| 5992888 |
Advertising device and method for use at point of sale |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A device and method for displaying advertising materials to a potential purchaser coincident with the making of a financial transaction by the purchaser. The device comprises at least one transaction recording... |
| 5991736 |
Patronage incentive award system incorporating retirement accounts and method thereof |
| Nov-23-1999 |
Embodiments are disclosed of a patronage incentive system in which a monetary award is made to a customer's retirement account as incentive for the customer to participate in a transaction with the sponsor... |
| 5987423 |
Object oriented technology framework for order processing |
| Nov-16-1999 |
An object oriented programming (OOP) framework includes an Order Management (OM) mechanism that tracks sales orders received and matches them to warehouse inventory, a Sales Order (SA) mechanism that processes... |
| 5987424 |
Accounting method and system for discounted communications charges |
| Nov-16-1999 |
An accounting method is provided wherein advertisement information is provided from an exchange to a terminal accommodated in the exchange and the communication charge to be charged to the terminal is... |
| 5987425 |
Variable margin pricing system |
| Nov-16-1999 |
A variable margin pricing system and method that generates retail prices based on customer price sensitivity. Products are grouped into pools from a first pool for most price sensitive products to a last... |
| 5983199 |
On-line shopping system |
| Nov-9-1999 |
An on-line shopping system is provided which enables users to do shopping by referring to on-line advertisements posted on home pages. A WWW server and an exchange are connected in one-to-one correspondence.... |
| 5983196 |
Interactive computerized methods and apparatus for conducting an incentive awards program |
| Nov-9-1999 |
A computer implemented system awards promotional incentives. A participant in the awards system calls or connects to an interactive platform for registering and/or redeeming credits preferably described... |
| 5983094 |
Wireless telephone with credited airtime and method |
| Nov-9-1999 |
A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts is responsive to the purchase amounts so... |
| 5974451 |
System and method for distributing bulletins to external computers accessing wide area computer networks |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A network access system is provided for distributing bulletins, such as advertisements, to external computers accessing a wide area computer network. The network access system of the present invention... |
| 5974398 |
Method and apparatus enabling valuation of user access of advertising carried by interactive information and entertainment services |
| Oct-26-1999 |
Interactive information and entertainment service customers see advertisers' bids for their attention which are displayed on their display screens and choose which advertisements to view. For each advertisement... |
| 5974399 |
Method and apparatus for generating purchase incentives based on price differentials |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A technique for customizing purchase incentives, such as discount coupons and the like, based on whether a consumer buys a promoted item or a competitive item, and on the price of the promoted item relative... |
| 5974396 |
Method and system for gathering and analyzing consumer purchasing information based on product and consumer clustering relationships |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A method and system for gathering and analyzing customer and purchasing information permits a retailer or retail chain to process transactional information involving large numbers of consumers and consumer... |
| 5970470 |
System and method for establishing and managing subscription purchase agreements including commitments to purchase goods over time at agreed upon prices |
| Oct-19-1999 |
A system and process for distributing a product in accordance with a subscription purchase agreement that includes the establishment by a customer of an account with a seller of a product, the assignment... |
| 5970469 |
System and method for providing shopping aids and incentives to customers through a computer network |
| Oct-19-1999 |
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)... |
| 5966696 |
System for tracking consumer exposure and for exposing consumers to different advertisements |
| Oct-12-1999 |
An advertising system is adapted to tracking consumer exposure to a number of different advertisements and to expose consumers to several different advertisements. The system simultaneously measures the... |
| 5963909 |
Multi-media copy management system |
| Oct-5-1999 |
Reproduction of a multi-media data signal which is stored on a source media or distributed via a communication network is controlled by inserting master tag data and control tag data into the data signal.... |
| 5960409 |
