Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which is capable of executing some functions in a power-off state, and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a user input unit for sensing a predetermined user input in a power-off state; a controller for entering into an emergency settlement mode, in which only some functions are executed using the remaining power, on a basis of user information inputted by the user input being authenticated; and a wireless communication unit for receiving a settlement request signal from an external terminal and transmitting settlement information corresponding to the settlement request signal to the external terminal in the emergency settlement mode.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing predictive quality analysis. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a system may receive input data associated with a software program and compare the input data with one or more predetermined analysis parameters. The system may further determine at least one risk rating based on the comparison, wherein each risk rating corresponds to a distinct software category. The system may perform additional operations, including determining at least one adjustment to the software program based on the determined at least one risk rating, and prioritizing the at least one adjustment based on a predetermined adjustment priority standard. Furthermore, the system may provide a report including at least an indication of the at least one prioritized adjustment, a timeline for implementing the at least one prioritized adjustment, and plan implementing the at least one prioritized adjustment.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for collaboratively preparing an electronic tax return includes a host computer receiving a request from a first user for a collaborative tax preparation session through tax preparation software utilized by the first user to prepare an electronic tax return. The method also includes the host computer sending a message through a second network to a second computing device of a second user, inviting the second user to participate in the collaborative tax preparation session with the first user. The method further includes the host computer receiving a reply from the second computing device, including agreement by the second user to participate in the session. Moreover, the method includes the host computer establishing the collaborative tax preparation session. During the collaborative tax preparation session, the host computer receives tax-related information from the second computing device, and sends the received tax-related information to the first computing device.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, disclosed is a computer program stored in a computer readable storage medium. The computer program may include commands for making a computer perform operations, and the operations may include: receiving a message including a first transaction from an external computing device; reading the message and identifying the first transaction; recognizing a first transaction per second (TPS) value set in the first transaction; monitoring a current load value related to the first transaction; and determining whether to process the first transaction based on a result of a comparison between the current load value and the first TPS value.

Abstract: Managing a meeting can include analyzing, using a processor, dialog of the meeting to detect a closing indicator in response to determining that a scheduled end time of a meeting currently in progress is approaching. In the event that the closing indicator is not detected within the dialog, determining, using the processor, availability of an attendee of the meeting to continue in the meeting beyond the scheduled end time. A notification of the scheduled end time of the meeting can be provided, using the processor, in response to determining that the attendee of the meeting is not available to continue in the meeting beyond the scheduled end time.

Abstract: An unsupported event module may install one or more event handlers in an application, wherein the one or more event handlers are configured to catch user interface events not otherwise handled by the application. During execution of the application, one or more unsupported event handlers may record user interface events not otherwise handled by the application. The method further includes storing or transmitting one or more records of the user interface events recorded by the one or more unsupported event handlers. Other embodiments may include receiving, from a plurality of remote computing devices, records of user interface events. The recorded user interface events from a plurality of computers implementing instances of an application may be aggregated to generate a report indicting the number of user interface events not otherwise handled for the application.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a book information collaboration system and method, which can improve the efficiency of information exchange among readers of a same book and be advantageous for the readers to enhance the understanding of the book in a collaborative manner. The technical solutions are as follows: an open collaboration group is generated when a certain book is created for the first time, and a default entry structure using this book as a root entry is also generated. The entry structure involves various contents such as book publication information, book content reconstruction and reader comments. A user who searches, reads or attempts to recreate this book subsequently will be automatically added in this collaboration group. Only members in the collaboration group can edit the entry structure. The updated entry structure is displayed in real time to the members in the collaboration group.

Abstract: Techniques for behavioral pairing in a dispatch center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a dispatch center system comprising determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the dispatch center system, a dispatch request for a customer; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a plurality of field agents available to service the customer's dispatch request; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a model of preferred field agent-customer pairings based at least in part on historical field agent-customer interaction outcome data; selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the plurality of field agents based on the model; and outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the selection to facilitate dispatching the selected field agent to the customer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating, storing, and manipulating 3D objects in a software-supported virtual environment, and furthermore automatically generating the 3D objects in a CAD software application, are disclosed. The systems and methods allow for assemblies of the 3D objects to be saved and exported, where the saved assemblies are then imported by the CAD software application. The CAD software application includes a plug-in for generating part instances corresponding to each 3D object of the saved assembly. The plug-in includes master part models that define how the part instances are represented in the CAD software application, and how each part instance is to be connected for creating the saved assemblies in the CAD software application.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for receiving transaction requests from a financial institution, the system comprising i) a plurality of servers connected over a network, wherein each server comprises a storage unit configured to store a settlement risk position which is the sum of the value of previously processed transaction requests over a period of time, a debit cap value associated with the financial institution, an adjustment value and a new transaction request having a transaction value, wherein the debit cap value stored in each server is determined in accordance with the total debit cap attributed to the financial institution and the number of servers in the system; ii) communication circuitry configured to receive the adjustment value over the network, the adjustment value being determined as the average, value of the settlement risk position across the plurality of servers; and iii) control circuitry configured to determine whether the debit cap has been exceeded by comparing tire debit cap

