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Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination > For Cost/price For Cost/priceFor Cost/price patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/09/06 - 20060253404 - Accounting apparatus, accounting method, and computer-readable program storage medium for storing program having accounting function A printer performs a printing operation by driving a cartridge to discharge ink. The ink in the printer is billed according to the amount of actual use of ink. In a service center, the head ID is first input. Then, the head ID is verified against the user ID. The ... 11/09/06 - 20060253403 - Automated feature-based analysis for cost management of direct materials A system and method for managing costs of a target part is presented. The system and method entails five steps. First, the system and method provides features characteristics information of the target part. Second, system and method provides financial information related to the target part. Third, the system and method ... 11/02/06 - 20060248025 - Systems, methods and apparatus for offering an extension of a flat rate play session based on an ending credit balance In accordance with some embodiments, there is provided a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing a flat rate play session using a gaming device. The flat rate play session may define a duration of, for example, a period of time, a number of game plays, and/or a number ... 11/02/06 - 20060248024 - Price setting system Provided is a system which supports appropriate price setting so that a value for a provider in a transaction and a value for a customer reach an agreement. A price setting system stores a provider cost Cp and a return Rc obtained by a customer to calculate a transaction value ... 11/02/06 - 20060248023 - Adaptive estimation of gain and revenue Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and storage medium for facilitating adaptive estimation of gains and revenues. The method includes receiving initial the data for at least one subject to be measured into an adaptive estimator system. The initial the data includes an estimated cost of ... 10/26/06 - 20060242089 - Web based repair cost estimating system A web based insurance estimating system. The system includes a client computer that can launch client-side integrated processing software through a web-based application. The system also includes a server that generates information for a repair cost estimate web page. The repair cost estimate web page is displayed at the client ... 10/19/06 - 20060235807 - Competitive circuit price model and method A method of calculating a competitive base wafer cost for use in a model for calculating a packaged integrated circuit (IC) cost. The method includes determining a base wafer price for a first wafer technology at a desired time of analysis and applying a competitive wafer gross margin for the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218103 - Method and system for optimizing waste media disposal A method and apparatus for cleaning and disposing of radioactive or contaminated media, as well as assessing a cost and profit structure for performing such cleaning and disposal. The embodiment may calculate profit and loss for a filtering plant, taking into account various factors such as the disposal site chosen, ... 09/21/06 - 20060212409 - Method for placing advertisements in a broadcast system A media play traffic system is disclosed. The media play traffic system includes at least one hub at least partially remote from at least two media play points, and a normalizer associated with the hub, wherein said normalizer normalizes data inputs for the at least two media play points, wherein ... 09/07/06 - 20060200428 - Method and system for determining absorption costs for transfers between inventory sites of a business operation Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer-implemented method for determining absorption costs for transfers between a plurality of cost groups of a business operation. In one embodiment, a processing sequence for the plurality of cost groups is determined. For iteration (n) where n>1, a periodic moving average ... 08/24/06 - 20060190417 - System, method and program to estimate cost of distributing software System and computer program product for estimating the cost of an ESD for software and subsequent updates for the software. Various cost factors can be considered such as one or more of the following. First program instructions determine a cost of the ESD associated with packaging together components of the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184458 - Serving signals Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating ... 08/10/06 - 20060179012 - Computer program for preparing contractor estimates A computer program for estimating underground piping systems operates as a condensed spreadsheet having predetermined user-defined default values. A rough cost estimate is produced by the user making an original selection and then entering as few as two data columns, an item name and an item quantity. A single six-page ... 07/20/06 - 20060161504 - Generating an optimized price schedule for a product Generating a price schedule involves generating a graph (50) having paths that include states (52) with values (54, 56, 58). The graph (50) is generated by determining the values (56, 58) of a successor state (52) from the values (56, 58) of a predecessor state (52). An optimal path is ... 