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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,213,022 |
Enterprise content management network-attached system A method and system for providing services in an enterprise content management network attached system are provided, where the enterprise content management... |
| US-7,213,013 |
Method, apparatus, and system for remote client search indexing In one embodiment, a method is provided in which search indices are configured on a server. The search indices are associated with corresponding business... |
| US-7,213,001 |
Business method for acquisition of debtor real-estate and restructuring of
debt A method for restructuring the debt of a debtor who has an interest in a distressed property by a third party including the steps of comparing a present... |
| US-7,212,991 |
Method for optimizing a business transaction A system for coordinating business transactions between multiple vendors of consumer products, referred to herein as selling vendors and shipping vendors. This... |
| US-7,212,625 |
System and method for presenting queue lengths of various media used by
service centers There is provided, in a first form, a system and method for the holistic presentation of multiple media queue depths, which allows the customer to decide what... |
| US-7,212,574 |
Digital production services architecture Methods, units, systems, architectures and/or storage media for video and/or audio processing. An exemplary architecture includes one or more layers selected... |
| US-7,210,620 |
System for facilitating online electronic transactions The invention provides systems and methods within existing business and technology infrastructures and processes for facilitating an electronic transaction... |
| US-7,210,407 |
Wallpaper printing franchise method Franchising an on-demand wallpaper printing business comprises a number of steps. Franchisees are provided with an on-demand printer. The printer is built into a... |
| US-7,210,163 |
Method and system for user authentication and authorization of services An extended authorization system and method implementing a second layer of access authorization. The first layer of access authorization corresponds to... |
| US-7,209,946 |
Negotiated wireless peripheral security systems Methods, apparatus, and business techniques are disclosed for use in mobile network communication systems. A mobile unit such as a smart phone is preferably... |
| US-7,209,899 |
Management device, network apparatus, and management method A terminal management device manages the sharing by at the least one business entity of costs related to distributed terminal devices. In a case that a new... |
| US-7,207,008 |
Method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for interactive
notification of events A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for the interactive notification of events is provided. A notification client application program... |
| US-7,206,931 |
Aggressive content pre-fetching during pre-boot runtime to support speedy
OS booting A method and system for content pre-fetching during a processing system pre-boot runtime. First, it is determined when a processor of a processing system is in... |
| US-7,206,848 |
Intelligently classifying and handling user requests in a data service
system A data service system includes a server system. The server system includes a request processor that schedules external requests to be serviced by the server... |
| US-7,206,840 |
Dynamic frequency selection scheme for IEEE 802.11 WLANs Disclosed is a method and system for dynamically selecting a communication channel between an access point (AP) and a plurality of stations (STAs) in an IEEE... |
| US-7,206,758 |
Method, system and computer program product for identifying and
implementing collected privacy policies as... Parties involved in transacting business in an E-marketplace (E-marketplace participants) each identify and submit to the E-marketplace relevant characteristics... |
| US-7,206,751 |
Value chain optimization system and method The activities and interactions between participants in a collaborative business scenario are displayed as various views of polygons that are positioned to... |
| US-7,206,750 |
Method of assisting in forming plans of measures of management reforms and
system thereof The present invention provides a technique of assisting in forming plans of measures for management reforms, which are specific to an individual enterprise, and... |
| US-7,206,646 |
Method and apparatus for performing a function in a plant using process
performance monitoring with process... A process control system uses a data collection and distribution system and an asset utilization suite to collect data or information pertaining to the assets of... |
| US-7,204,415 |
Methods and systems for providing secondary address information Systems and methods maintain a database of recipient names and addresses where the delivery point addresses contain secondary address. Data that is stored in the... |
| US-7,204,259 |
Dishwasher operable with supply distribution, dispensing and use system
method An appliance supply distribution and dispensing system and method for distributing appliance supplies to a home or business and which involves a computerized... |
| US-7,203,953 |
Method and apparatus for two-way internet access over a CATV network with
channel tracking Internet access is provided over a digital cable television system using Internet protocol (IP) over MPEG digital video. Simultaneous Internet access and TV... |
| US-7,203,945 |
Import/export utility and a method of processing data using the same A method of processing data in a system including an utility, includes the steps of starting a session, selecting a file on a local drive or by URL, wherein the... |
| US-7,203,864 |
Method and system for clustering computers into peer groups and comparing
individual computers to their peers A method and system for identifying clusters of similarly-configured computers. The method, for example, comprises gathering system and business configuration... |
| US-7,203,839 |
Method for providing secure access to information held in a shared
