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| 8190465 | Make-to-specification process and data model In various implementations, a sales order are received from a sales order requester for at least one good, wherein the sales order includes product options for ordered goods via a sales product requirement specification object. A sales order confirmation is generate... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190498 | Activity verification Disclosed are various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs that facilitate verification of activity in an environment of predefined activity orchestration. Activity is captured on image capture devices in the environment of predefined activity orch... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190497 | Handheld scanner device with display location database A method of managing inventory may include using a handheld scanning device to locate one or more inventory items on a retail display. The method may further include scanning the identification symbols of inventory items on a retail display to determine the type of ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190485 | Automating the process of purchasing a memory upgrade for a computer system One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates purchasing a memory upgrade for a computer system. This system operates by obtaining memory configuration information for the computer system, and then determining a memory upgrade option bas... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185452 | Document processing system and computer readable medium A document processing system includes: an activity storage; a business process narrative storage; a risk storage; a control storage; an information extracting unit; and a document preparing and outputting unit. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170927 | Adaptive critical low level management An adaptive critical low level management system is described. In some embodiments, the system includes a configuration module configured to receive a service level setting and a storage module configured to receive usage information for at least one inventory of at... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170928 | System and method of transferring data through transaction process A transaction process system (10) provides for data transactions between parties. In a credit card transaction, the parties are the merchant (20), acquiring bank (24), card association (34), issuing bank (14), and cardholder (12... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165930 | Crate tool A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing aircraft software parts. A crate containing an aircraft software part is received from a source. Signatures are validated for the crate and the aircraft software part. If the signa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165928 | Managing events within supply chain networks A supply chain network system comprises a site data appliance (SDA) and a Universal Data Appliance Protocol (UDAP) adapter coupled with one or more data source equipments (DSE). The SDA collects specification information comprising event information from the one or ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165929 | Adaptive pharmaceutical product management methods and system Methods and systems for adaptive storage and management of pharmaceutical product containers at a pharmacy are described. Pharmaceutical product containers are managed so that the containers for more-frequently-used pharmaceutical products are stored among plural st... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160940 | Making an availability determination regarding a requested ware Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for making an availability determination regarding a requested ware includes identifying a first request to provide a quantity of a ware at a first date. The method includes recording, in response t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155976 | Automated mailer envelope addressing An envelope for conveying an item from a sender to a recipient and back with a window and unique identifying indicia. The envelope comprises a base panel with a window, a sender address panel, and a recipient address panel. The sender address panel is affixed to the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155990 | Linear-program formulation for optimizing inventory allocation Computer-readable media for determining whether to accept a candidate order from a content provider, or advertiser, to display a particular number of advertisements within a specified time segment are provided. Initially, the content provider may include placement c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145546 | System and method for tracking inventory An inventory-tracking unit associated with a storage unit holding items to be dispensed includes a card reader to read an access card issued to a user and a recorder to record data from items removed from the storage unit. A processor communicates with a sensor in t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145676 | Shared inventory item donation in a virtual universe Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for managing donations of shared inventory items in a virtual universe are disclosed. Embodiments of the method may include receiving a request to make available for donation a shared inventory item list that can be bor... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140398 | Apparatus and methods for inventory, sale, and delivery of digitally transferable goods A system comprises: a) storage and distribution means; b) inventory upload means; c) product information download means; d) order upload means; and e) delivery download means. A method comprises: (a) digitally transferring the goods and pertinent product information... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140411 | Dynamic linking of part items to repair data Providing repair information for a part. A first website may be provided which includes part information. The part information may include at least one of a plurality of possible vehicles and/or a plurality of possible parts. First user input may be received to the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140412 | Network-based supply chain management method An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a storage medium having instructions for a method for facilitating supply chain collaboration in a network environment, said supply chain including an enterprise and at least one supplier. The method includes gener... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135631 | Systems, methods, and software arrangements for improving uniformity of assets within an entity A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a computer arrangement, configures the computer arrangement to perform a new plurality of steps. Those steps include retrieving data from a database. The data is... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135630 | Intelligent fulfillment agents A method for distributed inventory management includes receiving information regarding a number of participants in a value chain and information regarding one or more items relevant in the value chain. The method also includes modeling relationships between two or m... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131604 | Internal routing Methods and apparatus provide for routing goods from a source location to a final destination through an intermediate location. An intermediate warehouse task or transfer order is generated with reference to the movement of the goods to the intermediate location rat... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131606 | Model, design rules and system for asset composition and usage Systems and methods are provided for the management of assets within an enterprise. Management of assets includes the creation of assets, the derivation and lineage of assets and asset composition. In addition, the creation of artifacts by the assets is provided. As... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131605 | Machine having automatic component registration A component registration system for a machine is disclosed. The component registration system has a component located on the machine, a data system remote from the machine, and a controller in communication with the component and the data system. The controller is c... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131603 | Determining, storing, and analyzing product country classifications A method and system for determining, storing, and analyzing product country classifications is disclosed. In one embodiment, a classification for a part is accessed. In addition, a country information database having a list of countries for shipment of the part is a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131588 | Systems and methods wherein a security deposit facilitates a transaction in which a benefit is applied in exchange for performance of a task Methods, computer readable media and systems are described wherein a security deposit is used to facilitate a transaction with a customer. In an embodiment, a process includes receiving an indication that a customer is interested in making a purchase during a transa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131607 | Device and method of planning and managing real-time postal delivery work The present invention relates to a system and method of planning and managing real-time postal delivery work that formulates a delivery plan according to a delivery workload in real time, provides information about the delivery plan, and provides and manages informa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126777 | Systems, method, and computer medium for multi-source transaction processing A system and method for multi-source transaction processing receives order requests from a client system operated by a user. The order requests may include order placements and order inquiries. For example, an order request may be a placement for a computer system a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126755 | Systems and methods for automated parallelization of deployment Systems and methods are provided for creating a distribution plan for one or more products from a source location to a destination location. In one exemplary embodiment, the systems and methods may include defining a parallel processing profile to be associated with... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126784 | Automatically initiating product replenishment A facility for automatically initiating product replenishment is described. The facility receives an indication of an order by a consumer for a first item having a first date, such as the date on which the first item was placed or fulfilled. The facility then determ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121903 | Method and system for balancing stock A method for facilitating and enabling a retailer having original manufacture surplus inventory of a product to sell the inventory to another retailer or to the general consuming public. The method comprises use of a Web site having a first level or portion exclusiv... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121874 | Phase delivery of components of a system required for implementation technology A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for displaying phases of delivery of components of a system by first displaying a pictorial representation of an existing system including a plurality of components. Next, a first set of components are presen... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121909 | Activity inference and reactive feedback Disclosed herein is a method of processing physical information collected from a plurality of sensors and deducing object attributes and actions over a facility. RFID tags are applied to determine position coordinates. A plurality of sensors related to activities or... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121908 | Data collection method and report generation apparatus including an automatch function for generating a report illustrating a field order and associated invoice A system is disclosed for storing and maintaining a plurality of field orders and a corresponding plurality of invoices. This system allows a supplier and a buyer to easily view and obtain copies of one or more of the field orders and their corresponding invoices wh... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121878 | Execution decision support program and device of regulation measures The present invention calculates a predicted accumulative import amount for each chemical substance for each month by using information on a predicted monthly shipping amount and the amount of a chemical substance contained in the product and specifies the chemical ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117078 | Method and program product for event monitoring An event management method, program product and system for monitoring the status of a purchase order involves receiving purchase order information from a user, obtaining timeline information corresponding to the purchase order, receiving information from one or more... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117057 | Retail production guide for store-prepared food items A computer-assisted method of determining and producing quantities of perishable, store-prepared food items that should be displayed for consumer selection and purchase on a daily basis is provided. The method includes collecting daily sales data for the perishable,... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117093 | Systems, applications and products in data processing for expedite orders A system, application and product in data processing is disclosed for processing expedited orders, the method comprising. An existing availability of an order is determined. Expedited processing to the order is allowed above other orders or in advance of the standar... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117094 | Distribution channels and monetizing A system to facilitate royalty tracking is provided. The system includes at least one tag to identify a portion of a creative work. A distribution component tracks the portion of the creative work and a crediting component reports usage of the creative work when the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117092 | Inventory management of components A system for managing inventory of components in a room. The system includes an identification device configured to communicate identification information relating to an associated component, a reader device configured to substantially autonomously receive the ident... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117095 | Apparatus for supporting delivery and redistribution of perishable and time-sensitive goods using a shuffle run Systems and methods provide for tracking, controlling, optimizing, and otherwise managing the delivery of perishable and time-sensitive goods such as newspapers, periodicals and promotional materials to consumers, both subscribers and non-subscribers, and to retail ... | 02/14/2012 |