Third-party on-line accounting system and method therefor |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A system and method for providing on-line third party accounting and statistical information is disclosed. A third party accounting service receives a download request signal ultimately intended for an... |
| 5957695 |
Structure and method for displaying commercials and sending purchase orders by computer |
| Sep-28-1999 |
In accordance with this invention, a remote control for an interactive media can include a printed publication and/or a storage media and/or a data button. One embodiment of a remote control includes a... |
| 5956695 |
Filter processor and method for implementing a program |
| Sep-21-1999 |
A debit card system for implementing an incentive award program for a customer having participants. A plurality of debit cards, each assigned to one participant and having a unique account number corresponding... |
| 5956694 |
System and method for distributing and processing discount coupons |
| Sep-21-1999 |
A system for dispensing and redeeming electronic discount coupons in a store. A card-dispensing collects information from a customer and subsequently issues a "smart card" for storing electronic coupons.... |
| 5956693 |
Computer system for merchant communication to customers |
| Sep-21-1999 |
A computer system provides automated merchant-to-customer communication. Each merchant customer is grouped into an initial grouping or entry segment, based on merchant definition of allocation filters.... |
| 5953709 |
Automated voucher cash-out system and method |
| Sep-14-1999 |
A voucher cash-out system (20) includes a service terminal (22) for producing a voucher (58) in response to a received service request (50). A processor (24) in communication with the service terminal... |
| 5948061 |
Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks |
| Sep-7-1999 |
Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements... |
| 5946665 |
On line shopping system using a communication system |
| Aug-31-1999 |
A search server system in an online shopping system uses a communications network to provide shopping information for a customer. When a customer wishes to refer to or buy goods, the name of the goods... |
| 5946664 |
Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein |
| Aug-31-1999 |
A game system which is operable to update advertisements that are displayed when a game program is executed. The system stores a game program in a memory, receives (i.e., downloads), at predetermined times... |
| 5946662 |
Method for providing inventory optimization |
| Aug-31-1999 |
A method for providing inventory optimization for levels of products in a complex supply chain network for multiple internal supplier or manufacturer locations and external distributor or retailer locations.... |
| 5943653 |
Electronic coupon storage and retrieval system correlated to highway exit service availability information |
| Aug-24-1999 |
A system for providing data related to discounted services available near a given location. The system includes a memory storing compressed service data representative of a plurality of services in various... |
| 5943654 |
Method of displaying promotional messages by electronic price labels |
| Aug-24-1999 |
A method of assigning a promotional message to an electronic price label (EPL) which uses a promotional indicator in a price file to access a promotional message in a promotional message data file. The... |
| 5937391 |
Point-service system in online shopping mall |
| Aug-10-1999 |
A service system in an online shopping mall established through a network realizes an improvement of a service to a customer by not having to carry a magnetic card and shortening a time from issuing points... |
| 5937392 |
Banner advertising display system and method with frequency of advertisement control |
| Aug-10-1999 |
An Internet advertising system has a database, a controller, and an ad server operating as part of a web server. The database has advertising campaign information, including identification information... |
| 5937390 |
On-line advertising system and its method |
| Aug-10-1999 |
When a user accesses an advertisement on an on-line advertising system from a user terminal on the Internet using a WWW browser, an advertisement including the toll-free telephone number of a store is... |
| 5933811 |
System and method for delivering customized advertisements within interactive communication systems |
| Aug-3-1999 |
The present invention is a system and method for delivering customized electronic advertisements in an interactive communication system. The customized advertisements are selected based on consumer profiles... |
| 5933813 |
Sales promotion data processor system and interactive changeable display particularly useful therein |
| Aug-3-1999 |
A data processor system for promoting sales of products includes price storage devices for storing basic price information; criteria storage devices for storing predetermined criteria to be used in determining... |
| 5930771 |
Inventory control and remote monitoring apparatus and method for coin-operable vending machines |
| Jul-27-1999 |
