| 7043760 |
System and method for establishing and managing relationships between pseudonymous identifications and memberships in organizations |
| May-9-2006 |
A system and method for bonding a pseudonymous identity to an organization to provide assurance that a user claiming to be a member or representative of the organization may anonymously post messages or... |
| 7035404 |
Method and apparatus for shuffle with proof, method and apparatus for shuffle verification, method and apparatus for generating input message sequence and program for same |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A shuffle with proof having a method for proof generating with small computational resources proportionate to the number of input encrypted messages and a corresponding method for verification. Shuffle... |
| 7032821 |
Precinct voting system |
| Apr-25-2006 |
An electronic voting system includes a controller and one or more voting stations. The voting stations each have a liquid crystal display that is electronically configurable to present voters with ballot... |
| 6997383 |
Electronic voting system and method of preventing unauthorized use of ballot cards therein |
| Feb-14-2006 |
An electronic voting system includes a ballot card, accepting apparatus, and at least one voting apparatus. The accepting apparatus issues a ballot card in accordance with a vote acceptance request. The... |
| 6993496 |
Method and system for determining market demand based on consumer contributions |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The present invention provides a method and a system to determine a market need before any monies are spent to produce and commercialize an artist. A method and system for determining the market demand... |
| 6991161 |
Electronic voting apparatus, system and method |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The invention is a method, system, programmed processor and a program stored on a storage medium used for providing voter confirmation that electronically cast ballots have been properly registered. A... |
| 6973581 |
Packet-based internet voting transactions with biometric authentication |
| Dec-6-2005 |
Internet voting or other Internet transaction comprises transmitting three information packets via the Internet. At least one information packet includes an identifier that is authenticated, such as a... |
| 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... |
| 6964372 |
Conference-table-based wired information system |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A table-based wired information system includes a table having a plurality of actual positions designed to receive people and a monitor positioned so as to be observed by people at any of the plurality... |
| 6959281 |
Digital computer system and methods for conducting a poll to produce a demographic profile corresponding to an accumulation of response data from encrypted identities |
| Oct-25-2005 |
Computer-aided methods (making and using), along with a corresponding machine, article of manufacture, and data structures, is provided for conducting a poll with high reliability to produce a demographic... |
| 6952678 |
Method, apparatus, and manufacture for facilitating a self-organizing workforce |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A system, method, and apparatus for facilitating a self-organizing workforce of one or more workers through payment and recognition incentives, a set of configurable operating rules, and a set of credentials... |
| 6950948 |
Verifiable, secret shuffles of encrypted data, such as elgamal encrypted data for secure multi-authority elections |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A cryptographic process permits one to verifiably shuffle a series of input data elements. One or more authorities or individuals "shuffle," or "anonymize" the input data (e.g. public keys in discrete... |
| 6947966 |
System and method for influencing dynamic community shared elements of audio, video, and text programming via a polling system |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A system and method for interactively affecting the course of a program or programming content. Viewer purchase electronic tokens which can be used to vote on the sequence of content in a broadcast whether... |
| 6942142 |
Voting ballot, voting machine, and associated methods |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A voting ballot is provided that comprises a number of selection areas positioned thereon. The voting ballot also includes a ballot specification embodied in a two dimensional bar code and a number of... |
| 6935561 |
Method for carrying out votes, referendums and polls and system for the implementation thereof |
| Aug-30-2005 |
Method and apparatus with data collection and preprocessing subsystems interconnected by a network, carry out open and secret votes, referenda and public opinion polls. A payment system with communication... |
| 6873966 |
Distributed network voting system |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A secure election system provides a downloadable ballot viewer object for the casting of ballots. The ballot viewer object authenticates the user, permits user interaction in the casting of ballots, seals... |
| 6865543 |
Vote certification, validation and verification method and apparatus |
| Mar-8-2005 |
An election apparatus for voter certification, validation and verification of voting, providing a voting device for receiving from a voter a vote for at least one ballot selection in an election and a... |
| 6845447 |
Electronic voting method and system and recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing the method |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A voter V.sub.i encrypts his vote content v.sub.i with a public key k.sub.PC of a counter C, then concatenates the encrypted vote content x.sub.i with a tag t.sub.i to obtain a ballot z.sub.i, then randomizes... |
| 6827262 |
Portable voting booth |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A portable voting booth may be placed into a closed configuration for transportation and storage where a bivalve case closes to seal an electronic voting device |
| 6817515 |
Verifiable voting |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A method of verifiable voting includes receiving election selections, producing a receipt representation of the election selections, the receipt having a unique receipt number for a voter and publishing... |
| 6813354 |
Mixing in small batches |
| Nov-2-2004 |
A highly efficient mix network for small numbers of inputs is provided. Four data messages would be a typical number of inputs. The structure of sorting/permutation networks is used to permute the input.... |
| 6801900 |
System and method for online dispute resolution |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A system for performing dispute resolution comprising a computer, a communications link between the computer and the Internet and an active issue database, accessible by the computer, containing a plurality... |
| 6799723 |
Automated voting system |
| Oct-5-2004 |
An automated voting system comprising single or multiple voting stations for controlling and being a voting station simultaneously. The voting system includes an integrated pointing device with graphical... |
| 6779727 |
Voter ballots and authentication system |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A system includes a plurality of political election ballots, each with a unique, machine readable, serial voter verification number. A receipt is associated with each ballot with the same individual serial... |
| 6769613 |