07/20/06 - 20060161503 - Budget browsing method, system, apparatus, and software product A method, apparatus, system, and software product are presented for allowing a user to control web browsing costs incurred when using a device such as a mobile device to access the world-wide web. The invention involves selecting a preferred browser strategy from a plurality of browser strategies that correspond to ... 07/13/06 - 20060155656 - Internet based textbook price comparison method using entered course identification A computer system and method is disclosed where the computer system allows a user to find course materials based off of the user's course schedule and obtain comparative pricing from multiple online vendors for the given course materials. A computer system and method is disclosed where the computer system provides ... 07/13/06 - 20060155655 - Costing system and method A costing system. The costing system includes a costing model and a costing engine. The costing model records parent-child relationships between a plurality of stages of a production line, and at least one valuation type for each stage. The costing engine retrieves a group of valuation type combinations corresponding to ... 07/13/06 - 20060155654 - Editor and method for editing formulae for calculating the price of a service and a system for automatic costing of a service Electronic editor for formulae for calculating the price of a service designed to define the formula in a format directly readable by an electronic costing system designed to establish the price of a service using information on the service consumed contained in consumption variables. The editor includes an electronic calculator ... 07/06/06 - 20060149689 - Automated media verification and price polling In a computer system, an identification of media content stored on a medium is determined. The identification is provided to a first electronic device, such as a server. A price at which the medium storing the media content may be sold is received from the first electronic device. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149688 - Method for predicting tire life-cycle cost Exemplary embodiments provide a technique for determining life cycle cost of a tire that includes combining initial purchase information and an assessment of operating costs for a customer. Determination of operating costs includes correlating roll resistance with respect to inflation pressure and vehicle imposed load of the tire, as well ... 07/06/06 - 20060149687 - System and method for automated management of custom home design and build projects The present invention preferably enables parties to electronically submit parameters into an Internet application regarding a custom homebuilding project. The application accurately predicts labor and materials costs associated therefor. The present invention also provides details directed to the processes associated with custom homebuilding projects and eliminates surprises that may arise ... 05/25/06 - 20060112022 - Method of preparing a service agreement The present invention provides an efficient and simple method of preparing a product quote for a customer operating a technical installation. The product quote is based on a data set acquired during the operation of the installation, a product chosen for use with the installation and a customer benefit related ... 05/18/06 - 20060106737 - Calculation of real time incremental emissions cost A method of generating emission curves over a range of load points includes obtaining current measurements from a respective sensor. The current measurements are validated and a plurality of emission curves using predefined inputs for each load point are generated. The plurality of emission curves includes an emission design curve ... 05/18/06 - 20060106736 - Billing method for telecommunication service based on fixed fee Provided is a billing method for telecommunication service based on fixed fee according to user's usage time. The method includes the steps of: estimating reference time according to user's usage time of the previous term; estimating guarantee time; reading user's usage time of this term; and billing telecommunication service fare ... 05/11/06 - 20060100969 - Learning-based method for estimating cost and statistics of complex operators in continuous queries A learning-based method for estimating costs or statistics of an operator in a continuous query includes a cost estimation model learning procedure and a model applying procedure. The model learning procedure builds a cost estimation model from training data, and the applying procedure uses the model to estimate the cost ... 05/11/06 - 20060100968 - Method for distributing electrical power to downhole tools A method for distributing electricity to downhole tools is disclosed in one aspect of the present invention as including providing, by a downhole generator provider, a downhole generator configured to generate electricity. A second provider, such as a downhole tool provider, provides a downhole tool that requires a source of ... 05/11/06 - 20060100967 - Electronic pricing system, device and method An electronic pricing system, includes price label system server adapted to communicate with a price controlling application (PCA) server communicating price label information to price labels (PLs). The system is designed to generate control signals for updating price information related to at least two separate sales items that are both/all ... 