| 6078922 |
Market research database having historical control designator |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A market research database contains a plurality of sets of product related information. Each set of product related information relates to a corresponding market aspect of products. For example, a set... |
| 6078900 |
Method for estimating stock levels in production-distribution networks with inventory control |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method resolves the problem of projecting future stock levels for multiple stockholding locations in production-distribution networks, and minimizing the total dollar delinquency within given inventory... |
| 6078897 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing orders for goods or services to increase a discount |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method and apparatus accepts a proposed order for products and/or services directed toward a vendor and identifies one or more additional orders that can be combined with the proposed order to obtain... |
| 6078893 |
Method for stabilized tuning of demand models |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method for tuning a demand model in manner that is stable with respect to fluctuations in the sales history used for the tuning is provided. A market model is selected, which predicts how a subset of... |
| 6078892 |
Method for customer lead selection and optimization |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method for retrieving information from a database includes pre-scoring each of a plurality of records in the database to determine their relevance to a particular item of interest, specifying at least... |
| 6078891 |
Method and system for collecting and processing marketing data |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A system and method for the collection of marketing data simultaneously captures at a point-of-sale all financial and non-financial data pertaining to a specific consumer transaction. An electronic invoice... |
| 6078889 |
Method and system of implementing a carrier manager librarian |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A management librarian for shipping carriers is configured to access a registry containing carrier identifiers corresponding to the carriers and module identifier corresponding to carrier rate modules.... |
| 6078740 |
Item selection by prediction and refinement |
| Jun-20-2000 |
In a computerized method for predicting a particular user preference for an item based on observations made about the item by other users, client computers are used to enter the observations about the... |
| 6075535 |
Method and apparatus for visualizing the tile access frequencies for tiled, multi-resolution images |
| Jun-13-2000 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for visually presenting the access frequency of a two dimensional image. The method includes the steps of: determining which defined regions of the... |
| 6073117 |
Mutual credit server apparatus and a distributed mutual credit system |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A mutual credit server apparatus sends credit information about a seller to an inquiring buyer on a computer. Stored is a direct confidence degree about a seller from the point of view of each of a plurality... |
| 6073112 |
Computer system for merchant communication to customers |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A computer system provides automated merchant-to-customer communication. Each merchant customer is grouped into an initial grouping or entry segment, based on merchant definition of allocation filters.... |
| 6072949 |
Method and apparatus of supporting production of application program layout and a computer program product |
| Jun-6-2000 |
In a method of supporting production of an application program layout, when combining parts with each other, it is possible to sequentially execute the parts for evaluation thereof. There are disposed... |
| 6070147 |
Customer identification and marketing analysis systems |
| May-30-2000 |
A method and system for administering a loyalty marketing program (i.e., frequent buyer program) by using a government-issued identification card, such as a driver's license, as the frequent buyer redemption... |
| 6070145 |
Respondent selection method for network-based survey |
| May-30-2000 |
The method for conducting a survey of users of an information document site located on a computer network includes embedding computer program instructions into an information document located at the site,... |
| 6070142 |
Virtual customer sales and service center and method |
| May-30-2000 |
A virtual customer sales and service center is disclosed that connects a customer to a customer access resource through any access method at any time from any customer location. The virtual customer sales... |
| 6067525 |
Integrated computerized sales force automation system |
| May-23-2000 |
A salesforce automation system which integrates computerized, intelligent automated salesperson support for multiple phases of the sales process. Various subsystems may be provided to facilitate the sales... |
| 6064978 |
Question and answer system using computer networks |
| May-16-2000 |
A method for regulating the asking and motivating the answering of questions via a computer network. The number and complexity of questions asked is controlled by a question regulation method, and the... |
| 6061691 |
Method and system for inventory management |
| May-9-2000 |
A method is provided for inventory management which includes an initial step of receiving a customer request for an inventory item and then generating a table or menu of one or more inventory items that... |
| 6061658 |
Prospective customer selection using customer and market reference data |
| May-9-2000 |
Prospective customers may be selected for target making with respect to a particular product and market without the need to conduct designed marketing campaigns. A computer implemented process applies... |
| 6058370 |
Method of forecasting ambulance service demand |
| May-2-2000 |
A method of forecasting the demand for ambulance services based upon a determination from the historical record of the number of currently active calls at the time each new call is received. The method... |
| 6058369 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the strength of a real estate market and making lending and insurance decisions therefrom |
| May-2-2000 |
By gathering information regarding the total number of sales, total number of pending listings, total number of active listings, and total number of expired listings in a time period, a market index may... |
| 6055513 |
Methods and apparatus for intelligent selection of goods and services in telephonic and electronic commerce |
| Apr-25-2000 |
Apparatus and methods are provided for effecting remote commerce, such as in telemarketing (either inbound or outbound) and in electronic commerce, which are particularly adapted for the intelligent selection... |
| 6049777 |
Computer-implemented collaborative filtering based method for recommending an item to a user |
| Apr-11-2000 |
An object for providing isolated, hierarchical data storage can be used in a method for recommending an item to one of a plurality of users. The data object abstracts an associated physical memory element... |
| 6047274 |
Bidding for energy supply |
| Apr-4-2000 |
An auction service is provided that stimulates competition between energy suppliers (i.e., electric power or natural gas). A bidding moderator (Moderator) receives bids from the competing suppliers of... |
| 6044357 |
Modeling a multifunctional firm operating in a competitive market with multiple brands |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A computer-implemented method for merging product marketing control, and product inventory control, based on funds availability and funds allocation from the finance division. The computer-implemented... |
| 6044355 |
