Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for shared content management systems that provide performance analytics pertaining to a project. Embodiments include establishing one or more network communication links between a content management system that manages a plurality of shared content objects and a plurality of applications that cause modifications to the shared content objects in accordance with workflows of the project. Iteraction events that correspond to modifications over the shared content objects are recorded such that interaction events associated with the plurality of applications are selected based at least in part on attributes associated with the interaction events. Relationships between the recorded interaction events such as time durations between certain of the interaction events are calculated. Project performance measurements are generated based on the calculations and/or based on other relationships between the interaction events.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a risk management system that undertakes proactive risk assessment and suggests appropriate controls to mitigate risks. Moreover, the risk management system undertakes risk assessment based in three or more parameters. Further, the risk management system assesses strength or weakness of management components or departments.

Abstract: A system for security screening at a venue includes one or more security screening stations, each station having a security level and configured to screen a plurality of subjects in a queue for admitting the subject to the venue. The system may determine the current queue length of all the queues associated with security screening stations based on data received from one or more sensors. The system may also determine whether the throughput for at least one security screening station should be increased or decreased. If the system so determines, the system may decrease or increase, for a variation time period, the security level of the security screening station associated with the queue. The system may also adjust configuration of the stations or place a secondary and complementary screening process to dynamically improve the performance of the security system.

Abstract: Detecting fraudulent activity can be a complex, manual process. In this paper, we adapt statistical properties of count data in a novel algorithm to uncover records exhibiting high risk for fraud. Our method identifies shelves, partitioning data under the counts using a Student's t-distribution. We apply this methodology on a univariate dataset including cumulative results from phone calls to a customer service center. Additionally, we extend this technique to multivariate data, illustrating that the same method is applicable to both univariate and multivariate data.

Abstract: A cargo management system for handling cargo transportation is disclosed. The management system can be configured to determine the risk that is involved in a journey of a cargo-shipping-unit (CSU). The system comprises a Risk-Analyzer-Unit (RAU). The RAU can be configured to obtain one or more features of the journey of that CSU. Next the RAU can fetch a predictive model that can predict the likelihood that a demand for loss (DFL) will be filed. In addition the RAU can be configured to present the likelihood that a demand DFL will be filed as the risk that is associated with that journey of that CSU.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distributed risk analysis are discussed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to computing devices, systems, and methods for a new task-engine system that connects to a variety of task-interaction providers, enabling a user to use any one of multiple task-interaction providers to create and complete tasks within a workflow. That is, the connection to a variety of task-interaction providers allows a user to interact with the workflow through any of the task-interaction providers and create and/or complete any number of tasks in the workflow. The task-engine system may also update the creation and/or completion of a workflow task in all other task-interaction providers, such that all users may be aware of, or notified of, the current state of the workflow through any of the task-interaction providers.

Abstract: A network computing system can coordinate on-demand transport serviced by transport providers operating throughout a transport service region. The transport providers can comprise a set of internal autonomous vehicles (AVs) and a set of third-party AVs. The system can receive a transport request from a requesting user of the transport service region, where the transport request indicates a pick-up location and a destination. The system can determine a subset of the transport providers to service the respective transport request, and executing a selection process among the subset of the transport providers to select a transport provider to service the transport request. The system may then transmit a transport assignment to the selected transport provider to cause the selected transport provider to service the transport request.

Abstract: A resource planning apparatus includes a resource expanding unit configured to expand processes necessary for producing a product and resource capabilities necessary for resources to execute the processes, a resource allocation scheme generating unit configured to allocate resources having the resource capabilities expanded by the resource expanding unit to the processes, and a production plan devising unit configured to devise a production plan of the product on the basis of the resources allocated to the processes.

