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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kumar Bhaskaran, Kearny, NJ (US);
Daniel P Connors, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Fenno F Heath, III, New Haven, CT (US);
Nitin Nayak, Ossining, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
705-7 ; 705-1 ; 705-7 ; 705-8 ; 705-9 ; 705 10 ; 705 11 ; 705 14 ; 705 26 ; 705 27 ;
Abstract
An active collaboration technology in an open architectural framework that delivers information and decision support tools in a timely, contextual and role sensitive manner to present a collaborative dynamic decision making capability to a community of role players within a supply chain process. Such a comprehensive collaborative dynamic decision making capability is made possible through the integration of the business process, the organization of role players and relevant business applications.