Skills-based scheduling for telephone call centers |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A method for scheduling personnel (e.g., agents) in a work environment based on personnel "skill" levels. The method facilitates true skills-based scheduling of agents in a telephone call center using... |
| 6044351 |
Minimum income probability distribution predictor for health care facilities |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A computer program, PREdictor of Minimum INcome (PREMIN), has been developed for predicting health care facility future minimum income (FMI). PREMIN was developed using "MICROSOFT" "EXCEL" for "WINDOWS"... |
| 6038543 |
Cooperative work supporting method and system therefor |
| Mar-14-2000 |
There is provided a cooperative work supporting method and a system therefor, for smooth progress of a cooperative work by evaluating the participation rate, of the level of participation of each participant... |
| 6035280 |
Electronic discount couponing method and apparatus for generating an electronic list of coupons |
| Mar-7-2000 |
A method and apparatus for distributing, generating, and redeeming discount Virtual Coupons.TM., rebate or gift certificates or the like which may be used on conjunction with a frequency card program or... |
| 6032125 |
Demand forecasting method, demand forecasting system, and recording medium |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A method and a system for forecasting the demand agreeing with the fluctuation trend of sales results at high and stable precision, without requiring user's maintenance, by using a model optimum for grasping... |
| 6032121 |
Method for proactive planning |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A proactive planning methodology and system. The invention reconceptualizes current (delimited) calendar-based planning approaches, where planning is done at fixed or arbitrary times, in favor of a proactive... |
| 6029141 |
Internet-based customer referral system |
| Feb-22-2000 |
Disclosed is an Internet-based referral system that enables individuals and other business entities ("associates") to market products, in return for a commission, that are sold from a merchant's Web site.... |
| 6029139 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing promotional sale of products based upon historical data |
| Feb-22-2000 |
A system for optimizing the promotional sale of a product, a product segment, or a category which may take into account related products or competing products comprising means for generating a three-dimensional... |
| 6026370 |
Method and apparatus for generating purchase incentive mailing based on prior purchase history |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A technique for customizing mailed purchase incentives for selected consumer households, based on a detailed purchasing history of the consumers. Purchase transactions of many consumers, generally in different... |
| 6026366 |
Method for providing software to a remote computer |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A communication system (100) employs a method for providing software to a remote computer (e.g., 116) or network server (e.g., 114). The remote computer (or network server) and a host computer (101) each... |
| 6021394 |
Sales management method in automatic vending machine |
| Feb-1-2000 |
The sales management method for automatic vending machines of the present invention lightens the processing burden of each automatic vending machine for sales estimates. Information required for sales... |
| 6014661 |
System and method for automatic analysis of data bases and for user-controlled dynamic querying |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A main processing system accesses a data base, which contains data records, each of which is divided into data fields. The system preferably automatically determine the type of data in each field, as well... |
| 6012051 |
Consumer profiling system with analytic decision processor |
| Jan-4-2000 |
A system which processes information to identify product choices within a product domain for a user, presents structured data concerning attributes of products in the product domain to the user in a readily... |
| 6009411 |
Method and system for distributing and reconciling electronic promotions |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A method and system for distributing and redeeming electronic promotions to a consumer through the Internet is provided. An account which is associated with a unique key is maintained for each consumer... |
| 6009407 |
Integrated marketing and operations decisions-making under multi-brand competition |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A computer-implemented method for merging product marketing control and product inventory control, generates a segment-level consumer choice model for a plurality of competing brands, and aggregates that... |
| 6009406 |
Methodology and computer-based tools for re-engineering a custom-engineered product line |
| Dec-28-1999 |
An in-depth review of a product line is conducted, including customer interviews, in order to identify customer specifications that are more complex than customer needs. Customer needs are quantified,... |
| 6006202 |
Method to provide sensitivity information for lost-sale (R, s,S) inventory systems |
| Dec-21-1999 |
Sensitivity information about average lost sales and inventory levels of a lost-sale (s,S) inventory system with respect to the two decision variables s and S is used for "what-if" analysis and optimization... |
| 6006197 |
System and method for assessing effectiveness of internet marketing campaign |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A Web advertising measurement system that correlates the number of impressions of Web advertisements with post-impression transactional activity to measure the effectiveness of the advertisements. When... |
| 6006196 |
Method of estimating future replenishment requirements and inventory levels in physical distribution networks |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A method suitable for use in a physical distribution network. The method comprises the steps of using a distribution resource planning (DRP) logic for providing estimates of at least one of projected future... |
| 6006192 |
Method for production planning in an uncertain demand environment |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A decision-making method suitable for production planning in an uncertain demand environment. To this end, the method comprises combining an implosion technology with a scenario-based analysis, thus manifesting,... |
| 6003013 |
Customer worth differentiation by selective activation of physical instrumentalities within the casino |
| Dec-14-1999 |
A system and method for differentiating customers according to their worth to the casino. Customer information is accumulated at each affiliated casino through one or more LAN-based management systems,... |
| 6003012 |
Methodology and computer-based tools for design, production and sales of customized switchboards |
| Dec-14-1999 |
An in-depth review of the switchboard business, including customer interviews, revealed that customer specifications were more complex than customer needs. Customer needs were quantified, and a reduced... |
| 5999908 |
Customer-based product design module |
| Dec-7-1999 |
The invention may be embedded in products or services that contain a microprocessor and a facility for communication. The resulting two-way interactive media enables relationships to be built with individual... |
| 5995945 |
System and process for inter-domain planning analysis and optimization using model agents as partial replicas of remote domains |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A computer implemented system for inter-domain analysis is disclosed. The system includes a domain engine (234), associated with a first supply chain entity, having a local model representing a supply... |
| 5995941 |
Data correlation and analysis tool |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A system for capturing a video image of the scene and for correlating data relative to the scene is disclosed. The system comprises a collection device which uses as inputs environmental stimuli and video... |
