| 5991735 |
Computer program apparatus for determining behavioral profile of a computer user |
| Nov-23-1999 |
Computer network method and apparatus provides targeting of appropriate audience based on psychographic or behavioral profiles of end users. The psychographic profile is formed by recording computer activity... |
| 5991734 |
Method of measuring the creative value in communications |
| Nov-23-1999 |
This invention relates to a method for measuring the creative value added to a communication, such as an advertisement in the media of print, television or radio. In a preferred embodiment, the invention... |
| 5983227 |
Dynamic page generator |
| Nov-9-1999 |
An custom page server is provided with user preferences organized into templates stored in compact data structures and the live data used to fill the templates stored local to the page server which is... |
| 5983222 |
Method and apparatus for computing association rules for data mining in large database |
| Nov-9-1999 |
A method is disclosed for computing an association rule in a database having numerical attributes and 0-1 attributes. First, a numerical attribute is divided into a plurality of intervals (or buckets),... |
| 5983205 |
Computer-based method for the fair division of ownership of goods |
| Nov-9-1999 |
Two methods, "Adjusted Winner (AW)" and "Proportional Allocation (PA)," are provided for the fair division of a collection of items, which could be either real goods or issues in a dispute, between two... |
| 5983195 |
Method and system for scheduling product orders in a manufacturing facility |
| Nov-9-1999 |
The invention comprises a method and system for scheduling product orders for a manufacturing facility. One aspect of the invention is a method for scheduling product orders wherein a pool of product order... |
| 5978766 |
Machine, method and medium for assisted selection of information from a choice space |
| Nov-2-1999 |
A machine, method and computer-readable medium for presenting one or more users with suggestions of items from a choice space, wherein the items chosen for presentation are based upon explicit and/or observed... |
| 5974403 |
Power trading and forecasting tool |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A computer implemented tool forecasts the spot price of electric power in a deregulated market and the amounts of power that may be traded in this market. Using generating capacities of multiple utilities,... |
| 5974398 |
Method and apparatus enabling valuation of user access of advertising carried by interactive information and entertainment services |
| Oct-26-1999 |
Interactive information and entertainment service customers see advertisers' bids for their attention which are displayed on their display screens and choose which advertisements to view. For each advertisement... |
| 5974396 |
Method and system for gathering and analyzing consumer purchasing information based on product and consumer clustering relationships |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A method and system for gathering and analyzing customer and purchasing information permits a retailer or retail chain to process transactional information involving large numbers of consumers and consumer... |
| 5974395 |
System and method for extended enterprise planning across a supply chain |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A system for extended enterprise planning across a supply chain is provided. The system includes transactional execution system layers (14, 18) for a demand enterprise (10) and a supply enterprise (12).... |
| 5970467 |
Accurate market survey collection method |
| Oct-19-1999 |
A method for electronically accumulating market survey data from inherently interested Internet users or TV viewers. Various market survey questions can be disseminated to Internet users and TV viewers,... |
| 5970465 |
Method for part procurement in a production system with constrained resources |
| Oct-19-1999 |
A method for determining procurement for parts (P) in a production system having constraints comprising at least one of constrained resources (r.sub.i) and known maximum demands (d.sub.j). The method comprises... |
| 5966695 |
Sales and marketing support system using a graphical query prospect database |
| Oct-12-1999 |
An electronic sales and service support system and method for identifying sales targets using a centralized database to improve marketing success. The system includes a central database that receives comprehensive... |
| 5963914 |
Network time and work tracker |
| Oct-5-1999 |
A method and system for automatically collecting and for analyzing information about time and work performed on a computer network which includes the following elements: a data collector for monitoring... |
| 5963910 |
Computer based process for strategy evaluation and optimization based on customer desired outcomes and predictive metrics |
| Oct-5-1999 |
A computer program product for use with a computer system for providing a process for strategy evaluation and optimization, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium of instructions... |
| 5960407 |
Automated market price analysis system |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A system for estimating price characteristics of a product from classified advertisements comprising a plurality of textual characters, comprises a relevant classified advertisement database, an attribute... |
| 5960405 |
Worldwide marketing logistics network including strategically located centers for frequency programming crystal oscillators to customer specification |
| Sep-28-1999 |
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... |
| 5956693 |
Computer system for merchant communication to customers |
| Sep-21-1999 |
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.... |
| 5953707 |
Decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain |
| Sep-14-1999 |
A decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain that provides an architecture including a server side and a client side. The server side includes a decision support system database... |
| 5950171 |
System for determining hypothetical book value |
| Sep-7-1999 |
A system for producing sets of competitive depreciation rates (CDRs) for a high-cost plant based on the hypothetical book value of the plant, such that the application of any set would result in the plant... |
| 5946683 |
Technique for effectively instantiating attributes in association rules |
| Aug-31-1999 |
In a data processing system, association rules are used to determine correlations of attributes of collected data, thereby extracting insightful information therefrom. In solving an optimized association... |
| 5930764 |
Sales and marketing support system using a customer information database |
| Jul-27-1999 |
A sales process support system and method for identifying sales targets using a centralized database to improve marketing success. The system includes a central database that receives comprehensive information... |
| 5924080 |
Computerized discount redemption system |
| Jul-13-1999 |
The method of processing merchandise discounts by providing a computerized membership system is disclosed. At least one provider's computer has a database for the storage and retrieval of information.... |
| 5924077 |
Computer based system for monitoring and processing data collected at the point of sale of goods and services |
| Jul-13-1999 |
An electronic storage and computing system wherein raw point of sale data is transformed into a predefined standardized configuration from which object values representing select business activities are... |
| 5918219 |
