| 6212502 |
Modeling and projecting emotion and personality from a computer user interface |
| Apr-3-2001 |
The invention is embodied in a computer user interface including an observer capable of observing user behavior, an agent capable of conveying emotion and personality by exhibiting corresponding behavior... |
| 6208975 |
Information aggregation and synthesization system |
| Mar-27-2001 |
An information aggregation and synthesization system and process. The present invention provides aggregation and packaging of structured or unstructured information from disparate sources such as those... |
| 6208866 |
System and method for location-based marketing to mobile stations within a cellular network |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for collecting mobility information regarding mobile subscribers and providing this mobility information to telemarketing companies to generate extra... |
| 6205431 |
System and method for forecasting intermittent demand |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A system and method for forecasting intermittent demand. The forecasting technique utilizes sample reuse techniques to build a distribution of predicted cumulative lead time demand values that can be analyzed... |
| 6199047 |
Apparatus and method for an event rating engine |
| Mar-6-2001 |
An event rating engine can be configured for a particular task and is logically decoupled from a rating database when a usage event is rated. The rating engine obtains rating rules from a rating database.... |
| 6195643 |
Evaluation and decision making systems |
| Feb-27-2001 |
A decision making system is described whereby a method of performing a detailed level evaluation of one or more products or articles based on a decision makers response to one or more questions relating... |
| 6192319 |
Statistical impact analysis computer system |
| Feb-20-2001 |
A computer-implemented apparatus and method for determining the impacts of predetermined customer characteristics associated with measured physical attributes. A manifest variable database is utilized... |
| 6189029 |
Web survey tool builder and result compiler |
| Feb-13-2001 |
The present invention relates to a software tool that permits creation of electronic surveys and the automatic collection and tabulation of survey results corresponding to user responses. Using the tool,... |
| 6188990 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the processing of articles |
| Feb-13-2001 |
A method and apparatus is provided for monitoring the processing of a group of articles having different properties, for example differing weights and/or quality grades. The method includes the steps of... |
| 6188989 |
System and method for managing available to promised product (ATP) |
| Feb-13-2001 |
A system and method are disclosed for automatically managing available to promise product and making of promises to fulfill customer requests from the available to promise product. The system includes... |
| 6185541 |
System and method for providing shopping aids and incentives to customers through a computer network |
| Feb-6-2001 |
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)... |
| 6185534 |
Modeling emotion and personality in a computer user interface |
| Feb-6-2001 |
The invention is embodied in a computer user interface including an observer capable of observing user behavior, an agent capable of conveying emotion and personality by exhibiting corresponding behavior... |
| 6183362 |
National customer recognition system and method |
| Feb-6-2001 |
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... |
| 6178406 |
Method for estimating the value of real property |
| Jan-23-2001 |
A method for estimating the price of real property such as a single family residence. A set of real estate properties comparable to the subject property is retrieved. The comparable properties and the... |
| 6175824 |
Method and apparatus for choosing a stock portfolio, based on patent indicators |
| Jan-16-2001 |
A portfolio selector technique is described for selecting publicly traded companies to include in a stock market portfolio. The technique is based on a technology score derived from the patent indicators... |
| 6170011 |
Method and apparatus for determining and initiating interaction directionality within a multimedia communication center |
| Jan-2-2001 |
A campaign module in a multimedia cal center has programmable dynamic campaign module (DCM) for facilitating and monitoring outbound campaigns. The DCM comprises an interaction-level monitoring function... |
| 6167380 |
System and method for allocating manufactured products to sellers |
| Dec-26-2000 |
A software system is provided for managing available to promise (ATP) and making promises to fulfill customer requests. The software system includes a plurality of generic product models (600) each representing... |
| 6163774 |
Method and apparatus for simplified and flexible selection of aggregate and cross product levels for a data warehouse |
| Dec-19-2000 |
A method of defining aggregate levels to be used in aggregation in a data store having one or more dimensions. Levels are defined corresponding to attributes in the dimension, so that data can be aggregated... |
| 6157915 |
Method and apparatus for collaboratively managing supply chains |
| Dec-5-2000 |
An active collaboration technology in an open architectural framework that delivers information and decision support tools in a timely, contextual and role sensitive manner to present a collaborative dynamic... |
| 6151586 |
Computerized reward system for encouraging participation in a health management program |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A computerized reward system which encourages an individual's participation in a health management system includes a script generating means for generating a health management script, a script assignment... |
| 6151585 |
Methods and apparatus for determining or inferring influential rumormongers from resource usage data |
| Nov-21-2000 |
Resource usage data is used to infer degrees of influence between users. Once such inferences are made, a directed graph representation of the users and the inferred "influence" between the users can be... |
| 6151584 |
Computer architecture and method for validating and collecting and metadata and data about the internet and electronic commerce environments (data discoverer) |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A method of collecting subscriber specified information supports retrieval of information to analyze Internet and/or electronic commerce data over or from the World Wide Web for service providers using... |
| 6151582 |
Decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A decision support system for managing an agile supply chain including a server side and a client side. The server side includes a decision support system database that interfaces with a model engine that... |
| 6151581 |
System for and method of collecting and populating a database with physician/patient data for processing to improve practice quality and healthcare delivery |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A system and method relates to the field of building and administrating a patient management and health care management database containing data relevant to the clinical care of patients, to the management... |
| 6144948 |
Instant credit card marketing system for reservations for future services |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A system and method uses customer information collected by a sponsoring organization, such as a hotel, to request and pre-approve a line of credit for a customer with an issuing bank prior to the anticipated... |
| 6144944 |
