75534641
Aug 11, 1998
COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR COST ALLOCATION, NAMELY COLLECTING, ANALYZING AND COSTING OPERATIONAL DATA FROM A USER'S TELEPHONE SWITCH OR DATA NETWORK, THEN ALLOCATING THE DATA TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE USER'S COMPANY; SOFTWARE PACKAGES USED FOR DATA MESSAGING, NAMELY THE PROCESS OF SENDING INFORMATION FROM ONE COMPUTER SYSTEM OR PROGRAM TO ANOTHER; DATA GRAM, NAMELY AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE RECORDED ON COMPUTER MEDIA IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; VOICE OR DATA NETWORK, NAMELY HARDWARE FOR RECORDING THE SENDER, THE RECEIVER, THE DATE, THE TIME AND THE DURATION OF A TELEPHONE CALL
Electrical and Scientific ApparatusCOMPUTER SERVICES, NAMELY TRACKING TRANSACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE OVER A DATA NETWORK SUCH AS THE GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK, BY LOGGING THE SOURCE, DESTINATION, DATE, TIME AND TYPE OF THE TRANSACTION FOR PURPOSES OF ALLOCATING NETWORK USAGE WITHIN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT AND PERMITTING ANALYSIS OF THE DATA TRAFFIC FOR COST ALLOCATION, NETWORK USAGE ANALYSIS OR TROUBLESHOOTING
Computer and Scientific