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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC PATTERNS DISCOVERY A system and method for analyzing a customer load and/or generation profile in order to disaggregate the customer load and/or generation profile is provided. The analysis of the customer load and/or customer generation profile may thereby determine the one or more devic... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041117 | COMPOSITIONAL MODELING OF INTEGRATED SYSTEMS USING EVENT-BASED LEGACY APPLICATIONS The compositional event based modeling of integrated applications (CINEMA) tool provides a way to extend a modeling environment using legacy event based applications, such as Graphical User Interface (GUI) APplications (GAPs). CINEMA allows modelers to extend the toolbo... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037599 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME LOCATING AND GAS EXPOSURE MONITORING A system is described for providing real time locating and gas exposure monitoring. The system may include a memory, interface, and processor. The memory may store an alarm data item including an amount of gas exposure and a location identifier. The processor may receiv... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037571 | SYSTEM FOR RELATIVE POSITIONING OF ACCESS POINTS IN A REAL TIME LOCATING SYSTEM A system is described for relative positioning of access points in a real time locating system. The system may include a memory, interface, and processor. The memory may store layout information for a work area which includes architectural and infrastructure attributes.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035323 | Electronic Process-Enabled Collaboration System A process-enabled collaboration system integrates the collaboration tools and applications needed for a remote project into a single portal. The collaboration system identifies the type of project to be performed, and generates a custom collaboration site tailored to th... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110022902 | DOCUMENT ANALYSIS, COMMENTING, AND REPORTING SYSTEM A document analysis, commenting, and reporting system provides tools that automate quality assurance analysis tailored to specific document types. As one example, the system may implement state machines that evaluate document structure instances to determine whether the... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022436 | RAPID KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AMONG WORKERS A system and method enable rapid knowledge transfer, for example between a plurality of experts and a plurality of apprentices located remotely from the experts. The system makes use of unique tools to facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaboration between individua... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016453 | MODULARIZING AND ASPECTIZING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DIRECTED TEST SCRIPTS A test structure for testing graphical user interface applications (GAPs) modularizes test scripts by separating statements that define GAP test logic from statements that navigate to GAP objects. Composition rules weave the statements together to generate the test scri... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110016414 | SYSTEM IMAGE CUSTOMIZATION TOOL A system image customization tool provides an efficient and cost effective way to implement a highly customizable system image for a digital device. The system image customization tool controls application installation, device settings, and selection, delivery methods a... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110016179 | Social Community Generated Answer System With Collaboration Constraints A method for social network collaboration addresses the need for efficient and effective way of obtaining information. The method obtains aggregated information from members of a social network collaborating in response to a source collaboration message. The method prov... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100332413 | 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 Value (... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325101 | MARKETING ASSET EXCHANGE A system for marketing asset searching includes a computer system having a processor and memory, a network configured to interface with external databases accessible through external searching tools, where the external databases contain assets, and a user interface conf... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318970 | ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CHOOSING MAINTENANCE APPROACHES FOR GUI-DIRECTED TEST SCRIPTS A graphical user interface (GUI) tool analysis system helps determine whether to purchase or license automated testing tools. The system provides guidance, e.g., to test managers, for making decisions on expenditures for the automated test tools. As a result, the test m... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOP-DOWN PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION USING ELASTICITY MODELING A system uses elasticity modeling to enable cross category optimization of store display space for merchandise for any group of stores and items using point-of-sale data. A space elasticity curve is periodically created for each combination of performance metric, store ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100299279 | SCORECARD REPORTING SYSTEM A data processing system generates a scorecard analysis that displays multiple scorecard windows, each directed to a specific different perspective on a particular business function. Each perspective may have at least one corresponding objective, and each objective may ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296402 | NETWORK REAL TIME MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM A network real-time monitoring and control system includes several layers of components for generating a network traffic shaping control that is used to shaping network traffic flows for one or more network nodes. The layers of the network real-time monitoring and contr... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296397 | CONTROL MANAGEMENT OF VOICE-OVER-IP PARAMETERS A control management system for managing voice-over-IP parameters includes a network traffic shaping control state model for a network traffic shaping control. The network traffic shaping control state model defines state sets that contain states. The state sets may inc... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100286937 | BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM An energy analysis system provides valuable input into building energy expenditures. The system assists with obtaining a detailed view of how energy consumption occurs in a building, what steps may be taken to lower the energy footprint, and executing detailed energy co... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100283606 | BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM An energy analysis system provides valuable input into building energy expenditures. The system assists with obtaining a detailed view of how energy consumption occurs in a building, what steps may be taken to lower the energy footprint, and executing detailed energy co... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100265940 | IMS APPLICATION FOR MULTI-CHANNEL SERVICES An Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) application executes services, such as (Internet Protocol) IP contact center services, accessible over different access channels. An IMS application server includes a service creation layer operable to provide components f... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100261458 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING THE FILLING IN OF REMOTE FORMS The invention relates to a system and a method for monitoring the filling of remote forms (10) with at least one electronic writing means (11), with at least one mobile station (12) and with a monitoring station (13). The electronic writing m... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256999 | AUCTION RESULT PREDICTION WITH AUCTION INSURANCE An auction result prediction system predicts auction results. The system may determine item, seller, or auction characteristics from prior or pending auctions. The system also obtains item characteristics of an item for which a result prediction is sought, either by a b... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100233663 | SKILLS COMPETENCY TOOL A skills competency tool provides a quick and efficient way to assess an organization's workforce capability maturity, and generate a workforce transformation roadmap. The skills competency tool provides a way to assess and recommend modifications to job and competency ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100223109 | BEHAVIOR MAPPED INFLUENCE ANALYSIS TOOL WITH COACHING An analysis tool guides the selection of an external agent who will interact with a selected organizational actor. The analysis tool helps to minimize mismatches in personality and behavior between the external agents and actors in the business. The analysis tool also c... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100218041 | END USER CONTROL CONFIGURATION SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE An end user control configuration (EUC) system with dynamic user interface provides a user friendly tool for consumers to self-provision and manage network services such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. The EUC system dynamically generates graphical user... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100211563 | Cross Community Invitation and Multiple Provider Product Information Processing System A telecommunications system implements a cross platform invitation mechanism. The system receives a search query from a subscriber, retrieves location information of the subscriber, and retrieves a search result from multiple information sources based on the search quer... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100211452 | DIGITAL VOUCHER PROCESSING SYSTEM A digital voucher system facilitates the convenient application of vouchers against products and services purchased from a merchant by a consumer. A voucher enabled device carried by the consumer stores digital vouchers in memory. When the merchant detects a voucher ena... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208875 | SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM DOCKING STATION A service delivery platform (SDP) docking station (DS) is part of a multiple layer service delivery platform implementation. The SDP DS adds a second SDP layer between the end user and the Core SDP. The Core SDP implements the process flows that enable, provision, and e... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100205015 | ACCOUNT LEVEL PARTICIPATION FOR UNDERWRITING COMPONENTS An account management system has been developed that enables customer or client-related information to be stored, viewed and manipulated in a manner that reflects the relationship among different customers. The account management system includes an account data structur... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100205013 | COMPONENT BASED INTERFACE TO HANDLE TASKS DURING CLAIM PROCESSING A computer program is provided for developing component based software capable of handling insurance-related tasks. The program includes a data component that stores, retrieves and manipulates data utilizing a plurality of functions. Also provided is a client component ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100198709 | Future Value Analytics A method for assessing the performance of a company is provided. The method may include receiving financial data about the company and determining a future value of the company. Next, the future value is decomposed into a plurality of future value components, where the ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100185947 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION PRESENTATION AND INTERACTION A system for distributed information processing and interaction includes a plurality of output devices arranged to produce a respective output portion of a system output, a plurality of application processors and a state server in data communication with the plurality o... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100185712 | Behavior Mapped Influence Analysis Tool An analysis tool guides the selection of an external agent who will interact with a selected organizational actor. The analysis tool helps to minimize mismatches in personality and behavior between the external agents and actors in the business. As a result, there are f... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100185498 | SYSTEM FOR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE BASED VALUATION OF RESPONSES A system for relative performance based valuation of responses is described. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store responses related to an item and scores of the responses. The interface receives the responses and communica... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100153154 | MANUFACTURING COLLABORATION HUB DATA EXCHANGE INTERFACE A data exchange system provides an efficient and cost effective way to control and monitor the manufacturing processes of multiple logistics plants in a virtual manufacturing network. The data exchange system provides a way to quickly and efficiently implement a virtual... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100138065 | 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 selecti... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100125740 | SYSTEM FOR SECURING MULTITHREADED SERVER APPLICATIONS A system for securing multithreaded server applications addresses the need for improved application performance. The system implements offloading, batching, and scheduling mechanisms for executing multithreaded applications more efficiently. The system significantly red... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100125473 | CLOUD COMPUTING ASSESSMENT TOOL A system is described for providing a cloud computing assessment tool. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The processor may receive a data center configuration from the user. The data center configuration may include a compute and storage ca... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100121688 | AGENT FEEDBACK TOOL An agent feedback tool includes an agent feedback database and an agent feedback module. The agent feedback module may include a vendor identification program, an agent feedback settings program, an agent feedback program, an agent reporting program, an agent summary pr... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100115339 | AUTOMATED LOAD MODEL A method and system for testing a computer system is provided. In one implementation the method and system may include receiving a script footprint that includes dimension-effect values corresponding to the number of times a computer system dimension is affected by the ... | 05/06/2010 |
