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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-6,980,941 |
Method and computer program product for realizing a system specification
which is described in a system... A system design support system is disclosed, which handles specifications at system level, e.g., a specification of software executed by a computer, ... |
| US-6,980,883 |
Chemical substance total management system, storage medium storing chemical
substance management program and... A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system... |
| US-6,980,812 |
System and method for providing a handheld unit to a mobile position device A method for facilitating a commercial transaction based on a current location of a mobile customer and a mobile merchant provides opportunity for commercial... |
| US-6,980,566 |
Method for routing data packets using an IP address based in GEO position Method of routing data over a network in which contact is made with a home network to determine the reported geo-position, using this geo-position to transmit... |
| US-6,978,939 |
Portable imaging device accessory for a personal data assistant A method and apparatus for providing a portable imaging device configured to associate information from a business card with a digital picture image. The... |
| US-6,978,476 |
Device and method of determining location of signal ingress The present invention comprises a device which may be attached to a cable ground block (62) such that the level and type for signal emitted through the upstream... |
| US-6,978,441 |
Rating apparatus and method for evaluating bugs A method of rating a bug, including reporting the bug to a business entity by an interested party, entering information regarding the bug into a database,... |
| US-6,978,423 |
Context based view design to support client side multi-threading A computer software system comprising a view sub-system including presentation objects which provide a user interface, a business logic sub-system including... |
| US-6,978,270 |
System and method for capturing and storing operational data concerning an
internet service provider's (ISP)... A computer implemented method of and apparatus for collecting and managing detailed data related to an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) operational environment... |
| US-6,978,253 |
Systems and methods for transacting business over a global communications
network such as the internet A business model/process is described for conducting business transactions over the Internet, allowing buyers to reduce the price of the selected product/service... |
| US-6,978,093 |
Free space optical communication network The present invention provides a method and network for communicating over free space links. The network includes a plurality of buildings, each housing at least... |
| US-6,977,999 |
Reverse charging system, reverse-charging service control apparatus, call
agent and reverse charging method A call agent(CA) connects a IP telephone and a public switching telephone on the basis of a called-destination telephone number which corresponds to received... |
| US-6,977,740 |
Method and system for centralized information storage retrieval and
searching A business method for centrally managing documents in a client server system. The business method is operable in a client-server system with a database, a voice... |
| US-6,977,114 |
Communication substrates having variably applied ferromagnetic material,
ferromagnetic composition and a system... The present invention relates generally to substrates intended for business and other communications such as marketing, advertising and personal communications... |
| US-6,976,163 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for rule based firmware
updates utilizing certificate extensions... Methods, systems, computer program products and business methods are provided which provide or utilize updates of firmware (i.e. data stored in a programmable... |
| US-6,976,010 |
Method for syndicating online content A method and system for making available syndicated content on-line from a variety of content providers while enforcing the exclusivity requirements for each of... |
| US-6,975,999 |
Methods and systems for managing business representative distributions A geographical distribution of business representatives is managed by their assignment to geographical units. The assignments are stored on a storage device and... |
| US-6,975,720 |
Method of processing an inbound call in a call center A method for call center to processing inbound call from a caller during a busy time is disclosed in which the caller will be assigned a place in the queue, an... |
| US-6,973,513 |
Method for efficient use of a transmit engine A method for providing efficient use of a transmit engine in transmitting packet directing information. In one embodiment, two linked lists are used to submit... |
| US-6,973,448 |
Method and system for providing service listings in electronic yellow pages A method and system for allowing a regional service merchant that is outside of a given geographical boundary, but services inside the geographical boundary, to... |
| US-6,973,440 |
Method of managing a deposit exchange to offer price reductions 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... |
| US-6,970,952 |
System uses internet electronic mail for communicating status of a
monitored device to a monitoring device A method and system for monitoring, controlling and diagnosing operation of a machine such as a business office machine including a facsimile machine, a copier,... |
| US-6,970,945 |
Systems and methods of message queuing An intelligent queue may be used to facilitate communication among a set business application programs. In one embodiment, the intelligent queue may interact... |
| US-6,970,871 |
System and method of sorting information based on a location of a mobile
station A system and method for locating the present location of a mobile station and sending consumer information to the mobile station sorted based on distance between... |
| US-6,970,847 |
Business method for secure document folder distribution A system, method, and computer readable medium for a business to securely distribute potentially large collections of document folders (180) to recipients (140).... |
