| 6266655 |
Computer-implemented value management tool for an asset intensive manufacturer |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A method of valuing resources of an asset intensive manufacturer. Calculations provide a MAV for each resource (machine) for each time horizon. The inputs for the calculations include the prices of products... |
| 6249774 |
Method for owning, managing, automatically replenishing, and invoicing inventory items |
| Jun-19-2001 |
A method by which a distributor owns, manages, and automatically replenishes the inventory of a business that is a customer of the distributor. The distributor collects information over a start-up period... |
| 6246993 |
Reorder system for use with an electronic printing press |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A method of, and system for, selectively reordering the reprinting of books on one or more electronic presses are disclosed. In one embodiment, sensors and a processor are utilized to reorder books fouled... |
| 6243615 |
System for analyzing and improving pharmaceutical and other capital-intensive manufacturing processes |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A method for displaying a visual process signature for ready visual recognition and communication of otherwise complex manufacturing process information. Process data may be stored in a plurality of data... |
| 6240398 |
Product classification process for optical subassemblies |
| May-29-2001 |
A method and system for assigning a classification to a device having a set of qualifying classifications. The method includes the steps of obtaining an inventory count for each classification of device... |
| 6237051 |
Asset tracking within and across enterprise boundaries |
| May-22-2001 |
A unique data label is affixed to each tracked asset and a unique data label for each location in the enterprise, both real and virtual locations. Location history data of the asset is related to other... |
| 6236987 |
Dynamic content organization in information retrieval systems |
| May-22-2001 |
An information system and method provide organizational and navigational aids to a user to facilitate exploration and analysis of a document collection. The system includes a document collection containing... |
| 6236976 |
System and process for job scheduling using limited discrepancy search |
| May-22-2001 |
Assignment of attributes to elements subject to constraints is achieved using a system that has a systematic engine and a nonsystematic engine. The systematic engine includes a schedule developer for producing... |
| 6233536 |
Remote lifecycle monitoring of electronic boards/software routines |
| May-15-2001 |
A remote inventory system employs unique serial numbers `burned` into each board/software routine desired to be tracked. These boards/routines find their way into machines at various remote sites each... |
| 6230156 |
Electronic mail interface for a network server |
| May-8-2001 |
A networked system for processing queries for a server in a distributed processing environment is provided. The system includes a plurality of clients disposed for communication with a database server... |
| 6223165 |
Method and apparatus to connect consumer to expert |
| Apr-24-2001 |
This invention provides for a method of (or apparatus for) facilitating the delivery of advice to consumers using a server unit which can store and display the names and characteristics of experts and... |
| 6222535 |
System and method for facilitating issue tracking |
| Apr-24-2001 |
A system and method for facilitating tracking of issues utilize a series of graphical user interfaces (GUIs). A first GUI has a first plurality of information accepting fields operable to accept information... |
| 6219649 |
Methods and apparatus for allocating resources in the presence of uncertainty |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A method of allocating resources in the presence of uncertainty is presented. The method builds upon deterministic methods and initially creates and optimizes scenarios. The invention employs clustering,... |
| 6219648 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring progress of customer generated trouble tickets |
| Apr-17-2001 |
An alerting system is provided for proactively ensuring awareness of pending customer generated trouble tickets which have not been resolved for at least a predetermined time duration corresponding to... |
| 6216110 |
System and method for publishing calendar information to a publicly accessible location |
| Apr-10-2001 |
Publishing to a publicly-accessible wide area network an availability file containing information on an individual's availability to attend a proposed meeting. A user input, indicating the occurrence of... |
| 6216109 |
Iterative repair optimization with particular application to scheduling for integrated capacity and inventory planning |
| Apr-10-2001 |
A schedule for a complex activity is obtained by a scheduling system using a method of constraint-based iterative repair. A predetermined initial schedule is iteratively repaired, repairs being made during... |
| 6208996 |
Mobile device having notification database in which only those notifications that are to be presented in a limited predetermined time period |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A system is provided for maintaining a notification database in a mobile device. A notification scheduling program is run at a predetermined time. The notification scheduling program is configured to obtain... |