Abstract: A method for setting an approval process based on basis fields is disclosed in the present invention, including a step of creating an approval process: S1: selecting a form corresponding to the approval process; S2: selecting a basis field for the approval process, where one basis field can be selected by one or more approval processes; and S3: setting a field value set of the selected basis field of the approval process, wherein each field value can only exist in a field value set of one approval process under the basis field. During relation to the approval process, it is determined, according to the field value of the basis field in the approval form, the approval form belongs to which approval process's field value set of the corresponding basis field. In the present invention, when a form is submitted to be approved in an approval process, the form may be automatically related to an approval process according to a field value of a basis field in the form.

Abstract: A production environment monitoring system notes when problems or issues in a production environment have occurred. A noted problem can trigger multiple escalation policies, each of which calls for notifying a different individual to ask the individual to solve the problem. In systems and methods embodying the invention, a escalation policy coordinator selectively activates only one or more of the triggered escalation policies to prevent duplication or effort and to prevent the actions of one notified individual from interfering with the actions of a second individual.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for intelligent priming of mobile devices for the representatives of an organization who make service calls or client visits. With intelligent priming, in some embodiments, the systems and methods analyze each potential service appointment or customer/client visit separately, identify a potential set of information most relevant for the appointment or visit, and download the same to the representatives' mobile device. This reduces the time required and amount of information for priming. In some embodiments, the intelligent priming systems and methods can also notify representatives of when they should prime or download, generate recommendations for the information to be primed or downloaded, and provide an indicator to the representative regarding the status of priming or download.

Abstract: A system for recording events on a distributed ledger includes: a server; a terminal including a terminal processor executing an OS; and a data capture device including a housing, a data capture assembly configured to capture product data, a communication interface, a memory including a first driver and/or a firmware, and a processor executing instructions in the memory. The instructions include instructions to transmit the product data to the terminal through the communication interface. The terminal includes a second driver enabling the OS to communicate with the data capture device to accept the product data. At least one of the first and second drivers and the firmware includes a transmission flag changeable between activated and deactivated states. The activated state causes the product data to be transmitted to the server. Upon the product data satisfying a recordation condition, the product data is recorded, from the server, to the distributed ledger.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system to predict the occupancy of a facility. The system executes instructions to causes one or more processors to perform a method. The method includes a first step of collecting a first set of data associated with the occupancy of the facility in past. In addition, the method includes a second step of receiving a second set of data associated with the occupancy of the facility in a plurality of past seasons. Further, the method includes a third step of obtaining a third set of data associated with the demand of one or more users for the rooms of the facility. Furthermore, the method includes a fourth step of predicting the occupancy of the facility after applying machine learning algorithms over the first set of data, the second set of data and the third set of data.

Abstract: The disclosed intelligent virtual agent provides a single, unified platform for completing a variety of diverse complex business transactions including a series of interactions between multiple people and the performance of multiple tasks occurring at different points in time.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for processing order experience data across multiple data structures are provided herein.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to method and system for dynamically avoiding information technology (IT) operational incidents in a business process. The method may include mapping real-time unprocessed operational data with respect to an IT transaction in the business process against a dynamic baseline for each of a set of relevant key performance indicators (KPI's) for the IT transaction, and dynamically detecting an anomaly in the real-time unprocessed operational data based on the mapping. The method may further include determining, at an about time of the anomaly, one or more contemporaneous anomalies in real-time unprocessed application data and real-time unprocessed infrastructure data with respect to a plurality of applications and a plurality of components of an IT infrastructure respectively. The method may further include dynamically identifying a root cause of the anomaly by correlating the anomaly and the one or more contemporaneous anomalies, and providing the root cause for redressal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented appraisal system (100). A repository (102) stores a set of pre-defined organization rules, a lookup table having a list of employees, and actual emoluments, computed historical appraisal score values, employee details, and a set of pre-determined parameters corresponding to each of the employees, and a predicted weightage corresponding to each of the set of pre-determined parameters. An analyzer (104) analyzes the stored employee details to generate a plurality of clusters of employees. A matrix creator (106b) creates a matrix for each of the pre-determined parameters, and populates each cell of the created matrix with a rating value by comparing a score value of each of the employees associated with the cell. A ranking module (106a) generates a rank value for each of the employees. A validation module (110) identifies an error or a bias. A computation module (112) computes emoluments for each of the employees.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of automated rewarding systems. The system comprises a plurality of set of user devices (10) associated with employees, a plurality of second user devices (20) associated with managers, and a server (30). The server (30) is configured to receive peer score values and the manager score values from the set of user devices (10) and second user devices (20). Further, the server (30) is configured to validate the recognitions/ranking provided by the manager by comparing the manager score values with peer score values. Upon successfully validating the recognition/ranking, the server allows the recognized employee to select a reward from a reward catalog, thereby maintaining a competitive environment within a team and keeping the employees of the team motivated.

