Easy To Use Patents Search & Patent Lawyer Directory
At Patents you can conduct a Patent Search, File a Patent Application, find a Patent Attorney, or search available technology through our Patent Exchange. Patents are available using simple keyword or date criteria. If you are looking to hire a patent attorney, you've come to the right place. Protect your idea and hire a patent lawyer.
Searching: business methods
Search by keyword, patent number, inventor, assignee, city or state:
| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,072,934 |
Method and apparatus for a business applications server management system
platform The present invention provides a system and method for integrating disparate business applications, and managing the applications processes in a hardware... |
| US-7,072,892 |
Business model for recovery of missing goods, persons, of fugitives or
disbursements of unclaimed goods using... A method and apparatus using the worldwide web portal site to provide, publish and maintain a database for missing/stolen items and missing persons/fugitives.... |
| US-7,072,886 |
Method and business process to maintain privacy in distributed
recommendation systems A distributed recommendation system and method provides greater privacy for user's private data. Tasks of a recommendation system are distributed between... |
| US-7,072,857 |
Method for providing online submission of requests for proposals for
forwarding to identified vendors An online system and method for allowing a prospective buyer to complete an electronic RFP document and to have the RFP document transmitted to one or more... |
| US-7,072,630 |
Adaptive data rate determination for a reverse link communication in a
communication system A method and apparatus for determining the data rate of a reverse link communication of an access terminal includes receiving a reverse activity bit (RAB) from... |
| US-7,072,455 |
Online method and apparatus for the interactive creation of custom prepaid
virtual calling cards A prepaid virtual calling card, specifically for providing users (consumers and business affiliates) with an on-line method and apparatus to create custom... |
| US-7,072,408 |
Method and system for using power lines for signaling, telephony and data
communications The present invention provides a burst mode power line data network system having at least one burst mode power line transmitter (BMPLT) and at least one burst... |
| US-7,069,551 |
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-7,069,278 |
System for archive integrity management and related methods A system for archive integrity management and related methods are disclosed. The invention includes one or more integrity manager applications, each of which... |
| US-7,069,232 |
System, method and computer program product for short-range weather
adapted, business forecasting A system, method and computer program product for short-term forecasting of future retail performance are described herein. The system includes a Web-based... |
| US-7,069,231 |
Methods and systems for defining, applying and executing customer care
relationship plans A computer-implemented method for managing a plurality of customer relationship plans may include a step of collecting profile check values from a database of... |
| US-7,068,630 |
Method for measuring load between MCDN devices for use in determining path
with optimal throughput In a packet communication system having a plurality of independently operating nodes which have limited available communication time and which are capable of... |
| US-7,065,983 |
Adhesive ice bag device Ice bag covers, methods, and articles of manufacture useful in the creation of a adhesive, non-constrictive ice bag device that is compact and can be attached to... |
| US-7,065,566 |
System and method for business systems transactions and infrastructure
management The system and method for business systems transactions and infrastructure management includes a client side collection system and a server side system having... |
| US-7,065,508 |
System and method for operating a licensing server A method and apparatus of encouraging distribution, registration, and purchase of free copyable software and other digital information which is accessed on a... |
| US-7,065,493 |
Workflow system and method A network-enabled workflow system is used in conjunction with a rules-based search engine to provide an easy-to-use interface to build workflow processes that... |
| US-7,065,070 |
Method and system for establishing a voice communication service for
business transactions and commerce... A method and a system for establishing a self-owned and self-managed network-based voice communication solution (VCS) for supporting business transactions and... |
| US-7,063,643 |
Physical training machine operation system and method The physical training machine operation system of the present invention is adapted to inexpensively provide up-to-date exercise programs making use of results of... |
| US-7,062,783 |
Comprehensive enterprise network analyzer, scanner and intrusion detection
framework A system and associated method and computer program product are provided for providing business rule-based network services utilizing a network. Initially,... |
| US-7,062,676 |
Method and system for installing program in multiple system It is an object of the present invention to allow easy upgrading of the version of the OS in a failover cluster system. When the user mounts a storage medium 4... |
| US-7,062,656 |
Method for providing secure access to information held in a shared
respiratory 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-7,062,472 |
Electronic contracts with primary and sponsored roles Computer-based methods and systems are provided for constructing, deploying, executing and managing the performance of electronic contract based service... |
| US-7,062,437 |
Audio renderings for expressing non-audio nuances Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by adapting audio renderings of non-audio messages (for example, e-mail messages that... |
| US-7,061,629 |
Customized form output apparatus and method In a unitary business machine with a top, bottom, front, back and two sides, a customized form output apparatus includes an electronic data storage device for... |
| US-7,058,581 |
System and method of distributing and returning products The present invention comprises a product distribution and return system which includes a return mailer dispensed with a product from a vending machine. The... |
