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Part 3 — Sales as Strategy: A Radical Proposal for Rethinking Corporate Evolution
Part 3 — Sales as Strategy: A Radical Proposal for Rethinking Corporate Evolution
By Chris Beall
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Part 2 — Sales as Strategy: A Radical Proposal for Rethinking Corporate Evolution
Part 2 — Sales as Strategy: A Radical Proposal for Rethinking Corporate Evolution
By Chris Beall
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Live Earth Farm Discovery Program
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Supporting transformative experiences of farming, food and nature for kids and families.
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IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design Descriptions
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Describes an information model for complete and consumable software design descriptions.
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Patents
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CALLING CONTACTS USING A WIRELESS HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE IN COMBINATION WITH A COMMUNICATION LINK ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Issued US 11,012,563
A mobile application for a wireless handheld computing device, such as a smartphone, is disclosed in combination with a communication link establishment and management system. Systems and methods are disclosed for calling desired contacts using a smartphone that can take advantage of the power and efficiency of agent-assisted dialing pro- vided by the communication link establishment and man- agement system. The systems and methods automatically integrate with a customer relationship management…
A mobile application for a wireless handheld computing device, such as a smartphone, is disclosed in combination with a communication link establishment and management system. Systems and methods are disclosed for calling desired contacts using a smartphone that can take advantage of the power and efficiency of agent-assisted dialing pro- vided by the communication link establishment and man- agement system. The systems and methods automatically integrate with a customer relationship management (CRM) system connected to the communication link establishment and management system.
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Coaching in an automated communication link establishment and management system
Issued US 10,432,788
A contextual lead generation in an automated communication link establishment and management system may store information related to sales calls. The system may identify strengths and weaknesses of a sales representative. The system may provide training content to the sales representative in real time base on the identified strengths and weaknesses.
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Contextual lead generation in an automated communication link establishment and management system
Issued US 9,258,423
Methods and systems may generate contextual leads in an automated communication link establishment and management system. In addition, systems and methods may automatically integrate an automated calling system with a customer relationship management system, contact management system, and/or task management system, so that historical information stored concerning past contact activity and automated calling sessions relating to contacts is automatically updated in the customer relationship…
Methods and systems may generate contextual leads in an automated communication link establishment and management system. In addition, systems and methods may automatically integrate an automated calling system with a customer relationship management system, contact management system, and/or task management system, so that historical information stored concerning past contact activity and automated calling sessions relating to contacts is automatically updated in the customer relationship management system, contact management system, and/or task management system.
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Dynamic allocation of agents for outbound calling in an automated communication link establishment and management system
Issued US 8,649,500
A method and system for dynamically allocating agents during outbound calling in a system for facilitating call connections between a user and a target.
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Sequential subset catalog search engine
Issued US 6,907,424
A method and apparatus are described to perform cascading search methodologies on one or more data sets from one or more databases. A graphical user interface for setting up the searching is also described. In one embodiment, the invention can include designating a first strategy comprising a search string applied to operate upon data records in a first database, designating a second search strategy comprising the search string applied to operate upon data records in a second database, and…
A method and apparatus are described to perform cascading search methodologies on one or more data sets from one or more databases. A graphical user interface for setting up the searching is also described. In one embodiment, the invention can include designating a first strategy comprising a search string applied to operate upon data records in a first database, designating a second search strategy comprising the search string applied to operate upon data records in a second database, and forming a search hierarchy comprised of the first search strategy followed by the second search strategy. In another embodiment, the invention can include a graphical user interface comprising a first area to select a database, a second area to select a search type, and a third area to select an attribute from the selected database upon which to execute the selected search type.
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Method and system for database manipulation
Issued US 6,748,376
A method and apparatus are described to perform cascading search methodologies records in a database. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a free-form search string, comprising one or more search terms, from a user, searching a database to identify records in the database containing the search string, if no data records are identified, searching the database by applying an ordered sequence of search algorithms to identify data records containing strings similar to the search…
A method and apparatus are described to perform cascading search methodologies records in a database. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a free-form search string, comprising one or more search terms, from a user, searching a database to identify records in the database containing the search string, if no data records are identified, searching the database by applying an ordered sequence of search algorithms to identify data records containing strings similar to the search string, and to display the identified records.
