Appeal 2007-2745
Application 09/761,671
1 22. Neural networks are used for forecasting future sales and prices,
2 estimating future costs, and planning future schedules and expenditures
3 (Brown 53:Left col., Forecasting and Scheduling).
4 23. An air carrier’s improved scheduling makes aircraft operations more
5 predictable, reduces delays, and reduces fuel costs by shortening the
6 time aircraft spend waiting for available gates. More efficient scheduling
7 raises the number of flights by each aircraft, increases revenue, provides
8 better management of disruptions, and improves passenger service
9 (Brown 53:Left col.-middle col., Forecasting and Scheduling).
10 24. A provider of hospital supplies, uses a neural network to identify the
11 key characteristics of the best customers and searches the inactive
12 customer list for the highest probability purchasers from those who are
13 inactive. Neural networks also help with customer service and support
14 (Brown 53:Center col., First full ¶).
15 25. As businesses reorganize based on customer needs, neural networks
16 can help them analyze past business transactions so they can understand
17 their customers' buying patterns. One neural network for database
18 mining has been tailored for database marketing (Brown 53:Center col.,
19 Second full ¶).
20 26. Many systems also have been developed to help investors and
21 investment companies manage investments in securities. One company
22 has a neural network it uses as a decision aid in stock purchases for
23 mutual funds. The neural network makes a very accurate forecast about
24 10% of the time; the other 90% of the time it makes no forecast at all.
25 Another company uses a neural network to manage the $100 million
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