| 6999941 |
Providing gift clustering functionality to assist a user in ordering multiple items for a recipient |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A method and system for creating of gift clusters of multiple items in a client/server environment by users, and for the ordering of such user-defined gift clusters of multiple items. In particular, a... |
| 6999938 |
Automated reply generation direct marketing system |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A system for automatically preparing customized replies in response to communications from a plurality of clients. To facilitate automation and tracking, each original communication to the client (or each... |
| 6996537 |
System and method for providing subscribed applications on wireless devices over a wireless network |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A system and method for the provision of downloadable subscription-based software applications to one or more wireless devices where the applications are downloadable from one or more application download... |
| 6996536 |
System and method for visually analyzing clickstream data with a parallel coordinate system |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A computer system and method that provides one or more visualizations to one or more users of a network application. The computer executes a sessionization process that receives one or more Web server... |
| 6996535 |
Electronic commerce support method and apparatus |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A client is connected to a server for providing electronic commerce services in electronic commerce. An order is transmitted for a product in response to an input by a user to the server through a communications... |
| 6993557 |
Creation of customized web pages for use in a system of dynamic trading of knowledge, goods and services |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The invention provides a method and system for creating and customizing a home page that is used in conjunction with a technique for dynamically trading knowledge and services. A provider of knowledge,... |
| 6993503 |
System and method for allocating a conditional purchase offer for a travel related services reservation to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer driven electronic commerce system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system and method of allocating a conditional purchase offer for a product or service to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer-driven system. The conditional purchase offer for the product or service... |
| 6993502 |
Transaction tax collection system and method |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system and method for computing and collecting taxes is disclosed. In particular, the invention properly computes and collects, e.g., sales and use taxes that is consistent legal guidelines and restrictions... |
| 6993500 |
System and method for electronic business transaction of trading cards |
| Jan-31-2006 |
An electronic business transaction system of a trading card typically uses the Internet. That is, when a site for the electronic business transaction of the trading card is accessed over the Internet from... |
| 6993499 |
Pay-TV billing, system activation, and E-commerce using a pay-TV receiver |
| Jan-31-2006 |
One or more embodiments of the invention utilize a receiver as a terminal to enable commercial transactions to take place that may or may not be coupled with programming that is being broadcast and to... |
| 6990465 |
Establishment of preferred business partners using a vendor certification program |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A curriculum, based in subject matter expertise possessed by an entity, is provided to vendors in the form of a vendor certification program via a communication network. In exchange for a fee, vendors... |
| 6990464 |
Apparatus, system and method for electronic book distribution |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A system for electronic distribution of books and other media. The system includes a number of self-service stations from which a customer can select and order items and download the ordered item to a... |
| 6988111 |
Mapping between part numbers that are based on different part numbering schemes |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A computer-implemented method for mapping between part numbers that are based on different part numbering schemes includes receiving a first part number associated with an item, the first part number associated... |
| 6988085 |
System and method for real-time electronic inquiry, delivery, and reporting of credit information |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system and method for providing electronic inquiry, delivery, and reporting of personal credit information to and from credit bureaus, preferably via the Internet. In the preferred embodiment, the system... |
| 6985897 |
Method and system for animated and personalized on-line product presentation |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A virtual personalized animated product selection and customer information gathering method and system includes providing a product presentation to a user by retrieving personalization data for the user... |
| 6985885 |
Systems and methods for pricing and selling digital goods |
| Jan-10-2006 |
Systems and methods are provided for pricing, selling, and/or otherwise distributing electronic content using auction mechanisms. A randomized auction mechanism is used to determine both the number of... |
| 6985882 |
Method and system for selling and purchasing media advertising over a distributed communication network |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A method and system for buying and selling media advertising units over a distributed communication network, such as the Internet, provides a server on network including a database containing information... |
| 6985879 |
Systems and methods for facilitating group rewards |
| Jan-10-2006 |
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention a retailer may receive a request from a group of customers for a reward the group desires to earn by making purchases at the retailer.... |
| 6985876 |
System and method for enabling a user of an E-commerce system to visually view and/or configure a product for purchase |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A system and method that enables a user to configure a customizable product for purchase in an E-Commerce system. A user may launch a web browser on a client computer system to access a vendor's web site... |
| 6985875 |
Process for providing event photographs for inspection, selection and distribution via a computer network |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A process for providing event photographs for inspection, selection and distribution via a computer network generally includes the steps of taking event photographs, associating identifying data with each... |
| 6985874 |
System of ordering and delivering merchandise in electronic mall and method thereof |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A system of ordering and delivering merchandise by accepting order of merchandise from any customer through a home page or a virtual store concerning sales of merchandise and constructed on a network by... |
| 6983882 |
Personal biometric authentication and authorization device |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A personal biometric authentication and authorization device (PAD) provides protection for portable tokens such as magnetic stripe cards and smart cards. The PAD enables portable tokens upon engagement... |
| 6983261 |
System and method for causing multiple parties to be paid from a single credit card transaction |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A point of sale credit card payment system allowing multiple payments to be made to various payees from a single credit card transaction or any other form of electronic payment. Software, firmware, or... |
| 6983254 |
Method and apparatus for accepting and processing an application for conformity of a user dictionary to a standard dictionary |
| Jan-3-2006 |
There is disclosed an electronic catalog system in which application data concerning use is received from a user who desires to utilize electronic catalog information using a standard dictionary, internal... |
| 6983044 |
