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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-6,938,003 |
Method and apparatus for a credibility reporting system to augment an
online exchange A method and apparatus for capturing trade-action data pertaining to credibility of participants, across multiple independent electronic marketplaces, in an... |
| US-6,937,993 |
System and method for processing and tracking telecommunications service
orders A system and method for tracking and processing Service Orders for a telecommunications company. Workflows are used to model business procedures used for... |
| US-6,937,708 |
Telephone service method and telephone service apparatus A telephone service method and apparatus for providing a business advertisement to a caller of a telephone, comprising receiving a request for line connection... |
| US-6,937,588 |
System and method for providing wireless application protocol service
through internet A method is provided for providing wireless application protocol (WAP) service in which a content server on the Internet performs data processing at a wireless... |
| US-6,934,692 |
On-line interactive system and method for transacting business The present invention includes a method for transacting business over a network between multiple buyers and sellers. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention... |
| US-6,934,690 |
System and method for extension of group buying throughout the internet A method and system are provided that enable partner sites to join in the sale of products/services via a PowerBuy business method. A seller registers a list of... |
| US-6,934,687 |
Computer architecture and method for supporting and analyzing electronic
commerce over the world wide web for... A computer system that supports and analyzes Internet and/or electronic commerce data includes at least one user station transmitting a user request, and at... |
| US-6,934,684 |
Voice-interactive marketplace providing promotion and promotion tracking,
loyalty reward and redemption, and... The invention provides a system, method, and business model for an information system and service having business self-promotion, promotion and promotion... |
| US-6,934,532 |
Communication systems, components, and methods operative with programmable
wireless devices A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an... |
| US-6,933,832 |
Automated receiving and delivery system and method A system and method uses an appliance for delivery at a home or business when no one is home or without the need to disturb persons at the delivery site. The... |
| US-6,931,526 |
Vault controller supervisor and method of operation for managing multiple
independent vault processes and... A vault controller manages resources in a secure environment or vault dedicated to an authorized user(s) for conducting electronic business in a distributed... |
| US-6,931,387 |
Method and system for ergonomic assessment and reduction of workplace
injuries A method and system for facilitating resolution of engineering and business issues is provided which comprises an issue component for identifying the issues to... |
| US-6,931,270 |
Method and system for conducting medical imaging transactions Method and system for remotely conducting medical imaging transactions conducive to meeting the individualized imaging needs of a plurality of users are... |
| US-6,931,107 |
Systems and methods for per use busy message A calling party calls a called party and leaves a message on a voice messaging system after receiving a busy status if the calling party is willing to pay to... |
| US-6,928,544 |
Method and apparatus for securing mailing information for privacy
protection in on-line business-to-customer... A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions in a data processing system for shipping an item. The system includes receiving an encrypted address... |
| US-6,928,493 |
System using 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-6,928,487 |
Computer system, method, and business method for automating
business-to-business communications An apparatus, method, and method for doing business allows two business partners to communicate with each other in an architected manner. A first company... |
| US-6,925,482 |
Archival database system for handling information and information transfers
in a computer network The present invention provides a system and method allowing businesses to send electronic messages, or other information, to conduct business over a digital... |
| US-6,925,454 |
Methodology for creating and maintaining a scheme for categorizing
electronic communications Supervised learning is used to develop a computer program that can automatically route or respond to electronic communications assuming the existence of an... |
| US-6,925,441 |
System and method of targeted marketing A system and method of targeted marketing to consumers, including businesses and associates, based upon the financial characteristics of the consumer, type offer... |
| US-6,925,288 |
Gathering information from short-range wireless portals Businesses may offer their services not only through internet websites but also by short-range wireless portals (51A,B,C) intended to catch passers-by; indeed,... |
| US-6,925,160 |
System and method for managing cellular telephone accounts A computer implemented system and method of allocating costs of wireless telephone usage. Billing and usage information is received from at least one wireless... |
| US-6,922,687 |
Closed loop asset management process A method and system for managing assets used in business. A central computer database has records of tracked items identified by a unique identifying code. A... |
| US-6,922,686 |
Database integration management method and apparatus and processing
program, medium therefor The technology includes the steps of: associating material-object identification code identifying each individual material object with material-object... |
| US-6,922,652 |
Automated quality assurance method and apparatus and method of conducting
business The present invention provides a dynamic continuous and/or semi-continuous and/or static product measurement characterizing and identifying system and apparatus... |
