Abstract: A system for planning operation of a power plant capable of a first mode driving a power generator using a turbine and a second mode not driving the power generator using the turbine over a predetermined period. A determination unit determines whether a predicted power-selling price is higher than a power generation cost; and a planning unit calculates a loss index of the first and second modes in a case where the predicted selling price is equal to the generation cost or less within the predetermined period and formulates a plan to operate the power plant in a mode having a smaller loss index. The loss index of the first mode includes a power-selling loss that is a difference between the predicted selling price and the generation cost, and the loss index of the second mode includes a loss that is caused by not driving the power generator.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of physical and financial settlement for participation of active grid elements in supply and/or curtailment of power. Settlement is provided for grid elements that participate in the electric power grid following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. A multiplicity of active grid elements function in the grid for supply capacity, supply and/or load curtailment as supply or capacity, and are compensated through settlement for their functional participation in the electric power grid.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: obtaining a user's status update posted on a social networking site; analyzing the status update to obtain at least one element of travel information of a travel plan included within the status update, wherein the travel information comprises the elements of: a starting location, an ending location, and a mode of transportation; predicting elements missing from the travel information, the missing elements comprising travel information not included in the status update, wherein the predicting comprises analyzing a secondary information source for the missing elements and wherein the predicting comprises assigning a confidence score to the prediction; and providing a dynamic travel update identifying travel progress of the user, compared to the travel plan based upon the obtained at least one element and the predicted missing elements, wherein the dynamic travel update comprises the

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an automatic IP core generation system that can reduce the loads on both an IP core vendor and a user. The present invention provides an automatic IP core generation system that generates an IP core in accordance with parameter information input from a user. The automatic IP core generation system includes: a parameter acquisition unit that acquires the parameter information; a meta IP core information storage unit that stores a meta IP core model as a model for generating various IP cores; a component library information storage unit that stores a component to be used in the IP core and the meta IP core model; an IP core generation unit that generates a package containing the IP core in accordance with the parameter information; and a package output unit that outputs the package.

Abstract: A system and/or method substantially as shown and described with respect to at least the previous description, for copyright registration and/or screening.

Abstract: A computer-implement method, at a server, for effecting a transaction is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, from a payee device, a payee payment threshold amount identifying a minimum amount that a payee is willing to accept for a predetermined number of goods for the transaction; receiving, from a payer device, a payer payment threshold amount identifying a maximum amount that a payer is willing to pay for the transaction; determining if the payer payment threshold amount is equal to or more than the payee payment threshold amount; and effecting the transaction if it is determined that the payer payment threshold amount is equal to or more than the payee payment threshold amount.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a semi-automated system and method for assessment of student work product. The method may comprise obtaining a plurality of student work product from a plurality of students, identifying motifs present in the student work product, forming a subset of motifs, clustering the work product into clusters based on the subset of motifs, receiving an assessment from a teacher relevant to clusters and providing assessment for a work product based on the cluster assessment. Methods according to embodiments of the invention may reduce teachers' review and feedback time and increase consistency and quality of feedback given to students.

Abstract: An admissions funnel process software application recommends a candidate to a school based on the admission cycle timeline of the school. The admission closing tool receives an admission schedule for a school that includes a set of admission goals for the school such as a desired number of students at each stage of an admission cycle. A candidate profile is compiled for each of a plurality of candidates. For each candidate, the admissions funnel process software application predicts a stage in the admission cycle that the candidate will be, at a future time. For each stage of an admission cycle, the candidates are aggregated by their predicted stages to obtain a predicted admissions cycle for the school. The aggregated number of candidates is compared to the desired number of candidates for that stage. Responsive to the comparing, one or more candidates are selected as leads, recommended and sent to the school.

Abstract: A computerized billing code generator reviews billing source data containing both admissible data (such as physician's notes) and inadmissible data (such as nurse's notes). The billing code generator determines whether to generate a request to review the first data based on both the first data and the second data. For example, the billing code generator may generate the request in response to determining that the second data contains information that is inconsistent with information contained in the first data. As another example, the billing code generator may generate the request in response to determining that the second data contains information that is not contained within the first data.

