| 7043698 |
Method and system for profiling users based on their relationships with content topics |
| May-9-2006 |
An affinity generation system according to the present invention analyzes a profiled user's authorship and document usage within an 'intranet' to create a set of affinities between documents and topical... |
| 7020617 |
Strategic planning and optimization system |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A computer-based method for characterizing relationships between a primary goal and an auxiliary goal in an enterprise planning model includes representing the primary goal by a primary objective function,... |
| 7000194 |
Method and system for profiling users based on their relationships with content topics |
| Feb-14-2006 |
An affinity generation system according to the present invention analyzes a profiled user's authorship and document usage within an 'intranet' to create a set of affinities between documents and topical... |
| 6993554 |
Ground-based travel portal |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A ground-based travel planning portal is provided that is in communication with a counterpart in-transit portal so that the content presented through each portal is consistent to a traveler. The ground-based... |
| 6993396 |
System for determining the health of process control feedback loops according to performance assessment criteria |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method for calculating the health of a process control loop based on multiple key assessments of the loop's performance. The method uses the concepts of baselines and thresholds. The typical calculation... |
| 6988076 |
Strategic planning and optimization system |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A software method for strategic planning and optimization allows a user to model an enterprise to visualize an effect of an auxiliary goal, such as price image, on a primary goal of the enterprise. A primary... |
| 6988034 |
Navigation radio for fleet car usage |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A fleet vehicle navigation system for supplying driver specific information to the driver of a fleet vehicle includes a computing system, a short-range radio transceiver and at least one fleet vehicle.... |
| 6983416 |
System and method for cooperative editing of web document |
| Jan-3-2006 |
In a cooperative computer based system for editing a web document including a plurality of clients a server, the cooperative computer based system includes means for generating editing instructions, converting... |
| 6965272 |
Worldwide marketing logistics network including strategically located centers for frequency programming crystal oscillators to customer specification |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A worldwide logistics network includes a processing center for receiving customer orders for crystal oscillators over communications links, processing the orders, and generating work orders that are selectively... |
| 6954734 |
Method of producing, selling, and distributing articles of manufacture |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method of selling articles of manufacture which utilizes an electronic communication system to identify a plurality of articles of manufacture, from a plurality of manufacturing entities, which are available... |
| 6941197 |
Vehicle sharing system and method with vehicle parameter tracking |
| Sep-6-2005 |
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... |
| 6937991 |
Method and communication system for enhancing international travel preparedness within an organization |
| Aug-30-2005 |
In an organization having a large number of employees, and also having a travel center, a method is provided for enhancing preparedness of employees for international travel. When the travel center is... |
| 6926203 |
Travel system and methods utilizing multi-application traveler devices |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A travel system and methods that encompass a plurality of travel service providers and multi-application traveler devices for the automated compilation, issuance and utilization of reusable traveling permits,... |
| 6915481 |
Transactional watermarking |
| Jul-5-2005 |
Transactional watermarking is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an original multimedia content source. The original multimedia content source may have already... |
| 6895381 |
Method and system for management of a wait list for reserved purchases |
| May-17-2005 |
The present invention provides a system and method for predicting the likelihood of materialization of pending wait-listed reservations for the purchase of perishable commodities. Details pertaining to... |
| 6889098 |
Method and apparatus for managing attraction admission |
| May-3-2005 |
The invention is a method and system for managing admission to an attraction. In one or more embodiments, the system comprises a first queue by which customers may access the attraction by waiting in line... |
| 6882290 |
Method and system for dynamically personalizing transportation in a vehicle |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method for dynamically personalizing transportation in a vehicle comprises the steps of providing a vehicle including a messaging device for displaying messages, providing a central dispatch system for... |
| 6879962 |
Logistics system and method |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A logistics method is disclosed that provides logistics computer programming for controlling a plurality of transports to supply a plurality of delivery locations from one or more bases. Each of the bases... |
| 6865539 |
Electronic system for parking management and personal guidance |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A parking management and personal guidance system operates in conjunction with a reservation system which stores and manages reservation information in connection with prescheduled activities. Parking... |
| 6850153 |
Vehicle sharing system and method for controlling or securing vehicle access and/or enablement |
| 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... |
| 6842737 |
Travel information method and associated system |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A method and system for providing travel information to a consumer are disclosed. The method includes acquiring information from at least one information source, which may be a variety of sources such... |
| 6836537 |
System and method for real-time, personalized, dynamic, interactive voice services for information related to existing travel schedule |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A system and method for creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services relating to subscriber travel, including information derived from on-line analytical processing... |
| 6813608 |
System and method for enhancing user experience in a wide-area facility having a distributed, bounded environment |
| Nov-2-2004 |
A wireless system, including a system controller, and a portable device with wireless connection to the wireless system, can be used to link customers to the operations of a business. This link can be... |
| 6804658 |
Method and system for origin-destination passenger demand forecast inference |
| Oct-12-2004 |
An airline origin-destination revenue management software system supports decisions to accept or deny request for booking on airline seats by comparing the fare for the request with a minimum acceptable... |
| 6801226 |