Abstract: The disclosed telecom information processing system and method thereof allows a telecommunications provider to enable its business and organisational customers to view, report on and analyse the expenses that have been billed (historical invoicing periods) or will be billed (real-time outstanding invoicing period) to the customer for their usage of telecommunications services (typically call charges and/or data charges and/or other charges) as agreed in their contractual arrangements, by directly ingesting call data records (CDRs) and data usage records from the network and calculating the correct invoicing based on records held in the software invention, defining those contractual arrangements.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for nutrition tracking. In one exemplary embodiment, a methods and apparatus for nutrition tracking are provided which receive selections of consumable items from a user, identify at least one item to be purposefully omitted in nutrition calculation, and calculate total nutrition for a period of time based on the selections. The calculation comprises purposeful omission of the nutritional data of the identified at least one of the plurality of consumable items. In order to accomplish the calculation, each of the selected items is associated with a data record in a database, each data record in the database comprising nutritional data regarding a consumable item to which the data record corresponds.

Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive a vehicle identifier identifying a vehicle from a first digital entity. The processor is also configured to digitally obtain a payment account associated with the identifier, responsive to receiving the identifier. The processor is further configured to validate payment rights through input from a second entity, confirming the right to use the account to pay for charging the vehicle and responsive to successful validation, charge the payment account for vehicle charging, following vehicle charging completion.

Abstract: A Business Process Management (BPM) information display system and method includes identifying a BPM asset that has been modified, comparing the modified BPM asset to a second version of the BPM asset, and identifying an activity within the modified BPM asset that has been modified. A user interface is generated by a computing system in which the modified BPM asset and the second version of the BPM asset are displayed, including highlighting the modified activity on the user interface.

Abstract: Data processing computer systems and methods are disclosed for generating an electronic record for a privacy campaign that may include campaign data and a risk level for the privacy campaign. The risk level may be calculated using the campaign data and weighting factors. The weighting factors may be user customizable. Each piece of campaign data may have a relative risk rating that may also be user customizable and that may be used in calculating the risk level for the privacy campaign.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed for facilitating generation and processing of a customized promotion based on a set of factors. In some embodiments, the disclosed technology enables a particular merchant to incentivize customer business (e.g., increase customer traffic to a physical merchant location) by offering a customized promotion for placement in a receipt of a transaction with another merchant. The customized promotion, which decreases incrementally in value over time, is generated specifically for a product and/or service offered by the particular merchant. The product and/or service associated with the promotion correlates to a set of factors, including, among others, the customer's spending trend, thereby increasing the likelihood that the customer would redeem the promotion with the particular merchant in a second transaction.

Abstract: For a platform device placed on a web-site and capable of forming a network with code-identifiable users or participants for the purpose of gathering and processing, by the users or participants, of items of information each stored in storage spaces of a platform which storage spaces are identifiable per predefined coding and are assigned to (associated with) a plurality of predefined different topics, an actively automated distribution of information collected by the users or participants is achieved in that the storage spaces (110) are each formed by a dual unit DuU on the platform, a dual unit DuU comprising a first storage space assigned to a predefined topic and provided with initial information formulated by an initial participant but not editable by any other individual user or participant and also a second storage space assigned to the first storage space which is editable by any one individual user or participant and is construed for insertion, by the plurality of users or participants, of additional

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards for models for visualizing resource allocation. A plurality of data models may be provided to a benchmarking engine. The benchmarking engine may be employed to provide a plurality of benchmark models based on the plurality of data models. If an organization is selected, additional actions may be performed including: providing one or more of the plurality of benchmark models based on a data model that corresponds to the organization and one or more model objects of the data model; and, employing a visualization engine to provide a visualization that compares one or more resource allocations associated with the one or more model objects with the one or more benchmark models, such that the visualization is displayed on a hardware display for viewing by a user.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for synchronizing contact information and a medium are disclosed. The method may include: acquiring a processing request for synchronizing the contact information; acquiring head portrait information in the contact information and feature identification data of the head portrait information in response to the processing request; determining portrait status of the head portrait information based on the feature identification data; and performing a synchronizing operation on the head portrait information based on the portrait status of the head portrait information.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a plurality of social platforms within a social platform pool; and associating each of the plurality of social platforms with one or more responsibility descriptors, chosen from a responsibility descriptor pool. The one or more responsibility descriptors identify one or more portions of a responsibility score that may be positively impacted when a contribution is made to the associated social platform.

