| 7043456 |
Mobile electronic transaction personal proxy |
| May-9-2006 |
A method for obtaining a digital signature is disclosed. Upon receipt of request for a digital signature within a customer computer, a Mobile electronic transaction proxy within the customer PC notifies... |
| 7043324 |
Methods and systems for modeling a bill of material for a configurable product |
| May-9-2006 |
The invention relates to a method of modelling a bill of materials for a configurable product in a managed supply chain and a modeller apparatus for modelling a bill of materials for a configurable product... |
| 7031941 |
Method and system for managing configuration of mechanical equipment |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method and system is disclosed for maintaining a database of configurations of mechanical equipment. A functional configuration database is established to store functional information about an end item... |
| 7020627 |
Material procurement system and a material procurement method |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A plurality of orderers with their own code systems procures materials from companies (supply companies) with which the orderers have business relations. In this material procurement system, a name register... |
| 7006988 |
Method of collaboration commerce |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A collaboration commerce method, which, with customers not knowing the whole collaboration commerce operation procedure, lowers the operation and executive costs among different supplier to achieve the... |
| 6993500 |
System and method for electronic business transaction of trading cards |
| Jan-31-2006 |
An electronic business transaction system of a trading card typically uses the Internet. That is, when a site for the electronic business transaction of the trading card is accessed over the Internet from... |
| 6988314 |
Assembly, tolerance matching and post-manufacturing quality assurance method |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A system and method for assembling an internal combustion engine and for correlating engine information with a vehicle identification number. The engine includes an engine block and a plurality of pistons.... |
| 6988079 |
System and method for amalgamating multiple shipping companies using reusable containers and wide area networks |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system and method for delivering packages using a vehicle such as a truck. The packages contain RFIDs that can be electronically queried when the truck is at a destination. A computer communicates to... |
| 6983253 |
Process for providing a printed automobile adjustment estimate |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A process for providing a printed insurance adjustment estimate includes a wireless LAN. Each portable computer is connected by a wireless system, including radio transceivers, to a file server and printer.... |
| 6963826 |
Performance optimizer system and method |
| Nov-8-2005 |
Information is received from a plurality of CRM/SFA sources within an operating environment and is mapped to specific business processes. Transactional data, learning systems information, technical support... |
| 6950826 |
Material and supplies ordering system |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A method for facilitating the ordering of construction supplies by a customer over the Internet is provided. The method comprises: receiving a supplier reference indicating a supplier; providing the customer... |
| 6944598 |
Binary trees for detecting inventory problems in an enterprise model |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A binary tree structure for detecting inventory problems. A first embodiment detects on-hand inventory problems. A second embodiment detects inventory requirements problems. Both embodiments use a binary... |
| 6941305 |
Customer management system for automobile sales industry |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A computer-implemented method of collecting client contact data is provided. The method includes the steps of opening a client ticket session to create a client ticket, supplying the client ticket with... |
| 6937992 |
Transport vehicle capacity maximization logistics system and method of same |
| Aug-30-2005 |
Disclosed is a vehicle capacity maximization system and method of accomplishing the same. |
| 6937993 |
System and method for processing and tracking telecommunications service orders |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A system and method for tracking and processing Service Orders for a telecommunications company. Workflows are used to model business procedures used for processing Service Orders. Each Workflow comprises... |
| 6928343 |
Shopper tracker and portable customer service terminal charger |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A system and method is disclosed for a shopping system, the system including a shopping cart including a plurality of wheels; a portable electronic device (e.g., a CST or POS terminal), coupled to the... |
| 6928270 |
Wireless communication system and method for deliveries |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A system and method is provided for providing wireless electronic content to members of the public. A mobile backbone of an electronic content delivery system is based on mobile vehicles, as of the Postal... |
| 6922676 |
Method and system for ordering items over the internet |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A system and method of ordering components over the Internet. A website owner would provide websites for one or more wholesalers including a home page for each of the wholesalers on the Internet as well... |
| 6915276 |
Method, apparatus and system for merchandizing related applications |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A merchandizing related method, apparatus and system which includes a product editor for providing product information for products, a classification editor to create hierarchies for the products, a distribution... |
| 6910017 |
Inventory and price decision support |
| Jun-21-2005 |
From data that includes prices and unit sales of an item of commerce for a succession of time periods during which the item was sold, a relationship is derived that represents variation of unit sales of... |
| 6901430 |
Online system and method of locating consumer product having specific configurations in the enterprise production pipeline and inventory |
| May-31-2005 |
An online system of locating consumer product having specific configuration in an enterprise production pipeline and inventory is provided. The system includes a locate client process operable to receive... |
| 6885901 |
LSI manufacturing support server, LSI manufacturing support method, and LSI manufacturing support program |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A server for supporting LSI manufacturing is used within an LSI manufacturing support system including: a communication line, an LSI manufacturing support server connected to that communication line, IP... |
| 6876980 |
Methods and systems for purchasing and inventory of paper and extended media products |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A system and method in a network-based inventory management system for providing information concerning inventory amounts and inventory ordering to at least one computer. In operation, a server first receives... |
| 6873936 |
Method and system for procuring, storing and distributing remotely accessed data gathered by logging devices |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A method for billing customers over the Internet or other means of electronic communication between an access provider and a customer for use of services. The provider creates access to measurement data... |
| 6871198 |
Composing and cataloging item configuration data |
| Mar-22-2005 |
An improvement for composing and cataloging item configuration data is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes identifying a base item, identifying a part number for the base item, breaking... |
