129 results about "Deliverable" patented technology

A personal inhalation device includes an outer shell having an orifice formed therein and containing a medium having one or more deliverables and an atomizing unit disposed within the shell. The atomizing unit atomizes the medium when a user puffs on the orifice such that vapor containing the deliverables is discharged through the orifice. The personal inhalation device is further capable of metering the deliverables discharged with the vapor.

This invention relates to a method for implementing an off shore / off site activity in an organization, with most optimal skills transfer process. The said process includes the steps ofassessing the suitability of outsourcing and whether the activity should be carried out on-site, locally or remotely, based on pre-determined parameters and decision ratios,planning the process including the minimum groundwork required before the actual process can begin,identifying the various milestones in the process and the deliverables in each milestonesmonitoring the progress of the migration process and the ways and means to take corrective action, and,evaluating the results of the development.

A computer-implemented method provides an educational environment in a virtual reality setting. Individuals navigate a virtual reality campus by using an avatar to interact with other users and to engage in learning experiences in the virtual setting. Individuals complete projects in virtual reality by accessing educational materials in electronic format and communicating with one another via text-based chats and real time audio. The virtual reality campus emulates a physical campus by providing meeting spaces and work areas where students spontaneously share information and complete pre-planned tasks. An electronic database tracks biographical and educational information about each user, that user's progress in achieving study goals, and the deliverables that the student produces to fulfill requirements of virtual instruction. The database also links to other systems, such as a registration database, so that the student's entire learning experience on both a physical campus and in virtual reality can be conveniently accessed electronically.

A system and method for enabling coordinated, collaborative, data-driven document negotiation among multiple, divergent parties, either internally or externally, in a virtual environment. A comprehensive, singular, transaction management platform that transforms documents from a manual, text-based and paper-laden business and legal process into a data-driven experience via a negotiable transaction environment. The system streamlines and automates coordination of the life cycle of a binding document from deal origination to collaborative negotiation to executed agreement to archival to system-generated analytics. A term-based engine replaces the manual business and legal processes, and streamlines management of communication, approvals, signatures, commenting, recordkeeping and documentation. It provides a collaborative process for authoring text-based terms, as an alternative to an iterative, sequential drafting process; and an online, real-time searchable history of all changes for later discovery and / or compliance. As the system gathers data from transaction activity and final agreement, it dynamically builds workflow deliverables as well as analyzes resultant data and creates actionable business intelligence.

A system providing a bi-directional feedback loop that assists project management to make timely decisions and alterations based on personal calendar data retrieved from team members' calendars. The system provides a project manager user with perceptible alerts in a project manager user interface in response to detecting a conflict between proposed or actual personal calendar events of a team member user and deliverables assigned to that team member user. The project manager user interface enables the project manager to take an action in the event such a conflict is detected. Project manager actions in this regard may include permitting a conflicting personal calendar event, forbidding the conflicting personal calendar event, delegating the conflicting deliverable to another team member, adjusting the deliverable requirements, and / or escalating the conflict to a higher level of management.

Extensible Multi-Dimensional Framework (EMDF) is a system engineering framework for designing, developing and managing enterprise information technology systems. It includes two parts: multi-dimensional architecture framework (MDAF) and three-dimensional unified process (3DUP). MDAF includes comprehensive concepts for modeling an enterprise information technology system. 3DUP provides an iterative system development process. EMDF addresses an enterprise information technology system as a single entity. By projecting this entity on intertwined MDAF dimensions through the 3DUP lifecycle, all logical or physical elements encompassed in the entity will be exposed and captured in well-organized artifacts defined in MDAF. These elements are then prioritized and scheduled in a set of agile iterations. The iterations will be planned in parallel projects implemented by multiple development teams. During a long-term system development lifecycle, some elements may change. The dimensions included in MDAF provide a flexible framework to adjust system architectures, iterations and projects in order to adapt to such changes. The key deliverables of EMDF include an adaptive-to-change quality-focused architecture, optimistic agile iterations, and a market-centric business-driven risk-mitigating process.

A system for providing remote electronic services includes an agent, a communication module, and an access file. The agent receives request for-service-calls in any format selected from a voice format, an internet format, an e-mail format, and a wireless format, and transmits a request-for-service call to the access file in accordance with a hypertext transfer protocol for each of the received request-for-service calls. The access file invokes at least one service module in response to a given request-for-service call received from the agent. The at least one service module performs a prescribed function to produce a service deliverable requested in the given request-for-service call, accesses an instance of the communication module, and passes the one or more control parameters and the service deliverable to the communication module. The communication module transmits the service deliverable received from the at least one service module to the destination network node specified in the given request-for-service call in any format selected from a voice format, an internet format, an e-mail format, and a wireless format.

