| 6067528 |
Confidential market making system |
| May-23-2000 |
A system for allowing users to present themselves to an on-line market with a number of information "veils" which, upon removal, reveal increasing levels of confidential information relating to the business... |
| 6067524 |
Method and system for automatically generating advisory information for pharmacy patients along with normally transmitted data |
| May-23-2000 |
A method and system for generating advisory messages to pharmacy patients includes appending patient-specific information to a data record containing normally transmitted information. The data record is... |
| 6064980 |
System and methods for collaborative recommendations |
| May-16-2000 |
A recommendation service is disclosed which uses collaborative filtering techniques to recommend books to users of a Web site. The Web site includes a catalog of the various titles that can be purchased... |
| 6064972 |
Risk management technique for network access |
| May-16-2000 |
The risk of fraud associated with access by a subscriber to a network (42) is managed by a system that includes a data base (46) that stores a record for each subscriber indicative of that subscriber's... |
| 6064968 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for identifying unique and common legal requirements for a regulated activity among multiple legal jurisdictions |
| May-16-2000 |
Systems, methods and computer program products facilitate user compliance with laws that pertain to a regulated activity in each of a plurality of legal jurisdictions. A user selects, via a user interface... |
| 6064967 |
Internet-audiotext electronic advertising system with inventory management |
| May-16-2000 |
The present invention relates to an electronic advertising system. More specifically, the present invention creates a means to select ads for publication in the newspaper based on past performance of individual... |
| 6061656 |
Computer-based trading card system and method |
| May-9-2000 |
A collection system using a computer or smart device system wherein the collection items (or more specifically their unlocking keys) are contained in various floppy disks and/or an optical storage drive... |
| 6061506 |
Adaptive strategy-based system |
| May-9-2000 |
A user definable closed computerized smart system to emulate the day-to-day continuous operation of business environments with minimal human intervention. A simple and efficient mechanism for defining... |
| 6058371 |
Method of administering a financial instrument having a service voucher-based return component |
| May-2-2000 |
In a method of administering a capital funding system, a first predetermined monetary sum, representing a principle amount of a bond, is accepted as a loan from a subscribing entity. A second predetermined... |
| 6058367 |
System for matching users based upon responses to sensory stimuli |
| May-2-2000 |
A system for matching users in response to user selections from sets of sensory stimuli. The system provides a first sensory stimulus set to a user including a plurality of stimuli and stores an identifier... |
| 6058368 |
Reliability growth tool |
| May-2-2000 |
A method of determining growth and return rates in equipment includes the step of producing commissioning records and failure records. The commissioning records and the failure records are arranged in... |
| 6055510 |
Method for performing targeted marketing over a large computer network |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A method for enabling targeted marketing of users on the Internet maintains the privacy of the users. The present invention takes advantage of the unique customer knowledge of an Internet Service Provider... |
| 6055505 |
Automatic customer notification system and method |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A system and method is described for automatically notifying a customer of an event using a telecommunications system including configuring options corresponding to type of notification event, time for... |
| 6055504 |
Method and system for accommodating electronic commerce in a communication network capacity market |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A method for accommodating electronic commerce in a communication network capacity market. The method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of players in the communication network capacity market,... |
| 6055503 |
Software program self-modification |
| Apr-25-2000 |
The present invention, generally speaking, provides a mechanism for modifying an executable upon first execution. Various modifications may be made to the executable, including modifications useful for... |
| 6052631 |
Method and system for facilitating vehicle inspection to detect previous damage and repairs |
| Apr-18-2000 |
Computer-based methods and systems for facilitating the inspection of a vehicle to detect the presence of prior damage and problems with previous repair are provided. Exemplary embodiments provide an inspection... |
| 6049784 |
Method for creating and managing a lease agreement |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A method for creating and managing a lease agreement includes providing predetermined financial information regarding a potential tenant and a potential landlord to a lease control intermediary, evaluating... |
| 6049776 |
Human resource management system for staffing projects |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A Resource Management System (RMS) including an RMS server having an RMS database containing files storing information on employees, employee skills, employee schedules and projects. The information in... |
| 6049779 |
Call center incentive system and method |
| Apr-11-2000 |
The invention is a system and method that provides positive incentives to a call center agent by allowing the call center agent to play a game each time an established performance parameter standard is... |
| 6047290 |
Computer implemented planning system and process providing mechanism for grouping and prioritizing consumer objects based on multiple criteria |
| Apr-4-2000 |
A computer implemented planning system and process are disclosed that providing mechanism for grouping and prioritizing consumer objects based on multiple criteria. The manufacturing of a product is planned... |
| 6047263 |
Method of displaying information by an electronic price label |
| Apr-4-2000 |
A method of displaying information associated with a special promotion by an electronic price label (EPL) which saves bandwidth at a start time of the special promotion. The method includes the steps of... |
| 6047258 |
Renting/leasing instrument options using satellite positioning system |
| Apr-4-2000 |
An apparatus and a method of purchasing or leasing the time dependent option of operation of an instrument are disclosed. An apparatus generates and uses a time dependent password configured to be matched... |
| 6044376 |
Content stream analysis |
| Mar-28-2000 |
Content stream analysis is a user profiling technique that generates a user profile based on the content files selected and viewed by a user. This user profile can then used to help select an advertisement... |
| 6044359 |
Method of minimizing power consumption within an electronic price label |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A method of minimizing power consumption within an electronic price label (EPL) which conserves battery life. A time period for removing power from a transceiver within the EPL is determined by a computer... |
| 6044354 |
Computer-based product planning system |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A product planning system uses a server (12) for storing centralized data accessible by remote stations (14). The system provides for uniform product planning. throughout an organization while ensuring... |
| 6044352 |
Method and system for processing and recording the transactions in a medical savings fund account |
