| 5832456 |
System and method for weather adapted, business performance forecasting |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A system and method for forecasting future retail performance are described herein. The system includes a storage device that stores a sales history database, a weather history database, and a weather... |
| 5819263 |
Financial planning system incorporating relationship and group management |
| Oct-6-1998 |
An advisor can provide proactive, efficient service to clients through the use of the present group management system. The system is an effective work management tool that efficiently organizes an advisor's... |
| 5812997 |
Method and apparatus for deriving an association rule between data |
| Sep-22-1998 |
A method is described for finding correlation between a plurality of data having two kinds of numerical attributes and a true-false attribute. The method comprises the steps of: constituting a plane with... |
| 5812988 |
Method and system for jointly estimating cash flows, simulated returns, risk measures and present values for a plurality of assets |
| Sep-22-1998 |
Methods and apparatus for: (1) inputting economic variables expected to influence future asset values and asset-specific variables; (2) estimating financial statements, future asset values, and tentative... |
| 5812642 |
Audience response monitor and analysis system and method |
| Sep-22-1998 |
A system and method are provided for monitoring and analyzing audience response to a broadcast promotion. The specific embodiment for fund-raising campaigns for public television stations is addressed,... |
| 5809481 |
Advertising method and system |
| Sep-15-1998 |
A method and system for advertising that provides advertisers with a marketing database listing contact information for all potential consumers who received a promotional item from that advertiser and... |
| 5808908 |
Method for measuring the usability of a system |
| Sep-15-1998 |
A method for quantitatively and objectively measuring the usability of a system. The method provides quantitative measures for usability satisfaction, usability performance, and usability performance indicators.... |
| 5802500 |
System and method for computing a financial projection of a prefunding program for other postretirement employee benefits under FASB statement 106 |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A computer system, and a method for using the system, for computing financial data, the computer system including a digital computer connected to receive information representing a description of a taxable... |
| 5798950 |
Method and apparatus for estimating durations of activities in forming a current system, based on past durations of activities in forming past systems |
| Aug-25-1998 |
Durations of activities in forming a system (the "current system") are estimated, using data including i) durations of first activities and scores for a number of previously formed systems (the "past systems"),... |
| 5794210 |
Attention brokerage |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A system provides for the immediate payment to computer and other users for paying attention to an advertisement or other "negatively priced" information distributed over a computer network such as the... |
| 5794209 |
System and method for quickly mining association rules in databases |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A system and method for discovering consumer purchasing tendencies includes a computer-implemented program which identifies consumer transaction itemsets that are stored in a database and which appear... |
| 5790426 |
Automated collaborative filtering system |
| Aug-4-1998 |
An automated collaborative filtering (ACF) system for recommending at least one item to a first user based on similarity in preference of the user as compared with other users. The ACF system stores rating... |
| 5787283 |
Framework for manufacturing logistics decision support |
| Jul-28-1998 |
A tool including a framework suitable for manufacturing logistics decision support. The tool comprises means for providing an object-oriented technology framework, the framework comprising: means for defining... |
| 5781893 |
System for estimating product distribution |
| Jul-14-1998 |
Sales activity of a product at sales outlets including sales outlets at which sales activity data is sampled and unsampled sales outlets is estimated by determining the distances between each of the sampled... |
| 5774878 |
Virtual reality generator for use with financial information |
| Jun-30-1998 |
A virtual reality generator having an input module that receives as input financial information is disclosed. The virtual reality generator outputs to a display device a virtual reality world generated... |
| 5774869 |
Method for providing sponsor paid internet access and simultaneous sponsor promotion |
| Jun-30-1998 |
A method for promoting a sponsor's products by providing a consumer or potential consumer with sponsor-paid access to the Internet includes the step of distributing a floppy disc with Internet access software... |
| 5774868 |
Automatic sales promotion selection system and method |
| Jun-30-1998 |
An automated sales promotion selection system uses neural networks to identify promising sales promotions based on recent customer purchases. The system includes a customer information device that receives... |
| 5771172 |
Raw materials ordering system |
| Jun-23-1998 |
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... |
| 5765143 |
Method and system for inventory management |
| Jun-9-1998 |
A computer system and computer-implemented method for controlling inventory of vendors at one level of a part distribution chain. The system includes a computer programmed with software for generating... |
| 5761648 |
Interactive marketing network and process using electronic certificates |
| Jun-2-1998 |
A data processing system issuing electronic certificates through "online" networks of personal computers, televisions, or other devices with video monitors or telephones. Each electronic certificate includes... |
| 5761647 |
National customer recognition system and method |
| Jun-2-1998 |
A system and method for implementing a customer tracking and recognition program that encompasses customers' gaming and non-gaming activity alike at a plurality of affiliated casino properties. Customer... |
| 5761386 |
Method and apparatus for foreign exchange rate time series prediction and classification |
| Jun-2-1998 |
A method and apparatus for the prediction of time series data, specifically, the prediction of a foreign currency exchange rate. The method disclosed transforms the time series data into a difference of... |
| 5758147 |
Efficient information collection method for parallel data mining |
| May-26-1998 |
An efficient method and system of communicating and accumulating global information for parallel data mining. Since each database is partitioned, a single node in a parallel environment will be unable... |
| 5745881 |
Kana-Kanji conversion system and a method for producing a Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A conversion function for a large Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary. According to the present invention, a Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary is prepared together as a program that includes a search function.... |
| 5745880 |
System to predict optimum computer platform |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A system to evaluate movement of computer application functions from an existing computer system platform to an alternate computer system platform. The process includes determining the cost of a generic... |
| 5740035 |
Self-administered survey systems, methods and devices |
| Apr-14-1998 |
Self-administered survey devices include a display, an input device, a memory and a control device which controls the display to show at least one survey question and control the memory to store a response... |
