| 6785659 |
Agent-based technique for implementing browser-initiated user-transparent interstitial web advertising in a client computer |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A technique for implementing in a networked client-server environment, e.g., the Internet, network-distributed advertising in which advertisements are downloaded, from an advertising server to a browser... |
| 6785671 |
System and method for locating web-based product offerings |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A search engine system assists users in locating web pages from which user-specified products can be purchased. Web pages located by a crawler program are scored, based on a set of rules, according to... |
| 6785421 |
Analyzing images to determine if one or more sets of materials correspond to the analyzed images |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A method of analyzing one or more images of a user to determine the likelihood of user interest in materials that can be sent for display to the user includes selecting one or more images by a user; automatically... |
| 6782409 |
Experience/sympathy information providing system |
| Aug-24-2004 |
Upon receiving a request for preparing a recommended CD list in Step S71, the experience/sympathy information providing server stores the member ID of the user requested a recommended CD list as remarkable... |
| 6782370 |
System and method for providing recommendation of goods or services based on recorded purchasing history |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A computer-implemented method and system utilizing a distributed network for the recommendation of goods and/or services to potential costumers based on a potential customer's selection of goods and/or... |
| 6779789 |
Method for identifying advertising forms for insertion into publications |
| Aug-24-2004 |
The present invention relates to a technique for accurately identifying advertising forms for insertion into different publications. In an implementation, the method includes providing the advertising... |
| 6778967 |
System and method of cross-selling products and increasing fuel sales at a fuel service station |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A system and method of cross-selling products and increasing fuel sales at a fuel service station. A price-per-unit (PPU) discount for fuel is associated with a purchase of a non-fuel product. A display... |
| 6775774 |
Optical card based system for individualized tracking and record keeping |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A self contained system for identifying and storing information pertaining to an individual, the information including biometric information about the individual, the information being stored on an optical... |
| 6775595 |
Energy-saving service offering method and apparatus therefor |
| Aug-10-2004 |
An energy saving service offering method and apparatus are provided, in which a present electric power consumption of a supervised load facility of a user, who owns the supervised load facility, including... |
| 6772132 |
Click based trading with intuitive grid display of market depth |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable... |
| 6772129 |
System and method for determining the effectiveness and efficiency of advertising media |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method for determining the relationship between historical media support levels, media cost or spending, product pricing and product sales that provides the relative effectiveness and efficiency of a... |
| 6769019 |
Method of background downloading of information from a computer network |
| Jul-27-2004 |
Information is conventionally downloaded from a computer network to a computer operated, by a user, such as when the user is surfing the Internet. Downloading of information is enhanced by downloading... |
| 6767213 |
System and method for assessing organizational leadership potential through the use of metacognitive predictors |
| Jul-27-2004 |
Disclosed is a system and method of assessing cognitive and metacognitive skills and leadership abilities used in the creative problem solving process central to leader effectiveness. The system and method... |
| 6766524 |
System and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs |
| Jul-20-2004 |
Described are methods and apparatus for encouraging viewers to pay attention to television programs, commercials in particular, by offering viewers some incentive to watch. In one embodiment, viewers are... |
| 6766301 |
Fraud deterred product and service coupons |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A membership user coupon program for printed and electronic coupons having built-in measures to deter fraud committed by a retailer and/or a consumer during the redemption and/or reimbursement of the coupon.... |
| 6766302 |
Method and apparatus for advertisement |
| Jul-20-2004 |
The invention provides methods for promoting ones business. According to one implementation, a promotional message is imprinted on the face of a charge card. According to another implementation, the promotional... |
| 6763924 |
Apparatus and method for changing currency |
| Jul-20-2004 |
Automated currency changing machine (10) accepts twenty dollar bills and dispenses a combination of dollar and non-cash items in exchange. Bill intake module (20) receives a bill and checks its value and... |
| 6763334 |
