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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8086485 | Method, algorithm, and computer program for optimizing the performance of messages including advertisements in an interactive measurable medium Method, procedure, algorithm, system, and computer program for improving and attempting to optimize the performance of messaging campaigns, particularly to marketing campaigns in which advertisements or other messages are distributed over an interactive measurable m... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069080 | Methods for generating healthcare provider quality and cost rating data A method for generating healthcare provider quality rating data includes grouping claim records into one or more claim groups, assigning each claim group to a responsible provider, assessing the claim records in each claim group using guidelines for the particular d... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055532 | Most informative thresholding of heterogeneous data A method of thresholding of a database of customer purchasing history using a computer, includes providing a customer purchase history database including data regarding customer satisfaction, awareness of vendor brands, previous purchasing history, and size of custo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8027871 | Systems and methods for scoring sales leads A client transmits one or more lead records to a lead enhancement module that is configured to enhance the received lead records and return enhanced lead records to the client. The lead enhancement module may return a contactability score for each lead record, indic... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024221 | System and method for delivering payloads such as ads A data structure defines a target profile for each ad which target profile specifies characteristics of a request to which the ad may be provided in response. An ad server delivers one or more of the plurality of payloads in response to a request from a target. A pa... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024219 | Systems and methods for planning demand for a configurable product in a managed supply chain Methods and systems are provided for planning demand for a configurable product in a managed supply chain. In one implement, a method is provided in which the configurable product has a product dependent characteristic and a product independent characteristic. A dat... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010404 | Systems and methods for price and promotion response analysis A system and method for price and promotion response analysis is provided. Such a system is useful for a business to analyze the forecasted lifts associated with changes in price and promotion activity. The system sets the configuration of the response report, which... | 08/30/2011 |
| RE42663 | Predictive modeling of consumer financial behavior using supervised segmentation and nearest-neighbor matching Predictive modeling of consumer financial behavior, including determination of likely responses to particular marketing efforts, is provided by application of consumer transaction data to predictive models associated with merchant segments, which are derived from th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005711 | Method and system for simultaneous data collection and analysis of multiple attribute ratings A display system and method for collecting respondent ratings of a concept on multiple attributes simultaneously, and using the same display mechanism for analysis of collected multi-attribute data. A graphical user interface presents concepts and instructions of a ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005712 | System and method for large scale survey analysis Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing large scale survey results comprising obtaining a sparse data set representing a subset of an original data set comprising a plurality of individuals' responses to a plurality of questions, wherein the sparse data set compri... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996256 | Predicting shopper traffic at a retail store Mathematical models for predicting shopper traffic at a shopper region useful for developing inter alia a metric for measuring impressions to in-store advertising. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996255 | System and method for providing sales leads based on-demand software trial usage Business management methods for on-demand trial based marketing and sales are introduced. Using on-demand trial technology, usage metrics can be automatically generated by tracking the usage of specific products and corresponding duration. Usage metrics and other da... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991800 | Object oriented system and method for optimizing the execution of marketing segmentations The present invention involves a computer system and method which implements a marketing management system. The computer comprises a processor, at least one database containing marketing information, and a database segmentation manager the segmentation manager is co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991639 | Determining readiness of an organization to utilize an information technology asset The present invention provides a solution that determines the readiness of a target organization to utilize an IT asset. Specifically, under the present invention, baseline criteria for determining the readiness of the target organization to utilize the IT asset are... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991640 | Method and apparatus for evaluating visitors to a web server Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983925 | Efficient computation method for determining house price indices The present invention relates to an efficient computer implemented method and system for generating a home price index based on a repeat sales model by calculating the time-dimension frequency matrices (X′X and X′Ω−1X) and price change matrices (X... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979314 | Method and apparatus for obtaining consumer product preferences through interactive product selection and evaluation A method and system for obtaining consumer preferences over a communication network from consumers. The system searches the product database for products or services based on consumer's search criteria. The system displays the products or services and/or advertiseme... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979305 | Method of assisting a sales representative in selling A computer implemented method of providing feedback to a sales representative for a sales opportunity to a customer, comprising: determining, in dependence on information received from the sales representative, a probability that the sales opportunity will result in... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979304 | Method of mapping dynamic market conditions to global manufacturing site analysis A system and method for automatically simulating the affect of a plurality of factors on the cost of goods sold (COGS) resulting from changes in the allocation of goods to be sold in a plurality of predetermined markets. A predetermined plurality of markets are defi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974978 | System and method for graph indexing Techniques for graph indexing are provided. In one aspect, a method for indexing graphs in a database, the graphs comprising graphic data, comprises the following steps. Frequent subgraphs among one or more of the graphs in the database are identified, the frequent ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974873 | Just in time pickup or receipt of goods or services by a mobile user Embodiments are directed towards dynamically determining a merchant to provide just in time (JIT) goods/services/appointments to a mobile customer by seeking to minimize the mobile customer's wait time or optimizing another parameter. A registered user may place an ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974872 | System and method for assisting consideration of selection including obtaining degree-of-necessity of a question from answer data A system (and method) assists consideration of selection that recommends selection candidates to a considerer who is considering selection in a certain field in order to assist determination of selection with which the considerer is satisfied. A question concerning ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970642 | Computer based system to generate data for implementing regional and metropolitan economic, land use and transportation planning The present invention comprises a method for forecasting future economic conditions, land utilization and transportation network utilization and performance of a metropolitan area having a plurality of economic zones, the method includes the steps of: a) receiving a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966226 | Method and system for purchase-based segmentation A method and system for purchased-based segmentation of potential customers employs the use of actual, observed purchases instead of presumptions and correlations to improve the accuracy of segmentation and involves collecting empirical data for a client on actual p... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966211 | Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain includes calculating a demand stock for satisfying a demand over supply lead time at the node of the supply chain, and calculating a demand variability stock for satisfying a demand variability of the dema... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962359 | Method and system for collecting and disseminating survey data over the internet A system and method for collecting and disseminating survey information wherein a verification procedure is performed to determine actual ownership of the product by the respondent being surveyed on that product. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962360 | Voice responsive telephone assistant having network upgrade capability A mobile telephone system device having an electronic assistant component is disclosed. The device includes a first software module configured to provide a first operating feature to a user of the mobile telephone system and a second software module that includes a ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962511 | Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets A statistical patent rating method and system is provided for independently assessing the relative breadth (“B”), defensibility (“D”) and commercial relevance (“R”) of individual patent assets and other intangible intellectual property assets. The invent... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962363 | Online media exchange A data processing system enables a network of interconnected public access computers (250) to act as a continuous transactional exchange for electronic advertising. The system customizes paid advertising, enabling dynamic pricing and price discovery. The syst... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958004 | Methods for supply chain management According to various embodiments, the present teachings include inventory control policies that are defined in terms of functions of aggregate cost rates, involving thresholds Ω and an order-up-to point S. An embodiment of the present teachings includes a method. T... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949555 | Tariff generation, invoicing and contract management A computer-implemented method of supplying a tariff to a tariff recipient, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving one or more cost curves from one or more suppliers, each cost curve being indicative of variations in the cost of a product or service expecte... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945471 | Monitoring system communication system and method An electronic communication system and method that permits an environmental equipment system installer to install equipment without the need to run a data line such as a telephone line or other specialized data line thereby decreasing the cost and time required for ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945472 | Business management tool The present invention includes a business management tool that is configured to receive and process both first and second data sources for planning, performance and forecasting purposes. The business management tool of the present invention is further configured to ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945555 | Method for categorizing content published on internet The present invention provides method and system for categorizing a content published on Internet. The method comprising gathering one or more feeds associated with the content. The method further comprises extracting contextual information from the one or more feed... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945473 | System for individualized customer interaction A method and system for using individualized customer models when operating a retail establishment is provided. The individualized customer models may be generated using statistical analysis of transaction data for the customer, thereby generating sub-models and att... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937286 | System and method for analyzing marketing efforts The present invention relates to a method and system for evaluating the cause and effect of advertising and marketing programs using card transaction data. In one embodiment, access is provided to voluminous card-holder transaction data detailing accurate-to-the-pen... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937285 | Remote collaborative control and direction A collaborative online tele-operation system allows an audience of many participants to simultaneously share control of a single remote actor, such that the actions of the actor are based on the ongoing collective preferences of the audience. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937391 | Consumer product review system using a comparison chart A system for presenting keywords obtained from users in a review process. The keywords are displayed along with a use value that reflects the number of times users have voted or selected the keyword as being relevant or effective in a review of a product. The keywor... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937287 | Meeting effectiveness program optimization A method and system of developing an event designed to appeal to prospective attendees associated with an event-owner. First and second different events are defined as a function of modeled values and defined attributes having values corresponding to collected prefe... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933795 | Collaborative organization analysis An apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency, a method for evaluation service of organization efficiency, an apparatus for generating communication frequencies, a method for generating communication frequencies, and programs and recording media of the same, q... | 04/26/2011 |
