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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318224 | Versioning in a rules based decision management system A computer implemented process including (a) storing first and second strategy versions for application by a computer-implemented decision management system, the second strategy version being an edited version of the first strategy version and including a function; ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318046 | Collector's account payment promise option advisory apparatus and method A computer-based promise option advisory module included in a promise management system receives account data, customer data, and parameter data from a database or a collection system, and calculates and displays promise options, or interfaces to a decision engine w... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7231657 | User authentication system and methods thereof A computer system to authenticate users of vendors supplying services and/or products to the users, the system having programmed processors providing authentication rules, authenticating users according to the authentication rules responsive to user authentication r... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7096231 | Export engine which builds relational database directly from object model A computer-implemented export engine automatically extracts selected data directly from an object model via an object query language, automatically builds relational database tables for the extracted data and automatically inserts the extracted data into the tables.... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062757 | Decision management system which is cross-function, cross-industry and cross-platform A computer-implemented rules based decision management system which is cross-platform, cross-industry and cross-function. The decision management system has a software architecture which includes a common code layer, a processing platform layer and a data architectu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7006994 | Automated receivables management system An automated receivables management system that provides a self-service collection environment using an electronic network, such as the Internet or a PCS, as a medium for communication and transaction execution. Comprehensive collections services are provided in a f... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6934528 | Method for creating self-built customer hierarchies A method for creating customer hierarchies via a network by sending an invitation to one or more customers to join a hierarchy, receiving, from the one or more of the customers, a request to join the hierarchy based upon the invitation, and adding the sender of the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912508 | Method and apparatus for promoting taxpayer compliance A method and apparatus for promoting taxpayer compliance. A computer-implemented data mining system mines taxpayer data to identify taxpayer profiles for taxpayer compliance issues. A computer-implemented decision management system assigns the identified taxpayer pr... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910021 | Financial management system including an offset payment process The present invention is a system that includes a first financial management system handling receivables and a second financial management system handling payables. The receivables system sends debt offset information to an offset payment system and the payables sys... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904524 | Method and apparatus for providing human readable signature with digital signature Using know methods a digital signature, such as a one-way hash, of a document is produced. A digital representation of a signature is associated with the digital signature. The digital representation may be, for example, a digitized picture of the signature. Both th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6871293 | Gap detector detecting gaps between transactions transmitted by clients and transactions processed by servers A client/server computer architecture having a gap detector detecting gaps in sequence numbers of transactions transmitted by clients and processed by servers. When a gap is detected to thereby indicate that a respective transaction was transmitted but not processed... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6772131 | Distributed, object oriented global trade finance system with imbedded imaging and work flow and reference data An object oriented trade finance system designed to support a large-scale transactional work flow on a global basis. The system is designed to support imbedded imaging technology for the scanning, storage and retrieval of all documents coming into and going out of t... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6754672 | System and method for efficient integration of government administrative and program systems A system and method includes an interoperability engine dynamically generating and updating an application database, a web-based portal in a computer communications network, and a baseline data schema from at least one of a data source and a supplemental data source... | 06/22/2004 |
| 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 can enter, edit and submit permit and compliance data in the environ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6721761 | System for assigning digital identifiers to telephone numbers and IP numbers A system and method includes a retrieving unit dynamically retrieving one or more points from a database, wherein the points are one of telephone numbers, cable numbers, and IP address numbers. A group of points mapping unit dynamically maps the one or more points t... | 04/13/2004 |
| 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 actions to be taken, monitors performance based on the taken actions... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6684192 | Decision management system providing qualitative account/customer assessment via point in time simulation A computer-implemented decision management system which provides qualitative client assessment via point in time simulation. More specifically, the decision management system (a) simulates the effect of a strategy by applying the strategy to client data, ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6651066 | Content management system A content management system for information delivery systems, including web based systems, that organizes the content of the information separately from the appearance of the presented information. The pages of the information are organized into documents... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6611809 | Method and apparatus for selecting taxpayer audits A method and apparatus for selecting taxpayers to audit by a tax collecting entity. An underreporting model is created, and indicates probability of an assessment being made against respective taxpayers from historical data. An analytical space is created... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609120 | Decision management system which automatically searches for strategy components in a strategy A computer-implemented, software based, decision management system which automatically searches for a respective strategy component through a strategy to identify where the strategy component is being used in the strategy, and to determine the strategy co... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6606740 | Development framework for case and workflow systems A workflow processing framework provides common objects and business processes for the creation of an enterprise-wide workflow processing system. Conventional workflow, database and other platforms are accessed using standardized protocols. The use of com... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601034 | Decision management system which is cross-function, cross-industry and cross-platform A computer-implemented rules based decision management system which is cross-platform, cross-industry and cross-function. The decision management system has a software architecture which includes a common code layer, a processing platform layer and a data... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6598067 | Application server framework An application server framework is integrated with a three-tiered computer system including an application server. The application server framework includes a job scheduler, a connection controller, a listener, and a service broker. The jobs scheduler is ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6557009 | Environmental permit web portal with data validation capabilities 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 can enter, edit and submit permit and compliance data in ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6546545 | Versioning in a rules based decision management system A computer implemented decision management system which provides strategy versioning. The system (a) creates different strategy versions, (b) selects, without technical intervention, a respective strategy version of the created strategy versions, (c) appl... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6532450 | Financial management system including an offset payment process The present invention is a system that includes a first financial management system handling receivables and a second financial management system handling payables. The receivables system sends debt offset information to an offset payment system and the p... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6463439 | System for accessing database tables mapped into memory for high performance data retrieval A system and method that enables quick access to large volumes of data on a realtime basis and is totally transparent to application programs that use the data. This is accomplished by placing information extracted from the database into a master file sto... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6456986 | Decision network based event pricing system in a component based, object oriented convergent customer care and billing system A ratings engine system that uses decision networks to select and execute Price Plans to rate an Event. A plan selection rule set is used to select a Price Plan for the Event and an Algorithm rule set is used to select an Algorithm to rate the Event. The ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6430545 | Use of online analytical processing (OLAP) in a rules based decision management system A rules based decision management system using online analytical processing (OLAP) technology for dynamic assessment of strategy results. Generally, a rules based decision management system applies strategies which produce results. The results are aggrega... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6424979 | System for presenting and managing enterprise architectures A system providing views of a technical architecture of an enterprise that take into account the content type interest, level of detail and time frame of desired information. A user, with a browser interface, selects a portal specifying the type of conten... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415298 | Effective dated tree control in a component based-object oriented convergent customer care and billing system A system that provides a graphical user interface showing relationships between effective dated objects in an object oriented system and showing modifications to the objects over time. The interface displays an effective dated tree control of persistent o... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6415259 | Automatic work progress tracking and optimizing engine for a telecommunications customer care and billing system A system of work progress tracking and management in which customer orders may be received and entered into the system. Upon the entry of customer orders the system automatically schedules the orders for completion and optimizes the schedule based on seve... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405173 | Decision management system providing qualitative account/customer assessment via point in time simulation A computer-implemented decision management system which provides qualitative client assessment via point in time simulation. More specifically, the decision management system (a) simulates the effect of a strategy by applying the strategy to client data, ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401098 | System for database creation, maintenance and access using event marking and two-dimensional partitioning A system and method that reduces access, backup, restore and processing time required by partitioning data in a database into two dimensions. The first dimension is by event processing date and the second dimension is by partition group. Once partitioned ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6356903 | Content management system A content management system for information delivery systems, including web based systems, that organizes the content of the information separately from the appearance of the presented information. The pages of the information are organized into documents... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6343279 | System integrating credit card transactions into a financial management system A system integrates credit card transactions into a financial management system used by a company to track and control budgets, etc. The system provides the controls and accounting for credit card transactions found for other types of transactions within ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6321206 | Decision management system for creating strategies to control movement of clients across categories A software-based decision management system that allows an organization to monitor and evaluate client performance data relating to client interactions with the organization, and to appropriately modify organizational strategies in accordance with the per... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6295536 | Computer architecture for multi-organization data access Users are provided access to locally controlled data under centrally controlled rules of access. First, users request access to one or more agency databases from an enterprise system. After access is authorized using any known technique, users access agen... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6256640 | System for managing regulated entities A regulatory agency with the responsibility of administering regulations uses a system with joint-usage capabilities, including data about regulated entities that are subject to the laws and rules administered by the agency and software for accessing the ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6240422 | Object to relational database mapping infrastructure in a customer care and billing system A system that uses an object to relational database mapping infrastructure to map C++ objects and their relationships to and from a relational database. The mapping is facilitated by mapping files which describe an object and how the object corresponds to... | 05/29/2001 |
