| 6047274 |
Bidding for energy supply |
| Apr-4-2000 |
An auction service is provided that stimulates competition between energy suppliers (i.e., electric power or natural gas). A bidding moderator (Moderator) receives bids from the competing suppliers of... |
| 6047272 |
Sender-paid electronic messaging |
| Apr-4-2000 |
The present invention is a messaging system, and method of operation thereof, which provides message recipients with control over the delivery of message and charges the cost of a message to the sender... |
| 6047271 |
Qualification engine, rating system, and method for qualifying rating requests in a computerized rating system |
| Apr-4-2000 |
The invention comprises a method, engine, and system for qualifying a rating request in a computerized rating system. The qualification engine is operable to receive a qualification request associated... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6043751 |
Method for detecting and reporting failures in EPL systems |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A method for handling failures in an electronic price label (EPL) system which automatically diagnoses failures, and which may additionally automatically contact a support organization. The method includes... |
| 6041318 |
Object oriented rating system and method |
| Mar-21-2000 |
The invention comprises an object oriented rating system and method for processing rating requests in a computerized rating system. One aspect of the invention is an object oriented rating system comprising... |
| 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... |
| 6035285 |
Electronic bill presenting methods and bill consolidating methods |
| Mar-7-2000 |
Electronic bill-presenting methods and bill consolidation methods are described. In one embodiment billing information pertaining to a labor-dependent service which has been rendered to a consumer is received... |
| 6032123 |
Method and apparatus for allocating, costing, and pricing organizational resources |
| Feb-29-2000 |
This invention is a means both to allocate all types of resources for commercial, governmental, or non-profit organizations and to price such resources. A linear programming process makes fulfillment allocations... |
| 6029145 |
Software license verification process and apparatus |
| Feb-22-2000 |
A method and apparatus for collating, correlating and redistributing information about the use of proprietary products including copyrighted works and licensed software products, at various computer sites.... |
| 6026384 |
Cost zones |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A cost zone about an origin on an digital map includes the area on the map that can be traveled to, from the origin, which has a cost of travel less than a predetermined cost. The cost can be measured... |
| 6026364 |
System and method for replacing a liability with insurance and for analyzing data and generating documents pertaining to a premium financing mechanism paying for such insurance |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A system and method for replacing a self insurance with insurance, employing a premium financing mechanism with a payout pattern determined in consideration of an estimated payout of the self insurance... |
| 6021395 |
System and method of managing displayed message priorities in an EPL system |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A system and method of managing displayed message priorities in an electronic price label (EPL) system through a data file containing message records including message priorities for each EPL. The system... |
| 6016509 |
General purpose metering mechanism for distribution of electronic information |
| Jan-18-2000 |
A computer network system that contains a metering mechanism which can meter the flow of electronic information to a client computer within a network. The information can be generated by a publisher and... |
| 6016485 |
System for pathfinding |
| Jan-18-2000 |
A system is disclosed for determining a path in a network that decreases the number of disk accesses needed during the pathfinding computation. The network is divided in to a set of tiles. Certain sub-paths... |
| 6014651 |
Commercial online software distribution systems and methods using encryption for security |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A customer computer connects to an online service provider by phone, Internet, or other telecommunications link. The link gives the customer access to additional processing and storage resources such as... |
| 6009404 |
Method and device for cost-orientated operation of a conditioning device particularly a filter |
| Dec-28-1999 |
The invention pertains to a process and a device for cost-oriented monitoring and/or display of the operating state of a replaceable or regenerable, fluid (7) traversed conditioning device (1), particularly... |
| 6009402 |
System and method for predicting, comparing and presenting the cost of self insurance versus insurance and for creating bond financing when advantageous |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A system and method for predicting, comparing, and presenting the cost of self insurance versus insurance for property, casualty, or employee benefit liabilities, and for creating bond financing when advantageous.... |
| 6006211 |
Metering incoming deliverable mail to identify delivery delays |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A system that allows a third party, such as a postage meter manufacturer or PSD manufacturer, to collate data, process the data and report localized delivery delays on a nationalized basis. The foregoing... |
| 5999920 |
System for assisting in management of packaging plant |
| Dec-7-1999 |
A system for assisting in management of a packaging plant, according to which such information as on packaging cost, machine characteristics and surface packaging method is transformed into database, whereby... |
| 5996890 |
Postage metering apparatus |
| Dec-7-1999 |
A postage meter provided with a credit register is also provided with a debit register. When credit value in the credit register is insufficient for a postage charge to be applied to a mail item in a franking... |
| 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... |
| 5970150 |
System for producing verifiable kiosk receipts and records |
| Oct-19-1999 |
A postage meter that is contained in a kiosk may be used to produce verifiable receipts for commercial transactions. The imbedded digital metering cryptographic technology that is contained in a postage... |
| 5966468 |
Image processing apparatus and method therefor |
| Oct-12-1999 |
In an image processing system, a color or monochrome image region in an image is discriminated, and communication charges are displayed, as required when regions of the image are encoded by appropriate... |
| 5960417 |