System and method of arranging delivery of advertisements over a network such as the internet |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A method and system of arranging advertisements on a network for a potential media owner or affiliate to sell ad space on a network media to an advertiser. The advertiser's conditions and the affiliate's... |
| 6757661 |
High volume targeting of advertisements to user of online service |
| Jun-29-2004 |
Disclosed is an ad server and local device that interface for selecting advertisements to be viewed by users of an online service based upon user activity. The local device preferably stores a targeted... |
| 6757662 |
Method and system for display advertisement qualification and notification |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A method and system is provided for triggering an advertisement for display via a computer network. One of a several part numbers is received from a user request. An advertisement to be displayed is triggered... |
| 6756997 |
Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information |
| Jun-29-2004 |
The present invention is an improvement over previous Electronic Programming Guides ("EPG") in that it provides, among other things: Improved viewer interaction capabilities with the EPG; improved viewer... |
| 6754636 |
Purchasing systems and methods wherein a buyer takes possession at a retailer of a product purchased using a communication network |
| Jun-22-2004 |
Purchasing systems and methods are provided wherein a buyer takes possession of a product at a retailer. A purchasing system may communicate with a buyer through a communication network to establish a... |
| 6748365 |
Method and system for redeeming product marketing rebates |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A system and method for processing product marketing rebate claims submitted by a consumer in satisfaction of a rebate offer, the consumer having purchased designated products in a qualified transaction... |
| 6741969 |
System and method for reducing excess capacity for restaurants and other industries during off-peak or other times |
| May-25-2004 |
A system and method for reducing excess capacity for restaurants and other industries during off-peak hours is provided. Customers or potential customers may bid on gift certificates redeemable at restaurants... |
| 6741968 |
Method for processing information through a clearinghouse |
| May-25-2004 |
A method for processing information through a clearinghouse wherein a rewards provider (2402) assembles the reward program information and forwards it to a store chain central office (2404) for implementation.... |
| 6735778 |
Method and system for providing home shopping programs |
| May-11-2004 |
The present invention includes a method and system for providing home shopping programs to a viewer. An exemplary method includes receiving personalized data from a viewer, generating a home shopping program... |
| 6735572 |
Buyer-driven targeting of purchasing entities |
| May-11-2004 |
A method for buyer-driven targeting comprising the steps of: separately receiving from each of a plurality of buyer entities a respective third party proof of purchase record; entering information contained... |
| 6732081 |
Method for providing price-per-unit discounts for fuel to a customer |
| May-4-2004 |
A method of providing multiple level, price-per-unit (PPU) discounts on gasoline to a customer who purchases at least one cross-marketed product. The customer is awarded a first PPU discount on the gasoline... |
| 6726633 |
Advertising method using automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus, and automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus having advertising function |
| Apr-27-2004 |
An advertising method, including the step of displaying, during a blood-pressure measuring operation of an automatic blood-pressure measuring apparatus including an inflatable cuff and a display device,... |
| 6725203 |
Method and system for advertisement using internet browser to insert advertisements |
| Apr-20-2004 |
An electronic advertisement method and system for an Internet browser with a book-like page-based flipping interface. Full pages of electronic advertisements are presented as needed on the computer screen... |
| 6722573 |
Apparatus and method for processing coded information stored in an integrated circuit card |
| Apr-20-2004 |
The present invention relates to a method and a device for processing coded information stored on an integrated circuit card. A system includes a card reader adapted to receive the integrated circuit card... |
| 6721743 |
Value points exchanging managing method among first and second business entities where value points available to on-line customer obtaining goods or services |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A customer-use terminal unit 20 managed by a customer transmits exchange instructing information, which instructs an exchange of valuable points obtained by the customer for communication points used for... |
| 6718343 |
Recycle managing system and recycle managing method |
| Apr-6-2004 |
A recycle managing system manages the payers and recycle points allocated to each payer in the case where the expenses for the recycle points restored to the consumers in response to returns of the recycle... |
| 6714975 |
