| 5684965 |
Automated billing consolidation system and method |
| Nov-4-1997 |
An automated method and system for consolidating a plurality of individual company charges for a customer with different periodic company billing and payment due dates is provided. Under the system, companies... |
| 5668993 |
Multithreaded batch processing system |
| Sep-16-1997 |
A system for processing a batch which is distributed into a plurality of independent segments. A preferred embodiment of this invention calls for implementation on a symmetrical multiprocessing platform,... |
| 5655089 |
Method for the consolidation summarization and transmission of a plurality of mailable materials |
| Aug-5-1997 |
Analysis has revealed that there is an undue proliferation of first-class mail being sent each month in the nature of bills, statements and similar such documents. Analysis has also revealed that this... |
| 5613110 |
Indexing method and apparatus facilitating a binary search of digital data |
| Mar-18-1997 |
An ordered index file is created for archived report data wherein each index file contains a series of 4-byte offsets into the report data. Each offset points to a field within a row of the report data... |
| 5583778 |
Computer method for collecting on judgments |
| Dec-10-1996 |
In a method for collecting on judgments, zip code data is maintained in electronic form in a memory of a digital computer. The zip code data includes, for each given zip code, a list of respective zip... |
| 5535126 |
Method of checking daily consumption of postal charges by a postage meter and a postage meter enabling such monitoring to be performed |
| Jul-9-1996 |
In a postage metering system, daily postage usage data is accumulated and stored over a period of time. Periodically the stored accumulated postage usage data is recovered from the postage meter system... |
| 5523942 |
Design grid for inputting insurance and investment product information in a computer system |
| Jun-4-1996 |
A computer implemented graphical user interface for receiving instructions and information relating to insurance products, and for displaying insurance proposals relating thereto. The graphical user interface... |
| 5508817 |
Electronic mail accounting system |
| Apr-16-1996 |
When sending electronic mail, a sender designates the payer of the communications fee for the transmission between an electronic mail center and a receiver, that is, the sender or the receiver. When the... |
| 5493492 |
Device for recording billable time and services |
| Feb-20-1996 |
A portable timing device stores selectable user, client and activity data. The device has a memory which stores user selected information relating to a user, client and activity along with corresponding... |
| 5483445 |
Automated billing consolidation system and method |
| Jan-9-1996 |
An automated system and method for consolidating a plurality of individual company charges for a customer with different periodic company billing and payment due dates is provided. Under the system, companies... |
| 5457627 |
Feedlot computer network installation and interactive method of using the same to assign feed loads and animal pen subsequences to feed delivery vehicles available at a feedmill in the feedlot |
| Oct-10-1995 |
A computer network and method for feeding animals in a feedlot, in which discretion and direct control over the various suboperations of the feed ration assignment and delivery process are distributed... |
| 5359509 |
Health care payment adjudication and review system |
| Oct-25-1994 |
A computerized expert system reviews and adjudicates medical health care payment requests made by physicians to payers, such as insurers, for procedures performed and services and materials rendered to... |
| 5325290 |
Billing system with data indexing |
| Jun-28-1994 |
Systems and methods for preparing reports and for displaying information concerning transactions between service providers and service customers including preprocessing of records relating to transaction... |
| 5287270 |
Billing system |
| Feb-15-1994 |
Telecommunications or similar bills are prepared on diskette in an optimal format for further processing, display, and analysis on popularly-available, inexpensive personal computers. A telecommunications... |
| 5258906 |
System for remotely authorizing operation of a device and for automatically generating an invoice based on device usage |
| Nov-2-1993 |
A method and device for automatically metering, invoicing, and crediting the user of an apparatus located at a remote location. The method provides an authorization code to the apparatus issued by the... |
| 5197002 |
Methods and apparatus for dynamic hashing |
| Mar-23-1993 |
A system is disclosed for processing billing records in a data packet transmission network by optimizing the search algorithm for accessing customer records. Using hashing techniques, the hashing parameters... |
| 5072380 |
Automatic vehicle recognition and customer billing system |
| Dec-10-1991 |
The present invention is a system and method for identifying a vehicle in a prescribed area of a service station and associating services with the vehicle. Each vehicle includes a transponder. Communication... |
| 5047928 |
Billing system for computer software |
| Sep-10-1991 |
A computer software security and billing system is disclosed in which the application program is enciphered in accordance with an algorithm driven by a numeric key. The user's computer is provided with... |
| 4987538 |
Automated processing of provider billings |
| Jan-22-1991 |
The inclusion of computer capability to process Workers' Compensation claims wherein a complexity of administrative rules determine maximum allowable benefits, the processing of which is not feasible for... |
| 4891755 |
System for detecting removal of items from a hotel minibar and for the automatic charging of the bill of the gas for item removed from the minibar |
| Jan-2-1990 |
The invention relates to minibars located in hotel rooms, and more specifically to such minibars provided with means for ascertaining whether any item has been removed, its nature and its price, thus facilitating... |
| 4679142 |
Radioactive material billing system and method |
| Jul-7-1987 |
Quantities of radioactive material are dispersed at a user location. Billing is accomplished by monitoring the decay of material and the degree of activity following each user withdrawal. |
| 4667292 |
Medical reimbursement computer system |
| May-19-1987 |
A computer system for identifying the most appropriate of the billing categories (Diagnosis Related Groups) prescribed by the a governmental entity as a basis for determining the amount that health care... |
| 4415065 |
Restaurant or retail vending facility |
| Nov-15-1983 |
Disclosed is a vending system particularly adapted for a restaurant or retail sales outlet which includes a hand held portable data entry terminal having an operator addressable, programmable memory containing... |
