| 6502121 |
System and method for processing a recurrent operation |
| Dec-31-2002 |
The processing system includes a storage device for maintaining entity information including period information indicative of information processing periods for the entity. A scheduling application defines... |
| 6502076 |
System and methods for determining and displaying product promotions |
| Dec-31-2002 |
A product promotion display system comprises a server computer hosting a network of terminals, each terminal having a display for displaying advertisements and product promotion information to a customer.... |
| 6493724 |
Web-integrated inventory management system and method |
| Dec-10-2002 |
An e-commerce exchange for gathering and managing a widely distributed inventory of blood, tissue and other samples for the biomedical research community and pharmaceutical industries worldwide. Samples... |
| 6493688 |
Apparatus for receiving programs |
| Dec-10-2002 |
The invention relates to an apparatus for receiving a multitude of programs which may be classified by a first and a second attribute. For example, a program may be classified by a channel name and a program... |
| 6493679 |
Method and system for managing a real time bill of materials |
| Dec-10-2002 |
An automated method for quickly generating a complete bill of materials and total cost information in real time. Components for a desired system are specified and/or replaced by substitute components,... |
| 6490565 |
Environmental certification system and method |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A data processing method for an environmental certification program is provided which defines a plurality of predefined criteria which must be met by a participant in the program in order to be provided... |
| 6480804 |
Characteristic extraction apparatus for moving object and method thereof |
| Nov-12-2002 |
A characteristic extraction apparatus relates location data about a location which a moving object, such as a human being, etc., visits, to situation data representing a situation at a time when the moving... |
| 6480594 |
System for coupling the public telephone network to the internet |
| Nov-12-2002 |
A system couples the public telephone network to the Internet using a number of Points-of-Presence, or PoPs, arranged between the public telephone network, or Public Switched Telephony Network PSTN, and... |
| 6477504 |
Method and apparatus for automating the conduct of surveys over a network system |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A method and apparatus for automating surveys over a network system causes an interface to be displayed to a particular client of the network system. This interface can be used by the particular client... |
| 6473741 |
Method and system for aggregation and exchange of electronic tax information |
| Oct-29-2002 |
A process that arranges information warehoused at individual accounting and tax preparation firms at a central location for the purpose of marketing information. Data contained at these firms have qualitative... |
| 6470318 |
Computer-implemented trademark brokerage network |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A computer-implemented method and system is provided for brokering trademarks between trademark owners and potential trademark buyers. The method and system receive trademarks from potential sellers and... |
| 6463421 |
Method and apparatus for efficient handling of product return transactions |
| Oct-8-2002 |
A method and apparatus for efficient handling of product returns to reduce associated costs. A computer system at a regional product return center scans a returned product for identifying information,... |
| 6456982 |
Computer system for generating projected data and an application supporting a financial transaction |
| Sep-24-2002 |
In a computer system, a method for making the system and a method for using the system, the invention includes providing a data processing system to generate projected data for variables. The data processing... |
| 6456980 |
Transaction systems and methods sending product identification signals to two processors in each register station |
| Sep-24-2002 |
A store system for a commercial system with multiple products. The store system includes multiple register stations. Each register station includes a bar code reader that generates a first signal identifying... |
| 6453299 |
Method for customizing queries |
| Sep-17-2002 |
A computer implemented system awards promotional incentives. A participant in the awards system calls or connects to an interactive platform for registering and/or redeeming credits preferably described... |
| 6449632 |
Apparatus and method for agent-based feedback collection in a data broadcasting network |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A system for collecting user feedback in a data broadcasting system, the system for collecting user feedback including a multiplicity of user profile agents, each user profile agent being associated with... |
| 6434534 |
Method and system for processing customized reward offers |
| Aug-13-2002 |
The present invention is a method is for providing and managing a customized reward offer to a holder of a financial account. The method includes the step of accessing historical account data associated... |
| 6434533 |
Method for the exchange, analysis, and reporting of performance data in businesses with time-dependent inventory |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A method is taught for processing performance data in a data reporting system having a plurality of business entities and a report center in communication with the plurality of business entities. The method... |
| 6430539 |
Predictive modeling of consumer financial behavior |
| Aug-6-2002 |
Predictive modeling of consumer financial behavior is provided by application of consumer transaction data to predictive models associated with merchant segments. Merchant segments are derived from consumer... |
| 6421652 |
Method and system for qualifying consumers for trade publication subscriptions |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method and system for providing free subscriptions to magazines, based on a universal questionnaire. Questions of the universal questionnaire are presented to consumers, and, based on the consumer response... |
| 6421648 |
Data processing system for the management of a differential continuous compensation plan |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A data processing system is provided for monitoring and recording the information flow and data, and making all calculations necessary for maintaining a Differential Continuous Compensation Plan (hereinafter... |
| 6418413 |
Method and apparatus for providing availability of airline seats |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A computer program product, method and system for producing seat availability information for a mode of travel such as airline travel produce a prediction of availability of a seat in accordance with an... |
| 6415260 |
Dynamic capacity demand forecast system |
| Jul-2-2002 |
A dynamic-capacity-demand-forecast system in the manufacture of semiconductor integrated circuits includes several steps. N types of products and m types of processing steps are in a processing line. The... |
| 6411961 |
Apparatus for providing a reverse star schema data model |
| Jun-25-2002 |
According to the invention, techniques for organizing information from systems in a data warehousing environment are provided. In a particular embodiment, the invention provides an apparatus for analyzing... |
| 6411936 |
Enterprise value enhancement system and method |
| Jun-25-2002 |
An enterprise value enhancement system, method, and apparatus that uses an enterprise value enhancement model based on planning loop structures. The system receives field feedback input from users in response... |
