Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination inventions 12/06

20060293909 - Content and playlist providing method: A content providing method includes the steps of preparing, on a network, a bulletin board server that provides an electronic bulletin board and a content server that accommodates content; enabling, by the bulletin board server, a second user to make a post on a topic when a first user introduces... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060293914 - Document management system, client terminal, server, client program and server program: A user client terminal includes an approval request client to obtain circulation route information indicating a circulation order of circulation objective document data to send the information to a document management server together with the document data and an approval registration client which obtains the document data to present the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060293905 - Exchanging electronic business cards over digital media: Graphical visual representations of electronic business cards may be generated from associated contact file information. Electronic business cards may be sent and received over digital media. Contacts information associated with received electronic business cards may be used for adding to or updating information contained in a recipient's electronic contact files.... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20060293904 - Generating and rendering electronic business cards: Graphical visual representations of electronic business cards may be generated from associated contact file information. Electronic business cards may be sent and received over digital media. Contacts information associated with received electronic business cards may be used for adding to or updating information contained in a recipient's electronic contact files.... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20060293913 - Method and system for licensing by location: An agricultural input supplier can provide seed products by tying the compensation received for the seed products to an evaluation of the land base on which the seed products are to be planted and/or the performance of the seed products on the land base. The evaluation of the land base... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20060293912 - Method for data processing and display for detecting and/or predicting possible trends: A systematic method for detecting trends based on outcomes generated by a first process, comprising: (a) determining all possible outcomes associated with the first process, wherein the first process is associated with a range of possible outcomes; (b) coding the possible outcomes to provide a plurality of separate groups, wherein... Agent: Wood And Eisenberg, PLLC

20060293910 - Method for generating custom postage as part of a fundraising event: In a method for offering custom postage as part of a fundraising event, a database is associated with software for manipulating data stored in the database. Inquiries are received regarding offering custom postage as part of a fundraising event. Initial information is collected and stored in the database. A unique... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20060293907 - Method for generating custom postage stamps: In a method for offering custom postage stamps as a fundraiser, a particular organization is targeted as a candidate for a fundraising event whereby custom postage stamps, having original artwork thereon, will be sold, the original artwork being created by members of said organization. Guidelines are provided to the organization... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20060293915 - Method for optimizing accuracy of real estate valuations using automated valuation models: A method for obtaining a real estate valuation using an automated valuation model includes accessing a confidence score corresponding to a real estate property for the real estate valuation; forming a plurality of confidence scores from accessing the confidence score; assigning a standardized value to the confidence scores, arranging the... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20060293908 - Method for providing customized information to vehicle user: A method of providing customized information to a customer. In an embodiment, the method of providing customized information to a customer such as a car rental customer includes receiving at least one customer preference. Next, data is accessed in accordance with the at least one customer preference. Such data in... Agent: Ibm Corporation (swp) C/o Suiter West Swantz PC Llo

20060293906 - Method of developing a plan for replacing a product component using a scanning process: A method of developing a plan for repairing an aircraft by attaching a replacement part to a receiving portion of the aircraft comprises scanning the receiving portion of the aircraft to acquire information about at least one of dimensions, a position, and an orientation of the receiving portion. The method... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060293911 - Methods, systems and computer program products for integrating carrier services into an enterprise: Systems, methods and computer readable media are provided for integrating carrier services. In one implementation, carrier services are integrated into an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system utilizing an integration platform. The integration platform may include a first, second, and third components. The first, second, and third components may interact to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060293903 - Sending and receiving electronic business cards: Graphical visual representations of electronic business cards may be generated from associated contact file information. Electronic business cards may be sent and received over digital media. Contacts information associated with received electronic business cards may be used for adding to or updating information contained in a recipient's electronic contact files.... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20060293919 - Clinical protocol document production: A clinical protocol document is produced by generating a clinical protocol document having a chart section and a text section. The chart section displays drug dosage information and medical assessment activity information in a time-activity chart format. The text section describes the drug dosage information and medical assessment activity information... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060293917 - Enterprise imaging worklist server and method of use: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a networked healthcare data management system. Certain embodiments of the data management system include a healthcare data archive connected to a network wherein the archived data comprises diagnostic, therapeutic, and demographic data. Certain embodiments further include a worklist server connected to the network... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20060293921 - Input device for web content manager responsive to browser viewers' psychological preferences, behavioral responses and physiological stress indicators: A bioelectrode input device, including a phone has control through buttons, electrodes, and sensors along its body for connection with the mastoid process, condyle, pinna (auricle), and the ear canal. The bioelectrode input device also may sensors for breath analysis, voice stress analysis, decibel analysis, galvanic skin response, body and... Agent: Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP

20060293922 - Method and system for generating statistically-based medical provider utilization profiles: A method and system for analyzing historical medical provider billings to statistically establish a normative utilization profile. Comparison of a medical provider's utilization profile with a normative profile is enabled. Based on historical treatment patterns and a fee schedule, an accurate model of the cost of a specific medical episode... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20060293916 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for enabling collaborative communication between browser and non-browser components in an advanced patient management system: Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media for enabling collaborative communication between browser and non-browser components in an advanced patient management system. In one embodiment, patient data in the advanced patient management system is selected in a browser component. The browser component may include an Internet web... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20060293920 - System and method for collecting, organizing, and presenting date-oriented medical information: A method and computer program collects hospital patient and administrative information and presents the information to a user via an interactive user interface (34) that includes a plurality of activity windows. The activity windows list patients according to admission to a hospital department (36), scheduled surgical procedures (38), scheduled clinical... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20060293918 - Systems, methods and apparatus for cost analysis of medical devices: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through in some embodiments, the true cost of a medical device is determined by including in the cost a variety of costs such as maintenance and administrative costs associated with the medical device. In some embodiments, the true cost is included in a six-sigma... Agent: James D Ivey

20060293923 - Medical claims evaluation system: A method of determining the efficacy of treatment, correlation of efficacy to specified temporal events, physician and facility efficacy utilizes existing data bases of patient information to determine historic trends relative to patients, physicians, facilities, procedures, date of discharge, length of stay, end of benefits, date of discharge and other... Agent: Robert Veal

20060293924 - System and method for recording and auditing medical information: Systems and methods are provided for audio and video auditing and recording of medical information, particularly in a medical or other setting, and when the information is of a subject or patient. In accordance with one embodiment, the invention comprises a system having a display, a recording interface and a... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20060293925 - System for storing medical records accessed using patient biometrics: A system for viewing and updating medical records using patient biometrics including at least one biometrics database including a plurality of biometric identifiers, at least one records database including a plurality of medical data records, at least one biometrics reader for receiving two or more biometric identifiers from a patient,... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20060293926 - Method and apparatus for reserve measurement: The present invention describes a method and apparatus for constructing a historically based frequency distribution of unknown ultimate outcomes in a data set, the method comprising the acts of: (A) collecting relevant data about a series of known cohorts, where a new group of the data emerges at regular time... Agent: Kevin W. Grierson Willcox & Savage, P.C.

20060293928 - Method and system to recommend insurance plans: A system and method are provided to recommend at least one insurance plan (e.g., a health insurance plan) to a user via a computer network. In an embodiment, the method includes presenting at least one question to a user via a client device. The question may be for identification of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20060293927 - Payd: The invented business method introduces a system and processes which accelerate payment processing to enable a service provider to be paid in the shortest time possible and much earlier than the normal settlement process by introduction of intermediaries, systems and processes not in current use for such purpose and in... Agent: Vijaykanth Reddy Tummalapally

20060293929 - Electronic-ticket service system based on color-scale-code image recognition: An electronic ticket service system based on color scale image recognition for individual identification, purchasing certificate or bill payment. Different from the conventional black-and-white one- or two-dimensional barcode, the color scale uses assembly of color scales for various colors. Each assembly of multiple color scales represents one element, such that... Agent: Hdsl

