Patents Examined by Michelle Tarae
  • Patent number: 7171383
    Abstract: An integrated system organizes a company's experiences, operating procedures, best practices, information sources, competitive information and analytical tools. The goal is increasing profitability within a due diligence process while facilitating ongoing operations. The system incorporates a method for collaborating on due diligence issues to affect knowledge building within due diligence teams. The method includes accessing stored, accumulated knowledge in a repository from prior due diligence exercises, applying to due diligence decisions criteria based on consolidated analytical building blocks of past due diligence exercises and storing newly accumulated knowledge from the current due diligence exercise into the repository of accumulated knowledge. Access to this information is available globally via the internet as well as locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: GE Corporate Financial Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Richard Paul Messmer, William Cree Steward, Marc Thomas Edgar, Brian N. Dingman
  • Patent number: 7171375
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for enterprise wide planning is disclosed. In an embodiment, one or more work card templates are initially defined. Then a plurality of work cards representing a project are received and compared with the work card templates. Scheduling parameters from the work card templates are added to the matching work cards. Then, expected non-routine work cards are added to the work cards. Next, the expected non-routing work cards and the operational work cards are scheduled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: 4Sight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Hernan Jose Clarke
  • Patent number: 7110970
    Abstract: An integrated system organizes a company's experiences, operating procedures, best practices, information sources, competitive information and analytical tools. The goal is increasing profitability within a due diligence process while facilitating ongoing operations. The system incorporates a method for collaborating on due diligence issues to affect knowledge building within due diligence teams. The method includes accessing stored, accumulated knowledge in a repository from prior due diligence exercises, applying to due diligence decisions criteria based on consolidated analytical building blocks of past due diligence exercises and storing newly accumulated knowledge from the current due diligence exercise into the repository of accumulated knowledge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: GE Capital Commercial Finance, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Nathan Dingman, Richard Paul Messmer, Marc Thomas Edgar, Christopher Donald Johnson