Relationship building method for automated services |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A relationship building method for automated services is disclosed, which includes the steps of receiving a contact from a client such as by telephone or over the Internet or other computer network, looking... |
| 6981222 |
End-to-end transaction processing and statusing system and method |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A system and method for end-to-end transaction processing and statusing is disclosed. In one embodiment, an application server computer is used to house a variety of applications. An application accessed... |
| 6980982 |
Search system and method involving user and provider associated beneficiary groups |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A search system and method provide a user with a fast and efficient way to progressively expand a search for providers of a specified search object, such as a good, service, or information; while maintaining... |
| 6980968 |
Method and apparatus for providing and processing installment plans at a terminal |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A central controller receives from a POS terminal a purchase price and a financial account identifier. The financial account identifier specifies a financial account, such as a credit card account. The... |
| 6980966 |
Guided buying decision support in an electronic marketplace environment |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A system (10) for providing guided buying decision support within an electronic marketplace environment includes a server (42) that interacts with buyers (12) to receive procurement parameters... |
| 6980963 |
Online system and method of status inquiry and tracking related to orders for consumer product having specific configurations |
| Dec-27-2005 |
An online system and method of inquiring and tracking the status of an online order for a product are provided. The system includes a consumer status query message, which includes a consumer identifier... |
| 6980962 |
Electronic commerce transactions within a marketing system that may contain a membership buying opportunity |
| Dec-27-2005 |
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing complete electronic commerce ("E-Commerce") transactions and solutions for a marketing company's products via the World Wide Web,... |
| 6978929 |
Systems and methods for providing mail item retrieval |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A method and system for delivering an item to a customer including the processing of a plurality of items and notifying a customer (304) of an item that has been processed and is ready for delivery.... |
| 6978253 |
Systems and methods for transacting business over a global communications network such as the internet |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A business model/process is described for conducting business transactions over the Internet, allowing buyers to reduce the price of the selected product/service based on the buyer's performance during... |
| 6976056 |
Apparatus and method for company representatives to monitor and establish live contact with visitors to their website |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A system for allowing company representatives or web site operators to monitor and track activity of visitors to their web site and proactively establish live contact with the visitor using text messaging.... |
| 6976007 |
Method and system for multi-carrier package tracking |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A tracking system and method uses a multi-threaded controller to automatically and periodically generate tracking objects that are presented to carrier tracking websites. The tracking objects are retrieved... |
| 6976005 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically bidding in and conducting multiple simultaneous online auctions located across multiple online auction sites |
| Dec-13-2005 |
The use of software-based agents to act on behalf of human bidders for dynamic participation in multiple simultaneous online auctions is disclosed. The software-based agents may reside on computer systems... |
| 6975856 |
Electronic shopping system utilizing a program downloadable wireless telephone |
| Dec-13-2005 |
An electronic shopping system facilitates purchase transactions via a wireless telephone. A purchase transaction program is downloaded from the seller's server to a purchaser's wireless telephone via a... |
| 6975849 |
Method for customizing a car radio to individual requirements |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A method of customer-individualized adjustment of a car radio having a microprocessor control and corresponding internal operating software, an interface for changing the operating software and an external... |
| 6975207 |
Waiter calling apparatus combined with a receptacle for holding various table utensils and combined with a lighted advertising display |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A commercially viable calling apparatus which is placed on all tables of a restaurant, tavern or other establishment which serves food and/or drink so that if someone is waiting for a waiter or if someone... |
| 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... |
| 6973440 |
Method of managing a deposit exchange to offer price reductions |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A business method which uses a computer program to establish and maintain a deposit exchange. Customers deposit money with the deposit exchange and register with clients of the deposit exchange to use... |
| 6973438 |
Method and apparatus for delivering information from a remote site on a network based on statistical information |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method and apparatus are disclosed for delivering information, from a content location on a global communication network (GCN) dynamically selected according to statistical information, to a user location... |
| 6973436 |
Method for transacting an advertisement transfer |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method for transacting an advertisement transfer from an advertisement distributor to a visitor, when a visitor visits a communication node, includes the steps of constructing a visitor profile and broadcasting... |
| 6970839 |
Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating secure recommendations from market-based financial instrument prices |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Techniques for generating a recommendation for one or more sources of goods or services in an information processing system are disclosed. A given recommendation is generated by first determining prices... |
| 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... |
| 6970837 |
Methods and apparatus wherein a buyer arranges to purchase a first product using a communication network and subsequently takes possession of a substitute product at a retailer |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Purchasing system methods and apparatus are provided wherein a buyer purchases a first product through a purchasing system, such as by submitting a buyer offer. A retailer receives product redemption information... |
| 6970835 |
System and method for directing and instructing customers to deal with specific merchants using incentives |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A buyer-seller matching system that uses incentives to verify commissions from matching the buyer with a seller. An item locator system that comprises a repository of information about items for purchase... |
| 6970827 |
System and method for storing information on a wireless device |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A system and method for storing personal, medical, and insurance related information on a wireless device are disclosed. The information may be stored by sending it from a remote personal computer to a... |
| 6970826 |
Method and system for order returns |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A system and method for handling the return of items supplied by a store. The method entails building a list of items to be returned on a local computing device. The list is sent to a remote server that... |
| 6970825 |
Planning engine for a parcel shipping system |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A planning engine for use in a planning system which is in turn used to plan shipment of a parcel of at least one item, the planning including routing and rating the shipment. The planning system, of which... |
