| 6996540 |
Systems for switch auctions utilizing risk position portfolios of a plurality of traders |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A switch engine module receive interest rate risk portfolios from a plurality of traders, and for each prospective trader, provides available switches based on positions in other counterparty portfolios... |
| 6996539 |
Method and apparatus for enabling smaller investors or others to create and manage a portfolio of securities or other assets or liabilities on a cost effective basis |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A computer implemented method using aggregation for enabling a user to create and trade a plurality of market tradable assets or liabilities as a single, customizable investment portfolio. An embodiment... |
| 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... |
| 6993511 |
Electronic bartering system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A bartering system implements barters between a plurality of parties each having one or more classes of items available for barter. Preferably, barter orders are created by designating a selected quantity... |
| 6993504 |
User interface for semi-fungible trading |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A user interface and method are disclosed for providing trading between a plurality of semi-fungible and non-fungible goods. A plurality of book axes are displayed in a single interface, each book axis... |
| 6993503 |
System and method for allocating a conditional purchase offer for a travel related services reservation to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer driven electronic commerce system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system and method of allocating a conditional purchase offer for a product or service to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer-driven system. The conditional purchase offer for the product or service... |
| 6990467 |
Method, apparatus and program for pricing, transferring, buying, selling and exercising of freight cargo options on the World Wide Web |
| Jan-24-2006 |
An apparatus, method and program for determining the price of an option to pay for or sell cargo freight facility on the Internet and for facilitating the sale and exercise of those options including the... |
| 6988272 |
Object collaboration apparatus |
| Jan-17-2006 |
An object collaboration apparatus is driven by a message action relation, and can dynamically build a collaboration between objects using a bidding system. A task initiator object circulates a requesting... |
| 6988085 |
System and method for real-time electronic inquiry, delivery, and reporting of credit information |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system and method for providing electronic inquiry, delivery, and reporting of personal credit information to and from credit bureaus, preferably via the Internet. In the preferred embodiment, the system... |
| 6988083 |
Sales transactions for transfer of agricultural products |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A method for transacting exchanges of agricultural products involves observing the price of an agricultural product at observation points over a period of time. In one embodiment, a maximum price is specified.... |
| 6988082 |
Computerized systems and methods for facilitating the flow of capital through the housing finance industry |
| Jan-17-2006 |
Computerized systems and methods facilitate the flow of capital through the housing finance industry. A system for determining an interest rate quote and points for a mortgage loan that are specific to... |
| 6988081 |
Automated methods and apparatus for programmed periodic replenishment of principal with annual adjustment to future interest rates |
| Jan-17-2006 |
An automatic system for managing an initial finding amount maintains an initial structure divided between two term investment vehicles, and reinvests the maturities each new term to maintain the initial... |
| 6987578 |
Printer priority bidding scheme |
| Jan-17-2006 |
Printing priority is ascertained according to a bidding process that allows users to submit bids along with their print jobs. The printer orders the print jobs from highest to lowest bid. This allows individual... |
| 6985885 |
Systems and methods for pricing and selling digital goods |
| Jan-10-2006 |
Systems and methods are provided for pricing, selling, and/or otherwise distributing electronic content using auction mechanisms. A randomized auction mechanism is used to determine both the number of... |
| 6985883 |
Credit management for electronic brokerage system |
| Jan-10-2006 |
An anonymous trading system (FIG. 1) identifies the best bids and offers (QuoteSubmit, FIG. 3) from those counterparties (WS A1a1) with which each party (WS A1fb1,... |
| 6985882 |
Method and system for selling and purchasing media advertising over a distributed communication network |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A method and system for buying and selling media advertising units over a distributed communication network, such as the Internet, provides a server on network including a database containing information... |
| 6985881 |
Methods and apparatus for automated underwriting of segmentable portfolio assets |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A method of valuation of large groups of assets using an iterative and adaptive statistical evaluation to generate asset values is described. Individual asset values are developed and listed so that individual... |
| 6985880 |
Method of risk management and of achieving a recommended asset allocation and withdrawal strategy, and computer-readable medium, apparatus and computer program thereof |
| Jan-10-2006 |
The new and improved method and apparatus of the invention generates a hypothetical illustration of a distribution of possible portfolio values and withdrawal amounts for a designated time period. The... |
| 6985879 |
Systems and methods for facilitating group rewards |
| Jan-10-2006 |
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention a retailer may receive a request from a group of customers for a reward the group desires to earn by making purchases at the retailer.... |
| 6983260 |
Automated exchange system for trading orders having a hidden volume |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An automated exchange system for trading an order having a hidden volume. An order is received requesting a hidden volume trade. The automated exchange generates an open volume with a random/pseudo-random... |
| 6983259 |
Anonymous trading system |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An anonymous trading system has a clique of arbitrators which match orders from trader terminals and execute deals. One or more branches is attached to each arbitrator connecting trader terminals through... |
| 6983258 |
Trading information managing system and software including a community management function |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A trading information exchange system includes a gateway allowing access of suppliers and retailer workstations and retailer systems to a backbone sub-system. An application layer interacts with a work... |
| 6978263 |
System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A method for providing a search result list. The method includes receiving a search request from a searcher. In a database of search listings in which each search listing is associated with an advertiser... |
| 6978252 |
Method and system for transacting with network traffic |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A system and method for using targeted network traffic as payment-in-kind in exchange for rights to anything that may be connected to a network, such as network-connected computer hardware and copyrighted... |
| 6973440 |
Method of managing a deposit exchange to offer price reductions |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A business method which uses a computer program to establish and maintain a deposit exchange. Customers deposit money with the deposit exchange and register with clients of the deposit exchange to use... |
