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...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109789 | IDENTIFYING SOURCE MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTS USING BILL OF MATERIAL Identifying one or more source units for one or more food items may include assigning a sequence of numbers to a plurality of source units received at a processing entity and assigning a sequence of numbers to a plurality of end product units processed from the pluralit... | 05/03/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120054077 | Methods for Processing Shipping Documentation Sent from a Vehicle The present invention automates the process of receiving transportation documentation and producing advance loading manifests therefrom to optimize load planning and dynamic product shipment and delivery control. Methods provide for receipt of the transportation documen... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120036049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOFTWARE INTEGRATION AND FACTORY DEPLOYMENT A software management database contains data structures supporting computer software provisioning for a range of CTO/BTO variations, language variations, region variations, and operating system variations.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120016781 | COOKING SUPPORT SYSTEM, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PURCHASE AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF COOKING INGREDIENTS In the case of supporting the purchase and the inventory management of actual foods by a user with respect to necessary foods, a function to support the purchase and the inventory management by which input operations are reduced, and a burden on the user is reduced, is ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110307353 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Goods Tag, Production Bill of Material Hierarchy, and Release Order Template 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... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110258087 | ANALYTICS FOR SETTING UP STRATEGIC INVENTORY SYSTEMS TO HANDLE SMALL LOT ORDERS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY A method of managing manufacturing production includes determining a plurality of products for manufacture using a production line is disclosed. Each product is specified by composition and production line steps and criteria. Production orders for products are analyzed ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110238537 | WORK IN PROCESS INVENTORY ANALYSIS TOOL A method of managing work-in-process (WIP) inventory includes receiving inputs, via a user interface of a computer processing device. The inputs correspond to variables defined for modules. Each of the modules includes a set of instructions for determining and quantifyi... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110218890 | ADAPTIVE PRODUCT CONFIGURATION MODEL The adaptive product conditioning is a computer-implemented method for identifying product configurations that can be provided to customers in reaction to supply imbalances. The methodology uses data mining techniques to collect and analyze business level meta data to c... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110173103 | SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR MULTI-LEVEL BILLS OF MATERIAL A method includes receiving first parameters and second parameters for a comparison of a first multilevel bill of material and a second multilevel bill of material. Internal items based on the first parameters are compared to determine differences between the internal i... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110161209 | Bill of Material Synchronization A method performed by a computing system configured to synchronize a source bill of material with a target bill of material includes, in response to a determination by the physical computing system that a revision has been applied to a source node from a tree structure ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110087514 | MODELING DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR DISASTER RESPONSE OPERATIONS A method and system to supply multiple items through a network of inventory staging areas and distribution points by determining inventory stocking levels for a staging area and distribution points, and inventory shipments from said staging area to distribution points a... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110087986 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF BUSINESS DOCUMENTS AND EFFECTIVITY A system and method to graphically represent historical product structures. When a computer extracts all change states for a data set corresponding to a first product structure having a plurality of items. The change states associated with each item are concatenated. Th... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110071976 | RETAIL AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET PARTS ASSORTMENT PLANNING Identifying parts for an assortment. Receiving data characterizing: storage capacity by part category, parts in the category, rules applicable to the category. Assembling rule sets requiring compliance with each rule for a part to be a rule set group member. Receiving d... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110066527 | ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEMS Order fulfillment systems and methods, which may enable a recipient to retrieve an ordered product from a plurality of providers, and may additionally deliver a virtual representation of the ordered product to the recipient. The order fulfillment method may be a paperle... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110029120 | Manufacturing Resource Planning using a Component Management System Order information is received for an order executable using a computer system to assemble a product from a plurality of components at a manufacturing location. A real-time record associated with the manufacturing location and being kept updated substantially in real tim... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110010271 | Methods and Apparatus for Self Service Transactions From Multiple Vendors Systems and techniques for managing orders from one or more of a plurality of vendors. A self service terminal includes a display presenting order icons that may be moved to an open area for initiation of an order, and a plurality of vendor icons representing different ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110010276 | AUTOMOTIVE CORE FULFILLMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method for facilitating acquisition of automotive core parts from automotive recyclers for remanufacture includes identifying automotive cores and determining the value of the cores with a core fulfillment system. The system identifies automotive cores for ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100299172 | EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A system may manage equipment distribution with an automated interface that is accessible over a network. The system may include data regarding a number of job sites and the equipment at each site, as well as any available equipment. The data may be monitored and update... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100293022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY SCHEDULING A VEHICLE ORDER A method and system for scheduling an electronic vehicle order. The method includes receiving an electronic vehicle order, which has a plurality of associated vehicle-option inputs, from a customer; expanding the order by associating each vehicle option with a plurality... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100274686 | Automated Purchase Assembly Conversion Process To Support A Dynamic Configure-To-Order Production Operation A computer implemented method, a tangible computer usable medium, and a data processing system allocate materials to an automated purchase assembly conversion process to support a dynamic configure-to-order production operation. A configure-to-order backlog order is ana... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100268625 | Test Machine for an Automated Light A moving light tester includes plural sensors, each of which can test a function of the moving light. A conveyor can move the light between the sensors. Once tested, information about the test is used to characterize the light, to determine if it needs repair, or can be... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100262453 | Method and Apparatus for Hierarchical Inbound Shipment Order Configuration An interactive hierarchical inbound shipment order configuration tool receives input from merchants to configure hierarchical inbound shipment orders. The tool allows merchants to configure hierarchical shipments with multiple levels including a product level, one or mo... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100262521 | ONLINE MERCHANTS TO THIRD PARTY WAREHOUSE PROVIDERS BROKER AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM An online merchants to third party warehouse providers broker and order fulfillment system is coupled with different third party warehouse providers that each operate one or more third party warehouses and a plurality of online merchants that use the services provided b... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100223163 | Populating Fleet Maintenance Data Using 2D Feature Recognition Methods and systems for populating fleet maintenance data using 2D feature recognition are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of determining a configuration of a vehicle includes surveying the vehicle using an imaging device to generate 2D imagery of a configuration... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100185497 | AUTOMOTIVE CORE FULFILLMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method for facilitating acquisition of automotive core parts from automotive recyclers for remanufacture includes identifying automotive cores and determining the value of the cores with a core fulfillment system. The core fulfillment system includes an int... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100179853 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROJECT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT A resource management system having a server; a portable computing device in communication with the server having a computer readable medium; and, computer readable instructions in the compute readable medium for receiving attendance information, receiving inventory inf... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100169140 | Preparing a Time-Sensitive Delivery Request Some implementations provide a system for preparing a time-sensitive delivery request at least a predefined interval of time before the delivery request is to be forwarded to a supplier. This delivery request may be a request for a component that is to be assembled as p... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100153152 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECURSION CHECK AND LOW-LEVEL CODE GENERATION FOR DIRECTED GRAPH A method and a system for fast recursion check and low-level code generation for directed graph. In a directed graph each vertex is connected to at least one other vertex with a directed edge to form an ordered pair of a source vertex and a target vertex. Low-level code... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100124736 | Computer Implemented Method for Facilitating Proscribed Business Operations In a computer implemented method for facilitating proscribed business operations, software operable with a computer having a display associated therewith includes a training module and an instruction module, each accessible by a user. The training module includes at lea... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100121742 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PART ORDER PLACEMENT If a product to be produced is modified, a computer system for assisting quick specification of a part necessary for the new production and its quantity and placement of the order of the part on condition that parts unrelated to the modification are used as they are. Th... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100106626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING INVENTORY HISTORY A method and system of managing inventory of consumables stored in containers including associating with a container a sensor configured to determine an indication of the amount of an attribute, such as an indication of an amount of substance stored in the container, an... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100088201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BILLING STRATEGY FOR DOCUMENTS BASED ON COLOR ESTIMATIONS IN AN IMAGE PATH Disclosed herein is a method and system for determining a billing structure for outputting documents using an image processing apparatus. If image data of the document includes color pixels, a billing structure is determined based on an estimated total color pixel count... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100076806 | Inventory management tool using a criticality measure A computer system for an inventory management tool using a criticality measure is disclosed. The computer system has a memory, at least one input device, and a central processing unit in communication with the memory and the at least one input device. The central proces... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100070318 | PROVIDING LOGISTICS EXECUTION APPLICATION AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having logistics execution functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operation... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100070331 | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR SERVICE REQUEST AND ORDER MANAGEMENT APPLICATION SOFTWARE Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing service request and order management. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting w... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100070324 | Architectural Design for Plan-Driven Procurement Application Software Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing plan-driven procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each othe... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100070390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE ASSEMBLIES WITH UNCERTAIN DEMANDS CONTAINING COMMON PARTS A system and method for planning common-use parts in such a way that operating inventory levels are reduced without introducing more risk of parts outages. One embodiment comprises determining use of at least one common component in a plurality of product models, receiv... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100063889 | VISUAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION USED AS CONFIRMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Techniques for facilitating the exchange of information and transactions between two entities associated with two wireless devices when the devices are in close proximity to each other. A first device uses a first short range wireless capability to detect an identifier ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100057593 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREIGHT TRACKING AND MONITORING System, methods, and computer program products are provided for enhanced freight tracking and monitoring. The system may track the location of a freight shipment within a carrier's transportation network from the time it is picked up by a carrier from a consignor until ... | 03/04/2010 |
