| 6546300 |
Production/manufacturing planning system |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A production/manufacturing planning system is provided with a production planning planner 10 and a manufacturing planning scheduler 12. The production planning planner 10 makes the production planning... |
| 6526388 |
Interoperable workflow management system |
| Feb-25-2003 |
An interoperable workflow management system controls an information disclosing range of a workflow case to prevent transmission delay even when the communication path has a small transmission capacity... |
| 6523010 |
Assistance method and apparatus |
| Feb-18-2003 |
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... |
| 6516301 |
Order-based material management system |
| Feb-4-2003 |
An Order Based Materials Management (OBMM) method using forecasts of actual customer orders to determine component stocking levels. There may be several types of orders and several types of customer demand... |
| 6490565 |
Environmental certification system and method |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A data processing method for an environmental certification program is provided which defines a plurality of predefined criteria which must be met by a participant in the program in order to be provided... |
| 6484145 |
Priority access channel reservation |
| Nov-19-2002 |
A method and system for priority access channel allocation within a telecommunication subsystem in which channel access requests are categorized within a prioritization system that includes a first priority... |
| 6470346 |
Remote computation framework |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A computer system includes a computation process. The computation process includes a client process to produce a computation request with the computation request being invoked by a command line executable.... |
| 6470324 |
Dealer inventory management system |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A dealer inventory management system is provided for recommending which types of vehicles a dealer should order from the automotive manufacturer. The computer-implemented system includes a vehicle sales... |
| 6466242 |
Information processing apparatus |
| Oct-15-2002 |
An information processing apparatus having a schedule management function includes a display section for displaying temporal axes of at least two different cities on a schedule display screen in accordance... |
| 6464133 |
Property management system |
| Oct-15-2002 |
A system and method for managing property using a program designed to assist a user in completing necessary forms. The program assists the user by providing hints, overlaying text, and troubleshooting... |
| 6460018 |
Program production and transmission apparatus |
| Oct-1-2002 |
Program production supporting component, transmission equipment controlling component, material creation managing component, and storing component are interconnected through a network, and managing component... |
| 6424948 |
Declarative workflow system supporting side-effects |
| Jul-23-2002 |
An object-focused workflow system for processing a received object in accordance with a declarative workflow specification. The specification includes modules and attributes, where module execution results... |
| 6415260 |
Dynamic capacity demand forecast system |
| Jul-2-2002 |
A dynamic-capacity-demand-forecast system in the manufacture of semiconductor integrated circuits includes several steps. N types of products and m types of processing steps are in a processing line. The... |
| 6405204 |
Alerts by sector/news alerts |
| Jun-11-2002 |
The invention provides index performance alerts by sector. The index alerts are based on price performance measures of each industry, sector, sub-sector, or group (referred to collectively as "sector"... |
| 6389454 |
Multi-facility appointment scheduling system |
| May-14-2002 |
A computer-implemented method of scheduling an appointment at a plurality of facilities providing a plurality of services, comprising receiving a packet of client information from a client, the client... |
| 6349287 |
Work-flow support system |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A work-flow support having: a processing wait task storage unit that temporarily stores a task execution request and a rule interpretation execution unit executes a task corresponding to the execution... |
| 6341287 |
Integrated change management unit |
| Jan-22-2002 |
An integrated system for managing changes in regulatory and non-regulatory requirements for business activities at an industrial or commercial facility. Application of this system to environmental, health... |
| 6317732 |
Planning system and planning method |
| Nov-13-2001 |
A planning system includes an input device which accepts at least a given planning problem and values of variables required to solve the given planning problem; a display device which provides a visual... |
| 6289317 |
Task-based classification and analysis system |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A task-based classification and analysis system includes an analysis software module and a user interface. The analysis software module establishes and maintains relationships between a plurality of databases... |
| 6263315 |
Revenue management system and method |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A revenue management software system supports decisions to accept or deny requests for resource capacity (seats, rooms, volume/weight, air time, etc.) using control logic that accesses multidimensional... |
| 6260047 |
Inventory management system |
| Jul-10-2001 |
A method for selecting an optimum time period from an inventory of available time periods, where each time period has a predetermined duration including selected and unselected time portions and an associated... |
| 6256651 |
Time management workflow software |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A workflow system and program for organizing the time and priorities of a user, wherein the information input by a user into a spreadsheet is generated by the program into a bar graph. It is possible for... |
| 6226617 |
Product disposal system |
| May-1-2001 |
A treatment processing system for determining proper and appropriate treatment methods and procedures in accordance with states of discarded articles and outputting the determined procedures. Treatment... |
| 6181979 |
Medication processing system |
| Jan-30-2001 |
A drug preparation system which can indicate which drug processing or inspection station or stations are busy so that drugs can be prepared in an optimum way. Patient data recorded on prescriptions received... |
| 6151583 |
Workflow management method and apparatus |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A workflow management method in a workflow system including a workflow server and tables for holding processes includes storing in a table a plurality of definition information sets for individually defining... |
| 6144955 |