Abstract: An apparatus, computer program product, and method are disclosed for generating immediate gratification promotions. An example apparatus includes context collection circuitry configured to collect contextual data regarding a consumer device, and communications circuitry configured to transmit the collected contextual data regarding the consumer device to a promotion and marketing service. In response to transmitting the collected contextual data regarding the consumer device to the promotion and marketing service, the communications circuitry is configured to receive a message indicating terms of an immediate gratification promotion offered by a merchant, and in response to receiving a request to purchase the immediate gratification promotion, transmit a message to the promotion and marketing service to purchase the immediate gratification promotion. The example apparatus further includes input/output circuitry configured to output a message identifying the terms of the immediate gratification promotion.

Abstract: A distributed system that manages resources of the distributed system without the need for complex time synchronization systems is described. The distributed system includes a resource manager that manages the resources of the distributed system. The resource manager assigns leases and renews leases of resources of the distributed system to clients in the distributed system. The leases specify the duration of time that the lease is awarded to clients.

Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate automated validation of anti-money laundering alerts are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain alert information indicating monetary transaction flow patterns suspected as money laundering; identify pattern types of the monetary transaction flow patterns; obtain source lists indicating sources of extra-transactional information related to the entities involved in the monetary transactions and significance of the sources; access the sources and obtain the extra-transactional information; evaluate the extra-transactional information included in the sources in accordance with indicated significance of the sources to validate or disprove the suspicions of the monetary transaction flow patterns; and/or perform other operations.

Abstract: An apparatus, computer program product, and method are disclosed for generating immediate gratification promotions. An example apparatus includes communications circuitry configured to receive contextual data regarding a set of consumer devices, wherein the contextual data identifies locations of each consumer device of the set of consumer devices, receive resource management data regarding a set of merchant locations, transmit, to a consumer device of the set of consumer devices, a message indicating terms of an immediate gratification promotion redeemable at a merchant location of the set of merchant locations, wherein the immediate gratification promotion comprises a promotion for which purchase automatically initiates redemption, and receive, from the consumer device, a message requesting purchase of the immediate gratification promotion.

Abstract: A system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by said at least one hardware processor to, automatically: receive, from each of a plurality of web clients, a request to receive data, wherein said data comprises (i) advertisement copy and (ii) a landing page URL (Uniform Resource Locator) associated with said advertisement copy; determine, for each of said web clients, a client identifier associated with said web client; automatically select a subset of said web clients; send said data only to said subset of said web clients; and identify a web client not included in said subset of web clients is a software robot, when a received redirection request to said landing page URL is associated with a client identifier associated with said web client.

Abstract: Systematically and comprehensively identifying and evaluating structure changes in MRP runs.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying and tracking diverters of controlled medications. A system may receive signals indicative of medication dispensing activities by one or more health care providers such as nurses, physicians, or pharmacists. Based on the received signals, the system may determine one or more factor scores for each health care provider. The factor scores may be numerical indicators of potential diversion for corresponding factors related to usage, waste, dosage, or other factors. The factor scores may be combined to determine a total diversion score for each of one or more potential diverters.

