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7254605 Method of modulating the transmission frequency in a real time opinion research network  
A computer-implemented transmission scheme is provided to control client-server interchanges within a distributed communications network, such as a real time opinion research system. Interchanges...
7251624 Score based decisioning  
The invention aids an entity to selectively request additional data about a user to serve the needs of the entity without causing the user to have an adverse reaction. The invention helps an entity...
7251613 System and method for generating a multi-layered strategy description including integrated implementation requirements  
An enterprise strategy management system includes a first software module adapted to formulate a strategy description based on an assessment of environmental data, a second software module adapted...
7251614 Forecasting a last time buy quantity for a service part using a low-pass filter approach  
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for forecasting a Last Time Buy quantity for a service part using a low-pass filter approach is provided. The method includes accessing input...
7251615 Markdown management  
Price elasticity of sales of an item of commerce is estimated. Based on the price elasticity, a maximum gross margin for the item is determined. The maximum possible gross margin is then used in...
7249044 Fulfillment management system for managing ATP data in a distributed supply chain environment  
A fulfillment management system includes a database operable to store product availability information associated with at least one product. The fulfillment management system also includes one or...
7248937 Demand breakout for a supply chain  
A system ( 100 ) for demand breakout for a supply chain includes a memory ( 112 ) operable to store a plurality of orders ( 118 ) for at least one product. Each product may be produced using at...
7249031 Selective merchandise price optimization  
An interface that enables a user to determine optimum prices of products for sale. The interface includes a scenario/results processor through which the user prescribes an optimization scenario,...
7249048 Incorporating predicrive models within interactive business analysis processes  
A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that incorporates predictive models. The system is used by business users who are unfamiliar with the art of data mining. The predictive model, which...
7249049 Method and business process for the estimation of mean production for assemble-to-order manufacturing operations  
A method for forecasting the mean production (the expected production) for a target planning period is provided. To begin this method, a user, or planner chooses one or more products for which the...
7249033 Apparatus and method for selective merchandise price optimization  
An apparatus is provided for determining optimum prices of products for sale. The apparatus includes a scenario/results processor through which a user prescribes an optimization scenario, and...
7249032 Selective merchandise price optimization mechanism  
A method for optimizing the prices of products for sale. The method includes utilizing a computer-based scenario/results processor within an optimization server to present a sequence of data entry...
7249146 Computerized system and method for acquiring and analyzing data pertaining to real estate  
A substantial amount of publicly available and private information pertaining to buildings in an area is inputted into a computerized data base programmed to produce statistical standards (norms)...
7246078 System and methods for graphically representing purchase profiles and sales guidance to a customer service representative  
Methods and systems for representing a customer's product purchasing profile to a customer service representative in an automated customer relationship management environment is provided which...
7246081 Method of facial coding monitoring for the purpose of gauging the impact and appeal of commercially-related stimuli  
A method of assessing consumer reaction to a marketing stimulus, involving the steps of (a) exposing a sample population to a marketing stimulus for a period of time, (b) interviewing members of...
7246080 Apparatus, system and method for measuring and monitoring supply chain risk  
An apparatus, system and method for managing supply chain risk are provided. The apparatus, system and method identify which components are most critical to the assembly of the final product, in...
7246077 Systems and methods for generating highly responsive prospect lists  
The present invention provides systems and methods for generating a highly targeted list of prospective customers for a list purchaser at least partially based on successful prospect lists...
7246086 Product information management device  
A My Page management server is a server that provides a personal world wide web (WWW) page named My Page for a user who has been registered as a member. The My Page management server includes a...
7246079 Method of predicting initial input of new product, system for predicting initial input of new product, and recording medium  
Based on numerical values with respect to factors influencing shares of existing products and a new product evaluated by more than one people, a structured neural network calculates predictive...
7246083 System and method for targeted marketing of goods and/or services to specific customers  
A method, and system for targeted marketing of goods or services to specific customers is disclosed. Customers are analyzed based upon historical criteria; a promotional plan (a group of promotion...
7246046 Computer-implemented trademark brokerage network  
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...
7240834 Real-time retail marketing system and method  
A marketing system and method for a retail environment periodically reads RFID tags attached to products to produce a list of product identifications. Consumer recommendation rules are updated...
7243077 Method and computer program product for managing an internet trading network  
An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume...
7243075 Real-time process for defining, processing and delivering a highly customized contact list over a network  
A real-time, interactive system and method of building a list of contact records, such as a mailing list, on a computer network based on selected criteria. A list specification is generated, which...
7240019 Interface for merchandise price optimization  
An apparatus is provided for an interface enabling a user to determine optimum prices of products for sale. The interface includes a scenario/results processor that enables the user to prescribe an...
