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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110078000 | CONTROLLING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION Distributing content using one or more content distributors associated with respective content distribution channels is based on an analysis of historical content distribution information and analysis rules. Recommended actions are provided to a content provider along w... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND PROPAGATING COMPUTER BENCHMARK DATA An improved system and method for collecting and propagating computer benchmark data is described. A user downloads from a server and runs client software on a particular computer system, configuration, or component. The client software performs benchmarking functions o... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077991 | METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT According to various embodiments, the present teachings include inventory control policies that are defined in terms of functions of aggregate cost rates, involving thresholds Ω and an order-up-to point S. An embodiment of the present teachings includes a method. The m... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGEBACK ALLOCATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS The invention provides a system and method for chargeback cost allocation in an information technology (IT) system including multiple resources. The method includes categorizing cost attributes of different resources into multiple levels defining a cost attribute hierar... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077996 | Multimodal Affective-Cognitive Product Evaluation Repeated random-outcome trials together with affective, cognitive, and behavioral measures of liking and wanting may be used to assess consumer preferences. In an exemplary implementation of this invention, in each trial, a participant selects one of two sources (e.g., ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077999 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR RETAIL EVENT BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industri... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110077998 | CATEGORIZING ONLINE USER BEHAVIOR DATA A method for categorizing online user behavior data, including creating a target set of users based on an advertiser query, identifying two or more users in the target set having one or more first similar behavior attributes using a Minhash algorithm; and modifying the ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110078637 | SELF-SERVICE COMPUTER WITH DYNAMIC INTERFACE A self-service computer with dynamic interface. The self-service computer includes a processor for receiving environment information, for selecting among different user interface features including different transaction screens and different transaction screen content b... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110071882 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERMEDIATE TO LONG-TERM FORECASTING OF ELECTRIC PRICES AND ENERGY DEMAND FOR INTEGRATED SUPPLY-SIDE ENERGY PLANNING A method of price forecasting in an electrical energy supply network and/or load (energy demand) forecasting of a given consumer of electrical energy, in the context of an electrical energy supply network that is adapted to supply electrical energy to a number consumers... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071884 | Customer Loyalty, Product Demonstration, and Store/Contact Center/Internet Coupling System and Method A system for storing information about searches and inquiries by a customer is provided. The system includes a customer service server that receives information from two or more sources, such as from a retail location sales agent, a website, a call center agent, etc. Th... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071881 | MINING LIFE PATTERN BASED ON LOCATION HISTORY Techniques for providing mining life pattern are described. This disclosure describes mining a life pattern of an individual, for example, by identifying places visited during the individual's daily activities. Mining the individual life pattern includes collecting loca... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071886 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ORGANIZATIONAL SPEND A system and method is disclosed for modeling, predicting, forecasting, and analyzing organizational spend/procurement, such as travel spend. In various embodiments, a method for modeling, predicting, budgeting, and optimizing business spend and procurement is provided ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071883 | System and Method of Model Forecasting Based on Supply and Demand A computer-implemented method transforms transactional data and supply data into a forecast of demand for controlling a commerce system. Goods move between members of a commerce system. Transactional data related to movement of goods between the members of the commerce ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071885 | System and Method for Disaggregating Weekly Forecast Into Daily Components A computer-implemented method transforms transactional data into a forecast of demand for controlling a commerce system. Goods move between members of a commerce system. The transactional data is recorded. Daily disaggregating parameters (DDP) are estimated by minimizin... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110066471 | DATA MATCHING AND SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN TWO APPLICATIONS The invention relates to a method of data matching and synchronization between two applications using at least one management server and a client. The method includes a step of judging whether a sales opportunity in a customer relationship management service is associat... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110066473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ONGOING EVALUATION REPORTING AND ANALYSIS A research and development system that gathers feedback from patients and healthcare providers with respect to the their experience with various aspects of a supplier's products in order to tabulate, consolidate, compare and analyze the data received rapidly and efficie... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110066645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING, VERIFYING, AND DISTIBUTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION A method and system may allow inputting data into a database of financial information from multinational sources (e.g., in the form of documents), and searching over that data. One agent may add or upload a document relating to a corporation, metadata for the document m... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110066474 | Method and System for for Financial Planning A method and system for financial planning are provided. A first financial plan is prepared via a financial planning engine executing on a server for presenting to a customer via a customer interface. A second financial plan is prepared via the financial planning engine... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110066472 | Internet-Based Benchmarking System and Method for Evaluating and Comparing Businesses Using Metrics A system and method for evaluating and comparing businesses and, more specifically, to an Internet-based benchmarking or management tool or platform that provides one or more metrics by which a business owner may anonymously track, evaluate and compare the relative cond... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110060627 | MULTI-PROVIDER FORMS PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH QUALITY OF SERVICE A multi-provider forms processing system with a quality of service rating includes a plurality of portable computing devices, a plurality of service providers and a paper-like forms server coupled by a network. The paper-like forms server comprises a central scheduler a... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110060622 | MULTI-PROVIDER FORMS PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH RETRY UPON FAILURE A multi-provider forms processing system with retry upon failure comprises: a plurality of portable computing devices, a plurality of service providers and a paper-like forms server coupled by a network. The paper-like forms server performs the scheduling, routing, logg... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110054981 | Analyzing Local Non-Transactional Data with Transactional Data in Predictive Models Systems and methods are provided that empowers various parties to combine transactional data and local non-transactional data using the collective intelligence gathered from a variety of sources to help the parties make more intelligent decisions relating to consumers. ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054982 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RANDOMIZING STARTING RETAIL STORE INVENTORY WHEN DETERMINING DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND WAREHOUSE DEMAND FORECASTS A method and system for determining distribution center or warehouse product order quantities of a slow selling product. The method includes the step of determining for each one of a plurality of stores supplied by the distribution center, a store order forecast for the... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054972 | CALCULATION/DETERMINATION OF BUDGET AND EMPLOYEE ALLOCATION TARGETS USING A MODEL In various embodiments, systems, methods, and user interfaces are provided for calculating and/or determining budget and employee allocation targets using a model. In one example, users can create a model by selecting an allocation method and a set of allocation criteri... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054973 | LABOR RESOURCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM A labor resource decision support system, in which labor resource data is maintained across multiple units within an organization using a standardized data record format. A demand measurement for a first type of labor resource having a unique combination of values for f... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING TARGETED CONTENT TO WEBSITE VISITORS A method of selecting a website for delivery of targeted content to an audience member computer based on attitude values associated with audience members who participate in a computer implemented survey is disclosed. The survey response information, as well as website v... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054984 | STOCHASTIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND WAREHOUSE DEMAND FORECASTS FOR SLOW MOVING PRODUCTS A method and system for determining distribution center or warehouse product order quantities of a slow selling product. The method includes the step of determining for each one of a plurality of stores supplied by the distribution center, a store sales forecast for the... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054980 | GAME REVENUE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM A revenue optimization system has a data tier for receiving data related to revenue generation factors for a computer program or a website. The data tier derives at least one metric based on the received data. A revenue optimization engine receives the metric and determ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110047006 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR RATING WEBSITES FOR SAFE ADVERTISING Systems, methods, and media for rating websites for safe advertising are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, the method comprises: receiving a uniform resource locator corresponding to a webpage; selecting a plurality of eviden... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046502 | DISTRIBUTED NEURO-RESPONSE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Distributed mechanisms are provided for identifying stimulus material and collecting neuro-response data from subjects exposed to the stimulus material in a variety of environments. Neuro-response data collection mechanisms such as Electroencephalography (EEG), Electroo... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047003 | DETERMINATION OF DECISION SUPPORT DATA CONCERNING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES In relation to an entity such as a business having customers, a determination is made of at least one incremental satisfaction improvement value associated with increasing customer satisfaction of at least one customer by a fixed increment relative to a satisfaction sca... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOOT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT A system for foot traffic analysis and management includes infrared sensors for sensing the movement and direction of traffic in a designated area. The system further includes one or more radio frequency identification sensors for sensing the location of a subset of the... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047004 | MODELING CAUSAL FACTORS WITH SEASONAL PATTTERNS IN A CAUSAL PRODUCT DEMAND FORECASTING SYSTEM A method and system for forecasting product demand using a causal methodology, based on multiple regression techniques. In order to better predict product demand changes associated with causal variables having seasonal patterns, such as temperature, the method and syste... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040604 | Systems and Methods for Providing Targeted Content Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a network user. In one embodiment, a method for providing targeted content to a consumer via a network during the consumer's viewing of a webpage can be provided. The method can include aggregating data from one or m... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040603 | Telemetrics Based Location and Tracking A population activity mapping method may include detecting a plurality of wireless mobile devices within a geographic region. Individual wireless mobile devices may include a processor, a user interface, a transmitter and a receiver. The detecting operation may be perfo... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040601 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION USING ADAPTIVE SPECTRAL CLUSTERING A method and system for customer segmentation using adaptive spectral clustering may include determining initial segmentation labels, determining new customer behavior data, formulating a single objective minimization function that integrates the initial segmentation la... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040596 | Virtual Production Control System and Method and Computer Program Product Thereof A virtual production control system (VPCS), and a virtual production control method and a computer program product thereof are provided. At first, the VPCS processes historical work-in-process (WIP) information and a current shipping plan sent from a supplier side, ther... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040602 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING AND AGGREGATING SURVEYS AND OPINIONS Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for facilitating and aggregating surveys and opinions regarding multimedia data in connection with a purchasable good or service. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for facilitating and... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035257 | Systems And Methods For Generating Planograms In The Presence Of Multiple Objectives Systems and methods for an item placement configuration optimization are provided. A system and method can include receiving a first selection including two or more first items corresponding to a first level in an item placement configuration. A first score is determine... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035255 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING USER GENERATED ADVERTISING TRANSACTIONS IN A VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDER ENVIRONMENT In one embodiment, a system stores video clips which a user can select and use to create an ad video. The user can download the video clip, edit it appropriate, and then upload the ad video to the system. The user can then place the ad with a cable service provider as p... | 02/10/2011 |
