69 results about "Peer review" patented technology

When a user browses an online retailer's Web site or a mirror site, the user can select an item and model the item online by having a server generate a digital image of the user wearing the item. If the user is still unsure as to whether to buy the item, the user can enter an online chat room in which the online modeling image is displayed to other users. The user can then receive the other users' feedback before deciding whether to buy the item. In a second embodiment, multiple online modeling images are generated to provide the user with a customized catalog, which can be of items for a single merchant or multiple merchants.

The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for managing user behavior in online multiuser systems, and more particularly to systems and methods that provide user-based arbitration for online multiuser systems. In one embodiment, a multi-user online system enables a first user to report a second user's behavior while online. The system receives the report and merges the report with the second user's recorded interactions with the online system related to the report to create an arbitration file. The arbitration file is then made available to a third user to review the arbitration file and determine whether action is warranted.

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 concerns a method of creation, maintenance, and peer-review of web-based collectively written encyclopedia. The invention combines the mechanism of Wiki-style collaborative environment, which allows users to modify articles, with the principles of peer-reviewed encyclopedias, in which articles are approved (i.e., endorsed) by experts. In the preferred embodiment, each article has a curator or curators who are responsible for the article content. Each article can be modified by users, but the modification is hidden from the general public until it is evaluated and approved by the curators. The encyclopedia stores the history of all revisions and evaluations. If the curators fail to evaluate the modification within a certain predefined period of time, the curatorship of the article is offered to the person who made useful modifications to the article (according to the history of evaluations). This method ensures that each article has a curator who maintains its content in a timely manner.

A pharmaceutical hazardous waste identification and management system integrates disparate information regarding pharmaceuticals to provide an indication of which pharmaceuticals are hazardous wastes as defined by respective national, international and state regulations and/or which are hazardous materials as defined by the US OSHA regulations. A subset of this information offers a global repository with respect to the occurrence, concentrations, and ecotoxicologic data of pharmaceuticals based on peer reviewed data provided by environmental toxicologists and related scientists.

A digital content review and distribution system and method are provided. In general, a number of authors of digital content register with a content review and distribution agent, which may be hosted by a central server. The authors agree to review digital content submitted by other authors in exchange for review and distribution of their own content. In operation, an author submits metadata associated with digital content to be reviewed and optionally the digital content to the content review and distribution agent. In response to the submission, the content review and distribution agent effects a review of the digital content by one or more groups of reviewers, where the groups of reviewers are selected from the other authors registered with the content review and distribution agent based on the metadata for the digital content and reviewer credentials of the other authors.

A computer implemented method and system for tracking and managing progress of performance goals developed by one or more institutions and district administrations at multiple levels is provided. A progress management platform (PMP) accessible via a network, receives goal information and goal criteria at one or more levels and generates one or more modifiable performance goals at those levels. The PMP tracks progress of the generated modifiable performance goals (GMPGs) by collecting and monitoring observations received on execution of the GMPGs by internal entities at one or more levels, self reviews and peer reviews received from the internal entities at one or more levels, feedback received from external entities, etc. The PMP generates one or more progress reports at one or more levels based on the tracked progress of the GMPGs to quantify results of the execution of the GMPGs for facilitating accountability, professional development, and development of improvement programs.

A medical image storage and retrieval system includes a database with relationally linked tables including a disease factoid table, an image and image caption table, and a patient data table. A flexible system allows for peer review, remote access and maintenance of the stored data, and query searching and retrieval of groups of related multimedia (image and text) case file information. The system facilitates distance learning and remote consultation.

Innovation or other desired activities are managed autonomously and adaptively by providing discrimination of inputs directed to the activity and the management infrastructure respectively. These categories of inputs are evaluated in different evaluation paths allowing different degrees of intervention. Exposure of inputs and acceptance of feedback in regard thereto are provided. Collaboration and periodic peer review are also encouraged through autonomous and automatic management of inputs and developments thereof.

Systems of the present invention provide for collaborating within a shared electronic calendar. An exemplary system may comprise a web-based electronic calendar having a collaboration tool allowing a plurality of users to collaborate regarding an event scheduled in the electronic calendar. The collaboration tool may comprise a wiki-style software application allowing a plurality of users to discuss, edit, comment, and/or peer-review documents regarding the event.

A method of processing professional services invoices begins with importing the invoices in electronic form and storing invoice data from the invoices in a database as electronic invoices. The electronic invoices are published on a computer network to permit access to the electronic invoices by reviewers connected to the network. On-line quality control and peer reviews of the electronic invoices are conducted to determine if adjustments to charges on the invoices should be applied. The method includes generating electronic client invoice reports reflecting the adjustments made by the quality control and peer reviewers and transmitting the client invoice reports to the client.