A system for expediting procurement of one or more deliverables by a customer of one or more expedited service areas including one or more designated expedited service areas, the designated expedited service areas associated with, and located at, adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, one or more venues, and the venues providing one or more venue-available deliverables. At least some of the designated expedited service areas include a distinct physical location that scheduled-customers visit separate from non-scheduled customers configured to provide procurance of venue-available deliverables more quickly to scheduled-customers.

A computer-implemented method and system for validating a task of a plurality of tasks of a project. A computing application executes routines to automatically identify errors associated with one or more tasks. The routines generate exception reports that facilitate correction of the errors via user-determined selections of actions or via corrective actions automatically displayed by the computing application. The error identification facilitates validation of project elements including milestones, dependencies and deliverables, key work products, tasks in a work breakdown structure (WBS), predecessors and successors in the WBS, resources, work and labor rates, links between project plans, and an update of a project. Further, the error identification facilitates an analysis of schedule conflicts between give and get tasks.

An audit system includes a library of controls adapted to mitigate risks. A library of audit procedures is associated with the set of risk controls. Each audit procedure includes one or more actions that evaluate the effectiveness of an associated control. The audit system includes project templates for performing audit procedures associated with risk controls in a project management application. An audit project template can include standard audit procedures, document templates, and standard deliverables needed for an audit of an associated control. The project management application enables collaboration between auditors by providing planning functions, task assignment functions, progress tracking functions, communication functions, and document management functions. The library of audit procedures is included in a hosted audit service. Auditors access the hosted audit service to select controls from a control library, and the hosted audit service creates an audit procedures manual from the audit procedures associated with the selected controls.

The present invention utilizes speech analysis to provide real-time measurement of end-user stress, fatigue, and uncertainty in decision-making. The present invention monitors “technology-induced” stressors by increasing the inherent functionality of individual monitoring technologies, so as to perform multiple applications in a single setting. In addition to the continued use of speech recognition technology for computerized report transcription, the present invention simultaneously measures and analyzes occupational stress and fatigue in real-time, specific to the unique profile of each individual end-user and context of the task being performed. The derived user-specific stress / fatigue analytics may be used in the creation of a number of workflow and quality enhancing deliverables, including customizable intervention strategies for stress / fatigue reduction, creation of automated workflow templates, and targeted quality assurance and peer review.

The invention provides a knowledge management system particularly suited for use in the integrated circuit design environment. The system allows administrators to define standardized component types. Instantiated components versions comprise “deliverables” and “attributes.” Deliverables comprise a file or directory of files or groups of files or directories that perform a common function and are characterized by the system in a standardized manner. Attributes comprise metadata describe the component version. By the abstraction of design files into deliverables, the systems can work with design files originating from any source and having different structures and still make those design files available by other designers in a uniform manner for efficient reuse of pre-qualified components. Tasks in the design flow can be tracked in the system. The system may also include a communications application, an issue tracking application, and an audit trail application.

A system and method for deploying software is disclosed. In one embodiment, information regarding software components and their interactions, deliverables and deployment descriptors, hardware topology, layer information, and database information are all captured in a model. The model in then used to install the software on a particular machine. In another embodiment, an organizational structure is used to create an access map, and access rights to the installed software are generated and enforced.

A translation tool that facilitates translation of a software product into multiple target human languages without requiring recompilation of any binary deliverables. The translation tool is installed by an end user who wishes to translate the software product into the target human language. The end user does not need any programming knowledge. The translator tool extracts all the strings from various sources in the software product, and displays them on a UI to a translator or exports them to a spreadsheet file. The translator translates all the strings via the UI or by modifying the spreadsheet file and saves the translations. The translator tool uses an MSI utility to package the translated deliverables into an installer. The resulting set of install files are now in the target language and can be deployed without having to recompile any of the binary files (EXEs, DLLs) or other content not requiring translation.

A collaborate workspace offers a set of integrated components. Within a project, users may view avatars representing other team members, view the current schedule, add or change meetings, update documents, complete deliverables, and interact with team members around the world. Other projects are shown in the background, enabling users to easily and quickly switch between projects and be informed about actions occurring in the background tasks.

A system and method for automatically determining library patrons' interests without having to identify the patron or otherwise invade his / her privacy based on the library patron's current use of library assets. The system and method involve categorizing the library's assets using broad mapping user interest categories, associating a user interest category with a specific library asset that is checked out, reserved or otherwise used by a library patron and providing that patron with a confirmation item containing that user interest category, providing the library patron with feedback about the library assets and the broad mapping user interest categories, allowing library patrons to access and register for a library rewards program using the user interest category number and having advertisers provide relevant information and rewards to library patrons who request such additional information.

The embodiments herein provide a method and system for automating the document control business process in an organization particularly the ones that are participating in infrastructure and / or large projects. The automatic method and system fetches information and data from the different data sources such as E-mails or web-applications and / or other data sources. The quality checks are performed as per the expected standards to validate the completeness of information to fetch the information as contained inside the documents received to perform the various actions associated with the received information such as further processing, acknowledgement, record updates etc. The business logic and rules are applied on the information to create automatically the business deliverables as reports, document transmittal notes, and acknowledgement notes etc., that are expected from a well-functioning document control center in an organization.

