Abstract: An account is managed using information read from a dual frequency transponder. Information stored on the dual frequency transponder can be read by a NFC-enabled device and by a UHF RFID reader. The information links, corresponds, or otherwise provides access to account information stored at a remote server. For example, a NFC-enabled device can read the information from the dual frequency transponder and use that information to enable instant and on-the-spot recharging of a toll account. In addition, a UHF RFID toll reader can scan information from the dual frequency transponder and use that information to debit toll charges from the correct toll account. The dual frequency transponder can be embedded in a license plate and read using a reader placed in the road. Additionally, the transponder can be configured to function at the correct frequency only when a valid vehicle registration sticker is applied to the license plate.

Abstract: An object is disclosed, the object (100) comprising a body comprising an antenna; and an integrated circuit embedded in the body and electrically connected to the antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless signals. The integrated circuit receives wireless signals at first and second different frequencies, waits until a command is received at the first frequency from a first reader device before transmitting a first signal and, upon detection of a signal at a second frequency different to the first frequency from a second reader device (201), transmits a second signal without waiting until a command is received.

Abstract: Radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled devices are presented. In some examples, a RFID tag may be arranged on the device and the device may further include a RFID tag mode modifier which is configured to transfer the mode or state of the RFID tag from a first mode, such as an inactive mode, to a second mode, such as an active or enabled mode, or vice versa. For instance, the RFID tag mode modifier may transfer the RFID tag from an inactive mode or state to an active mode or state in which the RFID tag may be enabled for use, or vice versa. The RFID tag mode modifier may be an activation button, a contact region, or a physical device configured to prevent transmission of RFID signals. One or more methods of generating or using the devices described herein are also provided.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a USB device includes a USB connector, a casing, and a holding member. The casing is provided with an opening. The holding member includes a holder, a support, and a first extension. The holder holds the USB connector. The support extends from the holder. The first extension has a protrusion, extends from the support, and is bendable. The protrusion is housed in the opening.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for utilizing enhanced SIM cards with integrated SIM cards. An example SIM card may comprise an integrated SIM card that is smaller than the SIM card; with the SIM card comprising a plurality of punched cutouts adjacent to the integrated SIM card. The punched cutouts may be arranged such that the integrated SIM card can be detached from the SIM card. Each one of the punched cutouts may line up with at least one electrical contact of the integrated SIM card, and a width of each one of the punched cutouts may be set based on at least one dimension of the electrical contact of the integrated SIM card. The punched cutouts may be arranged based on a direction of insertion of the integrated SIM card. The SIM card may comprise engraved lines arranged based on the punched cutouts.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic price indicator comprises: a base substrate and five mounting units formed on the base substrate. A first antenna for receiving information from a server is mounted on the first mounting unit. A first communication module connected to the first antenna is mounted on the second mounting unit. A second antenna for receiving a management signal from a management terminal is mounted on the third mounting unit. A second communication module connected to the second antenna is selectively mounted on the fourth mounting unit. The fifth mounting unit is selectively and directly connected to any one of the second antenna and the second communication module, and provided with a low frequency (LF) circuit mounted thereon to transmit an interrupt in accordance with the management signal to the first communication module.

Abstract: A badge of the type comprising a substrate with a top side and a bottom side, an adhesive disposed on the bottom side for adhering the badge to a person, and a visually discernible material disposed on the top side for providing information, has a wireless device carrying first information secured directly or indirectly to said substrate. The visually discernible material comprises a first portion of visually discernible material and a second portion of visually discernible material. The first portion of visually discernible material is positioned, configured and dimensioned to communicate humanly perceptible and humanly readable second information. The second portion of visually discernible material carries third information encoded within the second portion of the visually discernible material and is positioned, configured and dimensioned to be scanned by an optical device in order to the read said third information encoded within the second portion of the visually discernible material.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing biometric RFID devices includes producing a plurality of identical biometric identification devices that are each adapted to receive at least two different types of RFID module, and installing a respective RFID module into each of the devices corresponding to a selected RFID protocol.