20060293930 - Sales call management: Slots for sales calls to be made by sales representatives to sales targets are generated, reserved, delivered, managed, stored, analyzed, reported, and used.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060293931 - System and method for processing trip requests: A system and method for planning trips and for processing trip requests that utilizes a centralized network for facilitating travel reservations and/or services. The system includes multi-purpose point of service terminals that provide a plurality of modules for various travel related applications such as an integrated e-mail booking module, a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer

20060293933 - Engineering method and tools for capability-based families of systems planning: A method of enhancing capabilities is provided. A family of systems capability and operational analysis is conducted to generate a set of operationally decomposed capability needs. Further, a family of systems functional analysis and allocation is conducted on the set of operationally decomposed capability needs to determine a set of... Agent: Greenberg-traurig

20060293935 - Methods and systems for incrementally exposing business application errors using an integrated display: Embodiments consistent with invention detect and display errors in a business application by analyzing a hierarchical model of the business application that enforces the hirarchical structure of configuration objects that are used by the business application. Detected errors are marked for the configuration object containing the error and propagated up... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20060293934 - Methods and systems for providing an integrated business application configuration environment: Systems and methods consistent with the invention create a model of a configurable business application that is compatible with an integrated development environment. The tools available in the integrated development environment (IDE) may be used as an integrated business application configuration environment (ICE) to analyze and change the configuration of... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20060293932 - System and method for defining attributes, decision rules, or both, for remote execution, claim set iii: A system of the invention comprises a design module, execution engine, and performance management module. A first computer hosts the design module which enables a user to define attributes, queries, and decision rules transmitted to the execution engine hosted on a second computer remote to the first computer. The second... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20060293939 - Design managing means, design tool and method for work breakdown structure: A WBS design managing means in project management, comprising: a WBS tree-like architecture designing means for implementing graphical tree-like design of the work items included in a project and their relations, and mapping them into an enhanced WBS data structure; a WBS attribute editing means for defining and editing attributes... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20060293942 - Method and apparatus for technology resource management: Apparatus, and associated methods, manage technology resources in hosted applications including: demand, service level agreements, assets both hardware and software, projects, labor, knowledge and provisioning. The apparatus includes an asset manager configured to couple to host servers and a network, to manage the host servers and software deployed thereon. In... Agent: Ojanen Law Offices Ltd.

20060293936 - Method and system for automatically transforming a provider offering into a customer specific service environment definition executable by resource management systems: The idea of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically transforming a provider offering describing a customer specific service environment in business terms into a machine readable form which can be automatically processed by resource management systems. The input for the transformation is the provider's offering in... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20060293940 - Methods and systems for applying intelligent filters and identifying life cycle events for data elements during business application debugging: Embodiments of methods and systems consistent with the present invention enable data-focused analysis and filtering of a business application data event log by reorganizing information generated by an application into categories associated with the objects used by the application, and filtering the reorganized information for analysis, debugging, execution tracing, etc.... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20060293938 - Methods, systems and computer program products for integrating carrier services into an enterprise: Systems, methods and computer readable media are provided for integrating carrier services. In one implementation, carrier services are integrated into an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system utilizing an integration platform. The integration platform may include a first, second, and third components. The first, second, and third components may interact to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060293937 - System and method of wireless carpool scheduling: A system and method of wireless carpool scheduling for notifying a carpool schedule change instantly is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of opening up a carpool schedule web page from a carpool application, submitting a carpool schedule change, updating the carpool schedule web page, sending an email notification to... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20060293941 - Systems and methods for modeling business processes using graphical symbols: Systems and methods are provided for modeling business processes. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for graphically modeling a business process. In the method, the business process may be modeled with a plurality of symbols. Each symbol may have a color corresponding to a semantic grouping and may... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060293943 - Facilitating automated meeting scheduling: A computer-implemented method for assisting in the scheduling of a meeting. A user who desires to schedule a meeting simply inputs the relevant meeting parameters. In response, the computer evaluates a number of possible meeting times by comparing the input constraints against a predetermined set of suitability criteria. Based on... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20060293944 - Generic interface to provide object access display views based on object type: Some embodiments are associated with a business information enterprise system having a front-end and a back-end. Moreover, it may be determined that a first object access display (e.g., an open or save dialog box) is to be provided at the front-end for a first type of object. A generic interface... Agent: Sap, Ag C/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20060293945 - Method and device for building and using table of reduced profiles of paragons and corresponding computer program: A method for the building and use of a table of reduced profiles of paragons enables the summarizing of a table of profiles of a set of individuals, all the profiles being defined by a same set of indicators, the profile of a given individual comprising values for said set... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20060293946 - Method for evaluating a business using experiential data: A method for evaluating and quantifying the risk, performance and potential of a business is disclosed. Experiential data generated by the business' activities is extracted and used as source data in evaluating the business. Experiential data includes both qualitative and quantitative information compiled from operating systems, databases, interviews, paper-based files... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20060293950 - Automatic ad placement: A computer-implemented method is provided for controlling placement of ad impressions, corresponding to ads, displayed on a web page. The method includes recording features corresponding to ad impressions. Recording features can include collecting sufficient statistics for a Naïve Bayes model in some embodiments. A statistical algorithm is then used to... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20060293962 - Computerized networking device with embedded advanced content and web traffic monetization functionality: A networking device which may be positioned in a data stream between Internet users and Internet content providers, such that all Internet traffic between the users and the providers passes through the device. The device acts upon the passing network traffic to provide the end user with internet content/information/advertising and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060293952 - Debit card incentive system and method: A system and method for encouraging a customer utilizing a financial card to perform a debit-type financial transaction rather than a credit-type transaction at a merchant. The customer is offered a price-per-unit (PPU) discount for fuel as a reward for performing the debit-type financial transaction. A point-of-sale (POS) system at... Agent: Steven W. Smith

