Patents Issued in April 9, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200111136
    Abstract: A method for facilitating the order of commercial products in connection with the display of media content, whereby a player comprises a media production component and an interactive e-commerce component embedded therein. The player with the e-commerce component can be virally copied and propagated from one web page to any number of other web pages. A method for presenting advertisements for commercial products in video productions, whereby the commercial product is placed in the video production as an element of the video production. A viewer is enabled to interact with the video production to select the product. Information is then displayed about the selected product; and the viewer is enabled to purchase the selected product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: AiBUY, INC.
    Inventors: Christian BRIGGS, Heath MCBURNETT, Delfino GALINDO, JR., Freddy KNUTH
  • Publication number: 20200111137
    Abstract: In a case where a server device is connected to be communicable with a communication terminal carried by each of a plurality of users and a plurality of users perform, in the time series, a plurality of behaviors until the plurality of users purchase or register the commodity or service in an actual facility or virtual facility, the server device includes an acquiring unit acquiring information on a behavior of the plurality of users for each touch point corresponding to a point in time of at least one of the plurality of behaviors, and a communicator outputting and transmitting information on a behavior of the plurality of users at each of the touch points so as to display along a time series on a monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenjiro TSUDA, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Nozomi YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200111138
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply and demand matching system comprises a plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts each including a hydrogen utilizing facility, and a management system configured to manage an amount of hydrogen in each of the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts. The management system (a) estimates a state of supply and demand of hydrogen in each of the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts, and (b) proposes exchange of hydrogen among the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts in accordance with the state of supply and demand in each of the plurality of hydrogen utilizing districts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsu TODO, Koichi IKEMOTO, Motoki HAMAZAKI, Katsuhiko HIROSE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Shuntaro KATO, Yohei TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200111139
    Abstract: A payment interchange for use in a global shopping cart and a method for its use are provided. Also, provide is management of data relationships between a global online shopping cart and various manager components that encompass data management access. The global shopping cart includes a storage medium having thereon computer instructions for implementing one or more functions of the global shopping cart, and a processor for executing the computer instructions to provide functions including a payment function for paying for an item to be purchased. The global shopping cart has a flexible application programming interface (API) framework sufficient to support the payment interchange including the payment function for paying for an item to be purchased by one or more users of the global shopping cart and by one or more payment modes or sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jennifer Dogin, Brian Maw
  • Publication number: 20200111140
    Abstract: A method of a buyer and a seller information network sharing service is provided. The method includes providing information from a seller of at least one product to a potential buyer. The buyer is able to request a meeting to inspect the product, either a car, home, or consumer product. The seller upon accepting a meeting request, has an application on a mobile device that will access real-time location data for display on the seller mobile device to provide an estimated time of arrival of the buyer, to the seller location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Drive Automation LLC
    Inventor: Adam Geake
  • Publication number: 20200111141
    Abstract: The method includes performing a product search within a buyer-seller validation and communication platform, generating a search result comprising at least one product related to the product search, accessing a product listing on the buyer-seller validation and communication platform, the product listing corresponding to the at least one product, receiving an input from a buyer account providing an indication of buyer willingness to communicate with a seller account associated with the product listing, updating the seller account to allow the seller account to communicate with the buyer account within the buyer-seller validation and communication platform in response to the input from the buyer account indicating a positive buyer willingness to communicate with the seller account, and confirming restriction of communication by the seller account with the buyer account in response to the input from the buyer account indicating a negative buyer willingness to communicate with the seller account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy Brockbank, Brian Barnett
  • Publication number: 20200111142
