| 5825881 |
Public network merchandising system |
| Oct-20-1998 |
A system for conducting commerce over a large public network such as the Internet. The system facilitates communications between a merchant, a customer, and a bank or credit card processor. |
| 5822737 |
Financial transaction system |
| Oct-13-1998 |
An automated payment system particularly suited for purchases over a distributed computer network such as the Internet. In such a distributed computer network, a merchant or vending computer contains certain... |
| 5799285 |
Secure system for electronic selling |
| Aug-25-1998 |
A remote communication system for facilitating secure electronic sales of products, wherein a suitable seller input device in association with a local seller data transmission system couples the seller... |
| 5761661 |
Data management system and method |
| Jun-2-1998 |
The present invention consists of a data management system having a centrally located host computer, at least one trading partner output data file that communicates with the host computer, a data management... |
| 5758328 |
Computerized quotation system and method |
| May-26-1998 |
A computerized system for forming a computer based communications network of network members inclusive of network buyers and or network vendors for processing requests for quotation for goods and services... |
| 5758327 |
Electronic requisition and authorization process |
| May-26-1998 |
A method of electronic requisition processing includes storing company-specific requisition rules and an electronic catalog on a central computer system located at a first site. The central computer system... |
| 5758095 |
Interactive medication ordering system |
| May-26-1998 |
A system and method for ordering and prescribing drugs for a patient. This system includes an improved process for facilitating and automating the process of drug order entry. The user may interact with... |
| 5754981 |
Gift registry apparatus and method |
| May-19-1998 |
Gift registry apparatus provides registration of information for a gift registrant and allows access to the registry by potential gift giver users. The apparatus is a network of computer terminals used... |
| 5754864 |
Software piracy detection system |
| May-19-1998 |
A system is provided for detecting pirated copies of a serialized software program. The system has a remote computer including a remote memory for storing a program, a remote revision level, and a program... |
| 5727249 |
Automated payment system and method |
| Mar-10-1998 |
A system and method of collecting payments an automated system to generate a draft, payable to the creditor and drawn on the payor's checking account, pursuant to the payor's authorization. The draft is... |
| 5727156 |
Internet-based automatic publishing system |
| Mar-10-1998 |
A simple method and apparatus for posting hypertext documents to a hypertext server so as to make the hypertext documents accessible to users of the hypertext document system while securing against unauthorized... |
| 5724424 |
Digital active advertising |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A complete system for the purchasing of goods or information over a computer network is presented. Merchant computers on the network maintain databases of digital advertisements that are accessed by buyer... |
| 5715314 |
Network sales system |
| Feb-3-1998 |
A network-based sales system includes at least one buyer computer for operation by a user desiring to buy a product, at least one merchant computer, and at least one payment computer. The buyer computer,... |
| 5696965 |
Electronic information appraisal agent |
| Dec-9-1997 |
An electronic information appraisal agent which operates within an electronic information distribution system and includes an electronic information server having multiple electronic information units.... |
| 5689417 |
Medium-voltage cable expert system |
| Nov-18-1997 |
A rule-based expert system in combination with a plurality of catalog specification databases, a program instruction set, and a computer comprise an apparatus and provide a method for identifying and then... |
| 5664110 |
Remote ordering system |
| Sep-2-1997 |
A remote ordering system provides a user the ability to build and edit one or more order lists, resident in memory within a user device, and the further ability to review and manipulate a user interpretable... |
| 5590197 |
Electronic payment system and method |
| Dec-31-1996 |
A cyber wallet in the form of stored and protected account information, which may be "carried" on a tamper resistant portable electronic storage medium such as a smartcard, or stored on the customer's... |
| 5528490 |
Electronic catalog system and method |
| Jun-18-1996 |
An electronic catalog system and apparatus is provided for producing information related to a selected product on a remote computer. The system and method performs the steps of storing and maintaining... |
| 5475585 |
Transactional processing system |
| Dec-12-1995 |
A transactional processing system is used in conjunction with a transmitting source. The system allows for real-time authorization of payments for a plurality of products and services made available by... |
| 5377097 |
Customer order processing system |
| Dec-27-1994 |
A customer order processing system includes a register terminal for sequentially transmitting customer order registered in the register terminal to a kitchen video controller, wherein the customer orders... |
| 5267171 |
Computer software vending machine |
| Nov-30-1993 |
A computer software vending machine includes an information storage unit for storing user information relating to a particular user when the user utilizes the computer software vending machine. An information... |
| 5241464 |
Desktop forms order system |
| Aug-31-1993 |
The creation and ordering of custom business forms is simplified for short-run orders, allowing the end user of the business form to design and transmit the order on a personal computer. Using appropriate... |
| 5231571 |
Personal financial assistant computer method |
| Jul-27-1993 |
A personal financial assistant computer method includes customer terminals at financial institution branch offices or other locations. Each customer terminal stores financial information for the particular... |
| 5223699 |
Recording and billing system |
| Jun-29-1993 |
Each potential user of a telecommunications network is assigned a single credit card containing at least first and second authorization codes, the first code being indicative of status as an authorized... |
| 4959686 |
Automated shopping order entry system |
| Sep-25-1990 |
An automated shopping order entry system has particularly advantageous features for use in a supermarket having a delicatessen station. A processor subsystem, a customer subsystem, and an employee subsystem... |
| 4887208 |
Sales and inventory control system |
| Dec-12-1989 |
A comprehensive inventory and sales control system is particularly adapted for the segment of the furniture industry that involves special order items, such as sofas, love seats, upholstered chairs and... |
| 4845636 |
Remote transaction system |
| Jul-4-1989 |
A remote transaction system is disclosed which may be used to conduct business transactions wherein visual contact between a buyer and a seller is desired or required. A transaction booth is located remotely... |
