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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190535 | Method of manufacturing an information handling system A method of manufacturing an information handling system having at least one hardware component, e.g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (component ID) in software-readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (system trackcode) which def... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185429 | System and method of making sales calls A database navigation system simplifies the navigation and use of sales target information in a database. The salesperson, i.e., the user, begins navigating and using the database by logging into the secured system using a computer. Once logged in, the system displa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8161056 | Database constructing apparatus and method In a music information database, music information where music pieces and impression words representing impressions of the music pieces and usable as search words when any of the music pieces is to be searched for is registered for a plurality of music pieces. Infor... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156453 | Method and system identifying and locating IP blocks and block suppliers for an electronic design An improved approach for locating and identifying IP for an electronic design is described. The present approach addresses the situation in which an IP catalog does not contain any IP which matches the exact requirements of an electronic design for which the IP is t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140410 | Method, system, and program for translating and interfacing between data pools and product information management (PIM) systems Provided are a method, system, and program for translating and interfacing between data pools and product information management (PIM) systems. An element mapping is generated for each of a plurality of data pools mapping user elements and attributes to the data poo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8103552 | Dynamic content configuration for microbrowsers by state, resource allocation and user preferences A microbrowser allows a user to configure types of objects to be blocked from download by providing a web page content web server with a set of non-advertisement web objects for a web page, the web page containing at least one inclusion method to one or more adverti... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095476 | Automated support scheme for electronic forms Actions associated with entering information into different fields of an electronic form are monitored. The types of support provided for entering the information into the different fields can be dynamically varied according to monitored user actions or according to... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8073788 | Analysis of powder metal production of a component A method of calculating the cost saving for producing a metallic component by the use of a powder metal process is provided. The method includes the steps of analyzing the current production method of the component, usually machining, to determine the current unit c... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8015123 | Method and system for interacting with a user in an experiential environment Methods and systems for providing lyric information for a song within an audio signal. This may be done, for example, to allow a user to sing along with a song the user hears on a radio. To provide the lyric information, an interactive service may be accessed. A sam... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010402 | Method for augmenting transaction data with visually extracted demographics of people using computer vision The present invention is a system and framework for augmenting any retail transaction system with information about the involved customers. This invention provides a method to combine the transaction data records and a customer or a group of customers with the autom... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991624 | Method and system for the requesting receipt and exchange of information A method of obtaining information in a specific area from at least two persons having a defined level of knowledge in that specific area. A host, upon receiving a question for information, operates a web site platform for the exchange of information using the web si... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7953673 | Multiple interest matchmaking in personal business networks The present invention can increase the odds of choosing the right people for a team by considering their “rate of interest/knowledge” in multiple topics. Given a known contacts network, represented by nodes interconnected by links, several different sub-networks... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941427 | Dynamically managing computer resources based on valuations of work items being processed A computer-implemented method, system and computer product including a scheduling manager residing in memory; whereby the scheduling manager dynamically manages access of additional computer resources to be applied to work items of a program based on their valuation... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925594 | System and method for providing framework for business process improvement A method for developing a process roadmap for a business system is disclosed. The method includes identifying a business process and determining business goals and key process metrics for the business process. The method further includes measuring process maturity l... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904395 | Consumer rating and customer service based thereon within a virtual universe The present invention is directed to providing consumer ratings and customer service based thereon within a virtual universe. A method for providing a consumer rating and customer service within a virtual universe includes: determining a consumer habit(s) of a custo... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899759 | Obtaining reliable information about a seller's practices A system for obtaining reliable information about sellers is disclosed. According to an example technique described herein, input that indicates identifying information is received from a user. The identifying information might comprise a company name, a telephone n... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882044 | Method of manufacturing an information handling system A method of manufacturing an information handling system having at least one hardware component, e.g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (component ID) in software-readable form. The method includes generating a digital identifier (system trackcode) which defi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7860808 | System and method for hybrid conservation of fossil fuel A system and method that optimizes use of renewable energy sources using modern satellites and telemetry to reduce the impact of renewable energy limitations. Location data corresponding to the device is retrieved using GPS technology and a GPS receiver which is loc... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7778942 | Apparatus for supporting sales of product A transmissive display unit that displays thereon product information on a product displayed in a showcase unit. A control unit controls a display of the product information on the transmissive display unit and a sales processing of the product, with an interactive ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7752146 | Service-queue-management and production-management system and method System and method for integrating multiple customer ordering channels into a single service queue to obtain goods or services from a provider includes enabling customers to request service for goods or services from the provider using multiple ordering channels, and... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7716143 | Offering sewing patterns over a public network The invention is directed at systems and methods for offering sewing patterns over a public network. Briefly stated, sewing patterns are delivered as tiled patterns over the public network and printed at a local computing device for assembly by a customer. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7617162 | Real time push notification in an event driven network Disclosed herein is a method and system for matching attributes across an event driven network of user applications at the instance of a change in the attribute profiles of a user application. Each user application in the network has a set of one or more updatable a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7617161 | Vehicle appraisal assisting robot and vehicle appraisal system using the robot A vehicle appraisal assisting robot (1) includes an information acquisition unit (12) for acquiring basic information required for appraisal of a client vehicle (7), an image taking unit (13) for taking an image of a portion of the vehicl... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7617160 | Choice-based relationship system (CRS) A method and apparatus for building relationship opportunities for event participants with similar interests before, during and after the event are disclosed. The method includes creating a profile of a first user registered for an event, the profile includes terms ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7577622 | Method, apparatus and medium for data management collaboration in the transport of goods A collaboration method and apparatus, is provided for the management of transactions and data, in a networked computing environment, between carriers and shippers in the transport of goods. In one aspect, an improved technique is provided, which reduces, or eliminat... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7565332 | Method and system for providing a widget usable in affiliate marketing A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget are described. The method and system include rendering the widget on a site. The widget dynamically displays multimedia content associated with a campaign. The widget is also embeddable, copyable, and a... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7519562 | Automatic identification of unreliable user ratings Techniques are described for enhancing the reliability of information received from users in various ways, such as by analyzing votes or other ratings supplied by a user in order to identify fraudulent and other unreliable ratings. Such analysis may be based at leas... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7509294 | Synthesis subband filter for MPEG audio decoder and a decoding method thereof A synthesis filter for an MPEG audio decoder, and a decoding method thereof. The synthesis filter for an MPEG audio decoder includes a butterfly computation part which performs a butterfly computation with respect to an input MPEG audio subband sample by a predeterm... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7478071 | Method and apparatus for determining and assessing information to be collected based on information-theoretic measures A method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining and assessing information for collection from information sources for a desired level of decision accuracy are presented. Operations include: receiving a partial set of information; performing a minim... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7457784 | Contents management apparatus, contents management system, contents management method, computer product, and contents data A contents management apparatus that manages contents including a plurality of contents elements representing information to be provided to a user includes a contents request acquiring unit that acquires contents request information from the user, a contents element... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7440871 | Method and system for tracking and reporting emissions The present invention relates to methods and systems of tracking enterprise gas emissions such as greenhouse gas emissions. The systems and methods relate to collecting or entering data relating to one or more emissions source of an enterprise or an enterprise locat... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7409351 | Method and system for splitting an order in a flexible order transaction system A method and system for splitting an order in a flexible order transaction system where yield, scrap, and work-in-process (WIP) are calculated for reporting points in the parent order process and certain yield, scrap, and/or work-in-process units are transferred fro... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403927 | Method of manufacturing an item of build-to-order equipment A method of manufacturing a build-to-order PC system unit having at least one hardware component, e.g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (“component ID”) in software readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (“system trackcode... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379923 | Benchmarking of computer and network support services A process and computer program product for adjusting a price derived from a benchmark computer service model to a price of a computer service contract, or vice versa. Differences in service between the benchmark computer service model and the computer service contra... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363238 | Method and system for cost integration in a flexible order transaction system A method and system for integrating cost when an order is changed and the order is currently in production using a flexible order transaction system involving the detailed mapping of the costs to the yield and scrap that are transferred as a result of the change in ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353144 | Method for determining a set of materials A computer-implemented method includes determining a set of materials for constructing a wood frame building, comprising selecting a plurality of parameters for the wood frame building, accessing a database having information about a set of raw and finished goods, d... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349870 | Method for the resale of vehicles A method and apparatus for the resale of vehicles includes a server communicating over the Internet to a dealer computer and an auction computer. The server stores data corresponding to a schedule of auctions for resale of vehicles. The server provides access to its... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336947 | Method for providing software in radio-based cellular communication networks, and a communication network for implementing the method Software is provided in a radio-based cellular communication networks by a subscriber station, which is checked into a cell and which contains software that can be provided. The subscriber station notifies a storage device of the cell that the software is available ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322474 | Interactive product selection system The present invention involves an interactive selection system for a consumer product that improves the consumer's ability to quickly sort through numerous criteria in a complex decision making process and determine whether that particular consumer product is approp... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324953 | Demographic information database processor An apparatus and method for collecting and analyzing demographic information for consumer preference information. The system includes a computer database system adapted to accept and store product information and demographic information, and an open participation sy... | 01/29/2008 |