Abstract: A computing resource service provider deploys resources to process input data sets on an ongoing basis and provide requestors with queryable data structures generated from the input data sets over determined, rolling periods of time. In one embodiment, the input data sets are processed using one or more nearest neighbor search algorithms, and the outputs therefrom are represented in data structures which are rotated as newer data structures are subsequently generated. The disclosed systems and techniques improve resource utilization, processing efficiency, query latency, and result consistency relative to known controls for large and/or complex data processing tasks, such as those employed in machine learning techniques.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a social platform inquiry from a client; defining one or more client identifiers for the client; and recommending one or more social platforms based, at least in part, upon the one or more client identifiers.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a moving object and a mobile apparatus are provided. The method comprises detecting a contact operation on a touch display, detecting, if the detected contact operation is a sliding contact operation in a preset image region, whether the sliding contact operation is a control trigger operation for the moving object, and, if yes, generating a control instruction for the moving object.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating social interactions between different individuals. Information available about each of the individuals engaged in a social interaction is used to provide a “social accelerator” for an interaction between the individuals. Social interactions are improved or accelerated by aggregating available information about individuals participating in an information system. When an interaction event trigger is received, the context of context for possible social interaction between the users around the trigger event is determined. A social accelerator is selected from available interest information common to the participating user and the target user, and the social accelerator is provided to one of the individuals.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing an integrated interface for generating one or more pages of a network interface are disclosed. A system includes a computing device configured to generate an integrated page including a first element associated with a first tool. The first element is configured to present one or more components on the integrated page. A modification of the first element is received by the computing device and a first parameter is extracted from the first element. The first parameter is defined by the first tool. A first tool-specific call is generated for the first tool. The first tool-specific call includes the first parameter. A structure of the first tool-specific call is defined by the first tool.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting physical conditions at a physical premises from collection of sensor information from plural sensors execute one or more unsupervised learning models to continually analyze the collected sensor information to produce operational states of sensor information, produce sequences of state transitions, detect during the continual analysis of sensor data that one or more of the sequences of state transitions is a drift sequence, correlate determined drift state sequence to a stored determined condition at the premises, and generate an alert based on the determined condition. Various uses are described for these techniques.

Abstract: A system for enhanced information flow in an enterprise is disclosed. The system includes a monitoring module configured to determine one or more metrics associated with at least one of an agent or a data item. The system further includes a rating module configured to provide a rating to the data item based on the one or more metrics associated with the at least one of the agent or the data item. The system further includes a computing module configured to compute a review parameter based on the rating of the data item. The system further includes a display module configured to display an indicator associated with the computed review parameter.

Abstract: A device for hailing a vehicle includes a location sensor outputting location information indicative of a location of the device. The device further includes a device interface configured to receive an input from a user of the device. Responsive to the input, a transmitter of the device transmits the location information, input information, and identification information for the device to a dispatch server system. The transmitter is further configured to route the location information, the input information, and the identification information for the device to only the dispatch server system. The identification information is used by the dispatch server system to set a predefined location associated with the identification information as a destination for a trip for the user in the vehicle. The predefined location is defined in an account corresponding to the identification information of the device maintained by the dispatch server system prior to receipt of the input.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing prepurchase promotions to consumers are discussed herein. A prepurchase promotion may refer to preliminary promotional mechanism that may be accepted but is not an actual (e.g., redeemable) promotion until subsequent to merchant approval of one or more promotion parameters. Some embodiments may provide for an apparatus including circuitry configured to: provide a prepurchase impression of a prepurchase promotion to a consumer device, wherein the prepurchase promotion is associated with one or more promotion parameters including a promotional value; receive bid data from the consumer device indicating a consumer-defined accepted value and consumer acceptance of the one or more promotion parameters at the consumer-defined accepted value; and generate a request to offer a promotion including the one or more promotion parameters at the consumer-defined accepted value for transmission to a merchant associated with the prepurchase promotion.

Abstract: In an example, one or more job postings, as well as corresponding confidential data values, are obtained from a social networking service. A first set of one or more features are extracted from the one or more job postings. The first set of one or more features and corresponding confidential data values are fed into a machine learning algorithm to train a confidential data value prediction model to output a predicted confidential data value for a candidate job posting. Then, the candidate job posting is obtained and a second set of one or more features are extracted from the candidate job posting. The extracted second set of one or more features is fed to the confidential data value prediction model, outputting the predicted confidential data value.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first controller, a first communication unit, and a second controller and communication unit both on board a vehicle. The second controller is configured to generate first control signals for controlling the vehicle based at least in part on second control signals received by the second communication unit from the first communication unit. The first controller is configured to receive proximity signals relating to a geographic proximity between two or more designated transports. The transports are respective movements of material from respective first locations to respective second locations. The first controller is further configured to generate a control plan for the two or more transports based at least in part on the proximity signals, and generate the second control signals, for communication to the second controller for controlling completion of the two or more transports, based on the control plan.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to link electronic voucher offers with complementary voucher offers and consolidate redemption of electronic vouchers with electronic payments into a single transaction.

