| 6016481 |
Space management system |
| Jan-18-2000 |
An improved system for space management in retail stores is described. The space management system includes price display labels mounted on rails along the edges of shelves in a store. A communications... |
| 6014641 |
Method and apparatus for providing open-ended subscriptions to commodity items normally available only through term-based subscriptions |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A system for providing an open-ended subscription to commodity items normally available on a term basis includes a central agent that serves as the front-end for commodity suppliers. This central agent... |
| 6014640 |
Accounting allocation method |
| Jan-11-2000 |
An expense allocation method utilizes matrix multiplication to transform a set of reciprocal or cascading allocation rules into a new set of one-step allocation rules. The new set of rules reallocates... |
| 6012044 |
User interface for a financial advisory system |
| Jan-4-2000 |
A user interface for a financial advisory system is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user may interactively explore how changes in one or more input decisions such as a risk... |
| 6009414 |
Computer system with checkpoint facility and accounting facility indicating charges payable for processes |
| Dec-28-1999 |
In a computer system provided with a checkpoint facility, an accounting record indicating a charge payable as a result of a normal process and an accounting record indicating a charge payable as a result... |
| 6006205 |
Credit card billing method and system |
| Dec-21-1999 |
An improved credit card billing method and system is disclosed which permits multiple items purchased as part of a single transaction or order to be separately billed on a credit card in accordance with... |
| 6006204 |
Correlating transaction records via user-specified identifier creating uncleared transaction |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A financial institution customer is permitted to create an uncleared transaction record within the financial institution's account ledger for the customer in anticipation of actually making the transaction.... |
| 6003007 |
Attachment integrated claims system and operating method therefor |
| Dec-14-1999 |
An attachment integrated claims (AIC) system is formed by a combination of first, second and third storage media. The first storage medium stores computer readable instructions for permitting a first computer... |
| 5991741 |
In$ite: a finance analysis model for education |
| Nov-23-1999 |
An advanced software package for cost accounting and analysis, management reporting, performance assessment and decision support tool is described. The IN$ITE.TM. software package collects, organizes,... |
| 5987437 |
Method of improving assistance to an operator to balance an out-of-proof transaction and an apparatus therefor |
| Nov-16-1999 |
Improved assistance is provided to an operator to balance an out-of-proof transaction at a balancing workstation of an image-based financial document processing system used to process transaction items... |
| 5987429 |
Computer-based fee processing for electronic commerce |
| Nov-16-1999 |
Fees due from transactions in electronic commerce are processed by building a transaction information database with transaction event objects based on events in each transaction. After retrieving fee rules... |
| 5966698 |
Automated payment system and method |
| Oct-12-1999 |
A system and method of collecting payments uses an automated system to generate a draft, payable to the creditor and drawn on the payor's checking account, pursuant to the payor's authorization. The draft... |
| 5963921 |
Electronic income tax refund early payment system with means for creating of a new deposit account for receipt of an electronically transferred refund from the IRS |
| Oct-5-1999 |
Electronic data processing system for preparation of electronically filed tax returns and authorization and payment of refunds based on the data supplied in those returns. Electronic data processing programs... |
| 5960415 |
Forecasting control system and method |
| Sep-28-1999 |
This invention concerns a forecasting control system which takes data and processes it to provide selective data reports including forecasts as a continuum of post results. The system makes use of arrays... |
| 5950174 |
Affiliation-based arrangement for billing |
| Sep-7-1999 |
An improved system is realized with an arrangement which takes advantage of affiliations that allow concentration of billing. In situations where a party is willing to serve as a financial surrogate for... |
| 5950171 |
System for determining hypothetical book value |
| Sep-7-1999 |
A system for producing sets of competitive depreciation rates (CDRs) for a high-cost plant based on the hypothetical book value of the plant, such that the application of any set would result in the plant... |
| 5946671 |
Postage meter |
| Aug-31-1999 |
A postage meter having facilities for departmental accounting is disclosed. A non-volatile department memory is provided for each department, each department memory storing data relating to a specific... |
