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7356487 Efficient transportation of digital files in a peer-to-peer file delivery network  
A method and system for efficiently transporting digital files over a peer-to-peer network is disclosed, where the network includes at least one server node and multiple client nodes. According to...
7353212 Method and structure for assigning a transaction cost  
A method and structure for calculating transaction costs as a function of one or more services provided by a computer system. Each user/computer transaction utilizes one or more computer system...
7353201 Security constrained unit commitment pricing optimization using linear programming for electricity markets  
The present invention is a method for optimizing security constrained unit commitment in the day ahead wholesale electricity market using mixed integer linear programming techniques. The wholesale...
7349883 Optimized transmission and load security constrained unit commitment dispatch using linear programming for electricity markets  
The present invention is a method for optimizing security constrained unit commitment in the day ahead wholesale electricity market using mixed integer linear programming techniques. The wholesale...
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...
7346588 Cost estimation method and system, and computer readable medium for the method  
A part cost estimation system including a processing cost information storage device; a shape designating device configured to designate the shape of the part; a processing designating device...
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...
7343354 Method for determining demand and pricing of advertising time in the media industry  
The present invention utilizes customer/user generated data and market available data to provide a framework and guidance for a seller to price advertising time and space for programs offered by a...
7343325 Method and system for constructing price structures for complex products and services  
The invention provides a system and method for constructing and maintaining a price structure for an e-commerce transaction relating to a complex product or service. A pricing tree is built of...
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...
7343353 Method to turn off machines during-turn down period while achieving minimum cost and required cycle time  
A method and system for determining which machine tools to turn off during slow periods to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum cycle time increase. It uses a product demand forecast and a...
7343356 Systems and methods for storage modeling and costing  
The present invention provides systems and methods for data storage. A hierarchical storage management architecture is presented to facilitate data management. The disclosed system provides methods...
7340482 Preview function in a digital data preservation system  
A digital preservation system ( 10 ) for accepting a digital data record as input, for providing a preview of the digital data record on a display screen ( 80 ), for writing the data record in...
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...
7337149 System and methodology for calculating the cost of future semiconductor products using regression analysis of historical cost data  
A method and structure for predicting semiconductor product costs at a fabricator entailing a storage medium which includes a database of historical critical dimensions and historical critical...
7337151 Automated pricing system  
A method and system are disclosed for automated creation of a pricing schedule comprising steps and an implementation for providing a set of plans created with a software design tool and a palette...
7333959 Apparatus and method for ballot ticket price calculation  
In the selling price calculation apparatus the request receiving unit receives from the purchaser information concerning the ballot tickets the purchaser wants to purchase. The sales information...
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...
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,...
7324855 Process-state management system, management server and control server adapted for the system, method for managing process-states, method for manufacturing a product, and computer program product for the management server  
A process-state management system encompasses: a plurality of production machines; a control server configured to collectively control at least part of the production machines; a management server...
7319991 Computerized cost estimate system and method  
A method and system for computing a cost estimate for a company that may be the client of a supplier providing information system equipment and consulting. An estimate is calculated according to a...
7319990 Produce identification and pricing system for checkouts  
A produce identification and pricing system and method for a supermarket checkout or other retail outlet where produce is handled. The produce identification and pricing system and method...
7318008 Method and system for estimating spare parts costs  
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electronic method for estimating a quantity of spare parts needed for a machine is disclosed. The machine includes a number of replaceable...
7315844 System, method and program to estimate cost of a product and/or service  
System, method and computer program product for estimating the cost of a product and/or service. The product and/or service comprises a multiplicity of components. One or more first components with...
7313548 System and method for travel carrier contract management and optimization  
A method and system for air carrier contract management and optimization is disclosed. In particular, the present invention receives and tracks client travel data and air carrier contract data,...
7308323 Configuration output system  
A configuration output system for use with a building automation system is provided. The configuration output system includes a database and an output engine block. The database contains a...
7308421 System and method for grouping products in a catalog  
An apparatus and method for preparing a price quote for a product. The product is selected from among a plurality of products. A determination is made as to whether the product is a member of a...
7305367 Instantaneous price quotation system for custom manufactured parts  
An automated quotation system is provided for generating firm binding price quotations for custom manufactured parts in either an online or offline context.
7305073 Rate modelling  
A method and apparatus are provided for generating a rate model ( 115 ) for use in determining a rate to be applied with respect to an instance of a product or service, system or process. The rate...
7302399 Method and system for processing travel reservation data  
One aspect of the invention is a travel pricing system comprising a data store and a server coupled to the data store. The server is operable to receive new reservation data that conflicts with old...
7290143 Method of certifying transmission, reception and authenticity of electronic documents and related network unit  
A method of certifying transmission, reception and authenticity of electronic documents between a sender user ( 2 ) and addressee user ( 3 ) belonging to a telecommunication network ( 4 ) is...
7286836 Mobile services  
A plurality of clients for different users use on-line services via a mobile communications network in a system comprising: an application database for holding a group of different applications for...
7266590 System for mediating printing on network  
The technique of the present invention intermediates between an arbitrary client and an arbitrary printer connecting with a network to actualize practical printing works. A print portal system...
7263583 On demand, non-capacity based process, apparatus and computer program to determine maintenance fees for disk data storage system  
In one aspect the invention provides a signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions that are executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform...
7257560 Cost minimization of services provided by multiple service providers  
A technique for efficiently and accurately minimizing costs associated with services provided by a plurality of service providers (SPs) that bill for their services based on a tiered cost...
7257561 Continuous price optimization system, method and computer program product for satisfying certain business objectives  
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product are provided for utilizing feedback in generating an optimal price. In use, an optimal price is generated. Next, a result of...
7257559 Material sales system  
A computer ( 10 ) of a material supply company calculates a sales price of a material according to a state of production of a product, which is produced using a material supplied from the material...
7251620 Process and product for determining an amount of posting payment  
Products and processes are provided in which information is received about a post for an item to be sold. The information may include, e.g., the class and type of item being sold, the reputation of...
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...
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,...
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...
7246066 System and method for automated coordination and communication of sporting event information via the world wide web  
The present invention relates to a system and method for coordinating a competitive sporting event. The present invention comprises receiving information from multiple users regarding the user's...
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...
7233928 Rule-based system for determining price adjustments in a product catalog  
A method for computing a price quote for a product using a contract. The method includes identifying the set of price rules for a plurality of products associated with the contract. Each price rule...
7231374 Scheme for evaluating costs and/or benefits of manufacturing technologies  
An embodiment of a method of evaluating costs and/or benefits of possible configurations of a manufactured product (e.g., an integrated circuit, an electronic system, etc.) includes establishing an...
7228567 License file serial number tracking  
A system for monitoring licensing eligibility of a computational component, the computational component being associated with a unique identifier, is provided. The system comprises (i) an input...
7222110 Charge information processing apparatus, franchise system provided with the charge information processing apparatus, charge calculating method, recording medium, and program  
A charge information calculating apparatus according to the present invention has a configuration provided with inputting means for inputting information, and charge calculating means for...
7216108 Transferable meter licenses using smartcard technology  
A metering system is provided including a smartcard reader and peripheral computer in communication with a metering apparatus. A smartcard with memory, microprocessor, and license counter may then...
7212994 System and methods for disseminating real time information  
A system and method for real time dissemination of information is provided. One server receives and data bases the information while another server disseminates the information; instead of one...