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Automated classification of items using cascade searches
Issued US 6,697,799
The present invention allows an item to automatically be classified using its attributes based on a classification schema and a knowledge base. The invention can include selecting a first attribute of the item, designating a first search strategy comprising the value of the first attribute applied to operate upon data records in a first database, selecting a second attribute of the item; designating a second search strategy comprising the value of the second attribute applied to operate upon a…
The present invention allows an item to automatically be classified using its attributes based on a classification schema and a knowledge base. The invention can include selecting a first attribute of the item, designating a first search strategy comprising the value of the first attribute applied to operate upon data records in a first database, selecting a second attribute of the item; designating a second search strategy comprising the value of the second attribute applied to operate upon a second subset of data records in a second database, forming a search hierarchy comprised of the first search strategy followed by the second search strategy, executing the search hierarchy, and selecting at least one classification for the item based on the search.
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Sequential subset catalog search engine
Issued US 6,584,462
An electronic catalog search engine is configurable to optimize the search process by identifying the desired item from the most advantageous supplier, while efficiently utilizing computing resources. The search engine comprises a configurable search and data subset creation mechanism. The system accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on subsets of the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search…
An electronic catalog search engine is configurable to optimize the search process by identifying the desired item from the most advantageous supplier, while efficiently utilizing computing resources. The search engine comprises a configurable search and data subset creation mechanism. The system accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on subsets of the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. Subsets can be searched in any order and different search strategies can be applied to different subsets. The sequences are terminated when search steps have uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching products is dynamically compiled and displayed to the user. The user can page through the list of displayed matches, or alternatively can create a subset of the list by selecting only the items within one of the categories. In addition, the user can further refine the list of items by selecting those items having a particular attribute. The invention has the advantage that users with a wide range of skills and/or familiarity with products can quickly find the products that they need. The system has the additional feature of creating electronic requisitions for the products listed in the database.
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Method and system for database manipulation
Issued US 6,484,165
An electronic catalog requisition system includes software for efficiently selecting items from a database. The software accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. The sequence is terminated when a search algorithm has uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching…
An electronic catalog requisition system includes software for efficiently selecting items from a database. The software accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. The sequence is terminated when a search algorithm has uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching products is dynamically compiled and displayed to the user. The user can page through the list of displayed matches, or alternatively can create a subset of the list by selecting only the items within one of the categories. In addition, the user can further refine the list of items by selecting those items having a particular attribute. The software can also maintain a list of synonyms for attributes as an aid for finding appropriate matches within the database. Natural adjectives to certain of the attributes are recognized as further refinements to the search criteria. The invention has the advantage that users with a wide range of skills and/or familiarity with products can quickly find the products that they need. The software has the additional feature of creating electronic requisitions for the products listed in the database.
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Sequential subset catalog search engine
Issued US 6,324,534
An electronic catalog search engine is configurable to optimize the search process by identifying the desired item from the most advantageous supplier, while efficiently utilizing computing resources. The search engine comprises a configurable search and data subset creation mechanism. The system accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on subsets of the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search…
An electronic catalog search engine is configurable to optimize the search process by identifying the desired item from the most advantageous supplier, while efficiently utilizing computing resources. The search engine comprises a configurable search and data subset creation mechanism. The system accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on subsets of the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. Subsets can be searched in any order and different search strategies can be applied to different subsets. The sequences are terminated when search steps have uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching products is dynamically compiled and displayed to the user. The user can page through the list of displayed matches, or alternatively can create a subset of the list by selecting only the items within one of the categories. In addition, the user can further refine the list of items by selecting those items having a particular attribute. The invention has the advantage that users with a wide range of skills and/or familiarity with products can quickly find the products that they need. The system has the additional feature of creating electronic requisitions for the products listed in the database.
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Database search, retrieval, and classification with sequentially applied search algorithms
Issued US 6,321,224
An electronic catalog requisition system includes software for efficiently selecting items from a database. The software accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. The sequence is terminated when a search algorithm has uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching…
An electronic catalog requisition system includes software for efficiently selecting items from a database. The software accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. The sequence is terminated when a search algorithm has uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching products is dynamically compiled and displayed to the user. The user can page through the list of displayed matches, or alternatively can create a subset of the list by selecting only the items within one of the categories. In addition, the user can further refine the list of items by selecting those items having a particular attribute. The software can also maintain a list of synonyms for attributes as an aid for finding appropriate matches within the database. Natural adjectives to certain of the attributes are recognized as further refinements to the search criteria. The invention has the advantage that users with a wide range of skills and/or familiarity with products can quickly find the products that they need. The software has the additional feature of creating electronic requisitions for the products listed in the database.