| 5737581 |
Quality system implementation simulator |
| Apr-7-1998 |
A process is disclosed for simulating on a computer system the implementation of a quality system on a business having a product flow. The process entails first inputting a selection of quality assurance... |
| 5724521 |
Method and apparatus for providing electronic advertisements to end users in a consumer best-fit pricing manner |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A method and apparatus for providing electronic advertisements to end users in a consumer best-fit pricing manner includes an index database, a user profile database, and a consumer scale matching process.... |
| 5724262 |
Method for measuring the usability of a system and for task analysis and re-engineering |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A method for quantitatively and objectively measuring the usability of a system. The method provides quantitative measures for usability satisfaction, usability performance, and usability performance indicators.... |
| 5721832 |
Method and apparatus for an interactive computerized catalog system |
| Feb-24-1998 |
The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for an interactive, computerized catalog system in which a customer can selectively access video and audio catalog data from a computerized... |
| 5721831 |
Method and apparatus for recording results of marketing activity in a database of a bank, and for searching the recorded results |
| Feb-24-1998 |
The invention concerns a graphical user interface for a bank's customer database. The interface allows a user to choose from several pre-defined operations upon the database, and eliminates the need for... |
| 5717923 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically customizing electronic information to individual end users |
| Feb-10-1998 |
A method and apparatus for dynamically customizing electronic information to individual end users includes a client system containing a personal profile database which stores consumer information corresponding... |
| 5717865 |
Method for assisting individuals in decision making processes |
| Feb-10-1998 |
The present invention relates to a method for assisting an individual in making a selection amongst a plurality of choice items. The individual selects decision components having a relevance to the selection... |
| 5712987 |
Interface and associated bank customer database |
| Jan-27-1998 |
The invention concerns a graphical user interface for a bank's customer database. The interface allows a user to choose from several pre-defined operations upon the database, and eliminates the need for... |
| 5712985 |
System and method for estimating business demand based on business influences |
| Jan-27-1998 |
A demand forecasting and production scheduling system and method creates production schedules for various business items describing a forecasted demand for the business items in a number of future time... |
| 5712787 |
Electronic postal counter |
| Jan-27-1998 |
A postal service purchasing system involves the mailer entering information, such as delivery address, weight of mail piece, services required, about each mail piece using for example a personal computer.... |
| 5703795 |
Apparatus and methods for accessing information relating to radio and television programs |
| Dec-30-1997 |
Apparatus and methods are provided for ordering supplemental information about programs playing at a broadcast receiver. One embodiment is a method for providing information to a user from an information... |
| 5689696 |
Method for maintaining information in a database used to generate high biased histograms using a probability function, counter and threshold values |
| Nov-18-1997 |
A method maintains information associated with items in a database of limited memory which information is used to generate representations of the information such as high-biased histograms. In a first... |
| 5680305 |
System and method for evaluating real estate |
| Oct-21-1997 |
Systems and methods of the invention provide objective evaluations of a business entity's real estate situation and condition for use by customers including (but not limited to) the business entity. Information... |
| 5657453 |
Successively-deciding production planning system |
| Aug-12-1997 |
To obtain a production planning system permitting an allowance of the accuracy of production designation information between preceding and following production plans in order to follow the fluctuation... |
| 5634101 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining consumer information |
| May-27-1997 |
A method and apparatus for obtaining consumer information based on aspirational imagery. The consumer information facilitates product concept, positioning and product marketing, as well as development... |
| 5630127 |
Program storage device and computer program product for managing an event driven management information system with rule-based application structure stored in a relational database |
| May-13-1997 |
A rule-based application structure utilizes rules which are stored separately from application programs. The rules are stored in a relational database as objects. A user can modify existing rules and create... |
| 5627973 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating evaluation of business opportunities for supplying goods and/or services to potential customers |
| May-6-1997 |
A method and apparatus for evaluating business opportunities for supplying goods and services (such as business forms and services) to potential customers takes a quantative approach that allows a user... |
| 5625816 |
Method and system for generating product performance history |
| Apr-29-1997 |
Data in disparate formats from different data sources are reformatted into a common data format and stored in database servers serving one or more data sources such that each database server contains only... |
| 5615341 |
System and method for mining generalized association rules in databases |
| Mar-25-1997 |
A system and method for discovering consumer purchasing tendencies includes a computer-implemented program which identifies consumer transaction itemsets that are stored in a database and which appear... |
| 5611051 |
Point of supply use distribution process and apparatus |
| Mar-11-1997 |
A method using a central computer and work station for managing inventory. To dispense inventory to consumers, a system user is issued a card imprinted with a personal user bar code. This user bar code... |
| 5608658 |
System and method for inspection of products with warranties |
| Mar-4-1997 |
A batch of units of a product are inspected before they are supplied to customers with warranties. The units are either defective or non-defective, realizing a defect index which is a random variable characterized... |
| 5608621 |
System and method for controlling the number of units of parts in an inventory |
| Mar-4-1997 |
A computer system according to the present invention comprises in a preferred embodiment a memory, a processor, an input and an output. The computer system receives part data and forecast data for each... |
| 5590325 |
System for forming queries to a commodities trading database using analog indicators |
| Dec-31-1996 |
A computerized data retrieval system, especially for commodity price information databases, having a windowing system which aids a user in creating and revising formal search language queries, a database... |
| 5583763 |
Method and apparatus for recommending selections based on preferences in a multi-user system |
| Dec-10-1996 |
A system for determining selections that a user is likely to be interested in. The determination is made based on the user's prior indicated preferences. The user designates his or her preferred selections... |
