| 6144893 |
Method and computer system for controlling an industrial process by analysis of bottlenecks |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method and computer system for controlling an industrial process are disclosed. The industrial process has problems which adversely effect its performance. A personal computer is programmed with a database... |
| 6141598 |
Vehicle assembly line control system and method |
| Oct-31-2000 |
Disclosed is a pull-type vehicle assembly line control system and method in which a production plan for a final assembly process, or a trim process, is established first, and, using this as a basis, a... |
| 6138103 |
Method for production planning in an uncertain demand environment |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A decision-making method suitable for production planning in an uncertain demand environment. To this end, the method comprises combining an implosion technology with a scenario-based analysis, thus manifesting,... |
| 6138088 |
Method and apparatus for process control by using natural language processing (NLP) technology |
| Oct-24-2000 |
Natural language processing is used in a method and apparatus for the computer-backed control of business processes and process sequences. The method involves the automatic checking of at least one of... |
| 6134530 |
Rule based routing system and method for a virtual sales and service center |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A rule based routing system and method is disclosed. The rule based routing system and method matches employee skills with a customer profile thereby facilitating improved customer service and identifying... |
| 6128540 |
Method and computer system for controlling an industrial process using financial analysis |
| Oct-3-2000 |
A method and computer system for controlling an industrial process are disclosed. The industrial process has problems which adversely effect its performance. A personal computer is programmed with a database... |
| 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... |
| 6125351 |
System and method for the synthesis of an economic web and the identification of new market niches |
| Sep-26-2000 |
An economy comprises a relation among agents, goods and services. Each good and service in the economy consists of combinations of more primitive goods and services. Goods and services can be complements... |
| 6119097 |
System and method for quantification of human performance factors |
| Sep-12-2000 |
A method and apparatus which enables a supervisor to quantify job performance characteristics. The method accomplishes job performance quantification and tracking of performance by a series of steps which... |
| 6115709 |
Method and system for constructing a knowledge profile of a user having unrestricted and restricted access portions according to respective levels of confidence of content of the portions |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A method of constructing a user knowledge profile, having distinct public and private portions with different access restrictions, requires assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic... |
| 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... |
| 6115690 |
Integrated business-to-business Web commerce and business automation system |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A software system business-to-business Web commerce (Web business, or e-business) and automates to the greatest degree possible, in a unified and synergistic fashion and using best proven business practices,... |
| 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... |
| 6108637 |
Content display monitor |
| Aug-22-2000 |
The invention can enable monitoring of the display of content by a computer system. Moreover, the invention can enable monitoring of the displayed content to produce monitoring information from which conclusions... |
| 6106569 |
Method of developing a software system using object oriented technology |
| Aug-22-2000 |
A method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology and frameworks. The problem of allowing an object to acquire and lose ability and function and to modify responsibilities on an... |
| 6098047 |
Constructing method of organization activity database, analysis sheet used therein, and organization activity management system |
| Aug-1-2000 |
By collecting or creating information written in a specific descriptive system, making a real model defining the concept handled in the organization activity, analyzing the domain for defining the words... |
| 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... |
| 6092047 |
Apparatus and method of composing a plan of flexible benefits |
| Jul-18-2000 |
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for devising the financial aspects of a plan of benefits for a given population of employees in accordance with goals set by an employer of the employees. This... |
| 6088681 |
Restaurant management system |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A restaurant management system (10) is provided. The restaurant management system (10) includes an inventory system (64). Also included are a supplier (54) and a user (52). Orders are sent from the user... |
| 6088678 |
Process simulation technique using benefit-trade matrices to estimate schedule, cost, and risk |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A computer-implemented process simulation method or tool that uses a software engine that calculates resources required to complete a project based upon contents of user-defined benefit-trade matrices... |
| 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... |
| 6078928 |
Site-specific interest profiling system |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A system for capturing, developing and profiling an individual's interests in various sites, exhibits or items on display at an institution or facility and providing site- and/or theme-specific information... |
| 6078912 |
Computer-based system and method for resource determination and management |
| Jun-20-2000 |
For use with a general-purpose computer, systems, methods, processors, computer-executable software and computer-readable media for determining and managing supporting resources pertaining to an object... |
| 6078894 |
Method and system for evaluating the performance of emergency medical dispatchers |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method and system for evaluating the performance of emergency medical dispatchers in adhering to a provided systematic procedure or protocol for handling emergency medical calls is described. This invention... |
| 6078893 |
Method for stabilized tuning of demand models |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method for tuning a demand model in manner that is stable with respect to fluctuations in the sales history used for the tuning is provided. A market model is selected, which predicts how a subset of... |