Abstract: An approach is provided for assessing safety conditions of a vehicle. The approach, for example, involves aggregating operational data associated with a vehicle from a plurality of data sources. The approach also involves processing the operational data against operational criteria to determine a normal operational status or an abnormal operational status of the vehicle. The approach further involves generating an independent assessment of a safety condition of the vehicle based on the normal operational status or the abnormal operational status. The independent assessment is performed independently of an assessment system of the vehicle, a manufacturer of the vehicle, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves in response to a request by a user to use the vehicle, providing data indicating the safety condition in a user interface of a device associated with the user.

Abstract: Example dynamic pricing systems and methods are described.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are technologies for providing recommendations as to particular products and/or services that are customer specific and general, based on customer preference and inquiry. The recommendations are provided as part of an online shopping system. In accordance with one aspect, an item query is received from a customer, and analyzed by a query analyzer to determine if the query is a general item query or a specific item query. A search may be performed for items based on the item query in an items database listing items offered for purchase. If the query is the general item query, customer preference is determined from results of the search. If the query is the specific item query, the items from the results of the search are grouped based on cost performance. The items of the search result are ranked and provided to the customer.

Abstract: A facility configuration creation support method which supports creation of a facility configuration of a component mounting line which includes a component mounter includes a facility configuration creation step of creating a new facility configuration in which a total cost is reduced as compared to a current total cost in continuing production with a current facility configuration when producing in a specific period in the component mounting line.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that enable clients to claims spots on client-initiated segments. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a device of a creator, data specifying a client-initiated segment created by the creator through an interface presented at the device. A determination is made, based on the number of spots being claimed by the creator, that the client-initiated segment includes one or more available spots that are available to be claimed by clients other than the creator. A proper subset of the clients that are transmitted a notification that the client-initiated segment is available is created from a set of clients. For each client in the proper subset of clients, the notification that the client-initiated segment is available is transmitted to the client and the client is enabled to claim a spot on the client-initiated segment.

Abstract: An unpriced order auction and related market center and process are disclosed which allow posting market centers (e.g., exchanges) to schedule an auction that includes unpriced (Market) orders only. Such unpriced order auction executes at the midpoint of the NBBO, ensuring that the cross reflects the best prices in the entire marketplace, while discouraging the manipulation of the auction price on the posting market center. The disclosed auction also executes concurrently, but separately from the regular continuous matching process.

Abstract: A system and methods for third-party access to a network-based system for providing location-based upcoming event information are described. The location-based upcoming event information may be accessed from the network-based system by a server-side web application implemented by a third party. The server-side web application may be configured to communicate with the network-based system that provides online marketplace and ticket fulfillment services and to generate a query based upon the location of a user and other event criteria. The server-side web application may communicate the query to the network-based system and, in response, receive location-based upcoming event information which may be displayed to a user as a list and/or information on a map. The location-based upcoming event information may comprise an aggregate of ticket inventory available from multiple online marketplaces providing the user with multiple purchasing options.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distribution of enterprise software and compensation for usage of the enterprise software are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information including executable code of software applications; receive user input from administrative users regarding eligibility of individual software applications for different users; facilitate execution of different eligible software applications as selected by the different users; monitor billable execution of the software applications; determine compensation amounts that correspond to monitored billable execution; and presenting information to a given administrative user regarding the determined compensation amounts.

Abstract: A charging system controls an optimum charging process of an at least partially electrically operated vehicle. The electrically operated vehicle has an energy accumulator. The charging system has at least one power source with which the energy accumulator is connected and can be charged, and at least one back end server which can automatically determine an optimum charging plan for charging the energy accumulator based at least on technical state data of the vehicle and an electricity rate that is assigned to the energy source. In this way, when the energy accumulator is connected to the power source, the technical state data of the vehicle is automatically transmitted to the back end server. After the back end server receives the technical status data of the vehicle, the back end server determines the optimum charging plan. The back end server can control the charging process of the energy accumulator according to the optimum charging plan.

Abstract: Methods according to the present disclosure include: creating a representative profile from at least one change profile with an identifying tag from a repository, the representative profile including fewer than all possible changes to a system from an event; creating a candidate profile for a first candidate system, not flagged as similar or dissimilar, from the plurality of systems, wherein the candidate profile includes fewer than all changes to the first candidate system from the event; calculating at least one difference between the representative profile and the candidate profile; where the at least one difference is not within at least one threshold, flagging the first candidate system as dissimilar; and where the at least one difference is within the at least one threshold, flagging the first candidate system as similar, associating the identifying tag with the candidate profile, and adding the candidate profile to the repository.