Task Assignment Patents (Class 705/7.21)
-
Patent number: 10992813Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving a data-communication apparatus that includes a data-communications server and processing circuitry in communication therewith. The data-communication server interfaces with a plurality of remotely-situated client entities for providing data communication services. The processing circuitry accesses an archive of digital voice data indicative of transcribed audio conversations for at least one of the plurality of remotely-situated client entities, calendar information, and a client data-communications server for geographic information of the agents and system parameters. The processing circuitry analyzes the digital voice data associated with the agents, the calendar information, and the system parameters to predict a call answer rate for agents of a geographic region of the at least one remotely-situated client entity for a period of time and reroutes incoming calls based on the predicted call answer rate.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: 8x8, Inc.Inventors: Zhishen Liu, Bryan R. Martin
-
Patent number: 10930388Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for a physician efficiency management system. According to various examples, the system includes a location sensor that gathers logged medical examination times and logged examination duration times for appointments within a selected time frame. The system also includes a medical schedule processor that compares the logged medical examination times and logged examination duration times to corresponding scheduled appointment times and allotted examination times to determine which of the appointments were behind schedule or overran their allotted duration. The medical schedule processor then generates an efficiency report that includes statistics reflecting the number of appointments that were behind schedule or overran their allotted durations for the selected time frame, and amounts that late appointments ran behind schedule and amounts that appointments overran their allotted times.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventors: Deborah T. Bullington, Andrew B. Bullington
-
Patent number: 10911257Abstract: A context-aware smart home energy management (CASHEM) system and method is disclosed. CASHEM dynamically schedules household energy use to reduce energy consumption by identifying contextual information within said household, selecting a comfort of service preference, wherein said comfort of service preference is based on different said contextual information, and extracting an appliance use schedule for maximum energy savings based on said contextual information in light of said comfort of service preferences, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus. CASHEM correlates said contextual information with energy consumption levels to dynamically schedule said appliance based on an energy-saving condition and a user's comfort. Comfort of service preferences are gathered by CASHEM by monitoring occupant activity levels and use of said appliance. CASHEM can also recommend potential energy savings for a user to modify comfort of service preferences.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Ademco Inc.Inventors: Saad J. Bedros, Tom Markham, Tom Plocher, Pradeep Shetty, Thirumaran Ekambaram, Nasir Mohammed
-
Patent number: 10839471Abstract: A method for configuring a task process of a work flow engine includes (a) providing a plurality of tasks selectable via a user interface of a task configurator, each task being an execution type or an action type task and (b) receiving a first selection of a first one or more tasks of the plurality of tasks corresponding to the execution type. The method further includes (c) receiving a second selection of a second one or more tasks corresponding to the action type, (d) receiving a selection of one or more paths between the first one or more tasks and the second one or more tasks, and (e) assembling the first one or more tasks and the second one or more tasks into a task process comprising an execution sequence of the first one or more tasks and the second one or more tasks.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Jasci LLCInventor: Daniel Raymond Napoli
-
Patent number: 10824304Abstract: A system may include a cloud service platform accessible by a client device via a client network. The cloud service platform may provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to the client device and receive an indication of one or more service records associated with an enterprise from a database and generate the GUI for display on the client devices. The GUI may have a services dashboard including one or more graphical icons representative of respective service records of the service records. The cloud service platform may also receive one or more user inputs indicative of an adjustment to an amount of graphical icons displayed in the services dashboard from the client device, and dynamically modify an appearance of the graphical icons based on the user inputs. The appearance of the graphical icons may be indicative of one or more types of data associated with the respective service records.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.Inventors: Bnayahu Makovsky, Yotam Barak, Amit Arom-Zohar
-
Patent number: 10817843Abstract: A system for compensation modeling includes an interface and a processor. The interface is to receive live transactional compensation data. The system processor is to determine a set of compensation assignment plans based at least in part on the live transactional compensation data, determine a compensation model based at least in part on the set of compensation assignment plans, and provide the compensation model.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Workday, Inc.Inventors: Scott Colner, Peter Ryan
-
