| 6895385 |
Method and system for ascribing a reputation to an entity as a rater of other entities |
| May-17-2005 |
A method and system for ascribing a reputation of an entity as a rater of other entities is provided. A first rating indicative of a rating of a rated entity by the first entity, and one or more second... |
| 6895384 |
Method and system for optimizing request-promise workflows |
| May-17-2005 |
A system for optimizing request-promise workflows includes a first entity that provides supplies to a second entity. The second entity optimizes its production to generate a request for the supplies and... |
| 6892376 |
Flexible infrastructure for managing a process |
| May-10-2005 |
This invention relates to providing a flexible infrastructure for managing a process. This is done by defining a workflow type, building a workflow pointer that defines the location of a database within... |
| 6892179 |
System and method for ascribing a reputation to an entity |
| May-10-2005 |
A method and system for determining a ratee reputation of an entity based at least in part on the rater reputation of one or more of the entities that have rated the rated entity. A ratee reputation of... |
| 6892178 |
Method and system for ascribing a reputation to an entity from the perspective of another entity |
| May-10-2005 |
A personalized ratee reputation of a first entity from the perspective of a second entity is determined. The second entity is connected by one or more rating paths to the first entity. A breadth-first... |
| 6889196 |
Method and apparatus for planning, monitoring, and illustrating multiple tasks based on user defined criteria and predictive ability |
| May-3-2005 |
Individual employees are permitted to be individuals and plan their work as individuals. Individuals are only asked to plan their work within a limited tasking horizon. Employees track their progress using... |
| 6889106 |
Master production scheduling management system and method |
| May-3-2005 |
A master production scheduling management system and method for efficiently generating master production schedules (MPSs) is provided. The system includes a plurality of client computers (3), an MPS management... |
| 6885902 |
System and method for replenishment by purchase with attribute based planning |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A system and method for determining whether a supply chain network resource may be replenished by purchase in order to meet demand as defined by an order. The system and method is an attribute-based system... |
| 6883002 |
Real estate information exchange process and system |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A system and process includes a computer that is operatively connected to the Internet. A database of MLS properties that are for sale is maintained that is accessible to the computer. Real estate agents... |
| 6876972 |
System for aiding to make medical care schedule and/or record, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A system for aiding to make a medical care map includes: a plurality of files for including individual medical care data; a date and time measuring device for measuring a present date and time; a display... |
| 6873964 |
Method and system for recruiting personnel |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A method for recruiting personnel for a business entity including a plurality of distinct business units each having individual hiring requirements, wherein at least some of the distinct business units'... |
| 6873963 |
Shipment tracking analysis and reporting system (STARS) |
| Mar-29-2005 |
The present invention provides a method for tracking material being transferred from a source to a destination by a carrier which comprises the steps of receiving a transmission from the source, the transmission... |
| 6873961 |
Method and apparatus for identifying and tracking project trends |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A method and apparatus for computer-assisted project analysis. Planned values for successive times for each of a plurality of parameters are stored in a database. Another database receives measured values... |
| 6865542 |
Method and system for accurately forecasting prices and other attributes of agricultural commodities |
| Mar-8-2005 |
Using a general-purpose computer, the method and system of the present invention enables the forecasting of agricultural commodity prices and amounts of consumption, production and trade flows across regions,... |
| 6865540 |
Method and apparatus for providing group calls via the internet |
| Mar-8-2005 |
Method and apparatus for implementing group calling are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes displaying a service provider, a service provider rate for communicating with the service provider,... |
| 6862573 |
Automated transaction management system and method |
| Mar-1-2005 |
An automated knowledge dependent transaction management system for processing both the front-end and back-end of a transaction is provided. The system contains hard-coded transaction management module... |
| 6862487 |
Production method and a production system |
| Mar-1-2005 |
Various models of brake parts (products) are produced with a mixedly transferring production system. The mixedly transferring production system includes a top line, a first production line, a second production... |
| 6860422 |
Method and apparatus for tracking documents in a workflow |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A workflow system and method include tracking the physical movement of documents. The information of the physical movement is incorporated with the flow graph of a workflow. A display of the workflow can... |
| 6859781 |
Business method for quality assurance of services |
| Feb-22-2005 |
The quality of information technology services provided by an organization to a customer is assured. Assurance reviews of a first solution are performed and a second solution is defined to correct deficiencies.... |
| 6850898 |
Vehicle sharing system and method for allocating vehicles based on state of charge |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A shared vehicle system includes a central facility, at least one vehicle distribution port facility and a plurality or fleet of vehicles, each having a vehicle subsystem. In general, the central station... |
| 6850893 |
Method and apparatus for an improved security system mechanism in a business applications management system platform |
| Feb-1-2005 |
The present invention provides a solution to the needs described above through an improved method and apparatus for an improved security system mechanism in a business applications management system platform.... |
| 6850892 |
Apparatus and method for allocating resources to improve quality of an organization |
| Feb-1-2005 |
An apparatus and method for allocating the resources of an organization in order to optimize the effects of that allocation on the quality of the organization, where the quality is viewed from a customer's... |
| 6850809 |
Methods, devices and systems for splitting an integrated manufacturing and distribution plan for use by separate manufacturing and distribution execution systems |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A consolidated plan splitting methodology sends distribution orders to a distribution execution system and planned production to a manufacturing execution system. Instructions from the planning system... |
| 6847854 |
System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization |
| Jan-25-2005 |
The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having one or more motorized pumps and associated motor drives, which provide for optimized process performance according... |
| 6845370 |
Advanced information gathering for targeted activities |
| Jan-18-2005 |
An agent based system assists in preparing an individual for an upcoming meeting by helping him/her retrieve relevant information about the meeting from various sources based on preexisting information... |
| 6842760 |