Abstract: An embodiment is an avatar or avatar environment to visualize data within an athletic performance system or service and/or a social network system or service, for example as part of the Internet. The avatar may further evolve or alter its appearance, animation, or other visual or audio characteristics in response to the data or other input. In particular, the avatar of an embodiment may respond to and provide visualization of athletic or sport performance data. According to one or more aspects, an avatar may be placed on other network sites and updated based on athletic performance data. The avatar may be awarded for goals achieved by a user. The awards or gifts may further include non-avatar related items such as apparel, gift cards and the like.

Abstract: A neural processing engine may perform processing within a neural processing system and/or artificial neural network. The neural processing engine may be configured to effectively and efficiently perform the type of processing required in implementing a neural processing system and/or an artificial neural network. This configuration may facilitate such processing with neural processing engines having an enhanced computational density and/or processor density with respect to conventional processing units.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a respective neural network output for each of a plurality of inputs, the method comprising, for each of the neural network layers: receiving a plurality of inputs to be processed at the neural network layer; forming one or more batches of inputs from the plurality of inputs, each batch having a number of inputs up to the respective batch size for the neural network layer; selecting a number of the one or more batches of inputs to process, where a count of the inputs in the number of the one or more batches is greater than or equal to the respective associated batch size of a subsequent layer in the sequence; and processing the number of the one or more batches of inputs to generate the respective neural network layer output.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for assigning concept classification suggestions is provided. One or more clusters of concepts is accessed. The concepts include uncoded concepts and one or more reference concepts selected from a set of reference concepts. Each reference concept is associated with a classification code. One of the uncoded concepts is selected for classification in one such cluster. At least one of the reference concepts located closest to the selected uncoded concept is identified. The classification code of the closest located reference concept is assigned to the selected uncoded concept as a suggested classification code.

Abstract: A method for personalized intelligent wake-up system based on multimodal deep neural network comprises monitoring a sleeping status of a user; obtaining a current sleeping-stage of the user within a current time frame and a prediction of a next sleeping-stage of the user for a next time frame; correcting the current sleeping-stage of the user through combining the current sleeping-stage and the prediction of the next sleeping-stage; determining a wake up strategy for the current time frame; determining a relationship between each of a plurality of alarm impulses adopted to wake up the user and a corresponding reaction of the user; identifying a change in the current sleeping-stage for the current time frame; determining an alarm impulse to be triggered for waking up the user; and triggering the determined alarm impulse.

Abstract: An approach is provided in which a knowledge manager generates term tokens from terms included in an original text stream, and generates annotation tokens with corresponding term location information. In turn, the knowledge manager generates a knowledge structure that indexes the term tokens into original text fields and indexes the annotation tokens into parallel fields that align to the original text fields based upon the term location information.

Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing cognitive computing operations comprising receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph; defining a travel-related cognitive persona within the cognitive graph, the travel-related cognitive persona corresponding to an archetype user model, the travel-related cognitive persona comprising a set of nodes in the cognitive graph; associating a user with the travel-related cognitive persona; defining a travel-related cognitive profile within the cognitive graph, the travel-related cognitive profile comprising an instance of the travel-related cognitive persona that references personal data associated with the user; associating the user with the travel-related cognitive profile; and, performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the tra

Abstract: A system and method for predicting, proposing and/or evaluating suitable medication dosing regimens for a specific individual as a function of individual-specific characteristics and observed responses of the specific individual. Mathematical models of observed patient responses are used in determining an initial dose. The system and method use the patient's observed response to the initial dose to refine the model for use to forecast expected responses to proposed dosing regimens more accurately for a specific patient.

Abstract: An online system extracts features from an application linked to the online system. The application is used by users of the online system and posts content to the online system. A trained model is applied to the extracted features to generate a quality score for the application. The trained model is trained using features extracted from a set of training applications and quality scores manually assigned to the training applications, wherein the manually assigned quality scores indicate whether each training application satisfies a set of criteria and the generated quality score represents a probability of the application satisfying the set of criteria. Based on the quality score, content provided by the application is ranked for presentation to a user of the online system in relation to other content of the online system. The online system presents the content provided by the application to the user according to the ranking.