Abstract: Systems for determining alternative job titles to use when querying online recruiting databases. Multiple computers are operatively interconnected for determining a set of alternative job titles from a set of job parameters, and using the alternative job titles when querying online job and/or candidate posting corpora. A method embodiment commences upon parsing a given job requisition to identify at least one job title string that corresponds to at least one job title. The job title is normalized in accordance with a set of normalization rules to form a normalized job title string. The normalized job title string is then used to access machine learning models, which are in turn used to classify the job title string and to produce alternative titles that correspond to the job title. The alternative titles are used for querying online job posting corpora to retrieve postings that match at least one of the alternative titles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for generating a security route to be operated by a user, specifically created based on security tasks generated by a security system. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding security system and a computer program product.

Abstract: A time, activity and personnel tracking (TAPT) system includes work stations, each configured to perform thereat a plurality of tasks respectively associated with one or more of a plurality of projects, the tasks being associated with and assigned to be performed by one or more persons. A plurality of personal identification devices (PID) are configured to be worn or carried by said persons and each said PID uniquely identifying a respective one of said persons. A plurality of proximity sensors (PXS), each being mounted to or located at a given one of said work stations, are configured to detect the presence of a given one of said persons adjacent thereto, by sensing the PID worn or carried by that person, when said given person has located himself or herself within a predetermined distance to said PXS. A task/project electronic recording (TR) board displays at the work stations a list of tasks assigned to the person, for selection by the person a task to be performed.

Abstract: The invention performs a simulation of a new organization, created as a result of merger, acquisition or reorganization, including the steps of receiving information about teams in the new organization, information about open positions, at least one employee table that provides records for a plurality of employees, where at least one of the employees is to be assigned to a team in the new organization; matching constraints that are used to match employees with teams, and balancing constraints that are used to balance teams, for at least one employee to be assigned to a team, determining that the employee matches an open position on a team based on the matching constraints, assigning the employee to the open position on the team; and for at least one team, reassigning an employee to a different team based on the balancing constraints.