Graphical user interface for travel planning system |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A graphical user interface for a travel planning system is described. The graphical user interface is implemented as a web page and includes a tabular region of the graphical user interface that displays... |
| 6778973 |
Method for selection of events based on proximity |
| Aug-17-2004 |
This invention provides a system for matching a user with an item in the nature of an activity, sporting or other event, or facility, referred to collectively as an ASEF, based on a request made by a user... |
| 6754634 |
Method for scheduling transportation resources |
| Jun-22-2004 |
An improved transportation scheduling method for scheduling trips using multiple vehicles, with each of the vehicles having a trip manifest. The method comprises the steps of first generating a usability... |
| 6732361 |
Generating combinations of offers and using action identifiers from the offers to obtain performance of combinations of actions |
| May-4-2004 |
In obtaining performance of a combination of actions, such as in a coordination or scheduling application, combination data indicating a combination of two or more action types can be obtained. The combination... |
| 6721714 |
Method and system for tactical airline management |
| Apr-13-2004 |
The present invention provides a method and system for managing the assets of a user airline. In a preferred embodiment, this method comprises the steps of: (a) collecting and storing specified data, (b)... |
| 6714945 |
System, method, and article of manufacture for propagating transaction processing facility based data and for providing the propagated data to a variety of clients |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A system, method, and article of manufacture for propagating data from a transaction processing facility (TPF) based computer to a relational database associated with a server computer and providing the... |
| 6714916 |
Crossing paths notification service |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A network-computer-based personal contact manager system is disclosed wherein users of networked clients maintain and update a set of user information which is stored in a relational database on a networked... |
| 6711548 |
Distributed computer network air travel scheduling system and method |
| Mar-23-2004 |
An air travel scheduling system and method for making charter-type flight scheduling available to the general public on a readily accessible and reasonable-cost basis. Individuals wanting to travel to,... |
| 6691006 |
Dynamic assignment of maintenance tasks to aircraft maintenance personnel |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A system for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew during a dynamically-planned maintenance check for an aircraft includes means for obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart... |
| 6675150 |
Method for deploying multiplely occupied vehicles to meet the mobility needs in a densely populated urban area |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A method, apparatus, and program for efficiently deploying vehicles to meet the mobility needs in a densely populated urban area. By subscribing to a service which can broker with drivers on a 24/7 basis,... |
| 6658464 |
User station software that controls transport, storage, and presentation of content from a remote source |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A method for operating a user station configured for communications with a multiplicity of independently-operated data sources via a non-proprietary network includes steps of receiving a first data object... |
| 6657556 |
Vehicle managing system and vehicle managing method |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A vehicle managing system including a vehicle to be lent to a user and a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicle. The plurality of ports include a first port which is located in the vicinity of... |
| 6631841 |
Access system and method for buses |
| Oct-14-2003 |
In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor... |
| 6622083 |
Portable driver information device |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A system and method for making use of a removable device, such as a PDA, cellphone or similar device, in conjunction with a driver information system. The removable device is brought to a vehicle and data... |
| 6622084 |
Travel route planner system and method |
| Sep-16-2003 |
The present invention provides a method of planning a travel route including maintaining in a memory a reference database comprising one or more travel data sets, each travel data set representing a travel... |
| 6611862 |
User station software that controls transport and presentation of content from a remote source |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A method for operating a user station that is configured for communications with a multiplicity of independently-operated data sources via a non-proprietary network includes steps for creating a send data... |
| 6609098 |
Pricing graph representation for sets of pricing solutions for travel planning system |
| Aug-19-2003 |
An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with at... |
| 6591263 |
Multi-modal traveler information system |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A system and method for disseminating information concerning, for example, conditions affecting travel routes personalizes information in accordance with individual users or customers by building filters... |
| 6529786 |
Queue management system |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A queue management system comprises a plurality of portable modules, at least one docking station, a queue manager, signal transmitting means, at least one module detector and a communication means. Each... |
| 6473790 |
Network system for serving information to mobile terminal apparatus |
| Oct-29-2002 |
An information serving system includes a mobile apparatus and a terminal apparatus. The mobile apparatus includes a memory which stores ticket information including departure time data, and a display.... |
| 6459986 |
Routing system |
| Oct-1-2002 |
A routing system comprising one or more maps; route defining means instantiable to respond to driver interaction with a map to define a proposed pooling route and to store said pooling route; request defining... |
| 6421651 |
Method and apparatus for priority-based jukebox queuing |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method and apparatus are described for managing a request queue for a jukebox system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is disclosed for managing a queue of a jukebox. The method... |
| 6418413 |
Method and apparatus for providing availability of airline seats |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A computer program product, method and system for producing seat availability information for a mode of travel such as airline travel produce a prediction of availability of a seat in accordance with an... |
| 6411897 |
Method to schedule a vehicle in real-time to transport freight and passengers |
| Jun-25-2002 |
A method of scheduling a vehicle in real-time to transport freight and passengers. A host receives transportation requests (e.g., to deliver freight, transport passengers, reschedule, cancel, etc.) over... |
| 6381578 |
Factored representation of a set of priceable units |
| Apr-30-2002 |
An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with at... |
| 6377932 |
Rules validation for travel planning system |
| Apr-23-2002 |
An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with at... |