Abstract: A method for presenting search query results is provided. The method may include detecting an occurrence of the trigger event. The method may include determining a category of information based on data associated with the trigger event. The method may include identifying at least one constraint based on the determined category of information. The method may include appending to the identified at least one constraint to the determined category of information. The method may include generating at least one search query. The method may include selecting at least one candidate website based on the category of information. The method may include performing the at least one search query on the at least one candidate website. The method may include filtering each search query result within the search query results. The method may include sending each filtered search query result within the search query results to a user.

Abstract: A method for improving accuracy and quality of received data is provided. The method provides a computer implemented data driven classification and data quality checking system. The method uses the associative memory software to build a data driven associative memory model that enables a machine learning data quality checker for receiving data. The method categorizes one or more fields of received data, analyzes the received data, and calculates a data quality rating metric, by comparing the received data with a pool of neighboring data in the category of field of the received data. The method accepts and adds the received data, if the data quality rating metric is greater than or equal to a data quality rating metric threshold, and generates and communicates an alert of a potential error in the received data, if the data quality rating metric is less than the data quality rating metric threshold.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system, a method thereof, and a computer-readable medium comprising a supply chain visualizer providing a plurality of graphical elements in a multi-dimensional supply chain network view and a plan display providing a plurality of graphical elements in a multi-dimensional tabular view, a multi-directional capability for traversing between the supply chain visualizer and the plan display operable to receive input from a planner during a planning session specifying a plan problem, reflecting changes to data associated with the plan display back to data associated with the supply chain visualizer, reflecting changes to data associated with the supply chain visualizer back to data associated with the plan display, traversing the multi-dimensional supply chain network via a real-time interaction between the multi-dimensional tabular view of the plan display and the visual representation of the graphical view of the supply chain visualizer, and providing the planner the ability to generate a

Abstract: Methods and systems for enforcing host standards in a reservation system. In one embodiment, a reservation system provides two methods of communication between a potential guest and a host, hard communications and soft communications. The reservation system associates both types of communication with threads, each thread associated with the host and an associated reservation. The reservation system determines suspension metrics for each host based on the communications of the threads they are associated with. When the suspension metrics associated with a host satisfy one or more suspension criteria, the reservation system issues a suspension to the host.

Abstract: Examples described may enable consolidating pallets of items in a warehouse. An example method includes receiving real-time item information including pallet locations in a warehouse and inventory of items arranged on the pallets; based on the real-time item information, identifying a set of pallets of which at least one pallet includes less than a threshold quantity of a type of item; receiving real-time robotics information and determining, based on the real-time item and robotics information, an amount of time to condense the items on the set of pallets into a single pallet and a quantity of pallets that will become empty as a result of condensing the items; and, based on the amount of time being less than a threshold time and the quantity of pallets exceeding a threshold quantity of pallets, causing robotic devices to condense the items into the single pallet.

Abstract: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for modifying a computer-executed process. In one embodiment, the invention includes creating an ad hoc task for inclusion in an existing process, accessing the existing process, and adding the ad hoc task to the existing process.

Abstract: A unit includes a receiving member of sensor information of the unit, a communication member with the other units, a storage member for storing target building information and information on sensors and facilities in an information-exchangeable manner, an identification member for identifying an internal unit and an external unit of the other building by specific information, an optimization member for reading an energy calculation expression, etc., of the internal unit, selecting an operation condition provided, and performing simulation of the entire target building, a related-unit searching member for searching the other internal unit and the external unit for a related unit, an optimization member for reading an operation condition from the related units, performing simulation for optimization, and an operation member for operating the facilities on the basis of the operation condition and the sensor information.

Abstract: Techniques and system configurations for tracking customers and employees in a commercial environment such as a retail store are described herein. Customer devices that are operated by an associated customer may be tracked to determine customer shopping activities in a retail store, and to obtain promotions or affect targeted results based on the customer's activity and a profile associated with the customer. Employee devices that are operated by an associated employee also may be tracked to identify employee activities and manage the interactions that occur with customers in the retail environment. In-store activities and interactions accordingly may be enhanced as a result of advertising, marketing, and analytics derived from the tracked activities.

Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for implementing a system, method, and computer program product for a marketing automation tool that implements an advanced fairness scheme for resources. The order that work items are deployed is carefully managed to ensure that customers are treated fairly. This prevents and/or minimizes any customer from being adversely affected by other customers.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for the sale of consumer services. Predictions are made based on the behaviors, preferences, assets, identifying characteristics, and other attributes associated with customers and merchants. In one implementation, a prediction is made as to whether a customer is likely to request a service and whether a merchant is likely to be selected by the customer to provide the service. In another implementation, the calendars of a merchant and customer are automatically updated to account for the customer's late arrival to an appointment at the merchants location. In yet another implementation, a customer purchases an appointment for a service from another customer that has the appointment scheduled with a merchant providing the service.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer implemented scheduling method comprising: accessing project data from computer readable storage media. The project data comprises work item data defining a plurality of work items to be scheduled, and release data defining one or more releases into which one or more of the plurality of work items are to be scheduled. The method comprises processing, using a computer processor, the project data to schedule strictly assigned work items by identifying strictly assigned work items, a strictly assigned work item having a particular release into which the strictly assigned work item needs to be scheduled; and for each strictly assigned work item identified, scheduling the strictly assigned work item into the release specified for that strictly assigned work item.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are technologies for facilitating placement of charging stations. In accordance with one aspect, sensor data of electric vehicles is received. A charging demand distribution over a set of locations is determined based on the sensor data. Candidate locations are selected from the set of locations based on the charging demand distribution. Placement of charging stations at one or more of the candidate locations is then optimized.

Abstract: An example news production system includes a scheduling system and multiple remotely controllable devices configured to perform actions based on commands. A first remotely controllable device is configured to receive commands formatted according to a first protocol, and a second remotely controllable device is configured to receive commands formatted according to a second protocol. The scheduling system accesses a news program schedule that specifies a sequence of actions to be performed by the news production system. The scheduling system access the schedule, selects entries from the news program schedule, generates commands based on the selected entries for the first and second remotely controllable devices in accordance with the first and second protocols, respectively, and transmits the generated commands to the first and second remotely controllable devices.

Abstract: Multi-variable assessment systems and methods that evaluate and predict entrepreneurial behavior are provided herein. Methods include obtaining entrepreneur data related to personal skills data, business history data, and social network data for the entrepreneur across a plurality of network modalities, the plurality of network modalities including social networks, phone records, and message records, determining business event information for business events identified between the entrepreneur and contacts of the entrepreneur found in the entrepreneur data, and performing a dynamic measurement of engagement between the entrepreneur and the contacts by looking for contacts between the entrepreneur and the contacts that cross the plurality of network modalities, wherein the dynamic measurement includes an entrepreneur score for the entrepreneur.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present routing returned inventory assets and provide a method, system and computer program product for routing items in a manufacturing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for routing items in a manufacturing environment can be provided. The method can include defining attributes of work pools in the manufacturing environment, defining a set of reuse strategies for use in the manufacturing environment, receiving a returned inventory asset in the manufacturing environment and obtaining at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset, comparing the obtained at least one attribute of the returned inventory asset to the set of reuse strategies to select the reuse strategy to apply to the returned inventory asset and applying the selected reuse strategy to the returned inventory asset to assign the returned inventory asset to one of the work pools in the manufacturing environment.

Abstract: Stock management for electronic transactions includes receiving an indication that an item of stock has been selected to be purchased by a purchaser. Stock management for electronic transactions also includes obtaining information relating to the purchaser, and determining whether to remove the item from stock based on the obtained information.

Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for detecting absent like physical objects at a first facility and replenishing the like physical objects from the second facility to the first facility. The system includes an autonomous robot device configured to detect absent like physical objects at a first facility and transmit an identifier associated with the like physical objects to a first computing system. The first computing system determines the need for the addition of the like physical objects in the first facility and transmits the data associated with the like physical objects to the second computing system. The second computing system corrects a perpetual inventory error associated with the like physical objects based on the received data and transmits instructions to an autonomous robot picker disposed at a second facility to replenish the like physical objects at the first facility.