| 5943655 |
Cash settlement machine |
| Aug-24-1999 |
A cash settlement machine is disclosed comprising a graphics display, operator interface panels, and a controller coupling the operator interface panels to the graphics display. To provide the cash settlement... |
| 5937395 |
Accounting apparatus, information receiving apparatus, and communication system |
| Aug-10-1999 |
A communication system and accounting apparatus are provided capable of easy management of accounting a use of information by a user in multi-media networks while protecting privacy of the user. As a user... |
| 5930772 |
Volume-dependent accounting system and method in connectionless communications |
| Jul-27-1999 |
When an accounting process is performed through connectionless communications such as a WWW, etc., a retrieval CGI stores a retrieval result in a file having a file name generated from a process ID and... |
| 5930770 |
Portable computer and printer for tracking inventory |
| Jul-27-1999 |
The present invention relates to an inventory control system (10) comprising: a portable computer (12) having a portable computer stylus (12E) which has at least one portable computer stylus button (12EB).... |
| 5926548 |
Method and apparatus for implementing hierarchical electronic cash |
| Jul-20-1999 |
A user U generates a signature verification key N.sub.U, a signature key SS.sub.U and a cipher key K, enciphers (X,N.sub.U) by a public key into E.sub.I (X,K,N.sub.U) and sends the enciphered information... |
| 5924081 |
Vending machine audit monitoring system with matrix interface |
| Jul-13-1999 |
An audit monitoring system (10) is provided for use with any of a multiplicity of different coin operated vending machines (300). The audit monitoring system includes an interface assembly (102) for use... |
| 5918215 |
Content sales price accounting system and accounting method thereof |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A goods master is stored with sales prices and sales effective periods of respective contents. A contract master is stored with data as to whether the sales price can be reduced. A key sales section charges... |
| 5913204 |
Method and apparatus for surveying music listener opinion about songs |
| Jun-15-1999 |
A method and apparatus for surveying and reporting listener opinion of a list of songs such as the songs comprising a radio station music library. A group of music listeners is selected from whom individual... |
| 5899981 |
Method and system for processing expense vouchers |
| May-4-1999 |
A system and method for processing expense reimbursement claims supported by at least one receipt associated with identifying indicia. The system includes computer readable memory, in which is defined... |
| 5893077 |
Method and apparatus for generating and collecting a billing event object within an on-line network |
| Apr-6-1999 |
An event generation and collection system for a distributed network includes an event source which generates event objects and an event collector for gathering objects. Conversion routines are run on the... |
| 5890905 |
Educational and life skills organizer/memory aid |
| Apr-6-1999 |
A compensatory assistive device for people with cognitive impairment (including but not limited to traumatic brain injury, stroke, electrocution, anoxia, mental retardation, dementia, amnesia, and learning... |
| 5884284 |
Telecommunication user account management system and method |
| Mar-16-1999 |
The present invention is an integrated computerized system and method of telecommunication user account management. The invention creates, maintains, processes and analyzes data regarding individual users... |
| 5884283 |
System, method and program product for managing and controlling the disposition of financial resources |
| Mar-16-1999 |
A method, computer program product and system providing management and control of the disposition of personal financial resources, taking into account the effects of inflation and deflation. The method... |
| 5875435 |
Automated accounting system |
| Feb-23-1999 |
An automated accounting system for an entity, such as an individual or business, is provided in which at least one file is established for the entity and a plurality of data inputs are provided to the... |
| 5873076 |
Architecture for processing search queries, retrieving documents identified thereby, and method for using same |
| Feb-16-1999 |
A split-server architecture for processing a search query provided by a user, and identifying and retrieving documents from a database corresponding to the search query. A session server is provided for... |
| 5848397 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling the presentation of messages to computer users |
| Dec-8-1998 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for scheduling the presentation of a continuously-changing display to computer users, and is particularly well-suited for use in an advertisement-supported... |
| 5842180 |
Method and system for detecting and correcting errors in a spreadsheet formula |
| Nov-24-1998 |
