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6862585 System and method for managing product development  
A system, method, and computer readable storage medium for managing product development include a relational database containing draft, approved, and archived versions of product, package,...
6859781 Business method for quality assurance of services  
The quality of information technology services provided by an organization to a customer is assured. Assurance reviews of a first solution are performed and a second solution is defined to correct...
6859785 Diagnostic method and apparatus for business growth strategy  
A method and apparatus for quantitatively determining the optimal mix of strategies to drive growth (i.e., in company profits). The growth strategy mix includes a reenergize component, an adjacency...
6854088 Graphical user interface for project data  
A project management display method and system in which a user logs on to a server from a client computer over a network to display a graphical interface associated with a project. The graphical...
6853866 Computer method for providing optimization of design processes, with dynamic constraints  
A computer method for providing optimization for design processes for situations wherein there is defined a functional form y=f(x,b), where x comprises a set of independent controllable variables...
6850892 Apparatus and method for allocating resources to improve quality of an organization  
An apparatus and method for allocating the resources of an organization in order to optimize the effects of that allocation on the quality of the organization, where the quality is viewed from a...
6850891 Method and system of converting data and judgements to values or priorities  
The subject invention comprises methods for developing a decision hierarchy and including data as well as judgments in the evaluation of alternatives. Using a preferred embodiment of the subject...
6834252 Method of and apparatus for analyzing population distribution, and computer product  
The population distribution analyzing apparatus is provided with the area setting unit which sets an area in which population distribution of a plurality of users respectively carrying a portable...
6832202 Method and system of routing requests for authorized approval  
A method and system for routing requests for authorization may comprise automatically determining approvals required for authorization of a request ( 72 ). A valid agent to provide one of the...
6831966 Multi-tenant, multi-media call center services platform system  
A call center system for enabling communication between callers and subscribers. The call center system includes a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a virtual call center operable to...
6832205 System and method for automatically predicting the timing and costs of service events in a life cycle of a product  
A system and method for automatically predicting timing and costs of future service events in a life cycle of a product. A database contains a plurality of service information and performance...
6832201 Method and system for optimizing request shipping in workflow management systems  
A method for optimizing request shipping within a plurality of distributed networked computer systems holding a distributed application the usage of which realizes a process model underlying said...
6832204 Train building planning method  
A train building planning method is utilized to determine a state of a train yard and a status of resources within the yard. When a resource becomes available, a determination is made regarding...
6829584 Virtual home data repository and directory  
The present invention relates to a computer accessible system for electronically storing a model which communicates the physical attributes of a structure along with warranty, insurance and other...
6826539 Virtual structure data repository and directory  
The present invention relates to a computer accessible system for electronically storing a model which communicates the physical attributes of a structure along with warranty, insurance and other...
6826538 Method for planning key component purchases to optimize revenue  
A method of calculating supplies of key components based on enhancing revenues in a made to order scheme. Products are designed by identifying product components, and combining the components in...
6823226 Matrix methods and systems for supply chain management  
A system and method of receiving orders, placing orders in an order matrix, determining potential production periods for an order, rescheduling orders, and generating a bill of materials. The...
6823315 Dynamic workforce scheduler  
A method of dynamically scheduling a workforce includes obtaining workforce requirements, attributes and employee preferences, determining a workforce schedule based on the workforce requirements...
6823320 Automated valuation system and method  
An automated valuation system and method for: storing, in a database, a first feature element and an offered price for each of a plurality of specimens; generating, through the use of the first...
6820044 Method and apparatus for a common-cause failure module for probabilistic risk assessment tools  
A computer readable medium includes one or more sequences of one or more instructions for execution by one or more processors. The instructions when executed by the one or more processors cause the...
6820060 Apparatus for generating sales probability  
A method and apparatus for predicting analytically the probability of closing a sale. The apparatus comprises a general purpose computer having a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory for...
6816839 Demand planning for configure-to-order and building blocks-based market environment  
A method for demand planning of products. The method comprises the steps of constructing a configure-to-order operation/multiple building block environment; and, forecasting the demand of the...
6810383 Automated task management and evaluation  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for electronically managing the assignment of tasks to be completed. Preferred embodiments incorporate a computer network to gather and...
6804657 Methods and systems for global sales forecasting  
A method of generating a real time global sales forecast for a company includes steps of defining an hierarchical structure for a sales force of the company and defining a place within the...
6801901 Systems and methods for building and improving the quality of inventory load configurations  
The present invention is a method and system for building and improving inventory load configurations, and displaying the built load configurations to allow review of the load configurations. One...
6801818 Distributed product development  
Product development is accomplished through a plurality of product development tools, each tool assisting in a separate aspect of product development. Each tool has at least one instantiation of a...
6798719 Electronic device including warranty start date  
An electronic device has a central processing unit (CPU), a display, and a memory device. The display and memory device are both coupled to the CPU. The memory device includes a data structure...
6792269 System, method and apparatus for tracking deployment of cellular telephone network sites  
A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for tracking deployment of cellular telephone network sites and providing real-time characteristic information about the deployment to one or more users....
6772095 Method and system for servicing and maintaining thermal equipment, water treatment equipment and the like  
A method and a system for servicing and maintaining thermal equipment, or water treatment equipment fulfills a prompt countermeasure against an abnormality. The servicing and maintenance system is...
6772104 Method for determining transportation vehicle customer satisfaction  
Within a method for predicting customer satisfaction for a transportation vehicle there is measured for the transportation vehicle a Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) level within the...
6768973 Method for finding solutions  
A method is described for using a computer in finding solutions to a problem dependent on a number of criteria. A model algorithm is provided for each of the criteria, each model algorithm...
6763276 Method for optimizing a continuous complex system using a set of vertices and dynamic hierarchical constraints  
A method optimizes a system. Performances of design parameters of an objective function modeling the system are represented in a multi-dimensional search space. A set of vertices are positioned in...
6763353 Real time business process analysis method and apparatus  
A method for monitoring a business process model in which at least one business process object transitions between states. A query having at least one state for the business process object and at...
6756983 Method of visualizing data  
A method of visualizing data including displaying wheels, which represent functional units of a system, wherein each wheel is subdivided into segments collectively representing a process within the...
6757660 Method for analyzing information to provide an objective assessment of a predefined subject  
A method for evaluating the relative importance for a predefined subject of predefined core characteristics. To evaluate the importance of the predefined subject, a first data set is created that...
6754635 Method and apparatus for automating the conduct of surveys over a network system  
A method and apparatus for automating surveys over a network system causes an interface to be displayed to a particular client of the network system. This interface can be used by the particular...
6750766 Alerts monitor  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for monitoring specific areas of concern in warehouse operations. Information describing operations of...
6745187 Environmental permit web portal  
A system is disclosed that allows remote, regulated entity users web based access to authorization data, such as permit data in an environmental regulatory permitting or management system. The user...
6741967 Full service research bureau and test center method and apparatus  
A centralized full-service research bureau and test center method and apparatus is provided, which assists a customer, typically a Web product manager, in designing a usability test for typical...
6738747 Method and apparatus for forming a production plan  
According to the present invention, a production plan forming apparatus is provided with a constitution wherein based on basic data necessary for forming a production plan and state data changing...
6735570 System and method for evaluating a selectable group of people against a selectable set of skills  
An improved administration system for use in managing and reporting skill assessment data entered by users of a skill assessment tool is disclosed. The skill assessment tool of the preferred...
6735571 Compensation data prediction  
A method of predicting compensation data includes obtaining compensation data, associated with a job category, with at least one datum being associated with each of a plurality of characteristics...
6732079 Method of determining the best mix of regular and contract employees  
A process is disclosed for implementation on a suitably programmed digital computer for producing a worker staffing plan for an organization over a long-term workload forecast when the organization...
6721714 Method and system for tactical airline management  
The present invention provides a method and system for managing the assets of a user airline. In a preferred embodiment, this method comprises the steps of: (a) collecting and storing specified...
6721737 Method of ranking items using efficient queries  
A method is provided for ranking a plurality of items. The method comprises initializing a (D−1) dimensional weight space including a feasible region, where D is equal to a number of attributes...
6711549 Method of accelerating delivery of magazines to a new subscriber  
A system and method have been developed to accelerate the delivery of the first issue(s) of a publication as required to fill a new subscription order. The system and method collect the information...
6708155 Decision management system with automated strategy optimization  
An apparatus and method for automatically optimizing a strategy of a decision management system. More specifically, a computer-implemented decision management system applies a strategy to determine...
6708156 System and method for projecting market penetration  
A system for facilitating simulations and modelling of market sales volume is provided including a server, an input device, at least one web pages, and software for projecting penetration of...
6701298 Computerized management system and method for energy performance evaluation and improvement  
A system and method for energy management in which data relating to energy usage and energy-related policies and practices is collected in an automated data processing device. The data is analyzed...
6691133 Entertainment project workforce search system network  
A method for accessing a workforce talent location and occupational report containing conjunctive sentences of industry credits, through the use of database platforms, interactive technologies or...