Patent number: 10803541Abstract: A method for configuring a task process of a work flow engine includes (a) providing a plurality of tasks selectable via a user interface of a task configurator, each task being an execution type or an action type task and (b) receiving a first selection of a first one or more tasks of the plurality of tasks corresponding to the execution type. The method further includes (c) receiving a second selection of a second one or more tasks corresponding to the action type, (d) receiving a selection of one or more paths between the first one or more tasks and the second one or more tasks, and (e) assembling the first one or more tasks and the second one or more tasks into a task process comprising an execution sequence of the first one or more tasks and the second one or more tasks.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Jasci LLCInventor: Daniel Raymond Napoli
-
Patent number: 10796265Abstract: Disclosed subject matter relates to data analytics including a method of evaluating performance of employees of an organization. A performance evaluating system provides a review matrix corresponding to one of plurality of review contexts to recommenders for receiving their feedback including recommender's review score and review comments in the review matrix for the employees. Further, the performance evaluating system generates a system review score for each employee by analysing the review comments and computes a compound review score for each employee and each of the plurality of review contexts using the recommender's review score and the system review score. Furthermore, cumulative evaluation score for each employee is computed using the compound review score, predefined organizational weights and historical evaluation score. Finally, the cumulative evaluation score of is analysed to evaluate performance of the employees and reward them objectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Wipro LimitedInventor: Sridharan Muthuswamy
-
Patent number: 10779133Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a system for communicating with a plurality of mobile devices from a single mobile device. Source information may be stored from an incoming message to one or more groups. An outgoing message may be associated to each of the groups, and may be automatically sent to one or more of the groups based on user-defined rules.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Viva Capital Series LLCInventors: David Johnston, Ryan A. Bis
-
Patent number: 10748094Abstract: A reminder notification system includes a first terminal and a second terminal which include a reminder notification unit configured to provide a reminder of a predetermined task. The first terminal includes a task registration setting unit configured to register and set the predetermined task as a target task. The first terminal and the second terminal each include a task information share unit configured to share the target task that is registered and set in the task registration setting unit between the first terminal and the second terminal. At least one of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a notification terminal setting unit configured to set any of the first terminal and the second terminal as a notification terminal configured to provide the reminder on the basis of content of the target task when executable conditions of the target task are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Funakoshi, Satoru Noguchi, Shigeo Nishida, Takaya Matsumoto
-
Patent number: 10735592Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving a data-communication apparatus that includes a data-communications server and processing circuitry in communication therewith. The data-communication server interfaces with a plurality of remotely-situated client entities for providing data communication services. The processing circuitry accesses an archive of digital voice data indicative of transcribed audio conversations for at least one of the plurality of remotely-situated client entities, calendar information, and a client data-communications server for geographic information of the agents and system parameters. The processing circuitry analyzes the digital voice data associated with the agents, the calendar information, and the system parameters to predict a call answer rate for agents of a geographic region of the at least one remotely-situated client entity for a period of time and reroutes incoming calls based on the predicted call answer rate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: 8x8, Inc.Inventors: Zhishen Liu, Bryan R. Martin
-
Patent number: 10733574Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for logging a meeting. The system may include a memory storing computer-executable instructions and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving audio of the meeting captured by at least one microphone device and determining an arriving angle of speech from at least one attendee of the meeting based on the captured audio. The operations may also include generating a data stream based at least in part on the arriving angle of speech, determining an identification of the at least one attendee, and matching the identification to the data stream.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: MELO, INC.Inventors: Guobin Shen, Zheng Han
-
Patent number: 10620789Abstract: A to-do list management system surfaces a user interface with a user input mechanism that displays a user actuatable element for each item on a user's to-do list. It senses a flick gesture and automatically moves a to-do list item to the user's agenda. It can also sense a user input gesture and automatically remove an agenda item from the user's agenda, and place it on the user's to-do list.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Clea Allington, Cindy Kwan, Joseph T. Flint, Flora M. Lee, Poonam G. Hattangady, Justin Son Pae, Jaime J. Hwacinski, Spencer K. Nelson, Joan Ching Li, Eva Britta Karolina Burlin, Ian Dwyer Curry, Anna Pablo, Andrew Winslow Brough
-
