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Intellectual Property

 

In today's business environment, it is essential that you know your business-critical vendors have the intellectual property (IP) to support their product offerings.

FPX is the only product configuration provider with the proven patents that broadly cover the configuration space. FPX applications are covered by the pioneer patents in the configuration space.

FPX traces its history to 1983 as the inventor of the product configuration solution. Over the years, we have spent in excess of $200 million on R&D. Today we are shaping the multi-tenant SaaS configuration market and we continue to be innovators with our new solutions. It is expensive in terms of time, talent and money to accumulate and maintain this level of IP protection for our products and customers – but essential in today's world.

FPX is the owner or licensee of over 100 patents (many of which were developed by FPX) that relate to everything from the methods by which product and pricing configuration is effected across any platform, proposal generation (the physical presentation that your sales people generate for your customers), website functionality, secure communications, sales force automation, ecommerce and every other key aspect of the technology solution that FPX provides its customers.

FPX Key CPQ Owned and Licensed Patents
 

USP # Title Issue Date
5,283,865 Computer-assisted parts sales system Feb. 1, 1994
5,367,627 Computer-assisted parts sales method Nov. 22, 1994
5,493,490 Electronic proposal preparation system for selling vehicles Feb. 20, 1996
5,615,342 Electronic proposal preparation system Mar. 25, 1997
5,625,776 Electronic proposal preparation system for selling computer equipment and copy machines Apr. 29, 1997
5,758,331 Computer-assisted sales system for utilities May 26, 1998
6,067,525 Integrated computerized sales force automation system May 23, 2000
6,141,658 Computer system and method for managing sales information Oct. 31, 2000
6,169,979 Computer-assisted sales system for utilities Jan. 2, 2001
5,283,865 Computer-assisted parts sales system Feb. 1, 1994
5,367,627 Computer-assisted parts sales method Nov. 22, 1994
6,182,059 Automatic electronic message interpretation and routing system Jan. 30, 2001
6,278,996 System and method for message process and response Aug. 21, 2001
6,411,947 Automatic message interpretation and routing system Jun. 25, 2002
6,438,547 Computer-readable data product for managing sales information Aug. 20, 2002
6,453,302 Computer generated presentation system Sept. 17, 2002
6,577,962 System and method for forecasting energy usage load Jun. 10, 2003
6,636,893 Web bridged energy management system and method Oct. 21, 2003
7,516,088 Sales force automation and method Apr. 7, 2009
7,519,549 Inventory sales system and method Apr. 14, 2009
6,859,699 Network-based method and system for distributing data Feb. 22, 2005
6,278,996 System and method for message process and response Aug. 21, 2001
6,178,362 Energy management system and method Jan. 23, 2001
6,233,564 Merchandising using consumer information from surveys May 15, 2001
5,483,049 Coupon exchanging and check writing system Jan. 9, 1996
5,111,927 Automated recycling machine May 12, 1992
6,497,360 Prompt coupon reimbursement after coupon redemption Dec. 24, 2002
6,177,932 Method and apparatus for network based customer service Jan. 23, 2001
6,289,340 Consultant matching system and method for selecting candidates from a candidate pool by adjusting skill values Sept. 11, 2001
6,199,067 System and method for generating personalized user profiles and for utilizing the generated user profiles to perform adaptive internet searches Mar 6, 2001
6,067,525 Integrated computerized sales force automation system May 23, 2000
6,941,305 Customer management system for automobile sales industry Sept. 6, 2005
5,412,730 Encrypted data transmission system employing means for randomly altering the encryption keys May 2, 1995
6,119,102 MRP system with viewable master production schedule Sept. 12, 2000
5,623,637 Encrypted data storage card including smartcard integrated circuit for storing an access password and encryption keys Apr. 22, 1997
4,853,850 Vehicle computer diagnostic interface apparatus Aug. 1, 1989
5,659,680 PC compatible modular based diagnostic system Aug. 19, 1997
7,043,320 Method and apparatus for planning a manufacturing schedule using an adaptive learning process May 9, 2006
7,406,359 Method for calculating a transition preference value between first and second manufacturing object attributes Jul. 29, 2008
7,084,735 Remote vehicle security system Aug. 1, 2006
4,942,356 Modular electronic device Jul. 17, 1990
7,089,127 Integrated battery service system Aug. 8, 2006
6,512,361 14/42-volt automotive circuit tester Jan. 28, 2003
6,981,222 End-to-end transaction processing and statusing system and method Dec. 27, 2005
6,917,304 Wireless mutliplex data transmission system Jul. 12, 2005

 

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