Methods and apparata for highly automated quality assurance of building construction projects |
| Jan-11-2005 |
Tracking forms allow tracking of the completion status and implemented quality standards of a building construction project. A tracking form is prepared for one or more tasks requiring completion at the... |
| 6832202 |
Method and system of routing requests for authorized approval |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A method and system for routing requests for authorization may comprise automatically determining approvals required for authorization of a request (72). A valid agent to provide one of the approvals required... |
| 6832183 |
Method and database arrangement for inspection and requalification of vehicles used for transporting commodities and/or hazardous materials |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A method of requalifying a rail born tank car adapted to transport includes inspecting the tank car in accord with a selected one of a plurality of procedures, each procedure delineating and defining a... |
| 6829585 |
Web-based method and system for indicating expert availability |
| Dec-7-2004 |
An expert availability system provides an integrated approach to providing users of a computer system with assisted help on a specific subject, problem or project as well as indicating expert availability... |
| 6826538 |
Method for planning key component purchases to optimize revenue |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method of calculating supplies of key components based on enhancing revenues in a made to order scheme. Products are designed by identifying product components, and combining the components in various... |
| 6826534 |
Agent and method for dynamically scheduling publication in an automated document delivery system |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A document delivery system comprising a data store of content objects and a publishing agent is presented. One or more of the content objects are selected and retrieved to comprise a personalized publication.... |
| 6823452 |
Providing end-to-end user authentication for host access using digital certificates |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A method, system, and computer program product for using a digital certificate to access legacy host applications and/or data which are protected by a host-based security system such as RACF (Resource... |
| 6816746 |
Method and system for monitoring resources within a manufacturing environment |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A method, system and logic are described for monitoring resources within a manufacturing environment. A system for monitoring resources within a manufacturing facility includes a remote monitoring system... |
| 6807569 |
Trusted and anonymous system and method for sharing threat data to industry assets |
| Oct-19-2004 |
A system and method serves to anonymously share information about security incidents and vulnerability in corporate and national information infrastructures. The method and system provides for submitting... |
| 6804705 |
Systems and methods for providing electronic document services |
| Oct-12-2004 |
A system facilitates the procurement of one or more document services for a document directly from a document preparation software application used to create the document. The system activates a graphical... |
| 6801820 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling work orders in a manufacturing process |
| Oct-5-2004 |
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... |
| 6799183 |
Operation assistance method and system and recording medium for storing operation assistance method |
| Sep-28-2004 |
A work assistance method previously stores at least a plurality of work items required for a predetermined project work, a plurality of work products to be achieved for the respective work items, and a... |
| 6795742 |
Production management method in a plurality of production lines |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A production management method includes the steps of: managing parallel production in a plurality of production lines to acquire an order model name and a production type name; acquiring a production record;... |
| 6791589 |
Calendar display apparatus, calendar display method and computer program product |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Even when all selected dates cannot be displayed on a calendar, selected states of all the selected dates can be completely displayed so as to grasp the selected states of the selected dates. Further,... |
| 6782369 |
Method for allocating commissions over the internet using defined exclusive sales areas |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A computer system and method of allocating commissions for sales made over the Internet and for dividing an otherwise indivisible Internet into defined geographic areas includes processes for: defining... |
| 6772943 |
System and method for document storage management |
| Aug-10-2004 |
Documents to be scanned to create an electronic digital data record are printed with a machine-readable graphic code in which is embedded document-identifying information, such as the type of document... |
| 6772407 |
Staging objects in workflow management systems |
| Aug-3-2004 |
The present invention relates to a device within and a method processed by a Workflow Management System (WFMS) making resources/objects accessible to activities of said WFMS processing these resources/objects.... |
| 6769113 |
Enterprise process models and enterprise application for information technologies |
| Jul-27-2004 |
An enterprise process model that comprises a plurality of actors, actions performed by said actors, objects acted upon by said actions, and roles. Data characterizing the view of the attributes of at least... |
| 6763333 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring progress of customer generated trouble tickets |
| Jul-13-2004 |
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... |
| 6763276 |
Method for optimizing a continuous complex system using a set of vertices and dynamic hierarchical constraints |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A method optimizes a system. Performances of design parameters of an objective function modeling the system are represented in a multi-dimensional search space. A set of vertices are positioned in the... |
| 6757687 |
Storage of data entries in digital devices and methods |
| Jun-29-2004 |
The present invention provides a storage means to store digital data entries, chronometer means arranged to provide chronological information to the device, and data entry arrangement means to manipulate... |
| 6754677 |
Method and system for facilitating information exchange |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method and system for facilitating information exchange between individuals and entities interacting on a shared project are provided, and more particularly to a method and system for horizontal, i.e.,... |
| 6751666 |
Ripple scheduling for end-to-end global resource management |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A global resource manager is provided for each node of a plurality of nodes of a distributed data processing system. Each node can be a coordinator node, an intermediate node, and a leaf node depending... |
| 6748287 |
Adaptive real-time work-in -progress tracking, prediction, and optimization system for a semiconductor supply chain |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A work-in-progress (WIP) tracking system is used to coordinate a semiconductor supply chain. The WIP tracking receives WIP updates from semiconductor supply chain vendors and generates advanced notices... |
| 6741921 |
Multi-stage truck assignment system and method |
| May-25-2004 |
A method is provided for providing dispatch assignments to a plurality of vehicles in an environment including a plurality of sources and a plurality of processing sites. Current information about the... |
