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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117500 | Systems and methods for identifying a relationship between multiple interrelated applications in a mainframe environment Systems and methods are provided for identifying a relationship between multiple interrelated applications running in a mainframe environment. A repository is created to store information describing the multiple interrelated applications from the mainframe environme... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112391 | Synchronization of agent skill data A method and system for automatically updating and synchronizing contact center agent skill data maintained in a central agent skill database with a routing system based upon skill-changing events triggered in skill-Impacting systems. Contact center agent skills may... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8095415 | Human capital development framework The invention provides a human capital development framework which allows organizations to assess the business impact of human capital initiatives and guide their implementation. The invention further provides a four-tier tool for arriving at an assessment of an org... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8036935 | Computer self-support management A computer based technique for providing a list of selectable computer solutions in a self-support environment. The technique includes sending a computer solution to the client computer in response to a request from the client computer for the computer solution from... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7970711 | Warranty management system and method A warranty management data processing system, method, and computer program are provided for determining relationships of data associated with warranty claims. Warranty data for a plurality of products is received and stored, and warranty service providers file repai... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7921048 | Financial planning and counseling system projecting user cash flow A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for generating an online, web-enabled financial model accessible over the Internet. A service level agreement that defines a level of financial management desired by a user is provided. A user is prompted to i... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7904817 | Method for controlling and/or monitoring data processing device and computer program A graphical user interface, implemented in a standard system management environment, accepts selections of logical instruction steps that are external to the standard system management environment. The logical instruction steps may include process steps, specify che... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899723 | Shareholder value tool The present invention provides and system and related method for automatically examining a company's financial data and evaluating factors affecting the company's stock value. Specifically, the present invention evaluates a company's spread through that company's de... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899721 | E-commerce system, method and computer program product A system, method and computer program product are provided for e-commerce. In use, a plurality of suppliers are registered. In addition, goods-related information from customers is received, where the goods-related information is associated with goods. Access to the... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7881964 | Computer self-support management A computer based technique for providing a list of selectable computer solutions in a self-support environment. The technique includes sending a computer solution to the client computer in response to a request from the client computer for the computer solution from... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7870535 | Distributed development environment for building internet applications by developers at remote locations A system and a method for developing Internet-hosted business applications composed of web services and software for use in such environments where applications and application components interoperate to perform requested business functions. The system and method of... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7870018 | Brand value management A combination of several analytical computer-assisted modeling techniques may be used to evaluate the value of a brand, the relative value of competitive brands and may identify the opportunities to increase brand value and the priority of those opportunities. Image... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7870014 | Performance management system An outsourcing command center collects and processes outsourcing data for multiple engagements and multiple outsourcing offerings. The command center may apply a metric set to the outsourcing data that is broadly applicable across multiple outsourcing offerings, but... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865382 | Compliance control framework Compliance Control Framework of the present invention is designed to capture the context and actionables of the agreement at the time of inking of the agreement. Respective stakeholders are mapped in the Compliance Control framework using a tool and weighting captur... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860736 | Course content development method and computer readable medium for business driven learning solutions Disclosed herein are learning solutions that utilize a content development module that is nested inside a total learning solution and identifies, develops, and manages required course content. A content development module is particularly adapted to assemble and comp... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844215 | Mobile audio content delivery system The present invention provides the delivery of mobile-capable audio entertainment content. More particularly, the present invention relates to the electronic and mobile delivery of various media content, such as print periodicals and print news articles, by converti... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831494 | Automated financial portfolio coaching and risk management system The present invention relates to an Internet enabled, interactive financial portfolio risk modeling system. The system operates online, in a collaborative computing environment between the user and the portfolio development system. The portfolio generating system mo... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827100 | Intelligent collections models Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for analyzing credit and tax form data and determining a collections treatment type to collect revenue. A collections model is constructed to determine a collections score that is based on raw credit data and tax form data an... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818582 | Single sign-on with common access card A mechanism eliminates the number of times a user must login to individual services after initially logging into a computer system. A user only logs once into a computer system, and subsequent login requests by multiple services are handled automatically and transpa... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818275 | Runtime program regression analysis tool for a simulation engine A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a business opportunity to understand... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813720 | Mobile micro-band information distribution Methods and systems for providing information to mass localized mobile users over a limited bandwidth are described. Short text messaging system messages, e.g., SMS, may be used to transmit coded data between mobile terminals and content providers, while a client ap... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809614 | Tax transaction system A tax transaction system, and combined sale and tax transaction systems, are disclosed for use in electronic commerce for the deduction of a tax, which may be a sales tax, value-added tax, or any tax on income related to a transaction or taxing event. A trusted thir... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804945 | Enterprise application based multi-billing integration system A telecommunications messaging architecture efficiently routes messages to the appropriate support systems which process the messages. The messaging architecture is a partially merged architecture in which selected previously independent processing systems (e.g., cu... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801908 | Data mapping design tool A data mapping tool facilitates database engineer interaction with a data mapping document design system that facilitates creating the technical specification for migrating legacy databases. The data mapping tool provides a flexible selection of mapping modes, inclu... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801884 | Data mapping document design system A data mapping document design system provides a market differentiator that facilitates creating the technical specification for migrating legacy databases. The system addresses the significant technical problems associated with the immensely labor intensive, comple... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801815 | Reverse rating system for determining duration of a usage transaction A reverse rating system determines the duration for which a phone call or other transaction may continue, given an account balance on a pre-paid customer account. The duration may take into consideration multiple time bands, applicable discounts, rating plans and ot... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792997 | Freight backbone messaging architecture A messaging architecture extends the communication capability of complex systems in existing enterprises. The architecture implements sophisticated messaging capability between typically disparate order management and shipping systems. As a result, the messaging arc... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792379 | Transforming a submitted image of a person based on a condition of the person Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a submitted image of a person. The submitted image is transformed in accordance with associated data regarding the person's condition. Global data may be processed by a statistical process to obtain cluster infor... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792273 | Remote media call center The call center processing system disclosed enhances the capabilities of traditional call centers. In particular, the processing system allows a call center to receive, aggregate, and index many different types of media obtained from a wide variety of sources and th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788126 | Real-time collaboration and workflow management for a marketing campaign A system for enabling real-time collaboration and workflow management of a marketing campaign within a marketing organization is disclosed. In one aspect, user displays for the marketing organization's computer system are provided. A role portal component provides a... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783545 | Automated coaching for a financial modeling and counseling system The present invention relates to an automated coaching system for financial modeling and counseling system. The automated coaching system enables the user to analyze the user's investment portfolio and dispense context sensitive automated advice to the user based on... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778910 | Future value drivers A computer-implemented method for analyzing corporate investments to measure the performance of a company is provided. The method may include: receiving financial data, the financial data including a plurality of operating investments of the company and a Future Val... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778738 | Method and system for reducing feeder circuit loss using demand response A system and method that analyzes at least one aspect of the power grid for demand response in order to reduce feeder circuit losses is provided. The system and method may use a demand response model to select one or more factors for the demand response, such as sel... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769684 | Semi-quantitative risk analysis A semi-quantitative analysis on the risk management process increases the possibility of performing an accurate risks comparison, making easier the identification of which risks shall be prioritized and shall receive the greatest mitigation efforts. Specifically, th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769622 | System and method for capturing and publishing insight of contact center users whose performance is above a reference key performance indicator New functions for a contact center system include: testing user's comprehension of informational messages with a quiz; capturing insight of superior users having a KPI score above a threshold by having those users submit information on why they perform so well; dyna... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769615 | Constraints-based analysis and strategy planning methods and tools Disclosed herein are methods and related tools for assisting users in analyzing and identifying various constraints that limit the impact of business growth strategies, and for helping those users identify, research, and/or implement strategies in light of identifie... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765176 | Knowledge discovery system with user interactive analysis view for analyzing and generating relationships A knowledge model discovery system is configured to provide an interactive view having simultaneously displayed sub-views that include a relational data element view and a geophysical view. Using the interactive view, a user may perform search and analysis of inform... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761784 | Presentation generator A presentation generator may access one or more data sources structured into data fields. The user may create or modify a template by inserting one or more tags corresponding to data fields in the template. The template may also have one or more processing instructi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7752120 | Auction insurance system A system determines insurance parameters for insuring online auctions. The insurance parameters may be based on predicted auction results. An insurance policy reflecting the insurance parameters may be offered to an online auction buyer, seller, or other market part... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752119 | Auction result prediction An auction analysis system predicts auction results. The analysis system may determine item, seller, or auction characteristics from prior or pending auctions. The analysis system also obtains item characteristics of an item for which a result prediction is sought, ... | 07/06/2010 |
