| 6925443 |
Method, system and computer program product for assessing information security |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A method, system and computer program product for assessing information security interviews users regarding technical and non-technical issues. In an embodiment, users are interviewed based on areas of... |
| 6925442 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating vistors to a web server |
| Aug-2-2005 |
Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to... |
| 6925442 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating vistors to a web server |
| Aug-2-2005 |
Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to... |
| 6925441 |
System and method of targeted marketing |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A system and method of targeted marketing to consumers, including businesses and associates, based upon the financial characteristics of the consumer, type offer being made and the channel of communication... |
| 6925305 |
Information management system |
| Aug-2-2005 |
In a method and apparatus for managing information relating to a wireless service provider enterprise, sites having potential customers are classified based on an ability to obtain legal rights to install... |
| 6922706 |
Data mining techniques for enhancing shelf-space management |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A computer method for enhancing shelf-space management. The method includes the steps of providing a shelf-space-requirements database comprising a compendium of individual shelf-space-requirements history;... |
| 6922672 |
Dynamic method and apparatus for target promotion |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A system and method for providing target groups of customers with a plurality of promotions for a plurality of goods. Active customers are tracked for each target group. Active customers can include customers... |
| 6920464 |
System for generating an advertising revenue projection |
| Jul-19-2005 |
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... |
| 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... |
| 6915270 |
Customer relationship management business method |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A loyalty suite business method is described for building profitable customer relationships. The method is based on a combination of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Intelligence (BI) and... |
| 6915269 |
System and method for facilitating bilateral and multilateral decision-making |
| Jul-5-2005 |
Techniques for evaluating the closeness of fit between various parties and counterparties utilizing bilateral and multilateral decision-making are disclosed. For each party, questions intended to reveal... |
| 6915267 |
Distributed control of non-linear coupled systems with a single output |
| Jul-5-2005 |
The present invention encompasses a control system and method for systems of producing and consuming units. The method of the invention includes the steps of setting each producing unit to have an output... |
| 6915266 |
Method and system for providing evaluation data from tracked, formatted administrative data of a service provider |
| Jul-5-2005 |
An agent-neutral computerized method for processing administrative data of a medical service provider, including defining standard administrative data formats for use by a medical service provider system,... |
| 6912521 |
System and method for automatically conducting and managing surveys based on real-time information analysis |
| Jun-28-2005 |
The present invention provides a system and technique for initiating, conducting, and managing real-time surveys, in the context of a real-time discourse, such as Internet chat, to provide dynamic, real-time... |
| 6912508 |
Method and apparatus for promoting taxpayer compliance |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A method and apparatus for promoting taxpayer compliance. A computer-implemented data mining system mines taxpayer data to identify taxpayer profiles for taxpayer compliance issues. A computer-implemented... |
| 6912502 |
System and method for compliance management |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A system and method for use in compliance management is disclosed. Various compliance requirements and issues may be identified for business process and products. The individuals or entities responsible... |
| 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... |
| 6910016 |
System and method for identifying the workload queued by a monitor |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A method and apparatus identifies the status of a system by determining average queue waiting periods of commands in one or more queues, and identifying the trend of average queue waiting periods over... |
| 6904409 |
Method for constructing an updateable database of subject behavior patterns |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A method is provided for maintaining compact descriptions of the behavior of customers in a database of information relating to customer transactions. Of all possible variables that might be used to characterize... |
| 6901393 |
System, method and computer program product for a customer-centric collaborative protocol |
| May-31-2005 |
A system, method and computer program product are provided for affording customer-centric collaborative decision making in a business-to-business framework. Initially, a minimum set of attributes is defined.... |
| 6898474 |
Method and system for creating and managing engineered time standards |
| May-24-2005 |
According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method for managing time standards includes receiving a set of work instructions associated with the manufacturing of a part and receiving an... |
| 6895405 |
Computer-assisted systems and methods for determining effectiveness of survey question |
| May-17-2005 |
A computer-assisted method is disclosed for determining a potential effectiveness of a survey question. The disclosed method includes segregating a plurality of responses to a survey question into a plurality... |
| 6895385 |
Method and system for ascribing a reputation to an entity as a rater of other entities |
| May-17-2005 |
A method and system for ascribing a reputation of an entity as a rater of other entities is provided. A first rating indicative of a rating of a rated entity by the first entity, and one or more second... |
| 6895324 |
Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps |
| May-17-2005 |
Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps are described. The system includes a positional sensor such as a GPS device. Position information... |
| 6895292 |
Predictive and preemptive planning and scheduling for different job priorities system and method |
| May-17-2005 |
For an automated manufacturing system having a number of modules with numerous alternative capabilities, a computer-controlled system provides for configuration-specific reprioritization of jobs. The computer-controlled... |
| 6892238 |
Aggregating and analyzing information about content requested in an e-commerce web environment to determine conversion rates |
| May-10-2005 |
A computer system and method computes conversion rates for individual products and/or product categories in an e-commerce Web site for measuring the effectiveness of the marketing in the Web site, and... |
| 6892198 |