| US-6,922,595 |
Selecting control algorithms based on business rules A method and apparatus is provided for selecting control algorithms based on business rules. The method comprises processing a workpiece using a processing tool.... |
| US-6,920,557 |
System and method for wireless user interface for business machines A method and system for providing external user interfaces is described. In one configuration a co-located external processor and a business machine negotiate a... |
| US-6,920,474 |
Method and system for enterprise business process management An enterprise business process management system and method for definition and execution of business processes formed from portions of one or more business... |
| US-6,920,122 |
Control method of channel assign A control method of assigning a channel so as to cope flexibly with voice and high speed data communication services having different transmission rates in... |
| US-6,917,678 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring telephonic members and providing
directory assistance Telephone users desiring directory assistance services are connected via standard telephone procedures to a directory assistance provider, such as an operator.... |
| US-6,915,449 |
Method and apparatus for performing emergency shutdown of a malfunctioning
computer system saving all open... A method is disclosed for operating a digital data processing system, as is a digital data processing system that operates in accordance with the method. The... |
| US-6,915,342 |
Method and system for maintaining the business office appliance through log
files A method and system for monitoring a business office appliance by a remote service center using logs that are transferred to the remote service center. When the... |
| US-6,915,337 |
Method and system for updating the device driver of a business office
appliance A method, system and program product for implementing communication to download a driver to a target device or business office appliance using an electronic... |
| US-6,915,272 |
System and method of secure payment and delivery of goods and services A system, method and computer program for ordering, paying for and delivering goods and services from a content provider to a user which assures the content... |
| US-6,915,270 |
Customer relationship management business method A loyalty suite business method is described for building profitable customer relationships. The method is based on a combination of Customer Relationship... |
| US-6,915,262 |
Methods and apparatus for performing speech recognition and using speech
recognition results Techniques for generating, distributing, and using speech recognition models are described. A shared speech processing facility is used to support speech... |
| US-6,914,961 |
Speed binning by neural network A method of allocating subscriber lines in a telecommunications network into speed bins. With the method, more intelligent business actions can then be taken in... |
| US-6,912,551 |
System and method for binding processes in an e-commerce HUB A system and method for binding processes in an e-commerce HUB are present. The e-commerce HUB manages transaction processes between trading partners by tracking... |
| US-6,912,502 |
System and method for compliance management A system and method for use in compliance management is disclosed. Various compliance requirements and issues may be identified for business process and... |
| US-6,910,627 |
Smart card systems and electronic ticketing methods Disclosed is an electronic ticketing system (100, 200) and method (60) utilizing a smart card (31) The smart card can be loaded with pre-purchased tickets which... |
| US-6,910,023 |
Method of conducting secure transactions containing confidential,
financial, payment, credit, or other... A method for enabling an individual, business, or other entity to exchange confidential information or to make purchases or conduct financial or other... |
| US-6,909,795 |
Communicating computer-aided detection results in a standards-based medical
imaging environment A method, system, and method of doing business in a standards-based medical imaging environment is described in relation to the communication of computer-aided... |
| US-6,908,107 |
Off-road vehicle safety cage structural member attachment apparatus and
method A connector for securely attaching two or more structural members such as metal tubing without requiring welding upon installation and an off-road vehicle... |
| US-6,907,410 |
Transportation crew dispatch method based on single day business A transportation crew dispatch method is disclosed. A plurality of initial samples is generated at first. Each initial sample includes a two dimensional... |
| US-6,907,254 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a quiet zone for wireless units In an IP-based cellular wireless communication system, systems and methods for spatially controlling cellular phone usage are provided. Entry of a cellular phone... |
| US-6,906,709 |
Visualizing security incidents in a computer network A method of visualizing the impact of security flaws or breaches in a network. A 3-D visualization tool that simulates 3-D space on a monitor interfaces with a... |
| US-6,904,593 |
Method of administering software components using asynchronous messaging in
a multi-platform, multi-programming... A method for performing life cycle management of business software applications and their components across a multiple-platform, multiple-language network. The... |
| US-6,901,595 |
Method, apparatus, and system for implementing a framework to support a
web-based application According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided to support a web-based application. The system comprising a set of server-side objects... |
| US-6,901,429 |
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-6,901,408 |
Method of structuring a catalog The present invention relates to a method and system for electronic management of data, which can be represented in a directed graph according to an entity... |
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