A validation procedure for assessing the status a software engineering process for compliance, and improving the measured compliance, with the Carnegie Mellon SEI / CMM Software Maturity Model includes a validation meeting in the course of which a validation team reviews deliverables demonstrative of the process being performed and asks a structured set of questions that are structured in accordance with the CMM and correlate with the deliverables.

A software application includes work order resources, each of which defines an atomic operation for the software application, and a construction service resource, which processes the work order resources in response to all interaction requests for the software application. Each interaction request is received from a client and identifies a corresponding work order, which the construction service processes to dynamically construct a set of deliverables, which can include a custom representation of the work order. While processing the interaction request, the construction service, as directed by the work order, can make one or more requests to context resources for context information corresponding to an activity for which the interaction was requested to construct the set of deliverables. The work order resource can comprise a reflective program that enables the construction service to dynamically determine and construct the set of deliverables, including the next appropriate interaction(s) using the context information, thereby directing a set of atomic operations as part of an activity being performed and enabling the dynamic context-based construction of interaction deliverables.

A method, system, and computer program product for determining and implementing business changes is provided. In one embodiment, a set of stages in a business change process that are performed sequentially are defined. Defining a set of elements corresponding to each stage, wherein each element groups a set of related activities and deliverables together. Defining a set of work product comprising a group of closely related transformation activities that produce a client recognizable product for each element. The stages are presented to a user as selectable components in a graphical user interface. Responsive to selection of a component by a user, presenting the user with a display of greater detail of the corresponding stage. Successive selection of components presents greater detail to the user about the corresponding component, thus enabling a user to ensure that all aspects of a business change are considered when planning a business change project.

Methods, brokerage systems and program products for enabling a mobile electronic device communicate with another electronic device for accomplishing a requested task without interrupting a user of the other electronic device. A task is requested at the mobile device and a transmission signal locates other electronic devices within a receivable range of the transmission signal. A number of scenarios of various combinations of located other devices is built, whereby each scenario is capable of accomplishing the requested task. One of these scenarios is selected, information relating to the task is sent to the electronic devices within such scenario, and then the requested task is performed by such selected electronic devices. Upon completion of the task, deliverables may be transmitted from the selected electronic device to a predetermined destination. Owners of the selected electronic devices may be rewarded for usage of their devices.

A project management system and method includes a user interface with “pie slices” and “layers” to provide a matrix view that integrates multiple best practices content. The slices of the pie represent project stages and the matrix view represents layers of best practice content, such as project management, quality assurance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and other processes. Each cell of the matrix represents best practice information in process, people, and deliverables views. The user loads a project and uses the best practice steps to help with their project implementation. The user interface allows the users to select a best practice layer, then select a project stage cell, and then drill down to view process step details, view people roles information, or work with files that define the project deliverables.

A framework (referred to herein as Application Integration Architecture, or AIA) that formalizes and orchestrates activities in an SOA development lifecycle. In one set of embodiments, AIA can capture development-related information in a shared data store and cause the information to flow in an automated or semi-automated manner from one lifecycle phase to the next as the lifecycle progresses. This information flow can, in turn, facilitate automations at each lifecycle phase for the responsible stakeholders (e.g., solution architects, developers, installation developers, etc.), thereby enforcing SOA best practices, enhancing development productivity, and ensuring the quality of the final SOA deliverables.

A framework (referred to herein as Application Integration Architecture, or AIA) that formalizes and orchestrates activities in an SOA development lifecycle. In one set of embodiments, AIA can capture development-related information in a shared data store and cause the information to flow in an automated or semi-automated manner from one lifecycle phase to the next as the lifecycle progresses. This information flow can, in turn, facilitate automations at each lifecycle phase for the responsible stakeholders (e.g., solution architects, developers, installation developers, etc.), thereby enforcing SOA best practices, enhancing development productivity, and ensuring the quality of the final SOA deliverables.

A system and method for selling, provisioning, transacting, fulfilling, delivering and supporting simple and complex business and technical professional services in an on demand fashion for various service industries specifically around the development life cycle relative to the industry. On demand professional services is accomplished through a previously unused system which allow services to be administered from a plurality of specialized consultants to end clients via a ‘retail type’ framework built upon a converged Internet, call center, telecommunications and ancillary software platform. The on demand architecture enable clients to purchase professional services on a just in time basis by simply calling a call center or visiting the professional services entity on the web. Clients can: 1) receive advice 2) invite consultant(s) to participate in meetings 3) outsource paper deliverables 4) receive research and / or 5) outsource full projects. Consultants are likewise able to fulfill and deliver services in real time.