05/04/06 - 20060095390 - Dynamic location based cost minimization A computer is programmed to receive data concerning a current location of a vehicle, a plurality of gas prices at a plurality of gas stations, and a plurality of locations, one location for each of the plurality of gas stations. The computer is programmed to determine a first gas station ... 04/27/06 - 20060089920 - Method and system for evaluating costs of various design and maintenance approaches The method and system quantify the impact of various design and operational solutions for equipment modules of a structure and the overall structure based upon economic factors. In particular, the method and system provide cost evaluation of various maintenance approaches for at least one equipment module that is part of ... 04/20/06 - 20060085364 - Automated telephony services pricing application An automated pricing system determines a respective quote price for each of a plurality of different labor categories associated with an implementation of an Internet Protocol (IP) telephony system. The different labor categories comprise at least one field engineering category and at least one implementation manager category. The at least ... 04/20/06 - 20060085363 - Method and apparatus for providing load dispatch and pollution control optimization An economic dispatch program allocates a load demand and an emission allowance of a power generation system among various power plants to determine the operational set-points and the pollution control set-points of each of the various power plants in a manner that minimizes the total operating cost for the power ... 04/13/06 - 20060080265 - Method for pricing products in a retail store A method for pricing products such as goods that are sold in a retail store. The method of the present invention is carried out using the following five-step process: (a) evaluating transaction data for a plurality of consumers; (b) classifying the plurality of consumers into a plurality of consumer groups; ... 04/13/06 - 20060080264 - System, method and program to estimate cost of a product and/or service System, method and computer program product for estimating the cost of a product and/or service. The product and/or service comprises a multiplicity of components. One or more first components with no cost dependencies are determined and assigned to a first tier. One or more second components whose costs depend on ... 04/06/06 - 20060074817 - Methods and systems for cumulative attribute forecasting using a pdf of a current-to-future value ratio Systems and methods are disclosed for cumulative attribute forecasting using a probability density function of a current-to-future value ratio. Some method embodiments may comprise determining an unconditional probability density function for a ratio of a cumulative attribute's current value to an associated future value for the cumulative attribute, and determining ... 04/06/06 - 20060074816 - Information processing device, information processing method, computer-readable recording medium containing information processing program and computer program product An information processing apparatus for transmitting inputted image data to a printing machine connected via an electronic network and making the printing machine execute printing, the information processing apparatus includes: a cost information register section for registering printing cost information for each of a plurality of printing machines connected via ... 03/30/06 - 20060069660 - Methods and apparatus for monitoring equipment productivity The disclosed invention comprises methods and apparatus for affordably optimizing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of manufacturing one or more production parts from one or more production machines. A preprogrammed microprocessor receives and stores, data from sensors attached to a production machine and transmits the data to an Ethernet hub ... 03/30/06 - 20060069659 - Defect monitoring system A method of determining a cost effective number of corrective tests to perform on a process experiencing process excursions. A test cost for each corrective test is determined, and a total test cost for each of an incremental number of corrective tests is calculated. An effect of each corrective test ... 03/23/06 - 20060064393 - Computer-based systems and methods for generating vehicle repair estimates and repair estimates prepared therewith Disclosed are computer-based systems for generating vehicle repair estimates, such as repair estimates for commercial trucks. Also disclosed are computer-based methods for generating a vehicle repair estimate and vehicle repair estimate reports prepared using such systems and/or methods. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047608 - Market-based price optimization system Disclosed is a market-based software system that will help user-retailers manage price and inventories more effectively. The system will take advantage of available price and sales data to provide pricing recommendations that will achieve a retail user's objectives. The system will offer a solution that will allow for pricing improvement ... 03/02/06 - 20060047607 - Maximizing profit and minimizing losses in controlling air pollution A controller directs the operation of an air pollution control (APC) system performing a process, having one or more controllable operating parameters, to control emissions of a pollutant. An interface receives financial data associated with the operation of the APC system. A control processor determines a target set point of ... 