    Abstract: A method is provided for learning a perfume preference of a user, including receiving at least one of personal and preference information regarding at least one user; determining a plurality of scents based on the preference information; loading a device with a plurality of containers containing ingredients respectively corresponding to the plurality of scents, the device being configured to dispense the ingredients in a drop-wise manner onto a scent-holding medium; performing a plurality of different trials, each trial including dispensing a combination of the plurality of scents onto a scent-holding medium receiving feedback information from the user regarding the combination wherein each different trial includes a different combination of the plurality of scents, and determining a recommended perfume for the user based on the feedback information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Henri SAMAIN
  • Publication number: 20200111143
    Abstract: A vehicle control and interconnection system comprises a vehicle interconnection component and a supervisory controller. The vehicle interconnection component communicably couples to a portable electronic processing device and to native electronic peripherals of a corresponding vehicle, including a display. The supervisory controller provides control information to at least one native electronic peripheral to implement a customized vehicle configuration such that a corresponding peripheral or group of peripherals respond to control commands from the vehicle interconnection component in a coordinated manner. Also, the portable electronic processing device is programmed via a software download to implement a user interface that interacts with the display of the corresponding vehicle to provide information to the vehicle operator where at least part of the processing is carried out on the portable electronic processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Gormley
  • Publication number: 20200111144
    Abstract: Garments are produced from patterns with a size grid that provides custom-like fit for ready-to-wear garments. The patterns are generated from a size chart of groups, sub groups and sub sub groups of anchor measures and priority measures. The size grid for various garments (men, women, children) includes a large number of sizes, anywhere from a few dozen to over two hundred. Given measures of a customer, these measures are screened against the groups, sub groups and sub sub groups to determine a correct size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Matt Hornbuckle
  • Publication number: 20200111145
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a product material integration and orchestration method and a cloud service apparatus, to provide an automated orchestration service, improve orchestration quality and efficiency, and satisfy a requirement for on-demand customization of product material. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: obtaining target content, where the target content includes at least one of the following content: user-generated semantic content, existing semantic content, and semantic content in an orchestration system; and orchestrating the target content based on a product model and an information model, to obtain a product information deliverable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hong YI, Haitao CHENG
  • Publication number: 20200111146
    Abstract: An information determining method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: determining a product similarity between a product of a first product provider and a product of a second product provider; and determining, based on the product similarity, whether the first product provider is the same as the second product provider. This method can efficiently and accurately detect duplication providers among multiple product providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Nengneng JIANG
  • Publication number: 20200111147
    Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium for performing a purchase prediction operation. The purchase prediction operation includes: selecting a target purchaser, the purchase prediction operation providing a purchase prediction for the target purchaser; capturing a product term associated with a most recent purchase period of the target purchaser; performing a sequential recommendation operation, the sequential recommendation operation providing a sequence recommendation score; and, generating a purchase pattern prediction for the target user based upon the sequential recommendation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ramakanth Kanagovi, Arnab Chowdhury, Sumant Sahoo
  • Publication number: 20200111148
    Abstract: System and methods for generating a product recommendation based on reactions such as bio-feedback of a subject during a virtual try-on session are described herein. A recommendation engine captures bio-feedback and determines whether the subject has a positive or negative attitude towards a certain feature of a product that is being virtually “tried on” with the subject. The recommendation engine can then provide a product recommendation based on the actual sentiment of the subject towards a product feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Chirag Soni, Prajjwal Agarwal, Ganga Vara Prasad Miriam, Madhusudhan Srinivasan, Ramesh Alagarsamy
  • Publication number: 20200111149
    Abstract: An information recommendation system and method of the present invention provide a user interface for the user to operate and thereby to generate some confirmation signals. A processing unit calculates recommendation parameters respectively based on aforesaid confirmation signals which includes a temperature confirmation signal, a physique confirmation signal, a residence confirmation signal, and a wearing habit confirmation signal. In another word, the generation of the recommendation information is based on the user's residence temperature and climate as well as the user's physique and wearing habits, and in particular, by further calculating on every recommendation parameters. Therefore, the products recommended by the recommendation information can better match the user's residence and habits whereby increasing the product fitness and decreasing the chances of waste due to unfitness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Yen-Chen CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200111150