IC manufacturing costing control system and process |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A computer system for determining the costing of the manufacturing process for a product. The computer system includes the combination of a data base computer and a manufacturing cost computer, the cost... |
| 5960416 |
Real time subscriber billing at a subscriber location in an unstructured communication network |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A system and method are provided for real time subscriber billing at a subscriber location in an unstructured communication network. Account information is stored for at least one subscriber at the subscriber... |
| 5960407 |
Automated market price analysis system |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A system for estimating price characteristics of a product from classified advertisements comprising a plurality of textual characters, comprises a relevant classified advertisement database, an attribute... |
| 5953711 |
Production scheduling method and production scheduling apparatus |
| Sep-14-1999 |
At a first step, there is retrieved, out of the products placed in the production line, each product for which the j.sub.n (i)th process of each product i, i.e., each process P(i, j.sub.n (i)), has not... |
| 5950169 |
System and method for managing insurance claim processing |
| Sep-7-1999 |
A system and method for managing and processing insurance claims is provided that implements an object oriented graphic user interface. The system includes at least one remote computer for entering and... |
| 5946670 |
Data switching device and method of notifying charge information in data switching network |
| Aug-31-1999 |
A data switching device includes a switch which performs a switch operation on data transferred via the data switching device. The switch forms a permanent link connecting terminals permanently. A charge... |
| 5943657 |
Communications pricing and charging maintenance sub-system and process |
| Aug-24-1999 |
Pricing and charging arrangements available to communication network operators or service providers take account of factors such as taxes which affect the billable value and which may be put in place in... |
| 5933813 |
Sales promotion data processor system and interactive changeable display particularly useful therein |
| Aug-3-1999 |
A data processor system for promoting sales of products includes price storage devices for storing basic price information; criteria storage devices for storing predetermined criteria to be used in determining... |
| 5930779 |
Web based system and method to automate storage of power plant data and calculation of battery reserves |
| Jul-27-1999 |
A system and method for remotely inputting power plant data into a database and for calculating reserve times for which power plants can supply power to consumer equipment. The system includes a data input... |
| 5929770 |
Electronic device for the remote displaying of information |
| Jul-27-1999 |
An electronic device for remotely displaying information includes a central control unit in connection with a plurality of electronic labels (4) through a communication network made up of a plurality of... |
| 5920849 |
Systems and methods for evaluating building materials |
| Jul-6-1999 |
The invention provides systems and methods which assist a contractor in producing a competitive bid proposal. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for producing a bid from at least one drawing... |
| 5916299 |
Method for determining exits and entrances for a region in a network |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A system is employed for finding a path in a network between an origin in a first region and a destination in a second region. In finding this path, the system finds three paths: a path between the origin... |
| 5897626 |
Taximeter penalty device |
| Apr-27-1999 |
A taximeter penalty device includes a cabin temperature sensor connected to a micro-controller of a taximeter through a time delay. When the cabin temperature of the taxi is within a preset range, the... |
| 5893082 |
System for processing and presenting cost estimates in the construction industry |
| Apr-6-1999 |
A computer system for processing and presenting cost estimates in the construction industry includes a CPU; primary input hardware for entering data and commands to the CPU; output hardware including a... |
| 5893081 |
Using multiple levels of costs for a pathfinding computation |
| Apr-6-1999 |
A system for computing a path in a processor readable representation of a network which can minimize an identified cost. The cost can include time, distance, tolls paid, ease of turning, quality of scenery,... |
| 5890135 |
System and method for displaying product information in a retail system |
| Mar-30-1999 |
A system for displaying, and redeeming electronic discount coupons in a store. The system includes a "smart card", product stations adjacent to selected products in the store, a display kiosk, and a checkout... |
| 5887271 |
System and method for locating products in a retail system |
| Mar-23-1999 |
A system for displaying, and redeeming electronic discount coupons in a store. The system includes a "smart card", a display kiosk, and a checkout station in the checkout area. The customer comes to the... |
| 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... |
| 5870726 |
Protected software rental using smart cards |
| Feb-9-1999 |
System comprising a central processing unit and a dedicated unit. Said dedicated unit receives a communication protection module which controls a sequence controlling module containing a state machine... |
| 5864831 |
Device for determining road tolls |
| Jan-26-1999 |
A device, for determining road tolls having a road storage unit in which, in addition to a road network, parameters are electronically stored which represent a proportional toll due for each route section... |
| 5861817 |
System for, and method of, displaying prices on tags in supermarkets |
| Jan-19-1999 |
A handhold control unit (HCU) shaped like a gun includes a non volatile random access memory (RAM) for storing price information (e.g. price, price per ounce, sales discounts) for the items on the market... |
| 5812985 |
Space management system |
| Sep-22-1998 |
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... |
| 5802161 |
Method and system for optimized scheduling |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A method of optimizing the scheduling of tasks may be used to schedule telephone contact attempts through an automated dialing system (20). The method includes receiving an account data file comprising... |
| 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... |
| 5799281 |
Computer control and management system for laundry installation |
| Aug-25-1998 |
The present invention relates to a computer-automated laundry management system which is designed to improve access, control operation, record activities, and monitor multiple laundry machines in a facility.... |