Computer system for efficiently selecting and providing information |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A system for selecting and providing information. The system can include an advertisement server that provides selected advertisements in response to a request from a web page server. The request includes... |
| 6141648 |
Method for estimating the price per square foot value of real property |
| Oct-31-2000 |
A computer-implemented method for estimating a dollar per square foot value of a subject property. A set of properties comparable to the subject property are retrieved. The comparable properties are characterized... |
| 6138105 |
System and method for dynamic assembly of packages in retail environments |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A system and method for managing the sale of a group of products at a single price based on sales performance data of the products is presented. The method and apparatus include offering a plurality of... |
| 6134531 |
Method and apparatus for correlating real-time audience feedback with segments of broadcast programs |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A computerized method enables an audience to synchronously interact with a broadcast program in realtime. A broadcast clock of a broadcast system is synchronized to a standard time. A server clock of a... |
| 6131099 |
Print and mail business recovery configuration method and system |
| Oct-10-2000 |
A print and mail recovery system configuration method enables the efficient configuration of a customized executable plan to ensure continuation of critical mailing applications in the event of a man-made... |
| 6128624 |
Collection and integration of internet and electronic commerce data in a database during web browsing |
| Oct-3-2000 |
A system integrates data elements from an operational database of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Commerce Service Provider (CSP) into a predetermined format for supporting collection of the Internet... |
| 6125355 |
Pricing module for financial advisory system |
| Sep-26-2000 |
The pricing module of the present invention provides a single module that models both fixed-income securities and equity securities into the future in an arbitrage-free model. Because the modeling includes... |
| 6119101 |
Intelligent agents for electronic commerce |
| Sep-12-2000 |
A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer... |
| 6119099 |
Method and system for processing supplementary product sales at a point-of-sale terminal |
| Sep-12-2000 |
A POS terminal determines an upsell to offer in exchange for the change due to a customer in connection with a purchase. The point-of-sale terminal preferably maintains a database of at least one upsell... |
| 6119098 |
System and method for targeting and distributing advertisements over a distributed network |
| Sep-12-2000 |
A system and method for targeting and distributing advertisements over a distributed information network includes a client application that displays targeted advertisements on a subscriber's computer and... |
| 6115694 |
Method for validating specified prices on real property |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A computer-implemented method for validating specified prices on real property. A set of real estate properties comparable to the subject property are retrieved. A measurement of similarity between each... |
| 6115693 |
Quality center and method for a virtual sales and service center |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A Quality Center for a Virtual Sales and Service Center. The Quality Center is responsible for monitoring the "customer experience" across the telephone customer access resource. The Quality Center assists... |
| 6115691 |
Computer based process for strategy evaluation and optimization based on customer desired outcomes and predictive metrics |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A computer program product for use with a computer system for providing a process for strategy evaluation and optimization, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium of instructions... |
| 6112186 |
Distributed system for facilitating exchange of user information and opinion using automated collaborative filtering |
| Aug-29-2000 |
A system for facilitating exchange of user information and opinion using automated collaborative filtering includes memory elements for storing item profiles and user profiles. The data contained in those... |
| 6105000 |
Financial rebate program for utilities based on degree days |
| Aug-15-2000 |
A financial rebate program provides a rebate to purchasers or sellers of energy such as electrical power and natural gas for a deviation from expected weather conditions. In one example, the buyer of a... |
| 6101496 |
Ordered information geocoding method and apparatus |
| Aug-8-2000 |
Ordered information data 22 is combined with prior geocoded data 21 to improve geocoding. The combined records are sorted by precision 33. The two highest precision groups are interpolated to further geocode... |
| 6098048 |
Automated data collection for consumer driving-activity survey |
| Aug-1-2000 |
Consumer driving-activity market research information may be obtained by selecting panelists to form a consumer driving-activity panel. At least one trackable motor vehicle and at least one consumer driver... |
| 6094641 |
Method for incorporating psychological effects into demand models |
| Jul-25-2000 |
A method for incorporating psychological effects into a demand model for pricing. First the original demand model is modified to include a mechanism to convert actual prices into perceived prices, thus... |
| 6092060 |
Computer-aided methods and apparatus for assessing an organizational process or system |
| Jul-18-2000 |
Method and apparatus for computer-aided assessment of organizational process or system. Method and apparatus are adapted to display computer displayed questions to an assessor, who then inputs numerical... |
| 6092053 |
System and method for merchant invoked electronic commerce |
| Jul-18-2000 |
A system and method for merchant invoked electronic commerce allowing consumers to purchase items over a network and merchants to receive payment information relating to the purchases. The system includes... |
| 6092050 |
Graphical computer system and method for financial estimating and project management |
| Jul-18-2000 |
A computer system and method for preparing financial estimates and for analyzing and using data in the management of projects, includes a graphical user interface (8) with two optional, graphical modes... |
| 6092049 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently recommending items using automated collaborative filtering and feature-guided automated collaborative filtering |
| Jul-18-2000 |
A method for recommending items to users using automated collaborative filtering stores profiles of users relating ratings to items in memory. Profiles of items may also be stored in memory, the item profiles... |
| 6088676 |
System and method for testing prediction models and/or entities |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A computer-implemented performance evaluation method includes specifying a group of comparable entities and a benchmark against which the comparable entities are evaluated. The entities evaluated may be... |
| 6085165 |
Process and system for outcome based mass customization |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A system and process for configuration and optimization of an electronic device is provided wherein a user is presented with, and prioritizes, device specific desired outcomes, whereafter a computer subroutine... |
| 6085164 |
Apparatus and method of allocating flight inventory resources based on the current market value |
| Jul-4-2000 |
The present invention relates to an inventory control method and architecture that maximizes revenues derived from the sale of a given inventory resource to a customer. More particularly, the present invention... |