    Abstract: A method for managing an electronic commerce (e-commerce) shopping cart may include, in a computing device comprising a touch screen, memory, and at least one processor, receiving a selection of one of a plurality of web pages associated with an e-commerce web site. The selected one of the plurality of web pages and an indication of the e-commerce shopping cart may be displayed on the touch screen. The indication of the e-commerce shopping cart may be integrated for display into each of the plurality of web pages. While displaying the selected one of the plurality of web pages and the indication of the e-commerce shopping cart, at least one gesture event associated with the e-commerce shopping cart may be detected. Access to the e-commerce shopping cart may be enabled upon detecting the at least one gesture event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Andrea Sutton, Robert Hudson
  • Publication number: 20200111151
    Abstract: A computer system is provided that includes a paired list of data transaction requests on which a matching process is performed. There are multiple different types of data transaction requests that are stored in the paired list including data transaction requests with midpoint attributes and data transaction requests with discretion attributes. The computer system may determine how the multiple different types of data transaction requests may be match against each other. Two matching processes can be used to determine if a match exists between the first and second sides of the paired list. Matches that are determined at private values are not disseminated to third-parties via public market data feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph NOVIELLO, Steven COOPER, Leo GOLUBOVSKY, Chung-Sin WANG, Jonathan WAKEFIELD
  • Publication number: 20200111152
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for fulfilling orders for multiple entities located on websites with distinct entity checkout systems with a single user input. The process for fulfilling orders for two entities includes receiving a first indication to purchase a first entity and a second indication to purchase a second entity, where the first entity is associated with a first retailer and the second entity is associated with a second retailer. The method also includes extracting information associated with the first and second entities from the respective web pages where the entities are available for purchase, and receiving a user input to initiate order fulfillment. The method further includes checking the availability of the entities at their respective retailers and providing alternate entities and/or retailers, if applicable. The method is completed by deploying fulfillment agents and purchase agents for completing the transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Philip Kurnit, Charles Myslinsky, Ryan Quigley, Scott Germaise
  • Publication number: 20200111153
    Abstract: A system using a mobile device and computing device connected to a network includes an item list database containing information relating to gift items of interest, and a merchant database containing information on merchant geolocations and inventories. The mobile device uses geolocation identification software utilizing GPS technology to pinpoint the mobile device's geolocation. The computing device compares the mobile device's geolocation to the merchant geolocations and compares the merchant inventories with the items of interest. If a merchant located within a threshold proximity of the mobile device has as item of interest in its inventory, the computing device sends an alert over the network to the mobile device indicating information relating to the merchant and item of interest offered for sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Rodd Salvatore
  • Publication number: 20200111154
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for conducting e-commerce. In one example, a method of conducting an e-commerce transaction includes a method of operating an online retail website. The method includes providing access to a computer interface for suppliers and presenting information to the suppliers through the computer interface regarding activity of the supplier's stock keeping unit (SKU). The suppliers are then enabled to directly modify at least one parameter associated with a presentation of the supplier's SKU on the retail website by way of the interface. The modification of the parameter may include, for example, modification of the presentation of the SKU including, for example, changing the title, adding video or photograph, or adding some other information. The modification of the parameter may also include, for example, modifying the price or entering into a bilateral agreement with the operator of the retail web site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick M. Byrne
  • Publication number: 20200111155
    Abstract: A contacting process for an online marketplace is provided. The contacting process includes scanning a scan-able code in an online marketplace environment running on a handheld device of a user. The scan-able code is associated with a predefined seller of a predefined product. The user automatically login to the online marketplace environment using pre-stored login credentials stored in the handheld device. This enables contact between the user and the predefined seller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Rohan Vishnubhai Patel
  • Publication number: 20200111156
    Abstract: System and method for interacting with at least one item, such as at least one artwork display, including at least one display device including a housing, a visual indictor element, a processor, a memory, and wireless communication capabilities, the at least one display device disposed beside or in a vicinity of the at least one item, and a user device configured to interact with the at least one display device by providing, on the at least one display device via the visual indictor element and/or the user device via a display screen of the user device, a visual popularity indicator and a visual sale status indicator for the at least one item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Rose, Keith Schweitzer