| US-6,970,844 |
Flow designer for establishing and maintaining assignment and strategy
process maps A system, method and carrier medium for modeling a Financial Service Organization (FSO) business in a computer software program and for storing the model of the... |
| US-6,970,829 |
Method and system for skills-based planning and scheduling in a workforce
contact center environment A method of forecasting, allocating and scheduling in a single or multi-site skills-based contact or call center environment organized into a hierarchy of zero... |
| US-6,970,601 |
Form search apparatus and method Forms such as business forms used in banks and post offices are automatically classified using a form search apparatus and method. The method of classifying... |
| US-6,970,579 |
Orientation invariant feature detection system and method for unstructured
low-quality video A system and method for detecting features in video from business meetings and video teleconferencing systems can use color, motion, morphological (shape)... |
| US-6,970,544 |
Method and apparatus for caller ID system An apparatus and method are disclosed for accessing telephone or cellular originating central office equipment to control the disclosure of a calling party... |
| US-6,968,535 |
Service mapping method of enterprise application modeling and development
for multi-tier service environments A method for modeling an enterprise application to be performed over multiple tiers in a distributed computer system. The method includes generating a model,... |
| US-6,968,513 |
On-line localized business referral system and revenue generation system An online interactive system comprising a business referral and income generation system linked to one or more listed web sites of businesses in a particular... |
| US-6,968,453 |
Secure integrated device with secure, dynamically-selectable capabilities A method, system, computer program product, and method of doing business by providing a secure integrated device (such as a pervasive computing device) for which... |
| US-6,968,343 |
Methods and systems for integrating process modeling and project planning Methods and system consistent with the present invention provide a workflow modeling and project planning integration tool that allows a user to model a business... |
| US-6,968,336 |
Method for generating, organizing table codes either code is highest code
level or code is linked to parent... A business method for converting and storing classification data of existing codes having different number of levels and different number of digits in each level... |
| US-6,968,334 |
Method and business process to maintain privacy in distributed
recommendation systems A distributed recommendation system and method are disclosed that provides greater privacy for the user's private data. The method distributes the tasks of a... |
| US-6,968,325 |
System and method for automatically adjusting merchandise pricing at a
service-oriented interface terminal... 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... |
| US-6,968,316 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for producing narrative
financial analysis reports Systems, methods, and computer program products for generating a narrative financial analysis of a financial statement of a business entity are provided.... |
| US-6,968,314 |
Enhanced security features for an automated order fulfillment system A method is described for facilitating implementation of an automated system for transacting business, where the system users are subject to predetermined rules... |
| US-6,968,312 |
System and method for measuring and managing performance in an information
technology organization An IT measurement system is aligned with the IT organization's business goals by examining the IT organization's current state-of-affairs with respect to... |
| US-6,967,580 |
Emergency and disabled persons communication business model algorithm and
method and apparatus This invention is an algorithm and method and apparatus for communication in emergency situations and for persons who are disabled. The invention features unique... |
| US-6,967,277 |
Audio tone controller system, method, and apparatus Embodiments of the invention comprise a new device and technique to realize a utilization for providing a system, method, and apparatus for providing an improved... |
| US-6,965,957 |
Automatic cluster join protocol A method for new nodes to join a cluster in a serial sequence includes (a) a new node transmitting a first type of request to join the cluster and (b) the new... |
| US-6,965,938 |
System and method for clustering servers for performance and load balancing A hybrid Notes/DB2 environment provides a requisition catalog on the Web. Client browsers are connected to a GWA infrastructure including a first network... |
| US-6,965,914 |
Negotiated wireless peripheral 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-6,965,902 |
Method and apparatus for managing functions A method and apparatus for managing functions (e.g., that express business rules) to allow calling functions, maintaining functions, and providing of an... |
| US-6,965,886 |
System and method for analyzing and utilizing data, by executing complex
analytical models in real time A system and method for collecting, filtering, analyzing, distributing and effectively utilizing highly relevant events (such as key business events) in real... |
| US-6,965,872 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the sale of
commodity-like goods/services The invention provides systems and methods for facilitating the sale of commodity-like goods/services. The commodity-like goods/services at which the invention... |
| US-6,963,845 |
Business card as electronic mail authorization token The present invention provides a method of enabling a first user to obtain, using a business card of a second user, authority to transmit electronic mail to the... |
| US-6,963,826 |
Performance optimizer system and method Information is received from a plurality of CRM/SFA sources within an operating environment and is mapped to specific business processes. Transactional data,... |
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