Did You Know...
...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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 8112326 | Inventory management tracking control system An inventory management tracking control system includes a first event processor operative to receive a video data signal from at least one video capturing device, the video data signal including an archive attribute signal, relating an item being tracked; reader ci... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108270 | Method and system for product layout display using assortment groups A system, method and program product are provided for determining a product layout for a group of stores. An assortment is defined as a group of stores. An assortment version is defined by assigning a first product to the assortment for a time period, thereby determ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108271 | Method and apparatus for lower of cost or market value monitoring and notification A method and apparatus for lower of cost or market value monitoring includes a process for lower of cost or market value monitoring and notification whereby data representing the identification and purchase price of an inventory item is obtained and the market value... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108263 | Method, system, and computer readable medium for grouping orders and creating short orders A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for grouping orders. One or more original orders are received. The one or more original orders are grouped using grouping rules to form a set of grouped orders. Upon determining that the set of g... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108269 | Systems and methods for managing product returns using decision codes Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a product return. The systems and methods may capture a disposition decision for the product return in a first management system and trigger, in response to the captured disposition decision, at least one process in a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103560 | Inventory management system, inventory management method and computer-readable recording medium A market-demand-forecasting-value calculation section acquires order entry actual achievement data from an order-entry-actual-achievement-data storing unit of an order receiving system, and calculates a market demand forecasting value using the order entry actual ac... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103559 | Maintenance of group shared inventories in a virtual universe Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for maintenance of group shared inventories in a virtual universe are disclosed. Embodiments of the method may include receiving usage information for one or more inventory items each shared by a group having a pluralit... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099338 | Management of virtual universe item returns The present invention relates to relates to the management of virtual universe item returns. A method for in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: initiating a return of a item by a user in a virtual universe; granting control of the retur... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099336 | Component inventory management A component management system can comprise one or more software tools that streamline creation and adjustment of documents that indicate parts stocking requirements for manufacturing assets. The manufacturing assets may comprise machines, sub-assemblies, and the lik... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099337 | Replenishment planning management A computer-implemented method of managing stock levels includes obtaining target-location-dependent information pertaining to a location product in an order management system using order proposals for management of the stock levels. The location product may not be i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099339 | Systems and methods for pharmacy inventory management Systems and methods for tracking prescription drug inventory of a pharmacy at a switch. Embodiments of the invention include receiving, at a switch, a prescription claim transaction from a pharmacy system, where the prescription claim transaction indicates an amount... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099335 | Method and system for determining billing information in a tag fabrication process A method for determining billing information for a tag application process for billing a customer using the tag application process, includes the steps of determining a cost component of said tag fabrication process and determining billing information in accordance ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095435 | Method to effectuate point of use control and accountability of monitored articles The method and system for a material cabinet for use in cooperation with a plurality of articles stored in the material cabinet is disclosed. Each of the plurality of articles having a radio frequency identification tag attached thereto is connected through at least... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095407 | System and method for service parts planning in a multi-echelon network Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a multi-echelon network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a locat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095433 | Method and computer storage medium for ordering a replacement kit to build superseded parts The present invention provides a system and method for identifying replacement parts. Replacement parts may be identified although they do not correlate to obsolete parts on a one-to-one basis. Both replaced parts and their substitutes may be tracked by, for example... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090632 | Providing a package identifier A package identifier for a package having at least one sub-package is generated. A package identifier generating function is performed on at least one sub-package identifier of the at least one sub-package to generate the package identifier. In addition, the generat... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090630 | Planning a supply of items to a first location associated with a supply chain from one or more second locations associated with the supply chain One embodiment includes a computer-implemented system for planning a supply of items to a first location associated with a supply chain from one or more second locations associated with the supply chain. The system accesses a logical representation of the supply cha... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090626 | Item substitution for unavailable items relating to a customer order A technique is disclosed for automatically implementing item substitutions for unavailable items in a customer order. According to one embodiment, line item orders from selected customer orders may be aggregated and processed for substitution analysis. Substitutions... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090631 | Managing a material batch Inventory may be managed by affixing to material batches respective documentary batch numbers that are associated with the material batches in a computer system. The material batches may be placed as inventory in a warehouse. The documentary batch number of any of t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086506 | Network-based supply chain management method An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to 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 generating and transmitting an unconstrained f... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082191 | Egg code management method and egg search code management system An egg search code, that can be used for accurately searching history information of an egg using a number of digits printable on the egg, is assigned to the egg, and the history information of the egg can be accurately identified based on the egg search code assign... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082192 | Automated pass-through surgical instrument tray reader An apparatus and method for interrogating and automatically identifying a radio-frequency tagged surgical instrument tray and its contents of RFID-tagged surgical instruments are disclosed. The surgical instrument tray and its contents come into contact with an RF s... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082255 | Branding digital content A process for creating a melded visual image to accompany a delivery of digital content. The melded image including at least a digital image associated with the digital content and a first placement image. The first placement image selected for delivery with the dig... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082183 | Optimizing a business transaction between a selling vendor and a shipping vendor A method is disclosed for optimizing a business transaction between a selling vendor and a shipping vendor. The method includes receiving a query from a selling vendor. The query includes customer order data. The method also includes identifying at least one possibl... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082190 | Method for tracking components in a utility meter A method of assembling a utility meter having a plurality of components on a subassembly is disclosed herein. The method comprises associating an identification code, such as a barcode, with the subassembly and then entering the barcode associated with the subassemb... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073748 | Inventory management method and program product A management server for managing inventory of articles and a terminal device for inquiring the condition of inventory are provided. The management server is provided with an inventory database and a database control portion for controlling input and output of data t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069097 | Media inventory service One embodiment relates to a computer-implemented media inventory service that includes instructions for performing a method. The method can include selectively extracting inventory data from at least one media management system based on an agency identifier that def... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069098 | Input device for allowing interface to a web site in association with a unique input code An input device for allowing interface to a web site in association with a unique input code. A method for interconnecting a first location on a global communication network with a second location thereon is disclosed. An input device is provided at the first locati... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065203 | Computer-implemented systems and methods for product attribute estimations Systems and methods for providing estimations for a product for purchase at a plurality of stores. Groups of stores are generated based upon similarity of store demand data. For each group, a distribution is determined with respect to the attribute of the product. T... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060416 | Method and system for providing advertising inventory information in response to demographic inquiries The present invention relates to a method and system for providing advertising inventory information. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing advertising inventory information in response to demographic inquiries. In an ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055522 | Method, system, and storage medium for facilitating excess inventory utilization in a manufacturing environment A method and storage medium for utilizing excess inventory of parts that are used in end products and having part identifiers are provided. The method includes identifying an excess inventory of parts including part identifiers and a quantity associated with each pa... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055554 | Inventory storage and retrieval system and method with guidance for load-handling vehicle An inventory storage and retrieval system and method are provided for a shipping or storage facility. In an embodiment, the system includes: (a) a mobile computer and radio on a load-handing vehicle; (b) sensors on the vehicle to determine the ground location and or... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050985 | Method and process for planning replenishment of products in a distribution system Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for planning replenishment of products in a distribution system. A first key figure associated to a first product and a second key figure associated to a second product are collected, the first product and ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046275 | Synchronizing an allocation table with a procurement system A system and method for synchronizing an allocation table with a purchase order in a computerized system. The method comprises generating a purchase order having purchase order data, and using the purchase order data in the purchase order to generate an allocation t... | 10/25/2011 |