| 6198980 |
System and method for designing a mixed-model manufacturing process |
| Mar-6-2001 |
A demand-driven, mixed-model manufacturing line design system utilizes Demand Flow Technology to design an efficient mixed-model manufacturing line. Concurrent manufacture of several products in a continuous... |
| 6195590 |
System for control and resource allocation for the manufacture of a product |
| Feb-27-2001 |
A control system for the manufacture of a product. A network of activities is created in a primary computer and a baseline schedule is determined. The baseline schedule dates are transmitted to a plurality... |
| 6188989 |
System and method for managing available to promised product (ATP) |
| Feb-13-2001 |
A system and method are disclosed for automatically managing available to promise product and making of promises to fulfill customer requests from the available to promise product. The system includes... |
| 6185469 |
Method and apparatus for testing and controlling a flexible manufacturing system |
| Feb-6-2001 |
The invention comprises in various embodiments controllers and apparatus for testing flexible manufacturing systems and methods of operating same. The controller includes a computer, a program, output... |
| 6170011 |
Method and apparatus for determining and initiating interaction directionality within a multimedia communication center |
| Jan-2-2001 |
A campaign module in a multimedia cal center has programmable dynamic campaign module (DCM) for facilitating and monitoring outbound campaigns. The DCM comprises an interaction-level monitoring function... |
| 6167385 |
Supply chain financing system and method |
| Dec-26-2000 |
A method for financing a supply of goods (a supply chain) from a supplier to a buyer in which the buyer has a lower cost of funds than the supplier. According to the method, the buyer generates a purchase... |
| 6167379 |
System for user to accept or decline updating a calendar remotely with a proposed schedule update that may have schedule confliction |
| Dec-26-2000 |
A method and apparatus for remotely updating a portable calendar includes a receiver for receiving a first wireless data transmission which includes a proposed scheduling update to the calendar. A memory... |
| 6167378 |
Automated back office transaction method and system |
| Dec-26-2000 |
A method and system provides for digital automation of the transaction space. Digital contracts are programmed to reflect the intended activity or operations of the parties in connection with their purpose.... |
| 6157916 |
Method and apparatus to control the operating speed of a papermaking facility |
| Dec-5-2000 |
A method and apparatus for controlling the operating speed of a papermaking facility is disclosed. It includes determining a desired operating speed that is dependent on at least one economic variable.... |
| 6157915 |
Method and apparatus for collaboratively managing supply chains |
| Dec-5-2000 |
An active collaboration technology in an open architectural framework that delivers information and decision support tools in a timely, contextual and role sensitive manner to present a collaborative dynamic... |
| 6151585 |
Methods and apparatus for determining or inferring influential rumormongers from resource usage data |
| Nov-21-2000 |
Resource usage data is used to infer degrees of influence between users. Once such inferences are made, a directed graph representation of the users and the inferred "influence" between the users can be... |
| 6151582 |
Decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A decision support system for managing an agile supply chain including a server side and a client side. The server side includes a decision support system database that interfaces with a model engine that... |
| 6148290 |
Service contract for managing service systems |
| Nov-14-2000 |
A service contract system for providing a service includes a communication network, a plurality of parties coupled to the communication network and a service contract specifying unambiguous rules of interaction... |
| 6144990 |
Computer apparatus and method for communicating between software applications and computers on the world-wide web using universal variable handling |
| Nov-7-2000 |
According to the preferred embodiment, a computer system and method for providing access to a software application from a web browser over the WWW is disclosed. The system includes one or more computers... |
| 6144945 |
Method for fast and accurate evaluation of periodic review inventory policy |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A computer implemented process is provided for fast and accurate evaluation of the performance characteristics of the periodic-review (s,S) inventory policy with complete back ordering. This policy has... |
| 6144943 |
Method of managing contract housekeeping services |
| Nov-7-2000 |
The invention provides a method and apparatus including a computer system for managing contract housekeeping services so as to improve the quality and value of the housekeeping services received. The method... |
| 6144942 |
Method for notifying an individual of a previously scheduled event |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method for notifying an individual of a previously scheduled event. The individual's scheduling information is accessed, and analyzed. When a scheduled event arrives, the user is notified in the manner... |
| 6144893 |
