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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130867 | COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD According to one embodiment, a commodity information providing system includes: a commodity-data acquiring section configured to acquire, on the basis of location data indicating a location of an information terminal including a display screen and commodity data associa... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130868 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF TRACK AND TRACE INFORMATION A system and method for tracking and tracing items that in one aspect comprises generating a group of unique codes, where a unique code is a unique encrypted reference, transferring the group of unique codes to an item marking location, marking items with the unique cod... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130533 | Digital Storage Media Dispensing Device Methods and techniques are described to dynamically provide preloaded movies on digital storage devices that may be purchased or leased by a consumer on a self-service media content dispensing device, such as a kiosk. A media content dispensing device stores various med... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120084182 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND RETAILING OF KEYS An automated inventory control system including a merchandising rack for displaying one or more products that is located at a retail outlet store is disclosed herein. The merchandising rack receives or displays one or more products having associated electronic identific... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120054076 | Systems And Methods For Multi-Echelon Inventory Planning With Lateral Transshipment In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for optimizing inventory in a multi-echelon inventory distribution network having at least a first echelon and a second echelon. An example method may include the steps of: receiving inf... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053975 | LOGISTICS AND MANIFEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD A logistics management system and method for organizing and managing the operations of an oil rig or other offshore location. The logistics management system can organize and track boat and helicopter manifests, inventory for onshore and offshore locations, floating sto... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING PHARMACEUTICAL INVENTORY Systems and methods are disclosed for provisioning a pharmaceutical inventory including pharmaceutical products. In one embodiment, a local monitoring subsystem located at a medical office includes an interface configured to input data relative to the pharmaceutical inv... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047048 | DELIVERY AND PRICING INFORMATION IN EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT An exposure management system may include customizable pricing and delivery components interfacing with existing organizational systems and third party systems. The pricing component may enable an organization to enter variable pricing terms, such as customizable pricin... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047050 | INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM PROCESS The inventory control system process includes storing product information in a database. Location information is also accepted and stored in the database in association with the product information. The system receives a command associated with the database and analyzes... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT An approach is provided for facilitating supply chain management based on point-of-sales or device usage data regarding a user device. A supply chain management platform receives an activation signal indicating activation of a device. The supply chain management platfor... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041777 | MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR BLOOD CENTERS Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus to provide information regarding blood collection instruments via a mobile device. An example method for blood collection instrument management includes providing a graphical representation of one or more blood co... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120030071 | SECURE, DIFFERENTIATED READING OF SENSORS AND RFID TAGS Secure access to inventory data concerning a supplier's product located at a seller's premises is provided by tagging units of product with a supplier identifier and a product identifier. The identifiers may be embedded in RFID tags or EPC labels. A secure VPN tunnel is... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030070 | MANAGING AN INVENTORY COMPRISING SERIALIZED PRODUCTS Various embodiments are directed to a system for managing an inventory comprising serialized products. A robot may be instructed to load a plurality of serialized product units to a plurality of robot-accessible bins such that each of the plurality of robot-accessible b... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030067 | System and Method for Vendor and Customer Management in a Supply Chain A method of managing a supply chain comprises providing at a customer interface module a plurality of order fulfillment options to a customer, and receiving from the customer a selection of a particular order fulfillment option. The method also includes receiving a firs... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022913 | Planogram Generation for Peg and Shelf Items In one embodiment of a computer-implemented method, layout data and product data is collected and a planogram development module processes this data to create multiple test planograms for a display space. Multiple potential planograms may be created by placing merchandi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016780 | LOCAL SHOPPING AND INVENTORY Estimating product inventory comprises determining a rate of sales events for a product and an amount of time that has elapsed since a previous product availability estimate from the product. Then, a new product availability estimate for the product is determined based ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A CONTRACTOR TO EFFICIENTLY SERVICE AN EQUIPMENT A method and system are disclosed for assisting a contractor to efficiently service an equipment. The method and system enable contractors, such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) contractors, dealers, and technicians, to improve efficiency in providin... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110320322 | INVENTORY MONITORING USING COMPLEMENTARY MODES FOR ITEM IDENTIFICATION A technique for inventory monitoring using complementary modes for item identification includes; storing items in known locations within a defined area; tracking a user in the defined area; detecting that the user has removed an item from its known storage location; asc... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313893 | Management and control system for a designated functional space having at least one portal A control and management system for defined areas such as loading docks, fire stations, and other designated defined areas, employs a card reader, vehicle sensing loop detectors and electric eyes, entrance door sensors and operators, truck securement devices, cameras, a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313894 | System and Method for Surgical Pack Manufacture, Monitoring, and Tracking A wrapped surgical pack (400) includes a plurality of adhesive bindings (301,302) that retain an identification device (305) against an outer wrap (201) of the wrapped surgical pack (400). The identification device (305) is capa... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110295723 | ADVERTISEMENT INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Systems and methods are provided for automating booking and pricing of inventory atoms are provided, where each atom defines a granular traffic target in a k-dimensional booking space. In operation, a content delivery system receives a request for an inventory slot, con... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295724 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING INVENTORY Apparatus and methods for monitoring and tracking collateral and inventory are disclosed. The methods include receiving location information and collateral or inventory identification information from one or more location devices attached to one or more pieces of collat... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288966 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ASSET INSTALLATION AND EVALUATION Efficient and effective centralized management of automated field force installation and evaluation of assets. Service representatives can each perform an asset installation and/or an asset evaluation with the aid of a handheld device. The handheld device can display wo... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282768 | SYSTEM FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT The present invention relates to a system for detecting and communicating the position of a pusher assembly on a shelf. In an embodiment, a system includes a control module, a pusher assembly, and a laser scanner. The laser scanner is configured to transmit a swept beam... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276440 | System for Generating and Delivering Both Real-Time and Historical Analytic Reports for Data Captured Through Sensor Related Technology A system and method are disclosed in which the system is a business intelligence system that captures data in real time and allows for historical and analytical reporting. The solution relies on RTLS and UHF RFID sensor technology that captures the exact x, y, and z coo... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270708 | Perishable Medical Product Management Systems, Perishable Medical Product Management Methods, And Perishable Medical Product Resale Methods Perishable medical product management systems, perishable medical product management methods, and perishable medical product resale methods are described. According to one aspect, a perishable medical product management system includes a communications interface, storag... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264485 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING A VALUE CHAIN NETWORK A system, computer program product and method for implementing and managing a value chain network. The computer program product includes allowing a first company having one or more clusters of retail stores and a second company in a value chain network to access to a sh... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND CATALOGING In some embodiments, a method includes accessing a provider interface. The provider interface is associated with a provider having at least one asset for purchase. The asset can be, for example, a plant-related product, a livestock-related product and/or the like. Data ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110251865 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURING ESTIMATION PRODUCTION ASSEMBLY AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT The present invention relates to novel systems and methods for manufacturing estimation, production assembly and inventory management. In an embodiment, a system is provided to create and respond to RFPs, perform capacity planning for an eventual production line, effici... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251929 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OUTSOURCE SERVICE AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS Systems and methods to outsource service and support operations are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein includes electronically maintaining an inventory at an outsourced service and support partner (OSSP) without intervention by a separate manufacturing entity... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246215 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTO-REPLENISHMENT AND MONITORING OF A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT A replenishment center connected to a plurality of analyzer systems each comprising at least one analyzer module which performs analysis using a replenishable item is disclosed. The replenishment center includes a receiver configured to receive operation information fro... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246219 | System and Method of Integrated Logistics Management for Inventory A system and method of managing the logistics of trays and lots of medical inventory, such as surgical implants, from the manufacturer's initial release until final discharge by the end user healthcare provider. The system is driven by one or more software applications ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246337 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AN ASSET IN A DATABASE SYSTEM A method for managing an asset in a database system is provided. The method embodiment includes receiving by a node hosting an asset management service module asset information corresponding to an asset, and generating automatically by the asset management service modul... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246338 | Method and apparatus for managing installation information A method and apparatus for managing installation information. In one embodiment the method comprises obtaining, via an installation application on a mobile device comprising at least one processor, identification information for at least one component of an installation... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234371 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTING PRODUCTS A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and closi... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110225070 | INVENTORY SALES SYSTEM AND METHOD A computer system and method of facilitating a sale which permits inventory information to be used in connection with a technology enabled selling (TES) system to facilitate a sale. The inventory information may be used during configuration of an item to be sold to a cu... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110225071 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an input unit, a generating unit, and a transmitting unit. The input unit receives input of receipt time information of a commodity. The generating unit generates, according to the receipt time in... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110218889 | Retail Display System With Integrated Security and Inventory Management A retail display system with integrated inventory management and security is provided. The retail display system is operably connected to a control module operable to detect the addition or removal of inventory from the retail display system. The control module may be c... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110208620 | MANAGING STOCK INVENTORY LEVELS The present invention provides a method of managing a stock replenishment system in a way that explicitly controls the in-stock rate. Also provided by the present invention is a method of managing a collection of stock replenishment systems in a way that the combined in... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110208535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE USE OF SENSITIVE PRODUCTS Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a method for monitoring the use of sensitive products (16) in which the products and/or their packaging are marked and identified and then the products are marketed while storing successively their references in a CE... | 08/25/2011 |
