| 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... |
| 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... |
| 7035823 |
Telecommunications system for generating a three-level customer behavior profile and for detecting deviation from the profile to identify fraud |
| Apr-25-2006 |
Telecommunications apparatus and method for detecting any unusual activity in customer behavior. A comprehensive behavior profile of a customer is generated on the basis of customer transactions. The profile... |
| 7035817 |
Electronic catalog method |
| Apr-25-2006 |
Disclosed herein is an electronic catalog protocol format and process for distributing and disseminating electronic catalogs. The electronic catalog protocol can be used on the Internet and other networks... |
| 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... |
| 7028254 |
System and method for providing a marketing presentation |
| Apr-11-2006 |
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a web page can be dynamically created by a non-technical person. A technical person can set up a web page and incorporate marketing object containers.... |
| 7025674 |
Method and apparatus for awarding and redeeming promotional points at an electronic game |
| Apr-11-2006 |
An electronic game including at least one display exhibiting a plurality of windows or segments each displaying a different subject matter is disclosed. The different subject matter in each of the plurality... |
| 7024387 |
Automated system for conditional order transactions in securities or other items in commerce |
| Apr-4-2006 |
An apparatus and method of automatically and anonymously buying and selling positions in fungible properties between subscribers. The specific embodiment described in the disclosure relates to the buying... |
| 7024382 |
System and method for managing retail and wholesale operations |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A unified ordering, warehousing, accounting, inventory, sales, delivery and communications system and method. Although the system and method pertain to the furniture operations and sales, the system and... |
| 7024380 |
E-commerce system and method |
| Apr-4-2006 |
In an e-commerce system which rearranges merchandise information pieces distributed to a consumer to match preferences of the consumer based on a personal profile with which various keywords contained... |
| 7024377 |
Method and apparatus for managing electronic commerce |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A method for managing electronic commerce includes storing consumer information. Transactional information is sent to a user. A request made by the consumer to make a transaction and the consumer information... |
| 7024375 |
System and method for purchasing game and lottery tickets |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A system and method for buying tickets for games or lotteries in which a seller receives predicted game or lottery outcome data communicated from a buyer over a communication path. The seller generates... |
| 7024373 |
Auto purchase system and method |
| Apr-4-2006 |
The inventive communications system dedicated to the sale of first items in conjunction with the establishment of a second, preferably long-term, commercial relationship between the consumer of the first... |
| 7020626 |
Inside money |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A synthetic currency transaction network which performs transactions with near real time finality of transaction between potential borrowers and potential lenders. Synthetic currency is created by pooling... |
| 7020611 |
User interface selectable real time information delivery system and method |
| Mar-28-2006 |
An information delivery system including a client device and server interconnected by a network passes data files in accordance with a well known protocol. The server creates an audio version of a displayed... |
| 7016869 |
System and method of changing attributes of an image-based product |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A system and method for changing attributes of an image-based product in which an attribute of a first image is automatically identified and a new value for a product attribute of the image-based product... |
| 7016868 |
Method and system for organizing images |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A system and method for organizing images obtained from at least one image retaining device having a unique identification. The system includes a computer having a database for storing digital images and... |
| 7016866 |
System and method for assisting the buying and selling of property |
| Mar-21-2006 |
The invention provides systems and methods for assisting the buying and selling of properties. The invention serves as a single point of contact for sellers, buyers, negotiators and third party service... |
| 7016864 |
Interactive upsell advisor method and apparatus for internet applications |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A web-based online store user interface enables custom configuration of a computer system according to identification of a user belonging to a prescribed customer set. A configurator configures a computer... |
| 7016860 |
Honoring of electronic coupons |
| Mar-21-2006 |
An electronic coupon, an electronic commerce system, and a method for the honoring of electronic coupons utilizing computing equipment are disclosed. In the method, an issuing party issues an electronic... |
| 7016824 |
Interactive try-on platform for eyeglasses |
| Mar-21-2006 |
Techniques and systems that provide interactions between a 3D representation of a selected pair of glasses and a fully-textured 3D face model are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an interactive... |
| 7016749 |
System and method for product designing, and recording medium |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A product design CAD data reconstruction unit 50 reconstructs product design CAD data used for product evaluation regarding an initial design so as to fulfill restrictive conditions obtained from the... |
| 7013292 |
Method and system for universal gift registry |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A gift system and method enable gift givers to, among other things, each make a respective commitment for a monetary contribution of any giver-desired amount toward a gift for a gift recipient. This system... |
| 7013291 |