Patent number: 10613714Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing electronic distribution of filtered calendars. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving control data. The control data may be configured to indicate a portion of master calendar data a user designates to transmit. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include filtering the master calendar data based on the control data to create filtered calendar data and transmitting the filtered calendar data.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Cameron D. Stillion, Hans J. Bjordahl, Brian J. Tsang
-
Patent number: 10613711Abstract: A system may include a cloud service platform accessible by a client device via a client network. The cloud service platform may provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to the client device and receive an indication of one or more service records associated with an enterprise from a database and generate the GUI for display on the client devices. The GUI may have a services dashboard including one or more graphical icons representative of respective service records of the service records. The cloud service platform may also receive one or more user inputs indicative of an adjustment to an amount of graphical icons displayed in the services dashboard from the client device, and dynamically modify an appearance of the graphical icons based on the user inputs. The appearance of the graphical icons may be indicative of one or more types of data associated with the respective service records.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.Inventors: Bnayahu Makovsky, Yotam Barak, Amit Arom-Zohar
-
Patent number: 10549980Abstract: A system for controlling the dispensing of fuel by a distribution apparatus, particularly for private use, which comprises one or more dispensing units, one or more mobile processing devices operated by respective driver users, and a central remote processing device; the mobile devices are in communication with the central remote device by way of a telematic communications network; the dispensing units and the mobile processing devices comprise respective short-range wireless communication modules that are adapted to establish a short-range wireless communication session between the dispensing units and the mobile devices, the mobile devices being adapted and configured to allow the transmission of data originating from the dispensing units to the central remote processing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: PIUSI S.P.A.Inventor: Otto Varini
-
Patent number: 10539437Abstract: A crop growth sensing apparatus and method supporting agricultural machinery variable-quantity fertilization, includes a shock-absorbing support, a shock-absorbing frame, and a cantilever beam. The shock-absorbing support is connected to an agricultural machinery vehicle frame. The cantilever beam is pivotally connected above a shock-absorbing spring of the shock-absorbing support. The cantilever beam, by means shock-absorbing springs mounted thereabove and thereunder, is pivotally connected to the shock-absorbing frame. The shock-absorbing frame is fixedly connected to a crop growth sensor. The crop growth sensing method employs an engine vibration model of the agricultural machinery and a vibration model for vehicle wheels and farmland road surface as excitations in analyzing vibrations of a crop growth multispectral sensor shock-absorbing apparatus to determine the number and mount positions of sensitive elements of the crop growth multispectral sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jun Ni, Weixing Cao, Yan Zhu, Shanshan Yu, Yongchao Tian, Xia Yao, Fangrong Pang, Lili Yao, Fang Liu
-
Patent number: 10493361Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for rendering a graphical user interface of an online game system on a display of a terminal, including: rendering, in the graphical user interface, at least one virtual resource object; detecting whether a configuration option in the game system is enabled, entering a first control mode in accordance with a determination that the configuration option is enabled; rendering, in a skill control display area in the graphical user interface, at least one skill object corresponding to multiple character objects; detecting, from a user of the terminal, a skill release operation gesture on the at least one skill object in the skill control display area; and performing a skill release operation, on a currently specified target object, of a skill to be triggered and supported by at least one skill object corresponding to one or more of the multiple character objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Yong Tang, Yu Chen, Chuang Zhou, Wei Gong
-
Patent number: 10455376Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a system for communicating with a plurality of mobile devices from a single mobile device. Source information may be stored from an incoming message to one or more groups. An outgoing message may be associated to each of the groups, and may be automatically sent to one or more of the groups based on user-defined rules.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: VIVA CAPITAL SERIES LLC, BT SERIESInventors: David Johnston, Ryan A. Bis
-
Patent number: 10447852Abstract: Systems for call processing access and provide structured data about a customer to a representative, where the data is configured and presented through an optimized network are provided. The disclosed call processing systems provide a tailored, interactive graphical user interface (GUI) that provides access to specific user-focused internal and external data resources, presented to the representative, to allow the representative to drive conversations and address the customer's needs quickly.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedInventors: Michael Lee Baker, David Shapiro, Lee A. Butterworth, Siddhartha Bothra, Matthew N. Horton, Wayne White, Thomas John Allenburg, Leslee Matthews, Lisa Marie Heath
-
