Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8032408 | Contract association method and system A contract association method and system. The method includes receiving, by a computing system from a requester, a command for creating a service request. The computing system places restrictions on accessing contracts associated with suppliers. The computing system... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019649 | Method of managing prospective business The present invention reveals the next generation in customer acquisition procedures. LeadMaker™ (“LM”) is a relationship-based system for handling business customers and prospective customers during the period between initial response and follow up by sales. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7979303 | System and method for analyzing an operation of an organization A method for analyzing an operation of an organization, especially in the context of an outsourcing. The method includes decomposing the operation along a value chain containing a plurality of processes, associating a process of the value chain with an element that ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974871 | System and method for reordering meeting agenda items prior to the occurrence of the meeting based upon partial participation by the meeting participants The system and method of the present invention allows a Chair to a meeting to pre-define an agenda in the meeting invitation and to send the meeting invitation to the Invitees/Attendees. The Invitees/Attendees receive the meeting notice to determine whether they can... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953627 | Identifying industry segments with highest potential for new customers or new spending for current customers A method and system are used to identify industry segments with highest potential for new customers or new spending for current customers. This includes receiving data, segregated into each of a plurality of industries, relating to a number of small businesses, cost... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949554 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for calendar-based coverage monitoring Methods, systems, and computer program products for calendar-based coverage monitoring are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving a coverage rule defining multiple covering entities for performing an activity for a covered entity and at leas... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945470 | Facilitating performance of submitted tasks by mobile task performers Techniques are described for facilitating performance of tasks supplied by task requesters, such as by a task exchange server interacting with mobile task performer users available to perform tasks at various geographical locations. Some or all of the tasks may each... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945469 | Providing an electronic marketplace to facilitate human performance of programmatically submitted tasks A method, system, and computer-readable medium is 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. In some situations, the tasks to be performed ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945468 | Notification of employees via pass code accessed web pages Disclosed is an Internet-based database system and method (ASP), that enables school districts and temporary employment agencies to automate the dispatching (24/7) of pre-qualified substitute/temporary personnel to specified school/work site locations for specific a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941336 | Segregation-of-duties analysis apparatus and method A method and user interface for performing and displaying a segregation of duties analysis on an enterprise resource planning system or back office software system displays potential segregation of duty violations using selectable Venn, Euler, or Veitch diagrams. | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930268 | Workflow method, system, and data structure A method, system, and data structure for implementing a workflow. The workflow divides a general work task of an enterprise into activities and associated relationships with respect to participating roles in the workflow. A checklist file is generated for each parti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925527 | Process control system utilizing a database system to monitor a project's progress and enforce a workflow of activities within the project A process control system that automatically monitors processes and performs activities based on conditions detected during monitoring. The information needed to do the monitoring and perform activities is contained in tables in a database system. The process control... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925528 | Estimating and scheduling additional calendar time in preparation for electronically called meetings Method, apparatus, and computer program products for estimating, scheduling, and tracking preparatory work associated with electronic meeting invitations. When a meeting invitation is received and tentatively accepted, preparation time for associated work is estimat... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925529 | Method and meeting scheduler for automated meeting scheduling using delegates, representatives, quorums and teams A method, meeting scheduler and computer program product are provided for automated meeting scheduling using delegates, representatives, quorums, and teams. Meeting settings and invitees data are stored for a meeting. The meeting settings and invitees data includes ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7908163 | Method and system for parallel scheduling of complex dags under uncertainty A methods and systems for addressing parallel scheduling problem where a directed acyclic graph (dag) modeling t tasks and their dependencies needs to be executed on n unreliable workers. The methods and systems determine how workers get assigned to tasks (possibly ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904325 | System and method for complex schedule generation A system and method for generating a schedule for multiple employees in a complex environment. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a schedule for multiple employees with varying skill sets for a time period, wherein the plurality of employees have vary... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904324 | Method and system for assessing schedule performance issues of a project A computer-implemented method and system for assessing schedule performance issues of a project. A Behind Schedule Performance Index (BSPI), an ahead/behind trend graph, a behind schedule report or an ahead of schedule report is generated. The BSPI excludes an ahead... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895070 | Providing multiple views of a business process definition to different users In one embodiment, a method for providing multiple views of a business process definition includes storing a model of a business process, and providing different view points of the model to different classes of users. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895071 | System and method for multi-mission prioritization using cost-based mission scheduling Described is a system for multi-mission scheduling. The system is configured to compile a list of missions, where each mission includes at least one task. Additionally, each mission has a mission value associated with it such that the mission value reflects an order... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885847 | End user oriented workflow approach including structured processing of ad hoc workflows with a collaborative process engine In a structured workflow system, a configurable workflow engine provides mechanisms for executing and scheduling the work items in a defined way. End users use their discretion and define their own “local” processes and “local” rules for processing work item... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885848 | Resource optimization system, method and computer program for business transformation outsourcing with reoptimization on demand Disclosed are a method, a system and a computer program for managing services of human resources. The method comprises the steps of modeling human resources delivery services from a services provider to a client company to determine outputs from inputs and constrain... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881957 | Identifying tasks for task performers based on task subscriptions 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 by an intermediary electronic marketplace or other task fulfillment facil... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877285 | System and method for forecasting demanufacturing requirements Demanufacturing workload is forecast based on anticipated volumes of equipment to be disassembled and/or salvaged, as well as equipment complexity factors determined by disassembly prototyping. Staffing requirements are unique for each customer and are based on the ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877283 | Multi-perspective business process configuration A computer-implemented method for configuring a business process includes configuring a solution map and deriving a pre-configured set of collaborative business scenarios based on the solution map. The pre-configured set of collaborative business scenarios is then c... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877284 | Method and system for developing an accurate skills inventory using data from delivery operations A method and system for obtaining and storing accurate skills data relative to human resource objects of an enterprise. Relevant data is extracted from runtime processes that monitor the activities of the human resource objects and a metric value indicative of a ski... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873533 | Comprehensive employment recruiting communications system with translation facility An employment recruiting communications system selectively employs language translation to support multi-cultural communications. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865388 | Apparatus and method for providing program protection engineering, security management, and report preparation for sensitive and classified projects An apparatus and method using a program protection engineering (P2E) toolkit to provide program protection engineering, security management, and report preparation for sensitive and classified projects. The P2E toolkit is an implementation of security policies, proc... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865387 | Method and system for scheduling a meeting for a set of attendees via a special attendee A group scheduling solution offers an organized and formalized solution to the time management problem in which the desired meeting includes one person who is difficult to schedule. In the inventive approach, a scheduling system is provided in which a hard-to-schedu... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853471 | Instance messaging auto-scheduling A method and system for scheduling a meeting. The method comprises the steps of receiving a request from a participant in an instant message session to schedule a meeting; and running a natural language processing tool to determine meeting participants and available... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853472 | System, program product, and methods for managing contract procurement A system to facilitate contract procurement and contract management through an online contract procurement and management website over a computer network, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an electronic contracting network ser... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849052 | Electronic document manager A system and method for managing electronic files and tasks in a way that is intuitive to the users, mimicking their environment, but “Process-Blind’. The system and method comprise a configurable structure that facilitates the accurate filing and subsequent loc... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844481 | Internet package shipping systems and methods A system and methods for shipping a package (12) from a package sender (16) to an intended recipient (18), utilizing Internet communications (30) to place shipping orders, request on demand package pickup, maintain and utilize prestored p... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840435 | Effective security scheduler The present invention provides a system and process for creating an effective work schedule for a security checkpoint. The process includes the step of analyzing passenger flow to determine the coverage needed to sustain required service levels, generally through si... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840434 | Methods and systems for assigning multiple tasks Methods and systems are disclosed for assigning multiple tasks to a technician. One method allows a user to interface with an Integrated Dispatch System and assign multiple tasks to at least one technician. Each task describes a repair of a telecommunications networ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831460 | Expatriate associate selection process The present invention is an expatriate associate selection process that uses standardized motivational, behavioral, cultural, and technical assessments as the basis for the selection process. Associates who may be appropriate candidates for international assignments... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818197 | Schedule management apparatus, schedule management method and program A context estimation rule is applied to spare time on a user's schedule, and contexts are estimated. On the basis of a task template, an input task is divided into plural subtasks. A task recommendation rule for recommending tasks to do from the relation between con... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818196 | Real time estimation of rolling averages of cumulative data The present invention is directed to techniques for determining a value of a cumulative datum during a selected time interval. The disclosed method and system for collecting contact center data includes a plurality of agent and work item queues and a workflow server... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818198 | Autonomic time management calendar system A method, system, and computer program product for autonomically managing a meeting calendar. An Autonomic Meeting Scheduling (AMS) utility detects a set of pre-scheduling data. The AMS utility generates an optimal meeting schedule based upon the set of pre-scheduli... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813950 | Location and time sensitive wireless calendaring A computer-implemented method provides location-sensitive and time-sensitive calendaring to a wireless device, such as a cell phone, pager, PDA, etc. A user's calendar is maintained with a number of appointments, start times and end times for the appointments, meeti... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809598 | Computer-implemented method, tool, and program product for scheduling an information technology (IT) migration The present invention provides a computer-implemented method, tool, and program product for scheduling an IT migration. Specifically, under the present invention, migration information for the IT migration is received in an electronic database. A schedule to perform... | 10/05/2010 |