| 6973439 |
Computer network mediated financing method |
| Dec-6-2005 |
In a method for facilitating financing of new technology, a host computer is connected to a global computer network for receiving, over the network from remote computers, information describing purported... |
| 6973436 |
Method for transacting an advertisement transfer |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method for transacting an advertisement transfer from an advertisement distributor to a visitor, when a visitor visits a communication node, includes the steps of constructing a visitor profile and broadcasting... |
| 6970838 |
Methods and systems for online express ordering of goods and services |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A method of processing an online purchase request from a customer includes steps of receiving a first online purchase request for a first item; retrieving pre-stored information about the customer and... |
| 6968325 |
System and method for automatically adjusting merchandise pricing at a service-oriented interface terminal based upon the quantity of users present at the terminal |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A business method prompts users of electronic payment cards and automatically adjusts automobile fuel pricing based upon the number of passengers in a vehicle at a refueling station. When the driver stops... |
| 6968318 |
Computer method and system for intermediated exchanges |
| Nov-22-2005 |
In a preferred embodiment, this invention includes software processes distributed on one or more computer systems that exchange messages in order to facilitate an intermediated exchange of financial commodities... |
| 6968317 |
Method and apparatus for new accounts program |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A method for opening an on-line brokerage account includes the steps of opening an on-line brokerage account for a user based on account information received from the user, the on-line brokerage account... |
| 6965882 |
Method and system for seeking bids |
| Nov-15-2005 |
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to seeking auction bids via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an... |
| 6965878 |
Currency and credit rating system for business-to-business transaction |
| Nov-15-2005 |
This invention is a system to increase the profitability of businesses by facilitating transactions between members of trade exchanges. Global-Cash flexible currency is a currency made up of part cash... |
| 6965877 |
Brokering and facilitating consumer projects in an e-commerce system |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A method, system and program for brokering and facilitating consumer projects in an electronic system are provided. A buyer submits a project request to a broker system. The broker system distributes the... |
| 6963881 |
Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method and system of tracing an agricultural product relates to recording of at least one of planting information, growing information, harvesting information, chemical information, and weather information... |
| 6963856 |
Automated price improvement protocol processor |
| Nov-8-2005 |
Data processing systems and methods for managing transactions in auction-based trading of specialized items such as fixed income instruments are presented. The data processing system provides a highly... |
| 6963855 |
Apparatus and method for automated display of market activity |
| Nov-8-2005 |
Thermographs and top mover lists as displays of market motion. Displays for time-dependent information. Thermographs comprising display areas on computer screens, the display areas divided into cells,... |
| 6963854 |
Target pricing system |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A business process and computer system known as the "Target Pricing System" (TPS) that generates an optimum bid or value for a competitively bid good or service. The system is resident on one or more host... |
| 6963854 |
Target pricing system |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A business process and computer system known as the "Target Pricing System" (TPS) that generates an optimum bid or value for a competitively bid good or service. The system is resident on one or more host... |
| 6961756 |
Innovation management network |
| Nov-1-2005 |
An application allows employees to submit suggestions and ideas for improving how a company does business. A presently preferred embodiment of the invention supports multiple points of entry, which can... |
| 6954741 |
Computerized dispute resolution system and method |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method and system for automated dispute resolution is disclosed. The method and system are used in testing non-equal values in normal rounds for satisfaction of a condition. If the condition is not satisfied... |
| 6954733 |
Internet based computer system and method for component exchange |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A system and method for providing a computer component exchange in a network for executing buy orders for purchasing computer components is disclosed. A plurality of owner-processors are electrically connected... |
| 6952683 |
System and method for hedging against foreign exchange risk associated with securities transactions |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A method for hedging an investor against a currency risk associated with a purchase of a security having a value, the investor having purchased the security in a foreign currency and the investor desiring... |
| 6952682 |
System and method for matching multi-attribute auction bids |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A system and a method for matching multi-attribute auction bids are disclosed. A set of multi-attribute bids or bid values are collected from one or more buyers and one or more sellers. The set of bid... |
| 6950806 |
Sales transactions for transfer of commodities |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A method for transacting transfers of commodities involves observing the price of a commodity at several observation points over a period of time. In one embodiment, a maximum price is specified. For each... |
| 6947911 |
Method for making contract and system for processing contract |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A contracting method and system are arranged to obtain description data in which a description content presented by one of the concerned parties with a contract to the other is built or data for specifying... |
| 6947906 |
Method for conducting a computerized government auction |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The invention provides a method for conducting a computerized auction of government-held property that is subject to a tiered restriction process. The sale or transfer of a government-held asset can be... |
| 6947905 |
System and method for displaying planning information associated with a supply chain |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A system operating on at least one computer for displaying planning information associated with a supply chain includes an enterprise model, a planning engine, and a presentation interface. The enterprise... |
| 6947390 |
Method for the selection of transmission entities |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The invention relates to a method for selecting transmission entities for supporting services within and between networks. The problem of selecting a transmission entity, taking as well a plurality of... |
| 6944599 |
Monitoring and automatic notification of irregular activity in a network-based transaction facility |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method of filtering out item data in a report in network-based auction facilities. Data concerning multiple items is received in a database of a network-based auction facility. A price-based value is... |