Abstract: A barcode scanner device 200 is formed as a wrist watch with a main body 210 and strap 220 and includes a camera 211 to capture an image of a barcode 11. The scanner 200 generates an inventory request message sent by a communication interface 215 to a local server 30 based on the captured barcode. In a capture mode, live camera images may be displayed on touch-screen display 212 while capturing the barcode with guides and feedback for the user. In a display mode, inventory data from database 32 may be accessed in a large data field on the touch screen display 212.

Abstract: According to one aspect, an approach is provided that assists in presenting the right information within the ecosystem. The approach involves associating information sources (ads, sponsored information, research requests, debate notices, seminars, education opportunities, peer generated information, etc) with a feedback mechanism. In one embodiment, the feedback mechanism includes a scoring feature, where individual participants within the ecosystem rate the relevancy and/or importance of the information provided. In one example, a user is notified that a potentially relevant information source is available. The notification is typically displayed unobtrusively within a browser or interface window that the user is navigating. In one implementation, the user must perform some affirmative action to reach information associated with the information opportunity. In one example, requiring an affirmative action serves as a shield from pop-ups, banner-ads, and other distracting form of advertising.

Abstract: A system for augmenting social information processing and emotional and social intelligence for use in technology mediated communications sessions is disclosed. The system may gather data associated with users participating in a project conducted via the technology mediated communication. The data may include emotional and social data generated by the plurality of users. The system may query the plurality of users for information associated with a deliverable for the project and the users' participation in the project. The system may receive, in response to the querying, the information associated with the deliverable and the participation in the project. Furthermore, the system may generate, based on the data, the information, and variables, recommendations for the users. The recommendation may indicate how each user should interact with at least one other user so as to enhance an outcome associated with the project.

Abstract: A workroom is automatically established for each job created and is associated with a unique email address. The workroom allows members to hold live meetings, communicate in real-time, including via email, upload/manage/share files, and automatically provide transcripts of communication. The workroom also allows team members to launch work trackers directly from the workroom. A work tracker collects work information and directly generates one or more status reports based on the work information collected. A status report includes a back-end version viewable and modifiable by a service provider and a front-end version viewable by a buyer. The status report directly generates an invoice based on the information from the status report. The invoice is submitted to the buyer and allows the buyer to directly pay the service provider.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for generating and/or transmitting dynamic electronic mail messages, which can include content that is generated at the time the email message is opened. In some cases, an email message will include a reference to a resource on a server, and a standard email client can request that resource with the reference, either automatically or upon prompting by the user. Based on the nature of the request, a number of properties or characteristics of the request (and/or of the circumstances under which the email message is opened or loaded for display) can be derived or identified. Further, demographic information about the recipient can be identified. Based on these characteristics and/or demographic information, customized content can be generated and transmitted for display, e.g., in body of the electronic message.

Abstract: Scheduling events with multiple invitees includes: identifying a plurality of invitees for an event in a calendar system having at least one processor; searching an availability associated with each of the invitees to determine a number of periods of availability in the calendar system, at least some of the invitees being available during each period of availability; creating a separate instance of the event in the calendar system for each identified period of availability; and for each invitee available during at least one of the periods of availability, assigning the invitee to one said instance of the event for which that invitee is available with the calendar system.

