462 results about "Product system" patented technology

Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and / or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and / or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model. The manufacturing system is configured to interpret the product model and prepare instructions and control equipment for the manufacturing of the customized product.

System and methodology automating delivery, licensing, and availability of software products are shown and described. In one embodiment, for example, a system of the present invention for delivering and licensing application software is described that comprises: a cloud server storing a plurality of software applications, including storing metadata indicating permitted licensing and operation of the software applications; a client computer for operating software applications, the client computer in communication with the cloud server; a client user interface at the client computer, which allows a user to request software applications from the cloud server; a communication module at the cloud server, for receiving requests from the user to operate particular software applications at the client computer; an authentication module at the cloud server, for authenticating the requests received from the user to operate certain software applications at the client computer; and a local library at the client computer for receiving from the cloud server the particular software applications requested by the user and making those applications available for operation at the client computer, pursuant to permitted licensing and operation specified by the metadata.

Systems and methods are described herein relating to managing an on-demand manufacturing supply chain personalization process. In some embodiments, the management system and method is described in order to manufacturing customized products according to image and customization data with images applied to parts using a post mold image application process. In other embodiments, customized products are defined by electronic orders that specify product manufacturing data including imagery to be applied to the products. In other embodiments, manufacturing methods are described in which an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or an original design manufacturer (ODM) leverages use of an on demand customizing entity in the manufacturing supply chain. In other embodiments, customized products are described in which imagery spans across multiple components of the products. In other embodiments, re-usable tracking devices and scheduling processes based on filtered options are additionally described. Some embodiments combine one of more of these mentioned embodiments.

Systems and methods provide services relating to driving safety and insurance in connection with insuring selected segments of a population, such as young drivers or elderly drivers. A web-based system provides a web site having a home web page configured to provide links to web pages accessible by a user over the Internet, configured to provide program elements such as an interface to a GPS vehicle monitoring system connected to provide vehicle information to the user via one or more of the web pages and to receive instructions from the user to select features of the GPS system, a display of or link to educational information relating to safe driving, stored by the web-based system or provided by interface to a third party web site; or a display of or link to a tool providing an estimate of an insurance premium discount based on use of the program. A system for providing an insurance price estimate, a computer-implemented method of promoting the sale of vehicle insurance to a population segment, a computer system for providing an insurance premium discount, and a computer program product are also provided.

Systems and methods for contacting a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that include a crude product are described. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The one or more catalysts may include one or more vanadium catalysts. Methods and compositions of the one or more vanadium catalysts are described. One or more properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the respective properties of the crude feed. In some embodiments, hydrogen is generated.

A method of delivering a solar system and related services from a solar system vendor to a customer is provided. The method includes estimating the customer's solar system requirements, delivering the estimated requirements to the customer, providing a sales lead that includes the estimated requirements to a contractor, the contractor contacting the customer to perform a sales close, ordering the solar system products from the solar system vendor, and issuing a payment for the products to the solar system vendor. The method of delivering solar services further includes supplying a first set of solar system components from the solar system vendor and a second set of solar system components from a third-party vendor, configuring all or a portion of the solar system components in accordance with the solar system requirements, shipping the solar system to the customer's site, and installing the system on the customer's site. The method for delivering solar services further includes financing the solar system by providing a loan from a financial institution to the customer, providing periodic payments from the customer to the financial institution, and providing payments from the financial institution to the contractor and from the contractor to the solar system vendor. An optional network monitoring service may also be provided.

Systems and methods are provided for converting organic waste materials from a municipal waste stream to useful products. Organic waste materials having a wide range of compositions such as, for example, yard waste, food waste, paper, and the organic fraction of municipal solid waste are converted into a uniform biomass that is suitable for conversion to useful products, such as fuels. Through the use of a biomixer and a hydropulper, as well as through sorting and screening, the organic waste materials are progressively reduced in size and cleaned of contamination. The resulting uniform biomass is suitable for anaerobic digestion to produce biogas and a residual solid that is suitable for producing a high quality compost.

Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and / or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and / or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model. The manufacturing system is configured to interpret the product model and prepare instructions and control equipment for the manufacturing of the customized product.

Low resource internet devices such as consumer electronics products connect to web service by means of a proxy method where the connected device does not need to maintain the expensive and fragile web service interface itself, but rather uses simple low level protocols to communicate through a gateway that executes software to translate a low level proprietary wireless protocol to a proprietary low level internet protocol that can pass through a firewall to proxy servers that translate the low level protocols thus presenting an interface that makes the internet device appear to have a full web service interface to enable communication between the internet devices and the web server.

Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of non-precision flight modes are provided. Improved graphical depictions of navigation performance based flight path deviation information provide pilots and flight crew members with clear, concise displays of the dynamic relationship between ANP and RNP, mode and aspect of flight and related procedures, intersecting flight paths, and current actual flight path deviation from a predefined flight path during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing. For example, an enhanced IAN display may include NPS-type deviation scales to show RNP / ANP relationships and predetermined RNP markers to alert the pilots and flight crew members that the FMC has transitioned from an NPS display for RNAV (LNAV / VNAV) flight procedures to an enhanced IAN display for a non-precision (non-xLS) approach and / or landing.

Systems and methods are provided for processing a customer order specifying products and required quantities. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method performs a plurality of availability checks for the specified products with at least one location. Each availability check creates a result that comprises one or more products, locations, and available quantities. The method includes replacing the products and corresponding locations if a sum of available quantities within each of the results does not correspond to a required quantity of the specified products. The results may be arranged according to product and location. Further, the method may include selecting a plurality of results from the arranged results, wherein at least one of a number of different locations and a number of different products within the plurality of results is predetermined.

A fast data transfer collection system using message authentication and contactless RF proximity card technology in non-contact storage and retrieval applications. The system is generally comprised of Host computers (application computer systems), Target radio frequency (RF) terminals, and a plurality of portable Tags ("smart" or "proximity" cards). A Host provides specific application functionality to a Tag holder, with a high degree of protection from fraudulent use. A Target provides control of the RF antenna and resolves collisions between multiple Tags in the RF field. A Tag provides reliable, high speed, and well authenticated secure exchanges of data / information with the Host resulting from the use of a custom ASIC design incorporating unique analog and digital circuits, nonvolatile memory, and state logic. Each Tag engages in a transaction with the Target in which a sequence of message exchanges allow data to be read(written) from(to) the Tag. These exchanges establish the RF communication link, resolve communication collisions with other Tags, authenticate both parties in the transaction, rapidly and robustly relay information through the link, and ensure the integrity and incorruptibility of the transaction. The system architecture provides capabilities to ensure the integrity of the data transferred thus eliminating the major problem of corrupting data on the card and in the system. The architecture and protocol are designed to allow simple and efficient integration of the transaction product system into data / information processing installations.

A client / server data processing system is developed by a method (20) in which a meta model (21) is transformed by a model generator (24) into an application model (25) which has a layered structure reflecting that of the end-product system. A code generator is associated with each layer of the application model (25). For the client side, an IDL representation (41) is generated and is transformed into client interfaces (46). Client user interfaces (47) are separately generated.

System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and / or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a port to the user. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the port in a return process.

System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and / or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a port to the user. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the port in a return process.

Systems and methods for clustering user reviews are disclosed in which a plurality of user reviews are extracted from electronic documents. The electronic documents contain user reviews of a plurality of items of interest. A set of user reviews is identified in the plurality of user reviews as being associated with the same item of interest in the plurality of items of interest. Item identifying information included in the electronic documents is used for this identification. The set of user reviews is then associated with the same item of interest. Examples of item identifying information include unique product identifiers, brand names, model numbers, and category information. In some instances, the item identifying information is extracted from metadata included in the electronic document. In some instances, the electronic documents are obtained from e-commerce websites or product-review websites.

Systems, computer program products, and computer-implemented methods apply or otherwise make available new credit or additional credit to demand deposit accounts, prepaid cards, and existing lines of credit of a customer based on expected tax refund amounts. A computerized estimate of the tax refund available from a tax return of the customer is formed. A portion of the computerized estimate of the tax refund which can be made available as the line of credit is then determined. The existing line of credit is then adjusted based on the expected refund determined to be available, which will serve as an additional source: of repayment for the line of credit. One or more of several adjustments may then be made to an existing line of credit: the line of credit may be increased; fees reduced; or the terms of payment adjusted. The invention may be implemented as a computerized process, a computer system or a computer program product.

Low resource internet devices such as consumer electronics products connect to web service by means of a proxy method where the connected device does not need to maintain the expensive and fragile web service interface itself, but rather uses simple low level protocols to communicate through a gateway that executes software to translate a low level proprietary wireless protocol to a proprietary low level internet protocol that can pass through a firewall to proxy servers that translate the low level protocols thus presenting an interface that makes the internet device appear to have a full web service interface to enable communication between the internet devices and the web server.

A multiple product system regimen for providing improved conditioning benefits to hair.

Systems and methods for implementing digital promotions on mobile devices. A mobile device can receive and present various locations to a user where campaign providers are participating in promotional activities. The user may select a location and participate in a promotional action such as a sweepstakes on the mobile device at the selected location. Upon submitting the action, a digital promotion engine may process the action and / or send to the mobile device a promotional notification based on the action.

