| 6594647 |
Real time bank-centric universal payment system |
| Jul-15-2003 |
An infrastructure for a real time bank-centric universal payment system (2) in which a central processing system (CPU) defines an electronic commerce trust system (1) formed from a plurality of financial... |
| 6571222 |
Trading system |
| May-27-2003 |
A trading system wherein each client and a trader respectively have a metadata generating portion for describing character string type parameters of each operation with metadata including a service type... |
| 6553347 |
Automatic virtual negotiations |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A method for conducting "one to one" commercial negotiations through an electronic medium such as the Internet. The negotiation process consists of sending persuasive texts to the user by the system, including... |
| 6502113 |
Negotiation manager incorporating clause modification and markers for tracking negotiation progress |
| Dec-31-2002 |
A method for managing negotiations between parties, comprising the steps of: storing a selected document having a plurality of negotiable clauses; creating a first retrievable display relating to the document;... |
| 6496809 |
Electronic ticketing system and method |
| Dec-17-2002 |
The present disclosure provides a method of electronically exchanging tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers located at remote terminals. The method comprises associating... |
| 6490601 |
Server for enabling the automatic insertion of data into electronic forms on a user computer |
| Dec-3-2002 |
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for constructing and transmitting an executable software module on a personal information server to a remote computer. The software module... |
| 6487542 |
Method and apparatus for managing electronic money and storage for storing an electronic money management program |
| Nov-26-2002 |
According to the present invention, when electronic money is sent from a given network to another network, a money change apparatus performs a money change process to change electronic money current on... |
| 6484153 |
System and method for managing third-party input to a conditional purchase offer (CPO) |
| Nov-19-2002 |
A central controller receives an offer signal including at least one condition signal. The offer signal defines an offer having at least one condition from a customer. The central controller also receives... |
| 6480861 |
Distributed adaptive computing |
| Nov-12-2002 |
A system and a method for managing, organizing, and allocating service providers in the operational environment of a distributed computer network by applying trade and price mechanisms to a plurality of... |
| 6453306 |
Internet commerce method and apparatus |
| Sep-17-2002 |
A system that permits commercial transactions over a network of computers is described. In one example, the network of computers supports communications between business relation data structures. The business... |
| 6360205 |
Obtaining and utilizing commercial information |
| Mar-19-2002 |
In accordance with the present invention, a method for providing reservation information related to airline flights, lodging, transportation and the like using a communications network is disclosed. In... |
| 6341264 |
Adaptation system and method for E-commerce and V-commerce applications |
| Jan-22-2002 |
Electronic commerce (E-commerce) and Voice commerce (V-commerce) proceeds by having the user speak into the system. The user's speech is converted by speech recognizer into a form required by the transaction... |
| 6338050 |
System and method for providing and updating user supplied context for a negotiations system |
| Jan-8-2002 |
A multivariate negotiations engine for international transaction processing which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar... |
| 6336105 |
System and method for representing data and providing electronic non-repudiation in a negotiations system |
| Jan-1-2002 |
An electronic non-repudiation multivariate negotiations engine for iterative bargaining which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having... |
| 6332135 |
System and method for ordering sample quantities over a network |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A multivariate negotiations engine for ordering sample quantities which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar interests;... |
| 6330551 |
Computerized dispute resolution system and method |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A computerized system for automated dispute resolution through an Intranet website via the Internet or other communications linkage for communicating and processing a series of demands to satisfy a claim... |
| 6321209 |
System and method for providing a dynamic advertising content window within a window based content manifestation environment provided in a browser |
| Nov-20-2001 |
System and method for providing a dynamic advertising content manifestation window within a windows based content manifestation environment provided within a web browser. The system and method include... |
| 6289325 |
Computer system, message monitoring method and associated message transmission method |
| Sep-11-2001 |
The customer agent 9 transmits a search request 15a to a manager 4, which in turn transmits a search request 15b to a shop agent 5. The shop agent 5 transmits a product information service message 16a... |
| 6269349 |
Systems and methods for protecting private information |
| Jul-31-2001 |
A system protects private information provided in an exchange between a client and a server. The system receives the private information from the client and determines whether it is of a type to which... |
| 6263348 |
Method and apparatus for identifying the existence of differences between two files |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A method and apparatus identifies the existence of differences between two files on a personal computer, such as two versions of a Windows registry file. Some or all of each of the files are hashed into... |
| 6236972 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating transactions on a commercial network system |
| May-22-2001 |
A method and device for using a computer to facilitate a transaction of secondary market shares of an investment company such as a mutual fund between a buyer and a seller, having the steps of: a customer... |