| US-7,058,208 |
Method and apparatus of managing information about a person A method and an electronic device (preferably a Personal Digital Assistant, PDA or a palm computer) for providing information about a physical person,... |
| US-7,058,065 |
Method and apparatus for preventing undesirable packet download with
pending read/write operations in data... A logic system for resolving port contentions associated with memory-access requests in data packet routing is provided. The logic system comprises a... |
| US-7,055,149 |
Method and apparatus for automating software upgrades Method and apparatus for upgrading a software on a customer system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for upgrading a software on a customer system... |
| US-7,055,109 |
System and method for business process space definition A method and system for representing business processes such as in a workflow model. Each of a plurality of processes is defined as a 3-tuple including a noun, a... |
| US-7,055,053 |
System and method for failover A node 1 and a node 2 are in a mutual failover relationship and share information used in failover through a shared LU. Of filesystems FS1A, FS1B that are... |
| US-7,054,886 |
Method for maintaining people and organization information A database is formed and maintained by computer-automated means extracting information from a global computer network. The database contains information about... |
| US-7,054,867 |
Systems, methods and programming for routing and indexing globally
addressable objects and associated business... Methods, apparatus, and programming recorded in machine readable memory are provided for the index, search and retrieval of objects on a global network. This... |
| US-7,054,844 |
Secure electronic procurement system and method A secure electronic procurement system allows a user (e.g. pharmacist) to order and confirm receipt electronically over a network (e.g. Internet) goods normally... |
| US-7,054,821 |
System and method for modeling skills A system and method for modeling skills includes three main components: a definition of at least one object (40) specifying a subject matter, a definition of at... |
| US-7,054,428 |
Telephone call interuption request via internet Apparatus and method for notifying an Internet user of an attempted incoming telephone call to the same telephone line used to interconnect the called-but-busy... |
| US-7,054,427 |
System and method for enhanced internet service connections The present invention discloses a system and method for marking telephone calls from a subscriber to an Internet Service Provider ("ISP") with a class of service... |
| US-7,051,559 |
Message delivery assembly and a method for conducting business using the
message delivery assembly A message delivery assembly (10) and a method for conducting business (400) using the message delivery assembly (10) which has an exterior (12) in the shape of a... |
| US-7,051,393 |
Method and apparatus for removing dirt and germs from a person's shoes
before they enter a home or business This invention teaches both the means and the method for removing dirt and germs from a person's shoes before they enter a home or business. The invention uses... |
| US-7,051,086 |
Method of linking on-line data to printed documents The present invention relates to linking on-line data to printed documents, such as business cards, envelopes, stickers, stationary, letterhead, resumes, etc. In... |
| US-7,051,072 |
Method for providing real-time conversations among business partners An enterprise wide electronic commerce system allows trading partners to act as participants in a complex trading process. Participants communicate with one... |
| US-7,051,045 |
Logical architecture for business-to-employee web services A system and method for using a website to provide tools that enable an employee perform employment-related functions. The system includes a website interface,... |
| US-7,051,036 |
Computer-implemented system and method for project development The present invention generally relates to an inventive automated system, and method for its use, including a computer having a computer program defining three... |
| US-7,050,873 |
System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine
selection, integration and utilization The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having one or more motorized pumps and associated motor drives, which provide... |
| US-7,050,039 |
Arrangements enabling an audience to replay a presentation An electronic business card has a memory storing presentation slide images, a display that displays the images, and a processing device that governs the display... |
| US-7,047,682 |
Wristband/label assembly business form and method A business form particularly adapted for use during medical emergencies includes in a first embodiment a wristband/label assembly that is readily separable from... |
| US-7,047,488 |
Registry driven interoperability and exchange of documents The present invention relates to systems and methods for registry driven transformation of a document exchanged between businesses or applications. More... |
| US-7,047,351 |
Memory hub bypass circuit and method A computer system and a method used to access data from a plurality of memory devices with a memory hub. The computer system includes a plurality of memory... |
| US-7,047,208 |
System and method for detecting supplier instability A system and method for detecting supplier instability is disclosed. Warning indicators such as annual warning indicators and early warning indicators are... |
| US-7,045,975 |
Apparatus and methods for providing emergency safety lighting The present invention transforms existing electrical wall outlets into an emergency lighting system for homes, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes and businesses.... |
| US-7,043,738 |
Method and apparatus for managing a data imaging system using CIM
providers in a distributed computer system A data imaging system is managed by a three-tiered system. The lowest, or agent, tier comprises Common Information Model (CIM) provider objects that reside in... |
Previous Patent US -1 | Next Patent US 1
File A Patent Application
- Protect your idea -- Don't let someone else file first. Learn more.
- 3 Easy Steps -- Complete Form, application Review, and File. See our process.
- Attorney Review -- Have your application reviewed by a Patent Attorney. See what's included.