Abstract: Methods and systems are used for determining new teams. Personality data associated with one or more individuals is received. The personality data is used to select a candidate from the one or more individuals for placement on a new team associated with a project or to match the candidate to an existing team. Performance data for one or more existing teams on one or more existing projects is received. Team preference data is received that identifies an importance value associated with each team aspect of one or more team aspects used in a determination of the new team or for the existing team. A new team for the project or an update to the existing team is determined using machine learning and based on the personality data, the performance data, and the team preference data.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing enhanced prioritized order scoring based upon user location and user history. A prioritized order score used for work prioritization is calculated using user location and user history. A respective prioritized order score is identified for an ordered pickup location and an alternative pickup location. The identified prioritized order scores are compared to identify a location for the order.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for tracking and management of bioprocess and/or other sterile product inventory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes: a communication interface to receive a message from a radiofrequency identification circuit associated with a product via an antenna at a location; a keycode verifier to verify a keycode from the message as authentic and associated with the product; a certificate generator to provide, when the keycode is verified, a certificate for the product, the certificate to be sent from a cloud-based server to a local computing device at the location to enable use of the product; an inventory predictor to predict, based on an identification of the product and usage information for the product and/or the location, an exhaustion of the product at the location; an output generator to trigger an order of the product when the exhaustion of the product at the location is predicted.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may include an sorter device including at least one optical device configured to capture optical data associated with an unsaleable item, a display, and a processor coupled to the at least one optical device and to the display. The processor may be configured to automatically identify the unsaleable item, to provide a graphical interface to the display including selectable options accessible by a user to assign the identified unsaleable item to a selected donation site of a plurality of donation sites. In response to selection of the selected donation site, the processor may be configured to guide an operator through a process of packaging the unsaleable item into a shipping container for transport. The sorter device may track the process to confirm acceptance of the donation and confirmation of receipt of the donation by a receiver at the donation site.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for supply chain vulnerability forecasting using external event data is described. The method may include identifying historic data from each entity of a plurality of entities connected in a supply chain, aggregating temporal-based information relating to the entities and to relations among the entities into one or more time periods based on the historic data, training a cognitive prediction model using the aggregated temporal-based information, generating a vulnerability score for each entity, generating a recommendation for at least one entity if the vulnerability score for the at least one entity is above a preset threshold, retraining the cognitive prediction model using changed data of the at least one entity, and adjusting the vulnerability score based on the retraining.

Abstract: An expiration date notification method uses an information terminal device that comprises a storage unit that stores an expiration date of a puncture repair liquid contained in a container; a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification period and a notification method for notifying of a replacement period of the puncture repair liquid based on the expiration date stored in the storage unit; a notifying unit that notifies of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid; and a control unit that controls the notifying unit based on settings of the notification condition setting unit, the method comprising: after the expiration date is input into the storage unit of the information terminal device, the information terminal device notifying of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid within a preset notification period including before and after the expiration date of the puncture repair liquid via a preset notification method.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing information are provided. The method may include: generating a packing code based on information of a target stock keeping unit (SKU), the information of the target SKU including a code of the target SKU; storing the information of the target SKU and the packing code in association; finding a packing code stored in association with the code of the target SKU, and determining the number of found packing codes; and executing, in response to the number being greater than or equal to two, one of the following processes: retaining a target packing code, and deleting other packing codes except for the target packing code in the found packing codes; or marking the target packing code by a first marking approach, and marking the other packing codes except for the target packing code in the found packing codes by a second marking approach.

Abstract: A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcode indicators, each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, the at least one threshold being at least one of a time duration threshold and a combined temperature and time threshold, a barcode indicator reader operative to read the barcode indicators and to provide output indications and an indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes periodically receiving a batch product presentation message comprising at least one of a presentation minimum for a plurality of products in a retail store and the facing quantity for a plurality of products in the retail store. A stream of product presentation messages is formed from the batch product presentation message. For each product presentation message, content of the product presentation message is used to identify a respective quantity of a product that is to be moved to the sales floor.

Abstract: Methods for use in a measurement system. Some embodiments comprise at least one sensor unit and a control unit, wherein the at least one sensor unit is configured to detect a physical quantity and to form a sensor data signal. The method comprises, at the control unit, receiving a data receive signal from the sensor unit, and interpreting the data receive signal to be one of at least the sensor data signal and another data signal, wherein the interpreting is based on an attribute information intrinsic to the data receive signal. Furthermore, there is a sensor unit for use in measurement data acquisition, an apparatus configured to control a measurement data acquisition, a measurement system for use in measurement data acquisition, and a medium incorporating a sequence of operation steps that, when executed, perform a method for use in a measurement system for data acquisition.

Abstract: A system for facilitating international trade including a web-based, internet application, programmed to connect businesses and licensed customs brokers to businesses anywhere in the world. This application acts as a third-party gateway, providing a system and method of facilitating international trade between businesses and governments and avoiding unnecessary errors and delays in the traditional customs brokerage process.