| 6076067 |
System and method for incorporating origination and destination effects into a vehicle assignment process |
| Jun-13-2000 |
A comprehensive system and methodology for incorporating origination and destination network effects into a transportation industry's vehicle assignment process. The invention utilizes a decomposition... |
| 6076065 |
Method and system for the pregnancy condition protocol of an emergency medical dispatch system |
| Jun-13-2000 |
A method and system for receiving, processing and responding to emergency medical calls for patients with pregnancy related medical problems is described. A consistent, standard and systematic process... |
| 6073111 |
Container materialization/dematerialization for reduced dataload and improved data-coherency in workflow-management systems |
| Jun-6-2000 |
The present invention relates to the field of integration of applications that are executed by computer systems. In an additional focus, the current invention improves the integration of applications within... |
| 6073110 |
Activity based equipment scheduling method and system |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A computer based equipment scheduling system uses activity definition data to schedule equipment. The method may be carried out by a networked computer system that receives activity definition data representing... |
| 6073108 |
Task-based classification and analysis system |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A task-based classification and analysis system includes an analysis software module and a user interface. The analysis software module establishes and maintains relationships between a plurality of databases... |
| 6073107 |
Parametric software forecasting system and method |
| Jun-6-2000 |
A parametric software estimating system provides a class of user selectable size metrics. At least one of the metrics is adapted specifically for use with proposed object oriented software systems. An... |
| 6070144 |
System and process for job scheduling using limited discrepancy search |
| May-30-2000 |
Assignment of attributes to elements subject to constraints is achieved using a system that has a systematic engine and a nonsystematic engine. The systematic engine includes a schedule developer for producing... |
| 6070142 |
Virtual customer sales and service center and method |
| May-30-2000 |
A virtual customer sales and service center is disclosed that connects a customer to a customer access resource through any access method at any time from any customer location. The virtual customer sales... |
| 6067549 |
System for managing regulated entities |
| May-23-2000 |
A regulatory agency with the responsibility of administering regulations uses a system with joint-usage capabilities, including data about regulated entities that are subject to the laws and rules administered... |
| 6064973 |
Context manager and method for a virtual sales and service center |
| May-16-2000 |
A context manager for providing a framework for enabling continuous customer access resource innovation by maximizing open business processes. The context manager allows multiple combinations of users... |
| 6064972 |
Risk management technique for network access |
| May-16-2000 |
The risk of fraud associated with access by a subscriber to a network (42) is managed by a system that includes a data base (46) that stores a record for each subscriber indicative of that subscriber's... |
| 6061660 |
System and method for incentive programs and award fulfillment |
| May-9-2000 |
A method and system for providing incentive programs over a computer network is provided in which a host may provide sponsoring companies with the capability to buy prepackaged or self-built incentive... |
| 6058370 |
Method of forecasting ambulance service demand |
| May-2-2000 |
A method of forecasting the demand for ambulance services based upon a determination from the historical record of the number of currently active calls at the time each new call is received. The method... |
| 6058368 |
Reliability growth tool |
| May-2-2000 |
A method of determining growth and return rates in equipment includes the step of producing commissioning records and failure records. The commissioning records and the failure records are arranged in... |
| 6055511 |
Computerized incentive compensation |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A computer is programmed to implement an incentive compensation plan by obtaining existing data on employees and business activities, evaluating the profitability of the activities, and indicating what... |
| 6049776 |
Human resource management system for staffing projects |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A Resource Management System (RMS) including an RMS server having an RMS database containing files storing information on employees, employee skills, employee schedules and projects. The information in... |
| 6049774 |
Machine, method and medium for dynamic optimization for resource allocation |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A machine, method and medium for allocating resources over given time periods. Various requests (e.g., from customers) are received for products and/or services, and a preferred scheme for allocating resources,... |
| 6049773 |
Automated method for identification of reinsurance claims |
| Apr-11-2000 |
An automated method for identifying those claims of a raw claims insurance claims database for which reinsurance is applicable. The method develops a database of uniquely clustered catastrophic events... |
| 6049742 |
Projected supply planning matching assets with demand in microelectronics manufacturing |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A computer-implemented decision-support tool serves as a solver to generate a projected supply planning (PSP) or estimated supply planning (ESP) match between existing assets and demands across multiple... |
| 6047264 |
Method for supplying automatic status updates using electronic mail |
| Apr-4-2000 |
A method is disclosed for automatically updating the status of customers' orders and shipments via electronic mail without using a human attendant to create and send the electronic mail messages. Preferably... |
| 6044354 |
Computer-based product planning system |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A product planning system uses a server (12) for storing centralized data accessible by remote stations (14). The system provides for uniform product planning. throughout an organization while ensuring... |
| 6041311 |
Method and apparatus for item recommendation using automated collaborative filtering |
| Mar-21-2000 |
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... |