| 4800438 |
Telephone console for restaurant tables |
| Jan-24-1989 |
A restaurant telephone console comprising a U-shaped chassis mounted upwards on a pipe above a table and supporting a speaker, lamp bulbs, telephone chime and TV set over which fits a translucent circular... |
| 4799156 |
Interactive market management system |
| Jan-17-1989 |
A system for interactive on-line electronic communications and processing of business transactions between a plurality of different types of independent users including at least a plurality of sellers,... |
| 4797818 |
Food order/delivery system |
| Jan-10-1989 |
A computerized order/delivery system for use in the food service industry includes a central computer that accepts customer food orders and, based on a customer identifier, automatically selects the store... |
| 4449186 |
Touch panel passenger self-ticketing system |
| May-15-1984 |
An automated system for vending airline tickets to credit card purchasers based upon reservation data stored in a central host computer, without the intervention of any ticket agents. A plurality of remote... |
| 7043523 |
Self-adjusting consumable order-assistance system and method |
| May-9-2006 |
A consumable order-assistance system is provided for computer peripheral devices. The system includes a personal computer, at least one computer peripheral device, and a user interaction site. The personal... |
| 7043447 |
Method for facilitating a transaction for purchasable content over an electronic network |
| May-9-2006 |
A transaction for purchasable content is facilitated over an electronic network, wherein the purchasable content includes downloadable digital data. A first presence is maintained on the electronic network... |
| 7043446 |
Method for determining the set of winning bids in a combinatorial auction |
| May-9-2006 |
A method for determining the set of winning bids in a combinatorial auction. Two variants of the method are disclosed. The first method is appropriate when the number of players and the number of combinations... |
| 7039615 |
Retail transactions involving digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system |
| May-2-2006 |
A retailer facilitates issuance of a digital license from a licensor to a customer for a corresponding piece of digital content. The retailer receives payment for the license from the customer, where the... |
| 7039606 |
System, method and computer program product for contract consistency in a supply chain management framework |
| May-2-2006 |
A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for handling contracts in a supply chain management framework. One of a plurality of contracts is selected. The selected contract template is... |
| 7039604 |
Multi-vendor integration process for internet commerce |
| May-2-2006 |
A method for automatically processing electronic customer orders for configurable products. In one embodiment, a web site that is operable to access a vendor ordering application receives a user who is... |
| 7039603 |
Settlement systems and methods wherein a buyer takes possession at a retailer of a product purchased using a communication network |
| May-2-2006 |
Settlement systems and methods are provided wherein a buyer takes possession of a product at a retailer. In one embodiment, a purchasing system arranges through a communication network for a buyer to purchase... |
| 7039602 |
Configuring products with default sections determined according to optimization functions |
| May-2-2006 |
A default selection to be presented to a user at configuration time is determined at the time a selection list is presented to the user. A desired function, such as profit maximization or price minimization,... |
| 7035918 |
License management system and method with multiple license servers |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A system for managing licenses for protected software on a communication network is disclosed. The system comprises at least one client computer and a pool of license servers coupled to the communication... |
| 7035829 |
System and method for providing temporary access to content during shipping |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A system and method for providing temporary access to content during shipping. In one embodiment, the system may include a retail web site configured to allow a user to purchase one or more content items... |
| 7035816 |
System and method for reduced cost purchasing |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A system and method which enables a customer, for example a business or individual, to purchase one or more goods/services from one of a plurality of suppliers offering the one or more goods/services at... |
| 7035815 |
Method and apparatus for computer system online lead time advisor |
| Apr-25-2006 |
In a method and apparatus for advising on a lead time for a customer configured computer system, selection input from a customer is received. In response to the selection input, a customer computer system... |
| 7035814 |
Method for delivering a product to a register according to a tracked location of a mobile device |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A method for providing sales support includes issuing a customer a mobile device and a corresponding identification, wherein the mobile device issues an electronic service request including a customer... |
| 7035811 |
System and method for composite customer segmentation |
| Apr-25-2006 |
The profitability and effectiveness of a marketing program is increased by segmenting the customer population according to a combination of different segmentation strategies. A number of independent segmentation... |
| 7031945 |
System and method for reallocating and/or upgrading and/or rewarding tickets, other event admittance means, goods and/or services |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method, system, server architecture and/or tangible medium upgrade and award admittance of events to an event customer, preferably via a data communication network. The method includes, for example,... |
| 7031941 |
Method and system for managing configuration of mechanical equipment |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method and system is disclosed for maintaining a database of configurations of mechanical equipment. A functional configuration database is established to store functional information about an end item... |
| 7031934 |
Electronic commerce system and method for providing commercial information in electronic commerce system |
| Apr-18-2006 |
Log information concerning an electronic transaction performed between a transaction device and a business connection server through a network is compared with information concerning a predetermined business... |
| 7031933 |
Process for setting and storing ordering preferences and profile data locally |
| Apr-18-2006 |
An apparatus is provided for locally setting and storing customer preferences. The apparatus includes a personal computer, a computer peripheral device, a reseller web server, and a device manufacturer... |
| 7028900 |
Kit for use in organizing images |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A kit for organizing a plurality of images provided on a plurality of hard copy prints. The kit may include at least one order form for the ordering of at least one good and/or service; and at least one... |
