| 7043457 |
System and method for managing and evaluating network commodities purchasing |
| May-9-2006 |
A method and system for managing and evaluating commodities purchasing over a network of distributed computing devices. In one embodiment, the method allows a plurality of buyers to generate one request... |
| 7043454 |
Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate idea submission, purchase and licensing and innovation transfer |
| May-9-2006 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for effectuating bilateral commerce in ideas. The present invention is both an originator-(400) and user-driven (300) online commercial network system designed... |
| 7039681 |
Method of initiating a telecommunication session between a resource provider and a patron |
| May-2-2006 |
An enhanced data networking service is disclosed that assists a patron in locating a resource provider who might be capable of providing the resource (e.g., information, goods, realty, intangibles, or... |
| 7039616 |
Method for proof of transaction |
| May-2-2006 |
A method for proof of the time and content of transactions in a digital network is described. A digital form is requested by a customer's computer (1) and is transmitted from a bid server (3)... |
| 7024397 |
Method and apparatus for negotiating a real estate lease using a computer network |
| Apr-4-2006 |
The invention provides a system and method that facilitates a structured lease negotiation between two parties to a real estate transaction, and subsequent steps to occupy the leased premises and evaluate... |
| 7020639 |
Check verification system and method |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A method and system for determining the negotiability of checks drawn on any account from any bank or other financial institution based on a comparison against stored information on whether or not checks... |
| 7016879 |
Settlement method in deal of goods or service |
| Mar-21-2006 |
When seller identification information and deal information presented by a seller are read in by a sensor, and authentication information is read in by an authentication information read-in device, a mobile... |
| 7007227 |
Contract handling method and system |
| Feb-28-2006 |
The contract handling method and system of the present invention permits contract owners to handle execution of contracts. Contracts and statements of work (SOW) are created in a document assembler using... |
| 7006882 |
Machine control system |
| Feb-28-2006 |
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that advantageously provide compatibility between two or more different computer systems, such as computers used in a manufacturing environment, e.g.,... |
| 7003662 |
System and method for dynamically determining CRL locations and access methods |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A system and method for dynamically determining a CRL location and protocol. CRL location names and protocols are retrieved from a digital certificate data structure which includes a network servers that... |
| 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... |
| 6993511 |
Electronic bartering system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A bartering system implements barters between a plurality of parties each having one or more classes of items available for barter. Preferably, barter orders are created by designating a selected quantity... |
| 6990468 |
System, method and article of manufacture for cryptoserver-based auction |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for pricing a cryptographic service on a network utilizing one or more cryptoservers. A request for a cryptographic service is received from a... |
| 6988087 |
Service method of a rental storage and a rental storage system |
| Jan-17-2006 |
The present invention provides a service method of rental storage, which, when a rental storage service provider provides a rental storage for rental storage service users, allows ideal use of storages... |
| 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... |
| 6973444 |
Method for interdependently validating a digital content package and a corresponding digital license |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method is disclosed for a device to interdependently validate a digital content package having a piece of digital content in an encrypted form, and a corresponding digital license for rendering the digital... |
| 6970838 |
Methods and systems for online express ordering of goods and services |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A method of processing an online purchase request from a customer includes steps of receiving a first online purchase request for a first item; retrieving pre-stored information about the customer and... |
| 6968323 |
Dynamic allocation and pricing of resources of web server farm |
| Nov-22-2005 |
The present invention relates to a computer implementable system and method for allocation and pricing of classified resources of a web server farm to customers by a resource center comprising means for... |
| 6965882 |
Method and system for seeking bids |
| Nov-15-2005 |
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to seeking auction bids via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an... |
| 6961707 |
Interactive self-storage rental system and method |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A method and system for facilitating rental of self-storage rental units is operative to establish interactive communication between a potential customer located at a rental site service area and a remote... |
| 6957199 |
Method, system and service for conducting authenticated business transactions |
| Oct-18-2005 |
The invention pertains to a method, online service, and system, for creating partnerships based on trust relationships over a public network, authenticating trade partners, infrastructure providers and... |
| 6954741 |
Computerized dispute resolution system and method |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method and system for automated dispute resolution is disclosed. The method and system are used in testing non-equal values in normal rounds for satisfaction of a condition. If the condition is not satisfied... |
| 6952686 |
Electronic contract safekeeping method, electronic contract verifying method, contractor server, contract safekeeping server, electronic contract safekeeping system, and memory medium |
| Oct-4-2005 |
An electronic safekeeping method, including displaying a contractual coverage of a contract at a covenantee terminal connected to a contractor server storing information of the contractual coverage; inputting... |
| 6950933 |
Method and system for management and notification of electronic certificate changes |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A system for notification of a change in condition of an electronic certificate is disclosed. The system includes a certificate server comprising a processor having a computer program comprising a plurality... |
| 6947911 |
Method for making contract and system for processing contract |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A contracting method and system are arranged to obtain description data in which a description content presented by one of the concerned parties with a contract to the other is built or data for specifying... |
| 6944533 |
