| 7043531 |
Web-based customer lead generator system with pre-emptive profiling |
| May-9-2006 |
A web-based customer lead generator system. The system is based on an application service model, with the programming for the system being accessible to users of the system via web browsers and the Internet.... |
| 7043445 |
Market determination system |
| May-9-2006 |
A market analysis system uses travel time to define a relevant market area. A map is generated using stored geographical map information around a selected geographical point or area, and a travel time... |
| 7043007 |
System and method to allocate transactions |
| May-9-2006 |
A method to determine transaction distribution among a plurality of transaction processing systems may include calculating estimated handling resources for each of the plurality of transaction processing... |
| 7039953 |
Hierarchical correlation of intrusion detection events |
| May-2-2006 |
A method, computer program product, and apparatus for presenting data about security-related events that puts the data into a concise form is disclosed. Events are abstracted into a set data-type. Sets... |
| 7039699 |
Tracking usage behavior in computer systems |
| May-2-2006 |
A system and process for tracking users' usage of content in computer systems. The tracking and accumulation of content usage information allows content providers to understand more about their user base.... |
| 7039615 |
Retail transactions involving digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system |
| May-2-2006 |
A retailer facilitates issuance of a digital license from a licensor to a customer for a corresponding piece of digital content. The retailer receives payment for the license from the customer, where the... |
| 7039602 |
Configuring products with default sections determined according to optimization functions |
| May-2-2006 |
A default selection to be presented to a user at configuration time is determined at the time a selection list is presented to the user. A desired function, such as profit maximization or price minimization,... |
| 7039598 |
Method of estimating expected revenues from business directory books |
| May-2-2006 |
A new system of analyzing advertising revenue derivation is provided that is particularly useful for predicting an amount of revenue that can be expected from advertisements placed in a business directory... |
| 7039594 |
Method and system for content management assessment, planning and delivery |
| May-2-2006 |
A method is disclosed for designing a coordinated content management and delivery system, using key considerations related to the client environment, and using key processes, and applying these to the... |
| 7039592 |
Agricultural business system and methods |
| May-2-2006 |
A new system for providing agricultural financial services is provided. The system includes crop insurance services, where a proper level of crop insurance is determined necessary to assure income approximately... |
| 7038619 |
Satellite positioning system enabled media measurement system and method |
| May-2-2006 |
The present invention is directed to utilizing monitoring devices (200) for determining the effectiveness of various locations, such as media display locations (150) for an intended purpose... |
| 7035855 |
Process and system for integrating information from disparate databases for purposes of predicting consumer behavior |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A process and system for integrating information stored in at least two disparate databases. The stored information includes consumer transactional information. According to the process and system, at... |
| 7035823 |
Telecommunications system for generating a three-level customer behavior profile and for detecting deviation from the profile to identify fraud |
| Apr-25-2006 |
Telecommunications apparatus and method for detecting any unusual activity in customer behavior. A comprehensive behavior profile of a customer is generated on the basis of customer transactions. The profile... |
| 7035811 |
System and method for composite customer segmentation |
| Apr-25-2006 |
The profitability and effectiveness of a marketing program is increased by segmenting the customer population according to a combination of different segmentation strategies. A number of independent segmentation... |
| 7035810 |
Feature centric release manager method and system |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A feature centric method of and system for monitoring the development and release process of a product, monitoring the development and release of a product, where the product is characterized by having... |
| 7033180 |
Education set and work model, training method, work efficiency improving method, and tool employing the same |
| Apr-25-2006 |
An education set used for education of a work including a series of work steps. The education set includes segment diagrams (105a, 105b, 105c) where work directions... |
| 7031931 |
Portable device attached to a media player for rating audio/video contents |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A portable rating apparatus for rating one of audio and video content. The apparatus includes a user-manipulable control dedicated for generating a signal indicating a rating of a media content. The rating... |
| 7025674 |
Method and apparatus for awarding and redeeming promotional points at an electronic game |
| Apr-11-2006 |
An electronic game including at least one display exhibiting a plurality of windows or segments each displaying a different subject matter is disclosed. The different subject matter in each of the plurality... |
| 7020621 |
Method for determining total cost of ownership |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A method for determining the total cost incurred per user of information technology (IT) in a distributed computing environment includes obtaining base costs and ongoing costs of an IT system and applying... |
| 7020620 |
Computer-implemented vehicle repair analysis system |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A computer-implemented method of tracking a vehicle during a vehicle-related multi-step process. A vehicle identifier is received for uniquely identifying a vehicle. A daily time target for each day of... |
| 7019753 |
Textual and graphical demarcation of location from an environmental database, and interpretation of measurements including descriptive metrics and qualitative values |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A computerized system allows for collecting data for a spatially distributed group of objects or networks by either skilled or unskilled personnel and for analyzing the collected data in an environmental... |
| 7016882 |
Method and apparatus for evolutionary design |
| Mar-21-2006 |
The invention involves generating and presenting, typically electronically, a number of design alternatives to persons who are participating in the design, selection, or market research exercise. The participants... |
| 7013285 |
System and method for data collection, evaluation, information generation, and presentation |
| Mar-14-2006 |
The present invention relates to a system and method for data collection, evaluation, information generation and/or presentation. More particularly the present invention relates to a system for collecting,... |
| 7013109 |
Assessment tool for training analysis |
| Mar-14-2006 |
An automated interactive form of data collection is disclosed that addresses the deficiencies of the standard method of personal interviews and the typical paper-based and computer-based surveys. Subject... |
| 7010496 |
Supplier performance reporting |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A system and method is provided for improved reporting of supplier performance. A system receives and processes data to enable reporting of on-time performance relative to a plurality of order start points... |
| 7010495 |
Methods and systems for analyzing historical trends in marketing campaigns |
| Mar-7-2006 |
Method and systems using models for evaluating marketing campaign data in the form of database scores, stored procedures, and OLAP multidimensional structures. Models are used to target segments for marketing.... |
| 7010494 |
Performing predictive pricing based on historical data |
| Mar-7-2006 |
Techniques are described for using predictive pricing information for items to assist in evaluating buying and/or selling decisions in various ways, such as on behalf of end-user item acquirers and/or... |
| 7007020 |
Distributed OLAP-based association rule generation method and system |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A distributed OLAP-based method and system for generating association rules. An architecture is provided for processing transaction data to generate summary information, customer profiles, and association... |
| 7006982 |
Purchase selection behavior analysis system and method utilizing a visibility measure |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A system and method for analyzing shopper behavior of a shopper within a shopping environment is provided. The method typically determining the position of a product within the shopping environment, tracking... |
| 7006981 |
Assortment decisions |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Historical information is stored about demand behavior associated with different sizes of styles of items of commerce. A size assortment recommendation is generated based on the stored historical information... |
| 7006980 |
Method and system for selecting optimal commodities based upon business profile and preferences |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A system and method for assisting a customer in choosing among commodities based on a business profile of the customer that includes asking the customer for a definition of its business; searching a decision... |
| 7006979 |
Methods and systems for creating models for marketing campaigns |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Methods and systems for increasing efficiency of a marketing campaign are disclosed. The method uses a system including a database containing customer demographic data and includes the steps of building... |
| 7003517 |
Web-based system and method for archiving and searching participant-based internet text sources for customer lead data |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via... |
| 7003476 |
Methods and systems for defining targeted marketing campaigns using embedded models and historical data |
| Feb-21-2006 |
Methods and systems for increasing the efficiency of marketing campaigns are disclosed. A targeting engine is used for analyzing data input and generating data output. The method includes the steps of... |
| 6999987 |
Screening and survey selection system and method of operating the same |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A screening and survey selection system, method of screening and selecting for a survey and a computer system employing the system and method. In one embodiment, the screening and survey selection system... |
| 6999938 |
Automated reply generation direct marketing system |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A system for automatically preparing customized replies in response to communications from a plurality of clients. To facilitate automation and tracking, each original communication to the client (or each... |
| 6999877 |
Method and system of evaluating performance of a crop |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A method and system for evaluating crop performance obtains weather data for defined geographic locations within a geographic area. Historic soil data is obtained for the defined geographic locations within... |
| 6996560 |
Method, system, and device for typing customers/prospects |
| Feb-7-2006 |
Exemplary embodiments provide a computer-assisted method for typing customers/prospects, including the activities of: refining a survey via bestfit clustering; refining survey results via composition analysis;... |
| 6993590 |
Method of creating data streams for user-specific usage data gathering systems |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and apparatus are provided for capturing and managing user-specific data, where the user-specific data contains information on the user's interaction with the Net. The method generally involves... |
| 6993503 |
System and method for allocating a conditional purchase offer for a travel related services reservation to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer driven electronic commerce system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system and method of allocating a conditional purchase offer for a product or service to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer-driven system. The conditional purchase offer for the product or service... |
| 6993497 |
Integrated, interactive telephone and computer network communications system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method comprising the steps of: receiving via internet a time, a date and a telephone number for a reminder telephone call (such as a wakeup call); storing in a database the time, date and telephone... |
| 6993496 |
Method and system for determining market demand based on consumer contributions |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The present invention provides a method and a system to determine a market need before any monies are spent to produce and commercialize an artist. A method and system for determining the market demand... |
| 6993495 |
Dynamically assigning a survey to a respondent |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and apparatus for assigning a survey to a respondent are provided. According to one technique, a set of one or more screening questions are generated and provided to the respondent. Input data... |
| 6993494 |
Resource price management incorporating indirect value |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system of managing value from a resource such as hotel rooms by taking into account indirect value, such as gaming value, in determining recommended bid prices. Observed and/or estimated indirect... |
| 6993493 |
Method for optimizing net present value of a cross-selling marketing campaign |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The present invention applies a novel iterative algorithm to the problem of multidimensional optimization by supplying a strict, nonlinear mathematical solution to what has traditionally been treated as... |
| 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... |
| 6990461 |
Computer implemented vehicle repair analysis system |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A computer-implemented method is provided for analyzing and prioritizing business aspects of a vehicle-related multi-step process. The method calculates a relative strength of a particular category for... |
| 6990460 |
Dynamic demand management |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A system, method, and apparatus for allocating demand for a number of time periods is presented herein. The business volume is monitored during each time period, and wherein the business volume is found... |
| 6988092 |
Method for evaluation of energy utilities |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A computer implemented method uses a database of detailed, comprehensive utility operating and financial information. The method comprises: (1) feature based matching or similarity based benchmark... |
| 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... |