Abstract: A secure payment system between a customer and a merchant, where the sales terminal wirelessly transmits a partial payment authorization transaction record including, at least a merchant terminal identification and a payment amount, but not a customer bankcard data, for a specific sales transaction, to a wireless device of the customer. Alternatively, the sales terminal displays a partial payment authorization transaction record including, at least a merchant terminal identification and a payment amount, but not a customer bankcard data, for a specific sales transaction, for the displayed record to be captured by a wireless device of the customer.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an automated banking machine that includes an instrument acceptor operable to receive financial instruments. The machine is operable to cause user data obtained from a user during a user session with the machine to be sent to a transaction authorizing host computer. The machine is operable to generate an electronic deposit slip that includes a data representative of a financial account associated with the user data, and a value of value of a financial instrument received by the instrument acceptor during the user session. The electronic deposit slip to be sent to a server that is remotely located from the automated banking machine and data representative of the value of the financial instrument is sent to the authorizing host terminal to cause the financial account to be credited an amount corresponding to the value of the financial instrument.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for receiving an electronic receipt of an electronic payment transaction into a mobile device, the method comprising: storing, into an installed application in the mobile device used to perform the electronic payment transaction, a unique transaction identity issued on the electronic payment transaction; generating, in a server, an electronic receipt issued on the electronic payment transaction; verifying that the electronic receipt matches against the unique transaction identity stored in the installed application; and receiving the electronic receipt into the mobile device in response to the verifying step determining that the electronic receipt matches against the unique transaction identity stored in the installed application.

Abstract: Identification information is received from a transaction card at a transaction machine. The transaction card is associated with an account holder using the transaction machine and includes a transaction card type. Using the identification information, activity profile information is accessed for the account holder. The account holder's transaction machine usage is monitored and activity profile information related to the account holder's transaction machine usage is stored. A custom sequence of user interfaces to be displayed to the account holder is generated based on the transaction card type.

Abstract: Methods and systems of paying for content, such as, for example, audio and/or video content, are presented. In an example method, a task to be executed using at least one device resource associated with a user device is provided. Also, the task is to be executed during streaming of a content item. The streaming of the content item to the user device is caused to terminate in response to a determination that the execution of the task using the at least one device resource has been terminated.

Abstract: An unattended, automated checkout, computer-controlled automated store outlet and system is disclosed. A customer's identification and payment information are inputted and verified and the customer qualified to remove items from the automated store outlet. Each bay of the automated store outlet is normally locked, and after the customer accesses the bay can remove one or more items from the bay, which are automatically detected and identified and charged to the customer as part of the purchase transaction. These events occur at the location of each automated store outlet. Each automated store outlet communicates with a central control center, which can be used for live customer service and real time surveillance.

Abstract: A liquid product dispensing container device for affixes to a liquid product dispensing container, such as a beer keg, for monitoring, controlling and/or optimizing flow of a liquid product delivered to consumers from the liquid product dispensing container. The liquid product dispensing container device includes a casing for attaching it to the liquid product dispensing container. The liquid product dispensing container device includes a power source, a radio transmitter circuit, a radio/processing module processing radio signal transmissions of information relating to the liquid product dispensing container. An antenna associates with the radio/processing module for sending and receiving the radio signal transmissions between the radio/processing module and at least one stationary reader and/or mobile device.

Abstract: The POS system 5 of a transaction system 1 transmits transaction information, which is information related to a transaction, and transaction time information indicating the time a transaction was made, to a control server 10 during a transaction. A terminal 14 detects if the terminal 14 performed a specific movement, and transmits a customer ID and executed time information indicating when the terminal 14 performed the specific movement to the control server 10 when the specific movement is detected. Based on the transaction time information received from the POS system 5 and the executed time information received from the terminal 14, the control server 10 determines if the information matches, and if it does, relationally stores the transaction information received with the transaction time information and the customer ID received with the executed time information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for managing accounts associated with a proxy. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving a merchant ID associated with a merchant from either a user interface or a point of sale device associated with the merchant. The method can include receiving proxy information associated with a proxy from either the user interface or the point of sale device associated with the merchant. Further, the method can include determining a payment account associated with both the merchant and the proxy, based at least in part on the merchant ID or the proxy information, the payment account having a balance and selected from an account database. The method can include transmitting payment information associated with the payment account to either the user interface or the point of sale device, based at least in part on the merchant ID or the proxy information.

Abstract: A method for conducting a transaction is disclosed. The method includes using a first portable electronic device, and directly transmitting a request for payment to a second portable electronic device through a wireless link. Then, the second portable electronic device transmits an approval of the request for payment to the first portable electronic device. One of the first and the second portable electronic devices then sends the request for payment to a payment hub service. The payment hub service then facilitates the transfer of funds from a payer institution to a payee institution to complete the transaction.