Method of operation of a navigation system to reduce expenses on future trips and to provide other functions |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A navigation system includes a driving profile program. The driving profile program collects information about an end user's driving activity. The information relates to trips made by the end user. The... |
| 6943681 |
Systems and methods for the automatic registration of devices |
| Sep-13-2005 |
Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring... |
| 6920429 |
Method for online display and negotiation of cargo rates |
| Jul-19-2005 |
Freight forwarders and carriers post published rate and discount information for land, sea and air bearing cargo vessels to allow customers the opportunity to evaluate competitive prices, preferably in... |
| 6907402 |
Commodity trading system |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A method for buying commodities comprising identifying suppliers of commodities having surplus capacities; entering into take or pay supply agreements for a plurality of commodities with one or more of... |
| 6898579 |
System, method and article of manufacture for contract term certification utilizing a network |
| May-24-2005 |
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for certifying contracts utilizing a network. Initially, a first and second contract is received utilizing a network. Each contract includes a plurality... |
| 6886000 |
On-line negotiations with dynamic profiling |
| Apr-26-2005 |
An e-commerce mechanism tries to dynamically estimate or refine a profile of a buyer and hence change their negotiation strategy in a dynamic and an on-line manner. An e-commerce site can negotiate with... |
| 6880105 |
Mediation device development method |
| Apr-12-2005 |
Subject of the present invention is a method to develop a mediation device, which is used to convert first data to second data and vice versa. This mediation device is developed by using means to create... |
| 6868391 |
Tele/datacommunications payment method and apparatus |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A tele/datacommunications network has a service node (TSN) (30) which facilitates payment/transfer from a customer account of a customer financial institution (80) to a merchant account of a merchant financial... |
| 6856820 |
In-vehicle device for wirelessly connecting a vehicle to the internet and for transacting e-commerce and e-business |
| Feb-15-2005 |
An in-vehicle device data communicates with Internet based data processing resources for the purpose of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business. The in-vehicle device and the Internet based data... |
| 6850918 |
Computerized dispute resolution system and method |
| Feb-1-2005 |
An automated dispute resolution administration method involves checking an authorization for a request for access to an automated dispute resolution system made using a sponsor login area. A letter is... |
| 6850533 |
Network server platform (NSP) for a hybrid coaxial/twisted pair local loop network service architecture |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence gateway controlled set-top device provides a plurality of services. One service is lifeline service which may be provided over the coaxial... |
| 6834272 |
Privacy preserving negotiation and computation |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A method for secure multi-party function evaluation with a non-limiting application to the holding of auctions. The outcome of an auction can be determined by an auctioneer without learning any information... |
| 6778872 |
Transactional supply chain system and method |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A supply chain system including a first interface operable to allow a first individual to input first information associated with an item and a second interface operable to allow a second individual to... |
| 6766361 |
Machine-to-machine e-commerce interface using extensible markup language |
| Jul-20-2004 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for the automated exchange of information, and more particularly the use of a hierarchical protocol based upon an extensible markup language (XML) in order... |
| 6766307 |
System and method for providing complete non-judicial dispute resolution management and operation |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A system and method for providing complete non-judicial dispute resolution management and operation. The system includes an electronic architecture which receives, sorts, and stores data related to non-judicial... |
| 6748296 |
Automated vending |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A vending machine is disclosed that has one or more compartments with a mechanism for dispensing a content of a compartment upon receipt of a payment. A receptacle can accept an item, from a member of... |
| 6721716 |
Payment certification string and related electronic payment system and method |
| Apr-13-2004 |
An electronic statement, bill presentment and payment system and method includes a customer client software program and client database, and a biller server software program and server database connected... |
| 6714828 |
Method and system for designing a probe card |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A method and system for designing a probe card from data provided by prospective customers via the Internet is provided. Design specifications are entered into the system by prospective customers and compiled... |
| 6704716 |
Method and system for conducting an online transaction that allows the seller and bidder to negotiate |
| Mar-9-2004 |
A method and system for conducting an online transaction that allows a seller and a bidder to negotiate a final sale price. The system displays information about the item. An offer is received from at... |
| 6686838 |
Systems and methods for the automatic registration of devices |
| Feb-3-2004 |
Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring... |
| 6681212 |
Internet-based automated system and a method for software copyright protection and sales |
| Jan-20-2004 |
Copyrighted software may be executed only on an authorized computer by using a protection mechanism to restrain software to a designated machine. The protection mechanism includes a CIN (Computer Identification... |
| 6671674 |
Computer-based auction and sale system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A computer-based method and system for executing an auction. The invention discloses a method for conducting an online auction in which a nonredeemable fee is collected from each auction participant to... |
| 6645718 |
DNA sample collection for identification |
| Nov-11-2003 |
A process of collecting a sample of DNA from an individual for short-term or long term storage in the event that the DNA is required to identify the individual in the event of a cataclysmic accident. The... |
| 6615109 |
System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus |
| Sep-2-2003 |
The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic... |
| 6598026 |
Methods and apparatus for brokering transactions |
| Jul-22-2003 |
Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating a transaction between a buyer and one of a plurality of sellers via the Internet. Product information relating to a plurality of products meeting product... |