Abstract: A system and method for generating shipping labels for shipping items to other countries. The shipping label can be based on shipping information for the item. The shipping label can also contain information about whether there was a landed cost guarantee associated with the item.

Abstract: A method may include the following steps: determining, based on timing measurements between a first digital radio communication device (DRCD) node and at least a second DRCD node, a distance between the first DRCD disposed on a tanker and the second DRCD disposed about a loading/unloading facility; and facilitating, in response to determining a position based on the timing measurements, fluid payload loading/unloading of the tanker at the loading/unloading facility.

Abstract: In some examples, a server may receive a first order to acquire a product. The server may receive a request to cancel the first order and determine that the product has shipped. The server may determine, based on sensor data received from a sensor of a circuit board in the container, that the container is unopened. After receiving a second order to ship the product to a second location, the server may instruct a courier to transport the product to the second location. For example, if the container is located at the first location, the server may instruct the courier to transport the container from the first location to the second location. If the server determines that the courier is currently transporting the container to the first location, the server may instruct the courier to transport the container to the second location instead of to the first location.

Abstract: An electronic notification apparatus is disclosed. The electronic notification apparatus may include an image capture device which can scan a machine readable code on a physical object. A communication may thereafter be initiated to complete the transfer of the physical object to a user.

Abstract: Cargo management system for handling demand for loss (DFL) is disclosed. The management system is configured to obtain a DFL that is related to a certain journey, wherein the journey can comprise one or more segments. Based on analyzing the obtained DFL the system can recommend whether a filed DFL is for real occurred damages. In addition, the system can point on a suspected cause for the damage as well as the suspected segment of the journey in which the damage occurred.

Abstract: A system and method (referred to as a system) schedules vehicles transporting freight on a mesh network using a machine learning process. The system receives transportation requests over a network from a plurality of customer portals that include loading times, loading locations, destination locations, delivery times, and freight requirements. The system mines large data sets from remote sites that reflect distances between the loading locations and the destination locations and corresponding freight rates associated with distances through the machine learning process. The system predicts shipping schedules that include predicted departure time and a predicted arrival time associated with the plurality of shipping schedules. The system matches the transportation requests with the plurality of shipping schedules in real time based on a plurality of shipping preferences, carrier availabilities, and projected probabilities that a plurality of carriers will accept loads.

Abstract: An order allocation method and apparatus are provided. The order allocation method includes: obtaining an unallocated order corresponding to a first delivery business; determining a first matching degree between the unallocated order and each of allocated order groups of a plurality of candidate delivery persons, wherein the allocated order groups include an order group corresponding to a second delivery business; and if there is an allocated order group that meets a matching degree requirement, assigning the unallocated order to that allocated order group. Each of the allocated order groups may include allocated orders corresponding to the first delivery business and the second delivery business. Therefore, joint allocation and scheduling of orders of the two delivery businesses in a same order group can be implemented based on the matching degree, so that different delivery businesses can share a same batch of delivery persons, thereby improving utilization of the delivery capacity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating delivery of parcels to, from, and between attended delivery/pickup locations. In various embodiments, the attended delivery/pickup locations may be associated with brick-and-mortar retail locations and used to facilitate inventory transfer between locations, shipment of goods purchased at the brick-and-mortar-retail locations to other attended delivery/pickup locations or other locations, and to receive delivery of parcels sent from any suitable location. In some embodiments, the attended delivery/pickup locations are configured to receive shipments of items ordered from online retail websites. In other embodiments, the attended delivery/pickups locations are associated with shopping centers and configured to facilitate shipment of items purchased at the associated shopping centers.

