Subject matter descriptions | USPTO

Art Models: 3621, 3622, 3681, 3682, and 3688
The Promoting Workgroup examines apps for concepts calling to interest the interests of the community through ads to advertise the exchange of products and/or companies. It also examines ideas that go over the resolve of when and how to distribute the most efficient sort of ads, benefits, reductions, and incentives. The workgroup examines concepts covering sophisticated systems, algorithms, and protocols that push improvements in the fields of targeted advertising and marketing and incentive effectiveness. Creative ideas commonly contain cell units, networked computers, and digital commerce arrangements that obtain and process small business facts to present customized incentives and more efficient adverts. The workgroup examines a vast vary of topic make any difference which features applications that are configured for targeting specific audiences or customers with personalised commercials and preparations for giving and effecting privateness protections, rewards, incentives, and special discounts. The subject matter matter also consists of procedures and protocols that cut down friction during the redemption of incentives, support ad development, and enable advertisers to tailor promoting and marketing strategies.

Art Models: 3628A, 3628B, and 3628C
The Transportation Workgroup examines computerized reservations programs that regulate prior booking of reserved areas. Primarily these pertain to journey (e.g., airline and lodge reserving methods), but also include ticketing for seats at venues (e.g., live shows and sporting activities). Other examples include things like reservations for motor vehicle charging parking spaces. The workgroup also examines knowledge processing methods that set up, regulate, keep track of, and facilitate payment for transporting individuals or items without the need of a prior reservation. These incorporate the two classic taxi products and services and on-need ridesharing, as perfectly as cargo and shipping of deals and parcels by way of industrial carriers and countrywide postal expert services. When significantly of the charge/price tag subject matter make any difference pertains to transportation (calculating transit or taxi fares, highway tolls, parking charges, postage metering, etc.), the workgroup also examines certain price tag/selling price algorithms that ascertain fees to consumers for some non-transportation items and providers (e.g., utility usage).

Artwork Units: 3685
The Cryptography Workgroup examines topic matter which includes cryptographic equipment or solutions adapted for use in the observe, administration, or administration of an enterprise the processing of economic information or where by a demand for items or products and services is determined. The examined topic make any difference also incorporates organization information issue to authentication, authorization, anonymization, or other safety through methods such as electronic legal rights management, encryption, tokenization, biometrics, device profiling, localization, timing, hazard or fraud evaluation, distributed ledger transactions, cryptocurrency transactions, computer software licensing, and voting.

Artwork Units: 3625A, 3625B, and 3684
The e-Procuring Workgroup examines applications getting inventive principles concentrated on and supporting distant, electronic searching functions (these kinds of as as a result of sites or cell apps). Inventions of these varieties commonly include things like computer system/server or computer/pc preparations where by a shopper can take part in remote searching and/or buying things to do through a community (e.g. the internet) or telephonic relationship with the intention of investigating, locating, ordering, configuring or customizing, evaluating, and/or acquiring recommendations for items for sale or trade. The shopper can be situated in the property or workplace (these types of as by using a desktop or notebook personal computer), cellular (this kind of as by using a smartphone), or even inside a brick-and-mortar retailer (this kind of as by making use of an in-retailer kiosk or cellular device). The e-Procuring Workgroup examines a vast array of subject matter make a difference which involves a assortment of buying and selling protocols, algorithms, interfaces, and equipment that are specially configured for remote, digital browsing and/or obtaining reasons.

Art Models: 3691 – 3699
The Finance Workgroup examines purposes in the location of monetary technological innovation, or “fintech.” Subject make any difference includes technologies carried out through unique and networked units the place the system or gadgets execute functions linked to banking, lending, credit history processing, expense evaluation, expense portfolio administration, investing exchanges, insurance policy amount setting, insurance plan claims processing, threat analysis, and digital exchanges of worth.  

Artwork Models: 3626A, 3626B, 3626C, 3686A, and 3686B
The Healthcare Workgroup examines healthcare informatics that entail facts conversation engineering (ICT) adapted for handling or processing of patient-linked healthcare facts these types of as scientific trials that are connected to laboratory assessment. This workgroup’s examiners evaluation therapy and wellbeing enhancement ideas with prescriptions and medicines for steering and monitoring patient compliance. This workgroup also examines the dealing with or processing of professional medical images and the management of healthcare resources and facilities these types of as running clinic personnel or surgical treatment. In addition, this workgroup examines solutions for personal computer-aided diagnosis, modelling of healthcare disorders, facts mining applying health care data, and facilitating interaction concerning practitioners or individuals this sort of as for collaborative analysis, therapy or wellbeing checking.

Art Units: 3627, 3687A, and 3687B
The Stock Management, Position-of-Sale, and Accounting Workgroup examines programs having creative concepts targeted on and supporting computerized preparations for stock or stock administration similar to creating, maintaining, or updating a report of the sequence of processes included in creating and distributing a commodity (e.g. buy filling and procurement checking position of all assets in an enclosure stock degree regulate). This includes preparations for creating an itemized listing of the components (e.g., elements, supplies, and providers) needed possibly completely or based mostly on certain responsibilities in an business. This workgroup examines computerized preparations which includes mechanisms (such as position-of-sale terminals, electronic money registers, or even vending equipment serving as a issue-of-sale) for effecting a transaction and identifying the volume of a sale in a technique community. These mechanisms may perhaps contain units for managing money, or debiting an account or prepaid card these kinds of as at a restaurant or other spot of company. This workgroup also examines computerized preparations for recording, examining, verifying, or reporting of funds or other quantitatively countless things made use of in a organization. This contains preparations precisely for tax planning or submission, time accounting (e.g. time and attendance, and monitoring billable hrs), checkbook balancing, and bill preparing.

Artwork Units: 3629 and 3689
The Miscellaneous Workgroup examines electrical apparatus and its corresponding approaches that carry out knowledge processing functions, in which there is a substantial transform in the information or that complete calculations wherein the equipment or system is uniquely developed for or used in the practice, administration, or management of an organization, or in the processing of financial information. Illustrations include methods and systems for boosting kid basic safety automating correctional facilities or producing and utilizing electricity credits derived from the design sector whilst protecting green certification.

This workgroup also examines methods linked to collaborative generation of a solution or a company workflow collaboration or task administration authorized provider fundraising management business or solution certification or verification item, support, or enterprise identification fraud particular security, id, or security company institution or solution ranking or recommendation and products recycling or disposal administration. Even though substantially of the issue make a difference pertains to techniques for performing data processing functions, this workgroup also examines aspects of social networking, human assets and work or selecting education and learning administration or advice schooling establishment selection, admissions, or monetary aid and career enhancement or continuing education and learning providers.

Art Units: 3623A, 3623B, 3624A, 3624B, 3683A, and 3683B
The Functions Investigate Workgroup examines computerized arrangements for applying systematic or scientific examination, analysis, or other issue-solving tactics to the operation of an organization to comprehend the operation, make improvements to efficiency, and guide determination-making or administration. This workgroup also examines techniques for the arranging, arranging, directing, or managing of an organization for the purpose of carrying out a aim (e.g., analyzing source management, arranging and scheduling appointments for company needs, and setting up and executing economical deployment of a workforce).