20060293960 - Interoperable account junctions and omnicompetent value trusts: The present invention describes a system and method related to membership account management structures as used by issuers and applicants. Taken together, interoperable account junctions present a digest of how two or more participants involved in establishing membership accounts can normalize the information used in diverse subscription and maintenance functions.... Agent: Gregory Fx Iannacci

20060293949 - Method and apparatus for generating targeted advertisements: Methods and systems for generating personalized advertisements or greetings to specified users are disclosed. Existing advertisement methods do not allow advertisers to adequately target specific recipients, and the costs associated with typical Internet advertising, such as developing the advertisement content and purchasing advertisement space, can be prohibitive to smaller businesses... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060293959 - Method and system for adding coupon information to network-based content: Some embodiments of the invention relate to a method and a system for enabling a user utilizing a computerized device connected to a network to receive targeted incentive offers. According to some embodiments of the invention, a system for enabling a user utilizing a computerized device connected to a network... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20060293957 - Method for providing advertising content to an internet user based on the user's demonstrated content preferences: A method of tracking and publishing categorical user interest data, based on computer user behavior observed by a server coupled in communication with the user's computer. The method includes, as a first step, responsive to a user navigating with a browser to a first content site, receiving one or more... Agent: Claria Corporation C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20060293955 - Reporting of user equipment selected content delivery: A system and method is provided for use in connection with delivering content that is targeted to users of a broadcast network. In order to select content that is targeted to users of the broadcast network, signals are received from a plurality of customer premise equipment devices (CPEs) of the... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20060293958 - System and method for combining interactive game with infomercial: A combination multi-media interactive game and video infomercial acts as an advertising business method wherein a seller of merchandise can combine both an advertising infomercial with a player and/or participant's playing an interactive game. Preferably, the game is a step-by-step strategic or random game, whereby a player and/or participant user... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20060293947 - System and method for discounting fuel: A system and method of discounting a price-per-unit (PPU) of fuel during a fueling transaction by a customer at a fuel merchant. In one aspect, the invention identifies an issuer of the customer's credit card, associates the issuer with a PPU discount for the fuel, and discounts the posted PPU... Agent: Steven W. Smith

20060293953 - System and method for influencing customer behavior: A computer-implemented system and method of influencing customer behavior. The customer is offered a price-per-unit (PPU) discount for fuel as a reward for performing a predefined action. A point-of-sale (POS) system at a merchant determines that the customer performed the predefined action, and stores the PPU discount and a customer... Agent: Steven W. Smith

