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| 8165914 | Method of determining inventory levels A computer-readable medium executing a method of determining desired stock levels is provided. Demand histories, including peak demands, for each of a plurality of items are determined. The items are ranked, based on unit price, to produce a ranked list, which is di... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8135612 | Automated help ticket assignment system Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for automating the assignment of digital help-desk requests. An embodiment of the invention includes a request analyzer module which analyzes the content of the digital help-desk request, a task load... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131584 | Gateway balancing A gateway balancing module for balancing shipments of a plurality of containers between a plurality of associated gateways includes a determine demand subcomponent, a calculate containers subcomponent, a determine capacity subcomponent, and a generate balance recomm... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8041599 | Method, system, and program product for selecting a brokering method for obtaining desired service level characteristics Under the present invention, a set (e.g., one or more) of requests (e.g., from a single bidder or multiple bidders) for an elemental bidding resource (EBR) is received. Market conditions for the EBR are evaluated from historical data. It is then determined whether a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041600 | Application of brokering methods to performance characteristics This application describes an application of resource unit brokering algorithms, chip management methods for automated brokering, chip management methods for live brokering, and chip allocation methods to the brokering of performance characteristics of service level... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032407 | Application of brokering methods to scalability characteristics This application describes an application of resource unit brokering algorithms, chip management methods for automated brokering, chip management methods for live brokering, and chip allocation methods to the brokering of scalability characteristics of service level... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027861 | Systems and methods for shared task management A task management system is disclosed for providing shared task management among a variety of users and allows users to create and share task-lists and tasks. Users can invite others to join task-lists and can assign responsibility for tasks to other users. In vario... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024208 | Shipping planning system The shipping planning system stores price/quantity relationship data for products in advance, calculates additional variable cost for shipping quantity for each product based on available resource and inventory, procured resource amount, procurement lead time, and a... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8005710 | Methods and systems for caching and synchronizing project data Methods and systems are provided for intelligently managing project data in a project management application. According to various aspects of the invention, project management data may be loaded and saved to a local cache of a client computer, such as a hard disk ca... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000991 | Enabling pervasive execution of workflows To allow workflow execution on a plurality of local devices such as in a pervasive environment in a decentralized manner, the present application proposes a method and architecture for executing a workflow on a device, the workflow comprising one or more task activi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7974849 | Detecting and modeling temporal computer activity patterns A method is described with which to detect and model a person's temporal activity patterns from a record of the persons computer activity or online presence. The method is both predictive and descriptive of temporal features and is constructed with a minimal amount ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970771 | Method and system for tracking objects associated with an activity An object tracking module establishes relationships between different types of data objects associated with application programs while a particular activity occurs. Contextual information associated with the data objects and the activity is collected to establish th... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966214 | Method for considering hierarchical preemptive demand priorities in a supply chain optimization model The invention comprises a method for achieving consideration of preemptive priorities within a supply chain optimization model. More specifically, the invention provides a method of allocating resources to a hierarchy of demand priorities in a linear programming pro... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962358 | Integrated project and staffing management A system and method for integrated resource and project planning are provided. A system for project forecast and resource forecast management integration includes a web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) including an input component and a display component; wherei... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962377 | Computer program product for purchase order processing A method of processing a purchase order is disclosed. The method includes receiving an electronic purchase order in a current one of a plurality of order periods for a designated delivery period, accessing a budget allocation corresponding to said delivery period, a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962371 | Commodity presenting method and system therefor A merchandise presentation method includes: a step of preparing a standard value relating to work data, which specifies work performed by a user; a step of obtaining actual work data, which specifies the work actually performed by each user with respect to the work;... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958003 | Method and system for work scheduling on calendars to establish day state information A method of and system for handling allocation of task work to resources with flexibly configured availability contours (work calendars) is disclosed. The method includes defining one or more base calendars, a resource calendar associated with each resource, wherein... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7937284 | Method and system for managing time-based organization hierarchies A method, system, and article of manufacture for defining and managing time-based organization hierarchies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a user interface, including a plurality of user interface displays configured to receive a user input to define and/or... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937655 | Workflows with associated processes Workflows are used to automate processes. When a first workflow is performed, it may invoke a set of one or more nested workflows, workflows in other applications or services in other applications. The first workflow can be configured to pause and wait for the invok... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937414 | Fiber splice assignment and management system Fiber splice assignment and management systems are provided that include a database, assignment logic, and completion logic. The database can typically store a fiber splice record associated with a wirecenter. The assignment logic assigns a fiber splice record assoc... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933793 | Constraint-based production planning and scheduling The present invention is a constraint-based planning tool that specifically addresses the needs of complex discrete and process industries by providing a computationally efficient method and system for fulfillment of customer orders in a supply chain. By comprehensi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930201 | EDP portal cross-process integrated view A method for project development within an enterprise. The method can consist of gathering project related information from different sources and using the information to create reports. The reports can include information from more than one source. The information ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930202 | Determining a change schedule A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for determining a change schedule having multiple approvers with scheduling constraints. The constraints associated with each approver are analyzed to identify a set of candidate change schedules for each time p... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925525 | Smart reminders Systems and methods for scheduling appointment reminders are based on multiple conditions including estimated travel time. An estimate of the time needed to travel between the user's location and the location of the appointment can be determined by retrieving locati... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925526 | Production management system and associated warning process A production unit for which a schedule of tasks is to be accomplished is prepared and stored in a central management device. The unit includes individual electronic devices, control stations, and a network linking the individual electronic devices and the control st... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921027 | Constraint-based production planning and scheduling The present invention is a constraint-based planning tool that specifically addresses the needs of complex discrete and process industries by providing a computationally efficient method and system for fulfillment of customer orders in a supply chain. By comprehensi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912746 | Method and system for analyzing schedule trends A method for determining a variance trend in schedule data includes retrieving schedule data comprising a task description of a task and a plurality of milestones associated with the task including a baseline milestone associated with a baseline deadline, a first up... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908162 | Method of delegating activity in service oriented architectures using continuations A computer implemented method of delegating activities in a service oriented architecture of distributed computing systems. An activity specification is defined. The activity specification contains a set of service invocations. The activity specification is transfor... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904323 | Multi-team immersive integrated collaboration workspace A collaborate workspace offers a set of integrated components. Within a project, users may view avatars representing other team members, view the current schedule, add or change meetings, update documents, complete deliverables, and interact with team members around... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904481 | Workforce management system A system and method for collecting work volume data where a work process is modeled into work queues. A link is created between one of the modeled work queues and an implied work queue. Upon the receipt of a first work event, information is updated that is associate... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899696 | Application of brokering methods to recoverability characteristics This application describes an application of resource unit brokering algorithms, chip management methods for automated brokering, chip management methods for live brokering, and chip allocation methods to the brokering of recoverability characteristics of service le... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899697 | Application of brokering methods to security characteristics This application describes an application of resource unit brokering algorithms, chip management methods for automated brokering, chip management methods for live brokering, and chip allocation methods to the brokering of security characteristics of service level ma... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895069 | System and method for implementing database concurrency for allowing multiple agents to coordinate execution of tasks in a cluster A system, computer-implementable method, and computer-readable medium for processing a collection of work items in a data processing system. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an agent monitor assembles a work items list that includes a co... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895240 | Systems and methods for managing information A method for managing information is described. The method includes generating a first database in a first memory device, storing, by an administrator via a server system, a plurality of questions in the first database, where the plurality of questions relate to pro... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885844 | Automatically generating task recommendations for human task performers Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between task requesters who have tasks that are available to be performed and task performers who are available to perform tasks, such as via an electronic marketplace acting as an intermediary for task performa... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885846 | Method and system for planning of services workforce staffing using hiring, contracting and cross-training A method and system for workforce planning in one aspect provide an optimization model that produce, based on the availability profile and the demand profile of skill types, a workforce plan recommending a combination of actions. The combination of actions may inclu... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885843 | Computer-implemented decision support system and method The invention concerns a computer-implemented decision support system and method, that determines the availability of work items and areas of responsibility, determines the feasibility of completing the work item tasks based on the determined availability of work it... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885845 | Method and system for biasing suggested rooms and/or resource search results based on user behavior related to rescheduling and/or cancelling existing reservations A system for biasing suggested room and/or resource search results based on user behavior related to rescheduling and/or canceling existing resource reservations. The system uses historical data, statistical analysis, and heuristics to generate suggestions as to whi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877282 | System and method for a planner A planning system and method is disclosed. The planning system includes at least one business rule remote from at least one client, a meeting editor, and at least one tracker communicately connected to the meeting editor, wherein the at least one tracker tracks at l... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873617 | Device and method for coordinating a machine fleet A device for coordinating a machine fleet includes a memory for storing a large number of data records, an interface for communicating with several users who are capable of making changes to the data records, in the case of which each data record represents a given ... | 01/18/2011 |
