| 7003501 |
Method for preventing fraudulent use of credit cards and credit card information, and for preventing unauthorized access to restricted physical and virtual sites |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method and a system for enabling secure authentication of a user in a computerized card access transaction. A card, identified by an identification number is issued to the user, containing software for... |
| 7003487 |
Automated management system |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A bid estimating system and method is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a processor that accesses a database of existing customer information specific to that customer.... |
| 7003472 |
Method and apparatus for automated generation of a patient treatment plan |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method and apparatus for generating a patient treatment plan includes processing that begins by providing a list of health care services to a patient and/or care provider. The processing continues by... |
| 7003470 |
Funds flow system for academic health centers |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A system and method for tracking and reporting the flow of funds between participants in an academic health center including a school of medicine, a hospital and a faculty clinical practice. The participants... |
| 7003471 |
Method and system for accepting non-toxic mail that has an indication of the mailer on the mail |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A system that determines if mail contains life-harming materials before the mail enters the interior of a receptacle, i.e., mail box. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by issuing stamps that uniquely... |
| 6999987 |
Screening and survey selection system and method of operating the same |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A screening and survey selection system, method of screening and selecting for a survey and a computer system employing the system and method. In one embodiment, the screening and survey selection system... |
| 6999949 |
Method, system and program product for providing an electronic order confirmation in an electronic transaction |
| Feb-14-2006 |
An electronic order confirmation for a made-to-order or out-of-stock item in an electronic transaction is provided to a public electronic environment (e.g., a browser on a global computer network) from... |
| 6999945 |
Multiple customer and multiple location PC service provider system |
| Feb-14-2006 |
The present invention contemplates a system whereby a service provider can service a large number of customers (millions) and connect them to their rented PC from millions of locations around the world.... |
| 6996544 |
Multiple party content distribution system and method with rights management features |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A multiple party system for distributing content. In one embodiment, four parties are involved in the system: a consumer, a service provider, an authenticator, and a content provider. The distribution... |
| 6996535 |
Electronic commerce support method and apparatus |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A client is connected to a server for providing electronic commerce services in electronic commerce. An order is transmitted for a product in response to an input by a user to the server through a communications... |
| 6996534 |
Member registration system |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A customer computer receives, through radio communication, from a computer of a product or service provider (a provider), items of personal information necessary for member registration. Then, the customer... |
| 6993590 |
Method of creating data streams for user-specific usage data gathering systems |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and apparatus are provided for capturing and managing user-specific data, where the user-specific data contains information on the user's interaction with the Net. The method generally involves... |
| 6993557 |
Creation of customized web pages for use in a system of dynamic trading of knowledge, goods and services |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The invention provides a method and system for creating and customizing a home page that is used in conjunction with a technique for dynamically trading knowledge and services. A provider of knowledge,... |
| 6993491 |
Method for a carrier to determine the location of a missing person |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method that enables a carrier to find the address of a missing person. The carrier accomplishes the foregoing by receiving the name of a missing person; receiving a list of parties that the missing person... |
| 6993496 |
Method and system for determining market demand based on consumer contributions |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The present invention provides a method and a system to determine a market need before any monies are spent to produce and commercialize an artist. A method and system for determining the market demand... |
| 6993490 |
Method and apparatus for notifying a party of another party's location and estimated time of arrival at a predetermined destination |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The present invention is a method of coordinating an activity at a destination includes receiving a first signal indicative of a first location of a first party (110). The first signal is received... |
| 6993489 |
Method for automated electronic mail communication |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method of controlling the automated electronic communication between a host database and a prospect that was referred to the database by a sponsor. Initially, a sponsor accesses the host database and... |
| 6993457 |
Failed component search technique |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method for determining which component of a multi-component product is responsible for a problem with the product features dismantling first and second products—one exhibiting the problem and one... |
| 6990473 |
Information management system |
| Jan-24-2006 |
One or a plurality of commodities are placed in a commodity exhibition shelf (8). Information peculiar to any commodity is read using an input device (2) under the control of a control device... |
| 6990471 |
Method and apparatus for secure electronic commerce |
| Jan-24-2006 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates secure electronic commerce. The system operates by first providing a consumer with a file of security data relating to an account... |
| 6990465 |
Establishment of preferred business partners using a vendor certification program |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A curriculum, based in subject matter expertise possessed by an entity, is provided to vendors in the form of a vendor certification program via a communication network. In exchange for a fee, vendors... |
| 6988085 |
System and method for real-time electronic inquiry, delivery, and reporting of credit information |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system and method for providing electronic inquiry, delivery, and reporting of personal credit information to and from credit bureaus, preferably via the Internet. In the preferred embodiment, the system... |
| 6988073 |
Method, system, and product for facilitating international travel with respect to immigration |
| Jan-17-2006 |
Method, system, and product for facilitating international travel, including creating, in response to a signal from an internet-enabled device coupled for data communications through an internet to an... |
| 6985908 |
Text classification apparatus |
| Jan-10-2006 |
For the evaluation of a plurality of texts, three correspondence tables of keywords and evaluation sections, namely a priority, a regular and an auxiliary correspondence table, are established, so as to... |
| 6985883 |
Credit management for electronic brokerage system |
| Jan-10-2006 |
An anonymous trading system (FIG. 1) identifies the best bids and offers (QuoteSubmit, FIG. 3) from those counterparties (WS A1a1) with which each party (WS A1fb1,... |
| 6985867 |
Method of predicting a change in an economy |
| Jan-10-2006 |
An economy whose activity is to be predicted comprises a plurality of decision makers. Decision makers include, for example, households, government, industry, and banks. The decision makers are represented... |
| 6985868 |
System, method and program product for automatically managing contracts |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A system, method and program product for commerce management, especially for managing contingency agreements or contracts. An agreement is entered into the system, logging conditions for the agreement... |
| 6983263 |
Electronic boardroom |
| Jan-3-2006 |
Methods and systems for organization management using an electronic boardroom to facilitate review of business specific information in a uniform format are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises... |
| 6983262 |
Server having an automatic management mechanism |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A server, having an automatic management mechanism, automatically delivers a request for license from a user to a communication window, automatically arranges information such as titles of software parts,... |
| 6983258 |
Trading information managing system and software including a community management function |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A trading information exchange system includes a gateway allowing access of suppliers and retailer workstations and retailer systems to a backbone sub-system. An application layer interacts with a work... |
| 6983253 |
Process for providing a printed automobile adjustment estimate |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A process for providing a printed insurance adjustment estimate includes a wireless LAN. Each portable computer is connected by a wireless system, including radio transceivers, to a file server and printer.... |
| 6981030 |
Private data protection method for a network kiosk |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A method of protecting private data for a network kiosk which masks entered private data with a symbol. The method includes the steps of determining fields in the web page which contain the private data... |
| 6978256 |
Method and apparatus for selling digital contents, processing program thereof and recording medium for the program |
| Dec-20-2005 |
The present invention relates to a digital contents selling system for selling digital contents. Identification information of digital contents selected by a customer is received. Personal digital contents... |
| 6978247 |
Multimedia customer care center having a layered control architecture |
| Dec-20-2005 |
The architecture of a multimedia customer care center (100) is divided into three separate application layers: a contact layer (104), a communications layer (106) and a business layer... |
| 6978249 |
Profile-based product demand forecasting |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A product demand forecasting system includes a profile extractor that generates a demand profile of a new product yet to be introduced based on demand profiles of similar products already introduced. The... |
| 6978248 |
System and method for mailing list testing service |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A mailing list test service is disclosed that involves a plurality of mailing lists, each mailing list including information about a plurality of list members. The service includes sending an e-mail message... |
| 6978243 |
Method for the analysis of sensory perception |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A method is provided in which the sensory perceptions of the subject are represented in a visual manner, the method provides for a computation of the attributes to automatically total the perceptions tested... |
| 6975998 |
Package delivery notification system and method |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A package delivery notification system reports impending package deliveries and precisely notifies recipients of when to expect the deliveries. The package delivery notification system utilizes memory,... |
| 6975996 |
Electronic subpoena service |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A method and system for delivering a subpoena via an electronic subpoena service. The electronic delivery can constitute legal service of the subpoena or be accompanied by hardcopy service. Utilization... |
| 6973442 |
Automated banking machine apparatus and system |
| Dec-6-2005 |
An automated banking machine (12) is operative to conduct transactions in response to HTML documents and TCP/IP messages exchanged with a local computer system (14) through an intranet (16),... |
| 6973432 |
Real estate coordination program |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A process for managing the showing and usage of real estate up for sale. The process allows buyers to schedule a showing or in person viewing of real estate directly through an Internet web site. The buyer... |
| 6973433 |
Franking machine |
| Dec-6-2005 |
The invention relates to a franking machine that comprises at least one print head of an inkjet printer for printing flat mail items such as letters or postcards that are inserted into or run through said... |
| 6973423 |
Article and method of automatically determining text genre using surface features of untagged texts |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A processor implemented method of identifying the text genre of a machine-readable, untagged text. The processor implemented method begins by generating a cue vector from the text, which represents occurrences... |
| 6970850 |
Proximity service provider system |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Web-sites www.proximityservices.com, www.accessservices.com, www.vendingmachineservices.com, www.vehicleservices.com, www. meterservices.com, www.picopay.com, www.tollservices.com, for all the proximity... |
| 6970846 |
Automated banking machine configuration method |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A method for visual programming an automated transaction machine (12). The method includes the creation of terminal directors (225) that generally correspond to transactions performed by the... |
| 6970852 |
Methods and apparatus for conducting secure, online monetary transactions |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A system, method, and apparatus for conducting secure monetary transactions over a communications network is provided. The invention facilitates secure monetary and financial transactions over the Internet... |
| 6970831 |
Method and means for evaluating customer service performance |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A method for evaluating customer service performance is implemented by a computer software application. Customers are presented with transaction specific questions to evaluate particular employees. A customer's... |
| 6970827 |
System and method for storing information on a wireless device |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A system and method for storing personal, medical, and insurance related information on a wireless device are disclosed. The information may be stored by sending it from a remote personal computer to a... |
| 6970826 |
Method and system for order returns |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A system and method for handling the return of items supplied by a store. The method entails building a list of items to be returned on a local computing device. The list is sent to a remote server that... |
| 6970825 |
Planning engine for a parcel shipping system |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A planning engine for use in a planning system which is in turn used to plan shipment of a parcel of at least one item, the planning including routing and rating the shipment. The planning system, of which... |