Method for targeted advertising on the web based on accumulated self-learning data, clustering users and semantic node graph techniques |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A method for dynamically placing objects in slots on a web page in response to a current client request for the web page comprises the steps of classifying users into user groups based one or more user-characteristics,... |
| 6714917 |
Subscriber identification based on electronic program guide data |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A subscriber identification system is presented in which EPG related data including scrolling rates, paging rates, information screen viewing times, and manner and frequency of EPG activation are used... |
| 6714837 |
Coupon applicator and methods of applying coupon strips to grocery carts |
| Mar-30-2004 |
An incentive-based grocery cart washing and disinfecting system including a consumer special-offer coupon applying apparatus, for use in a batch or continuous process comprising a housing having at least... |
| 6709335 |
Method of displaying message in an interactive computer process during the times of heightened user interest |
| Mar-23-2004 |
A data processing system and method for executing a process for interacting with at least one user and displaying messages to the user at times of heightened user interest. |
| 6707999 |
Electronic image transmission service system |
| Mar-16-2004 |
A method for accomplishing an electronic image information transmitting service, comprising steps of: selecting by a second party whether or not to receive the electronic image information transmitting... |
| 6701350 |
System and method for web page filtering |
| Mar-2-2004 |
A system and method for Web page display filtering enables a user to selectively filter out sections of Web pages, such as banner ads or inappropriate material. The user may identify a section or a geometric... |
| 6701301 |
Advertisement using internet browser with book-like interface |
| Mar-2-2004 |
An electronic advertisement method and system for an Internet browser with a book-like page-based flipping interface. Full pages of electronic advertisements presented on the computer screen are possible... |
| 6697785 |
System, method and apparatus for coupon processing and booklet |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A coupon manager is provided including a front end, back end and a central processor for facilitating the processing and settlement of coupons. The coupons are received from customers at the front end... |
| 6697786 |
Integrated audiotext-internet personal ad services |
| Feb-24-2004 |
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering personal ad services which substantially eliminate or reduce the disadvantages and problems associated with prior systems that deliver... |
| 6694300 |
Method and apparatus for providing supplementary product sales to a customer at a customer terminal |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A system for providing supplementary product sales is provided in which a central controller, which may be operated by a credit card issuer, receives a purchase from a card authorization terminal. The... |
| 6691915 |
Electronic coupon system and method of processing electronic coupon card for storage and redemption |
| Feb-17-2004 |
An electronic coupon system and a method of processing electronic coupons are provided utilizing a coupon card on which data representing selected coupons may be stored for subsequent redemption at a point-of-sale... |
| 6691093 |
Multi-level marketing computer network server |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A server system for multi-level vending of any electronically transferable product through a communications network directly to a customer's computer. This server system (herein called a Sales Support... |
| 6687906 |
EPG with advertising inserts |
| Feb-3-2004 |
In one embodiment, the invention is a system and method for simultaneously displaying advertisements with an electronic program guide (EPG). The system displays television schedule information in rows... |
| 6687679 |
Method and apparatus for determining a progressive discount for a customer based on the frequency of the customer's transactions |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A system and method are disclosed for determining and applying a discount to a customer's transaction. The discount is of a progressive nature, wherein the value of a customer's discount increases if the... |
| 6684195 |
Method and system for selective incentive point-of-sale marketing in response to customer shopping histories |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A system and method is disclosed for customer promotion. A terminal enters a customer's identification code, along with customer transaction data, at the point-of-sale. A memory stores a database of previously... |
| 6684194 |
Subscriber identification system |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A subscriber identification system is presented in which subscriber selection data including channel changes, volume changes, and time-of-day viewing information is used to identify a subscriber from a... |
| 6684196 |
Beginning-to-end online automation of real estate transactions |
| Jan-27-2004 |
Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating a transaction corresponding to real property between a seller and a buyer via a network. A negotiation relating to the real property between the buyer... |