Auto-verifying voting system and voting method |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A voting system provides for a computer-prepared and computer-printed election ballot generated by input from the voter, and provides for auto-verification whereby the voter has the opportunity and the... |
| 6754348 |
System and method for determining winner |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A system and method for determining winner is capable of keep all of the voting contents secret with permitting only determination of winning or losing, and further permitting the third party to verify... |
| 6722562 |
Method for accurate and secure voting |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A method for secure, electronic, distributed voting using existing automated teller machines (ATMs), comprising issuing each voter an access card that can be read by an ATM and a personal identification... |
| 6607389 |
Systems and methods for making jury selection determinations |
| Aug-19-2003 |
A method provided for conducting a mock trial exercise in a lawsuit utilizes an attorney for a first party and an attorney for a second, opposing party. An initial pool of potential mock jurors is assembled... |
| 6590966 |
Interactive voting method |
| Jul-8-2003 |
An interactive method of voting wherein the voter is issued a voter-specific identification code which allows the voter to call an interactive telephone system which asks the voter questions and then checks... |
| 6550675 |
Direct vote recording system |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A Direct Vote Recording System (DVRS) (10) has three primary components, Personal Computer (PC) (100) which runs an Election Management System (EMS), Direct Vote Recording Machine (DVRM) (300) and a Smart... |
| 6317833 |
Practical mix-based election scheme |
| Nov-13-2001 |
In an improved election process, a voter constructs his or her vote message (potentially padded with a random string) and encrypts it. The voter then signs the encrypted vote and posts the signed, encrypted,... |
| 6311190 |
System for conducting surveys in different languages over a network with survey voter registration |
| Oct-30-2001 |
A system for conducting surveys to voters in multiple different languages and registering voters is provided over a network, such as the Internet. The system includes a programmed computer system representing... |
| 6260019 |
Web-based prediction marketplace |
| Jul-10-2001 |
A method and apparatus for facilitating electronic commerce between suppliers of predictions and consumers of predictions. Suppliers provide their predictions on the outcomes of future events in one or... |
| 6243740 |
Public interactive document |
| Jun-5-2001 |
The present invention provides a method and system of publicly co-creating a narrative document by parallel and on-going communication of a plurality of signals comprising public reactions to portions... |
| 6240393 |
Aggregating and pooling weight loss information in a communication system with feedback |
| May-29-2001 |
The invention provides a method and system for aggregating and pooling information with feedback in a computer communication system. A communication system includes a server device and a set of client... |
| 6125340 |
System for determining the probability that items of evidence prove a conclusion |
| Sep-26-2000 |
A system for determining whether items of evidence prove a conclusion based upon user input data. The software of the present invention interrogates a user to receive characteristic information about the... |
| 6092051 |
Secure receipt-free electronic voting |
| Jul-18-2000 |
A number-theoretic based algorithm provides for secure receipt-free voting. A vote generating center generates a choice of votes for each voter or vote chooser. The votes are encrypted, shuffled, and conveyed... |
| 6081793 |
Method and system for secure computer moderated voting |
| Jun-27-2000 |
A method and system is provided for improved electronic voting. The system optionally allows paper type ballots to be utilized. A plurality of cryptographic routines are utilized in a distributed data... |
| 6078902 |
System for transaction over communication network |
| Jun-20-2000 |
A method for conducting transaction between first user and a remote second user interlinked through a communication network, by utilizing also a clearing office interlinked to the network. The clearing... |
| 6021200 |
System for the anonymous counting of information items for statistical purposes, especially in respect of operations in electronic voting or in periodic surveys of consumption |
| Feb-1-2000 |
The system includes a plurality of decision units, at least one verification unit, and at least one counting unit, the units being functionally and structurally separate from each other. Each decision... |
| 6018346 |
Freeform graphics system having meeting objects for supporting meeting objectives |
| Jan-25-2000 |
Meeting support objects for supporting meeting objectives for use in a freeform graphics system. Meeting support objects are representations of dynamic information that is used to support various common... |
| 6006194 |
Computer-implemented system for controlling resources and policies |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A computer-implemented system that can be implemented in human and machine societies to control resources, services, and policy includes issuing tokens to originators in exchange for commissions to be... |
| 5884282 |
Automated collaborative filtering system |
| Mar-16-1999 |
An automated collaborative filtering (ACF) system for recommending at least one item to a first user based on similarity in preference of the user as compared with other users. The ACF system stores rating... |
| 5878399 |
Computerized voting system |
| Mar-2-1999 |
A computerized voting system has a central computer, regional computers and voting modules connected to a data transfer link for communication with one another. The voting modules access the central computer... |
| 5875432 |
Computerized voting information system having predefined content and voting templates |
| Feb-23-1999 |
A computerized voting information system that encompasses one or more voting stations, at least one tabulation center and certification center, and a plurality of voters so as to automatically verify,... |
| 5758325 |
Electronic voting system that automatically returns to proper operating state after power outage |
| May-26-1998 |
An electronic voting system (20) includes a central judges station (22) having a detachable flash memory cartridge (42) for use in storing election data. The data contents of the memory cartridge (42)... |
| 5758097 |
System for voting stock component interests |
| May-26-1998 |
A data processing system for processing the voting of partial stock interests via equity components comprising computer means for calculating and storing component factors for equity component interests... |
| 5732222 |
Election terminal apparatus |
| Mar-24-1998 |
An election terminal apparatus includes an integral-type display/input unit constituted by a liquid crystal display unit and a tablet unit for input data. The display unit displays a first screen including... |
| 5682428 |
Personal access management system |
| Oct-28-1997 |
A multi-component system for linking a user to a product or service provider includes a user processing device, a storage device, and a provider device. The storage device stores provider-specific application... |
| 5612871 |
Quality monitored distributed voting system |
| Mar-18-1997 |
A quality monitoring system can detect certain system faults and fraud attempts in a distributed voting system. The system uses decoy voters to cast predetermined check ballots. Absent check ballots can... |
