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7359874 Method and system for facilitating parts procurement and production planning across an extended supply chain  
An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a computer-based system and method for automating supply chain functions in a network environment, and more particularly, for identifying and...
7356484 Self-learning method and apparatus for rating service providers and predicting future performance  
In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for creating a supplier-rating matrix for rating services of a supplier. The method includes defining a plurality of job attributes each including a...
7356440 Method and business process for the estimation of erosion costs in assemble-to-order manufacturing operations  
A method for forecasting the component surpluses for a target planning period is provided. To begin this method, a planner first identifies each component required to produce a product. For each...
7353184 Customer-side market segmentation  
A system and method for customer-side market segmentation and categorization. This segmentation is done without disclosing sensitive private customer information to the business. A customer...
7353182 System and method for providing a multi-channel customer interaction center  
A method and apparatus allow a customer service representative (CSR) to conduct personalized interaction based on the value of the customer to the organization. A customer seeking to interact with...
7353115 Computer system and method for determining a regional impact of earthquake events  
For determining the regional impact of earthquake events, geographical regions are associated with reference measuring stations located in the respective geographical region. For each of the...
7349890 System and method for dynamically applying content management rules  
Embodiments of the present invention provide software products and methods of managing content that substantially eliminate or reduce the disadvantages of previously developed content management...
7349865 Methods and systems for monitoring the efficacy of a marketing project  
Methods and systems for monitoring the efficacy of a marketing campaign or project. In one embodiment, a customer database stores information about each customer of a firm or business. A number of...
7349862 Business intelligence monitor method and system  
The present invention is directed to a business intelligence monitor method and system. Business intelligence indicators are monitored by generating a monitoring repository through selecting...
7346572 Brownfields investing  
A Brownfields investment vehicle, and a system and method for investing in Brownfields-related projects are provided that are capable of supporting all aspects of a Brownfields...
7346540 Marketing selection optimization process  
A market selection optimization method comprising the steps of assigning product offers to consumers in the presence of multiple constraints, such that each consumer is assigned at least one...
7346589 Standardized method for pricing tree services  
The present invention is methods, system and apparatus for the pricing tree services. The invention determines prices for tree, limb, and debris removal and trimming, taking into account factors...
7346536 Purchase support system  
A general customer logs in to the system, proceeds from the main menu to the merchandise selection menu, and selects the merchandise he wants to purchase. At that time he refers to the information...
7346527 Method and system for gathering and disseminating quality performance and audit activity data in an extended enterprise environment  
Method, system, and storage medium for facilitating supplier auditing functions in a communications network environment. The method includes receiving a request from a user system associated with...
7346518 System and method for determining the marketability of intellectual property assets  
The present invention relates to methods and systems for determining whether to market an intellectual property asset, where the intellectual property asset is based at least in part on an...
7346537 Business method of providing a channel for delivering and distributing events based on a subscription model for service providers to enhance sales opportunities  
Sales associated with service providers are increased using an opportunistic approach based on an unexpected change in a schedule or services (time, location). Windows of opportunity (time,...
7346485 Modeling an event using linked component modules provided in a spreadsheet environment  
A method includes providing a plurality of component modules in a spreadsheet environment. Each component module is capable of modeling a portion of an event and includes at least one process. Each...
7346539 System and method for interpreting market forces and developing strategic business directions  
Systems and methods for creating new communications services are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is a method for developing an application strategy, which can be used to develop a new...
7346538 System and method for business analysis and planning  
A system and method for analyzing a business comprising generating a matrix for analysis and planning that utilizes trend changes in the Average Selling Price (ASP) of End-User Products (EUP) and...
7343352 Method and system for assessing the quality and cost of inspection  
A method, system, and software for assessing the cost tradeoffs associated with performing inspection includes determining measurement variations and product characteristic variations to define an...
7343345 Payment model for an enterprise resource planning system  
A system and a computer software implemented method of processing payments comprising the following steps. A person enters a PO number, an invoice number and invoice amount from an invoice entry...
7343294 Multi-channel marketing database development methodology  
A development methodology for a full-service, multi-channel marketing solution that helps retailers, financial services and telecommunications companies determine where, when and how to interact...
7343355 Calculating price elasticity  
Calculating price elasticity includes accessing a number of demand models and demand data describing a number of items. The demand models are evaluated in accordance with the demand data. A demand...
7343337 Portfolio theory method of managing operational risk with respect to network service-level agreements  
A method for managing operational risk and return with respect to a portfolio of service-level agreements is provided, wherein the method uses a noncompliance risk measure to calculate risk; and...
7340410 Sales force automation  
Method and apparatus for automating a sales force is described. More particularly, a sales force automation program is provided having a leads module, a commissions module and a forecasting module....
7340405 Method and system for developing optimized schedules  
In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for optimizing a schedule of legs employed in transporting objects between geographic markets. The process identifies a set of...
