Itemization of parts, supplies, or services (e.g., bill of materials)

CL 705 SC 29
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...