  • Publication number: 20200111157
    Abstract: A multi-lender loan management system is provided herein. The multi-lender management system includes an external network gateway, an internal network gateway, a messaging service, a plurality of Application Programming Interface (API) modules coupled between the external network gateway and the internal network gateway, and a plurality of micro services coupled to the internal network gateway and configured to communicate with each other via the messaging service. API modules can include a client API module and a lender API module. Microservices can include a loan applications microservice and an offers microservice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Satish Kesiboyana, Fredrick Allen Crable, Jacques Morel, Nicky Joshi
  • Publication number: 20200111158
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for ingesting Legacy Records of mortgage loan servicing actions onto a Blockchain. Legacy data is converted from a relational database format into a blockchain format and entered as one or more blocks on a blockchain. Portions of the blockchain are distributed to Participants in the blockchain, such as the Borrowers, Regulators, Servicers, and Vendors. The present disclosure further provides a method for homogenizing a variety of Vendor Formats for inclusion on the Blockchain and memorializing execution of a smart contract on the Blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Ranieri IP, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Sheridan Collins, Shane Michael Leonard
  • Publication number: 20200111159
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributed ledger-based stock transactions are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducing distributed ledger-based stocked transactions may include: (1) receiving a stock purchase order for a stock comprising a purchase parameter; (2) identifying an available stock in a distributed ledger stock pool that meets the purchase parameter; (3) executing the stock purchase transaction by generating transaction data for the stock purchase order; (4) writing the transaction data to a distributed ledger; and (5) transferring a transaction amount from an electronic wallet for a buyer of the stock to an electronic wallet for a seller of the stock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ankur SAMBHAR
  • Publication number: 20200111160
    Abstract: A method of maximizing the number of shares purchased under an ESPP with limited employee capital contributions, comprising the steps of selecting a monetary contribution amount or an amount to be deducted from an employee's monetary compensation for contribution to the plan, wherein the contribution amount is less than a maximum allowable contribution under allowable limits of the plan; selecting a rebalancing price at which the employee wishes to sell shares of employer stock at the end of an offering period under the plan; taking a simultaneous short and long position in derivative or other financial instrument that would allow for the disposition of shares acquired in the plan at an employee-designated strike price, the short and long positions having different strike prices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Aaron J. Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20200111161
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling assets relating to the based upon creation and redemption of Compound Redeemable Instruments. Apparatus include server executing executable software to designate specific assets for joint redemption and allocating a predetermined number of the specified assets for distribution based upon a joint redemption. Joint redemption may include redemption of two disparate classes of financial instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Convergent Securities LLC
    Inventor: Gerald C. Altomare
  • Publication number: 20200111162
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an order balancing tool for modifying one or more components of an aggregated order in response to a change in quantity of the aggregated order. As used herein, the phrase “aggregated order” refers to two or more trade orders for a same tradeable object at a same price that may be distributed between two or more electronic exchanges. Aggregating trade order quantities may be useful, for example, for trading groups to improve the likelihood of the total number of contracts being filled by placing one trade order rather than two separate trade order that may be separated by additional trade orders received from different accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Iliar Mangutov, Sanju Varghese
  • Publication number: 20200111163
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for routing of streaming data as between multiple compute resources. For example, the system may comprise a processor, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a shared memory that is shared by a user space of an operating system for the processor and the FPGA, a network protocol stack, and driver code for execution by the processor. The driver code can be configured to (1) copy the streaming data received by the network protocol stack into the shared memory, (2) facilitate DMA transfers of the streaming data from the shared memory into the FPGA for processing thereby, (3) receive a stream of processed data from the FPGA, and (4) deliver the received processed data to the network protocol stack for delivery to one or more data consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Parsons, David E. Taylor, David Vincent Schuehler, Mark A. Franklin, Roger D. Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20200111164