20060293961 - System and method for reward-based content distribution: A reward-based content distribution includes an access analyzer and a reward generator. The access analyzer analyzes an access to content by an accessing user so as to determine an originating user indicated by the customized identifier via which said content was accessed. The reward generator rewards the originating user for... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20060293956 - Systems and methods for e-mail marketing via vending machines: According to an embodiment, a device provides an offer, via an interface at a vending machine, for a benefit in exchange for an e-mail address. An e-mail address is received via the interface. After receiving the e-mail address, a promotional message is transmitted to the received e-mail address.... Agent: Walker Digital

20060293948 - Technique for correlating purchasing behavior of a consumer to advertisements: A system for correlating a consumer's purchasing behavior to his/her exposure to advertisements. The advertisements are disseminated to consumers via the Internet, radio, television and direct mail. Monitoring data of the consumer's exposure to such advertisements are obtained. A scanner is used to allow the consumer to create electronic images... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane Suite 1210

20060293951 - Using the utility of configurations in ad serving decisions: Instead of accepting competing ads and using an arbitration function (e.g., an auction) to choose winning ads to be served with a document, sets of ads (perhaps having different characteristics) can be generated, and an arbitration function can be used to select the winning set of ads. Such arbitrations on... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20060293954 - Voting and headend insertion model for targeting content in a broadcast network: A system and method is provided for use in connection with delivering content that is targeted to users of a broadcast network. In order to select content that is targeted to users of the broadcast network, signals are received from a plurality of customer premise equipment devices (CPEs) of the... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20060293963 - Basket restaurant gift card: Stored-value gift cards which gift-givers can purchase and give to recipients, where each card represents a set of items comprising a restaurant “meal profile”. The gift-giver can therefore provide a gift of an intended meal, rather than a gift of a fixed dollar value. Gift-givers may be required to prepay... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20060293964 - Content data reproducing apparatus: The music data (output-prohibited music data) downloaded to the client terminal 2 cannot be output until it is formally purchased. In addition, this music data can be reproduced only while the user of the client terminal 2 is being registered to pay the predetermined fixed charges. Therefore, this prevents from... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060293967 - Gift registry management through business contexts in a service oriented architecture: There is provided a method, system and apparatus for managing access to gift registry resources in a service oriented architecture (SOA) architected commerce system. In this regard, a commerce system that has been configured according to an exemplary aspect of the invention can include a gift registry including a set... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20060293968 - Media enabled shopping cart system with point of sale identification: A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, and a plurality of wheels, an inventory component for determining an inventory contained by the shopping cart, an identification component for associating a unique identity of the shopping cart, a... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20060293973 - Method and apparatus for conducting domain name service: A method for conducting Internet domain name service to users connected to the Internet comprises an automated procedure for transferring Internet domain name service from a domain name owner to a domain name manager. This method further comprises Internet sub-domain name services to prospective buyers based on domain names transferred... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20060293969 - Method and system for pre-loading media players: A vendor provides virtual storefront from which customers purchase digital media devices via an interactive network connection. The customer authenticates their media by means of a client application supplied by the vendor. The customer runs the application, which prompts the customer to insert the customer's media (compact disks) into the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20060293970 - Method for managing an electronic-commerce shopping cart: A method and system for managing an electronic commerce (e-commerce) shopping cart relating to communication between a shopper and a server over a communication network. A server whether a shopping command of the shopper has changed an attribute of a primary item in the shopping cart. After the server has... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20060293965 - Methods and apparatus for on-line ordering: Systems and methods for ordering supplies from suppliers or for other e-commerce activities are described. Standards for placing orders and registering catalog information in a database are described. Systems and methods for placing orders, preprocessing supplier information using geographic information, conducting data searches and analyses locally on user access devices,... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20060293972 - Product purchasing method, apparatus, and computer program product: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for transacting a product purchase by a user. The product purchase is processed by a purchase server that recorded a unique user identification and is connected to an information providing server and a client (connected to the user) via a network. The purchase... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20060293971 - System and method permitting customers to order selected products from a vast array of products offered by multiple participating merchants and related security publications: A universal automated order processing system represents multiple (e.g., hundreds or thousands) participating merchants who offer their products through the system. Customers become qualified for using the system by supplying a set of information (e.g., name, credit card number, shipping address) that is stored in a customer database. When a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060293966 - Using mobile phones to provide access control and usage fee charges for mfds: Use of wireless technology to enable Point of Sale (POS) vending for Multi-Function Devices (MFDs) is disclosed. A user can enable the MFD through the Internet by calling or accessing a centralized server,. The user can access a previously existing account or establish a new account. Also, one time use... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20060293975 - Department based shopping map/list: A map is disclosed. The map is configured to aid a shopper while shopping in a shop having a plurality of departments. The departments are specific to the shop. The map includes a pre-printed shop specific pattern that includes graphical containers. Each container represents a department of the shop. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060293974 - Method and apparatus for media buying: A computer-implemented method for graphically displaying media buying options (4) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a cost attribute and an exposure attribute for each media buying option and displaying a plot (1) of available media buying options (4), wherein the media buying options (4) are plotted... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20060293976 - System and method for managing online record store: The present invention provides an online record store management system and a method for managing the online record store capable of arousing site visitors' interest by continuously providing album information. Particularly, the online record store management system includes a display object selecting unit for setting a main range by selecting... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060293977 - Auditable authentication of event histories for shipped and stored objects: This invention relates to a method and system for auditably authenticating the histories of events (e.g. temperature levels) experienced by objects (e.g. pharmaceutical products, foodstuffs, etc.) during storage in repositories such as warehouses and movable shipping vehicles. The method involves a) sensing an event experienced by an object; b) recording... Agent: Oppedahl & Olson LLP- Vai

