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| 20110087513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A PROGRAM RELATING TO A PRODUCT - A method for managing a program relating to a product, the program including a plurality of program requirements for performing a plurality of program tasks, includes: (a) establishing a location reference system for a representation of the product in three dimensions; (b) identifying a plurality of task-loci in a display; the display presenting the representation of the product according to the location reference system; each respective task-locus of the plurality of task-loci being associated with a respective program task of the plurality of program tasks; (c) characterizing each respective task-locus associated with an accomplished respective program task as a respective completed task-locus; and (d) accounting for accomplishment of the respective program tasks by accounting for the respective completed task-loci. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110112882 | METHOD OF GENERATING FEEDBACK FOR PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT - A computer executable method for producing a feedback metric for use in Project Portfolio Management (“PPM”). The method includes collecting data about a plurality of project proposals and collecting data about a plurality of completed projects, such that some of the data about proposals and completed projects pertain to the same project. The collected data is then used to estimate the parameters of a model by using a maximum likelihood technique, executed as an algorithm in the computer, that overcomes a Missing Data Problem (“MDP”). The method uses the estimated parameters generated by the algorithm to create feedback metrics for use in PPM and that are output from the computer. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING THE PROGRESS OF A PROJECT IN TERMS OF ITS SCHEDULE - The invention describes a computer-implemented method and system for assessing the progress of a project in terms of its schedule. The method includes receiving project data and based on the project data, calculating a first period (PE) after which a current earned value (EV) was expected to be realized. The method also includes calculating a second period (PR) in which the current EV has been realized. Further, the method includes calculating a fraction component (EF) of a period when the current EV was expected to be realized and finally, calculating an earned schedule performance index (ESPI) based on PE, PR and EF, wherein the ESPI indicates whether the project is on schedule. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110125544 | DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PROJECT MANAGERS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A decision support system is presented for generating data pertaining to solutions to constrained project management scenarios. The system comprises: a scenario generator for generating project management scenarios, a feasible solution generator for generating solutions to constrained project management scenarios, a scenario simulator for interactively simulating project management scenarios in a stochastic environment, and a database for storing historical data generated by the scenario simulator. Methods are presented for using the decision support system as a tutorial mechanism and as a data gathering mechanism for supporting project managers. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110145036 | CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN ROUTE-BASED PROJECTS - Managing change in the design of a route-based project. Receiving data (a ticket) regarding a proposed change to the design of a route-based project. Associating the ticket with a project in a geographic information system (GIS). Communicating the ticket to an Analyst. Receiving spatializing data regarding the ticket. The ticket and spatializing data comprising a spatialized ticket. Communicating the spatialized ticket to a Quality Control Administrator. Receiving quality control approval of the spatialized ticket. Communicating the quality control approved ticket to at least one reviewer. Receiving recommendation from reviewers. The recommendations and the quality control approved ticket comprising a reviewed ticket. Communicating the reviewed ticket to at least one approver. Receiving approval from the approver. The approval and the reviewed ticket comprising an approved ticket. Committing the change described in the approved ticket to the GIS. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110166904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A method for total resource management of at least one project for at least one knowledge-based practice, comprising: receiving, in at least two practice management applications, employee data for at least one employee and/or client data for at least one client; integrating data from the at least two practice management applications utilizing at least one enterprise application; and creating, at least one project management model utilizing the integrated data, the at least one project management model enabling clients and employees to interact and/or manage metrics of the knowledge-based practice. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166905 | METHOD OF PROCUREMENT - A method of procurement in the program planning procurement stage of a project by a project partner for a procurement Client including the steps of: establishing a no scope, no value contract arrangement between the procurement Client and the project partner; provision of resources by the project partner for the planning procurement stage under the no value arrangement; engaging the project partner in the program planning stage, and upon the execution of a project order, conferring full responsibility for delivery of goods and services to the project partner. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110178835 | SYSTEMS AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT AND LIFETIME RETROFIT - Systems and program product for managing/assessing heat exchanger network energy efficiency and retrofit for an industrial facility, are provided. An embodiment of a system can include a heat exchanger network analysis and design computer and heat exchange network analysis and design program product configured to cause the heat exchange network analysis and design computer to perform various operations including those for determining an optimal heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence extending between a current heat exchanger network retrofit project satisfying a current desired waste energy recovery goal and a future heat exchanger network retrofit project satisfying the final waste energy recovery goal. The heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence can be configured so that each subsequent project within the heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence does not contradict any of the previous projects within the heat exchanger network retrofit projects sequence. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110191137 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR MANAGING PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND VARIOUS ASPECTS THEREOF - Systems, methods and software applications for managing programs, projects, and various aspects thereof. A program may include a number of related aspects, such as, assets, contracts, projects, entities, and funding sources. Users may select one or more projects to be grouped as a program. The systems, methods, and software may use a program management application that is configured to provide users with tools for effectively managing programs and projects that may be fully or partially funded from one or more funding sources. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110246256 | PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES - The present invention is directed to data management techniques that feature storing, on a computer system, storing on a computer system a data set arranged in a plurality of tables that correspond to multiple sections of a project, with each of the multiple sections defining properties of the project. A BOM resolution is produced by querying the data set in response to parameters of a BOM query that generates a resolved BOM. The resolved BOM includes a subgroup of the data in the data set, with the data outside of the subgroup corresponding to a revision associated with an item object that is included in the subgroup. Determined from the subgroup are the properties of the sections. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110258014 | System and Method For Allocating Inventory to Satisfy Online Demand and Demand At Physical Locations - A system and method for allocating inventory to satisfy online demand and demand at physical locations includes allocating a first portion of media rental inventory for online fulfillment and a second portion for fulfillment at physical rental locations. The method further includes making a determination of in-store rental activity for the second portion of inventory, and reallocating the first and second portions of inventory based on that determination. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110264480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TASK MANAGEMENT WITH SUB-PORTIONS AND SUB-PORTION CHARACTERISTIC MANIPULATION - A method and system for providing for the management of resources wherein the method and system provide an ordered collection of projects, tasks, and checklists that may be manipulated and converted between types. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264481 | BUSINESS DRIVEN LEARNING SOLUTION PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR SALES-ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS - Disclosed is a business driven learning solution and related methods for managing the learning and training needs of a sales-oriented organization in a manner that is in responsive to dynamic business needs. The invention employs modules of interrelated and interdependent business processes for the identification and prioritization of learning needs, the selection of learning approaches, the development of learning content, the coordination and delivery of learning instruction, and the overall management and administration learning efforts. Embodiments of the inventions disclosed include sales training objects to provide a template for sales training that is focused on a solution, and how to position and sell the solution, rather than on the products that make up the solution. As a result, the sales force is educated, understands the customers' business requirements, and is able to craft specific value propositions to a given customer with respect to that solution. Thus, the training is customer-centric as opposed to product-centric. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110270645 | International Cross Border Data Movement - In some embodiments, a data movement system comprises a rules repository configured to store rules associated with regulations of the first jurisdiction and the regulations of the second jurisdiction. A workflow manager is configured to determine jurisdictional complexity of the project as a function of the regulations of the first jurisdiction and the second jurisdiction. The workflow manager is configured to determine jurisdictional exposure of the project as a function of an organization's exposure to the first jurisdiction and the second jurisdiction. The workflow manager is configured to determine the risk of the project as a function of the jurisdictional complexity of the project and the jurisdictional exposure of the project. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110276360 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a budget availability control register, a financial accounting view of work order, a funds commitment document, an insurance contract, and/or a project cost estimate business object. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110288903 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF WASTE RESULTING FROM A PROGRAM OF DRAINING AND DISMANTLING A FACILITY, ESPECIALLY A NUCLEAR FACILITY - A method includes a first phase of characterizing waste of a plant and a second phase of selecting at least one system for treatment and determination of associated predicted streams of waste. The first phase includes a step of physical characterization and radiological characterization of each area, a step of physical characterization and radiological characterization of all the items of equipment present in the areas as a function of the step of characterization of the areas, and a step of compiling the physical and radiological characteristics of the items of equipment in which a description of a waste item to be produced is associated with the physical and radiological characteristics of each item of equipment. The second phase makes the selection of at least one system for the treatment and the determination of the associated predicted streams as a function of the descriptions of the waste to be produced and of the physical and radiological characteristics of the areas. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110295643 | ACCELERATED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK - The present invention relates to a method and related system for assisting and expediting an organization production of a more mature product. The method and system may include implementation of processes using a combination of both electronic hardware and software and implementation locally or over a network such as an intranet or the Internet. In another embodiment, the method may be implemented using a document management system to administer files related to the steps in the method. These files may assist a user in the creation of required documentation. A document management tool may be integrated with the document management system to associate documentation with steps in the method. A navigator tool may be employed to create a graphical display of the steps in the method using data contained in the files. Another embodiment of the present invention uses WebDAV-based communication to coordinate access to multiple document repositories. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110307289 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR CUSTOMER PROJECT INVOICING AGREEMENT, ENGINEERING CHANGE CASE, PRODUCT DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN VERSION HIERARCHY, AND PROJECT EXPENSE VIEW BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a customer project invoicing agreement, an engineering change case, a product design, a product design version hierarchy, and/or a project expense view business object. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110313808 | Built Environment Management System and Method - A computer-implemented method is provided for producing a capital plan for the built environment of an organization. Data relating to components of the built environment such as buildings, assets, infrastructure, systems, components, energy infrastructure, and security infrastructure can be collected. Plan items for recommended projects can be produced through analysis, modeling, and scheduling routines based on the data. Organizational objectives can be identified and the plan items can be evaluated through configurable algorithms to determine which plan items best meet the organizational objectives. The execution of plan items can be managed through completion and the resulting ongoing performance can be monitored. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313809 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGEMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES DATA AND RELATED RESEARCH - A system, method and program product for managing data for researchers. A research data server receives and manages experimental data and research data and results from the researchers, and operates with a virtual storage device to maintain the experimental data and research data and results. A reference data access server receives and manages external reference data relating to the research and operating with the virtual storage device to maintain the external reference data. Computational resources allow researchers to capture, process and analyze experimental data to obtain results. A research data network connects the virtual storage device, research data server, reference data access server and the computational resources to allow transfer of data there between. Security management services authenticate and authorize access by the researchers to the system. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110320236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT - The invention generally relates to IT, and more particularly, to a method and system to achieve project-based diffusion of IT innovations. In accordance with aspects of the invention, the system comprises three integrated components. The first component is directed to the project management stages taken by an organization to deploy new technology innovations. This in turn consists of four stages: visioning, matching vision, deployment, and evaluation and improvement. The second component is directed to knowledge barriers to IT innovation diffusion. The third component is directed to critical success factors (CSF) of IT innovation implementations. In one embodiment the system includes of a Program Management Module (PMM) to implement corporate strategy for project management and to transform the organization into a learning one. In further embodiments, system is explained in detail using an example of ERP implementation. In this manner, implementations of the invention may be used to manage the lifecycle of IT innovation deployment using knowledge from other projects as well as knowledge fed back into the lifecycle. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120029965 | SELECTING A PROJECT PORTFOLIO - Disclosed embodiments relate to selecting a project portfolio. A processor may select a project portfolio based on a list of projects and lists of objectives. In one embodiment, a project portfolio is selected from the list of projects based on the degree to which each project portfolio fulfills the lists of objectives. The lists of objectives may be stakeholder objectives. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120041797 | PROGRESS MONITORING METHOD - The progress monitoring method is based on a critical path method (CPM) and conducts comparisons against multiple possible outcomes utilizing neural networks that classify planned progress at specified cut-off dates during a planning stage. The classifications are used to monitor and evaluate actual progress during the construction stage. The pattern recognition techniques generalize a virtual benchmark to represent planned progress based on multiple possible outcomes generated at each cut-off date. The generalization feature overcomes the problem of variation in the quality of data collected. Patterns are constructed to encode planned and actual progress at different cut-off dates. Patterns are readily manipulated within computer programs and substitute for photographs, which are not comprehensive in representing the work status of interior and hidden parts of the under-construction facilities. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120066019 | CONSTRUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A building material and workflow control system adapted to manage workflow associated with a building of a construction project at a job site. The building material and workflow control system has a server having a processor and a database. The processor is programmed to identify a construction sequence of the construction project. The processor is further programmed to identify kits of assets and materials needed to execute steps of the construction sequence. The processor is further programmed to identify and implement assembly features on the materials associated with use of the assets needed to execute steps of the construction sequence. The processor is further programmed to provide and stage the kits of assets and materials from a source to the jobsite utilizing real time dynamic knowledge of an erection state of the building at the job site. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120095800 | PREDICTING FINANCIAL STATUS OF A PROJECT - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product predicts the profitability of a current project. Historical data from the current project represents profit data points at predetermined intervals of time during the current project. If a linear regression model of the historical data does not adequately describe the historical data, then a polynomial regression model to describe the historical data is generated. If the polynomial model does not adequately describe the historical data, then another project that is similar to the current project is located. This other project has its own set of historical data. If the historical data from the other project fits the polynomial regression model created from the historical data of the current project, then the polynomial regression model is trusted to accurately predict the profitability of the current project, even though the current project's historical data did not adequately fit the polynomial regression model. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120101869 | MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A media management system including a media storage unit which stores a plurality of media files, a media project information unit that includes a plurality of media projects and that associates at least one media file in the media storage unit with a media project in the media project information unit, a proposal unit that determines the cost to produce a media project based on the media files associated with the media project. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120109706 | IDENTIFYING A CANDIDATE ACTION FOR AN ISSUE - Information relating to a particular issue associated with a particular project is received. In response to the information, at least one candidate action to take to address the particular issue is identified. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109707 | PROVIDING A STATUS INDICATION FOR A PROJECT - To provide a status indication for a particular project, a rule describing a condition relating to the status indication for the particular project is provided, where the condition is based on a probability of an issue occurring. It is determined that the condition is satisfied using information from selected past projects, and the status indication is selectively set to one of plural states based on the condition being satisfied. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120221370 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE TOOL - Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the logged communications. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120232947 | AUTOMATION OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROCESSES AND ASSETS - Various embodiments are directed towards automating business processes and assets. A generated application may have entity propagation rules that allocate costs among objects in a model. Entity propagation rules may define how resources may be allocated and distributed among objects in a model. In at least one of the various embodiments, entity propagation rules may be defined to allocate resources based on formulas. in at least one of the various embodiments, the formulas used to allocate resources may include filters and matching rules. Further, in at least one of the various embodiments, matching rules may be based database referential matches. Entity propagation rules may distribute resources using formulas that may have terms based on multiple properties from the participating objects. In at least one of the various embodiments, the filter and matching formulas may be used to select the source items and the destination items if allocating resources between objects. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120278122 | AUTOMATED DERIVATION, DESIGN AND EXECUTION OF INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product creates a physical information environment for a specific industry type. A candidate industry type, which has specific information environment requirements, is selected to describe a customer's operations. A set of information environment components that is specific to the candidate industry type is selected. Inherent constraints, for the set of information environment components, are identified. A processor recursively optimizes the set of information environment components to create a set of optimized information environment components that meet the inherent constraints and key performance indicators (KPIs) of the candidate industry type. A hierarchy of KPIs for the candidate industry type is defined. The processor predicts access patterns to the optimized information environment components based on the hierarchy of KPIs. A physical information environment that comprises the set of optimized information environment components is then constructed and deployed. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120284078 | TOOL FOR MANAGER ASSISTANCE - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generate an optimal training policy and an optimal promotion policy to accommodate an upcoming project. Required new job positions are identified for an upcoming project. A skillset matrix, which describes a current skill level of each worker in a work unit, and a promotion matrix, which describes historical evaluations of how well each worker achieved predefined goals of past projects, are generated. The skillset matrix is utilized to create an optimal training policy that identifies which workers are in need of additional training in order to qualify for one or more of the identified new job positions, and the promotion matrix is utilized create an optimal promotion policy that identifies which workers will be candidates for being promoted into one or more of the identified said new job positions. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120290353 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC CHANNEL OPTIMIZER - Systems and methods are described for determining an allocation of resources among a plurality of channels. In one embodiment, a business objective is received as user input that corresponds to a participant in a market or business sector. A business segment corresponding to the market participant's products or interests, one or more products within the business segment, and a market channel of the plurality of channels is selected by the user, also as user input. Once these inputs have been established, an high performing allocation resources for achieving the business objective is generated for that market channel. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120296688 | METHODS FOR SELECTING ONE OF A PLURALITY OF COMPETING IT-LED INNOVATION PROJECTS AND DEVICES THEREOF - Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for selecting one of a plurality of information technology (IT)-led innovation projects include obtaining a plurality of IT-led innovation projects. A selection of one or more research projects for each of the obtained IT-led innovation projects is determined based at least on one or more research project criteria. One of the obtained IT-led innovation projects is selected based at least on the determined selection of one or more research projects for each of the obtained IT-led innovation projects and one or more innovation project criteria. The selection of the one of the obtained IT-led innovation projects is provided. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120316913 | REMOTE MEASUREMENT VIA ON-SITE PORTABLE PLATFORM - A portable measurement system is described herein that provides accurate real-time data for a subject object at a job site. The acquired data may include photos, laser mapping, thermal images, sonar imaging, electronic measurements, or other types of measurement data. The system leverages commonly available remote control helicopters or other flying vehicles mounted with a camera or other equipment to acquire images or other measurement data that would be difficult to obtain without climbing onto a target structure or placing personnel in other dangerous situations. A portable platform is described herein that can include helicopters as well as other types of portable measurement devices that can fly or otherwise maneuver to capture measurement data at a job site. In many cases, these connected devices can provide near instant availability of captured data to a processing center or other remote location, reducing delays that are typical today. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120330711 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS - A system for managing allocation of resources based on service level agreements between application owners and cloud operators. Under some service level agreements, the cloud operator may have responsibility for managing allocation of resources to the software application and may manage the allocation such that the software application executes within an agreed performance level. Operating a cloud computing platform according to such a service level agreement may alleviate for the application owners the complexities of managing allocation of resources and may provide greater flexibility to cloud operators in managing their cloud computing platforms. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006693 | Planning a Meeting or Event - A technique for assisting one or more individuals in planning a meeting or event using metrics. It has been determined that a core job of planning a meeting or event can entail 15 different steps (with possibly 5 additional sub-steps) and have 141 different outcomes. The outcomes enable the job executors (which, in this paper, are the persons executing the job of planning the meeting or event, also referred to herein as the “planners”) to judge if the meeting or event has been adequately planned and executed. The techniques described in this paper enable a system and method to satisfy the outcomes (customer needs) for the job of planning a meeting or event. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006694 | DETERMINATION OF EARNED VALUES OF PROGRESS OF A PROJECT - A system and method for determining earned values (EVs) of progress of a project. At least one EV calculation rule is defined for calculating EVs in terms of components to be combined into the EVs, locations in which the components are located, and formulae required to combine the components. The defined at least one EV calculation rule is used to calculate the Evs. The at least one EV calculation rule, which includes the components, the locations, and the formulae, is stored. Defining the at least one EV calculation rule includes:
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| 20130024235 | Conflicting Expert Systems - An expert system for providing optimized recommendations regarding a construction project is configured to generate conflicting optimization recommendations. Multiple expert system engines are implemented, where each engine provides one or more recommendations optimized in accordance with the priorities of a functional discipline. A conflict engine will identify conflicts between optimized recommendations and will package the conflicts into conflict objects that are presented to a conflict user interface for resolution. The user could resolve the conflicts him/herself, or could configure a cross-functional conflict object to resolve such conflicts based upon specified resolution criteria. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024236 | METHODS FOR PRODUCT MANAGEMENT AND DEVICES THEREOF - Methods, devices, and computer-readable storage media for managing a product include receiving event data related to one or more events associated with a lifecycle of a portfolio of one or more products. The received event data is compared with a resource model. An estimated number of resources required to implement the one or more events is determined based at least in part on the comparing. Based at least in part on the received data, a dashboard including one or more analytic modules is displayed. At least one of the analytic modules includes a roadmap across the portfolio of one or more products. The roadmap includes a timeline of the one or more events and the determined estimated number of resources required to implement each of the one or more events. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130030857 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY FACILITATING PROJECT ASSEMBLY - Methods and arrangements for dynamically facilitating project assembly. A project plan with a chosen set of plan components is submitted and a cloud portal is queried for information on chosen plan components. Information on the chosen plan components is received from the cloud portal. Plan recommendations are generated based on the received information, and a recommended plan is selected. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030858 | DYNAMICALLY FACILITATING PROJECT ASSEMBLY - Methods and arrangements for dynamically facilitating project assembly. A project plan with a chosen set of plan components is submitted and a cloud portal is queried for information on chosen plan components. Information on the chosen plan components is received from the cloud portal. Plan recommendations are generated based on the received information, and a recommended plan is selected. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130066670 | ENTERPRISE-WIDE VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EVCM) - An Enterprise-wide Value chain management (EVCM) system for real-time monitoring and control of enterprise-wide value generation and consumption is disclosed. The EVCM system comprising, an interface unit to interact with pluralities of entities in an organization to track and collect event records, compute value generation or consumption, measure the value and aggregate it at various levels of enterprise, make it available though dashboard to provide cockpit view of the enterprise value, provide control system, both internal and external, for influencing the value dynamics across the enterprise. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073332 | TECHNIQUES FOR INSTANTIATING AND CONFIGURING PROJECTS - Techniques for project management instantiation and configuration are provided. A master project includes policy directives that drive the dynamic instantiation and configuration of resources for a project. The resources are instantiated and configured on demand and when resources are actually requested, in response to the policy directives. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130080205 | CAPITAL ASSET PLANNING SYSTEM - A capital asset planning system for selecting assets for improvement within an infrastructure that includes one or more data sources descriptive of the infrastructure, one or more databases, coupled to the one or more data sources, to compile the one or more data sources, one or more processors, each coupled to and having respective communication interfaces to receive data from the one or more databases. The processor includes a predictor to generate a first metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a current status of the infrastructure, a second metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a user-selected, proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure, and a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric. The system also includes a display, coupled to have the one or more processors, for visually presenting the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness, in which the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130090972 | SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING AN ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD OF BUILDING DURING LIFE CYCLE - The present invention relates to an environmental load assessment system, which is capable of efficiently and simply assessing an environmental load of a building in all stages (e.g., a planning stage, a design stage, a construction stage, and a use stage after construction) in doing executing a business by subdividing an assessment process, such as simple assessment in the design stage, detailed assessment in the start stage, and site assessment in the construction stage according to the progress of a construction project. The system of the present invention includes a DB server for storing material information, environmental load information, and itemized material information about a construction work and storing environmental load information about an energy source; a management server for assessing environmental loads based on simple assessment, a detailed assessment, and site assessment according to the progress of a target assessment construction project; and a UI server for providing user terminals with an execution environment so that the management server can be operated. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130096976 | COST-EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - A method, system, and computer program product for designing a cost-effective and reliable distribution network for a utility are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A graph connecting a set of consumers of the utility with a set of suppliers of the utility is reduced to form a plurality of clusters. A first network between a supplier and a subset of consumers in a first cluster in the plurality of clusters is improved, the improving adding a first connection in the first network to provide continuity of supply of the utility to the subset of consumers after a predetermined number of failures in the first network. A design is generated for a second network connecting the set of suppliers to the set of consumers, the second network including the first network after the improving, wherein the second network has a cost that is within a lower threshold and an upper threshold. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130103451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GATHERING, ANALYZING, MANAGING AND SHARING GROUND MODIFICATION OPERATION DATA - A system and method for gathering, analyzing, managing and sharing data from a ground modification project is disclosed. The system includes a process, a data producer interface, a storage device and a data consumer interface. The data producer interface interfaces with one or more data producers, which are located on-site of the ground modification project and produce data associated with the ground modification project. The storage device stores the data produced by the one or more data producers and received using the data producer interface. The data consumer interface interfaces with one or more data consumers, the data consumer interface providing access to the data stored in the storage device. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130110572 | Internet or Computer system and method for configuring, bidding, analyzing, and contracting products. For construction projects and other multi part products. | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110573 | IDENTIFICATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF OVER-ENGINEERED COMPONENTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130124249 | INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS-BASED PLANNING SYSTEMS - This invention relates to providing a system for project planning and scheduling which supports simplified, interactive, graphics-based project planning and scheduling using new planning concepts, new scheduling concepts and new graphics-based software systems. Further, this invention permits an inexperienced user to simultaneously plan and schedule a project including establishing appropriate relationship (or dependency) links between activities, also commonly referred to as tasks, and between activities and milestones. This invention offers the simplest possible scheme of thought that can tie together activities, relationships and milestones, with or without deadlines, to yield a complete, correct network project schedule in the shortest possible time. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124250 | Green Building System and Method - A green building materials system and method are provided in which a decision engine determines one or more designs (each have one or more building components) based on a set of building related inputs and a utility function of each particular user. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124251 | OPTIMAL PLANNING OF BUILDING RETROFIT FOR A PORTFOLIO OF BUILDINGS - Generating an optimal planning of building retrofit for a portfolio of buildings may include providing a plurality of objective functions that may be selected for maximizing cost reduction, maximizing green house gas emission reduction, or maximizing energy reduction, or combinations thereof. The objective function may be solved based on information including at least a retrofit cost for retrofitting a building, payback period specifying the length of time needed to recover the retrofit cost, a budget available for retrofitting the building, expected price of energy, estimated energy savings from retrofitting and estimated green house gas emission from retrofitting. The planning of building retrofit may be generated based on the solutions of one or more of the objective functions, which may provide for an optimal plan of building retrofit. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130144677 | WORKFLOW AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY - Systems and methods are provided that enable users in the building trades to project costs and to monitor invoicing and funding in real time, thereby cutting back on back office staff and allowing contractors to accurately project cash flow. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130159044 | Automated Pricing System - The present invention comprises a method and system for a rapid and automated creation of a price schedule comprising steps and an implementation for providing a set of construction (or other) plans created with an architectural, civil, industrial or other software design tool, such as CAD, and optionally a palette of 2-dimensional and/or 3-dimensional architectural parametric symbols that correspond to respective construction plan elements, such as windows, doors, acrylic glass blocks and/or sky lights. At least one parametric symbol corresponding to a construction plan element is preferably inserted into the construction plans. A cost value for each of the inserted parametric symbols is preferably calculated corresponding to respective plan elements. A price schedule is then optionally created which includes the total cost for all of the inserted parametric symbols corresponding to respective plan elements. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130166344 | METHOD FOR PLANNING A PROCESS CHAIN FOR A AGRICULTURAL OPERATION - A method for planning a process chain for an agricultural operation having a first resource entity of a first type such as harvesting machines and a second resource entity of a second type such as hauling vehicles includes determining a number of machines of the first and second resource entity to be used in the operation depending on the usage time frame and type of operation, determining a plurality of alternative first partial process chains for the first resource entity, determining a second partial process chain for the second resource entity for each of the alternative first partial process chains, combining the alternative first partial process chains with the second partial process chain to form a plurality of total process chains and selecting one of the total process chains. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130173327 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for providing project management tools and instructions are disclosed. The systems and methods generally include: (a) performing an initial assessment to determine a pre-existing project management status for a plurality of project management parameters; (b) establishing a substantially equivalent quality level for the project management parameters based on the initial assessment; (c) creating an implementation plan including instructions for implementing a plurality of the project management parameters at the substantially equivalent quality level; and (d) providing training materials based on the implementation plan. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130197959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE EQUIPMENT RENTAL MANAGEMENT - A system and method for providing a rental management tool is disclosed. Information via a user interface for renting one or more rental items to a customer is received. A project corresponding to a sales order for the customer is generated, wherein the sales order includes a plurality sales order lines, at least one sales order line being a rental item and at least one sales order line being a service item. Each sales order line is converted into a corresponding individual task item in the project. One or more resource requirements are determined for task item(s), wherein at least one candidate resource and associated competency information is identified and displayed. At least one candidate resource is assigned based on selection information received from the user interface. A rental invoice is generated for the sales order and incorporates cost information associated with the plurality of sales order lines and the at least one selected candidate resource. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130197960 | SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING - A computer system for adaptive construction sequencing. In one embodiment, a scheduling component is used to access a schedule for completing a project is. A 3-dimensional (3-D) simulation component is used to generate a 3-D model of at least one component used in completing the project. The 3-D simulation component is used to generate a 3-D simulation showing the construction of the project in accordance with the schedule. A cost estimating component is used to generate a cost estimate of the cost of completing the project in accordance with the schedule. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130218625 | UTILIZING HISTORIC PROJECTS TO ESTIMATE A NEW PROJECT SCHEDULE BASED ON USER PROVIDED HIGH LEVEL PARAMETERS - A data warehouse for historic projects can be maintained and can include different artifacts per project, human and organizational resources consumed, intra-artifact temporal dependencies, and timelines. A set of parameters for a new project can be received which can define a scope of the new project at a level of abstraction above an artifact level. Key artifacts and stages needed for completing the project can be established which can be consistent with the set of parameters. Two or more historic projects can be determined to have artifacts/stages similar to the key artifacts/stages of the project. A data driven heuristic algorithms can estimate timelines for producing the key artifacts and the stages based on artifact level data for the historic projects can be executed. A schedule for the project can be generated which can break down the project by the stages and the key artifacts and provide the estimated timelines. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218626 | UTILIZING HISTORIC PROJECTS TO ESTIMATE A NEW PROJECT SCHEDULE BASED ON USER PROVIDED HIGH LEVEL PARAMETERS - A data warehouse for historic projects can be maintained and can include different artifacts per project, human and organizational resources consumed, intra-artifact temporal dependencies, and timelines. A set of parameters for a new project can be received which can define a scope of the new project at a level of abstraction above an artifact level. Key artifacts and stages needed for completing the project can be established which can be consistent with the set of parameters. Two or more historic projects can be determined to have artifacts/stages similar to the key artifacts/stages of the project. A data driven heuristic algorithms can estimate timelines for producing the key artifacts and the stages based on artifact level data for the historic projects can be executed. A schedule for the project can be generated which can break down the project by the stages and the key artifacts and provide the estimated timelines. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218627 | ITERATIVE PATTERN GENERATION ALGORITHM FOR PLATE DESIGN PROBLEMS - A method to generate a plurality of groups each including at least one of a plurality of elements. The method includes selecting at least one candidate element from the plurality of elements as a candidate to be included in a group, determining whether or not to generate the group including the at least one candidate element selected in the selecting step, based on an element evaluation value associated with each of the at least one candidate element selected in the selecting step, provided that a determination is made to generate the group in the determining step, generating the group including the at least one candidate element selected in the selecting step, and weighting the element evaluation value of each of the at least one element according to how many times the each element is included in already-generated groups to reflect the weighted element evaluation value in next group generation. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218628 | System And Method For Capital Budgeting And Cost Estimation - A system for generating cost estimates and budgets for construction/maintenance projects for a property(s) allowing a user to select cost database from which to select cost data for the performance of an action item. The different databases may correspond to different geographic locations and include labor, materials and equipment costs for the selected location. The system further provides for presenting a hierarchical listing of cost line items with a cost associated with the item and searchable by description or an item identification number. The system still further allows for a user to click on an individual action item and obtain line item cost information relating to the selected action item. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING CUSTOMER-VALIDATED STATEMENT OF WORK FOR A DATA STORAGE ENVIRONMENT - Computer systems and methods are disclosed for improving professional services delivery, such as services in a data management environment. In certain examples, computer systems comprise portals for transmitting and receiving information from parties involved in the performance and receipt of professional services. For instance, a first portal can receive data (e.g., from sales personnel) descriptive of a customer's product environment. A manager module populates a record with the data, and a second portal provides the customer with access to the record for review, correction and/or validation prior to the generation of a Statement of Work or other like project description. The second portal can also request additional information from the customer regarding the product environment. The manager module compares the data received through the first portal with the customer-entered information to identify and/or address discrepancies between the sets of data and customize the generation of the Statement of Work. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130231972 | One View Integrated Project Management System - Projects of any type require sophisticated management software programs. In reality, these management software programs are provided by various vendors and for different professional fields. For example, scheduling programs for construction professionals, blue print programs for drafting professionals, accounting programs for cost-control professionals. In addition, there are numerous other unofficial and official documents generated by managers of different levels for reporting or track-record-keeping purposes using popular word processing programs and spread-sheet programs. Documents generated by different software programs can only be viewed under the programs they are generated under or compatible programs. This poses a problem in that there is a lack of organized control resulting in difficulty in locating and viewing documents in a timely manner. The present invention provides an one view software program that would be able to provide an organized control and viewing of all documents regardless which software programs they are generated under. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130238379 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LIFE CYCLE PROJECT EXECUTION SYSTEM - Construction project management systems are presented. The disclosed project management systems include a construction project modeling engine capable of modeling a construction project in a manner that generates one or more bottom line impacts, including a social bottom line impact. The social bottom line impact (e.g., community involvement, community development, job creation, technology and skills transfer, etc.) can be generated by mapping from construction assembly object attribute sets across multiple project dimensions to social bottom line factors. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130246117 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION FACILITY PLANNING - A print job planning system determines a current state of a print shop and a set of expected disturbances for the print shop. It uses the current state and the set of expected disturbances to determine a cost for anticipated work in progress associated with various actuations. It also identifies a minimum cost from the determined costs, along with an actuation that corresponds to the minimum cost. It may then generate a report of the actuation, generate a work schedule based on the identified actuation, and/or cause the identified actuation to be implemented by at least one print device of the print shop. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130268311 | System and Method for Identifying and Upgrading a Transmission Grid - A system and method for upgrading or otherwise improving performance and/or operation of a transmission grid are provided. The system and method involve identifying transmission grid constraint(s), e.g., transmission bottlenecks or other causes of system congestion, and implementing step(s) to alleviate such constraint(s) on terms and conditions that shift initial capital requirements away from grid owners/operators. The capital-shifting mechanisms generally include installation of and/or access to equipment for monitoring and/or measuring grid performance parameter(s) on a predetermined basis, e.g., in real-time, on a daily basis or the like. A processor is provided that is programmed to calculate a payment stream to be paid to the independent party responsible for effectuating the grid performance upgrade based on measurement of performance parameters. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130275174 | MOBILE AND/OR CLOUD BASED TOOL FOR ENABLING ACCURATE INFORMATION OF NEW AND RETROFIT PROJECTS - A real-time, mobile, energy savings and cost estimation tool may be provided. The energy savings and cost estimation tool may be implemented on a mobile electronic device, such as, but not limited to a laptop computer, tablet, or a smart phone, for example. A user may create a project and define project information using the energy savings and cost estimation tool while at the project site. For example, the user may discuss the project with a potential customer, ask questions about the project to be created or retrofitted, walk around the project site, and enter the project information into the energy savings and cost estimation tool. Using the project information gathered, the energy savings and cost estimation tool may provide real-time feedback, such as an energy usage audit, an energy usage solution design, an energy analysis, and/or a return on investment (ROI) analysis for the project, to the user. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275175 | Methods for Improved Production and Distribution - A computer-implemented system and method for producing and distributing at least one product from at least one plant to at least one customer where discretized plant production data, filtered customer sourcing data, forecasted customer demand data, and forecasted plant electricity pricing data are input into a modified genetic algorithm and an electronic processor solves the modified genetic algorithm and outputs the solution to an interface. The system and method is flexible and can incorporate data as it becomes available to yield intermediate solutions for quick decision making. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130290062 | PAVING COORDINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system for implementing a method of coordinating activities associated with paving a roadway with a paver which receives batches of paving material transported to it by transport trucks from a paving material plant where the batches of paving material are prepared, includes computer systems on the paver, on one or more transport trucks, at the paving material plant, and a server having communication links to the computer system on the paver, the computer system on one or more transport trucks, and the computer system at the paving material plant. The server communicates with the computer systems on the paver, on one or more trucks, and at the plant over communication links to provide coordinated operation of the paver, trucks and plant so that the paving material produced by the plant is delivered to the roadway and applied in a manner by the paver that is efficient. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130311226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS FOR A PROJECT - According to some embodiments, a resource estimation tool may be provided for a project, such as a complex financial services project, to be performed in a series of project phases. Initially, a set of pre-determined tasks for the project may be automatically determined, each task being associated with one or more of the project phases. Moreover, a default estimated resource allocation value may be assigned to each task in connection with each project phase. According to some embodiments, a project size input may be received, and a spreadsheet application formula may automatically adjust the default estimated resource allocation values associated with all tasks based on the project size input. An overall project resource allocation estimate may then be output based on the adjusted default estimated resource allocation values for all tasks across all project phases. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311227 | RESOURCE PLANNING USING FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media with executable instructions stored thereon for resource planning using FTEs are provided. Example methods of the present disclosure can include identifying full time equivalent (FTE) requirements of jobs, skills corresponding to the jobs, resources corresponding to the skills, and FTE capacity of resources [ | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130317875 | INVESTIGATION REPORTING SYSTEM WITH FREELANCER INPUT OPTION - A system distributes instructions from a central server to repossession agents through a smart-phone application that is in networked communication with the central server, and the repossession agents report information back to the central server through the smart-phone application. The smart-phone application can also be used by freelancers to provide suspect vehicle information to the central server. The central server does not provide the freelancers with vehicle information of vehicles to be repossessed but compares the suspect vehicle information with repossession information in the central server's database and when a match results in a vehicle being repossessed, the freelancer that provided the suspect vehicle information is provided a reward for having provided the information. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130325542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF UTILITY ASSET DATA IN A PROJECT AREA - A system and method for distribution of utility asset data including: receiving by a computer a selected project area; searching a database including location data and responsible utility companies for a plurality of utility assets to identify utility assets in the selected project area; determining an associated utility company for each of the identified utility assets in the selected project area; and transmitting a notification to the determined utility companies. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130332221 | Method And System For Determining Critical Information Interfaces - A method and device are disclosed for determining critical information interfaces between fields of activity of an electronically documented process, the method including: (a) providing a binary dependency matrix between the fields of activity of the process; (b) rating the information interfaces between the fields of activity of the process that are specified in the binary dependency matrix based on predefined criteria that are read out from a criteria database in terms of their respective expression in relation to the read-out criteria in order to generate a numeric dependency matrix; and (c) evaluating the generated numeric dependency matrix in order to determine information interfaces of the process that are critical in respect of at least one target function. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130339078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD LINKING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING AND ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING - An electronic construction collaboration system for managing a construction project is provided. The electronic construction collaboration system includes an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) sub-system including a contract engine configured to generate at least one project contract including a contract data set and ERP metadata corresponding to Building Information Modeling (BIM) metadata included in a structural object of a construction project model in a BIM sub-system and an interconnection engine configured to associatively link the ERP metadata and the BIM metadata and send the contract data set to the BIM sub-system in response to associatively linking the ERP metadata and the BIM metadata. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130346136 | Services Sales Cockpit - A method, a system, and computer-readable medium for processing of data are disclosed. At least one customer requirement concerning at least one business process and at least one customer requirement concerning at least one non-business process related activity are determined. A mapping of determined customer requirements to at least one available service is generated. Mapped customer requirements and available services are mapped into a project. A pricing for the project is generated. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346137 | PARTICIPATORY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Provided herein are a methods and a system for implementing a participatory mechanism for selecting of applications, overseeing implementation and progress of projects, monitoring and evaluation of completed projects. The method provides a mechanism for managing projects which involve flexible and hard to quantify outcomes. The method provides a mechanism for managing long-term projects of variable length that require long-term monitoring. The method provides a mechanism for managing projects where human input is essential. The method provides a mechanism to handle a large number of applications for a large number of projects. The method provides a rational method for managing a large number of projects with a large diversity (e.g., hard to replicate projects.) | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140006084 | Consistent Interface for Customer Transaction Document and Customer Transaction Document View of Project | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING TRACE OF COSTS ACROSS A GRAPH OF FINANCIAL ALLOCATION RULES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006086 | MANAGEMENT OF USAGE COSTS OF A RESOURCE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140019187 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT WORKFLOW ON A SOCIAL NETWORK FEED - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for generating a project workflow in an online social network. An indication of an event is received to initiate a project workflow. The project workflow may be defined by a series of stages and one or more entities associated with any of the stages. As such, one or more relevant entities associated with the project workflow are identified and one or more stages for completing the project workflow are determined. A workflow object stored or configured to be stored in one or more feed tables in a database system is generated, where the workflow object includes a plurality of data fields. A feed item associated with the workflow object is provided in an information feed of at least one of the one or more relevant entities. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025418 | Clustering Based Resource Planning, Work Assignment, and Cross-Skill Training Planning in Services Management - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for service management, wherein resources that have performed tasks in at least two of a first category, a second category, and at least one additional category are identified. A plurality of correlation sums are determined where the correlation sum includes at least two categories, wherein the correlation sums are added together to produce a correlation value. A correlation product for each correlation sum is calculated based on the respective correlation sum and the number of resources that have performed tasks with respect to the correlation sum. A quotient is calculated for each correlation sum based on the respective correlation product and the correlation value. The categories are grouped into clusters with a clustering module based on the quotients; and, resources are associated with the clusters based on task performance history of the resources. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO UPDATE AND ACCESS ASSET INFORMATION - Systems and methods provide an update of asset information from disparate sources to an asset record that may be accessed by a computer-based application. Embodiments of the invention provide a controller operable to facilitate the timely updating of asset information for an asset to a comprehensive asset record corresponding to the asset as one or more pieces of the asset information, distributed across a plurality of data sources, changes in real time. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025420 | SIMULTANEOUS MICRO SPACE AND ASSORTMENT OPTIMIZATION FOR PRODUCTS - Techniques and tools are described for determining optimal product assortments and optimal planograms using a hybrid binary multi-dimensional knapsack representation. An optimal product assortment and an optimal planogram can be determined by receiving one or more objectives, receiving one or more constraints, receiving dimensions and hierarchies, transforming the dimensions and hierarchies into structural graphs of s-cells, generating a dynamic model using, at least in part, the one or more objectives, performing an optimization run using the dynamic model, and outputting results of the optimization run. An optimal product assortment and an optimal planogram can also be determined by receiving product attributes for a set of products, receiving avatar information, receiving one or more objectives and constraints, generating a dynamic model using, performing an optimization run using the dynamic model, and outputting results of the optimization run. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025421 | ON-LINE SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MATCHING EVENT VENDORS WITH EVENT PLANNERS IN REAL-TIME - A system, method and computer program product facilitates an online wedding planning system that automatically matches, in real-time, an event planner with event vendors. Exemplary steps include: receiving a first group of operating parameters for the event vendors; receiving a second group of operating parameters for the event planner; assigning a pro-rata percentage of the total budget to each of the event vendors; creating a qualified list of the event vendors wherein a sum of each the pro-rata percentage of the total budget is equal to or less than an associated maximum pro-rata percentage of the total budget of the event; and simultaneously displaying, in real-time, on a single graphical user interface of a web browser, the qualified list of the event vendors whose combined individual pro-rata percentage of the total budget is cumulatively equal to or less than the total budget of the event. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140046719 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR FINANCING PROJECTS - A method of raising funds for a project, the method comprising the steps of providing a webpage for the project and determining a target fund amount for the project, the project being selected from a group comprising a non-profit related project, a business related project, a cause-related project, a real-estate related project and an art related project, providing a plurality of advertising buy options having respective media outlets available for purchase by an advertiser accessing said project webpage, upon an advertiser purchasing a selected one or more media buy, causing the advertisers advertising material to be placed on the media properties associated with the purchased media buys, and collecting the revenue from the completed advertising buy and applying the selected revenue produced by the completed advertising buy to the target fund. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140052489 | TIME DERIVATIVE-BASED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for program management are presented. A user can perform analysis and evaluate levels of potential disruption or efficiency that exist in a program or a project thereof through one or more project metrics of a program. Understanding disruption and efficiency indices in a program can help evaluate the duration, location, reason, or severity of the disruption, and assist the program team to take appropriate measures to rectify or prevent the disruption. Disruption metrics in a program can be assessed based on computation of higher order time derivatives of one or more project metrics, such computation of at least a third order time derivative to reveal pattern or other characteristics of the disruption or efficiency or inefficiency in the program. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052490 | PHILANTHROPY MANAGEMENT AND METRICS SYSTEM - Organizations, which may be charitable organizations, may plan, implement, and report to interested on the impact their projects. Users may create and modify components, which demonstrate a relationship between, for example, a donor donation, and an effect of that donation. Users can set up, modify and allowing reporting on, for example, activities sponsored by a charitable organization, inputs into that activity which may be sponsored by donors, and results of the activity. Results can be tracked over time producing a moving picture of the impact of the activity. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140058782 | INTEGRATED COLLABORATIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT - An integrated scientific research environment includes a method and system of conducting a standardized, collaborative scientific research project. Researchers utilize the integrated scientific research environment to conduct experiments in which information is generated, analyzed, verified, and published in a distributed computing infrastructure that allows for multiple users to work together on experiments and scientific research projects. Multiple modules create a literature review and a research protocol, enable verification and analysis of experiment results, and prepare results for publication to add to existing knowledge in the field of the experiments conducted. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140074538 | STACK HANDLING OPERATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for searching transition routes from an initial state of a plurality of stackable items to a target state by a computer at predetermined conditions includes connecting between transitionable states at an edge by a single handling operation transitioning from the initial state to the target state, to generate a state space graph; evaluating a lower bound of handling operation cost from a certain state to the target state, based on both the stacking sequence of the plurality of items in the certain state and the stacking sequence of the plurality of items in the target state; and searching a route from the initial state to the target state where the handling operation cost is minimal on the state space graph using a heuristic search algorithm based on the lower bound. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140089030 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for providing a graphical interface and application for managing assets and products in and between shipper/receiver facilities such as a plant, a port, a warehouse, or a lot. Embodiments of the invention provide a shipper/receiver management software application configured to manage assets and products pro-actively by maximizing visibility of the shipper/receiver facility and by providing selectable options to a user to improve operations across the shipper/receiver facility and between shipper/receiver facilities. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089031 | FLEET ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for providing a graphical interface and application for managing assets and products in and between shipper/receiver facilities such as a plant, a port, a warehouse, or a lot. Embodiments of the invention provide a shipper/receiver management software application configured to manage assets and products pro-actively by maximizing visibility of the shipper/receiver facility and by providing selectable options to a user to improve operations across the shipper/receiver facility and between shipper/receiver facilities. Aspects can be directed toward fleet and individual asset management to facilitate tracking, observance, and reporting of use and/or lease terms for both shippers and receivers. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140100906 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING PERFORMANCE OF AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT FILM IN FENESTRATION ASSEMBLIES - A method of determining energy performance of a film component is disclosed. The method includes: (i) obtaining a glass heat loss value or a glass heat gain value of a glass body by measuring heat loss or heat gain from the glass body using a heat distribution measuring device; (ii) obtaining an assembly heat loss value or an assembly heat gain value of a film and glass assembly by measuring heat loss or heat gain from the film and glass assembly using a heat distribution measuring device; (iii) obtaining an assembly heat loss value or an assembly heat gain value of a film and glass assembly by measuring heat loss or heat gain from the film and glass assembly using a heat distribution measuring device; and (iv) subtracting the glass heat loss value from the assembly heat loss value to obtain a film heat loss value or subtracting the glass heat gain value from the assembly heat gain value to obtain a film heat gain value | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100907 | Project Management System - A project management system is provided. The project management system includes an information access module, a performance management module, a performance index determination module, and a performance result output module. The project management system is configured to manage at least one project and is adapted for integrating a plurality of projects, so as to control and manage the project management performance of a department or inter-department and multiple levels. The project management system can use non-monetary units, such as working hours, number of work package, or number of activity, to evaluate performance. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140108086 | PROJECT CATEGORIZATION AND ASSESSMENT THROUGH MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS - A system for project categorization and assessment that can employ multivariate analysis techniques to classify a current project by using attributes of the current project to identify project objects representing completed projects similar to the current project. Project data sets of points in a project lifetime can be represented as pictures, having attribute pixels. Pattern recognition techniques can be used on the project pictures. The system can generate eigenprojects for large project object groups or for classification across multiple groups. Aspects of a classified current project can be assessed to suggest project management actions. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140114718 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES - An apparatus is provided for facilitating automated arrival and departure events at a facility. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to receive an indication identifying one or more loads of a vehicle in response to the vehicle arriving at a facility. The processor is further configured to automatically assign the loads of the vehicle to one or more respective storage locations of the facility in response to receipt of the indication. The processor is further configured to enable provision of another indication to a communication device associated with the vehicle indicating the respective storage locations to place the corresponding loads. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140122156 | Food Supply Chain Automation Farm Tracking System and Method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving monitoring information related to one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials; and electronically associating at least a portion of said monitoring information one or more farming related production factors involved with farming related production of one or more ingestible materials with one or more identifiers accessible through one or more tracers, said one or more tracers logged as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with said one or more ingestible materials. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140129280 | Smart Packaging Initiative (SPI) Scoring System - A method is provided for the smart packaging initiative (SPI) scoring system, with particular relevance for the toy industry. The SPI scoring system may include at least four indicators, including carbon footprint of packaging on a life-cycle basis, materials health on a life-cycle basis, waste-to-landfill measurement, and cube utilization. By using a SPI classification system, products can be placed in classes with very similar functional packaging requirements, regardless of the specific toy genre or traditional retail classification of the product. Accordingly, by utilizing data available for existing products in the industry, a baseline environmental norm for packaging categories can be established, providing a useful reference point for improvement. Further, the SPI scoring system can also support comparisons of multiple packaging scenarios for the same product, allowing users to refine their package designs towards environmentally preferable design changes. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129281 | AIRCRAFT FUEL OPIMIZATION FOR MULTI-STOP ROUTES - Computer-implemented systems, methods, and computer-readable media for reducing operational costs relating to fuel burn of aircraft include receiving trip data including a plurality of airports, receiving operational data including a fuel price corresponding to each airport in the plurality of airports, and determining an amount of fuel to upload at each of the airports in the plurality of airports based at least in part on the operational data. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140136270 | ACQUISITION ROADMAPPING TOOL - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of developing a cost estimate for a requirement applicable to one or more acquisition programs. The method may include receiving an indication of a requirement time frame, one or more applicable acquisition programs, and one or more work locations; documenting a source of the requirement; documenting a funding source for the requirement; generating one or more plans based on the time frame, applicable acquisition programs, and work locations, each plan requesting a non-cost estimate and information to support the estimate; receiving input into each of the generated plans; generating a plurality of cost entry sheets based on the time frame, applicable acquisition programs, and the received plan input; receiving cost estimates from the cost entry sheets; and generating an estimate of expenses applied to the funding source during the time frame. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140143005 | PLM IN A BOX is a proprietary Process in the development and implementation a Product Lifecycle Management Solution for product manufacturers developing products based on a customer specification. This process establishes a process framework to linking customer project to a product design originated for a specific customer project, links to the design exchanges with suppliers on those designs and the linkage engineering change notices that originate for those product designs - PLM IN A BOX is a proprietary Process in the development and implementation a Product Lifecycle Management Solution for product manufacturers developing products based on a customer specification. This process establishes a process framework to linking customer project to a product design originated for a specific customer project, links to the design exchanges with suppliers on those designs and the linkage engineering change notices that originate for those product designs. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140156334 | SETTING CONSTRAINTS IN PROJECT PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION - A method for optimizing a project portfolio includes receiving initial objectives and constraints from a user. A portfolio optimization model is constructed based on the received initial objectives and constraints. The constructed portfolio optimization model is solved using an optimization engine executing on a computer system. A constraint optimization model is constructed based on the solved portfolio optimization model. The constraint optimization model is solved using the optimization engine. The portfolio optimization model is modified based on the solution to the constraint optimization model. The modified portfolio optimization model is solved. The solution to the modified portfolio optimization model is provided to the user. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140164045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL ASSET CONFIGURATIONS WHILE MINIMIZING DISRUPTION TO EXISTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN A SERVICE DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT - A system for determining asset configuration in a service delivery environment, comprises a simulation module developing a simulation model reflecting features of the service delivery environment, a search module using the simulation model and constraint data to determine a plurality of asset configurations for evaluation, a first evaluation module determining a value of each of the asset configurations, and determining the asset configuration of the plurality of asset configurations that yields a value meeting a predetermined objective, and a second evaluation module determining a deviation from a current configuration that would be caused by each of the asset configurations, and determining the asset configuration that yields a lowest deviation of the plurality of asset configurations, wherein the second evaluation module uses the value meeting the predetermined objective from the first evaluation module as a constraint when determining the asset configuration that yields the lowest deviation. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140172490 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AND PERFORMING GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED CELL-BASED MANUFACTURING AND/OR ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates in general to a computer implemented system, method, and apparatus for a geographically distributed, advanced cell-based manufacturing system, method, and apparatus that utilizes modular work benches and moveable parts racks. Also included are integrated computer hardware/software components, such as, machine code scanners, touch screens, barcode printers, PCs, tablets, communications capabilities, network gear, etc., in order to provide maximum flexibility, throughput, and profitability for various types of product mixes. This system increases profit margins by increasing inventory turns, reducing capitalization costs, and reducing hourly per square foot burden rates for production areas, and reducing non-productive management personnel, and by having the ability to place production equipment in near proximity to the end-user. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140195292 | TECHNIQUES FOR INSTANTIATING AND CONFIGURING PROJECTS - Techniques for project management instantiation and configuration are provided. A master project includes policy directives that drive the dynamic instantiation and configuration of resources for a project. The resources are instantiated and configured on demand and when resources are actually requested, in response to the policy directives. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140200945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING OBJECT BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is a system and method for generating a BIM geometry breakdown structure. The system includes a geometry breakdown system (GBS) range setting module, a GBS geometric object coding module, and a GBS geometric object coding module. The GBS range setting module sets the range of a GBS based on BIM framework variables. The GBS element definition module generates “standard information breakdown property information” that is used to manage work-type breakdown and location breakdown, “project numbering system (PNS) property information” that is used to manage a work breakdown system (WBS), a cost breakdown structure (CBS), and a standard-method-of-measurement (SMM) breakdown structure (MBS), and “GBS property information” that is used to define geometric information. The GBS geometric object coding module matches geometric objects to the “standard information breakdown property information” and the “PNS property information”, and assigns numbers corresponding to the “GBS property information” to the matched geometric objects. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140214472 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ANALYZING A ROUTE USING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - Systems, methods and devices for analyzing a route using a geographic information system (GIS) are disclosed. Such systems, methods, and devices may include rendering a map, plotting a route on such a map. GIS software identifies route features and land parcels along the route. Further, aspects of the present disclosure describe performing cost analysis, route impact, analysis and environment analysis for the route using GIS software and processing route feature and land parcel information stored across different database modules and information repositories. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214473 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED SALES AND MARKETING TOOL - An integrated system assists sales professionals in preparing for and presenting sales demonstrations and in capturing project-specific data for use in quoting projects in real-time. A central server-side computer-based system is used with remote client-side applications. A Sales “Walk About” Tool (“SWAT”) includes visualization functionality and data capture routine(s) implemented using a mobile user-client device as an effective mobile sales tool. The SWAT system assigns projects, tracks sales efforts, captures data, schedules sales calls and coordinates installation. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140222487 | Total-Ordering In Process Planning - A method is provided that includes receiving process-related information describing a hierarchical process for production of a product. The process may include segments each of at least some of which include segment components. The method also includes determining an instance in which the segment components are total-ordered, which may include determining an instance in which the segments are total-ordered. For the total-ordered segments, the segment components may be partitioned by disjoint collections based upon earliest availability to produce earliest-available partitions, and separately based upon latest availability to produce latest-available partitions. Order flexibility may be identified for each segment component based upon membership in both earliest-available and latest-available partitions, and an instance in which each partition in both the earliest-available and latest-available partitions contains only one order-inflexible segment component may be determined. In this instance, the segment components may be total-ordered. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222488 | Quantifying the Quality of Trend Lines - Techniques, apparatus and articles of manufacture for quantifying the quality of trend lines. A method includes defining a collection of reference data sets derived from multiple historical projects in a similar subject area as the target project, defining one or more indicators of data set applicability to a target project estimation, said defining based on multiple characteristics of the target project, evaluating applicability of each of the reference data sets based on the one or more indicators, and identifying one or more of the reference data sets as applicable for use in the target project estimation. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222489 | Quantifying the Quality of Trend Lines - Apparatus and articles of manufacture for quantifying the quality of trend lines include defining a collection of reference data sets derived from multiple historical projects in a similar subject area as the target project, defining one or more indicators of data set applicability to a target project estimation, said defining based on multiple characteristics of the target project, evaluating applicability of each of the reference data sets based on the one or more indicators, and identifying one or more of the reference data sets as applicable for use in the target project estimation. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222490 | IDENTIFYING DIRECT AND INDIRECT COST OF A DISRUPTION OF A RESOURCE - A method and associated systems for automatically identifying critical resources in an organization. An organization creates a model of the dependencies between pairs of resource types, wherein that model describes how the organization's projects and services are affected when a resource type becomes unavailable. This model may include a system of directed graphs. This model may be used to automatically identify a resource type as critical if unacceptable cost is incurred by resuming projects and services rendered infeasible when the resource type is disrupted. The model may also be used to automatically identify a first resource type as critical for a second resource type when disruption of the first resource type forces the available capacity of the second resource type to fall below a threshold value. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236660 | GUI SUPPORT FOR DIAGNOSING AND REMEDIATING PROBLEMS THAT THREATEN ON-TIME DELIVERY OF SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS - A graphical interface module may provide a set of graphical presentations comprising at least: a Likelihood of Delivery chart showing a probability distribution of predicted delivery dates; a Delivery Date Risk Trend chart showing how the completion time for the project predicted according to the Likelihood of Delivery chart has changed over time; and a Burndown chart that shows at least work-items of planned work for the project. Each of the Likelihood of Delivery chart, the Delivery Date Risk Trend chart, and the Burndown chart has a timeline axis. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244338 | Multi Condition Takeoff in Construction Project Software Programs - A method and system for simultaneously performing takeoff of multiple building conditions in a construction project software program is disclosed. The method comprises selecting two or more building conditions and moving a pointer to a construction drawing to select an area to perform takeoff of the multiple building conditions on. Once the area has been selected, the method and system automatically creates one or more live objects on the selected area for each of the selected building conditions and simultaneously quantifies each of the selected building conditions based on the size of the selected area. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249881 | COMPUTERIZED ESTIMATING TOOL FOR PROPOSED INSECT-CONTROL SPRAY CAMPAIGN - A computerized estimating tool that is used to create needs-assessment estimates, a multi-year budget, and an operational calendar for a proposed insect-control spray campaign presents a user with an electronic questionnaire that asks the user to input workforce data and has a field that, when clicked by the user, opens a worksheet in which the user provides demographic information on individual villages or communities to be covered by the proposed campaign, including the proportion of households in each community that or rural or urban. The tool has a program that retrieves the input data and other data stored in memory, calculates both a budget and an operational calendar for the proposed campaign, and generates a printable, narrative-form needs-assessment report. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249882 | System and Method of Stochastic Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling - A method or system of optimally scheduling projects with resource constraints and stochastic task durations. This is a new framework in order to solve real world problems of uncertainties and computational dilemma in project scheduling and management. This new framework is devised with a constraint programming (CP) procedure as an approximate dynamic programming (ADP) to reduce the size of domain. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140257908 | VIEWER PATTERN ANALYSIS - A microprocessor executable analytic module is provided that determines, for each of a plurality of selected contact center objects, a visually perceptible parameter based on contact center information and/or a performance parameter and provides a display incorporating the determined visually perceptible parameters, wherein the display comprises an array of pixels and/or cells, each pixel and/or cell corresponding to a respective contact center object and a plurality of the pixels and/or cells having different visually perceptible parameters. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257909 | ESTIMATING PROJECT COST - A method, computer program product, and system is described. One or more project identifiers associated with a project are identified. A secondary data source associated with the project is identified, the identifying based upon, at least in part, identifying an association of the one or more of the project identifiers with the secondary data source. A use of a non-dedicated resource on the project is identified based upon, at least in part, analyzing information from the secondary data source. A cost estimate associated with the project is determined based upon, at least in part, the identified use of the non-dedicated resource on the project. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257910 | ESTIMATING PROJECT COST - A method, computer program product, and system is described. One or more project identifiers associated with a project are identified. A secondary data source associated with the project is identified, the identifying based upon, at least in part, identifying an association of the one or more of the project identifiers with the secondary data source. A use of a non-dedicated resource on the project is identified based upon, at least in part, analyzing information from the secondary data source. A cost estimate associated with the project is determined based upon, at least in part, the identified use of the non-dedicated resource on the project. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140278693 | System and Method for Cross-Plant Bill of Materials - Systems and methods for generating a cross-plant bill of materials (BOM) for a particular final end product that can be used by a central business system for performing various business analysis and processes quickly and efficiently are disclosed. The cross-plant BOM can include information from multiple bills of materials (BOMs) for multiple component products produced by multiple manufacturing plants. The list of manufacturing plants participating in the production of a particular end product is referred to as a plant group for business entities. The BOMs for the component products produced by various plants within the plant group for a final end product are inserted into or associated with the BOM for the final end product that includes the component products. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278694 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT USING PRODUCT DATA WITH PRODUCT CLASSES - Systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate managing a business. In some embodiments, the system includes a product data module and a plurality of business process modules executing on at least one processor of a server. The product data module may be configured to store at least one product description. Responsive to a first user, the system may associate a product class with a first description. Responsive to a second user, the system may associate a first product description with a first of the business process modules. The system may be configured to select a second business process module based on the product class and update the second business process module with the first product description. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278695 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING FUNDING OF PROJECTS - Systems and methods for providing a prioritization of the focus and allocation of available resources and/or funding for due diligence analyses of a variety of candidate projects competing for limited funding are disclosed. Various methods may also determine a confidence level metrics associated with the information and/or estimates associated with the candidate projects. Evolutionary algorithms may be applied to perform multi-objective optimization of objectives based, at least in part, on currently available information and/or estimates associated with the candidate projects. A priority score, for the purpose of allocating due diligence attention and resources to increase confidence levels in assumptions associated with candidate projects, may be determined for a particular project based, at least in part, on the current confidence level associated with that particular project and the percentage of non-dominated projects within which the particular project is included. The optimization may be performed multiple times, such as once for every stakeholder that may have provided information and/or estimates associated with the candidate projects, to identify a plurality of non-dominated solutions to the optimization problem. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278696 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE WORK PATHS FOR MACHINES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for determining a work path for a machine. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether the auxiliary machine is to assist the host machine in a plurality of work cells in a work area; based on determining whether the auxiliary machine is to assist the host machine in one of the plurality of work cells, assigning an auxiliary power mode for the one of the plurality of work cells, the auxiliary power mode comprising one of a neutral mode or a power assist mode; and in power assist mode, controlling the auxiliary machine to provide auxiliary tractive power in one of the plurality of work cells, and in neutral mode, controlling the auxiliary machine to free wheel in another one of the plurality of work cells. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278697 | BUILDING MATERIALS ESTIMATION - Using remote image acquisition, image processing, and computational systems and methods, it has become possible to obtain actual building dimensions that can be used to generate construction estimates for repairing or maintaining buildings. For example, actual roof dimensions can be used to provide a computer-based estimate of materials and/or materials overage needed. Instead of simply applying a generic overage percentage based on roof shape, a computer-based approach can take into account cut lines as a percentage of total roof area. The resulting computer-generated estimate is shown to be more accurate, less expensive, and faster than using a human on-site estimator. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278698 | INTEGRATED PROJECT PLANNING - Various embodiments of systems and methods for generating planning values of a project are described herein. An integrated project planning framework is provided to generate planning values of the project. The integrate project planning framework include a valuation options module that provides several planning value generation options. The valuation options module includes planning value generation modules to generate planning values related to different organizational functions. The valuation options module also includes a plan specific valuation module that includes some of the planning value generation modules to generate planning values of a project. A valuation triggering module may identify the plan specific valuation module to be executed for generating the one or more planning values of the project. The planning value generation modules, included in the plan specific valuation module, are executed to generate the one or more planning values of the project. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278699 | MODELING ENERGY CONVERSION IN SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for modeling energy conversion in systems are described herein. One method includes identifying an external parameter that influences operation of the system, determining a characteristic curve of a component of the system using a value of the identified external parameter, and determining a model of energy conversion in the system using the characteristic curve of the component. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278700 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRIORITIZING INITIATIVES - A system that receives plurality of data that includes dimensions (e.g., revenue, profit margin, level of effort, urgency or alignment to the organization's technology strategy) and criteria (e.g., business unit, product, or service) that are relevant to drive an organization's priorities. The system generates a visual display on which a representation (e.g., a sphere, circle, square, or other shape) for each of the projects is depicted. In various embodiments, the user may select one dimension to be used as an x-axis scale of the visual display and a second dimension to be used as a y-axis scale of the visual display. The system plots a representation for each project against various dimensions that are meaningful to the business organization. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278701 | COLLABORATION PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL MEDIA - A collaborative platform for the procurement and creation of digital media is disclosed. The platform includes methods and systems that provide a collaborative framework for collaborative digital media, connecting government/military, industry/freelancers and academia through a common, secure cloud service. This unique solution enables a common platform for collaboration and digital media production and delivery using a secure network and data model. This framework provides a turnkey technical, creative and purchasing and procurement solution for a diverse array of organizations. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278702 | LAUNCH OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention relates to a software system implemented on a standalone computer or over a network for coordinating the implementation of large projects. The new system is intuitive, relies on an organizational method and set of highly descriptive templates for the various activities, a two-axis dimensional sorting of commercial dimensions and project phases, the use of sub-groups for dimensions, and the storage and retrieval of current documents related to each activity. The system is designed for a broad or narrow overview of a large project, its different commercial dimensions and phases over time in association with initiatives and activities. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278703 | ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Some embodiments provide systems and methods of managing enterprise resources including providing a plurality of process modules for managing resources associated with a plurality of processes, at least one of the modules using at least one processor to access a database stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Some embodiments include providing a project and asset management module for managing at least one step of a plurality of projects including long-term planning and defining at least one project work item in a project life cycle. Some embodiments also include a resource and scheduling module for maintaining a resource database stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and for scheduling project resources. Some embodiments include a planning and reporting module, an engineering design module, and an interface module that uses at least one of the processors to interface at least two of the plurality of modules. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHIPPING SCHEDULING INVOLVING PARALLEL PORT OPERATIONS USING PREPOSITIONED VESSELS - A method and system for scheduling vessels among a number of shipping companies to obtain parallel transport cycle as part of a vessel and voyage assignment scheduling system. Port laytime and parallel port service cycle time is scheduled efficiently by port operators by providing a berth for an inbound vessel and the transfer of crew from an inbound vessel to an outbound vessel already pre-serviced for departure such that the crew is not required to remain at port during the port service cycle. Unloading of cargo and reloading of cargo on an inbound vessel is performed prior to the timing of the crew transfer so that the crew transfers to the pre-serviced vessel and exit support system to proceed to the next port of call without minimum amount of delay in the port at which they arrive. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278705 | Hierarchical Workflow Management System - Hierarchical workflow management systems and methods are provided that enable users in the building trades to coordinating workflows for projects having at least three levels. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140288991 | PROJECT ESTIMATION AND PLANNING USING FEATURE GRANULARITY - A computer implemented method of generating a feature planning granularity metric in which the method includes receiving certain project estimation constraint metrics, obtaining a reference class of project data of historical reference projects, applying the project estimation constraint metrics in a reference class forecasting, and providing a metric representing the estimated cumulative identified features relative to the effort of the scope of the proposed project, for use in project planning as a feature planning granularity characteristic. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288992 | IDENTIFICATION, CATEGORIZATION, AND INTEGRATION OF UNPLANNED MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL WORK ON MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT - An automated interactive method dynamically identifies an unplanned maintenance task during execution of a planned maintenance task on equipment. A user device displays a maintenance menu system for data entry and access and provides an input relating to unplanned maintenance task discovered on the equipment. The unplanned maintenance task is associated with the planned maintenance task at least with respect to a location. The automated interactive method sequentially processes unplanned maintenance task information based on the input from the user device. A user such as a technician enters component data by answering an initial tailored question. An additional tailored question chosen based on a response entered by the technician to the initial tailored question is presented. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140297351 | Computing system predictive build - Features to include within a predictive build of a computing system are selected. The predictive build is an anticipated final build of the computing system prior to receiving a firm customer order for the computing system in accordance with which an actual final build of the computing system is then built. A marginal cost of first building the predictive build and then modifying the predictive build to realize the actual final build, as compared to building the actual final build without first building the predictive build and then modifying predictive build to realize the actual final build, is estimated based on the features selected. Responsive to determining that the marginal cost is less than a predetermined acceptable marginal cost limit, the predictive build is built prior to receiving the firm customer order, and then is modified to realize the actual final build upon receiving the firm customer order. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140324509 | SCHEDULING AND BUDGETING FOR PROJECTS - Information for a project, including financials and scheduling is stored as the single dataset, with budgeting information automatically integrated to the cash flow information, and with scheduling information automatically integrated to the cash flow information, and vice versa, through the single dataset from a single database to associate scheduled project phases. The single database, allows users to view the cash flow via multiple user interfaces extracted from the same core data, and therefore updates in one user interface can reflect across all user interfaces comprising budget, schedule and cash flow. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330609 | Performance Driven Municipal Asset Needs and Sustainability Analysis - Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for providing performance driven municipal asset needs and sustainability analysis. The method includes calculating asset health scores for a plurality of assets in an infrastructure. The asset health scores change as a function of time. The method also includes identifying prescription options for the assets. The identifying is based on the asset health scores. The prescription options include cost, value, and time for execution. A multi-objective optimization is applied based on the asset health scores and prescription options to identify at least a subset of the prescription options that may be implemented within a provided budget to maintain a sustainability threshold for an overall infrastructure health score. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140343998 | PROJECT ORIENTED CASH MANAGEMENT - A computer based method of determining the cash position of an entity using a spread sheet wherein the spread sheet is programmed to add all actual and scheduled receipts and expenditures associated with the tasks on a critical path of one or more projects underway by the entity on any selected date. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343999 | RISK-AWARE PROJECT SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES - A method, system, and computer program product for reducing risk and schedule during workflow scheduling in asset-intensive projects. A subject project schedule comprises a plurality of tasks wherein at least some of the tasks have an initial resource demand. A critical path through the plurality of tasks is identified. Alternate resources deemed to be possible alternatives to the initial resource demand are identified, and the risk of using the alternate resource is assessed by calculating a first path risk value (e.g., corresponding to assigning initial resource demand to the critical path) and calculating a second path risk value (e.g., corresponding to assigning the first alternate resource to the critical path). The impact of selecting one or another risk-assessed resource is assessed, and a resource having a lower risk is selected. Further processing includes adjusting at least one task on the critical path to use the selected lower risk resource. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344000 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALUATION AND VALIDATION OF OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN PLANNING AND OPERATIONS FOR A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PROJECT OR PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS - Systems and methods are provided for valuation and validation of options and opportunities in planning and operations for a liquefied natural gas project or portfolio of projects. The systems and methods use at least one of a supply chain design model, a shipping simulation model, a ship scheduling model, and an optionality planning model to make valuation and validation decisions. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140350990 | Simulated Print Demand - A computer readable memory ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140358617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECT PLANNING AND ESTIMATION - The present document describes a method for producing a construction plan, a corresponding list of materials and a corresponding cost estimate. The method comprises, at a computing device, receiving a selection of a type of construction project characterized by a predefined set of variables, an initial construction plan, a corresponding initial list of materials and a corresponding initial cost estimate. The method further comprises receiving a modification of at least one of the variables; and producing: an updated construction plan based on the variables; a corresponding updated list of materials based on the variables and on a list of unit materials; and a corresponding updated cost estimate based on the updated list of materials and on a list of unit prices for the list of unit materials | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140372165 | FAST 4-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCTION SCHEDUEL SIMULATION SYSTEM BASED ON OBJECT BEHAVIORS - A fast 4D construction schedule simulation systems based on object behaviors according to the present invention may comprise an object library storage for storing object data, a behavior library storage for storing behaviors according to object types of the object data, an instance behavior value input section for inputting behavior values of an instance created from the object data to be modeled, a modeling section for modelling the instance using the object data, the behaviors and the behavior values and a display for displaying a behavior of the modeled instance. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, E.G. CROP INVENTORIES - A system and a method for tracking agricultural commodities, such as crop inventories, is based on measuring a flow of crop through an equipment unit during a period of time, and determining the flow of crop through the unit to be a transfer event. More particularly, there is measured a quantity of crop in a first equipment unit; followed by a detection of a presence of one or more additional equipment units proximate the first equipment unit; and by a determination of at least one crop transfer event between the first equipment and at least one of the additional equipment units based on a change in the quantity of crop in the first equipment unit and the detection of presence. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150012324 | Project Management System and Method - Systems and methods for providing project management tools and instructions are disclosed. The systems and methods generally include: determining a status of a preexisting project or set of projects by determining a preexisting quality level for each of a plurality project management parameters for the preexisting project or set of projects; establishing a functionally effective quality level for each of the plurality of project management parameters based on one or more project management parameter-specific metrics; creating, with a computer processor, an implementation plan including instructions for implementing a plurality of the project management parameters at the functionally effective quality level; and providing training materials based on the implementation plan. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012325 | SOCIAL MEDIA AND E-COMMERCE FILM PLANNING SYSTEM AND PROCESS - A system and a process are disclosed which utilize social media and e-commerce for film/TV breakdown (itemization, organization, cross-sectional look book) services for users to plan a film, with auto posting to an internal e-commerce module, mail merge documents and social media communication. The system incorporates the ease of e-commerce, visual design and social media with mail-merge documentation, scheduling and time management for overall better organization at a cheaper operating price. The system allows multiple productions simultaneously by one user, allows instant access to an internal trade site with other users, and allows for auto e-commerce of items at remote shooting locations. The system shares input from all department heads and allows those department heads to be assigned tasks usually handled only by a producer. The system also allows the to assign breakdown responsibilities to department heads. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012326 | Method for Developing A Long-Term Strategy for Allocating a Supply of Liquefied Natural Gas - A method is disclosed for developing a long-term strategy for allocating a supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) while adhering to limitations of available shipping capacity An LNG market is modeled using one or more optimization models. The LNG market includes at least one buyer of LNG, at least one seller of LNG, and at least one means of transporting LNG. A plurality of inputs relevant to the LNG market are accepted. The inputs are configured to be input into the optimization models. One or more solution algorithms are interfaced with the optimization models. The optimization models are nm using the interfaced solution algorithms to identify potential options in the LNG market. Uncertainty is accounted for in the identified potential options. The identified potential options are outputted. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012327 | Point in Phasetime System and Method Thereof - A Phasetime Method and Automated System for tracking Element Efforts that result in end products, at least including products of art, industry, and nature, and reporting Development Event Efforts by their virtual Points in Phasetime within designated Past, Present, and Future Project Development Phases. Dynamically generated Phasetime Reports display Element Project Efforts within a live Phasetime Matrix in relation to their Phase of Development and Points in Phasetime. Development Events occur within Project Development Phases, which Phases may vary in number and kind depending on the end product. Development Events include Project Production Elements, Element Efforts, the duration of said Efforts, and Efforts' Points in Phasetime. Element Efforts, tracked by Phasetime Project Development Event Instances, are reported in edited Storyboard Beats in Phasetime Macro, Micro, and Nano Views depicting the Efforts' effect on the end Product's Storyline. Effortology keys allow browsers to alter the Storyboard Storyline Report. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150019280 | AUTOMATED OPERATOR-EQUIPMENT PAIRING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for automatically pairing one or more operators with one or more pieces of equipment where each of the one or more operators carries an identification unit having an identification code stored therein, and where each piece of equipment includes an equipment data sensor configured to wirelessly receive the identification code in any identification units within a particular range may include receiving a plurality of different identification codes in data received from a particular equipment data sensor where for each of the different identification codes the data comprises signal information about strength or frequency of the one or more wireless signals through which each identification code was received by the particular equipment data sensor, and determining an operator of the equipment associated with the particular equipment data sensor based at least in part on a comparison of the signal information associated with each identification code. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150032495 | System and Method for User Controlled Cost Based Network and Path Selection across Multiple Networks - Embodiments are provided to enable a user controlled path selection for servicing content requests from users. In an embodiment, a user device sends a cost request for a service to a network, and in return receives cost information for the service from the network. The user device then determines, according to the cost information, cost for one or more paths across the network. Upon determining acceptable cost for a path from the paths, the user device selects the path for receiving the service. In another embodiment, a network node coupled to links receives loading information from neighbor nodes coupled to neighbor links, and evaluates cost using loading information for the links and the received loading information for the neighbor links. When the network node receives a cost request from a user for a service, the node returns cost information for the service. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039374 | PLANNING PERIODIC INSPECTION OF GEO-DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS - An optimization framework to find the periodic inspection interval over an infinite time horizon for geo-distributed infrastructure systems subject to hidden failures. The unit's failure can only be rectified at periodic inspection, at which point a failed unit will be considered as being “perfectly” repaired. For geo-distributed infrastructure systems, for example, fire hydrants in a city, water and power supply networks in urban areas, firstly, the units of a system are clustered into groups. Then, the optimal inspection interval is calculated for each group based on the expected cost per cycle. Finally, the best schedule for inspection is determined. This schedule: (i) minimizes the global system inspection and maintenance cost; and (ii) meets the applicable labor and budget resource constraints. An integer nonlinear programming formulation together with a heuristics deals with the inspection schedule. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039375 | SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for managing a supply chain including a plurality of supply chain entities is disclosed. The method may include determining a plurality of input parameters for modeling the supply chain. Each input parameter has a plurality of input parameter values within a plausible range. The method may also include determining a plurality of candidate network structures, and determining a business goal value for each candidate network structure based on a plurality of possible input combinations of the input parameter values. The method may further include determining a statistical distribution of the business goal values for each network structure. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150051936 | RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFICATION PRODUCTS - Disclosure is a resource planning system and method for classification products. The system comprises an input module and a planning module. The input module is used to receive wafer information, manufacturing process information, classification product information and order information. The wafer information comprises a wafer purchasing cost and a wafer inventory cost; the manufacturing process information comprises a production distribution and a production cost for the manufacturing process; the classification product information comprises a classification product inventory cost; the order information comprises a sale amount of customer orders and a penalty cost by unmet orders. The planning module calculates a profit by deducting the wafer purchasing cost, the production cost, the wafer inventory cost, the classification product inventory cost and the penalty cost from the sale amount. The profit gets the maximum value by planning resource allocation of each module. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150051937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFSET MANAGEMENT - A system and method for managing offset project data is provided. The system includes a device which maintains the project data. Project data includes data regarding offset requirements. Transaction data can be associated with the project which can help satisfy at least a portion of the project offset requirements. Transaction data also includes causality and incrementality data for proving a transaction. Proving a transaction can be based on communications accumulated and stored at the device. To help with the communications data gathering, messaging accounts can be provided at the device that are associated with the transactions. When communicating, parties to the transaction can CC or copy the provided account as a way of automatically storing the communications. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150058063 | GENERATING WORK PLANS USING SUBSTITUTE CONSTITUENTS - An apparatus comprises a memory and a processor device operatively coupled to the memory. The processor device is configured to evaluate a first work plan comprising one or more constituents to determine a first set of work plan metrics, determine one or more constraints for constituents of the first work plan, select one or more substitute constituents to replace constituents of the first work plan based at least in part on the determined constraints and the determined work plan metrics, and generate a second work plan using the substitute constituents, the second work plan having a second set of work plan metrics similar to the first set of work plan metrics. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150066560 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MULTI-VENDOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED CLOUDS THROUGH ABSTRACTED CONTROL PLANES - Method and Apparatus for rapid scalable unified infrastructure system management platform are disclosed by discovery of compute nodes, network components across data centers, both public and private for a user; assessment of type, capability, VLAN, security, virtualization configuration of the discovered unified infrastructure nodes and components; configuration of nodes and components covering add, delete, modify, scale; and rapid roll out of nodes and components across data centers both public and private. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066561 | VEHICLE YARD PLANNER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method includes receiving yard data at a yard planner system from a plurality of workstations and a plurality of sensors within a vehicle yard, wherein the yard data includes information regarding movement of vehicles and resources in relation to the vehicle yard. The system and method may also include using the yard planner system to form an initial yard plan based on the yard data, monitoring the yard data over time with the yard planner system, and updating the initial yard plan to form an updated yard plan based on changing yard data over time. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066562 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING - The present disclosure provides methods and systems for computer-based construction estimation. An electronic image is obtained wherein a placard is shown in the electronic image. A scaling factor is determined using the a priori known geometry of the placard. One or more measurements may be calculated of a structure in the electronic image using the calculated scaling factor. A system is described for implementing the method. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066563 | DEFINING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS IN A TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer program products are defined that provide for managing a technical project. In particular, embodiments provide for an end-to-end project delivery tool that includes planning, defining the requirements, designing, building, approving and providing communication/reporting of the technical project. The technical project management delivery tool herein described automates the capture of data and other functionality, such as identification of technical requirements, design infrastructure, build workflows and the like, to add increased efficiency as it relates to the design and build phases of a technical project. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150081373 | SCHEDULING APPARATUS, SCHEDULING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Resources, product classes, processes, and product orders are registered in mutual association. From the information of product classes, processes, and resources, variables and constants used when formulating an objective function and a constraint expression are constructed. A constraint setting screen is displayed which includes contents of the constraint expression described by using the selection input field of identification information of the product classes, processes, and resources. Based on a result of selective input to this constraint setting screen, the contents of constraint are set. Further, an object setting screen is displayed which includes the contents of an object described using the product classes and processes and text information indicating the contents of the object, and a selection input field thereof. The contents of the object are registered based on a result of selective input to this object setting screen. Then, the constraint expression and the objective function are formulated based on the constructed variables and constants, the information of the product class, process, and resource, and the set contents of the constraint and the objective function. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150088577 | IT Asset Management System - The system provides a method to automate the complex processes that occur at the end-of-life of IT hardware assets, and at the same time, increase the resale value of these assets. Using the system, an IT manager is able to identify a scalable number of systems for Secure Disk Wiping, Diagnostic Testing, Hardware Audit, License Recovery and Backup. These tasks are schedule driven in one embodiment, performed on multiple systems simultaneously, and minimizing the usage of network bandwidth. (In one embodiment, the system is agentless). At the same time, an IT manager can increase resale value by; restoring operating systems to hard drives once wiped, diagnostically testing systems, and capturing detailed hardware information all of which can be supplied to potential buyers or new users of repurposed/refurbished components. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088578 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT ALERTS USING HETEROGENEOUS PROJECT DATA - A method, system, and computer program product for enterprise systems and applications. Embodiments commence upon identifying a first account ledger of first data items and a second account ledger of second data items, then identifying a first data item that is stored in a first unit of measurement (e.g., US Dollars), and further identifying a second data item that is stored in a second unit of measurement (e.g., Euros). Configuration steps associate relationships or calculations (e.g., sums, maximums, conversions, etc.) between the first data item and the second data item. When the value of the first data item or the value of the second data item is changed (e.g., by a user-changed value or by a calculation affecting the data item), then alert logic is invoked. When the relationship between the first data item and the second data item is outside of a pre-calculated range then an alert is raised. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088579 | METHOD OF AIDING THE DESIGN OF A DATA CENTER - A method of aiding the design of a data center is disclosed. In one aspect, the method refers to generating a list of components from a library that satisfy a defined list of needs. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088580 | METHOD FOR DEVELOPING OR MODIFYING A TECHNICAL PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for producing a technical product, in particular vehicles, machines, technical instruments, apparatuses, and devices, comprising the following steps: planning material requirements and procuring material; planning and performing the processing of the procured material by means of labor in a plurality of manual or manually supported processing steps; planning and performing the machine processing in a plurality of machine process steps; and parametrically determining production costs of the individual technical product before the planning of the processing steps and process steps independently of the duration and quantity thereof using the following parameters: quantity of all produced products of said series, product weight of the individual technical product, quality requirements, and technology index for describing the technological complexity of the product. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the production costs determined in advance for the manual or manually supported processing steps and the production costs for the machine process steps are determined separately and separately from the material costs, and said separately determined production costs are used to plan and/or optimize all individual manual processing steps and automated process steps. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088581 | Logistics System - A logistics system includes a control unit, an actual arrival time acquisition section, and a storage section. The control unit calculates estimated arrival time of each transport vehicle at a logistics center. The actual arrival time acquisition section acquires actual arrival time of the each transport vehicle at the logistic center. The storage section stores actual difference information. The control unit calculates a corrected estimated arrival time of the transport vehicle at the logistics center based on the estimated arrival time of the transport vehicle at the logistics center and the actual difference information. The control unit makes an item assortment plan based on the corrected estimated arrival time. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088582 | SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS OF CO-LOCATED FACILITIES - A system and method for energy use is provided that includes a sustainability campus of co-located facilities, with associated facilities such as an energy development center, a source, and a processing or collection facility. The sustainability campus incorporates design principles and processes to decrease environmental impact per unit energy usage, increase waste reuse within the sustainability campus, and increase the receipt of financial credits. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088583 | SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS OF CO-LOCATED FACILITIES - A system and method for energy use is provided that includes a sustainability campus or district of co-located facilities, with associated facilities such as an energy development center, a source, and a processing or collection facility. The sustainability campus or district incorporates design principles and processes to decrease environmental impact per unit energy usage, increase waste reuse within the sustainability campus or district, and increase the receipt of financial credits. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150095090 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT WITH PREDICTIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT INDEX CALCULATION CAPABILITY - A system for landscape management includes an irrigation billing cycle budget calculation engine with predictive irrigation system adjustment index calculation capability such that the cost of irrigation water as well as volume of irrigation water may be managed, and such that weather-based guidance for the corrective actions to the irrigation system is automatically provided by the system. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150100366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for managing a law enforcement investigation, such as a civil or criminal investigation, using a computing system. A disclosed method includes receiving first entity data associated with a first investigation tracking module, comparing the first entity data to a set of investigation data associated with a second investigation tracking module, and, in response to the first entity data matching second entity data associated with the second investigation tracking module, generating a link in the first investigation tracking module to the second entity data associated with the second investigation tracking module. A disclosed system includes investigation tracking logic operative to perform the disclosed method. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150112750 | SUPPLY NETWORK OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES - The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method for designing a supply chain for multiple objectives based on a supply chain model. The method comprises defining a plurality of objectives for the supply chain model. The supply chain model includes a plurality of edges connecting one or more demands with one or more supplies. The method further includes selecting a first one of the plurality of objectives and at least a second one of the plurality of objectives and configuring, using a controller, the supply chain model for the first objective. The method further comprises identifying, using the controller, a subset of the plurality of edges based on the supply chain model configured for the first objective and relationships between the plurality of edges and the at least second objective. The method further comprises operating the supply chain according to the identified subset of the plurality of edges. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150120365 | REAL ESTATE SPACE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for allowing users of real estate to calculate the relative costs of various office space area, sizes so an educated decision can be made early in the real estate leasing and purchasing processes, thus eliminating potential additional work necessary caused by adjustments to space requirements midway through a relocation. The system also allows the user to create a detailed description of the construction that will be required for that space so an accurate construction estimate can be obtained. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150127407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING MARGIN STACKING - A manufacturing resource planning system for a manufacturer to avoid margin stacking is provided that receives order information identifying a product and provides sales information including a sales price of the product. The manufacturing resource planning system identifies the electronic components required to manufacture the product, identifies whether each electronic component is an owned electronic component owned by the manufacturer or a consigned electronic component consigned to the manufacturer, determines an acquisition cost of each owned electronic component and a consignment fee associated with each consigned electronic component, and determines the sales price of the product based on the acquisition cost of each respective owned electronic component, the consignment fee associated with each respective consigned electronic component, and a markup associated with the product. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127408 | STATIC SCHEDULE REACCOMMODATION - A method for reaccommodating of at least one passenger during irregular operations is disclosed. The method includes continuously receiving transportation information from a transportation system. Based on the transportation information and predefined rules, a reaccommodation event associated with the irregular operations is determined. The passenger affected by the reaccommodation event is identified and data concerning the passenger is received. The data may include personal data, itinerary information, and status information concerning the passenger. The passenger can be prioritized based on the received data. Based on the prioritizing and the transportation information, at least one reaccommodation option is generated and provided to the at least one passenger. The passenger can select or decline the provided option. The passenger is reaccommodated in real time based on the received selection. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127409 | PROJECT DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER AND PROJECT DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A project data management server includes a project data DB storing project data containing a project ID, process IDs, and process data such that the project ID, the process IDs, and the process data are associated with each other, supplies to a user terminal project setting screen information used for setting information about a project, receives input contents information indicating contents of user's input from the user terminal displaying a project setting screen which includes a business process list display area containing an input area to which detailed items are input from the user for each business process, and updates project data based on the received input contents information. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150134394 | SYSTEM FOR PLANNING A BUILDING PROJECT - A computer-implemented system produces a digital representation of a space program, scope of major systems, and construction cost based on functions of the space program, for a proposed building the system. The system includes databases containing stored data, a computer program, connected to the databases, and input data. The computer program is configured to calculate a statistical model of parametric data for the proposed building based on the input data and the databases and to automatically generate building outcomes based on the statistical model. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134395 | PLANNING SYSTEM FOR CROP PRODUCTION, PLANNING METHOD FOR CROP PRODUCTION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates generally to a planning system for crop production, a planning method for crop production, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. The system comprises an analyzing module, a grouping module, and a scheduling module. The analyzing module analyzes historical prices of each crop, and produces price feature information of each crop. The grouping module groups the plurality of crops by similar price feature information according to the price feature information of each crop into a plurality of crop groups. Then at least two crop groups are selected from the plurality of crop groups as a planning group. The price feature information for the plurality of crops in the planning group have a complementary relationship. The scheduling module selects at least a crop from the plurality of crops in each crop group of the planning group according to planting information of each crop and produces a plan. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150142496 | HYDROCARBON MATRIX SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A matrix system for performing hydrocarbon operations involving exploration, production, transportation, and delivery of hydrocarbons. The matrix system includes a matrix unit, a user terminal, a tag, and a gatekeeper. The matrix unit includes a multi-dimensional matrix including bins to receive hydrocarbon materials, with fields including rows, columns, levels, and themes. Each bin corresponds to one of the rows, columns, levels, and themes. The user terminal includes a user input to upload the hydrocarbon materials to the matrix unit and a user output to receive the hydrocarbon materials from the matrix. The tag is operatively connectable to the hydrocarbon materials. The gatekeeper includes reviewers to review the hydrocarbon materials and to define access criteria and the plurality of fields for each of the tags, and a system custodian to selectively apply the tag to the hydrocarbon materials based on the review whereby the hydrocarbon materials are selectively accessible by users. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142497 | ON-DEMAND VEHICLE SERVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ON-DEMAND VEHICLE SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ON-DEMAND VEHICLE SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An operation management center uses desired provision content and desired provision time of a commodity or service to determine a first operation schedule in which a user is moved to a location at which the commodity or the service is to be provided or a second operation schedule in which the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the provision of the commodity or the service is to be received by the user. The center determines the first operation schedule or the second operation schedule so as to satisfy the desired provision time desired by the user. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142498 | COMMISSIONING SYSTEM AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for providing automated process-driven workflow management during a commissioning process. A user may customize the commissioning process by way of user-generated workflow list. A user may map one or more commissioning steps to a specific component of a system, such as a component of a piece of electrical equipment, to be commissioned. The user may assign dependencies for one or more of the mapped steps, including start criteria that identify which steps must be successfully completed before a subsequent step may begin, and completion criteria, which identify what type of issues must be completely resolved before a certain step (or milestone) may be completed. Accordingly, the present invention may enable a user to generate an intuitive and automated process-driven workflow for improving the commissioning process. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150294428 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM INSTALLATION - The present invention is directed to a photovoltaic installation process. A process may include determining a method of interconnection to couple a photovoltaic system to an electrical system of a structure. The process may further include determining, via an electronic device, an ideal usage offset ratio for the photovoltaic system based on a known utility rate associated with the structure. Moreover, the process may include estimating a number of modules required to meet the determined ideal usage offset ratio. In addition, the process may include generating, via the electronic device, installation information including required installation materials, estimated costs, point-load, and electrical information for the photovoltaic system. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150317585 | OPTIMAL WELLBORE PATH PLANNING - Methods and systems for generating a well-plan with respect to geological targets. The well plan can be optimized for strain energy and torsion, to generate a smooth borehole. The resultant path can be constrained for curvature which is a design parameter and can produces a path feasible for a directional steering tool to achieve. The method can be constructed as a convex optimization problem, and/or provide a unique solution by interior point methods. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317586 | SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING AND COSTING DISPLAY SPACE - A system and method are provided for a display space allocation and costing system, allowing direct access by companies or individuals seeking a place to sell goods. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324721 | CLOUD BASED SELECTIVELY SCALABLE BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE (CBSSA) - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a cloud based selectively scalable architecture (CBSSA) that may be used for selective and automatic up-scaling and downscaling of individual sub systems are disclosed. In this architecture sub systems may also be extended and added onto the system architecture independently without impacting the other sub systems. Hardware and Software provisioning techniques may be achieved at runtime using the APIs of the cloud infrastructure. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324940 | 3D Interactive Construction Estimating System - A 3D interactive construction estimating system is provided that includes a computerized interactive ERP/3D design and estimating system for building construction projects and services. The computerized 3D interactive construction estimating system is real-time, visual, and transparent to both the customer and the manufacturer, and allows the customer to design and customize a home or other building with real-time integrated 3D virtual tour, pricing, scheduling, ordering, and financing options. The system includes an ERP system, a CAD system, and a graphical front end that provides the user with a virtual design experience. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150332190 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN EFFICIENCY OF RESOURCES OF A PLANT FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - A method of determining the resource efficiency of a plant for the production of drinks containers, wherein the plant has at least one resource-consuming part, wherein the part of the plant is operated at least for a time in a first operative state (B | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332191 | REDUCING COSTS RELATED TO USE OF NETWORKS BASED ON PRICING HETEROGENEITY - A capability is provided for reducing the costs of data transfers for networks using pricing heterogeneity. For data to be transferred between an application of a first network and a user device, the data may be transferred directly without using a second network or indirectly using a second network including a transfer of the data between the first network and the second network. In a network-based file system, a first network is primarily used for write requests and a second network is primarily used for read requests, and a data block is transferred from the first network to the second network based on a determination that a threshold number of read requests for the data block have been received. The determination as to when to transfer data between networks may be determined based on various costs associated with the networks. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339610 | METHOD OF EVALUATING A COMBINATION OF PROJECTS FOR INVESTMENT - A method of selecting, assembling, and displaying a combination of projects for a user includes selecting a first project from a collection. The method further includes adding the first project to the combination if the first project is within a user time-frame and the first project cost is less than a user budget. The method further includes subtracting the first project cost from the user budget via software executing on a computer. The method further includes selecting a second project from the collection. The method further includes adding the second project to the combination if the second project is within a user time-frame and the second project cost is less than a user budget via software executing on a computer. The method further includes displaying information about the combination to the user via software executing on a computer. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150347944 | VISUAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEM - A system is provided that visualizes an allocation of resources. The system displays a chart, where the chart includes a list of tasks and a timeline including time units. The system further displays task indicators within the timeline of the chart, where a task indicator includes task indicator segments, and where an area of a task indicator segment is proportional to a work scope of a resource allocated to a corresponding task. The system further receives a user interaction that includes a movement of the task indicator segment from a first task indicator that corresponds to a first task to a second task indicator that corresponds to a second task. The system further allocates the resource from the first task to the second task. The system further modifies the display of at least one task indicator within the timeline of the chart based on the allocation of the resource. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347945 | INTELLIGENT ROUTING CODE FOR IMPROVED PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION - A system is disclosed that comprises a processor, and logic executable by the processor. The logic is configured to cause the processor to perform a method comprising receiving at least one attribute of a condition of a good, and using the at least one attribute to calculate an actual Intelligent Routing (IR) code for the good. Further, the method comprises calculating and storing a target IR code for each of at least two receivers, and comparing the actual IR code for the good to the target IR codes for each of the at least two receivers. Finally, the method comprises determining, based on the comparison of the actual IR code for the good to the target IR codes for each of the at least two receivers, which receiver of the at least two receivers will receive the good. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150356482 | AERIAL DRONE FOR WELL-SITE AND SIGNAL SURVEY - Implementations are directed to surveying equipment and/or signals at well sites using an aerial drone. In some implementations, actions include receiving data provided from the aerial drone, the data including signal measurement data, location data, and one or more of image data and video data associated with a well-site, processing the data to provide one or more of a signal survey and a well-site survey associated with the well-site, the signal survey indicating a strength of a signal at multiple locations of the well-site, the well-site survey indicating one or more pieces of equipment located at the well-site, and providing the one or more of the signal survey and the well-site survey to provide an equipment schedule, the equipment schedule identifying equipment to be installed at the well-site and, for at least one piece of equipment, a location to install the at least one piece of equipment. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363723 | Print Service Provider Capacity Planning - A user interface guides an interview of a print service provider (PSP) to generate interview data regarding the PSP. The interview data regarding the PSP is translated into simulation experiments regarding printing production services offerable by the PSP. The simulation results are concurrently executed to generate simulation results. The simulation results are synthesized to generate capacity planning analyses and recommendations for the PSP reviewable within the user interface. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363724 | REUSABLE ANONYMOUS SUBSCRIPTION - Anonymous reuse of cloud services in a computer network cloud infrastructure system is described. Cloud services can include infrastructure as a service (IAAS) storage and processing services, platform as a service (PAAS) database and Java services, and software as a service (SAAS) customer relationship management services. Upon subscribing to a cloud system, services can be configured from an existing pool of pre-provisioned services. When a service is to be decommissioned, its resources are returned back to the pool for reuse thereby minimizing the time to provision new resources as well as maximizing resource usage. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363725 | Systems and Methods for Flexible Sourcing Systems - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for managing advanced projects such as optimization-based e-sourcing and resource allocation. A number of components and methods allow a user to specify complex content in a tender or project. Advantageously, manual work outside the system and the need for tailoring an existing system by custom programming is decreased. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363726 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ALLOCATING THE TIME OF ASSETS - A method for automatically allocating the time of an asset is disclosed. Such a method includes tracking proximity of a first asset relative to a second asset. The first asset may include, for example, a work order or one or more individuals. The second asset may include, for example, a piece of equipment, a room, or a work area. The method determines a duration of time the first asset is deemed to be proximate the second asset. In accordance with the duration of time, the method automatically allocates time of the second assert to at least one of the first asset, an entity associated with the first asset, and a project associated with the first asset. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed herein. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363727 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ALLOCATING THE USE OF ASSETS - A method for automatically allocating use of an asset is disclosed. Such a method includes tracking proximity of a first asset relative to a second asset and determining when the first asset is proximate the second asset. The method further senses use of the second asset while the first asset is proximate the second asset. Sensing use may include sensing vibration of the second asset, temperature of the second asset, electrical current drawn by the second asset, or the like. The method automatically allocates use of the second assert to at least one of the first asset, an entity associated with the first asset, and a project associated with the first asset. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed herein. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN VIEW OF ENERGY FOOTPRINT CONSIDERATIONS - This invention discloses a method and apparatus for managing resource allocation in view of energy footprint considerations, wherein allocation of resources is based on factors that contribute to energy consumption. The resources are then ordered in order of their energy consumption so that resources with a smallest level of energy consumption are ranked highest, wherein the rankings are visually presented to the user. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363729 | DYNAMIC AGGREGATION OF DISPARATE ENTERPRISE DATA - Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically aggregating data from disparate sources. A computer implemented method involves initializing a scheduler application to create one or more intermediate tables. The intermediate tables are populated with automatically aggregated data from one or more disparate data sources. The data is governed by business rules in an enterprise system. The method further involves enabling access to a subset of the aggregated data in accordance with a user authorization credential. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150371166 | System To Input And Calculate Lien Requirements On A Single Page Dynamic Interface - A system and method, using a computer or computer program, that displays to the user a single page for inputting certain information about a construction project or open account—and uses that information to dynamically determine applicable products/documents and associated deadlines and display those products and associated deadlines to the user. Once the system determines the appropriate product/documents and the deadlines associated with them, the user is enabled to order any of the applicable products/documents on the same screen/display by clicking on the document name. The calculation and/or determination of the applicable document is made pursuant to a system and method, using a computer or computer program, of associating particular documents to various combinations of certain variables, including project location, project type, the user's role in the project, the role of that party who hired the user, and certain “trigger dates”. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371168 | COLLABORATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM USING A PLACE-CENTRIC METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND ORGANIZING PROJECT INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method for organizing project information based on the location project resources are bound, and/or whereby information and/or communications are captured in the context of the location the information and/or communications pertains to, and/or a collaborative platform for facilitating communication between stakeholders to enable the stakeholders to work in tandem with the same information, wherein the information is organized with respect to location to support a particular workflow. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371169 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING A DATA MARKET EXPERIMENT - An apparatus and a method for designing a data market experiment given a fixed budget and a set of potential subjects for the experiment are described. An experimenter human subject, or any other kind of experiment through which it collects data, and can incentivize the participation of subjects in the experiment through monetary compensation. The experimenter observes some publicly known information about the subjects, as well as the money each potential subject requests to participate in the experiment. Based on this information, the method determines which users to pay, and how much, to participate in the experiment. The method views experimental design in a strategic setting, by studying mechanism design issues, such as incentivizing users to report a truthful value for their data. The method has the following properties of being budget feasible, computationally tractable, nearly-optimal, and truthful in that the subjects have no incentive to declare desired compensations that are untruthful. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING A FLEET OF INDUSTRIAL ASSETS AS A COMPUTING-CLOUD - A system and method for leveraging industrial asset computing capacity into a distributed computing system is disclosed. The method including receiving from a requesting entity a request for available computing capacity, the request including at least one computational task, determining the available computing capacity across a network of interconnected industrial assets, each industrial asset including at least one central controller, allocating at least one of the interconnected industrial assets to perform at least a portion of the computational request, providing the allocated industrial assets with computer executable instructions and data related to performing the computational request, performing at least a portion of the computational request at the allocated industrial assets, obtaining the results of the performing step from the allocated industrial assets; and returning the obtained results to the requesting entity. A system to implement the method and a computer-readable medium are disclosed. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150379448 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS - Examples relate to optimizing a portfolio of projects. The examples disclosed herein enable triggering a display of a first graphical representation that may illustrate costs for executing a first portfolio of projects over a time period. The first portfolio may include a set of projects that is selected and scheduled based on a mathematical optimization model. The examples further enable triggering a display of a second graphical representation that may illustrate how the set of projects is scheduled over the time period. The first graphical representation and the second graphical representation may be aligned to a common timeline. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004985 | Prioritizing Proposal Development Under Resource Constraints - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for prioritizing proposal development under resource constraints are provided herein. A method includes clustering multiple items of historical proposal development data into clusters based on one or more parameters, wherein said historical data comprise multiple prior proposal requests; generating a logistic regression model for time sensitivity associated with each of the prior proposal requests within each cluster; simulating each of the prior proposal requests (i) based on the corresponding logistic regression model and (ii) under each of multiple prioritization policies to determine an expected revenue measure for each of the prior requests under each of the prioritization policies; selecting a prioritization policy from the multiple prioritization policies based on said expected revenue measures; and computing a priority score for each proposal request in a given set of proposal requests based on application of the selected prioritization policy to each request in the given set. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160012365 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ALLOCATING SALES COMMISSIONS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PROJECT OPERATIONS, RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSES OF AN ORGANIZATION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160019504 | SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TOOL TO PROMOTE A UNIFORM BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for understanding a business ecosystem, e.g., technology asset makeup, of a company. Arising from this understanding, intelligent recommendations can be provided to, e.g., supply chain management and other personnel in the company, regarding the use and/or implementation of new or additional technology assets in order to facilitate a uniform business ecosystem. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019662 | Methods and Systems for Performing Cost Comparisons - Various arrangements are presented for performing comparisons of indented cost BOM (bill of material) structures of two or more items in a supply chain management system. By understanding the hierarchical nature of the indented cost BOM structure of each item and various nested relationships, it may be possible to perform complex comparisons that involve multi-level structures. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160026954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT - A system and method for managing legal projects and cases is provided. Case data is received and maintained in the system. The data is structured to allow proper a assignment of data entry tasks to appropriate accounts. The structuring is based on stages of the case which allows monitoring case or project progress as well. Moreover, interfaces are provided to further facilitate the data entry structuring. To properly structure the data entry tasks, the system maintains case data including accounts for each case manager, facts data related to the case, parties data representing the different parties, and status data identifying the different stages available to the case. Meta data is also maintained to allow collecting metrics regarding the case quality of project management. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160034835 | FUTURE CLOUD RESOURCE USAGE COST MANAGEMENT - According to an example, a history of usage and a history of utilization of resources may be accessed. A usage regression model to predict a cloud resource usage and a utilization regression model to predict a cloud resource utilization at a future time period may be developed. The usage regression model and the utilization regression model may be used to manage cloud resource usage costs. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160048784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN A FINANCIAL SERVICES BRANCH - A system for efficient allocation of resources in a financial services branch includes a branch computer system and a remote solutions server which are in communication with a core banking server. The branch computer system includes various computer, network devices and equipment for branch operations. A plurality of customer devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, can be connected to a remote solutions server. Each such device can be pre-configured with a remote banking application (“app”) allowing a respective customer to use the device to communicate with the remote solutions server to perform the remote banking. The remote solutions server facilitates remote banking wherein transactions can be completed using in-branch banking equipment. Additionally, the banking customer may schedule time with banking personnel using this application, wherein the meeting can take place at the same branch where the transaction will be completed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048785 | A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROJECT CONTROLS - A computer implemented project control system and method adapted for enabling an efficient management of a project. The present invention bridges the gap that has traditionally existed between planning and managing project execution and is to provide an efficient, improved, computer implemented project management system with effective monitoring and controlling method which allows a better management of a project schedule, resources and cost. The invention further develops an application comprising a server based and web enabled data base supported by user friendly front end application for managing the projects in a multi user environment. The present invention allows concurrent usage on multi project environment by providing a reliable, secured and practical project management system. The present invention has capabilities for real time project data collaboration, manipulation and performance monitoring system. The invention make ease of using built in tools to produce standard periodical reports or customized reports with a facility to create the layout using data base record of items and using drilldown, filtering, grouping, sorting and summarisation options. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048786 | MANAGING A PROJECT - A method and associated system for managing a plurality of projects. A project image representing each project is displayed in a position on a diagram for reflecting a progress status of each project. A degree of association between projects is calculated on the basis of influence information indicating that work of a project is affected by work of another project and resource information indicating resources allocated to the respective projects. A display unit displays, on the basis of the calculated degree of association between the projects, an association degree image indicating a degree of association between one project and another project in association with a project image representing the one project and a project image representing the other project on the diagram. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160055437 | RESOURCE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK - A computing platform may receive data regarding future availability of human or financial resources of an organization from one or more computing devices. The computing platform may receive data regarding a first project from a user device. Responsive to receiving the data regarding the first project, the computing platform may determine, based on the data regarding the first project and the future availability, an allocation of a portion of the future availability of the human or financial resources of the organization, and a deadline to provide additional information regarding the first project in order to maintain the allocation. The computing platform may generate one or more messages indicating the allocation and the deadline. The computing platform may communicate the one or more messages indicating the allocation and the deadline to the user device. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160063401 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR REACTIVE, DISTRIBUTABLE, AND EXTENSIBLE PROCESS EXECUTION - Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for executing business processes in a distributed computer system (e.g., cloud-based) environment. A representation of the business process is decomposed into executable components. The executable components each have assigned thereto process and sequence identifiers, and each is classified as having an executable component types. The executable component types including integration, task, and data flow types. The integration flow type represents activities to be performed in connection with external computer systems, the task flow type represents human-interactive activities, and the data flow type represents activities to be performed on data relevant to the business process. The executable components are deployed to nodes in the distributed computing environment such that the executable components are performed in sequence identifier order using processing resources of the respective nodes to which they are deployed, except executable components with the same sequence identifiers are performed in parallel on different nodes. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063412 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED GOAL-DRIVEN PROGRAMMING - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for distributed goal-driven programming in the context of a publisher-subscriber model is presented. Example embodiments involve communicating a subscriber goal to a publisher related to data produced by the publisher and subscribed to by one or more subscribers. A production monitor may then modify resource allocations used for producing the data such that the data may be produced in accordance with the subscriber goal. The publisher may then produce the data in accordance with the subscriber goal, and the produced data may be published to the one or more subscribers. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063413 | SOLAR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OPTIMIZER - Systems and methods are provided for optimizing a solar electric system to realize the highest net savings for a building owner. To optimize a solar electrical system, a number of roof planes associated with a building to be implemented with a photovoltaic (PV) system is determined. Depending on the number of roof planes, a type of PV system is determined on which to base an optimization determination. An iterative determination process is used to determine at least one PV kit combination for each PV product combination that produces the highest net savings for an owner of the building structure, the at least one PV kit combination making up the PV system, and each PV product combination including at least one PV module and at least one of a string inverter and a micro inverter. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063414 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURING A METHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY - A method includes receiving input corresponding to a proposed configuration of a methanol production facility and identifying a plurality of components utilized to produce methanol at the facility. The method includes determining an alternative configuration that is different from the proposed configuration. Determining the alternative configuration may include identifying resources accessible to a proposed location for the methanol production facility and whether at least one of the resources accessible to the proposed location corresponds to a resource generated by a component identified by the proposed configuration, and determining whether to omit at least one component of the plurality of components identified by the proposed configuration. The method includes omitting the at least one component from the alternative configuration, and generating a report based on the proposed configuration and the alternative configuration. The report includes information indicating a difference between the proposed configuration and the alternative configuration. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063415 | CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A system for crop production management includes instructions executing on a computing device for collecting and displaying field specific agricultural data and business data sufficient for a crop producer to make determinations regarding agricultural inputs including seed, fertilizer, and chemicals; an ordering system associated with a back-end computing system for providing pricing for the agricultural inputs on a per unit basis and on a field-by-field basis; and an inventory system associated with the back-end computing system and operatively connected to the ordering system for updating inventory for the agricultural inputs associated with an agricultural service business providing the agricultural inputs to the crop producer; wherein the back-end computing system is in operative communication with the computing device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063416 | WEB-BASED, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BUSINESS AUTOMATION INFORMATION EXCHANGE SERVICES - A business application is more easily and efficiently built utilizing a series of tools designed to facilitate information exchange between a publisher and a subscriber. Without the need for software programming, users are able to build e-commerce and other publication applications to organize and produce information for receipt by other users using modular components while maintaining the functionality expected from such applications. The information exchange can be implemented both through a web browser and an application programming interface. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160071039 | Requirement Analysis and Conflict Resolution - A method and system for analyzing one or more requirements at one or more levels of abstraction of a project is disclosed. The method includes an act of plotting one or more dependency graphs from the one or more requirements at the one or more levels of abstraction and an act of determining vulnerability and influence of the one or more requirements from the one or more dependency graphs. In a further act, one or more vulnerability scores and one or more influence scores are for the one or more requirements are evaluated from the vulnerability and the influence of the one or more requirements. In a further act, one or more volatile scores for the one or more requirements are determined from the one or more vulnerability scores and the one or more influence scores. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071041 | EVALUATING ENERGY SAVING IMPROVEMENTS - A computer is used for obtaining information about a plural number of energy-saving measures. This can include information about costs of combinations of said energy-saving measures, said costs include first information about costs of making the measures, second information about rebates for the measures, and third information about energy-saving that will occur from the measures, where at least some of said third information will depend on said combinations of said energy-saving measures. An iterative algorithm is used which determines combinations and which determines which of the combinations produce maximum savings by combinations of the said first, second and third information. A report can be created. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071042 | Quoting Tool and Design Module for Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems - Disclosed is a quoting tool and a design module for continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS). In one embodiment, the quoting tool is accessible via a website, and provides an interactive user interface for receiving user input and a request for a quote. When the quote is calculated and approved, the user input is used to automatically generate design drawings via the design module, which utilizes CAD API programming. Each of the quoting tool and the design module receives optimization input from a knowledge base to minimize errors and increase quality. The finalized design drawings are used to create bill of materials for assembling CEMS products. Because the instant invention streamlines the process of calculating quotes and drafting design drawings, the present system is configured to reduce project lead times and labor associated therewith. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160078380 | GENERATING CROSS-SKILL TRAINING PLANS FOR APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE ACCOUNTS - Creating cross-skill training plans may be facilitated based on historical ticket data received from one or more ticketing systems. A first list of ticket categories may be identified which an agent has handled previously. A second list of ticket categories may be identified which the agent has not handled previously. For a candidate category in the second list of ticket categories, a plurality of metrics may be determined, comprising at least an importance factor associated with the candidate category and a temporal correlation between the candidate category and the first list of ticket categories. Resource utilization associated with the agent may be determined. Information comprising at least the candidate category, the plurality of metrics and the resource utilization may be presented via a computer user interface. Based on one or more criteria, a cross-skill training plan may be built. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160092812 | End-to-End Commodity and Commodity Marking Tracking - Embodiments of the invention relate to establishing commodity traceability across supplier, manufacturer, and customer processes via end-to-end commodity marking traceability. A manufacturer receives incoming material, such as an industry standard commodity, from a supplier and authenticates a marking affixed to the incoming material. After authenticating the supplier's marking for the incoming material, a second marking is affixed to the incoming material. The commodity is converted at manufacturing into a finished product and associated with finished product data. The supplier's marking and the manufacturer's markings for the incoming material are related, and the relationship is related to the finished product data. The stored and maintained relationships supports integration of the first marking data and the second marking data with product data, and supports end-to-end commodity marking traceability. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092813 | MIGRATION ESTIMATION WITH PARTIAL DATA - Access is obtained to raw historic information technology migration data, which data is transformed in accordance with a classification scheme to obtain classified key historic information technology migration data. A statistical model with conditional distributions of the key historic information technology migration data is built. Prior to a new information technology migration project, access is obtained to incomplete data characterizing the new information technology migration project. The statistical model is used to derive data missing from the incomplete data characterizing the new information technology migration project, to obtain derived data. At least one of a migration plan and an estimate for the new information technology migration project is created based on the incomplete data and the derived data. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092815 | MONITORING RESOURCES IN A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM - Techniques for monitoring partnership programs are described herein. The techniques may determining, via a tracking module, a contra value indicating an amount spent by a first company on a partnership program in which the first company has partnered with a second company to market and sell products or services of the first company. The techniques may include determining, via an optimization module, an optimization value indicating a future amount to be allocated to the partnership program based on factors. The factors may include coefficients indicating a rate of change of revenue based on historical contra values, a historical contra value minimum, a historical contra value maximum, and a historical contra value median. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - A comprehensive platform for developing digital products. A standardized process is applied to a product development effort and an online portal provides tools to aid the product development, assessment, funding and commercializing products. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between users. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160104085 | SALES ESTIMATING TOOL FOR BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for providing an estimate for a defined building control system comprises displaying on a user interface a plurality of areas in which the defined building control system would be installed. Pluralities of subsystems are associated with the plurality of areas and include at least one typical subsystem that is associated with a defined plurality of building automation components in a database. The method further comprises displaying on the user interface the typical subsystem in association with the plurality of areas. A number of instances of the typical subsystem that are associated with the plurality of areas are also displayed on the user interface. A cost estimate is generated for the defined building control system based at least in part on the number of instances of the typical subsystem. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104086 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING ENVIRONMENTALLY-SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRODUCTS - An enhanced system is provided to assist a building professional in selecting products for building projects which minimize environmental impact. Accurate data on many different building products that has previously been collected, categorized and subcategorized by product type is provided to the system. This information has previously been separated into ranks (spheres) based upon how well the data has been collected according to ISO Product Standard data requirements. A user may then interactively select values for the environmental impact parameters. Products matching the selected environmental impact parameter values are displayed, while those not matching the values are not displayed. The user may select various products. The amount of each selected product to be used on a project is acquired and used to weight the environmental impact. Costs and financial benefits are determined from the products used and a payback period is determined. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160110665 | PREDICTION OF PARAMETER VALUES IN PROJECT SYSTEMS - A training dataset input including user-defined parameters for a project is received in first set of nodes in a project system. The first set of nodes is initialized with pre-defined bias values. Pre-defined weights are associated with edges connecting the first set of nodes and a second set of nodes. Output of the first set of nodes is generated by providing the user-defined parameters as input to activation function in the first set of nodes. Output of the second set of nodes is generated by providing a first weighted sum of inputs to activation function in the second set of nodes. Output of the final node is computed as a predicted parameter value by providing a second weighted sum of inputs to a derivative of activation function in the final node. The predicted parameter value is displayed in a user interface in the project system. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110666 | DISTRIBUTED WORKER-SOURCED PROCESS ENGINEERING - Example embodiments relate to distributed worker-sourced process engineering. In some examples, a system may include a process portion input module to allow a worker to directly provide process statements to the system that indicate a local process portion that the worker performs. The system may include a statement verification module to dynamically verify the process statements of the worker as the worker provides them to aid the worker in entering the process statements. The system may include a process assembler module to automatically assemble an overall or global process or process portion based on the process statements of the worker and process statements of other workers, and provide the overall or global process or process portion to an analyst for review. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110667 | Cross-Platform Application Framework - One set of instructions is generated in part by compiling application-specific source code. When natively executed on a platform provided by a device, the set of instructions provides an application. Another set of instructions is generated in part by compiling the same business logic source code. When natively executed on another platform provided by another device, the other set of instructions provides the same application. The business logic source code is substantially free of code specific to any platform. Moreover, the business logic source code defines substantially all application-specific functionality of the application. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110668 | Digital Records Management - Record management of a business unit is aligned to a digital records policy of a business enterprise. The digital records policy may require process, technology and cultural changes to shift from paper to digital records management. Paper intensive processes tend to have a number of economic, environmental, and operational disadvantages. In addition, government regulations are increasingly requiring businesses to be able to locate and retrieve information quickly. An implementation document contains information about a business process so that a business process supporting digital records may be compared with a digital records policy of the business enterprise. If there are any gaps between the business process and the digital records policy, an action plan may be constructed in order to eliminate or mitigate the gaps. Also, the economic benefits for a business unit migrating to digital records may be analyzed by a business case wizard tool. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160125335 | RESOURCE PHYSICAL POSITIONING PLANNING TOOL - A method, system and computer program product for resource physical positioning planning is provided. The method includes establishing a mapping of different computing resources and corresponding physical locations of a computing environment. Access requests that are issued to the different computing resources by different client computers communicatively coupled to the computing resources over a network disposed within the environment are monitored. Utilization of each of the computing resources by the client computing devices is computed so as to determine for a selected computing resource, one or more of the client computing devices most often requesting access to the selected computing resource. Finally, a positioning rule is applied to the selected computing resource and the one or more of the client computing devices and an optimal position is displayed for the selected computing resource according to the positioning rule. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125336 | SLABS MATCHING CONTROL METHOD OF MULTIPLE LINES IN HOT ROLLING SECTION IN STEEL PLANT FOR IMPROVING MATERIAL UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY - Slab matching method for multiple hot rolling lines comprises grouping the slabs and orders to obtain slab-order groups; based on a criterion of slab-order specification matching, determining a matching condition between the slab and the order within each of slab-order groups; quantitatively describing a mis-order slab matching problem; matching the mis-order slabs to the orders; quantitatively describing a slab re-matching problem; adjusting the matching relationships of all the slabs and the orders to form a final scheme of slab matching to be distributed to the multiple hot rolling lines to execute, and the slab matching method is completed. The present invention improves the utilization of the mis-order slabs while reducing the waste of energy caused by repeated steelmaking, reducing the consumption of the material and lowers the amount of left material and stored material and saves production cost and storage cost for the plant. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125337 | TRANSACTION DERIVED IN-BUSINESS PROBABILITY MODELING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to process, analyze, and model of large amounts of data resulting in improved functionality over a generic computer. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125338 | Planning System Using Spatial-Based Visualization Aids - A presentation, organizational and analytical system comprises includes an information database component that allows project specific ability to organize data and observations. A computer system constructs visual overlays of spatially mapped features, quantitative and qualitative attributes and produces an analytical framework where the attributes of any spatial location change in response to changes in the features of a context. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125557 | System for Continuous Computation of Renewable Energy Power Production - A method for installing a renewable energy power generation system at a selected site, having a first database with a first group of installed power generating systems; a second database with a second group of power generating systems selected from the first group based on a location match to predetermined location parameters; a third database with a third group of power generating systems selected from the second group based on correlation match to predetermined correlation parameters; a fourth database storing operational data from the third group characterizing the power generating systems, and a fifth database with various types of power generating systems; a power generation system is selected from the fifth database that is capable of producing the averaged normalized potential power generation at the geographic proximity of the selected site. Finally the selected power generation system is installed at the selected site. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132804 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY PLANNING MAINTENANCE OF ENTERPRISE EQUIPMENT - Systems and methods for continuously planning maintenance of enterprise equipment are provided. Draft forecasts relating to projects in an infrastructure are generated by a computer system. A first user (U | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132805 | CONSTRAINTS AND CONSTRAINT SHARING IN A CATALOG SERVICE PLATFORM - A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages software products and portfolios of software products on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through an administrator interface of the service, a customer organization administrator may create constraints on the use of the software products, and each constraint may include one or more rules about how the products can be launched. These may include environmental constraints (specifying a region in which a product launches), restrictions on input parameter values (including the types of resource instances on which a product can be launched), quotas (controlling the number of product installations), or billing constraints. Constraints may be applied on a user-to-product arc or on a portfolio-to-product arc. Constraints may be stored as objects, and reference to those objects may be added to product or portfolio objects. Constraints may be shared across object versions, portfolios, or service provider customer accounts. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132806 | CATALOG SERVICE PLATFORM FOR DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES - A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages catalogs or portfolios of software products (e.g., desktop applications and server products) on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through the enterprise catalog service, an administrator in a customer organization may discover, select, and ingest products (e.g., based on their features, pricing, and terms), and may add them to catalogs or portfolios for subsequent use by end users in the organization. The administrator may apply constraints on product use and limit product access to particular end users. The products may include third party products that are made available through the enterprise catalog service and a customer's own applications. The enterprise catalog service may monitor usage of third party products and bill the customer organization. Products managed by the enterprise catalog service may be deployed through an application fulfillment platform or resource stack management platform. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132807 | Method for Managing Signing Agents - The embodied invention is a software system in a central computer that facilitates scheduling of a high volume of meetings among a wide array of individuals and companies with important secure methods for managing documents requiring a notarized signature or third party document exchange. The schedule is run from a central location where individual notaries attend signing appointments. Important convenience features are included that facilitate the volume of meetings and the accuracy needed to transfer signed legal documents to the correct authority in a timely manner. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132905 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AUDIENCE RECEPTION TOWARDS ARTISTS AND FOR DIRECTING RESOURCES TO ARTISTS BASED UPON THEIR MEASURED AUDIENCE RECEPTION - A computer system for directing resources to artists based upon a generated artist's score, including a score generating computer system with both quantitative and qualitative assessment modules for selecting artist peer groups, receiving and analyzing qualitative evaluations of audience reaction to artistic performances, receiving quantitative data sets representing quantitative data corresponding to the artistic performances, and calculating artistic scores for individual artists which are then transmitted both to the artists and to creative promotors to direct resources to preferred high scoring artists. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160140468 | CALCULATING POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS IN DATA CENTERS - A system and method of measuring efficiency of a datacenter is provided. The method includes the acts of identifying at least one space within a model of a datacenter, the at least one space including a first equipment group consuming at least one shared resource provided by at least one shared resource provider, determining an amount of power consumed by the first equipment group, determining an amount of the at least one shared resource consumed by the first equipment group, determining an amount of power consumed by the at least one shared resource, calculating a loss of the first equipment group, and calculating an efficiency metric based on the amount of power consumed by the first equipment group, the amount of power consumed by the at least one shared resource provider, the loss of the first equipment group, and the loss of the at least one shared resource provider. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140469 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPATCHING RESOURCES - Dispatching resources is disclosed including acquiring first configuration information of a first resource warehouse and second configuration information of a second resource warehouse, determining configuration match information of the first resource warehouse and the second resource warehouse based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, and in the event that the configuration match information exceeds a predetermined configuration match threshold value, establishing a corresponding third resource warehouse based on the configuration match information, the third resource warehouse including resources in the first resource warehouse and the second resource warehouse. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160148138 | SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL EVENT PLANNING - A system for virtual event planning is disclosed. The system comprises a processor and memory that further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement a user interface module for generating and/or accessing a virtual event, a virtual production facility for virtually customizing and displaying the contribution of one or more contributors and/or participants of the virtual event, and an interaction module for providing user controlled interaction between the one or more contributors and/or participants. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148139 | Infeasibility Management in E-Sourcing Systems - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing feedback in an electronic sourcing system. A system is configured to receive bids from users in an electronic sourcing system. Additionally, the system receives one or more rules from the users that describe desired properties of an award of one or more items. Responsive to such input, the system builds a model based at least in part on rules provided by one or more users. If one or more irreducible infeasible sets of constraints are identified in the model, where the one or more sets of irreducible infeasible constraints include the given constraint, information based on said one or more irreducible infeasible sets is output. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160162910 | CAPTURE OF RETAIL STORE DATA AND AGGREGATED METRICS - A computer extracts traffic data from one or more traffic servers and stores the traffic data in a database. The computer also extracts and stores customer wait time, resource management, and point of sale (POS) data from one or more retail store servers in the database, and each of the retail store servers can correspond to a retail store. Extract and store subroutines may be executed in parallel using multithreading. Upon achieving synchronization of the parallel subroutines, the computer transforms the traffic, customer wait time, resource management, and POS data from the database by determining one or more metrics for each of the retail stores. Next, the computer loads the one or more determined metrics into the database. Finally, the computer aggregates the one or more determined metrics on at least one of a district level, region level, area level, and nation level to determine one or more aggregated metrics. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160171402 | Determining an Investment Solution for at Least One Investment Area of A Region | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT PROJECT SCHEDULE FORECASTING | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171407 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING PLANT DISEASE THROUGH CROWDSOURCING USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
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