The present invention describes a method and system for ensuring data consistency amongst a plurality of disparate computing systems that communicate in order to provide an electronic transactional service. Information or data that is common between various databases associated with each of the disparate systems can be identified and monitored during communication. Once the common data gets modified, the modified data can be converted to a format compatible with all the other databases. All the other databases can then be updated to ensure that the modified data is consistent amongst the databases of the various disparate systems. In one aspect of the invention, adapters interfacing with each disparate computing system can identifications to common data. The adapter can communicate the modification to a central data control point (DCP), which can then update all other databases with the modification. During the update, the DCP can propagate the modification to adapters communicating with the databases of other application vendor product systems.

The present disclosure provides ready-to-eat (RTE), shelf-stable processed foods composed of up to 100% fruit and the system and process for their manufacture. The product, system, and process uses dried fruit in some form as an in-feed material, having a higher moisture content than heretofore has been suitable for extruder in-feed ingredients, thus retaining at least a portion of the natural volatile materials that contribute to taste and aromas. Further, the dried fruit is extruded and can be dried into crispy, crunchy, chewy, or hard particles or pieces high in fruit content that heretofore have been unavailable, and the products and process can be independent of starch and grain based prior technology. The products of the present disclosure can be eaten as healthy snacks or used as high-fruit-content additives in RTE cereals, baking mixes, toppings, and other food products. The process provides a high degree of efficiency and reduced costs.

Systems and techniques for recognizing and distinguishing between different containers in which products to be sold by weight may be placed before purchase. A point of sale terminal includes devices for capturing and evaluating information relating to the presence, absence and identity of container type indicia whose presence characterizes a container as belonging to a particular type having a particular weight. Containers in which products may be placed are given appropriate indicia. When an item is to be sold by weight, the item is weighed and a weight reading is received. Information relating to the presence, absence and identity of indicia characterizing a container type is captured and evaluated, and if a container bearing such indicia is identified, the container weight is subtracted from a weight reading to obtain a net weight for the products.

Systems to allow temperature control more precise and accurate than the current state of the art for consumer products that heat liquids such as, without limitation, coffee makers, tea makers, electric kettles and espresso machines. One feature of such systems may include the ability to calibrate the system with reference to a known temperature point. Another feature of such system may allow reduction in the rate of water heating to allow the temperature of the water to approach a target temperature in a gradual manner.

System and method for receiving purchase information for a client system, e.g., a measurement system. A configuration diagram visually representing a current configuration of the client system is displayed. Multiple product icons are displayed representing products (hardware and / or programs) available for use in the client system. User input is received graphically associating at least one first product icon with the configuration diagram, where the first product icon represents a first product, and the user input indicates a desire to purchase the first product. An updated configuration diagram is displayed representing the configuration of the client system after receiving the user input, including the first product icon. Pricing information for the first product is displayed in response to receiving the user input. User input initiating purchase of the first product may be received in response to displaying the pricing information, and the product may be provided to the user.

The invention provides a message testing method for a front-end system, and a simulation baffle system. The message testing method for the front-end system comprises the following steps of: obtaining a request message sent by the front-end system to be tested; according to the pre-set message length, coding format and message format definition in an XML configuration file, analyzing the request message so as to obtain a transaction code; according to a return message header format definition file in the message format definition and the transaction code, inquiring a simulation return data file corresponding to the transaction code from a locally stored simulation return data folder; according to the transaction code, the simulation return data file and the return message header format definition file, generating a simulation return message; and sending the simulation return message to the front-end system to be tested. By utilizing the message testing method for the front-end system, and the simulation baffle system disclosed by the invention, product systems, such as MCIS / CSPA / IST, directly connected with a network bank system, can be simulated; a message sent by the network bank system is received; interface return message data defined by systems, such as MCIS / CSPA / IST, can be simulated; and thus, functional transaction of a network bank is smoothly carried out, and cannot be restricted by a testing environment.

The invention provides a liquid dairy product with edible colloidal particles. The liquid dairy product comprises the following raw material components in part by weight: 35 to 99 parts of milk, 1 to 20 parts of edible colloidal particle, 0.001 to 15 parts of sugar and / or sweetener, 0 to 0.25 part of acidity regulator, 0.1 to 1 part of stabilizer and 0.05 to 0.2 part of spice. The liquid dairy product has better mouthfeel compared with the conventional modified milk; the problem of stability of the edible colloidal particles in the liquid dairy product is solved by reasonably selecting the proportion of the various components; and the edible colloidal particles which are coated with food raw materials, new resource food, medicinal and edible homologous food and nutrients can be stably suspended in a liquid dairy product system.

The present invention generally relates to computer systems and methods of integrating a central system and a satellite system for automatically updating software and providing diagnostics for a product system to be shipped to an end customer.