7240016 Method and apparatus for improving the loss ratio on an insurance program book  
A method of improving the loss ratio on a book of insurance including the use of a computer data base with a user interface display including questions for insured entities making up the book of...
7240020 Apparatus and method for creating a marketing initiative  
An apparatus and method for creating or presenting marketing initiatives in a sales manager system. A user inputs offer parameters for a new initiative. The offer parameters includes an initiative...
7236941 Event invalidation method  
The invention concerns a computerized method of invalidating set-top box events. The method may include monitoring set-top box events, storing the set-top box events in a first array, calculating a...
7236938 System and method for refreshing metric values  
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method of refreshing metrics. The method may comprise obtaining a plurality of data elements that comprise information about a process and computing...
7236940 Method and system for assessing and planning business operations utilizing rule-based statistical modeling  
The principles of the present invention include a system and method for assessing business activities. The method includes retrieving historical data associated with a business activity. At least...
7236949 Computer implemented system for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost of a consumer item at a location of a single peroid inventory system, stockout cost application therefor, and method therefor  
Computer implemented system for estimating the demand dependent unit stockout cost b ij =b(λ ij ) of an i th consumer item at a j th location of a single period inventory system as a function of...
7236909 Autonomic data assurance applied to complex data-intensive software processes by means of pattern recognition  
A method for predicting and automatically verifying data assurance of a plurality of data values located in software processes in an e-commerce environment by a pattern recognition module, the...
7233908 Method and system for presentation of survey and report data  
A data presentation system and method for selecting, processing, and displaying survey information for evaluative purposes, which includes a storage device, a display device, a server, and a...
7233913 System and method for providing shopping aids and incentives to customers through a computer network  
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...
7231612 Computer-executable method for improving understanding of business data by interactive rule manipulation  
Methods and systems operating in accordance with the present invention provide an interactive directed data analysis tool. The tool provides a user interface that receives a model from a data...
7231652 Adaptive sampling technique for selecting negative examples for artificial intelligence applications  
Artificial intelligence applications require use of training sets containing positive and negative examples. Negative examples are chosen using distributions of positive examples with respect to a...
7231354 Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices  
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices (PCN). A PCN database application server computer is utilized to provide a method...
7231353 System and method for recording and reporting consumer monetary commentary  
A technique allows users to provide commentary by making monetary payments to a service provider who then publicly displays the company, product, or service's monetary commentary in an organized...
7225973 Self-service terminal  
A self-service terminal ( 10 ) comprising a user interface ( 14 ) including a display ( 30 ) is described. The display has a display area ( 80 ) for presenting financial information to a user ( 12...
7228284 Method for routing and responding to sales leads between two organizations  
Apparatus, method and system network for lead processing are described. More particularly, a web-based client-server system is described where a sales force automation system is used for updating...
7228283 Aesthetic profile collection  
A system for selecting products is described. The system includes a computer executing a process to retrieve a product aesthetic tag associated with a particular product type selected by a...
7225981 Adaptive network-centric online autonomic supply chain management system  
Provided is an agile, adaptive, globally deployable online network-centric autonomic supply chain management system that when triggered by a predictive/diagnostic condition management system,...
7225043 System, method and program for tracing manufacturing processes  
System, method and program product for tracing first, second and third processes for producing a product. First, second and third process instances for the first, second and third processes,...
7225140 Method of and system for forecasting future orders in parts inventory system  
In part inventory management, in order to accurately forecast future number of orders of parts for which order has, for example, fallen to one unit per month or fewer, low-order-rate parts whose...
7222085 System and method for providing recommendation of goods and services based on recorded purchasing history  
A computer-implemented method and system utilizing a distributed network for the recommendation of goods and/or services to potential costumers based on a potential customer's selection of goods...
7219068 Method and system for product optimization  
A method and computer-implemented system for optimizing a product. Based on the “voice of the customer”, aspects of the product that are critical to the customer satisfaction, and target...
7216085 Competitive availability tools  
A competitive, availability prediction system for predicting relative, competitive availability of seating on an airline flight is described. The system includes an availability predictor that...
7216116 Data analysis system with automated query and visualization environment setup  
A primary graphical input device such as a scroll bar or slider is displayed in order to allow graphical input and adjustment of at least one parameter, such as the page number of a displayed...
7216087 Method of assisting a sales representative in selling  
A method and system of assisting a sales representative to manage a sales opportunity. The method includes the steps of establishing an actual sales cycle for an actual sales opportunity,...
7215280 Satellite positioning system enabled media exposure  
Utilizing monitoring devices ( 200 ) for determining the effectiveness of various locations, such as media display locations ( 150 ) for an intended purpose (media display exposure) is disclosed....