DATA IN-DATA OUT PATENTS, 2007
January 2, 2007Total 705 Class patents issued: 20
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 1
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Marketing Communication and Transaction/Distribution Services Platform for Building and Managing Personalized Customer Relationships; US 7,158,943 B2; January 2, 2007; Class 705/14; 6 claims / A plethora of data on customers, their purchases both on-line and off-line, and marketing programs / Performance indicators indicating the effectiveness of marketing programs
January 9, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 34
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 6
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Structure and Method of Modeling Integrated Business and Information Technology Frameworks and Architecture in Support of a Business; US 7,162,427 B1; January 9, 2007; Class 705/1; 11 claims; assigned to Electronic Data Systems Corporation / The entities of a business and their existing information technology status / The overall architecture of a business, its current information technology framework, and its future information technology needs
Educational Institution Selection System and Method; US 7,162,431 B2; January 9, 2007; Class 705/1; 14 claims; assigned to Turning Point for Life, Inc. / User selection criteria for an educational institution; user grade point average and standardize test score; admission selectivity of educational institutions / List of recommended schools
Method of Providing Gardening/Agricultural Information; US 7,162,438 B1; January 9, 2007; Class 705/26; 7 claims; assigned to Gardening 123.com, Inc. / Geographic region of a property; inventory of plants on the property / Periodic instructions for performing maintenance activities for the plants for a predetermined period
Method and System for Buying and Selling Bras; US 7,162,441 B2; January 9, 2007; Class 705/26; 18 claims; assigned to T-Bra Limited / Bra characteristic data (bra size and bra cup size); wearer’s characteristic data (breast and torso size) / List of bras suitable for the wearer
Method, System and Computer Program Product for Valuating Natural Gas Contracts Using Weather-Based Metrics; US 7,162,444 B1; January 9, 2007; Class 705/35; 6 claims; assigned to Planalytics, Inc. / Monthly gas contracts desired; historical weather information; future weather information; historical natural gas inventory information; historical gas futures contract price information; current price for monthly gas contracts (process involves regression analyses) / Recommendations about purchasing and selling natural gas futures and futures options
Methods and Systems for Quantifying Cash Flow Recovery and Risk; US 7,162,445 B2; January 9, 2007; Class 705/35; 27 claims; assigned to GE Corporate Financial Services, Inc. / Potential valuation methodologies; portfolio of assets (process involves applying, in a selective manner, each valuation methodology to the assets in the portfolio) / A valuation methodology
January 16, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 18
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 2
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
System and Method for Managing a Procurement Process; US 7,165,036 B2; January 16, 2007; Class 705/1; 21 claims; assigned to Electronic Data Systems Corporation / Procurement data and electronic contracts (process involves the semantic analysis of data) / Identification of financial relationships between the divisions of a business
Interactive Internet Analysis Method; US 7,165,042 B1; January 16, 2007; Class 705/36; 63 claims; assigned to Power Financial Group, Inc. / Financial instrument data; user-defined search criteria / Financial instruments meeting the user-defined search criteria
January 23, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 12
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 7
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Conference Management Assistance Apparatus and Conference Management Assistance Program; US 7,167,833 B2; January 23, 2007; Class 705/9; 10 claims; assigned to Fujitsu Limited / Information needed for scheduling and planning the sessions of a conference (process is partially interactive) / Conference schedule
Garden and Agricultural Material Identification Method and Apparatus; US 7,167,834 B1; January 23, 2007; Class 705/26; 16 claims; assigned to Kelly Registration Systems, Inc. / Geographic region; gardening problem; specifics on problem (process is interactive) / Recommended gardening materials
Method of Providing Project and Product Information to a Purchaser of Floor Covering Materials; US 7,167,835 B2; January 23, 2007; Class 705/26; 17 claims; assigned to Milliken & Company / Project and product data relating to floor covering installation projects for a corporate purchaser (process involves registration of the purchaser and information on who is authorize to receive data) / Requested project data
Method and System of Restricted Substance Management and Recycling; US 7,167,836 B2; January 23, 2007; 705/28; 17 claims; assigned to Ford Motor Company / Restricted substances data; recycle content data; predetermined thresholds (process involves a vehicle manufacturing environment) / Part to be rejected
