A plant maintenance control system designed to be effectuated through use of a computer; the basic aspect of the system relates to the unique results obtainable through particular operations performed by the computer based upon the unique organization and arrangement of the so-called data base complex, such that efficient and detailed control of maintenance expenses for a complicated chemical plant or the like can be readily established.

A novel system and method for locating real estate properties for potential purchase including a graphical locator interface which permits definition of a desired area for search by placing of a user-controlled selector on a map displayed on a CRT. Additional search qualifications including price, type of structure and others are also specified. The completed specification is then transmitted to a host system and is used for a search of a database of available properties.

An electronic maintenance support work station employs a text screen and graphics screen on which text records and part graphics are displayed. The user can sequence through various levels of hierarchy of the product structure as a search is made for a needed part. An item activated on the text screen is automatically targeted on the graphics screen. Part detail information is presented to facilitate decision making when an order point in the search is reached. Direct part or stock number entrie...

An integrated system for image processing of documents generated in shipping transactions includes a central transaction processing facility, which receives images of shipping transaction documents. The document images may be captured by scanners at a plurality of remote stations or they may be telefaxed directly to the processing facility by the individual shippers. A central shipping transaction database is maintained on a host computer, for example, along with appropriate applications for pro...

An automated method for selecting personnel which includes the step of selecting a first set of employees having qualifications matching a first job criteria from a first data file where the first data file includes a first plurality of records and each record includes a first job selection criteria, such as job titles, and a corresponding employee code. A second step comprises selecting a second plurality of employees having qualifications matching a second job criteria from a second data file ...

A business monitoring system and method having a supervisory work station and a staff work station as well, having a judgment condition storage function having stored therein a condition described for selecting and extracting contents of a business process transaction, having a judgment function for extracting a transaction having contents to be processed on the basis of the condition, and having a transaction-to-mail converting function for converting the transaction to a mail form according to...

A system for managing payroll data and human resource data for employees. The payroll data includes an employee-type and a plurality of payroll codes, and the human resource data includes an employee-identifier for each of the employees, a salary for each employee, and a plurality of HR codes. The system stores the payroll data and the human resource data receives user input including a pay period, selects human resource data for certain employees based upon predetermined criteria, stores the se...

A Work Flow Manager (WFM), or process manager, is the software to manage and control the flow of work items from one function to the next in a well-defined application process to achieve the complete processing of those work items. Applications of WFMs include the processing of imaged or multimedia documents such as health and other insurance forms, filmless radiology, IRS tax submissions, and FBI fingerprint and voice identification. The invention WFM: a. provides an improved, scalable subsyste...

A central depository for secure storage and rapid retrieval of important documents and information, such as living wills, durable powers of attorney, testamentary wills, authorization for organ donation, authorization of bone marrow donation, and insurance information. The depository includes a data storage facility having a computer and Write Once, Read Many (WORM) drive CD-ROM player connected to an optical scanner. The documents are scanned by the optical scanner and stored on the CD-ROM play...

A microprocessor manipulated program which extracts the data inherent in the cognitive process leading to the spoken or written word and converts that data into business models capable of defining the interrelationship and functions of a business. The program models the business and the data thus generated is used to produce application software program code capable of controlling and/or performing all functions of the business. The system springs from The Connected Development Process of Four D...