| 6055516 |
Electronic sourcing system |
| Apr-25-2000 |
An electronic sourcing system includes a computer that maintains a catalog database of data including product information (such as product identification and descriptive information) relating to catalog... |
| 6055515 |
Enhanced tree control system for navigating lattices data structures and displaying configurable lattice-node labels |
| Apr-25-2000 |
The objective of the instant invention is to define a computer user interface display system that presents hierarchical data in an enhanced tree presentation control that blends the ease-of-use character... |
| 6055514 |
System for marketing foods and services utilizing computerized centraland remote facilities |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A system for shopping for goods and services includes central communications facilities and remote communications facilities connected by communications links and permitting data communications between... |
| 6055513 |
Methods and apparatus for intelligent selection of goods and services in telephonic and electronic commerce |
| Apr-25-2000 |
Apparatus and methods are provided for effecting remote commerce, such as in telemarketing (either inbound or outbound) and in electronic commerce, which are particularly adapted for the intelligent selection... |
| 6055512 |
Networked personal customized information and facility services |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A service terminal facility is provided at a public access location, for example in a hotel, hospital or airport, the service terminal facility available for providing electronic information services to... |
| 6052670 |
Object oriented framework mechanism for an electronic catalog |
| Apr-18-2000 |
An object oriented framework mechanism provides a straightforward and convenient way to implement an electronic catalog by providing an infrastructure that embodies the steps necessary for a framework... |
| 6052669 |
Graphical user interface supporting method and system for remote order generation of furniture products |
| Apr-18-2000 |
A graphical user interface to a method and system for configuring office furniture includes interface objects for obtaining configuration criteria from a user; presenting the user with at least one typical... |
| 6049797 |
Method, apparatus and programmed medium for clustering databases with categorical attributes |
| Apr-11-2000 |
The present invention relates to a computer method, apparatus and programmed medium for clustering databases containing data with categorical attributes. The present invention assigns a pair of points... |
| 6047264 |
Method for supplying automatic status updates using electronic mail |
| Apr-4-2000 |
A method is disclosed for automatically updating the status of customers' orders and shipments via electronic mail without using a human attendant to create and send the electronic mail messages. Preferably... |
| 6044363 |
Automatic auction method |
| Mar-28-2000 |
In automatic auction method which makes it unnecessary for bidders to stay before auction terminals at the time of auction and which makes possible auction transactions on an open network on which it is... |
| 6044362 |
Electronic invoicing and payment system |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A system for automated electronic invoicing and payment system for providing remote customer review of automated billing from an invoicer. The system includes invoice presentment electronics having a control... |
| 6041311 |
Method and apparatus for item recommendation using automated collaborative filtering |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A method for recommending items to users using automated collaborative filtering stores profiles of users relating ratings to items in memory. Profiles of items may also be stored in memory, the item profiles... |
| 6041310 |
Method and system for automobile transactions |
| Mar-21-2000 |
The invention relates to a method and system for facilitating a transaction between a customer and an automobile dealership. The system includes a kiosk including an input/display terminal and a terminal... |
| 6041309 |
Method of and system for distributing and redeeming electronic coupons |
| Mar-21-2000 |
The invention consists of a method and system for enabling and enhancing electronic commerce over a communications channel. The system includes a communication channel coupled to at least two terminals... |
| 6041307 |
Technique for effectively managing resources in a network |
| Mar-21-2000 |
In an intranet, servers provide services for a price. A user is allotted a budget consisting of a limited amount of electronic credits to pay for the services. When the user requests a selected service... |
| 6038597 |
Method and apparatus for providing and accessing data at an internet site |
| Mar-14-2000 |
An Internet information device includes a web site coupled to a first user intranet point and a second user Internet point. The first user point is coupled for providing multi-level managed information... |
| 6038545 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for generating digital multimedia store displays and menu boards |
| Mar-14-2000 |
Digital multimedia presentations are assembled at a central location for stores. Start and end times are assigned. The digital multimedia presentations and the assigned start and end times are transmitted... |
| 6037981 |
Method and apparatus for using digital televisions as remote personal computer displays |
| Mar-14-2000 |
Use of a digital television as a remote display for a computer system is accomplished by capturing video data signals, compressing the captured video data signals, capturing audio output data signals,... |
| 6037936 |
Computer vision system with a graphic user interface and remote camera control |
| Mar-14-2000 |
Computer vision systems provide a user a view of a scene whereby an image of the scene may have been augmented with information generated by a computer. Computer vision systems of the present invention... |
| 6036601 |
Method for advertising over a computer network utilizing virtual environments of games |
| Mar-14-2000 |
A method is provided for advertising within the virtual environments of games. Default images of games are replaced by alternative textures having advertisements implemented therein. An ad server coordinates... |
| 6035288 |
Interactive computer-implemented system and method for negotiating sale of goods and/or services |
| Mar-7-2000 |
A computer-implemented method and system for negotiating the purchase of goods and/or services by customers utilizes a simulated human merchant having predefined behavioral attributes. An algorithm representing... |
| 6035283 |
Virtual sales person for electronic catalog |
| Mar-7-2000 |
This invention involves an electronic catalog system which employs the knowledge and experience of a "Sales Agent", which is provided to a computer data base, and used with an inference engine to assist... |
| 6032145 |
Method and system for database manipulation |
| Feb-29-2000 |
An electronic catalog requisition system includes software for efficiently selecting items from a database. The software accepts search terms from a user, and then executes a sequence of search strategies... |
| 6032130 |
Multimedia product catalog and electronic purchasing system |
| Feb-29-2000 |
An electronic system that provides multimedia product presentations in real-time, by combining locally-stored data and data received from a remote server. Large volumes of data, representing product information... |
| 6032129 |
Customer centric virtual shopping experience with actors agents and persona |
| Feb-29-2000 |
This invention relates to an electronic commerce software catalog system and a method of use. This electronic catalog system is specifically designed to provide the electronic shoppers with a customer-centric,... |
| 6029147 |
Method and system for providing an interface for supporting multiple formats for on-line banking services |