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a matching engine for the coordination of electric energy production and consumption, in particular in the presence of uncertainty. The engine provides matching based on uncertainty and flexibility in the electric supply and demand chains. The system can use quantified characterizations of uncertainty and flexibility provided by performance measurements of the elements in the chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Fabian Mueller, Olle Sundstroem
  • Publication number: 20200111165
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a cash management tool. An embodiment of the present invention is directed to providing an ability to view current and projected cash balances to enable investment and portfolio managers to equitize cash to minimize tracking error. The innovative system and method also provides an ability to calculate and raise currency trades to meet benchmark rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Manish KUMAR, Brij AGARWAL, Oliver FURBY
  • Publication number: 20200111166
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating photo-based estimation are described. In an aspect, a computing device is configured to receive, from the camera, a signal comprising image data. The image data may represent at least a portion of a vehicle. The computing device may also retrieve data representing a preferred scene of the vehicle and determine, based on the image data and based on the data representing the preferred scene of the vehicle, whether the image data corresponds to the preferred scene of the vehicle. The server may, when the received image data corresponds to the preferred scene of the vehicle, enable capture of the image data. The server may send, via the communications module, a signal representing the captured image data to a processing server configured to analyze the captured image data to assess vehicular damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Denny Devasia KURUVILLA, Esli GJINI, Sarah REEVE, Harjot Singh PANAG, Justin SETO, Naomi Sarah FETH, Anurag THAKUR
  • Publication number: 20200111167
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating photo-based estimation are described. In an aspect, a server is configured to send via a communications module to a remote computing device a first signal comprising a chat interface. The server may receive, via the communications module and from the remote computing device, a second signal representing input received at the remote computing device through the chat interface. The server may identify an account associated with the remote computing device and retrieve policy data associated with the identified account from the data store. The server may automatically evaluate the input and policy data against predetermined criteria to determine whether a claim has a low risk level and, when the claim is determined to have a low risk level, engage a photo-based estimation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Denny Devasia KURUVILLA, Esli GJINI, Sarah REEVE, Harjot Singh PANAG, Justin SETO, Naomi Sarah FETH, Anurag THAKUR
  • Publication number: 20200111168
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method of dynamic insurance coverage in accordance with a cloud-based business valuation. The apparatus, system and method may include monitoring the business value substantially continuously; communicatively connecting an output of said monitoring to a remote input of an insurance system; assessing, by the insurance system based in part on the business valuation, of an under-writeable band of at least insurance needs; offering insurance at a discount from the under-writeable band; automatically adjusting the insurance and underlying premium pricing based upon variations in at least the business value up to the under-writeable band; and substantially continuously performing the automatically adjusting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Michael M. Carter
  • Publication number: 20200111169
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems for facilitating the use of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and more particularly to automated artificial intelligence (AI)-based techniques for determining an insurance premium for an AV ride based upon various factors including the evaluation of risk associated with the AV ride. An automated AI-based infrastructure is provided that uses automated machine-learning (ML) based techniques for evaluating a level of risk for any particular AV ride and then determining an insurance premium for the AV ride based on the level of risk. The insurance premium determination incorporates Usage Based Insurance Pricing (UBIP) that has been customized for autonomous driving, whereby the level of risk is predicted based on information associated with the expected usage of the AV during the ride. Thus, the insurance premium is customized for each ride and can be determined as part of calculating upfront the total price of the ride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: SafeAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Bibhrajit Halder, Sudipta Mazumdar
  • Publication number: 20200111170
    Abstract: A computing device has a processor. A display is coupled the processor. A user interface is coupled to the processor for entering data into the computing device. A memory is coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive telemetry data from a vehicle involved in an accident; map the incoming data to a standard data model to transform the telemetry data to a common standard data; analyze the common standard data; determine estimated repair cost of the vehicle based on the analysis of the common standard data; determine if the repair cost exceeds a predetermined threshold percentage of an actual cash value of the vehicle; and request a salvage service if the repair cost exceeds the predetermined threshold percentage of the actual cash value of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: RUSS OLDHAM
  • Publication number: 20200111171
