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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185394 | Method for accessing data via voice A method for providing access to data via a voice interface. In one embodiment, the system includes a voice recognition unit and a speech processing server that work together to enable users to interact with the system using voice commands guided by navigation conte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8165959 | Method and apparatus for pricing calculation A method and apparatus for providing a competitive bid from a provider comprising receiving billing data from a user, the billing data including provider information, location, and total bill amount. The method further comprising calculating a complex usage pattern ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160955 | Method and apparatus for capturing commercial loan application data and assigning a commercial loan request Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for capturing commercial loan application data and assigning a commercial loan request are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the invention provide mechanisms for capturing commercial loan application data, assigning a c... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146097 | Method, apparatus, and system for implementing view caching in a framework to support web-based applications According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for implementing view caching in a framework to support web-based applications. The system comprising a set of server-side objects managed by an object manager (OM) running on a server. The syste... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8122377 | Preserving user interface customizations while upgrading an enterprise application In an embodiment, a system for preserving user interface customizations while upgrading an enterprise application is provided. The system preserves customizations by identifying customizations made to user interface (“UI”) objects of an enterprise application, a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117184 | SQL adapter business service A Structured Query Language (SQL) adapter business service that converts data from a data set to a common representation format used for all data sets with which the SQL adapter business service interacts. Hence the SQL adapter business service can communicate with ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112296 | Modeling of job profile data A job profile class is defined that represents a job profile and identifies relationships of the job profile with various entities related to the job profile. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8091081 | Method, system, and product for upgrading software objects using inherency Techniques for identifying “relevant” objects for upgrading a repository of objects in a computer system. The relevant objects to be used for upgrading may include any combination of (1) “corresponding” objects in a prior and a new standard repository, (2) ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8091042 | Apparatus and method for displaying selectable icons in a toolbar for a user interface A user interface display provides selectable icons and a control symbol in a toolbar. The control symbol can be selected by a user to display additional selectable icons within the toolbar. The additional icons can be inserted adjacent the control symbol or in anoth... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073742 | User interface for a complex order processing system A method is disclosed. The method includes detecting a request to change a selected order. The selected order has been submitted for provisioning. The method further includes incorporating a change in the selected order and re-submitting the selected order for provi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065229 | Method and apparatus for pricing calculation A method and apparatus for providing a competitive bid from a provider comprising receiving billing data from a user, the billing data including provider information, location, and total bill amount. The method further comprising calculating a complex usage pattern ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065178 | Method and system for automatically generating forecasts A method and system for defining and generating forecasts. The forecast system receives a forecast definition from a user, generates a forecast in accordance with the forecast definition, stores a forecast snapshot of the generated forecast, and presents to users fo... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8046682 | Method and system for accessing business applications via a standard interface A method and system for integrating business application elements of an external business application into an internal business application where the integration system maps the output of external business applications to a Extensible Markup Language (“XML”) for... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046343 | Computing system and method for automatic completion of pick field In one embodiment, the invention is a computing system including a World Wide Web application. The application includes a pick field to receive a partial value. The application automatically transmits the partial value to a server. The server is coupled to a databas... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046327 | Partially replicated distributed database with multiple levels of remote clients A method of and system for collecting, storing, and retrieving data in a data base management system. The database management system includes a master database server (4), at least one workgroup server (315), and a plurality of workgroup user clients (... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046307 | Managing future career paths A method, system, and computer-readable medium for using competency-related information for individuals to provide a variety of benefits is described. In some situations, competency-related information is used to assist members of an organization in managing future ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045698 | Adaptive communication application programming interface An apparatus and method for maintaining data for multi-channel communication queuing associated with different media formats such as telephone, email, and fax. A list of agent data includes information related to types of communication media an agent can access. The... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8027869 | Method and system for monitoring achievement and attainment and calculating compensation via time-based organization hierarchies A method, system, and article of manufacture for defining and managing instances of time-based organization hierarchies, and for monitoring achievement and attainment, and calculating compensation for individuals and/or groups within instances of the time-based orga... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8010962 | Infrastructure for the automation of the assembly of schema maintenance scripts A method and apparatus to build a migration package. According to one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of programming elements are developed and stored in a configuration repository. The configuration repository also includes metadata used to describe each o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005814 | System and method for smart scripting call centers and configuration thereof The invention provides user configurable and reconfigurable scripting, methods of scripting, and systems for scripting for use by call centers, technical support centers, and marketers. Scripts are interactive tools that guide a telemarketer, a sales person, or a te... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7970599 | Translation leveraging An application archive is searched for an existing translation for a text string in an application to be localized. The text string is associated with context information that identifies a location of the text string in the application. If an existing translation is... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962565 | Method, apparatus and system for a mobile web client A method, system and apparatus for a mobile web client is presented. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of operating a web application. The method includes receiving a request from a client. The method further includes processing the request with a web emu... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962551 | Method, apparatus, and system for immediate posting of changes in a client server environment According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a first field and a second field of a data record are displayed to a user using a client program, the second field having one or more attributes that are dependent upon the value of the ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962446 | Method, apparatus, and system for searching based on search visibility rules According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a search request containing search criteria is received from a first user. A search is performed based upon the search criteria and the first user's organizational identifier to identify... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962372 | Product common object Stored product management information in a first format for use by a first computerized system is transformed to readily make the stored product management information available for use in a second computerized system that utilizes a second format in a cost-efficien... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958161 | Methods and apparatuses for providing hosted tailored vertical applications Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for providing hosted highly tailored vertical applications. In accordance with one embodiment, a set of universal configuration options for a customer relationship management application is created and pre... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953788 | System and method for queuing data for an application server A method for queuing data for an application server is described. The method includes creating a queue entry record corresponding to the data, storing a queue entry including the data and the corresponding queue entry record in a queue, and receiving a command regar... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953766 | Generation of attribute listings for unique identification of data subsets Techniques to generate data models for an item master having a number of items. Each item is associated with a number of attributes and each attribute is associated with a set of values. In one method, the items in the item master are initially classified into a num... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953760 | Computing system and method to implicitly commit unsaved data for a world wide web application The invention is a computing system comprising a World Wide Web application with a user interactive record field. The record field receives a record field entry. The application receives a context change request. Responsive to the context change request, the applica... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937284 | Method and system for managing time-based organization hierarchies A method, system, and article of manufacture for defining and managing time-based organization hierarchies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a user interface, including a plurality of user interface displays configured to receive a user input to define and/or... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930685 | Method and system for providing a version-independent interface A method and system for exposing a version-independent interface to a computer resource. The interface system exposes a version-independent interface to a computer resource, such as a database or computer program. The interface system also provides a version-depende... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925665 | Using query persistence for efficient subquery evaluation in federated databases The processing of a query that is submitted to a central controlling server where the central controlling server sources data from one or more backend databases and where such data is referenced by subqueries associated with the query is disclosed. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912932 | Service request common object Service request information in a first format for use by a first computerized system is synchronized with the service request information in a second computerized system that utilizes a second format by using an service request common object data model. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904343 | Systems and methods that facilitate participation in online auctions via an intermediary web site Systems, methods and computer program products are provided that can allow users to obtain information about, and participate in, auctions being conducted at a plurality of on-line auction sites. A Web site of an intermediary maintains information about items being ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904340 | Methods and computer-readable medium for defining a product model Stored product management information in a first format for use by a first computerized system is transformed to readily make the stored product management information available for use in a second computerized system that utilizes a second format in a cost-efficien... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899907 | Access and synchronization with enterprise applications using remote hosted solution A hosting center that is remote from a plurality of customer environments is provided so that users can interact with data from the user's selected customer environment. The data interaction includes bi-directional synchronization of data between that of the hosting... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899844 | Method and system for access and display of data from large data sets A method and system for accessing and display of data records from large data sets. The method includes defining a plurality of boundaries to logically partition the large data set into a plurality of buckets in accordance with a predefined sort order. The sort orde... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899685 | Method and system for providing real-time clinical trial enrollment data A method and system for enabling display of real-time clinical trial enrollment data. A set of computer forms corresponding to an application enable administrative personnel to define a plurality of clinical trial parameters, including trial protocols, clinical site... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895070 | Providing multiple views of a business process definition to different users In one embodiment, a method for providing multiple views of a business process definition includes storing a model of a business process, and providing different view points of the model to different classes of users. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885996 | Method, apparatus, and system for implementing notifications in a framework to support web-based applications According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for implementing notifications in a framework to support web-based applications. The system comprising a set of server-side objects managed by an object manager (OM). The system further comprises... | 02/08/2011 |
