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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,023,987 |
Method and apparatus for adapting a phone for use in network voice
operations An interface is provided between a conventional telephone and a conventional computer configured for network voice applications including a sound card and modem.... |
| US-7,023,976 |
Method and system for on-demand call waiting A method is provided for enabling a customer to activate a call waiting feature for a list of caller numbers specified by the user. Calls from numbers on the... |
| US-7,020,869 |
Business rules user interface for development of adaptable enterprise
applications Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for interacting with a user to define business rules in a declarative manner. The invention operates... |
| US-7,020,783 |
Method and system for overcoming denial of service attacks A system for handling denial of service attacks on behalf of a shared network resource. A request processing component deployed within a network, the request... |
| US-7,020,627 |
Material procurement system and a material procurement method A plurality of orderers with their own code systems procures materials from companies (supply companies) with which the orderers have business relations. In this... |
| US-7,020,164 |
System and method for special signaling with customer premises equipment A system and method are provided for special signaling with customer premises equipment. The system includes loop termination equipment coupled to a local loop... |
| US-7,019,634 |
Addressable location indicator apparatus and method An addressable location indicator apparatus and method for residential, commercial, and business locations which is capable of both local and remote activation,... |
| US-7,019,412 |
Power generation methods and systems A closed loop system for generating mechanical energy at high efficiencies. The system can have a heating source, a superheater, an expander, a receiver, an... |
| US-7,017,946 |
Integrated card and business form and method for making same A card and business form assembly and method for making same. The assembly includes a printable carrier sheet having a card that is releasably attached to the... |
| US-7,017,294 |
Wristband/cinch with inboard label assembly business form and method A business form particularly adapted for generalized use, although it may be used in a medical or hospital environment includes in a first embodiment a wristband... |
| US-7,017,293 |
Wristband/cinch with label assembly business form and method A business form particularly adapted for use in a medical or hospital environment includes in a first embodiment a wristband assembly that is readily separable... |
| US-7,017,142 |
Method and apparatus for applying business rules in an object model driven
context A means is provided for specifying, applying, and managing sets of temporary or permanent additions or modifications to the behavior of object-oriented programs... |
| US-7,017,109 |
E-service to manage contact information and signature ECards A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any... |
| US-7,017,006 |
System and method to enable efficient communication with a dynamic
information storage and retrieval system, or... An information storage and retrieval system (40) and method for operating same has a host device (42) and an information storage device (41), which includes mass... |
| US-7,016,867 |
Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom
article of footwear The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, stability, and running economy. Unlike... |
| US-7,016,866 |
System and method for assisting the buying and selling of property The invention provides systems and methods for assisting the buying and selling of properties. The invention serves as a single point of contact for sellers,... |
| US-7,016,864 |
Interactive upsell advisor method and apparatus for internet applications A web-based online store user interface enables custom configuration of a computer system according to identification of a user belonging to a prescribed... |
| US-7,016,858 |
Integrated supplier secondary characteristic reporting method Within a method for monitoring for a business a secondary characteristic of a supplier which supplies the business, there is first provided a reporting database... |
| US-7,016,854 |
Loyalty link method and apparatus with audio performance for integrating
customer information with dealer... A customer data capture system integrated with a dealership data management system allows customer and vehicle maintenance data to be exchanged between a kiosk... |
| US-7,015,950 |
Picture taking method and apparatus Method and apparatus is disclosed to enhance the quality and usefulness of picture taking and other image acquisition for pleasure or business purposes. In a... |
| US-7,013,388 |
Vault controller context manager and methods of operation for securely
maintaining state information between... Techniques for use in establishing a secure exchange of information between an end user and a server in a distributed network environment are provided in... |
| US-7,013,323 |
System and method for developing and interpreting e-commerce metrics by
utilizing a list of rules wherein each... A system, method and computer program product for developing and interpreting e-commerce metrics is disclosed. The method involves collecting pages that are... |
| US-7,013,112 |
Method, system and computer readable medium for making a business decision
in response to information from a... A method, system, and computer readable medium allows a short distance wireless network or networks to provide information to a telecommunication server, or... |
| US-7,011,401 |
Under-eye anti-glare sport tattoos A temporary under-eye anti-glare sport tattoo comprised of a solid dermatological composition with anti-glare properties. The composition forms a film that is... |
| US-7,010,725 |
Method and apparatus for getting dump of a computer system According to the present invention, as regards a computer system that uses virtual storage management, because content of auxiliary storage utilized by paging is... |
| US-7,010,596 |
System and method for the allocation of grid computing to network
workstations In a network of workstations implementing a grid for sharing workstation resources while maintaining local workstation workloads, grid workloads are assigned to... |
| US-7,010,523 |
System and method for online analytical processing A system and method for analyzing data is described, in which an application programming interface (API) is provided to permit an online analytical processing... |
| US-7,010,518 |
System and method for user defined data object hierarchy The invention provides a configuration tool to allow a user to build a custom-selected data object hierarchy, for business intelligence or other purposes. Under... |
| US-7,010,496 |
Supplier performance reporting A system and method is provided for improved reporting of supplier performance. A system receives and processes data to enable reporting of on-time performance... |
| US-7,010,104 |
Pre-biller capability in enhanced charging collection function (CCF)
applications This invention relates to a method and apparatus for charging and billing of Circuit Switch, Packet Switch, and IP Multimedia Subsystems in third generation... |
| US-7,010,002 |
Broadband network with enterprise wireless communication method for
residential and business environment The present invention sets forth a network-centric service distribution architecture and method that integrates a wireless access system/service in the... |
| US-7,008,300 |
Advanced wafer refining A refining apparatus having magnetically responsive refining elements that can be smaller than the workpiece being refined are disclosed. The refining apparatus... |
| US-7,007,266 |
Method and software system for modularizing software components for
business transaction applications A system for modularizing a business application, the system including a computer having a first computer-readable medium encoded with a browser and an... |
| US-7,007,088 |
Method and apparatus for providing an E-business audit trail in a
distributed computing system A system, apparatus, and a method of memorializing an e-business audit trail are described. As a method, if a message is to be sent to a subscriber by a message... |
| US-7,007,068 |
Systems and methods for managing contact information A service provider maintains a database with subscribers' updated contact information, such as address book entries and other personal and business information.... |
| US-7,007,020 |
Distributed OLAP-based association rule generation method and system A distributed OLAP-based method and system for generating association rules. An architecture is provided for processing transaction data to generate summary... |
| US-7,006,992 |
Risk assessment and management system A method of analyzing and presenting a series of risk factors associated with the operation of a business, such as a bank. Quantifiable risk factors are... |
| US-7,006,980 |
Method and system for selecting optimal commodities based upon business
profile and preferences A system and method for assisting a customer in choosing among commodities based on a business profile of the customer that includes asking the customer for a... |
| US-7,006,883 |
Production system for composite product and production method for
manufacturing of same To provide a product development and manufacturing system to be used in the increasingly competitive electronic equipment market, which enables the process from... |
| US-7,003,781 |
Method and apparatus for correlation of events in a distributed
multi-system computing environment A method and system is disclosed for monitoring an operation of a distributed data processing system. The system can include a plurality of applications running... |
| US-7,003,565 |
Clickstream data collection technique Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by improving collection of clickstream data in network exchanges comprising a... |
| US-7,003,517 |
Web-based system and method for archiving and searching participant-based
internet text sources for customer... A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead... |
| US-7,003,090 |
Method of establishing a communication channel to intelligent support for
ebusiness applications The present invention relates to method and system for providing online information in a networked user environment in which an end-user runs an application... |
| US-7,003,083 |
Selectable audio and mixed background sound for voice messaging system Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by selectably mixing one or more sound files with a telephone caller's voice message,... |
| US-7,002,903 |
Automatic verification of Walsh code orthogonality A method of verifying that a CDMA code allocator maintains mutual orthogonality between all concurrently busy codes includes the steps of identifying a code... |
| US-7,000,041 |
Method and an apparatus to efficiently handle read completions that
satisfy a read request A method and an apparatus to combine and to send data dynamically are presented. The method comprises receiving data that partially satisfies a read request from... |
| US-6,999,964 |
Support for domain level business object keys in EJB A method, system and program product for providing domain level business object keys in Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) applications. An instance of an EntityBean... |
| US-RE38,976 |
Method of labeling a package A business form is provided which is particularly useful in shipping products where certain preprinted information can be provided and then individualized... |
| US-6,996,589 |
System and method for database conversion A database conversion engine comprising a method and system to convert business information residing on one system to another system. A generic, extensible,... |
| US-6,996,423 |
Portable information terminal and information transmitting method The disclosed invention provides a portable information terminal making it possible to easily transmit a plurality of kinds of information. The portable... |
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