| 6408263 |
Management training simulation method and system |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A management training simulation system and method are disclosed. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention is implemented on a computer and represents changes in design opportunities for... |
| 6405173 |
Decision management system providing qualitative account/customer assessment via point in time simulation |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A computer-implemented decision management system which provides qualitative client assessment via point in time simulation. More specifically, the decision management system (a) simulates the effect of... |
| 6405159 |
Method for categorizing, describing and modeling types of system users |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A method for categorizing, describing, and modeling types of system users where information from the models can be used in designing a user interface. Users may have improved performance using the user... |
| 6401105 |
Adaptive textual system for associating descriptive text with varying data |
| Jun-4-2002 |
An interpretive text system implemented in a host computer system. The host computer system, which may include multiple computers coupled together, includes one or more processors, memory, a fixed disk... |
| 6401070 |
System and method for providing house price forecasts based on repeat sales model |
| Jun-4-2002 |
Method and system for estimating real estate property values based on repeat sales model. The method estimates the price index using property value data from refinance transactions, as well as from purchase... |
| 6397166 |
Method and system for model-based clustering and signal-bearing medium for storing program of same |
| May-28-2002 |
A method and system for grouping multiple data points, each data point being a set (e.g., a vector, a tuple, etc.) including a measured dependent value and at least one related independent variable value,... |
| 6393471 |
Marketing data delivery system |
| May-21-2002 |
In an Internet-based client/server application, a system is provided which detects demographics of a client including CPU power, hard disk space, applications installed, network connectivity and log-in... |
| 6393406 |
Method of and system for valving elements of a business enterprise |
| May-21-2002 |
An automated system and method for measuring the performance of elements of a business enterprise and for valuing said elements on a specified valuation date. The performance of the elements are calculated... |
| 6385590 |
Method and system for determining the effectiveness of a stimulus |
| May-7-2002 |
The present invention is a method and system of analyzing a stimulus using a computer network such as the Internet. The invention can be used to more effectively analyze any stimulus that may be presented... |
| 6381640 |
Method and apparatus for automated personalization and presentation of workload assignments to agents within a multimedia communication center |
| Apr-30-2002 |
In a multimedia call center (MMCC) an agent work presentation software model (AWPM) may be programmed to an individual agent or group of agents, and set to launch automatically each time an agent for whom... |
| 6381610 |
System and method for implementing project procedures |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A method for automated project planning comprises displaying a list of procedure identifiers representing a plurality of procedures at a client and communicating a procedure identifier selected by a user... |
| 6377953 |
Database having an integrated transformation engine using pickling and unpickling of data |
| Apr-23-2002 |
A method and system are provided for handling within a database system data items that are associated with data types that are not supported by the database language used to the database system. The data... |
| 6377934 |
Method for providing a reverse star schema data model |
| Apr-23-2002 |
According to the invention, techniques for organizing information from systems in a data warehousing environment are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention provides a method for analyzing... |
| 6370513 |
Method and apparatus for automated selection, organization, and recommendation of items |
| Apr-9-2002 |
An automated recommendation system keeps track of the needs and preferences of the user through a user preference vector. Each field of the user preference vector represents the user's preference for a... |
| 6368177 |
Method for using a toy to conduct sales over a network |
| Apr-9-2002 |
There is provided a method for using a toy for effecting sales over a public network, the method comprising: providing a toy having interactive speaking and listening functionality; connecting the toy... |
| 6366890 |
Product inventory category management and variety optimization method and system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
In the field of retail product sales, a retail store would like to identify the most popular products in the market to make sure the product assortment of the store carries those popular products. By focusing... |
| 6363383 |
Information filtering for selectively limiting access |
| Mar-26-2002 |
The present invention aims to effectively restrict access of a general user to an inappropriate information piece at the judgment of an information manager. In order to pick up a desired information from... |
| 6363353 |
System for providing a reverse star schema data model |
| Mar-26-2002 |
According to the invention, techniques for organizing information from systems in a data warehousing environment are provided. In a particular embodiment, the invention provides a system for analyzing... |
| 6359699 |
IC card processing system and processing method |
| Mar-19-2002 |
An IC card system includes an IC card, an IC card read/write unit for reading/writing the IC card, a communication unit intervening for connection to a communication line network, a controller for controlling... |
| 6356893 |
Message searching system and terminal |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A message searching and system and a terminal, which display messages to terminal users based on their individual characteristics profile, even when a plurality of users use the same terminal and even... |
| 6353770 |
Apparatus and method for the remote production of customized clothing |
| Mar-5-2002 |
An apparatus and method is provided for creating custom-fitted garments wherein the customer provides critical information which is known to or easily ascertainable by the customer without assistance.... |
| 6347303 |
System configuration proposal method and tool therefor |
| Feb-12-2002 |
A system configuration evaluation/proposal support method of supporting the effect evaluation of a support system for enhancing the business processing ability of a human and a system configuration proposal... |
| 6338043 |
Method and apparatus for developing a package of media advertising spots |
| Jan-8-2002 |
Methods and apparatus for automatically developing a package of advertising spots from a plurality of available spots offered by a plurality of media suppliers are disclosed. In one implementation, an... |
| 6337905 |
System for controlling automatic call distribution service |
| Jan-8-2002 |
A system for controlling automatic call distribution service in a network in which call processing systems are connected via a control channel and a communication channel includes a pseudo-ACD-call-placement... |
| 6334107 |
Method of managing a real estate unit |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A method and apparatus are provided for managing a real estate unit from a remote location. The method includes the steps of accessing a server from a remote location through a website of the server and... |