Fair-Value Pricing of a Financial Asset; US 7,167,837 B1; January 23, 2007; 705/35; 16 claims; assigned to FT Interactive Data Corporation / Historical price data of assets being traded and currently not being traded (process involves multivariate regression analysis; process is used to determine value of portfolio that contains some assets not currently being traded) / Valuation
Security Analyst Estimates Performance Viewing System and Method; US 7,167,838 B1; January 23, 2007; 705/36R; 35 claims; assigned to Starmine Corporation / Security analysts’ historical earnings estimates (contained in a database) / Various graphical displays of the estimates and their sources
Collection Agency Data Access Method; US 7,167,839 B1; January 23, 2007; Class 705/40; 21 claims; assigned to Commercial Recovery Corporation / Account information (contained in a collection agency database) / Account information
January 30, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 25
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 5
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Utility Resource Aggregation and Allocation; US 7,171,374 B1; January 30, 2007; Class 705/8; 9 claims; assigned to Consensis, LLC / Supply profiles of utility suppliers; usage over time of utility users / Utility capacity management plan
Method and System for Enterprise Wide Production Scheduling; US 7,171,375 B2; January 30, 2007; Class 705/8; 6 claims; assigned to 4Sight Technologies, Inc. / Work orders from a database; work cards indicating tasks for each work order; work locations; required work skills / Production schedule
Method and Apparatus for Inventory Allocation and Pricing; US 7,171,376 B2; January 30, 2007; Class 705/10; 23 claims; assigned to Oracle International Corporation / Candidate allocations of goods among retail sites; estimated optimal prices at each site (process involves comparisons); / Allocation and optimal price
System and Method for Trading Off Put and Call Values of a Portfolio; US 7,171,385 B1; January 30, 2007; Class 705/36R; 27 claims; assigned to Algorithmics International Corp. / Future scenarios; simulated expected values (process involves determining upside and downside expected values; formula given) / Optimal portfolio and price of portfolio insurance
Custom Pricing System and Method; US 7,171,391 B2; January 30, 2007; Class 705/400; 26 claims; assigned to International Business Machines Corporation / Die parameters, a die being a part of a computer chip; complexity factor / Price for a custom die, a die being a part of a computer chip
February 6, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 23
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 2
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
System and Method for Accessing Geographic-Based Data; US 7,174,301 B2; February 6, 2007; Class 705/1; 20 claims; assigned to Costar Group, Inc. / Property location (established by an interactive process of indicating location of desired commercial properties on a map); desired property attributes (process involves searching a data base) / Screen display of information about properties within the geographic area and with the desired attributes
System and Method for Estimating Product Distribution Using a Product Specific Universe; US 7,174,304 B1; February 6, 2007; Class 705/10; 18 claims; assigned to IMS Health Incorporated / Whole purchasing data for a specialty product; sampled retail sales data for a specialty product (process involves geo-spatial projection) / Sales estimates of specialty products
February 13, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 33
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 7
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Common Database System for Sales and Marketing Process; US 7,177,822 B2; February 13, 2007; Class 705/10; 15 claims; assigned to DaimlerChrysler Corporation / Marketing data centralized into a database / Venue specific databases
Efficiency Metric System for a Quick-Service Restaurant; US 7,177,824 B2; February 13, 2007; Class 705/15; 14 claims; assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company / Efficiency data for individual drive-through restaurants (the data being the number of times employees speak with each other via a radio network between the time a car arrives at a menu sign and the time the car departs the pick-up window) / Comparison of efficiency data of restaurants
Generating an Order Plan for a Supply Chain Network; US 7,177,827 B1; February 13, 2007; Class 705/28; 4 claims; assigned to i2 Technologies US, Inc. / Data on priority levels; data on the supply chain network; data about infeasible periods of time associated with network components / Order plan
System and Method for Selecting and Purchasing Stocks Via a Global Computer Network; US 7,177,831 B1; February 13, 2007; Class 705/36; 22 claims; assigned to The Globe Resources Group, Inc. / Data on investment strategies; baskets of securities for the strategies; lists of securities for the baskets / List of securities to purchase (after the user selects and makes adjustments to a basket)
Automated Trading System in a Electronic Trading Exchange; US 7,177,833 B1; February 13, 2007; Class 705/38; 39 claims; assigned to Edge Capture, LLC / Market price information; transaction value for a traded item based on price information for a related traded item / Decision on whether to buy or sell first traded item
Machine-Implementable Project Finance Analysis and Negotiating Tool Software, Method and System; US 7,177,834 B1; February 13, 2007; Class 705/38; 2 claims / Data on multiple contracts and multiple capital expenditure categories; desired loan financing time horizon; percentage of capital expenditure to be financed (computer program generates, among other things, appropriate financial statements) / Expenditure schedules and amounts
Method and Apparatus for Determining a Portion of Total Costs of an Entity; US 7,177,850 B2; February 13, 2007; Class 705/400; 13 claims; assigned to Infineon Technologies AG / Maximum number of accesses to a licensed product by all entities / Portion of cost of the license to be borne by each entity
February 20, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 29
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 6
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Goal Oriented Travel Planning System; US 7,181,410 B1; February 20, 2007; Class 705/6; 1 claim; assigned to Travelocity, Inc. / Destination location and date (process is interactive and involves databases) / Travel itinerary
Performance-Based Training Assessment; US 7,181,413 B2; February 20, 2007; Class 705/11; 4 claims; assigned to Capital Analytics, Inc. / Skill levels before and after event; performance metrics before and after event / Determination as to whether event occurrence increased performance
System and Method for Stock Options Market Management; US 7,181,423 B2; February 20, 2007; Class 705/36; 14 claims; assigned to International Business Machines Corporation / Data on stock options over a time period during which the price trend changed (process involves breaking the time period into sub-time periods and converting descriptions of price changes into Japanese candlestick patterns) / Characteristics of the sub-time periods
Segregation and Management of Financial Assets by Rules; US 7,181,422 B1; February 20, 2007; Class 705/36R; 24 claims; assigned to Tranquilmoney, Inc. / Information regarding a pool of financial assets; rules on segregating assets into pools, on purchasing, and on access / Various types of information summaries
Montage for Automated Market System; US 7,181,424 B1; February 20, 2007; Class 705/37; 34 claims; assigned to The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc / Securities quotes from client stations / Aggregated quotes
Automated Political Risk Management; US 7,181,428 B2; February 20, 2007; Class 705/38; 14 claims; assigned to Goldman, Sachs & Co. / Financial transaction data including data identifying a participant in financial transaction (process involves determining if the participant is a “politically identified person”) / Political risk score
February 27, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 29
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 7
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Method for Determining Care and Prevention Pathways for Clinical Management of Wounds; US 7,184,963 B1; February 27, 2007; Class 705/2; 10 claims; assigned to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company / Classifying and grading wound against scales (process involves a mechanical decision tree) / Wound care protocol
Systems and Methods for Recommending Business Decisions Utilizing Weather Driven Demand Data and Opportunity and Confidence Measures; US 7,184,965 B2; February 27, 2007; Class 705/7; 15 claims; assigned to Planalytics, Inc. / Weather driven demand data / Influence on business activity
Position Analysis System and Method; US 7,184,969 B1; February 27, 2007; Class 705/11; 8 claims; assigned to Performance DNA International, Ltd. / Set of competencies relevant to performance of a job (validated by examining a set of high-performing individuals in the job); analysis of an applicant for the job / Potential performance of the applicant in the job
Online Used Car Information Search Method, Program, and Device; US 7,184,974 B2; February 27, 2007; Class 705/26; 16 claims; assigned to Broadleaf Co., Ltd. / Car type and other car data; user-input price (process involves searching a data base) / Cars meeting the criteria
Methods and Systems for Leasing Equipment; US 7,184,978 B1; February 27, 2007; Class 705/35; 58 claims; assigned to GE Capital Aviation Services, Inc. / Lease transaction type and type of aircraft desired (process involves a database) / Aircraft matching the customer’s criteria (process involves generating lease documents and tracking tasks to be performed)
Method and System for the Creation of a Class of Loan Securities; US 7,184,981 B2; February 27, 2007; Class 705/36R; 36 claims; assigned to X/Net Associates, Inc. / Desired loan characteristic (process involves searching a loan database) / Class of loan securities with the characteristic
System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Valuating Weather-Based Financial Instruments; US 7,184,983 B2; February 27, 2007; Class 705/37; 3 claims; assigned to Planalytics, Inc. / Forecasted weather condition for a geographic region for a start date and a maturity date for a financial instrument; historic weather condition for the region for a corresponding time period; annualized standard deviation of the natural logarithm of a quantifiable weather condition related to the financial instrument / Value of the financial instrument
March 6, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 21
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 5