| Mar-28-2000 |
Method and system for processing transactional data and monitoring funds invested in money market mutual funds for use in the purchase of health insurance policies and the payment of medical expenses.... |
| 6044349 |
Secure and convenient information storage and retrieval method and apparatus |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A portable storage medium is used to store data and provide access to information from an information dissemination system (IDS). The storage medium can store one or more location/key pairs. Each of the... |
| 6044350 |
Certificate meter with selectable indemnification provisions |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A system includes an accounting register; structure for creating and attaching a digital signature to a message; a memory having stored therein a plurality of different indemnification provisions and a... |
| 6041310 |
Method and system for automobile transactions |
| Mar-21-2000 |
The invention relates to a method and system for facilitating a transaction between a customer and an automobile dealership. The system includes a kiosk including an input/display terminal and a terminal... |
| 6041308 |
System and method for motivating submission of conditional purchase offers |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A system and method are disclosed for encouraging buyers to submit CPOs to a CPO management system for a desired product. The CPO management system processes each received CPO to determine whether one... |
| 6041303 |
Method of assisting the conducting of a research project |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A method of assisting the carrying out of a research process is implemented with the aid of specialized computer software. The software defines a sequence of predetermined research process steps. In a... |
| 6039688 |
Therapeutic behavior modification program, compliance monitoring and feedback system |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A therapeutic behavior modification program, compliance monitoring and feedback system includes a server-based relational database and one or more microprocessors electronically coupled to the server.... |
| 6038554 |
Non-Subjective Valuing.COPYRGT. the computer aided calculation, appraisal and valuation of anything and anybody |
| Mar-14-2000 |
Non-Subjective Valuing.COPYRGT. is a computer-assisted valuing system for discovering both an entity's actual current societal monetary value and its contemporary monetary worth specifically to the inquiring... |
| 6038543 |
Cooperative work supporting method and system therefor |
| Mar-14-2000 |
There is provided a cooperative work supporting method and a system therefor, for smooth progress of a cooperative work by evaluating the participation rate, of the level of participation of each participant... |
| 6038538 |
Generating process models from workflow logs |
| Mar-14-2000 |
A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and article of manufacture that constructs graph models from logs of past, unstructured executions of the given process. The graph model so produced conforms to... |
| 6038542 |
System for notifying an individual of a previously scheduled event |
| Mar-14-2000 |
A system for notifying an individual of a previously scheduled event. The individual's scheduling information is accessed, and analyzed. When a scheduled event arrives, the user is notified in the manner... |
| 6035284 |
System and method for product rationalization |
| Mar-7-2000 |
A product rationalization system and method for automatically and objectively determining products sold by an account that are candidates for deletion from the account's inventory includes a memory and... |
| 6035280 |
Electronic discount couponing method and apparatus for generating an electronic list of coupons |
| Mar-7-2000 |
A method and apparatus for distributing, generating, and redeeming discount Virtual Coupons.TM., rebate or gift certificates or the like which may be used on conjunction with a frequency card program or... |
| 6032118 |
Virtual private network service provider for asynchronous transfer mode network |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A virtual private network service provider is used to transfer data over a data network to a final destination, with third-party billing. The method comprises the steps of: prompting the user at a data... |
| 6030001 |
Method for deterring forgeries and authenticating signatures |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A method for deterring forgeries and authenticating signatures placed on any document or other object (collectively "Item") is disclosed. A first two dimensional bar code or forgery-proof diffraction grating... |
| 6029147 |
Method and system for providing an interface for supporting multiple formats for on-line banking services |
| Feb-22-2000 |
In association with a computer system, a method and system for providing an interface for establishing connections with financial institution to utilize on-line services. An application program sends a... |
| 6029138 |
Computer system for decision support in the selection of diagnostic and therapeutic tests and interventions for patients |
| Feb-22-2000 |
A decision support system for the selection of a diagnostic or therapeutic test or intervention, herein called studies, is supported by identifying a relative number of cases in which significant results... |
| 6029137 |
Updating domains in a postage evidencing system |
| Feb-22-2000 |
A postage evidencing system including a plurality of domains for partitioning a population of postage meters according to an operating characteristic, a data center, a postage meter in operative communication... |
| 6026375 |
Method and apparatus for processing orders from customers in a mobile environment |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A method and system that enables service providers to receive an order from a mobile customer, receive customer location information from a location determination system, and schedule the completion of... |
| 6026373 |
Method of sending messages to an electronic price label |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A method of sending information to an electronic price label (EPL) for display which requires only one message to be sent to the EPL. Second information is recorded in response to an operator request to... |
| 6026369 |
Method for distributing advertising in a distributed web modification system |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A method of distributing program material to a number of access providers which have identified themselves as having clients meeting profiles specified in a program material placement request, which is... |
| 6026362 |
Tool and method for diagnosing and correcting errors in a computer program |
| Feb-15-2000 |
In a computer system, an improved tool and method for debugging complex computer applications, displays the relationship between processes and resources of the processes and the contents of the stack and... |
| 6023683 |
Electronic sourcing system and method |
| Feb-8-2000 |
An electronic sourcing system includes a computer that maintains a catalog database of data including product information (such as product identification and descriptive information) relating to catalog... |
| 6023687 |
Method for creating and managing a lease agreement |
| Feb-8-2000 |
A computerized system and method for creating and managing a lease agreement includes a lease control computer (14) including means (18,22) for analyzing and processing predetermined financial information... |
| 6021390 |
Information selling method and information selling system |
| Feb-1-2000 |
An information center transmits information as the object of sales to each information vending machine in advance through a communication line and stores it in the information storage portion of each information... |