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Search engine for remote access to database management systems
Issued US 6,169,992
A system is disclosed for remotely accessing database management systems (5130) and performing guided iterative queries of knowledge bases (110) over a communication circuit such as the Internet (5124). The system includes a Web browser (5120) having a Java.TM. runtime environment (4015), and executable content client (5121) that may be downloaded from a remote location (103). A Krakatoa proxy server (5128), socket (5021), and tunnel (5129) establish a mechanism for remote procedure calls…
A system is disclosed for remotely accessing database management systems (5130) and performing guided iterative queries of knowledge bases (110) over a communication circuit such as the Internet (5124). The system includes a Web browser (5120) having a Java.TM. runtime environment (4015), and executable content client (5121) that may be downloaded from a remote location (103). A Krakatoa proxy server (5128), socket (5021), and tunnel (5129) establish a mechanism for remote procedure calls through firewalls (5126) via an HTTP server (5127). Guardrail counts (750) are preferably displayed to the remote searcher to facilitate guided iterative queries of the remote knowledge base (110). A configurable graphical action region (700) is preferably provided to the remote searcher via a graphical user interface to provide powerful navigation and linking of diverse useful information which varies based upon contexts selected by the remote searcher.
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Method and system for database manipulation
Issued US 6,032,145
An electronic catalog requisition system includes software for efficiently selecting items from a database. The software accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. The sequence is terminated when a search algorithm has uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching…
An electronic catalog requisition system includes software for efficiently selecting items from a database. The software accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies on the database which may include a proximity search, a word count search, and a fuzzy logic search. The sequence is terminated when a search algorithm has uncovered at least one match. Each database entry has a corresponding product category. A list of categories from each of the matching products is dynamically compiled and displayed to the user. The user can page through the list of displayed matches, or alternatively can create a subset of the list by selecting only the items within one of the categories. In addition, the user can further refine the list of items by selecting those items having a particular attribute. The software can also maintain a list of synonyms for attributes as an aid for finding appropriate matches within the database. Natural adjectives to certain of the attributes are recognized as further refinements to the search criteria. The invention has the advantage that users with a wide range of skills and/or familiarity with products can quickly find the products that they need. The software has the additional feature of creating electronic requisitions for the products listed in the database.
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Object oriented database management system
Issued US 5,838,965
An object oriented database structured to allow the schema to be updated dynamically without interrupting use for search/find or authoring of instances. Referenced by 47 patents.
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Method and apparatus for concurrency in an object oriented database using lock inheritance based on class objects
Issued US 5,742,813
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for concurrency control in an object oriented database management system having a plurality of users accessing the system at the same time, and allowing editing of the database while other users are concurrently searching the database. The present invention may be advantageously used in a client/server architecture comprising a knowledge base client and a knowledge base server. In a preferred embodiment, the knowledge base server may include…
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for concurrency control in an object oriented database management system having a plurality of users accessing the system at the same time, and allowing editing of the database while other users are concurrently searching the database. The present invention may be advantageously used in a client/server architecture comprising a knowledge base client and a knowledge base server. In a preferred embodiment, the knowledge base server may include an object oriented lock manager, a dynamic class manager, a connection manager, a query manager, a handle manager, a units manager, a database manager, and a file manager. The concurrency control mechanism includes a lock holder table. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing concurrency control in an object oriented database managemant system using only three types of lock modes: a class share lock, a tree update lock, and a tree exclusive lock. In a preferred embodiment, a fourth type of lock mode may be provided: a tree share lock. The present invention provides a particularly advantageous concurrency control mechanism for an object oriented database management system that is read oriented.
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System and Method for Creating and Transmitting Multimedia Compilation Data
Filed US US 2008/0104503 A1
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System and method for capture of user actions and use of capture data in business processes
Filed US US 2006/0184410 A1
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Method and system for comparing attributes in an object-oriented management system
US 5,835,910
The present invention is an improvement upon an object oriented database management system and provides a method and apparatus for a user to visually compare attribute values of instances retrieved in a search in a way that highlights attribute values that do not match or are not equal. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining which of the attributes are not equal or do not match, and which attribute values are the same for all of the instances that are retrieved by…
The present invention is an improvement upon an object oriented database management system and provides a method and apparatus for a user to visually compare attribute values of instances retrieved in a search in a way that highlights attribute values that do not match or are not equal. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining which of the attributes are not equal or do not match, and which attribute values are the same for all of the instances that are retrieved by a search. A method and apparatus is provided for visually indicating such determinations in a way that is immediately understandable by a user.
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