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Method for Valuing Intellectual Property; US 7,188,069 B2; March 6, 2007; Class 705/1; 13 claims; assigned to SyracuseUniversity / Value of a tangible asset associated with an intangible asset; determination of intangible asset’s contribution to tangible asset’s competitive advantage in marketplace / Value of intangible asset
System and Method for Creating a True Customer Profile; US 7,188,076 B2; March 6, 2007; Class 705/10; 16 claims; assigned to NDEX Systems, Inc. / Consumer’s self-perceived consumption behavior profile; consumer’s actual consumption profile; consumer’s reaction to the difference / Consumer’s “true” consumption profile
System and Method for Collection and Analysis of Electronic Discussion Messages; US 7,188,078 B2; March 6, 2007; Class 705/10; 14 claims; assigned to BuzzMetrics, Ltd. / Electronic messages from discussion forums; market events; (process involves data bases, determinations of messages’ topics, and analyses of content of messages posted by pseudonyms) / Correlations or trends for future market events based on community mood measurement
System and Method for Collection and Analysis of Electronic Discussion Messages; US 7,188,079 B2; March 6, 2007; Class 705/10; 13 claims; assigned to BuzzMetrics, Ltd. / Electronic messages from discussion forums; market events; (process involves data bases, determinations of messages’ topics, and analyses of content of messages posted by pseudonyms) / Prediction of events
Methods and Systems for Determining Roll Rates of Loans; US 7,188,084 B2; March 6, 2007; Class 705/38; 31 claims; assigned to General Electric Capital Corporation / Prediction of payment behavior of a borrower of a non-stationary asset-based loan included within a distressed loan portfolio; calculation of amount generated and expenses incurred from repossession of asset (process involves initiating a collection strategy based on the prediction) / Prediction of roll-rate into next level of delinquency
March 13, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 22
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 6
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
System for Cataloging, Inventorying, Selecting, Valuing and Matching Intellectual Capital and Skills with a Skill Requirement; US 7,191,138 B1; March 13, 2007; Class 705/1; 88 claims; assigned to Mindloft Corporation / Hierarchical list of intellectual capital categories; skills for levels in each of the categories; weighting factors for codes the weighting factor representing skills / Catalogue of intellectual capital of individuals
System for Cataloging, Inventorying, Selecting, Valuing and Matching Intellectual Capital and Skills with a Skill Requirement; US 7,191,139 B1; March 13, 2007; Class 705/1; 44 claims; assigned to Mindloft Corporation / Hierarchical list of skills; intellectual capital code for skills; submitted list of skills; weighting factor / Catalogue of skills
Method for Estimating Respondent Rank Order of a Set Stimuli; US 7,191,144 B2; March 13, 2007; Class 705/10; 32 claims; assigned to Mentor Marketing, LLC / User’s response to stimuli (process is iterative and proceeds through a number of sets and subsets of stimuli) / User’s overall rank order preferences
Method and System Automatically to Price a Promotional Product; US 7,191,145 B1; March 13, 2007; Class 706/26; 31 claims; assigned to Branders.com, Inc. / Information on a promotional product and its manufacturing process / Price of the product
Enhancing Delinquent Debt Collection Using Statistical Models of Debt Historical Information and Account Events; US 7,191,150 B1; March 13, 2007; Class 705/38; 51 claims; assigned to Fair Isaac Corporation / Historical data of delinquent debt accounts; relative successes of collection methods; data of a currently delinquent debt (process involves generating a collectors’ note model, context vectors, and context vector eigenbases) / Prediction of the likelihood of collecting on a delinquent debt
System, Method and Computer Program Product for the Optimization of Price to Satisfy Certain Business Objectives; US 7,191,157 B1; March 13, 2007; Class 705/400; 30 claims / Competitors’ prices; number of competitors; business objective; costs / Optimal price
March 20, 2007
Total 705 Class patents issued: 30
Data In-Data Out patents: at least 6
PATENT / DATA IN / DATA OUT
Method and System for Planning Supply of Commodities; US 7,194,420 B2; March 20, 2007; Class 705/10; 22 claims; assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd. / Transaction information about transactions for providing commodities to customers; progress information / Estimation of future demand for commodities
Content Attribute Impact Invalidation Method; US 7,194,421 B2; March 20, 2007; Class 705/10; 15 claims; assigned to erinMedia, LLC / Content attributes; set-top box events (invention concerns developing television ratings) / Effect of content attributes on content ratings
Disaggregated Databases for Tracking Consumer Purchasing Data; US 7,194,422 B1; March 20, 2007; Class 705/14; 22 claims; assigned to The Coca-Cola Company / Purchasing data and preferences for a consumer / Analysis of data
Method and Apparatus for Determining a Progressive Discount for a Customer Based on the Frequency of the Customer’s Transactions; US 7,194,423 B2; March 20, 2007; Class 705/14; 8 claims; assigned to Walker Digital, LLC / Transaction data; customer data; previous transaction data / Determination as to whether customer is entitled to a discount