Abstract: An acquisition unit 47 acquires comparative cases, which are medical examination data having the same clinical path as a medical examination target patient, from an electronic medical record DB 14. A display form determination unit 48 compares the treatment periods and the conditions of respective comparative cases, and assigns each comparative case to each group. A display color is set in advance for each group. A screen display control unit 49 generates a graph comparison display screen 21 on which a line graph 70 showing a time-series change in the examination value of the medical examination target patient and a plurality of line graphs 71 showing time-series changes in the examination values of respective comparative cases are displayed so as to overlap each other. The line graph 71 is color-coded with display colors determined by the display form determination unit 48.

Abstract: A cooperative environmental and life benefit exchange system is presented. The system includes a grid for transmitting available electrical energy, a plurality of rate payers using energy generated from renewable energy sources, a plurality of utility companies providing the grid, a plurality of credits redeemable for acquiring one or more of a plurality of life benefits, and an administrator overseeing a redemption process. In one embodiment, credits are accumulated by the rate payers based on either a predetermined amount of electrical energy purchased from or sold back to the grid. In the redemption process the credits accumulated by the rate payers are redeemed at a redemption rate to provide a redemption value. The redemption value is remitted by the rate payers to satisfy benefit cost for acquiring the life benefits, or portions thereof.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a road condition sensor detecting a hazardous condition of a road on which the motor vehicle is traveling. A global positioning system detects a global position of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor receives a road condition signal from the road condition sensor. The road condition signal is indicative of the hazardous condition of the road on which the motor vehicle is traveling. The electronic processor receives a global position signal from the global positioning sensor. The global position signal is indicative of the global position of the motor vehicle. The electronic processor causes a road hazard signal to be wirelessly transmitted to an entity disposed remote from the motor vehicle. The road hazard signal is indicative of the hazardous condition of the road on which the motor vehicle is traveling and of a global position at which the hazardous condition of the road exists.

Abstract: A system and method for verifying the identity of a first individual by a second individual who is preferably within range, such as, but not limited to, viewing range of the first individual. The first individual receives an Identification Token on his or her electronic device from an Electronic Identification Verification System. When the first individual is within the vicinity of the second individual the Identification Token or a signal representative of the Identification Token is sent from the first individual's electronic device to the electronic device of the second individual. The second individual's electronic device sends the Identification Token to the Electronic Identification Verification System who obtains the verification information associated with the specific Identification Token from an Electronic Identification Verification Database.

Abstract: A logistics system for managing objects in a space includes at least one boundary area between the space and external surroundings, and transfer devices for handling the objects. The transfer device and/or an object handled thereby has been identified. The system also includes a management unit to identify a mutual order for the objects at a first time instant on the basis of identification and location data regarding the transfer devices and/or the objects, and to determine a desired mutual order for the objects at a second time instant subsequent to the first time instant. In addition, the management unit can commence the actuation of the transfer devices relative to each other prior to the second time instant in such a way that the desired mutual order for the objects will have been achieved at the second time instant.

Abstract: A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver and the control system is configured to receive input from one or more sensors of the wearable device. A method includes receiving at an earpiece a request for a vehicle from a user, verifying identity of the user by the earpiece, and communicating the request to a vehicle or vehicle operator.

Abstract: The present application discloses an image-based information acquisition method and apparatus. The information acquisition method comprises: acquiring a first image; determining a second image matching the first image from a preset image library; presenting first information related to a commercial item if the second image is associated with commercial item information; and presenting second information related to a video if the second image is associated with video information. The information acquisition method of the present application can directly use images as references for acquiring information, thereby implementing the objective of improving information acquisition efficiency and accuracy.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for compressing a graphical state object. In one example, a central processing unit may be configured to receive, for output to the GPU, a set of instructions to render a scene. Responsive to receiving the set of instructions to render the scene, the central processing unit may be further configured to determine whether the set of instructions includes a state object that is registered as corresponding to an identifier. Responsive to determining that the set of instructions includes the state object that is registered as corresponding to the identifier, the central processing unit may be further configured to output, to the GPU, the identifier that is registered as corresponding to the state object.

Abstract: A processing apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing cores, including a first processing core and a second processing core a first field programmable gate array (FPGA) coupled to the first processing core to accelerate execution of graphics workloads processed at the first processing core and a second FPGA coupled to the second processing core to accelerate execution of workloads processed at the second processing core.