7340408 Method for evaluating customer valve to guide loyalty and retention programs  
A method and apparatus for training a neural network to compute hazard functions for customers and analyzing hazard functions, both for an individual customer, and for set of customers to focus...
7340411 System and method for generating, capturing, and managing customer lead information over a computer network  
A customer lead management system that relates to a system and method for collecting and organizing customer-marketing data, which is then made available to business representatives to assess....
7340453 Microeconomic mechanism for distributed indexing  
A distributed index for discovering distributed data sources and computing resources based on predicates on attributes is provided. Proposed is a non-altruistic scheme for indexing distributed...
7340409 Computer based process for strategy evaluation and optimization based on customer desired outcomes and predictive metrics  
A computer program product for use with a computer system for providing a process for strategy evaluation and optimization, having a computer-readable medium of instructions for directing a...
7337125 System and method for enhancing sales for service providers utilizing an opportunistic approach based on an unexpected change in schedule of services  
Sales associated with service providers is increased using an opportunistic approach based on an unexpected change in a schedule or services (time, location). Windows of opportunity (time, physical...
7337150 Per-unit method for pricing data processing services  
Data processing services are offered on a per-unit basis, where a unit is, for example, an application program running on a server. Environmental complexity, level of change, and type of...
7337031 Optimized deployment of parts in a distribution network  
A method for deploying parts is disclosed. Locations that include supply locations and demand locations are defined. A supply location supplies parts to a demand location. A demand is computed for...
7337126 Method, apparatus and computer program product for technology comparisons  
In one aspect, a method for comparing suppliers includes sending survey questions for receipt by supplier computer systems. Programming instructions are also sent for receipt and execution by the...
7337128 Method, program, and system for resetting the value of a coupon based on market information  
A method and computer program for resetting the value of a coupon based on market information is provided. The program receives a request for valuation of a coupon from a retailer, accesses market...
7337133 Internet-based customer referral system  
An Internet-based customer referral system enables individuals and other business entities (“associates”) to refer customers to a merchant's web site in return for compensation, such as...
7333941 System and method for optimizing revenue and/or bookings from collected demand data in a buyer driven commerce system  
Methods for optimizing hotel revenues for a predetermined sale margin, optimizing room nights for a predetermined amount of margin, optimizing margin amounts for a predetermined amount of room...
7331057 Grouping advertisement subavails  
Method and system for creating one or more advertising avail sections (subavails) and thereupon aggregating the subavails to form one or more groups of subavails. The advertisement opportunities...
7330823 System and method for performing sociometric data collection and analysis for the sociometric classification of schoolchildren  
Sociometric analysis of a group of individuals is performed using a single software application on a digital computer. The software creates a sociometric questionnaire in response to questions...
7330839 Method and system for dynamic pricing  
The method and system of the present invention enables Internet businesses to conduct real-time, online experiments on a sample of transactions to determine marketplace sensitivities. Analysis of...
7328179 System for determining a useful life of core deposits and interest rate sensitivity thereof  
A method and system for determining a useful life of financial instruments, such as financial assets and liabilities. A dynamic calculation of a first retention rate is performed for each of...
7328164 Pricing optimization apparatus and method  
A method or apparatus for automatically determining an optimum price for an offer by a first entity to a customer entity, comprising: obtaining a demand function representative of the customer,...
7328186 Client account and information management system and method  
An information repository and management system for data regarding a client base which integrates a plurality of information types including database records, word processor files, e-mail, other...
7328169 Method and system for purchase-based segmentation  
A method and system for purchased-based segmentation of potential customers employs the use of actual, observed purchases instead of presumptions and correlations to improve the accuracy of...
7324966 Method for fulfilling an order in an integrated supply chain management system  
A method for fulfilling an order in a supply chain. The method is performed by extracting from a customer system information pertaining to the work order that specifies a piece of equipment to be...
7324954 System and method for organizational risk based on personnel planning factors  
A system and method for organizational risk based on personnel planning factors is provided. Each employee has an employee profile data area that is used to store planning data and actual data...
7324955 Generating a sales volume forecast  
A method for generating a sales volume forecast includes receiving user input specifying a hypothetical asking price and a future date and accessing, for each of multiple past time periods,...
7324953 Demographic information database processor  
An apparatus and method for collecting and analyzing demographic information for consumer preference information. The system includes a computer database system adapted to accept and store product...
7321865 Method for determining retail unit specific price sensitivities  
A method of determining a price sensitivity index for one or more retail units is based on the relation between profits, sales or traffic and a fixed weight price index based on information from...
7319972 Systems and methods for modeling product penetration and repeat  
Methods, devices and systems are provided for modeling product volume penetration. A system embodiment includes a remote client operably connected to a server, having a number of client files, and...