Method and computer system for controlling an industrial process by analysis of bottlenecks |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method and computer system for controlling an industrial process are disclosed. The industrial process has problems which adversely effect its performance. A personal computer is programmed with a database... |
| 6138103 |
Method for production planning in an uncertain demand environment |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A decision-making method suitable for production planning in an uncertain demand environment. To this end, the method comprises combining an implosion technology with a scenario-based analysis, thus manifesting,... |
| 6122621 |
Method and system for progress management assistance |
| Sep-19-2000 |
A first storage in a system for progress management assistance stores production schedule data for a lot including: a production start time of the lot, described with a numerical value and/or a pointer;... |
| 6119102 |
MRP system with viewable master production schedule |
| Sep-12-2000 |
An MRP system that operates on a single data set containing records for all item demands and supplies. The file may be opened under a demand alias and a supply alias to expedite MRP regeneration. A second... |
| 6115693 |
Quality center and method for a virtual sales and service center |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A Quality Center for a Virtual Sales and Service Center. The Quality Center is responsible for monitoring the "customer experience" across the telephone customer access resource. The Quality Center assists... |
| 6115690 |
Integrated business-to-business Web commerce and business automation system |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A software system business-to-business Web commerce (Web business, or e-business) and automates to the greatest degree possible, in a unified and synergistic fashion and using best proven business practices,... |
| 6115640 |
Workflow system for rearrangement of a workflow according to the progress of a work and its workflow management method |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A workflow system comprises a workflow definition unit, a workflow operation/control unit, and a workflow estimation/prediction unit, the workflow definition unit further includes, as the definition items,... |
| 6101480 |
Electronic calendar with group scheduling and automated scheduling techniques for coordinating conflicting schedules |
| Aug-8-2000 |
A system for scheduling time intervals for a plurality of users on a network comprises a database system that stores a profile for each potential invitee of the system at one or more servers. The invitee... |
| 6101479 |
System and method for allocating company resources to fulfill customer expectations |
| Aug-8-2000 |
An apparatus and method for allocating the resources of an organization. The method includes the steps of acquiring the information required to construct a model of the organization's primary processes... |
| 6088679 |
Workflow management employing role-based access control |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A workflow sequence specified by a process definition is managed by a workflow management system which enacts each segment in the order specified by that process definition. Role-based access control (RBAC)... |
| 6088678 |
Process simulation technique using benefit-trade matrices to estimate schedule, cost, and risk |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A computer-implemented process simulation method or tool that uses a software engine that calculates resources required to complete a project based upon contents of user-defined benefit-trade matrices... |
| 6088626 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling work orders in a manufacturing process |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A computerized system is provided for scheduling a plurality of work orders in a manufacturing process. Each work order to be scheduled specifies a set of operations to be performed using a plurality of... |
| 6085166 |
Electronic calendar with group scheduling and asynchronous fan out method |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A system for scheduling time intervals for a plurality of users comprises a database, associated with one or more server means, for storing a profile for potential invitees of the system, the invitee profiles... |
| 6078912 |
Computer-based system and method for resource determination and management |
| Jun-20-2000 |
For use with a general-purpose computer, systems, methods, processors, computer-executable software and computer-readable media for determining and managing supporting resources pertaining to an object... |
| 6078897 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing orders for goods or services to increase a discount |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method and apparatus accepts a proposed order for products and/or services directed toward a vendor and identifies one or more additional orders that can be combined with the proposed order to obtain... |
| 6076067 |
System and method for incorporating origination and destination effects into a vehicle assignment process |
| Jun-13-2000 |
A comprehensive system and methodology for incorporating origination and destination network effects into a transportation industry's vehicle assignment process. The invention utilizes a decomposition... |