| 6868396 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring internet based sales transactions by local vendors |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An apparatus and a method are provided for facilitating the ability of a local organization to have its products or services displayed to a consumer on a computer monitor in a manner that facilitates their... |
| 6862577 |
System and method for shipping material |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system and method for interactive inquiry and editing throughout the life cycle of the shipping request by the requester and various approving managers. Once the request is approved, shipping labels... |
| 6856857 |
Method and system for planning disassembly and production of recyclable products and for planning procurement of parts for production |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A system and method for generating disassembly, procurement and production plans dealing with recyclable parts and products are provided. Production demand information on products to be manufactured, collection... |
| 6853981 |
Method and system for processing customer requests and generating associated information correlated to ordered products |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A method and system for processing customer requests and generating associated information correlated to ordered products by utilizing at least one computing mechanism is disclosed. The method and system... |
| 6850904 |
Relational database for producing bill-of-materials from planning information |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A method and structure for forecasting financial obligations for processing mask orders for semiconductor chips includes preparing a relational database of part numbers of graphical data and common mask... |
| 6848049 |
Method and apparatus for the authentication of integrated circuits |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method for the authentication of an integrated circuit in an application system comprises, for the integrated circuit: detecting an activation scenario, and then modifying at least one of its responses.... |
| 6847934 |
Marketing selection optimization process |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A market selection optimization method comprising the steps of assigning product offers to consumers in the presence of multiple constraints, such that each consumer is assigned at least one product offer;... |
| 6838977 |
Apparatus for manufacturing management using a wireless device |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A method of inventory management is described. Upon activation of a button on a wireless device, the wireless device having a light source and a transceiver with a unique media address corresponding to... |
| 6823226 |
Matrix methods and systems for supply chain management |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A system and method of receiving orders, placing orders in an order matrix, determining potential production periods for an order, rescheduling orders, and generating a bill of materials. The method receives... |
| 6816839 |
Demand planning for configure-to-order and building blocks-based market environment |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A method for demand planning of products. The method comprises the steps of constructing a configure-to-order operation/multiple building block environment; and, forecasting the demand of the building... |
| 6813610 |
Custom design and manufacturing program for interior designs |
| Nov-2-2004 |
A computerized system for providing a consumers with a means of designing and visualizing customized design interiors using components or parts chosen from off the shelf components in order to create a... |
| 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... |
| 6785805 |
Network-based configuration method for systems integration in test, measurement, and automation environments |
| Aug-31-2004 |
Network-based methods and systems are disclosed for configuring and building systems and providing systems integration for the test, automation and measurement environment. The methods include internet... |
| 6774783 |
Operation ready signal light device |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A method of identifying a part with a storage location including the steps of transmitting identification information for the part and the storage location to a support system, supplying power to the remote... |
| 6772103 |
Method for selecting a parts kit detail |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method for selecting a parts kit detail for the installation of a pressure transducer on a container such as a pipeline or a vessel, the container for containing a fluid material, the method including... |
| 6772028 |
Method for processing order changes in a manufacturing system |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method for performing a synchronized order change in a manufacturing process is provided. An order is associated with an order number and a work in process (WIP) number, which identifies a physical lot... |
| 6754666 |
Efficient storage and access in a database management system |
| Jun-22-2004 |
The present invention provides for storage of data items with dissimilar structures in a single database table while minimizing the problems associated with prior approaches. In one aspect of the invention,... |
| 6725204 |
System for facilitating the sale and shipment of cores |
| Apr-20-2004 |
The present invention provides a system for facilitating the sale and shipment of cores. The system includes a host processor that stores and processes data supplied by a plurality of vendors. The data... |
| 6721746 |
Method and system for facilitating production changes in an extended enterprise environment |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A computer-based method and system for facilitating production changes in an extended enterprise via a network environment. The system includes a manufacturing enterprise system including a host system... |
| 6701201 |
Decomposition system and method for solving a large-scale semiconductor production planning problem |
| Mar-2-2004 |
A method and system for efficient allocation of limited manufacturing resources over time to meet customer demand. At the enterprise planning level this typically requires determination of a feasible production... |
| 6690984 |
System and method for assembly integration |
| Feb-10-2004 |
The present invention is directed to a system and method for assembly integration. A method of assembling a product based on a received order includes receiving an order for a product having a desired... |
| 6687848 |
Techniques for preventing information loss in a business to business message in an enterprise computer system |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A method of maintaining informational integrity of a business to business (B2B) message in a distributed e-business environment is described. A sent message is stored a selected portion of which is flagged.... |
| 6684136 |
Dynamic assignment of maintenance tasks to maintenance personnel |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A system for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew during a dynamically-planned maintenance check includes means for obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart detailing up-to-date... |
| 6678822 |
Method and apparatus for securely transporting an information container from a trusted environment to an unrestricted environment |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A method for operating a data processing system of a type that includes a first data processing entity located within a trusted environment and a second data processing entity located within an untrusted... |
| 6669832 |
Electronic transaction system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A request for a commodity that each office in an organization needs is sent from a terminal in the office to a general affairs service center in the organization. The request is then sent to a VAN center... |