The invention is concerned with a method of creating and producing examinations. The method is closely connected with a computer-based exam creation software that provides the user or instructor with a suite of tools, allowing the design of exam questions and solutions for a particular course. The system allows allow the interaction of various instructors and other participants in the examination creation process. In order to facilitate the educational process, the invention provides the user with a easy-to-use interface to create new examination questions and solutions. The system stores the questions and solutions in a database. Other professors, instructors, or others can use the system to review questions posed by other instructors so as to have peer review. The questions are labeled with various parameters. The instructor can then choose several parameters for the exam which he/she would like to create. The system will then generate an exam in the format desired for the particular class the exam is being created for. The ability of professors to peer review, share exams from a database, and have logic on how to construct the exam improves the educational process. Firstly, it increases the standardization of exams across courses and professors in university, primary or secondary schools, or elsewhere. Secondly, it adds a robustness to exams through peer review. Thirdly, if offers efficiency to professors in terms of exam production. Finally, the sharing of exam questions improves the quality of examinations for students. The system can also be used for other organizations or entities to share and distribute questions and solutions, including publishers, electronic devices, and television shows.

A medical image storage and retrieval system includes a database with relationally linked tables including a disease factoid table, an image and image caption table, and a patient data table. A flexible system allows for peer review, remote access and maintenance of the stored data, and query searching and retrieval of groups of related multimedia (image and text) case file information. The system facilitates distance learning and remote consultation.

Methods and systems for journal peer review particularly for managing online peer review transactions over a network or communications medium such as via the Internet. In specific embodiments, that system minimizes or eliminates the need for most participants to remember and/or enter any login or password information. In specific embodiments, a majority of user interactions are prompted by email or text messages that allow for easier user access and acceptance. In specific embodiments, active links are distributed with each message for easy user access. In specific embodiments, automatic conflict checking is performed.

Methods and systems for allocating rewards and mapping activity within organizations. Rewards are allocated throughout an organization using a consensus driven model and peer review. In one embodiment employees enter into a system “scores” for fellow employees based on at least one set of criteria. Once the scores are entered the system processes them according to an algorithm in accordance with the present invention and generates an output. In one embodiment the output is generated in the form of a report for management. Amps can be generated to assist in analysis of value within an organization.

A hybrid annotation and publication system is disclosed that can access content in a scalable manner from databases, allow for its editing and publication via wiki-style programs, while at the same time allowing for peer-review of such content via peer-review programs. This system balances the wiki-style programs, the peer-review programs, and any database store accesses in a manner appropriate to the need at hand according to various heuristics. For instance, the system can be accessed via a web browser, and data provided from various databases can be edited. Such data can be stored in the system in a hierarchical manner. Once the content is annotated, it can be reviewed (at various levels, ranging from expert to novice). Upon review, such content can be published using the wiki programs, so that the content is ready for public and/or private consumption.

A system and method for targeting relevant research activity for clinical application in response to diagnostic markers analyses is described. Diagnostic analysis is performed to detect the level of each of at least three diagnostic markers. The levels of the tested markers are used to identify relevant publications from among a large database of articles. The most relevant literature, such as, one which reports research and studies that have been conducted to identify, moderate, and define the mechanisms unique to individual and combinations of diagnostic markers for various disease states, is then provided to the patient and/or the patient's physician, optionally with a summarization of the treatment recommendations from the provided literature. The customized information delivery provides a range of published peer-reviewed therapeutic options and/or published research studies.

Embodiments of the invention describe the implementation and execution of situational response training (SRT). In some embodiments, a sales team can use an SRT to implement real-time, peer-reviewed and/or focused training. For example, a manager can prepare a training situation through a web interface and then verbally record the training through a telephone interface. The training situation can include any number of questions, scenarios, fact patterns, etc. that can require a response by members of the sales team. Once prepared, the manager can send the training situation to his sales team. The sales team can then prepare and respond to the training situation over the phone using an interactive voice response (IVR) system or through another communication channel. For example, the training situation can be sent via email requesting that each member of the sales team respond to the training situation through a telephone interface.

A method of medical treatment review. The method can include the steps of receiving patient data into a patient database in which the patient data at least includes a diagnosis of the patient and providing one or more treatment protocols for the patient for selection by a treating provider in which the treatment protocols are pre-approved for the patient diagnosis. The method can also include the steps of analyzing a selection of a treatment protocol by the treating provider and generating an authorization of the selected treatment protocol based on predefined criteria. Generating the authorization of the selected treatment protocol can include generating the authorization without any peer review if the selected protocol meets the predefined criteria or generating the authorization following peer review if the selected protocol does not meet the predefined criteria.