System and method for personalized information retrieval based on user expertise |
| May-10-2005 |
A search request is received at an information retrieval system from a searcher. The search request preferably contains at least one search term and a user identifier. A plurality of objects are then searched... |
| 6892179 |
System and method for ascribing a reputation to an entity |
| May-10-2005 |
A method and system for determining a ratee reputation of an entity based at least in part on the rater reputation of one or more of the entities that have rated the rated entity. A ratee reputation of... |
| 6892178 |
Method and system for ascribing a reputation to an entity from the perspective of another entity |
| May-10-2005 |
A personalized ratee reputation of a first entity from the perspective of a second entity is determined. The second entity is connected by one or more rating paths to the first entity. A breadth-first... |
| 6889197 |
Supply chain architecture |
| May-3-2005 |
A supply chain network where customers, suppliers, logistics providers, carriers, and financial institutions are all connected to a centralized supply chain server. The server receives forecasts for direct... |
| 6889195 |
System and method for utilizing a computer network in conjunction with traditional telemarketing |
| May-3-2005 |
A system for contacting an interested party utilizing a computer network includes an interested party database including a field containing a first e-mail address used to address an e-mail message to an... |
| 6885996 |
Method of providing price-per-unit discounts for fuel to a customer |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A method of providing multiple level, price-per-unit (PPU) discounts on gasoline to a customer who purchases at least one cross-marketed product at a point of sale (POS) checkout. The customer is awarded... |
| 6885994 |
System and method for providing shopping aids and incentives to customers through a computer network |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A system and method for delivering purchasing incentives and a variety of other retail shopping aids through a computer network, such as by E-mail over the Internet or the World Wide Web. Customers (10)... |
| 6883002 |
Real estate information exchange process and system |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A system and process includes a computer that is operatively connected to the Internet. A database of MLS properties that are for sale is maintained that is accessible to the computer. Real estate agents... |
| 6882977 |
Method and facility for displaying customer activity and value |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method and facility for displaying information about a multitude of different customers. The method includes, for each customer, receiving a set of numeric values, each associated with one of a plurality... |
| 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... |
| 6873965 |
On-line method and apparatus for collecting demographic information about a user of a world-wide-web site and dynamically selecting questions to present to the user |
| Mar-29-2005 |
An on-line method and apparatus for collecting demographic information from a user of a home WWW site and for dynamically selecting questions to present to the user is disclosed. A plurality of sponsor... |
| 6871220 |
System and method for distributed storage and retrieval of personal information |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A system for distributing, storing and retrieving information associated with an end user from one or more information providers between a host computer and a client computer associated with the end user... |
| 6871183 |
System and method of preparing and processing data for trade promotion |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A system and method for the preparation of data into an organized and effective methodology provides users with a data modeling tool. Data is confirmed and baseline calculations, event extraction, key... |
| 6871163 |
Behavior-based adaptation of computer systems |
| Mar-22-2005 |
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for behavior-based adaptation of one or more computer systems. A method in accordance with the invention includes receiving rules that... |
| 6868395 |
Business transactions using the internet |
| Mar-15-2005 |
In a campaign, a customer's file is reviewed to determine the offer or solicitation to send to the customer and the time such will remain open, and an e-mail message is sent to the customer that contains... |
| 6868390 |
Business support system |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A business support system producing service information request data for an external processing system in a predetermined form in response to a request from a terminal and converting the form of the service... |
| 6868389 |
Internet-enabled lead generation |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A method of generating intender leads in a distributed computer system includes the steps of identifying purchase indicators and extracting prospect identifiers from the purchase indicators. Purchase indicators... |
| 6865574 |
Method for client-side personalization |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method for data processing system readable medium can be used for communications between a user and a network site. The method or medium may allow a user to determine what, if any, personal information... |
| 6865544 |
Method of administering a rebate system |
| Mar-8-2005 |
In a method of administering a rebate system, rebate-related information is electronically transmitted from a rebate issuing entity and is received by a central processing authority. The rebate-related... |
| 6865542 |
Method and system for accurately forecasting prices and other attributes of agricultural commodities |
| Mar-8-2005 |
Using a general-purpose computer, the method and system of the present invention enables the forecasting of agricultural commodity prices and amounts of consumption, production and trade flows across regions,... |
| 6865541 |
Replaceable outcome decider |
| Mar-8-2005 |
Disclosed is data processing apparatus comprising: means for receiving inputs indicative of results from one or more participants of said one or more sets of data processing tasks; means for mapping each... |
| 6862596 |
System and method for retrieving and displaying data, such as economic data relating to salaries, cost of living and employee benefits |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system and method for retrieving and displaying data, such as economic data. The method can include receiving over a computer network a user request for a first item of economic data, retrieving the... |
| 6862585 |
System and method for managing product development |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system, method, and computer readable storage medium for managing product development include a relational database containing draft, approved, and archived versions of product, package, materials, process,... |
| 6862574 |
Method for customer segmentation with applications to electronic commerce |
| Mar-1-2005 |
The customer segmentation software according to the present invention automatically finds or creates profiles of prototypical customers in a large e-commerce database. The software matches all existing... |