    Abstract: An architecture of connected servers supports data analysis with each server using a pattern matching algorithm to determine if an individual's traits match a predetermined species or if a new species should be established. Each server may have a dedicated database and receive information from relevant sources including various reporting agencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Akshay Chopra, Matthew Dill
  • Publication number: 20200111172
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for determining expertise. An exemplary method includes analyzing, by a processor, a plurality of data of a user, wherein the data comprises at least words and phrases from at least one of emails, messages, and electronic communications, and receiving, by the processor, a second data, the second data comprising anonymous frequency word counts of a plurality of users. The method further includes determining, by the processor, a correspondence between the analyzed plurality of data and the second data, wherein the correspondence includes words and phrases that are interesting, and providing, by the processor, a list of words and phrases to the user based on the determined correspondence, wherein the list is selectable by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Vince Scafaria
  • Publication number: 20200111173
    Abstract: An activity management system is configured to allow users to access multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided into 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 an 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 curate activities that are displayed to a user for any given segment based on (1) viewers linked to the user (e.g., groups, social media groups, etc.), (2) viewers that influence the user, (3) a threshold number of activities set by the viewer or the system; (4) group membership of either the viewer or the user; etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Steve Benfield, Ahmad Aslami
  • Publication number: 20200111174
    Abstract: System and methods are disclosed to forecast electrical loads in an energy grid with a processor to receive load information from the energy grid; and a two-stage probabilistic load forecasting unit with integrated point forecast as a probabilistic load forecasting (PLF), including: a first stage where predetermined features are utilized to train a point forecast model and obtain the feature importance; and a second stage where the forecasting model is trained, taking into consideration point forecast features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yishen Wang, Qicheng Chang, Xiaoying Zhao, Di Shi, Zhiwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20200111175
    Abstract: A system and method for providing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) control to maximize profits that include determining at least one demand based charging schedule and processing an OEM charging policy option to schedule charging of the at least one electric vehicle at a low energy production cost timeframe. The system and method also include modifying the at least one demand based charging schedule into a policy based charging schedule based on an acceptance of the OEM charging policy option by the at least one utility provider. The system and method further include facilitating payment of an incentive fee from the at least one utility provider to the OEM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Uyeki, Ryan Douglas Roy Harty, Satoru Shinzaki, Jeremy Whaling, Sruthi Raju Nadimpalli, Harold Michael Koenig
  • Publication number: 20200111176
    Abstract: Calculation of a value of energy passing a point of an electric power delivery system, and price associated with the value is disclosed herein. Use of energy packets according with the embodiments of this disclosure more accurately represents the amount of energy produced and consumed by equipment. Energy packets may be calculated over one or more phases, over configurable time periods. Energy packets may be used in conjunction with a monetary rate to calculate the price for billing an energy consumer or crediting an energy producer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, David E. Whitehead, Gregary C. Zweigle, Dallas J. Jacobsen
  • Publication number: 20200111177
    Abstract: Systems and methods for market-based financial settlement of transactions within an electric power grid are disclosed. At least one active grid element is constructed and configured in Internet Protocol (IP)-based network communication with a settlement processor via at least one coordinator in real-time or in a predetermined timeframe. The at least one active grid element generates revenue grade metrology data based on measurement and verification for a participation of the at least one active grid element in the electric power grid. The at least one active grid element provides automated messaging to the settlement processor. The settlement processor provides a market-based financial settlement message based upon the revenue grade metrology data and a kilowatt packet (KWP) unit. The KWP unit provides a quantifying market rate for monetization for any unit of kilowatts with respect to time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Causam Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph W. Forbes, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200111178
    Abstract: Systems and methods for allocation of renewable energy capacity for a fleet of machines are disclosed. An example transaction-enabling system may include a fleet of machines each having an energy consumption task requirement, wherein at least a subset of the fleet of machines each comprises a renewable energy capacity. The system may further include a controller including a resource requirement circuit to determine an amount of energy for each of the machines to service the energy consumption task requirement for each corresponding machine, and a resource distribution circuit to allocate a delivery of energy from an aggregated renewable energy capacity of the subset of the fleet of machines in response to the determined amount of energy for each of the machines to service the energy consumption task requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Publication number: 20200111179