| Feb-22-2000 |
In association with a computer system, a method and system for providing an interface for establishing connections with financial institution to utilize on-line services. An application program sends a... |
| 6029142 |
Electronic catalog system and method |
| Feb-22-2000 |
An apparatus and method are provided for displaying product information data related to at least one product. The method includes the steps of transmitting a data request from the remote computer to the... |
| 6029141 |
Internet-based customer referral system |
| Feb-22-2000 |
Disclosed is an Internet-based referral system that enables individuals and other business entities ("associates") to market products, in return for a commission, that are sold from a merchant's Web site.... |
| 6026429 |
Seamless integration of internet resources |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A mechanism for seanilessly searching and accessing information available through the Internet and other resources is disclosed. The present invention maintains a database of file objects available from... |
| 6026403 |
Computer system for management of resources |
| Feb-15-2000 |
The invention concerns a system for managing resources, which can take the form of (a) computer-compatible information, such as data files and programs, and (b) non-computer-compatible information, as... |
| 6026379 |
System, method and article of manufacture for managing transactions in a high availability system |
| Feb-15-2000 |
An architecture is disclosed allowing a server to communicate bidirectionally with a gateway over a first communication link, over which service requests are initiated by the server. In response to a transaction... |
| 6026377 |
Computer system for allowing a consumer to purchase packaged goods at home |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A system for generating images representative of a store shelf includes a retail space management system for generating information describing product and shelf sizes and locations in three dimensions,... |
| 6026376 |
Interactive electronic shopping system and method |
| Feb-15-2000 |
An interactive electronic shopping system and method create a virtual shopping facility from an actual shopping facility, such as a grocery store, restaurant, or office. A shopper at a computer or other... |
| 6026374 |
System and method for generating trusted descriptions of information products |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A system and method using of a trusted third party to provide a description of an information product to potential buyers without disclosing the entire contents of the information products, which might... |
| 6026369 |
Method for distributing advertising in a distributed web modification system |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A method of distributing program material to a number of access providers which have identified themselves as having clients meeting profiles specified in a program material placement request, which is... |
| 6026368 |
On-line interactive system and method for providing content and advertising information to a targeted set of viewers |
| Feb-15-2000 |
Prioritized queues of advertising and content data are generated by a queue builder and sent to an on-line queue manager. A computer mediated communications network provides content and subscriber data... |
| 6023686 |
Method for conducting an on-line bidding session with bid pooling |
| Feb-8-2000 |
The invention presents a method for conducting an on-line bidding session to accumulate a collective bid for a property. The bidding session is conducted over a computer network that includes a central... |
| 6021426 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic data transfer on a web page |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A system and method for transferring information resources over a network from one source to another that reduces latency and bandwidth requirements on the network. The information resources are made up... |
| 6021395 |
System and method of managing displayed message priorities in an EPL system |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A system and method of managing displayed message priorities in an electronic price label (EPL) system through a data file containing message records including message priorities for each EPL. The system... |
| 6017157 |
Method of processing digital images and distributing visual prints produced from the digital images |
| Jan-25-2000 |
This invention is directed to a method of processing at least one digital image of at least one photographic image and distributing at least one visual print produced from the at least one digital image.... |
| 6016504 |
Method and system for tracking the purchase of a product and services over the Internet |
| Jan-18-2000 |
A method for establishing and maintaining a virtual outlet ("VO") relationship on the Internet between an entity that controls and manages a Web site constituting a VO and a merchant that controls and... |
| 6016480 |
Merchandise return fraud prevention system and method |
| Jan-18-2000 |
A system and method for return fraud prevention is provided, which includes a point of return terminal having an input means for accepting, identifying information presented by a person returning at least... |
| 6014644 |
Centrally coordinated communication systems with multiple broadcast data objects and response tracking |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A system and method for facilitating communication between a plurality of buyers a plurality of suppliers is provided. The communication system provides for coordinated message and response tracking. Buyers... |
| 6014639 |
Electronic catalog system for exploring a multitude of hierarchies, using attribute relevance and forwarding-checking |
| Jan-11-2000 |
This electronic catalog searching system first, calculates attribute relevance (e.g., strongly-relevant, weakly-relevant, and irrelevant) for each node in a hierarchy (e.g., abstraction hierarchy, decompositional... |
| 6014638 |
System for customizing computer displays in accordance with user preferences |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A system for customizing content and presentation of content for computer users is disclosed. The system monitors and records a user's navigational choices to determine the user's needs and preferences... |
| 6014636 |
Point of sale method and system |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A method for providing point-of-sale (POS) payment using interactive television (ITV) or the world wide web (WWW) by directly debiting a customer's bank account through electronic transfer of funds or... |
| 6014634 |
System and method for providing shopping aids and incentives to customers through a computer network |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A system and method for delivering purchasing incentives and a variety of other retail shopping aids through a computer network, such as by E-mail over the Internet or the World Wide Web. Customers (10)... |
| 6014137 |
Electronic kiosk authoring system |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A multimedia kiosk authoring system for use in developing and maintaining user interface screens for multimedia kiosk systems. The authoring system enables the user interface for each individual kiosk... |
| 6012044 |
User interface for a financial advisory system |
| Jan-4-2000 |
A user interface for a financial advisory system is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user may interactively explore how changes in one or more input decisions such as a risk... |
| 6009413 |
System for real time shopping |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A system is disclosed in which a user's personal computer may access a variety of information regarding products and services, through a computer network, in real time. The computer network collects product/service... |