| 6216116 |
System and method for handling permits |
| Apr-10-2001 |
A method for handling permits, comprising the steps of: (A) a gatekeeper presents a gatekeeper's permit including an authorization to ask for a user's permit; (B) a user checks the validity of the gatekeeper's... |
| 6205436 |
Trusted agents for open electronic commerce where the transfer of electronic merchandise or electronic money is provisional until the transaction is finalized |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both... |
| 6157920 |
Executable digital cash for electronic commerce |
| Dec-5-2000 |
The invention provides techniques for implementing secure transactions using an instrument referred to as "executable digital cash." In an illustrative embodiment, a first user generates a piece of digital... |
| 6141653 |
System for interative, multivariate negotiations over a network |
| Oct-31-2000 |
A multivariate negotiations engine for iterative bargaining which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows... |
| 6134536 |
Methods and apparatus relating to the formulation and trading of risk management contracts |
| Oct-17-2000 |
Methods and apparatus which deal with the management of risk relating to specified, yet unknown, future events are disclosed. `Sponsor` stakeholders specify a particular product relating to an event or... |
| 6085178 |
Apparatus and method for communicating between an intelligent agent and client computer process using disguised messages |
| Jul-4-2000 |
An intelligent agent and its client communicate using a selector known by both parties to generate and interpret messages and thereby effectively disguise confidential information transmitted in the messages... |
| 6055519 |
Framework for negotiation and tracking of sale of goods |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A computer implemented system and process are provided for negotiation and tracking of sale of goods. In this system and process, a negotiation engine (16) operates to store data representing a current... |
| 6026163 |
Distributed split-key cryptosystem and applications |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A distributed split-key cryptosystem and application in a public-key setting wherein each of a plurality of trustees independently selects his own secret-public key pair. The trustees combine their public... |
| 5987440 |
Personal information security and exchange tool |
| Nov-16-1999 |
Utilization of the E-Metro Community and Personal Information Agents assure an effective and comprehensive agent-rule based command and control of informational assets in a networked computer environment.... |
| 5878139 |
Method for electronic merchandise dispute resolution |
| Mar-2-1999 |
A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both... |
| 5850442 |
Secure world wide electronic commerce over an open network |
| Dec-15-1998 |
A network of users and servers of a type found in the Internet system is extended to permit secure electronic commercial transactions to be accomplished. The network is extended to include a public key... |
| 5809144 |
Method and apparatus for purchasing and delivering digital goods over a network |
| Sep-15-1998 |
A method for purchasing and delivering goods over a network is comprised of the steps of identifying a digital good to be purchased. A purchase price for the digital good is negotiated. After the negotiation... |
| 5794207 |
Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate buyer-driven conditional purchase offers |
| Aug-11-1998 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for effectuating bilateral buyer-driven commerce. The present invention allows prospective buyers of goods and services to communicate a binding purchase... |
| 5790669 |
Lightweight non-repudiation system and method |
| Aug-4-1998 |
A system and method is disclosed that provides lightweight non-repudiability for networked computer systems. Each party to a two-party communication maintains hashes on its incoming and outgoing messages.... |
| 5666420 |
Simultaneous electronic transactions |
| Sep-9-1997 |
A communication method between a first and second party, in the presence of a trusted party, that enables a transaction in which the second party receives a first value produced by the first party and... |
| 5642419 |
Method for acquiring and revalidating an electronic credential |
| Jun-24-1997 |
A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both... |
| 5615269 |
Ideal electronic negotiations |
| Mar-25-1997 |
There is described an electronic communications method between a first party and a second party, with assistance from at least a plurality of trustees, enabling an electronic transaction in which the first... |
| 5553145 |
Simultaneous electronic transactions with visible trusted parties |
| Sep-3-1996 |
A number of electronic communications methods are described involving a first and a second party, with assistance from at least a trusted party, enabling electronic transactions in which the first party... |
| 5553143 |
Method and apparatus for electronic licensing |
| Sep-3-1996 |
The present invention allows for the electronic management and enforcement of software licenses. The present invention can be used in a network or non-network environment to facilitate product licensing... |
| 5479509 |
Method for signature of an information processing file, and apparatus for implementing it |
| Dec-26-1995 |
The invention relates to a method for signature of a primary information processing file (FP), of the type consisting of causing circuits of an information processing device (1, 3, 4) to calculate at least... |
| 5465299 |
Electronic document processing system and method of forming digital signature |
| Nov-7-1995 |
In a terminal which received an electronic document with at leastone digital signature, when a user changes the contents of the received electronic document, a new digital signature is produced by enciphering... |
| 4677552 |
International commodity trade exchange |
| Jun-30-1987 |
An International Commodity Trade Exchange having a central exchange post for providing international commodity information and a plurality of local exchanges in at least two countries around the world.... |
