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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145519 | System for clinical trial subject compliance The present invention is designed to develop research protocols for clinical trials. The invention also can track and enhance subject compliance with a research protocol. The invention further provides evaluability data related to subject performance in the clinical... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8065180 | System for clinical trial subject compliance The present invention is designed to develop research protocols for clinical trials. The invention also can track and enhance subject compliance with a research protocol. The invention further provides evaluability data related to subject performance in the clinical... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060400 | Fleet management system Systems of hardware and software are provided for enabling mobile assets to communicate across a wireless network environment. Systems, computer-implemented methods and computer program products are also provided for leveraging wireless communication and/or processi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7996257 | Collecting, calculating, and reporting quantifiable peer feedback on relative contributions of team members Mechanisms for collecting, calculating, and reporting quantifiable peer feedback on relative contributions of team members are provided. Team members may quantifiably evaluate other team members or work group members relative to each other by allocating points from ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996382 | Performance management system and method A performance management system is disclosed. The performance manage system includes a host system in communication with a client system. The host system includes a database server and an application server. The database server is configured to receive workplace per... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991641 | Systems and methods for evaluating and compensating employees based on performance Systems and methods are provided for evaluating and compensating employees based on performance. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. According to the method, objectives are received for an employee. The objectives are core requirements ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7912749 | Infrastructure auto discovery from business process models via middleware flows A method for infrastructure automatic discovery from business process models through middleware flows is provided. Data flow in an infrastructure is monitored to observe middleware flows. An information model is formed based on the observed middleware flows. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908167 | System and method for analysis of project variances Disclosed herein is a variance tracking report that provides a new and useful view of an enterprise's financial status. The variance tracking report may indicate variances from a planned work schedule and be used to explain any variances between projected and actual... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7881961 | Method and system of managing a business process A method of managing capacity in a business process on demand for providing a service to a service requester. The method comprises the steps of providing a business process having one or more service inputs, at least one service output, at least one capacity constra... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865390 | Modeling of employee performance result data An employee performance result class is defined that represents an employee performance result and identifies relationships of the employee performance result with various entities related to the employee performance result. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853476 | Method and apparatus for generating a clinician quality assurance scorecard The present invention provides a quality assurance system and method that generates a quality assurance (QA) scorecard for clinicians that participate in a radiological-based medical imaging study using digital imaging technologies. According to one embodiment, clie... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848947 | Performance management system A performance management system (1) has a database (9) with KPI (10), Results & Ratings (11), and configuration date (12) tables. Configuration functions (8) configure the system to the environment and information management... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7831463 | Computer-implemented method and system for allocating customer demand to suppliers Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a supplier performance measurement that uses historical data combined from disparate data sources to evaluate suppliers and rank the suppliers according to key performance indicators or attributes. Th... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831465 | Sales representative workbench with account-based interface A computer program product for handling sales activity information, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause a data processing apparatus to provide a ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831464 | Method and system for dynamically representing distributed information Techniques for dynamically representing distributed information are disclosed. According to one embodiment, metrics for deployed resources in a predefined environment (e.g., an enterprise) is designed. The metrics includes at least various logic and data sources and... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7822751 | Scoring local search results based on location prominence A system may identify a first document associated with a geographic location within a geographical area and identify a second document associated with a geographic location outside the geographical area. The system may also assign a first score to the first document... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822634 | Work role yields management system and method A system and method to diagnose, design, deploy, and manage a work role in the context of the complex modern relationship or affiliation existing between the organization and worker. Universally applicable organizing principles, process and software are combined to ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822633 | Public sector value model A method and system for evaluating a public sector organization includes identifying at least one outcome measure and at least one cost-effectiveness measure for a public sector organization; obtaining measurements associated with the measure; and determining a rela... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818203 | Method for scoring customer loyalty and satisfaction A computer-based method and computer program product for determining customer satisfaction and loyalty. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797287 | User interface for navigating a keyword space The present invention relates to systems, methods, and user interfaces for browsing a collection of content items saved by a user or by one or more buddies associated with a given user. The method of the present invention comprises saving one or more content items a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783513 | Business performance and customer care quality measurement An apparatus includes a plurality of storable representations of interactions between an agent of a business and customers, wherein the business is located in a first geographic area. A storage device in communication with the first geographic area is configured to ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778865 | Distributional assessment system A distributional assessment system for assessing the job performance of individuals within an organization. A rater, uses the distributional assessment system to rate the performance of a ratee, such as an employee. The distributional assessment system guides the ra... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778866 | Systems and methods for software development This invention relates to methods and a system for developing software. In one embodiment, a method for developing software includes communicating a specification for the design of a software program to a first plurality of developers, in response to the specificati... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778864 | System and method for identifying sourcing event metrics for analyzing a supplier A system and method for identifying sourcing event metrics for analyzing a supplier are disclosed. A consumer solicits bids from a supplier desiring to provide goods, services, etc., by creating an event that poses queries to the supplier. The consumer can create th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7752070 | Enterprise information evolution analysis system A system and method are provided which analyze information management within enterprises and organizations from a perspective of evolutionary levels, or phases. Once an organization has been determined where it lies within the evolutionary levels, action items are u... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752071 | Job analysis A process and system for generating a job value for a job that can be used to provide a definitive measure of contribution of the job to an entity. The process involves generating an impact value representing effect of the job on an entity, generating an input value... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7720706 | Method and system for providing performance statistics to agents A method and a system for providing and presenting performance statistics to an agent. A further embodiment of the present invention provides performance comparison reporting between an agent and an agent data group and/or a management unit. This is achieved by coll... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7693743 | Method and system for collecting, processing and presenting evaluations The invention relates to a teamwork method and a computer system, using which the evaluations of a group about the features of different targets can be gathered and summarized. The system comprises a server (1), the workstation of the main user (3), a ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685016 | Method and system for analyzing relationships between persons A software method for analyzing relationships between individuals can include the step of establishing a recordation framework for recording relationships between individuals. At least one relationship based on organization structure can be recorded using the establ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7668746 | Human resource assessment Methods, devices, and systems are provided for human resource assessment. A resource planning device includes a processor, a memory, and a user interface coupled to one another. The device includes program instructions storable in the memory and executable by the pr... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668745 | Human resource assessment Methods, devices, and systems are provided for human resource assessment. A resource planning device includes a processor, a memory, and a user interface coupled to one another. The device includes program instructions storable in the memory and executable by the pr... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7644011 | Method and apparatus for determining investment manager skill A method of evaluating an investment manager's skill includes determining a time frame including a plurality of time periods of a predefined duration over which to calculate statistics, generating a return distribution for each time period, obtaining return data for... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7624037 | Economic model for measuring the cost and value of a particular health insurance plan The present invention provides a system and method for measuring the relative economic benefits from services offered by health care plans. The present invention quantifies value of health care quality by indicating an economic return on the investment in health car... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620566 | Providing decision support through visualization of participant past performance in an electronic commerce environment A method for providing decision support through visualization of participant past performance is performed using a computer system associated with an electronic marketplace. The method includes retrieving stored past performance information for participants reflecti... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613627 | Computer-implemented method and system for collecting and communicating inspection information for a mechanism An automated and computer-implemented method for collecting and communicating inspection information for a mechanism. The method includes receiving repair order information from a repair order, generating an electronic inspection form, including a questionnaire for ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7596507 | Methods, systems, and storage mediums for managing accelerated performance Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing a disciplined approach to managing accelerated performance activities. The method includes identifying an opportunity; developing an activity list of at least one of a task and a beh... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7574373 | Public sector value model A method and system for evaluating a public sector organization includes identifying at least one outcome measure and at least one cost-effectiveness measure for a public sector organization; obtaining measurements associated with the measure; and determining a rela... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571111 | Computer system for monitoring actual performance to standards in real time The present invention provides a system and method for conducting a management session between a supervisor and an employee or other subordinate. The system utilizes a handheld personal computer that is programmed with multiple supervisory functions, which are displ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7546248 | Sales management system and method A method and system facilitates management of sales activities of sales associates. Sales information from a remote computer is received by a server computer. The server computer processes the sales information, and the system identifies weaknesses of the sales asso... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7499871 | System and method for procurement of products A system and method for procurement of engineered-to-order products that facilitates the workflow management for buyers is disclosed. The present invention comprises a buyer's workbench (BWB) that operates in conjunction with a web-based marketplace application for ... | 03/03/2009 |