In association with a computer system, a method and system for detecting and correcting errors in a spreadsheet formula. A token is created corresponding to each entry in the formula. As the formula is... |
| 5835899 |
System and method for deriving financial responsibility identification |
| Nov-10-1998 |
A system and method (10) for deriving access codes for billing customers includes a load process (12) receiving a set of system attributes (20) and using at least one of the system attributes (20) for... |
| 5825883 |
Method and apparatus that accounts for usage of digital applications |
| Oct-20-1998 |
A method and apparatus that accounts for utilization of digital applications on an as used basis is accomplished by compensating a publisher for each use of its digital application instead of a lump sum... |
| 5815829 |
Job cost accounting data compression and indexing system and methods for doing the same |
| Sep-29-1998 |
The present invention relates to a method and system of data compression and indexing strategies for accounting software. Financial records are tracked to single job apart from its general ledger and incorporated... |
| 5809482 |
System for the tracking and management of transactions in a pit area of a gaming establishment |
| Sep-15-1998 |
A system and method automatically tracks player gambling transactions in a casino. The system includes a casino database the stores betting summary records for each of a plurality players, where each betting... |
| 5809480 |
Automated, secure inter authority settlement method and system for electronic toll collection |
| Sep-15-1998 |
Electronic toll collection will eventually become standardized on the nation's toll roads making possible non-stop toll payments to many different toll Authorities from a single in-vehicle-device. Such... |
| 5805881 |
Method and apparatus for generating arbitrary output records in response to output designation of records |
| Sep-8-1998 |
In order to obtain an accounting form required by a person who has no expert knowledge, a first designation units designates record names of output records, and item contents (e.g., item codes) of the... |
| 5799289 |
Order management system and method considering budget limit |
| Aug-25-1998 |
An order management system automatically places an order with one of a plurality of suppliers when order information is input by one of a plurality of orderers. A terminal unit is provided to each of the... |
| 5799286 |
Automated activity-based management system |
| Aug-25-1998 |
An automated activity-based management system and method (10) for making thereof are provided. A business organization has costs associated with its employees, facilities, equipment, and overhead to produce... |
| 5794234 |
Method and system for providing electronic commerce between incompatible data processing systems |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A system and method that provides the exchange of electronic data interchange (EDI) and electronic fund transfers (EFT) type transactions between trading partners having incompatible accounting database... |
| 5794222 |
Mail processing system and devices therefor |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A mail processing system includes mail processing devices such as postage meters, a sorting machine and a host computer. Each mail processing device provides to each outgoing mail not only its mailing... |
| 5787373 |
Travel expense tracking system |
| Jul-28-1998 |
An expense tracking system is provided for use with the portable computer having a computer memory, a computer keyboard, and a display screen, in a vehicle of the type which generates an electrical odometer... |
| 5761651 |
Software charging system and software data utilization permitting device |
| Jun-2-1998 |
A software charging system includes a utilization permitting device for giving permission to use a software storing medium storing ciphered programs or data (software); and an authorization center capable... |
| 5758313 |
Method and apparatus for tracking vehicle location |
| May-26-1998 |
A method computer aided dispatching. The present method includes providing a display 510 having a first display segment 530. The first display segment 530 includes a digitized representation of a selected... |
| 5752233 |
System and method for budget compilation under parallel/distributed processing |
| May-12-1998 |
A budget compilation process for executing budget compilation for a plurality of bank branch offices is executed in parallel at the same time. Process conditions (participant clients in the budget compilation... |
| 5749078 |
Method and apparatus for storage of accounting information in a value dispensing system |
| May-5-1998 |
A value dispensing system comprising a portable data carrier and a terminal. The portable data carrier including a memory having stored therein accounting information indicative of an amount of value available... |
| 5745883 |
Billing system for use with document processing system |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A billing system for use in a printing system which processes a job with one or more events occurring, relative to the job, as a result of processing the job, is provided. The billing system includes a... |