Patent number: 10445149Abstract: A method causing a processor to execute operations includes managing a plurality of first settings, one of the plurality of first setting being to control a first device in case that an operation status of a second device which is interconnected to the first device via a network has changed, receiving a second setting, the second setting being to control a third device in case that an operation status of a fourth device which is interconnected to the third device via the network has changed, determining whether conflicting operations are to be performed on a device when the plurality of first settings and the second setting are executed, extracting a setting from the first settings and the second setting, which is a cause of the conflicting operations in case that, in the determining, the conflicting operations are determined and transmitting a notification to divide a time during which the setting extracted in the extracting is executed.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Ryota Miyazaki, Tomonori Nakamura, Hiroko Sugimoto
-
Patent number: 10413779Abstract: A system to assist users with the completion of tasks in a wellness program itinerary. The system assists users in completing tasks by recommending a controlled number of tasks for a user to perform in a next task period. The system determines the number of tasks to recommend by computing a pace that would enable the user to complete all wellness programs in the itinerary within a recommended time period. The system determines which tasks to recommend to the user based on several factors, such as a user state and user environment. The user environment is based on the location of the user, and may include the weather and surrounding landmarks at the location.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Welltok, Inc.Inventors: Paul Ingram, Elizabeth Quinn, Travis McElfresh
-
Patent number: 10257132Abstract: A method for managing processing of electronic messages. The method includes a computer processor identifying one or more electronic messages. The method further includes a computer processor determining one or more e-mail characteristics respectively associated with the identified one or more electronic messages. The method further includes a computer processor determining an estimated electronic message processing duration for the identified one or more electronic messages based, at least in part, on weighting factors that are associated with the determined one or more e-mail characteristics. The method further includes a computer processor identifying a first unscheduled time slot within an electronic calendar of a user. The method further includes a computer processor scheduling the identified one or more electronic messages within the identified first unscheduled time slot of the electronic calendar of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew J. Borley, Callum P. Jackson, Kathryn M. McMullan, Philip L. Norton
-
Patent number: 10257134Abstract: A method for managing processing of electronic messages. The method includes a computer processor identifying one or more electronic messages. The method further includes a computer processor determining one or more e-mail characteristics respectively associated with the identified one or more electronic messages. The method further includes a computer processor determining an estimated electronic message processing duration for the identified one or more electronic messages based, at least in part, on weighting factors that are associated with the determined one or more e-mail characteristics. The method further includes a computer processor identifying a first unscheduled time slot within an electronic calendar of a user. The method further includes a computer processor scheduling the identified one or more electronic messages within the identified first unscheduled time slot of the electronic calendar of the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew J. Borley, Callum P. Jackson, Kathryn M. McMullan, Philip L. Norton
-
Patent number: 10210574Abstract: Provided are techniques for storing at least one checklist object that includes one or more placeholders that each are associated with an object stored and managed by a content management system, receiving an indication that a new content object has been created in the content management system or that an existing content object has been modified or has reached a certain status in the content management system, in response to determining that the new content object or the change in the status fulfills one or more placeholders, marking each of the one or more placeholders as fulfilled, and indicating that the checklist object is complete when the one or more placeholders have been fulfilled.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Mike A. Marin
-
Patent number: 10198515Abstract: According to certain aspects, a computer system may be configured to aggregate and analyze data from a plurality of data sources. The system may obtain data from a plurality of data sources, each of which can include various types of data, including email data, system logon data, system logoff data, badge swipe data, employee data, job processing data, etc. associated with a plurality of individuals. The system may also transform data from each of the plurality of data sources into a format that is compatible for combining the data from the plurality of data sources. The system can resolve the data from each of the plurality of data sources to unique individuals of the plurality of individuals. The system can also determine an efficiency indicator based at least in part on a comparison of individuals of the unique individuals that have at least one common characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.Inventors: Nicholas White, Eli Bingham, Engin Ural, Jasjit Grewal
-
Patent number: 10168988Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for identifying user preferences and changing settings of a device based on natural language processing. One or more programs running in background on the device capture an input of natural language from a user of the device, match the input of the natural language to a user frustration, map the user frustration to one or more solutions that make one or more changes of settings on the device, apply the one or more changes of settings to set user preference settings on the device, and store the user preference settings in a common store for the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jing Jing Hu, Ling Ma, Graham A. Watts, Xiao Jin Zhao
-
Patent number: 10162798Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for solving a mixed integer programming problem. The apparatus includes a generating section configured to generate a relaxed mixed integer programming problem by relaxing each of only a part of integer variables of the mixed integer programming problem to a continuous variable, a solver configured to solve the relaxed mixed integer programming problem, and a determining section configured to determine, using a processor, a feasible solution of the mixed integer programming problem based on a solution of the relaxed mixed integer programming problem.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki Yanagisawa
-
Patent number: 10146214Abstract: According to one embedment, a supply chain monitoring system can collect performance information from a server associated with each of a tier 1 control tower, tier 2 product assembler, tier 3 part and/or component manufacturer, and tier 4 material supplier to monitor a performance of one or more functions of a supply chain. The system obtains event information regarding an event potentially adversely impacting performance of the supply chain, determines a range of disruption of the event indicating a likely spatial range impacted by the event, and compares the range of disruption of the event against the supply chain to determine that a supply chain component has been impacted by the event.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLCInventors: Thomas K. Linton, Gary Fong, Mark Whipple, Marni Berger, Glenn Jones
-
Patent number: 10061569Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for solving a mixed integer programming problem. The apparatus includes a generating section configured to generate a relaxed mixed integer programming problem by relaxing each of only a part of integer variables of the mixed integer programming problem to a continuous variable, a solver configured to solve the relaxed mixed integer programming problem, and a determining section configured to determine, using a processor, a feasible solution of the mixed integer programming problem based on a solution of the relaxed mixed integer programming problem.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki Yanagisawa
-
Patent number: 10057733Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a system for communicating with a plurality of mobile devices from a single mobile device. Source information may be stored from an incoming message to one or more groups. An outgoing message may be associated to each of the groups, and may be automatically sent to one or more of the groups based on user-defined rules.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: BUSINESS TEXTER, INC.Inventors: David Johnston, Ryan A. Bis
-
Patent number: 10048669Abstract: A method of manufacturing at least a first product and a second product with at least a first machine and a second machine at minimum cost in an environment in which a cost of energy used by the first machine and the second machine varies as a function of time may include generating multiple chromosomes, determining fitness scores of each of the chromosomes, randomly generating, with probabilities based on the fitness scores, new chromosomes, determining fitness scores of the new chromosomes, selecting one of the new chromosomes with an optimal fitness score, and manufacturing at least the first product and the second product with at least the first machine and the second machine according to a schedule based on the selected new chromosome.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Wenjun Zhou, Wen-Syan Li
-
Patent number: 10032121Abstract: A method of implementing a procedure in one or more organizations includes storing content messages relating to procedures (such as best practices). A procedure to be performed by one or more responsible persons is identified. A workflow timeline for the procedure is generated. The workflow timeline includes actions for the procedure, a sequence for the actions, and responsible persons assigned to the actions. An activation for the workflow timeline is received from a timeline initiator. Times or due dates for performing actions on the workflow timeline, a responsible person to perform at least one of the actions, and content messages for at least one of the actions are automatically determined. The content messages provide information relating to the procedure. Content messages for one or more of the actions are automatically sent to the responsible person determined for the one or more actions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Marketing EvolutionInventor: Jason Rex Briggs
-
Patent number: 9846606Abstract: A calibration method includes transmitting first data comprising a calibration data and a first checksum to the storage device according to each of a plurality of training parameter sets; recording a plurality of error indicators respectively which are corresponding to the plurality of training parameter sets and from the storage device; and identifying one of the plurality of training parameter sets as a predetermined parameter set according to the plurality of error indicators respectively corresponding to the plurality of training parameter sets; wherein each error indicator indicates whether transmitting the first data according to the corresponded training parameter set is successful.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventor: Chun-Liang Chen
-
Patent number: 9805012Abstract: A system and method for transferring annotations associated with a media file. An annotation associated with a media file is indexed to a first instance of that media file. By comparing features of the two instances, a mapping is created between the first instance of the media file and a second instance of the media file. The annotation can be indexed to the second instance using the mapping between the first and second instances. The annotation can be processed (displayed, stored, or modified) based on the index to the second instance.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Mayur Datar, Ashutosh Garg, Vibhu Mittal
-
Patent number: 9773216Abstract: Individuals are provided with a mechanism for sharing their team's workflow with other teams in their organization on different instances in an enterprise or network, or with external parties in other organizations via a workflow marketplace. In this way, individuals can easily use workflows that other people have published, or move a workflow from staging to production in their own organization.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: ATLASSIAN PTY LTDInventors: Brenden Jeffery Bain, Joshua James Devenny, Jonathan Doklovic, Paul Slade
-
Patent number: 9686590Abstract: A method comprises retrieving a profile of a given user, the given user having a given-user device; delivering a content item to the given-user device; receiving one or more user-specified tags associated with the content item; identifying one or more buddies of the user as indicated in the profile; and delivering the one or more tags to the one or more buddies.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Ronald Jacoby, Brenda O'Kane
-
Systems and methods for facilitating real estate transactions with purchase offer processing feature
Patent number: 9659334Abstract: A system and method for facilitating real estate transactions that is configured for receiving property information from a listing service or data feed, presenting a property information display on data communication devices for each property; generating a unique transaction actuator in each property information display, and responsive to selecting a unique transaction actuator, generating an offer form with an offer transmittal actuator, wherein the offer form includes a plurality of data fields relating to an offer to purchase property that are populated with the property information for the specific property associated with the selected unique transaction actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: MLS OFFERS LLCInventor: Alan J. Fenn -
Patent number: 9619788Abstract: A computer-assisted method for automatically assigning work tasks in a workflow management system includes providing at least one first directed graph and at least one second directed graph assigning, with respect to a user, an authorization category to at least one object in the first graph and to at least one object in the second graph in order to respectively obtain at least one assigned object forming the Cartesian product of the first and the second graph to obtain a product graph, identifying the product object of the product graph resulting from the assigned object of the first graph and the assigned object of the second graph and identifying sub-objects of the product object, to which the second authorization category also applies, if applicable, assigning the user to the identified product object and the identified sub-objects of the product graph, obtaining a responsibility request with respect to a requested object of the product graph, determining the user assigned to the requested object, and assType: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Inventors: Günther Helbok, Babak Houman
-
Patent number: 9575799Abstract: Analyzing task associations may compute artifact associations for a plurality of artifacts based on historical task submission logs. From the computed artifact associations, shared artifacts that have artifact association with targeted artifacts that are associated with planned tasks, may be determined. Task association between the planned tasks may be identified based on the shared artifacts. Task associations may be analyzed to determine one or more of task assignment and task schedule for the planned tasks.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shivali Agarwal, Yi-Min Chee, Hao Chen, Ya Bin Dang, Feng Li, Shao Chun Li, Rong Liu, Renuka Sindhgatta, Xin Zhou
-
Patent number: 9454576Abstract: The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING AUTOMATOR (hereinafter “EOA”) implement efficient and scalable monitoring, regulation, and allocation of computational processing, data, labor, and/or the like resources within an enterprise. The EOA may facilitate the dissemination and integration of information associated with employee status updates, including the hiring of job candidates, promotions, demotions, and/or the like. The EOA may be configured to automatically update enterprise database systems as needed or desired to reflect employee status changes and/or to transfer employee data from one place to another, such as from a human resources application database where the employee status change may be first entered to a wide variety of other enterprise systems, such as those associated with information technology, facilities, payroll, benefits, legal, marketing, and/or other enterprise departments.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Iqor Holdings Inc., Iqor US Inc.Inventors: Vikas Kapoor, Abhilash Madhavarapu
-
Patent number: 9432821Abstract: Adaptive message notification for mobile devices is disclosed. Notification messages, each with an attached or embedded Trace ID, are sent by a message service to one or more mobile devices. The message content and timing is controlled by a modifiable ruleset maintained by the message service. User action in response to a notification message results in session data and an embedded or attached Trace ID being sent by the mobile device(s) to the message service. The message service analyzes the session data and, if appropriate, modifies the ruleset.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Wellpepper, Inc.Inventor: Michael Van Snellenberg