02/09/06 - 20060031179 - Systems and methods for making margin-sensitive price adjustments in an integrated price management system The present invention presents systems and methods for forecasting data in an integrated price management system including providing forward looking price estimations for products in a selected product set for a selected time interval; calculating total prices for selected product sets for each selected time interval; calculating margins for each ... 02/09/06 - 20060031178 - Systems and methods for making margin-sensitive price adjustments in an integrated price management system The present invention presents systems and methods generating margin sensitive pricing quotation in an integrated price adjustment system including: a) selecting products in selected product sets; b) providing pricing data corresponding to the products in selected product sets; c) providing guidance elements for products in selected product sets wherein guidance ... 01/26/06 - 20060020561 - System for generating a user interface and service cost display for mobile document processing services The present invention is directed to a method and system for accessing data services by users which shows the user the cost of such services based on the options, properties, or services selected. A user accesses a multifunctional peripheral device in a non-office environment, such an airport lounge or hotel ... 01/19/06 - 20060015467 - Internet services quoting system and method A method and system assists a consumer in selecting and purchasing internet services through a computer based communication system. The method and system provides an internet user real-time pricing and service quotes for internet services through the use of XML documents sent via HTTP Post. ... 01/12/06 - 20060010083 - Media validation system A media validation system including a plurality of media storage devices which contain a quantity of content thereon, a user computer processor assembly structured to operatively access a select media storage device, a verification module, and a communicative link between the verification module and the user computer processor assembly. Each ... 01/12/06 - 20060010082 - Product and pricing term updates A product and pricing term updating system accessed a contract database storing contracts with product and pricing terms. A processing device retrieves the product and pricing terms nearing expiration and generates a procurement form that includes the product and pricing terms to be updated. The processing device may convert the ... 12/22/05 - 20050283447 - Charging mechanism for multicasting An apparatus for calculating a cost of receiving multicast data from a multicast session. A multicast network includes at least one multicast service, each multicast service including at least one multicast session. The apparatus receives a request to establish a connection to the multicast session, stores a start time for ... 12/22/05 - 20050283446 - Fee models based on plug-in use A method and apparatus for calculating fees charged to users based on the plug-in use is disclosed. An application framework is provided as an extensible software platform. Users may integrate plug-in components into the application framework. Each plug-in component may identify a fee model defining how charges are assessed for ... 12/15/05 - 20050278262 - Method and device for calculating a price for using a specific link in a network The invention relates to a method for calculating in a network that comprises links, a price for using a specific link in the network. The method comprises the following steps: a) a comparison step for determining a price difference between the price for using the specific link and the price ... 12/08/05 - 20050273446 - Content data supply system, content data supply apparatus and method, content data reproduction apparatus and method, and program The present invention is to provides a content data supply system, a content data supply apparatus and method, a content data reproduction apparatus and method, and a program. The content supply system supplies content data from a content data supply apparatus to a content reproduction apparatus via a network. The ... 11/17/05 - 20050256810 - System, method and program product for optimizing usage based pricing and availability for a resource System, method and program product for determining a price “P” to bill a customer for a resource. An amount “U” of the resource provided to the customer during the billing period is determined. An amount “Ci” of the resource committed to the customer during the billing period is identified. The ... 10/27/05 - 20050240539 - Method and system for forecasting commodity prices using capacity utilization data The present invention includes a method and system for creating a price-forecasting tool for a commodity. The method and system comprise providing price data and industry capacity utilization data related to the commodity, and establishing the price-forecasting tool based on a statistical relationship between the price data and the industry ... 10/27/05 - 20050240538 - Display configuration A display configuration associated with displaying information from at least one source is determined using a cost metric. The cost metric is associated with a cost of displaying information from the source. ... 10/13/05 - 20050228759 - Methods and systems for investment appraisal for manufacturing decisions A computer implemented method for deciding and justifying make or buy decisions in which it is determined whether to make an item in-house or to buy the item from outside suppliers. Also disclosed are computer implemented methods of determining and justifying an optimal timing to implement an engineering change order ... 