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7536310 Method for managing and providing an idea management system  
The present invention provides a method of managing an idea management system and providing the system as a service to a third party (e.g. a customer). By this configuration, ideas originated by...
7533035 Innovation engines  
A method and system to manage, exchange, and apply innovation related IT data. The method includes receiving data inputs from several sources, qualifying data inputs, selecting one or more of the...
7533033 Build and operate program process framework and execution  
Frameworks and methods for executing large-scale build and operate programs, such as sporting events, and particularly an Olympic Games. A framework of interlinked build, operate, and management...
7533008 System and method for simulating a discrete event process using business system data  
The invention provides a method and system to simulate a process of discrete tasks having a plurality of available resources associated therewith. The system may comprise a model database to store...
7533034 Idea management  
A system, method and computer program product for idea management and development of a structured idea. The methodology includes obtaining a structured response over a computer network from an...
7529691 Automated method for conducting buy/sell transactions for non-commodity materials or devices  
A method for conducting engineering process analysis is a unified part of evaluating buy/sell transactions for non-commodity materials or items and is particularly suited to the matching of buyers...
7526409 Automatic performance statistical comparison between two periods  
A technique for automatically generating a report comprising normalized differences in performance statistics between two separate periods. In one embodiment of the invention, database performance...
7523047 Price optimization system  
A method for determining a preferred set of prices for a plurality of products is provided. Generally, a sales model is created. A cost model is also created. A preferred set of prices for the...
7516045 Method of providing content to a target device in a network  
A method of enabling a plurality of entities to have sufficient information concerning at least one device and at least one content item, such that each individual entity can arbitrate concerning a...
7516137 System and method for dynamic management of business processes  
A computerized system is provided for modeling a business process, the computerized system comprising a web server and a database server. The web server implements a user interface to the system....
7516142 System, method, and program product for optimizing a research and grant portfolio  
Method, system, and program product for managing research grants. This is done by capturing at least one grant description into a database. Next one or more of researcher capability, researcher...
7516080 Freight information management method and freight management system using electronic tags  
A collection request inputted at a consignor destination system is recorded on an electronic tag attached to freight and sent to a collection management system so as to be received. During...
7516085 Market determination system  
A market analysis system uses travel time to define a relevant market area. A map is generated using stored geographical map information around a selected geographical point or area, and a travel...
7516081 Adaptive estimation of gain and revenue  
Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and storage medium for facilitating adaptive estimation of gains and revenues. The method includes receiving initial the data for...
7512544 Knowledge base system for an equipment market  
A system and method for managing and processing supply and demand information in an equipment market comprises a business logic engine, a database and interface engine and communications engine on...
7512542 Method and system for market research data mining  
Purchases made by customers of a supplier of interest from other suppliers are estimated based upon panelist data regarding purchases made by panelists from the supplier of interest and from the...
7509991 Parking barrier with accident event logging and self-diagnostic control system  
A parking area entrance or exit barrier includes a control system which receives inputs from various accessories associated with the operation of the barrier, and which provides control signals to...
7512543 Tools for decision-making in reservoir risk management  
The present invention discloses a method for performing a stochastic analysis of one or more hydrocarbon reservoir exploitation strategies taking into consideration one or more uncertain...
7505918 Method and system for managing risks  
A data processing system and method of using said data processing system for assessing and managing risk is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the method includes the steps of identifying a set...
7505916 System and method for allocating home health services  
A method in a computer system for optimizing allocation of a fixed medical payment to a variety of medical services. The method includes the steps of first selecting a standard rate representing an...
7502771 Method, system and apparatus for generating decision trees integrated with petro-technical workflows  
A method of generating a decision tree for a seismic to simulation workflow, including: identifying a plurality of elements of the seismic to simulation workflow; receiving a plurality of modeling...
7502744 Performing predictive maintenance based on a predictive maintenance target  
A method and system for performing predictive maintenance on an item of equipment comprises establishing a desired configuration of the item of equipment based on a predictive maintenance target of...
7503032 Method and framework for model specification, consistency checking and coordination of business processes  
A computer implemented system analysis and design method for use in a complex business environment characterized by a set of tightly linked business processes captures in a framework a world view...
7499865 Identification of discrepancies in actual and expected inventories in computing environment having multiple provisioning orchestration server pool boundaries  
Environment asset inventories of computing environment assets are arranged into computing environments, and at least one collector interface is disposed between the environments to detect movement...
7499871 System and method for procurement of products  
A system and method for procurement of engineered-to-order products that facilitates the workflow management for buyers is disclosed. The present invention comprises a buyer's workbench (BWB) that...
7499868 Method for optimizing net present value of a cross-selling marketing campaign  
The present invention applies a novel iterative algorithm to the problem of multidimensional optimization by supplying a strict, nonlinear mathematical solution to what has traditionally been...
7496520 System and method for optimization of group shipments to reduce shipping costs  
A method and system to provide optimizing shipping costs that can help arbitrate between a precise solution at an unreasonable cost and a reasonable solution at a very reasonable cost. In one...
7496860 Engineering standard work framework method and system  
A method and system for managing complex projects uses a framework having workflow maps containing activity blocks that provide detailed, easily accessible information within the framework about...
7493324 Method and computer program product for using data mining tools to automatically compare an investigated unit and a benchmark unit  
Sources of operational problems in business transactions often show themselves in relatively small pockets of data, which are called trouble hot spots. Identifying these hot spots from internal...
7493379 Business process managing system, server device, outsider cooperative server device, business process managing method, and computer product  
The system comprises a technical information exchanging server device that is connected to in-office use client devices in respective departments in a company through a network and an outsider...
7490051 System and method for steering interrelated actions  
The invention relates to a method for electronically storing, retrieving and/or modifying records and for sequentially steering a process of interrelated actions in respect of said records, using a...
7487018 Data management systems for collision repair coaching  
A system for on-site collection of evaluation data at a vehicle repair site installation is disclosed. Generally the system includes a mobile computing tool wirelessly connected to a database, a...
7487106 System and method for managing mobile workers  
A computer implemented system and method for managing mobile workers in an object oriented programming environment is disclosed. A plurality of target objects that correspond to facilities assets...
7487120 Methods and system for continuous replenishment planning of consignment inventory  
A new method and system is provided for the interfacing with, replenishing and otherwise managing of a consignment inventory. Input data that address the content of the consignment inventory are...
7483841 Project management system and method  
A program management structure that includes a plurality of projects, where each project is staffed with a project manager and wherein each project includes a plurality of tasks which can have...
7480621 System, method and program product for automatically managing contracts  
A system, method and program product for commerce management, especially for managing contingency agreements or contracts. An agreement is entered into the system, logging conditions for the...
7480623 Method and system for determining time-phased product sales forecasts and projected replenishment shipments for a retail store supply chain  
A time-phased forecasting and replenishment system ( 20 ) for retail organizations which can be used for inventory management and financial management. One or more computers ( 28 ) create...
7478053 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...
7474995 Valuing and optimizing scheduling of generation assets  
The present invention provides methods and systems for determining anticipated profit from facilities such as electrical power generation facilities, for determining values for assets based on...
7475122 System for remotely managing maintenance of a set of facilities  
This system comprises local monitoring units installed in close proximity to the facilities to be monitored, each of which comprises a device for detecting facility malfunctions; a first computer...
7464108 Management and publication of ideas for inventions accumulated in a computer database  
A method of managing ideas includes the following steps: (a) maintaining a computer database for accumulating ideas for prospectively patentable inventions; (b) systematically establishing...
7464038 Method and system for changing an order in a flexible order transaction system  
A method and system for changing an order for a product where production of the order is currently in progress in a flexible order transaction system and where yield, scrap, and work-in-process...
7464039 Method and system for merging orders in a flexible order transaction system  
A method and system for merging an order with a surviving order where production of the order is currently in progress in a flexible order transaction system where yield, scrap, and work-in-process...
7464044 Method and system for using emulation objects for developing point of sale  
A system and method for developing an application is disclosed. The application is for use with point of sale equipment having a device. The application is capable of utilizing the device when the...
7461125 Enterprise system having a smart distance among artifacts, and apparatus and method for providing the smart distance among the artifacts  
An enterprise system includes a plurality of artifacts (e.g., persons, objects, databases, autonomous elements, intelligent agents, information systems, etc), and a smart distance (e.g., a distance...
7461019 System and method for integration of material costs of a product  
A system for integration of material costs of a product ( 1 ) can calculate material costs of a product according to purchase data, inventory data and material consumption data. The system for...
7457731 Early detection of disease outbreak using electronic patient data to reduce public health threat from bio-terrorism  
A method is provided for automatically identifying a disease outbreak indicative of a potential bio-terror attack. Patient records are mined from structured and unstructured clinical sources. The...
7457758 Method and apparatus for generating standardized carbon emission reduction credits  
This invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for determining carbon emission reduction credits and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for generating and quantifying...
7457678 Method for managing ergonomic risk exposure in manufacturing  
A system and method of planning an operational task of a workplace collects data related to at least one task. An ergonomic risk score of each task is generated. A determination is made if the...
7451062 System for evaluating process implementation  
A method for evaluating process implementation is disclosed. The method includes establishing at least one functional map that relates a first criteria indicative of operational failures associated...