There is provided an apparatus and method for monitoring inventory in a plurality of coin-operated vending machines. A bar code scanner is used to log inventory into a memory within each vending machine.... |
| 5930765 |
Downloading method for songs and advertisements |
| Jul-27-1999 |
The present invention provides a method of updating electronic data stored in numerous electronic amusement devices. The method includes the steps of providing a master information source from which new... |
| 5926795 |
System and apparatus for dispensing coupons having selectively printed borders around preferred products |
| Jul-20-1999 |
Apparatus and a corresponding method for creating a coupon or other like incentive in response to a transaction. A record pertaining to the details of the transaction is examined to determine whether the... |
| 5924078 |
Consumer-provided promotional code actuatable point-of-sale discounting system |
| Jul-13-1999 |
A computer-implemented discounting system suitable for use in conjunction with a point-of-sale transaction device. The discounting system includes a memory subsystem for storing information related to... |
| 5924080 |
Computerized discount redemption system |
| Jul-13-1999 |
The method of processing merchandise discounts by providing a computerized membership system is disclosed. At least one provider's computer has a database for the storage and retrieval of information.... |
| 5923016 |
In-store points redemption system & method |
| Jul-13-1999 |
A computer implemented consumer transaction point accumulation system in which a consumer earns and accumulates points immediately for immediate use during transactions at participating retailer outlets,... |
| 5918211 |
Method and apparatus for promoting products and influencing consumer purchasing decisions at the point-of-purchase |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A system and method for influencing and potentially altering a consumer's purchase decisions at the point-of-purchase in a retail store using a portable bar code scanner that is in constant wireless communication... |
| 5915243 |
Method and apparatus for delivering consumer promotions |
| Jun-22-1999 |
A method and apparatus for offering promotions to a consumer on the basis of a dynamic information profile for that consumer. The dynamic information profile is formed by creating an initial information... |
| 5915246 |
Self-service system |
| Jun-22-1999 |
An automated teller machine (10) or a home banking system (32) is operated to provide, during the delays associated with authorizing and acting upon a user instruction, a sales presentation related to... |
| 5915244 |
Computerized incentive program with plateau pricing and remote award redemption |
| Jun-22-1999 |
A computerized incentive program having plateau pricing and a personalized bank-account system, and permitting remote award redemption is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a computerized incentive-program... |
| 5915007 |
Method and system for using a frequent shopper card as a phone calling card |
| Jun-22-1999 |
A method and system for using a frequent shopper card as a phone calling card including (a) issuing a transfer certificate with a predetermined phone time and having a first personal identification number,... |
| 5914670 |
Method of assigning promotional messages to electronic price labels |
| Jun-22-1999 |
A method of displaying a promotional message by an electronic price label (EPL) which stores promotional messages and corresponding promotional indicators in a memory within the EPL. Once the promotional... |
| 5909673 |
Method and system for creating site specific coupons at a plurality of remote locations which are controlled by a central office |
| Jun-1-1999 |
A central server at a home office is connected to remote processing stations at multiple remote sites such as convenience stores. The remote processing station is used to create and print various financial... |
| 5909670 |
Method and system for playback of advertisements in an electronic classified advertising system |
| Jun-1-1999 |
A method and system for manipulating playback of advertisements selected from an electronic classified advertising system. The method includes advancing playback an advertisement a first predetermined... |
| 5909023 |
Online shopping support method and system for sales promotions based on the purchase history of users |
| Jun-1-1999 |
An online shopping support method and system capable of supplying proper services matching user specific needs and conditions. Purchase history information of each good purchased by each user is stored... |
| 5907831 |
Computer apparatus and methods supporting different categories of users |
| May-25-1999 |
The computer apparatus and methods of the preferred embodiment uses computer technology in a unique way to motivate children to devote more time to educational and cultural enrichment. In the preferred... |
| 5907830 |
Electronic coupon distribution |
| May-25-1999 |
An electronic coupon distribution system providing on-line coupon information for a potential consumer using a personal computer connected to a host computer. A potential consumer using a personal computer... |