10/13/05 - 20050228758 - Telephone call fee payment certificate number sales system and device A mobile telephone call fee pre-payment registration system and device capable of registering telephone call permission without requiring a complicated input operation causing erroneous input. A telephone call fee pre-payment registration device (20) performs money deposit processing for recognizing amount information (money deposit information) relating to money introduced into a ... 09/29/05 - 20050216425 - Estimating value of a previously-used exhibit A method, computer program product and system for estimating the value of a previously-used exhibit. The value of a previously-used exhibit may be calculated by receiving an original price of the exhibit, the year the exhibit was purchased, the condition of the exhibit and the number of shows the exhibit ... 09/15/05 - 20050203858 - Method and related system for semiconductor equipment prevention maintenance management A method and related system for semiconductor equipment prevention maintenance management. The method includes recording process parameters of each piece of equipment, recording equipment parameters when each piece of equipment is processing, evaluating and recording time and cost of prevention maintenance after each piece of equipment runs prevention maintenance, evaluating ... 09/08/05 - 20050197973 - Article price management system A store server transmits an article code and price information of an article whose price is to be changed to a radio tag reader/writer. The radio tag reader/writer transmits information received from the store server by means of a radio signal. When receiving the radio signal indicating an article code ... 09/08/05 - 20050197972 - Method of and system for assignment of price groups A method of classifying retail products and services includes providing a listing of groupings of at least one of retail products and services in a computerized system, and providing a listing of price level groups defined within the computerized system. The method also includes receiving a user selection of groupings ... 09/08/05 - 20050197971 - Method and system for classifying retail products and services using price band categories A method of and system for classifying retail products and services is disclosed. The method of classifying retail products and services includes defining a price level group in a computerized system, wherein the price level group includes a price schema having a plurality of price levels, and wherein each price ... 08/11/05 - 20050177527 - Transaction management tool A management tool for a professional services firm that is operable to use historical billing information for a plurality of like, but completed matters to provide useful management information. More specifically, the tool is operable to determine an estimate for a new matter using the historical billing information; calculate the ... 08/11/05 - 20050177526 - Method for negotiations using a global pricing system A method for improving negotiations using a global pricing system includes retrieving customer information from a database and retrieving negotiation information from a database. The customer information and negotiation information are stored on a mobile device. The information is used to generate a negotiation range, and negotiations are conducted using ... 08/11/05 - 20050177525 - Sales and service offer method and apparatus A mechanism is provided that identifies a customer and attaches to a customer inquiry a relevant sales or service offer code. When a sales/service agent is in contact with the customer, the sales/service agent's display illuminates a sales/service offer icon as appropriate. When the sales/service agent clicks on the icon, ... 08/04/05 - 20050171918 - Method and system of cost variance analysis A method for cost variance analysis for assessment of the effects of products/product groups, activities/activity-producing-departments, and resource acquisition, within an organization. The method utilizes the Broyles and Lay p′RUm cost variance model. By converting one or more variables of the Broyles and Lay model into a diagonal or grouped matrix, ... 07/14/05 - 20050154683 - Creating your home-software for builders The installation of the software for the builders should be written into memory. The user should receive a selection that indicates if he/she agrees to the contents of the agreement concerning the software. When the user agrees the software it is maintained as is. ... 07/07/05 - 20050149458 - Dynamic pricing system with graphical user interface A system for dynamically pricing products available from one or more merchants. The system sends a first price for a product from a processor to a customer device, and receives a report of sale for the product at the first price from a merchant computer. The system then determines a ... 06/09/05 - 20050125364 - Apparatus, and associated method, for dynamically pricing content responsive to quantitative demand indicia Apparatus, and an associated method, for pricing content, such as musical or entertainment recordings, based upon quantitative demand for the content. An initial price indicia associator associates initial price indicia with the content files. The initial pricing is based upon historical indicia associated with the creators of the content. Thereafter, ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |