| 6868426 |
Virtual document organizer system and method |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A system and method of managing virtual documents is described. In this approach, a user database is set up on a network-connected computer. There are a number of virtual documents that are created by... |
| 6868395 |
Business transactions using the internet |
| Mar-15-2005 |
In a campaign, a customer's file is reviewed to determine the offer or solicitation to send to the customer and the time such will remain open, and an e-mail message is sent to the customer that contains... |
| 6868384 |
Method for advertising in speech-supported telecommunication links |
| Mar-15-2005 |
The method provides importing advertising information into a telephone connection and providing an advertising dialogue system configured to assist in importing the advertising information into the telephone... |
| 6865546 |
Methods and systems of assisting users in purchasing items |
| Mar-8-2005 |
One embodiment of the present invention is a system and method of determining the age of an item recipient, such as a gift recipient. The age range for the gift recipient is estimated based at least in... |
| 6865545 |
Method for providing consumers with offers |
| Mar-8-2005 |
In accordance with the present invention, a method for providing a consumer with a plurality offers to be used to purchase goods is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a database containing... |
| 6865544 |
Method of administering a rebate system |
| Mar-8-2005 |
In a method of administering a rebate system, rebate-related information is electronically transmitted from a rebate issuing entity and is received by a central processing authority. The rebate-related... |
| 6862575 |
Electronic coupon system |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system for issuing electronic coupons. A master coupon is provided by a service which may be copied by customers and placed into their individual electronic wallets. The coupons may have a variable benefit... |
| 6856969 |
Bi-currency debt contract system and procedure |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A bi-currency debt contract system for making secure debts and including guidelines and an associated procedure particularly adaptable for issuing debt of a hard or stabilized currency, such as but not... |
| 6853978 |
System and method for manufacturing and configuring intelligent electronic devices to order |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A system and method of specifying built and configured to order intelligent electronic devices ("IED's") is disclosed. A customer interacts with an order processing interface to specify the type and model... |
| 6853982 |
Content personalization based on actions performed during a current browsing session |
| Feb-8-2005 |
Various methods are disclosed for monitoring user browsing activities, and for using such information to provide session-specific item recommendations to users. In one embodiment, a monitoring component... |
| 6853976 |
Food and drink serving system for eating and drinking place |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A food and drink serving system for an eating and drinking place includes reading units, arranged in customers' tables, respectively, for reading order identifying information of meal tickets of customers,... |
| 6850890 |
System and method for reinforcing regular chiropractic treatment |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A method and system for reinforcing regular chiropractic care comprising the establishment and maintenance of a policy of life insurance on a patient as long as the patient keeps each of a series of regularly... |
| 6847992 |
Data pass-through to sponsors |
| Jan-25-2005 |
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a client application for enabling access to an online service and displaying advertisements while the user is accessing the online service. The... |
| 6847935 |
System and method for computer-aided rebate processing |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A system is disclosed that provides computer-aided processing of a rebate on a product. The system includes a rebate processing center communicating over a network with a manufacturer, a distributor, and... |
| 6847936 |
On-line sales and profit or discount sharing |
| Jan-25-2005 |
An on-line sales and profit or discount sharing method is executed by a sales center having a web site, and includes: a plan launching step, in which a sales plan is promoted through Internet media and/or... |
| 6847823 |
System and method for accessing local services with a mobile terminal |
| Jan-25-2005 |
In a mobile communication system, a method and system for obtaining location-dependent services information by using a mobile station. An information beacon containing services information pertaining to... |
| 6842739 |
System for electronic barter, trading and redeeming points accumulated in frequent use reward programs |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A system and method for operating a reward points accumulation and redemption program wherein a user earns reward points from a plurality of independent reward points issuing entities, with each tracking... |
| 6842604 |
Personal digital content system |
| Jan-11-2005 |
An Internet-enabled means of distributing entertainment programming with embedded advertising in which the entertainment programming is customized according to consumers' stated preferences and the advertising... |
| 6840441 |
Self-service terminal |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A self-service terminal (14) having a port (78) for transferring data is described. The terminal (14) includes a program (94) for informing a user about one or more electronic collectables (100) that a... |
| 6839683 |
Systems and methods using a representation of a stored benefit to facilitate a transaction |
| Jan-4-2005 |
Systems and methods are provided using a stored benefit to facilitate a transaction in which a buyer offers to purchase a product. According to one embodiment, offer information, including an offer amount,... |
| 6839682 |
Predictive modeling of consumer financial behavior using supervised segmentation and nearest-neighbor matching |
| Jan-4-2005 |
Predictive modeling of consumer financial behavior, including determination of likely responses to particular marketing efforts, is provided by application of consumer transaction data to predictive models... |
| 6839424 |
Telephony system |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A telephony method and system deals with telephone calls related to advertisements, such as classified advertisements. When a caller responds to an advertisement, he inputs a reference to the advertisement.... |
| 6837425 |
Compact protocol and solution for substantially offline messaging between portable consumer device and based device |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A method for providing messaging between a portable device and base device is provided. The method includes communicating one or more message codes maintained in the portable device to the base device.... |
| 6836799 |
Method and apparatus for tracking user profile and habits on a global network |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A method and apparatus for tracking network activity of a user. A user PC (302) disposed on a network (306) runs tracking software which initially requires registration to a registration server (2500).... |
| 6836764 |
Tiered interest rate revolving credit system and method |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A method and a system for operating a revolving credit program utilizing a table of tiered interest rates in which one of the interest rates is applied as a finance charge to a remaining outstanding balance... |
| 6836762 |
Internet-audiotext electronic advertising system with anonymous bi-directional messaging |
| Dec-28-2004 |
The present invention relates to an electronic advertising system. More specifically, the present invention allows telephone users to create a "mailbox" at the point of responding to an ad, regardless... |
| 6834352 |
Method and apparatus for maximizing an advertising effect using a control unit to detect if advertisement is being displayed and suspending a function if advertisement is not displayed |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A computer includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, an input unit, a monitor, an advertisement presenting program for presenting an advertisement on the monitor, and a controlling unit for detecting... |
| 6834268 |
Method and apparatus for efficient handling of product return transactions |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A method and apparatus for efficient handling of product returns to reduce associated costs. A computer system at a regional product return center scans a returned product for identifying information,... |
| 6832207 |
Super saturation method for information-media |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A super-saturation method for information-media substantially relates to a three-body cooperation to direct information to an electronic media consumer (reader, surfer, viewer, listener, etc.). Embodiments... |
| 6831663 |
System and process for automatically explaining probabilistic predictions |
| Dec-14-2004 |
The system and method of the present invention automatically assigns "scores" to the predictor/variable value pairs of a conventional probabilistic model to measure the relative impact or influence of... |
| 6830160 |
Multi-media vending machine with digital docking station |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A multi-media vending machine is provided with a multi-media computer, a video monitor, audio speakers, controls and visual displays. A currency accepter, coin handler and magnetic stripe card reader are... |
| 6829780 |
System and method for dynamically optimizing a banner advertisement to counter competing advertisements |
| Dec-7-2004 |
An adaptive advertising system can be used in the context of an Internet environment. Transparently to the user, the system continuously operates in the background to adapt banner advertisements based... |
| 6829587 |
Method of using a network of computers to facilitate and control the publishing of presentations to a plurality of print media venues |
| Dec-7-2004 |
"The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows individual competing, as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers as companies, individuals,... |
| 6829586 |
Method and system for aggregation of reward points for payment of auctioned items |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A system and method for operating a reward points accumulation and redemption program wherein a user earns reward points from a plurality of independent reward points issuing entities, with each tracking... |
| 6826596 |
System for categorizing and displaying reply messages in computer facilitated discussions |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A system for operating news groups or discussion groups requires a user who posts a message to specify two or more categories for reply messages. The system associates the categories with the message.... |
| 6826547 |
Printer service denial |
| Nov-30-2004 |
In a system in which a user obtains documents, a method of controlling what is supplied to the user, the method including providing one or more user accounts for the user and providing the or each user... |
| 6820061 |
Method and system for exchange and aggregation of reward points via a global computer network |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A system and method for operating a reward points accumulation and redemption program wherein a user earns reward points from a plurality of independent reward points issuing entities, with each tracking... |
| 6816838 |
Production mail system having subsidies for printing of third party messages on mailpieces |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A production mail system for producing a mailpiece including an inserter system for feeding a document in a path of travel and into an envelope. The document includes a control code printed thereon. The... |
| 6813609 |
Loyalty rewards for cash customers at a fuel dispensing system |
| Nov-2-2004 |
The present invention is a fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions, which includes a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals, including... |
| 6810385 |
Method and apparatus using consumer idle time for productive activities |
| Oct-26-2004 |
An apparatus and method present to a consumer information during consumer idle periods. A signal indicating the start of idle time is used to present to the consumer various offers. The interactions are... |
| 6810384 |
Method and apparatus for sales volume and share decomposition |
| Oct-26-2004 |
Methods and systems for improved volume or share decomposition are described. A request for sales volume or share information for a particular product is sent to a database. The sales volume or share information... |
| 6809631 |
Data transmitting and receiving method and portable communication terminal apparatus |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A data transmitting and receiving method applied to a portable communication terminal apparatus which communicates with at least one destination and a ticket gate, the method comprising receiving a ticket... |
| 6804660 |
System method and article of manufacture for internet based affiliate pooling |
| Oct-12-2004 |
The present invention provides a method, system and computer program for affording Virtual Affiliates access to an existing affiliate system. First, having been assigned a unique identifier within a source... |
| 6804659 |
Content based web advertising |
| Oct-12-2004 |
According to the present invention, an internet target marketing system, method and computer program for distributing online advertising to viewers based upon the viewers' interests is provided. Specific... |
| 6804534 |
Method and device of communication through web page |
| Oct-12-2004 |
The present invention relates to a method of communication through web page and the device for the same. A cellular phone with a built-in modem is provided and there is a personal web page stored in the... |
| 6795809 |
Method and apparatus for logging system test data in a POS system |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being... |
| 6795710 |
Identifying client patterns using online location-based derivative analysis |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A method and system for targeting content (e.g., a service or an advertisement) according to location-based information derived from a mobile wireless transceiver device. Position information as a function... |
| 6795205 |
Third-party authorization for home-based printing |
| Sep-21-2004 |
Authorized transmission of print data from an internet application to a home access device having a printer connected thereto, the printer being serviced by a remote print server which controls data transmission... |
| 6792459 |
Verification of service level agreement contracts in a client server environment |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed to enable independent verification of service level agreement between two parties. In one embodiment, a first party contracts the hosting... |
| 6791588 |
Method for conducting a contest using a network |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A method for conducting a contest using a network is provided. A plurality of pick spaces, a virtual display fixture, and a plurality of virtual articles of commerce are displayed on the screen of a user... |
