| 6873964 |
Method and system for recruiting personnel |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A method for recruiting personnel for a business entity including a plurality of distinct business units each having individual hiring requirements, wherein at least some of the distinct business units'... |
| 6873957 |
System and method for replicating web-sites |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A computer-implemented method is disclosed for replicating Websites in a digital network. The method comprises converting a website into a Super Site, wherein the Super Site may be replicated. One or more... |
| 6871186 |
System and method for dynamic profiling of users in one-to-one applications and for validating user rules |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A system and method for generating and validating a user profile (25) for a user based on a static profile (10) and a dynamic profile (15) of the user. The method and system compresses the dynamic rules... |
| 6871182 |
Engineering change decision analysis system and methodology |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A system and method of operating a computer to perform risk and decision analysis of an engineering design change in a product are provided. The method includes the steps of displaying a list of change... |
| 6868403 |
Secure online music distribution system |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A computer implemented online music distribution system provides for the secure delivery of audio data and related media, including text and images, over a public communications network. The online music... |
| 6868402 |
Document transmit system and document transmitting method |
| Mar-15-2005 |
In response to a fee payment request issued from an applicant apparatus via a communication network, a payment acceptance server makes a payment credit inquiry of an applicant to a financial institution... |
| 6868405 |
Copy detection for digitally-formatted works |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An electronic book reader has a processor, a display surface, and access to a memory card upon which is stored a digitally-formatted creative work such as a book. In addition, the reader has access to... |
| 6868397 |
Equipment information system and method |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An exemplary equipment information system and method are provided that allow equipment inventory to be efficiently and effectively tracked, monitored, and evaluated. A method for managing equipment information... |
| 6868388 |
Integrated voice and data system and auto retail channel network portal |
| Mar-15-2005 |
The present invention is a network operation center which centrally connects multiple external computer systems belonging to automobile dealers, manufacturers, and vendors of goods and services. The network... |
| 6868389 |
Internet-enabled lead generation |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A method of generating intender leads in a distributed computer system includes the steps of identifying purchase indicators and extracting prospect identifiers from the purchase indicators. Purchase indicators... |
| 6866191 |
Method and system for generating and administering vehicle license plates |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A method and system for generating and administering vehicle license plates is disclosed. A third party entity provides a database of advertising indicia adapted to be placed on a vehicle license plate.... |
| 6865559 |
Method and system in electronic commerce for inspection-service-based release of escrowed payments |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method, apparatus, system, or computer program product facilitates trustworthy electronic commerce by providing an inspection-service-based release of an escrowed payment for a transaction involving... |
| 6865548 |
Virtual publishing system and method |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A virtual publishing system and associated method for publishing an authored work in a communications network environment includes a publisher, a repositor linked with the publisher, and a sales manager... |
| 6865544 |
Method of administering a rebate system |
| Mar-8-2005 |
In a method of administering a rebate system, rebate-related information is electronically transmitted from a rebate issuing entity and is received by a central processing authority. The rebate-related... |
| 6865541 |
Replaceable outcome decider |
| Mar-8-2005 |
Disclosed is data processing apparatus comprising: means for receiving inputs indicative of results from one or more participants of said one or more sets of data processing tasks; means for mapping each... |
| 6865538 |
Meeting location determination using spatio-semantic modeling |
| Mar-8-2005 |
One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for determining a meeting location. A location for each of two or more persons is obtained. A central... |
| 6862581 |
Patch distribution system, method and computer program product |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for distributing software patches utilizing a network. Initially, information relating to at least one application program is collected from... |
| 6862488 |
Automated validation processing and workflow management |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system and methods to perform automated validation and corresponding workflow management are provided. In an illustrative implementation, the present invention comprises a computing application operating... |
| 6862110 |
Method and apparatus for controlling page cost in an image-rendering device |
| Mar-1-2005 |
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling page cost in an image rendering device. More particularly, the invention relates to a system and technique that facilitates the limitations... |
| 6859791 |
Method for determining internet users geographic region |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A method at a clearing house to verify the geographic region of an end user device for receiving encrypted digital content. In one embodiment the geographic region is a country. The method comprising three... |
| 6859793 |
Software license reporting and control system and method |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing licenses associated with an application program utilizing a network. Initially, information is collected relating to at least one... |
| 6859790 |
Data distribution system and method thereof, data processing device, data control device, and machine-readable recording medium recording distribution data |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A contents provider stores contents data in a container in a format which can only be decoded with a key distributed from an EMD service center, and transmits the container to a service provider. The service... |
| 6859782 |
Method for new product development and market introduction |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A method for developing new products for introduction into the marketplace comprises providing a plurality of pools with each pool serving as a repository for new product concepts, ideas, or partially... |
| 6859781 |
Business method for quality assurance of services |
| Feb-22-2005 |
The quality of information technology services provided by an organization to a customer is assured. Assurance reviews of a first solution are performed and a second solution is defined to correct deficiencies.... |
| 6857877 |
Recorded medium on which program for displaying skill, achievement level, display device, and displaying method |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A recorded medium on which a program for displaying an index of skill achievement level of vocational field concerning the skills that one or more users have is recorded. The program is a (skill-map) displaying... |
| 6856986 |
Answer collection and retrieval system governed by a pay-off meter |
| Feb-15-2005 |
The invention is a set of processes for improving the methods of a self-organizing database governed by a payoff meter process. The inventive set of processes processes enable a user who is seeking an... |
| 6856975 |
System, method, and article of manufacture for secure transactions utilizing a computer network |
| Feb-15-2005 |
The present invention is a system or method and device useful for the secure electronic payment of consumer debts over a publicly accessible computer network. The preferred form of the present invention... |
| 6856969 |
Bi-currency debt contract system and procedure |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A bi-currency debt contract system for making secure debts and including guidelines and an associated procedure particularly adaptable for issuing debt of a hard or stabilized currency, such as but not... |
| 6856963 |
Facilitating electronic commerce through automated data-based reputation characterization |
| Feb-15-2005 |
The present invention addresses the problem of using reputation to establish trust between strangers in a person-to-person transaction in an electronic commerce system without the drawbacks of subjective... |
| 6856964 |
System and methods for integrating a self-checkout system into an existing store system |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A self-checkout terminal system includes a self-checkout core application module for controlling a self-checkout terminal, the self-checkout core application module controlling peripheral input and output... |
| 6853989 |
System and method for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system meter |
| Feb-8-2005 |
System and method are provided for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system metering device. A scanning device coupled to the closed system postage meter scans information,... |
| 6853985 |
Media information distribution and recording system, and apparatus and program-recorded medium for the system |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A media information distribution and recording system for distributing media information from a central apparatus to terminal apparatus through a network and for recording the media information on a detachable... |
| 6853973 |
Configurable and stand-alone verification module |
| Feb-8-2005 |
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for verifying a player's eligibility for participation in on-line gaming. A method for verifying a player's eligibility to participate in on-line... |
| 6851604 |
Method and apparatus for providing price updates |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A computer implemented method and system for providing price updates is provided. Data is received by a system. The received data is filtered by the system to identify triggers in the received data. Actions... |
| 6850974 |
System, method and computer program product for constructing a network-based filtering and aggregating platform |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A system with accompanying method and computer program product are provided for aggregating network usage information from a plurality of network devices in a user-specified manner. First included is a... |
| 6850911 |
Secure manipulation archiving retrieval and transmission system for electronic multimedia commerce |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A secure manipulation archiving retrieval and transmission system for electronic multi media commerce, includes: a plurality of client devices having image communication capability; an image processing... |
| 6850898 |
Vehicle sharing system and method for allocating vehicles based on state of charge |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A shared vehicle system includes a central facility, at least one vehicle distribution port facility and a plurality or fleet of vehicles, each having a vehicle subsystem. In general, the central station... |
| 6847953 |
Process and method for secure online transactions with calculated risk and against fraud |
| Jan-25-2005 |
An electronic commerce process that facilitates online transactions among multiple participants, that prevents consumer fraud due to pirated payment card numbers, with calculated risk, involving at least... |
| 6847950 |
Contents managing method and contents managing apparatus |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A contents managing method of regulating a number of copied contents storable on a storage medium includes giving a predetermined number of copyable contents for each content, recording the copied contents... |
| 6847948 |
Method and apparatus for secure distribution of software/data |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for preventing an unauthorized computer system from using copied software or data. An identification code provided by a client computer is combined with a pre-determined... |
| 6847949 |
Indicator system for screening protected material |
| Jan-25-2005 |
Copy-protected content material is screened for an indication of the availability of an enhanced version of a screening system and forcing an upgrade to the advanced screening system by refusing to process... |
| 6847939 |
System and method of conducting on-line auctions |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A system for conducting on-line auctions of products is disclosed. The system comprises (a) a database server system being for storing and providing on demand, information pertaining to a plurality of... |
| 6847937 |
Self-service terminal |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A self-service terminal system (10) is described. The system (10) includes a self-service terminal (14) and a host (12) interconnected by a network (16). The host (12) is operable to transfer software... |
| 6846131 |
Methods and facilities for producing revenue from gypsum-based refuse sites |
| Jan-25-2005 |
The invention pertains to business methods for enabling the creation of positive revenue streams from previously negative assets, and particularly from those facilities formed from gypsum waste, such as... |
| 6845507 |
Method and system for straight through processing |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A method and system for performing straight through processing is presented. The method includes monitoring a queue in order to detect a specific message. This message is parsed to take it from an external... |
| 6842796 |
Information extraction from documents with regular expression matching |
| Jan-11-2005 |
Techniques are provided for enumerating regularly identifiable or stereotypical phrases that people commonly use to convey particular information, and where exactly in these phrases the particular information... |
| 6842736 |
Drug auditing method and system |
| Jan-11-2005 |
The present invention relates to a system and a method for auditing drug usage within a medical care facility. The system comprises an automated drug delivery system for dispensing a plurality of drugs... |
| 6842738 |
System and method for providing property value estimates |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A system preprocesses property value estimates based on stored property data. It stores the computed property value estimates in a forecast data repository. The system obtains updates or new property data... |
| 6842741 |
Recording medium with electronic ticket definitions recorded thereon and electronic ticket processing methods and apparatuses |
| Jan-11-2005 |
An electronic ticket comprises a ticket ID 233, an issuer ID 237, right information 239 of the electronic ticket, and issue, transfer and redeem conditions 240, 241 and 242, the entire block of these pieces... |
| 6839677 |
Transactional data transfer in a network system |
| Jan-4-2005 |
An internet user using a browser (10) connects to a first server (30) and conducts transactions at the site (30). The user is transferred to a second server (32) along with data relating to the transactions... |