System and method for estimating construction project costs and schedules based on historical data |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A distinctive estimating method using a concise depiction, organization, and presentation of time, related to the number of items accomplished, to produce a Historical Data Block of information, that is... |
| 5918209 |
Method and system for determining marginal values for use in a revenue management system |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A method and system for determining marginal values for perishable resources expiring at a future time, for example, an airline seat, hotel room night, rental car day or the like, for use in a perishable... |
| 5918208 |
System for providing medical information |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A managed care expert system provides a graphical, interactive computer system which accepts user input relating to contract variables for a plurality of alternative contract scenarios, consults a database... |
| 5915246 |
Self-service system |
| Jun-22-1999 |
An automated teller machine (10) or a home banking system (32) is operated to provide, during the delays associated with authorizing and acting upon a user instruction, a sales presentation related to... |
| 5914878 |
Raw materials ordering system |
| Jun-22-1999 |
This invention relates to a production system for retail goods which is intended for timely collection of accurate sales information from retail outlets and flexible production of goods in accordance with... |
| 5913204 |
Method and apparatus for surveying music listener opinion about songs |
| Jun-15-1999 |
A method and apparatus for surveying and reporting listener opinion of a list of songs such as the songs comprising a radio station music library. A group of music listeners is selected from whom individual... |
| 5911131 |
Computer aided calculation, appraisal and valuation of works of art |
| Jun-8-1999 |
A computer aided method for calculating, valuating and appraising the value of artworks. The basic steps of the appraisal method include providing an appraisal structure of a multiplicity of "value-affecting"... |
| 5909669 |
System and method for generating a knowledge worker productivity assessment |
| Jun-1-1999 |
A knowledge worker productivity assessment system (10) includes a database (12, 14, 16) containing survey data (15) generated using a knowledge worker productivity assessment framework (2). A benchmark... |
| 5903873 |
System for registering insurance transactions and communicating with a home office |
| May-11-1999 |
A system for registering insurance transactions and communicating the insurance transactions to a home office computer, preferably on a nightly basis. The system includes a plurality of communications... |
| 5897624 |
Enhanced (R,S,S) policy for periodic review single-item inventory control |
| Apr-27-1999 |
A computer implemented method provides decision support for how much of an inventory item to order and when to order where the review period is different from a basic time unit for demand realization and... |
| 5895450 |
Method and apparatus for handling complaints |
| Apr-20-1999 |
A computer program and a programmed apparatus (10) for automatically handling and resolving user complaints against subjects is disclosed. The program includes a routine for directing the apparatus to... |
| 5893098 |
System and method for obtaining and collating survey information from a plurality of computer users |
| Apr-6-1999 |
A system for obtaining information from a plurality of computer users (7 to 12), comprising a processing apparatus (2) including an input mechanism (3 and 4) via which a survey author may input data, and... |
| 5893075 |
Interactive system and method for surveying and targeting customers |
| Apr-6-1999 |
An interactive, customer-accessible data processing system embodied in a programmed personal computer that induces customers of a restaurant, store or other business to enter information about themselves... |
| 5890136 |
Quick stop mass retail system |
| Mar-30-1999 |
A quick-stop mass retail system for ordering and purchasing articles from a remote location for pickup at an article pickup area at an automated store, comprising an interactive system for communicating... |
| 5880726 |
Stock information display method and information terminal |
| Mar-9-1999 |
A stock information display method wherein, when a screen pattern and a stock are entered, stock information regarding the entered stock on display types specified by the entered screen pattern is displayed... |
| 5878405 |
Pension planning and liquidity management system |
| Mar-2-1999 |
A pension-based liquidity management data processing system that supports participant decision making and flexibility with respect to loans, contribution rates, and retirement spending. The system utilizes... |
| 5870748 |
Method and apparatus for deriving an optimized confidence rule |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A method is disclosed for determining the correlation among data sets having a numerical attribute and a 0-1 attribute. First, a numerical attribute is divided into a plurality of buckets, and each data... |
| 5870716 |
Home terminal and shopping system |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A shopping system includes store terminals for registering purchase and sale of items, a store processor for collectively managing the store terminals, electronic shelf labels capable of setting classification,... |
| 5857175 |
System and method for offering targeted discounts to customers |
| Jan-5-1999 |
A system for presenting customized special offers to customers, the special offers including targeted offers to a customer selected from a plurality of customers, and for collecting purchasing behavior... |
| 5855008 |
Attention brokerage |
| Dec-29-1998 |
The present invention provides an approach for distributing advertising and other information over a computer network. Attention brokerage is the business of buying and selling (brokering) the "attention"... |
| 5854746 |
Flexible production and material resource planning system using sales information directly acquired from POS terminals |
| Dec-29-1998 |
A production system for retail goods and a raw material ordering system. The production system allows a timely collection of accurate sales information from retail outlets and a flexible production of... |
| 5852807 |
Method and apparatus for modeling business card exchanges in a point-to-point or a multi-point personal computer conference |
| Dec-22-1998 |
The conference manager and address service of a general purpose personal conference application are enhanced with a plurality of functions for setting up, exchanging, saving, retrieving and re-sending... |
| 5848396 |
Method and apparatus for determining behavioral profile of a computer user |
| Dec-8-1998 |
Computer network method and apparatus provides targeting of appropriate audience based on psychographic or behavioral profiles of end users. The psychographic profile is formed by recording computer activity... |
| 5846189 |
System for quantifying asynchrony between signals |
| Dec-8-1998 |
A data processing environment processes a plurality of signals to detect a system state. The specific system can be, for example, a living human, where the signals are biological parameters. A processor... |
| 5842199 |
System, method and article of manufacture for using receiver operating curves to evaluate predictive utility |
| Nov-24-1998 |
An electronic information system is provided for determining predictive utility of prediction techniques in ascertaining which items are valued. The information system includes an input mechanism for obtaining... |