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating transactions and optimization data related to energy credits are disclosed. An example transaction-enabling system may include a resource requirement circuit to aggregate an energy credit requirement for a fleet of machines to perform a task, a forward resource market circuit to access a forward market for energy, and a controller. The controller may include an artificial intelligence (AI) circuit to configure a transaction on the forward market for energy in response to the aggregated energy credit requirement; a machine resource acquisition circuit to automatically solicit the configured transaction on the forward market for energy; and wherein the AI circuit is further structured to iteratively improve the configured transaction to improve a task outcome of the fleet of machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Publication number: 20200111180
    Abstract: A transaction-enabling system may include a smart contract wrapper, wherein the smart contract wrapper is configured to: access a distributed ledger comprising a plurality of intellectual property (IP) licensing terms corresponding to a plurality of IP assets; interpret an access request value for the plurality of IP licensing terms, and, in response to the access request value, provide access to at least a portion of the plurality of IP licensing terms; and commit a royalty generating entity providing the access request value to at least one of the plurality of IP licensing terms; and a royalty apportionment wrapper structured to apportion royalties from the royalty generating entity to a plurality of owning entities in the distributed ledger in response to the at least one of the plurality of IP licensing terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Publication number: 20200111181
    Abstract: A transaction-enabling system is disclosed. The transaction-enabling system includes a smart wrapper structured to aggregate one or more intellectual property (IP) assets into an aggregate stack of IP, wherein the aggregate stack of IP is owned by a plurality of owning entities; and a smart contract wrapper configured to: access a distributed ledger comprising a plurality of intellectual property (IP) licensing terms corresponding to the aggregate stack of IP; interpret an IP description value and an IP addition request; and in response to the IP addition request and the IP description value, add an IP asset to the aggregate stack of IP, commit a party to at least one of the plurality of IP licensing terms, and adjusting the plurality of owning entities, wherein adjusting comprises at least one of adding an entity, changing an entity, or removing an entity from the plurality of owning entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Publication number: 20200111182
    Abstract: A transaction-enabling system includes a machine having an energy requirement for a task; and a controller, comprising: a resource requirement circuit structured to determine an amount of an energy resource for the machine to service the energy requirement; a market forecasting circuit structured to predict a forward market price on a forward resource market based on the determined amount of the energy resource and at least one external data source; a forward resource market circuit structured to access the forward resource market; and a resource distribution circuit structured to execute a transaction on the forward resource market in response to the determined amount of the energy resource and the predicted forward market price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Publication number: 20200111183
    Abstract: A system can receive a request for a transport service from a rider device and can determine that a destination location information has not been included in the request. The system can arrange the transport service to be provided by a driver for the rider. The driver can be associated with a profile that includes data indicating that the driver has a particular characteristic. Based on determining that the destination location information has not been included in the request and determining that the driver has the particular characteristic, the system can transmit, to the rider device, a notification requesting the rider to provide a user-specified destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Benjamin Luke Metcalfe
  • Publication number: 20200111184
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating recommendations based on predicted activity includes: receiving transaction data associated with a first transaction initiated by a user; determining, based on the transaction data, that the first transaction is associated with a travel purchase; in response to determining that the first transaction is associated with a travel purchase, identifying itinerary information associated with a trip; and automatically initiating at least one target action based on the itinerary information. A system and computer program product for generating recommendations based on predicted activity is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Phan Huong Ly, Mohanraj Ragupathiraj, Pranjul Singhai, Dinesh Moorthi Subburaman, Madhavi Vaddepalli, Saurav Verma
  • Publication number: 20200111185
    Abstract: A technologically improved system and corresponding method of operation tracks and manages activities and tasks occurring at an activity venue. In particular, the system operates to track locations and leverage collected information and data to provide operators and patrons with information necessary to optimally maintain the venue around the patrons without interruption to the patrons and thereby improve the maintenance of the activity venue and the experience of the patrons at the activity venue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: David J. Vanslette, James K.B. Nunn, Lucius Riccio, Miro Jelicic