Work flow management system |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A work flow management system has circulation control functions for carrying out branching, queuing, dividing, broadcasting, recovering, holding and substitute of a circulation material in the work flow... |
| 6122633 |
Subscription within workflow management systems |
| Sep-19-2000 |
The present invention relates to the area of workflow management systems (WFMS). More particularly the inventions extends WFMS by subscription means. The subscription means operate on an audit trail stored... |
| 6115692 |
Generating growth alternatives |
| Sep-5-2000 |
The present invention is an apparatus and method for determining when a living animal reaches its optimum rate of growth. This information is then used to calculate the optimal parameters for achieving... |
| 6101481 |
Task management system |
| Aug-8-2000 |
A method is described of managing a plurality of tasks to be carried out by a plurality of personnel, each of the tasks having identified task details relevant thereto, in which the method includes: identifying... |
| 6092048 |
Task execution support system |
| Jul-18-2000 |
A task management server includes a memory unit for memorizing task information containing constituents indicated by a task property of a supported task, an action entry comprising a task, an event rule... |
| 6088681 |
Restaurant management system |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A restaurant management system (10) is provided. The restaurant management system (10) includes an inventory system (64). Also included are a supplier (54) and a user (52). Orders are sent from the user... |
| 6088367 |
Computer booking system |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A computer booking system is provided for booking individual ones of a set resources to users of the resources. The resources may be, for example, channels between multiplexes in a telecommunications network.... |
| 6085170 |
Delivery managing system |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A delivery managing system for managing delivery of goods from a distribution center through an agent to a receiver is disclosed. A client provides at least schedule information of the receiver. A distribution... |
| 6073108 |
Task-based classification and analysis system |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A task-based classification and analysis system includes an analysis software module and a user interface. The analysis software module establishes and maintains relationships between a plurality of databases... |
| 6064976 |
Scheduling system |
| May-16-2000 |
A scheduling system includes a detection circuitry and a scheduling processor. The detection circuitry is coupled to a peripheral input device and receives data from the peripheral input device. The received... |
| 6055511 |
Computerized incentive compensation |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A computer is programmed to implement an incentive compensation plan by obtaining existing data on employees and business activities, evaluating the profitability of the activities, and indicating what... |
| 6044363 |
Automatic auction method |
| Mar-28-2000 |
In automatic auction method which makes it unnecessary for bidders to stay before auction terminals at the time of auction and which makes possible auction transactions on an open network on which it is... |
| 6044354 |
Computer-based product planning system |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A product planning system uses a server (12) for storing centralized data accessible by remote stations (14). The system provides for uniform product planning. throughout an organization while ensuring... |
| 6032124 |
Workflow method and system therefor |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A workflow system comprising a plurality of workflow subsystems connected to a LAN (Local Area Network), these workflow subsystems being composed of servers and clients, and provides a workflow system... |
| 6032121 |
Method for proactive planning |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A proactive planning methodology and system. The invention reconceptualizes current (delimited) calendar-based planning approaches, where planning is done at fixed or arbitrary times, in favor of a proactive... |
| 6026378 |
Warehouse managing system |
| Feb-15-2000 |
Upon receipt of an article in a warehouse, an article code put on the article and a location code put on a shelf loading the article are stored as management data through scanning. In addition, as the... |
| 6012037 |
Schedule management apparatus |
| Jan-4-2000 |
A schedule management apparatus includes a term data input section for inputting a term data by designating a start day and an end day, a schedule input section for inputting a schedule corresponding to... |
| 6006193 |
Computer executable workflow control system |
| Dec-21-1999 |
To control the processing of a work item, the work item is stored in a database of work items and is executed by an operator. Organizations use the database, and the operator belongs to one of the organizations.... |
| 5991732 |
Strategical-tactical logistic system |
| Nov-23-1999 |
A method for using a computer to control the manufacture of items in a factory determines when to schedule the manufacture of a new batch of an item or the ordering of a new batch from an outside supplier... |
| 5974393 |
Automatic customer number paging system |
| Oct-26-1999 |
There is disclosed a paging system for customers in a fast service or while-you-wait sales or service facility which is capable of being associated with or integrated with existing forms of point-of-sale... |
| 5963911 |
Resource allocation |
| Oct-5-1999 |
In order to optimize the utilization of resources (e.g., technicians) in performing a number of jobs, each job is assigned a cost time-dependent function and each resource is assessed for the time at which... |
| 5956687 |
Personal injury claim management system |
| Sep-21-1999 |
A technique for computerized management of a plaintiff's personal injury case is disclosed. This technique includes establishing records, each reflective of the phase of a corresponding personal injury... |
| 5946662 |
Method for providing inventory optimization |
| Aug-31-1999 |
A method for providing inventory optimization for levels of products in a complex supply chain network for multiple internal supplier or manufacturer locations and external distributor or retailer locations.... |
| 5943652 |
Resource assignment and scheduling system |
| Aug-24-1999 |
A system and method for assigning and scheduling resource requests to resource providers use a modified "best-first" search technique that combines optimization, artificial intelligence, and constraint-processing... |
| 5924076 |
Coin operated device collection scheduler |
| Jul-13-1999 |
A method for determining an optimal coin operated coin collection date accounts for weather and seasonal effects on the expected revenue stream. One method according to the present invention may include:... |