Abstract: A method and system for automatically creating Bills of Materials. A Building Information Model (BIM) electronic drawing is created on a 3D BIM program using Bill of Material standards. The BIM electronic drawing is exported, filtered and stored into a database with a cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) service on a cloud communications network The data is analyzed to produce in real-time a Bill of Materials accurate down to an individual piece level (e.g., stud, board, pipe, duct, etc.) for desired physical structures (e.g., houses, townhomes, multi-unit housing, etc.). The Bill of Materials includes a report produced in a standard and repeatable format, thereby reducing risk, reducing costs and ensuring a trackable level of quality for the builders of the desired physical structure and eliminating any need for estimating of any quantity, cost, installation time, installation cost or waste factor for any one of the plural physical components used to build the desired physical structure.

Abstract: A transport system includes vehicle-controls for automated-control of a host-vehicle, a communication-device to receive destinations for the host-vehicle and convey fees to a client, and a controller-circuit in communication with the vehicle-controls and the communication-device. The controller-circuit is configured to receive a first-destination of a package, receive a second-destination of the client, convey a base-fee to the client for transportation to the second-destination without stopping at the first-destination, convey a reduced-fee to the client for transportation to the second-destination that includes stopping proximate to the first-destination and the client delivering the package to the first-destination.

Abstract: A method and system for automated vehicle transportation is disclosed that allows a car shipper, such as a car dealer, to ship a car automatically from a computer or smart phone, and have the car accepted directly electronically by an auto transport trucker on a smartphone to pick up and deliver. The user by enters the vehicle on a website or mobile application, and the auto transporter selects the car for pick up by tapping on a mobile application on a smartphone. The transaction is handled automatically by the system, and manual communication such as phone calls and faxes and paperwork are not required. The system also tracks the location of the vehicle via the transporters smartphone and displays the real-time location to the customer. The payment may be collected electronically from the customer, and automatically paid to the transporter electronically. A video bill of lading is also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the generation of a consolidated data repository report in order to visualize a consolidated and holistic view of the work for an entire organization. Such consolidated data reports may be transformed and modified to further enhance the visual and readability aspects of the report.

Abstract: A method of operating a resource configuration and project management system involves identifying, for a project, sandboxed task data and task parameters including project skill sets and project tools. The method configures a first selector with project skill sets to select at least one developer from a developer pool. The method configures a second selector with project tools to select at least one container including at least one set of programming functions from a container library. The method assigns at least one developer to a working task queue generated from the task parameters. The method configures the at least one container to operate as a sandboxed environment. The method authorizes the at least one developer to access the at least one container and the sandboxed task data within the sandboxed environment. The method monitors developer resources and computing resources during execution of the project by the selected at least one.

Abstract: Systems and methods for message transfer and retrieval are provided. According to some aspects, message information is received from a sender, and a message can be created based on the received message information. A hash of the message and transaction information related to the message can be generated and provided to a current block in a blockchain. The message is transferred or otherwise provided to a receiver, and upon receipt and validation of authentication information from the receiver, access to the received message is provided to the receiver. A hash of the received message and additional transaction information related to the received message is generated and provided to a current block in the blockchain. Other aspects also are provided.

Abstract: A proxy email account management system configured to identify emails comprising receipt information and match the identified emails to respective transactions. The proxy email account management system may comprise a custodial email management system associated with a proxy email address. The custodial email management system may parse emails for receipt information and account-holder information, identify receipt information and account-holder information, determine if the emails correspond to a purchase made by an account-holder, and forward the email to a primary email address associated with the account-holder.

Abstract: A system and method for searching and sharing virtual business cards allows a user to share his or her contact information and business information and/or request access to the contact information and business information of another user. The system includes at least one remote server used to manage a plurality of user accounts. Each user account is managed by a personal computing device and includes a virtual business card. The virtual business card includes contact information and business information of each user. A user can share his or her virtual business card through the system and method. Further, a user can request to view the virtual business card of a secondary user. The user can select the secondary user from a plurality of matching accounts. If the secondary user accepts the request, the user and the secondary user are granted access to view the virtual business cards of each other.