-
Patent number: 9378196Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to identifying a category for a task that is associated with a user and populating annotation fields related to the task based on the category of the task. The task and populated annotation fields may be provided for use by one or more application to provide a task completion step to the user. In some implementations, the category may be identified based on input from the user, documents of the user, and/or data that are associated with the user. In some implementations, a completion step for the task may be suggested to the user by an application that accesses the task and populated annotated information. In some implementations, multiple applications may suggest different completion steps to the user for the same task.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew Tomkins, Tristan Harris, Shanmugasundaram Ravikumar, Bo Pang, Sujith Ravi, Can Sar, Angelo DiNardi
-
Patent number: 9304984Abstract: An example system includes an extraction module, an intention processing module, and an intention visualization module. The extraction module is configured to ingest textual data from a text source. The intention processing module is configured to process the textual data and identify one or more intention statements within the textual data. The intention visualization module is configured to provide an interactive interface that facilitates filtering and visualization of aspects of the one or more intention statements.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Maria G. Castellanos, Riddhiman Ghosh
-
Patent number: 9218626Abstract: A system includes a parts prediction model module. The parts prediction model module causes the system to, based on information obtained via a network interface and indicative of damage to a specific vehicle, filter vehicle parts data to obtain filtered vehicle parts data that is indicative of a subset of a plurality of parts that were utilized to repair a subset of a plurality of vehicles. The parts prediction model module further causes the system to obtain an indication of at least one specific part determined as being needed to repair the damage to the specific vehicle, and analyze the filtered vehicle parts data to determine one or more recommended parts based on the indication. Still further, the parts prediction model module causes an indication of the one or more recommended parts to be transmitted to at least one of a remote computing device or a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: CCC INFORMATION SERVICES INC.Inventors: John Laurence Haller, Jr., Brahim Bakayoko, Kai Li
-
Patent number: 9158451Abstract: A method for displaying data in a terminal having a touch screen, the method comprises: displaying data in a data display area and determining whether a touch event is sensed in a data display mode; checking an area where the touch event is sensed, and checking whether the touch event was moving if the touch event is sensed; checking a direction of motion of the touch event if the touch event was moving; rotating the data display area according to the direction of motion of the touch event; and displaying data of the order according to the rotating direction in an area where the rotated data is being displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jaemyoung Lee
-
Patent number: 9098834Abstract: A mail server based approach to task management. In an embodiment, a first user sends a task assignment email indicating a task sought to be assigned, a list of assignees and a list of recipients. The mail server forwards the email message to all the recipients, while maintaining information of a current status of the task. The assignees may send status updates and the current status is accordingly updated. The status information on the server can be accessed by various users.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Gurudutta Ramanathaiah, Rohit Koul
-
Publication number: 20150134393Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides enhanced control to users in the placement of tasks along timelines. In an embodiment, task data specifying details of multiple tasks scheduled along a timeline, is maintained. The tasks are displayed along the timeline. A candidate position is received for a first task along the timeline. In response, the task data is examined to identify a set of tasks scheduled in a time slice covering the candidate position, and data related to identified set of tasks is collected. The collected data is then sent for display, for example, in a viewport associated with the first task.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Oracle International CorporationInventors: NILADRI SEKHAR DE, Srinivasu Dudala, Surya Vedula
-
Patent number: 9009300Abstract: A method and an apparatus provide a customized service based on a user log in a wireless communication system. A method of a terminal collects user data existing inside a terminal. The method transmits the user data to a log manage server. The method receives a mission determined based on user data from the log manage server. The method transmits performance results regarding the mission to the log manage server.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joon-Seop Oh, Seung-Hyun Baek
-
Patent number: 9002721Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a system for planning and executing projects, facilitates creating a project model comprising tasks and dependencies, determining the complexity of the tasks, and modifying the tasks to maintain complexity within predetermined bounds. The system can facilitate designating one or more tasks to be redundant tasks, and undertaking the redundant tasks with redundant resources. In some embodiments, the system includes a module for evaluating task criticality and designating redundant tasks based on the task complexity and criticality.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Appirio, Inc.Inventor: John M. Hughes