Financial instrument filtering system and method therefor |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A user interactive apparatus for searching a universe of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, funds and the like. The search is conducted with a filtering process that involves performing n filter... |
| 7013290 |
Personalized interactive digital catalog profiling |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A system and method of interactive cataloging of products and services by end users across multiple sales and marketing channels provide each end user with access to domain-independent catalog data from... |
| 7013289 |
Global electronic commerce system |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A comprehensive system effectuates global electronic commerce on the Internet across frontiers of nations, cultures, and languages. Referral Websites serving various locales offer Buyers the opportunity... |
| 7013288 |
Methods and systems for managing the distribution of image capture devices, images, and prints |
| Mar-14-2006 |
The present invention is generally directed to methods and systems for distributing image capture devices, images, and prints. One embodiment of the present invention advantageously provides cameras, such... |
| 7013092 |
Supply ordering apparatus |
| Mar-14-2006 |
An automatic supply ordering system for electronically ordering a consumable component or replaceable part in a marking machine. The system provides electronic identification of a condition of a replaceable... |
| 7010697 |
System for dynamically encrypting information for secure internet commerce and providing embedded fulfillment software |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A data distribution system is provided which supplies customers with an executable for requested secured data files to provide the customer with fulfillment software, obviating the need for the customer... |
| 7010501 |
Personal shopping system |
| Mar-7-2006 |
The present invention relates to a personal shopping system for combined use in both the home of a user and a shopping establishment. The system includes a host computer which is coupled to a host modem... |
| 7010497 |
System and method for evaluating and/or monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A system and a method for measuring and monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising are provided. The system and method provide a code attached to, for example, an advertising banner of a company that... |
| 7007245 |
Product selection expert system |
| Feb-28-2006 |
The invention includes a system for product selection, the system including: a CPU; a memory operatively connected to the CPU, the memory containing a program adapted to be executed by the CPU and the... |
| 7007076 |
Information presentation and management in an online trading environment |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A method and apparatus for information presentation and management in an online trading environment are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, person-to-person commerce over the Internet... |
| 7007014 |
Canonicalization of terms in a keyword-based presentation system |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A presentation system accepts presentations or references to presentations from prospective presenters, some or all of which are stored in a database and referenced by keywords such that presentations... |
| 7006990 |
Electronic product catalog systems |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Methods are provided for selecting a question to be presented to a user of an electronic product catalog system (1) to assist identification of a suitable product from a set of potentially suitable... |
| 7006979 |
Methods and systems for creating models for marketing campaigns |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Methods and systems for increasing efficiency of a marketing campaign are disclosed. The method uses a system including a database containing customer demographic data and includes the steps of building... |
| 7003789 |
Television commerce payments |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method, system, and computer readable code for extending payment protocols to include information related to the television context of commercial activity between a consumer using a television (or a... |
| 7003548 |
Method and apparatus for developing and checking technical configurations of a product |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method for developing a technical configuration and electronically delivering to a client from a server an order report for the technical configuration. The method comprises interactively eliciting and... |
| 7003495 |
Portable electronic authorization system and method |
| Feb-21-2006 |
In one embodiment an apparatus includes a housing; a user authenticator, supported by the housing, that authenticates an identity of a user; at least one memory, supported by the housing, that stores transaction... |
| 7003479 |
Systems and methods for ordering and distributing incentive messages |
| Feb-21-2006 |
Systems and methods associated with ordering, producing and/or distributing incentive messages. Systems can include means for receiving requests for incentive messages, for receiving payment for the incentive... |
| 7000242 |
Directing internet shopping traffic and tracking revenues generated as a result thereof |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A system having a client, a host server, a sponsor server, and a video server, which are all interconnected via the Internet and which operate seamlessly together in order to provide video content to an... |
| 7000105 |
System and method for transparently providing certificate validation and other services within an electronic transaction |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A system and method are disclosed for transparently providing certificate validation and other services without requiring a separate service request by either a relying customer or subscribing customer.... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6996534 |
Member registration system |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A customer computer receives, through radio communication, from a computer of a product or service provider (a provider), items of personal information necessary for member registration. Then, the customer... |
| 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,... |
| 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... |