repository A method for providing secure access to information held in a shared repository, for example to electronic business cards stored on a server. A data owner... |
| US-7,203,734 |
Methods and apparatus for selecting an insurance carrier for an online
insurance policy purchase Methods and apparatus for selecting an insurance carrier for an online insurance policy purchase are disclosed. A user at a client device, such as a personal... |
| US-7,203,670 |
Method and system for maintaining enhanced file availability A method and system for enhancing the availability of VSAM files is provided. According to one exemplary method performed by a batch program, a `1` file is... |
| US-7,203,663 |
System and method for converting information on paper forms to electronic
data The invention is a system and method for converting paper forms to electronic data. More specifically, a special purpose system and technique are described for... |
| US-7,203,624 |
Real-time database performance and availability change root cause analysis
method and system Root cause analysis of changes impacting database performance, availability and continuity to the underlying business may be performed. A system for doing so may... |
| US-7,203,572 |
System and method for distributing drink supply containers A beverage distribution and dispensing system and method for distributing drinks such as soda, juice and punch, to a home or business and which involves a... |
| US-7,203,485 |
System and method for deploying application program components having a
service sector A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an... |
| US-7,203,477 |
System and method for deploying application programs A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an... |
| US-7,202,816 |
Utilization of the approximate location of a device determined from
ambient signals The present invention employs approximate device locations determined from changes in the sensed strength of radio signals at different locations. In one... |
| US-7,200,720 |
System and method for efficiently performing memory intensive computations
including a bidirectional... A system and method for efficiently performing memory intensive computations including a bidirectional synchronization mechanism for maintaining consistency of... |
| US-7,200,693 |
Memory system and method having unidirectional data buses A memory system and method includes a unidirectional downstream bus coupling write data from a memory controller to several memory devices, and a unidirectional... |
| US-7,200,657 |
Autonomic provisioning of network-accessible service behaviors within a
federated grid infrastructure Methods, systems, computer program products, and a method of doing business are disclosed for autonomically provisioning network-accessible services in a... |
| US-7,200,632 |
Method and system for serving software applications to client computers A method and system for serving software applications to remote clients across the internet, for example, is disclosed that preferably utilizes standard, SMB... |
| US-7,200,575 |
Managing access to digital content Systems and methods of managing access to digital content are described. In one aspect, a novel digital content access management system enables users to... |
| US-7,200,566 |
Method and system for local wireless commerce A system and method of conducting commercial activities such as an auction in a rather localized area (such as a shopping mall). Potential consumers located in... |
| US-7,200,563 |
Ontology-driven information system An ontology-driven information system includes a plurality of models, each of which expresses an aspect of a business domain using concepts and relationships... |
| US-7,200,413 |
Methods and system for enhanced directory assistance using wireless
messaging protocols Directory assistance provides telephone number look up services to callers based on the business or caller name as listed in a telephone directory. In the prior... |
| US-7,200,210 |
Voice controlled business scheduling system and method A fully automated, voice controlled business appointment/reservation system is provided. The system has a natural language voice user interface that emulates a... |
| US-7,199,715 |
System and method for tracking ID tags using a data structure of tag reads A system and method of tracking tags at several successive points of a business process. A reader attempts to read each tag at each successive point. A processor... |
| US-7,197,893 |
Ice bag cover with apertures Covers, articles of manufacture, and methods useful in the creation of an ice bag device that is compact, not bulky, preferably washable, optionally disposable,... |
| US-7,197,592 |
Method for exchanging data between several stations In a method for exchanging data between several stations belonging to various data bus systems. The data bus systems are spatially and physically separate from... |
| US-7,197,569 |
Federated multiprotocol communication Methods, apparatus, and business techniques are disclosed for use in distributed communication systems comprising a plurality of communication protocols. In one... |
| US-7,197,482 |
Method and apparatus for customer storefront operations A method and apparatus for managing a decentralized part supply system via a wide area network. A supplier and a customer establish a secure area at the... |
| US-7,197,480 |
System and method for front end business logic and validation A hybird Notes/DB2 environment provides a requisition catalog on the Web. Client browsers are connected to a GWA infrastructure including a first network... |
| US-7,197,467 |
Method of providing visitation services between remotely located parties With the development of a business that will supply a bonded visitation specialist to visit a patient or confined individual and supply personal caring contact... |
| US-7,197,041 |
System and method for developing and executing a wireless application
gateway The invention provides a system and method that enables a business developer to develop and execute a Wireless Application Gateway (WAG) without programming or... |
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