20060293978 - Inventory management system: An inventory management system preferably including a supply crib configured to store a plurality of supply items. The supply crib has a controlled entryway to selectively permit access to the supply crib. A database contains inventory information relating to a quantity of each of the plurality of supply items allocated... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060293979 - System and method for defining attributes, decision rules, or both, for remote execution, claim set i: A system of the invention comprises a design module, execution engine, and performance management module. A first computer hosts the design module which enables a user to define attributes, queries, and decision rules transmitted to the execution engine hosted on a second computer remote to the first computer. The second... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20060293990 - Apparatus, system, and method for determining and achieving a tax advantage through the specialized management of a plurality of charitable remainder trusts: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining and achieving a tax advantage through the specialized management of a plurality of charitable remainder trusts (CRTs). In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an input module configured to receive client input, a calculation module configured to determine the projected income distribution... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20060293981 - Identification and risk evaluation: Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for identification of an individual and evaluation of risk from doing business with that individual. In one embodiment a method of evaluating a risk from conducting business with an individual comprises receiving identity information related to the individual. The identity information includes information... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060293992 - Life settlement contract based investment methods, systems, and products: Investment or financing methods, systems and products that involve LSC-backing. An investment company invests funds directly into an operating company, partially for unrestricted use by the operating company, and partially to finance a hedge to protect the principal of the invested funds. The restricted portion of the invested funds are... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20060293991 - Method and arrangement for playing back media contents: An improved method and an improved arrangement for video on demand is provided. It is provided according to the invention that a VoD user can select media contents from the multiplicity (“library”) of media contents offered by a VoD provider and add said contents to a virtual loan resource assigned... Agent: Jungman Inc. Thomas C. Harris, President

20060293989 - Method and system for collecting bank account information from an individual and authenticating the individual prior to allowing the bank account to receive an electronic fund transfer: A computer-implemented method for collecting bank account information from an individual and authenticating the individual prior to allow the bank account to receive an electronic fund transfer, comprising providing a website; allowing the individual to obtain a password protected user account at the website; allowing the individual to sign on... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law

20060293986 - Method and system for exchangeable bundled option and no-principal debt securities: A bond comprises a coupon component that pays a periodic coupon during a first predetermined period of time until a maturity date of the coupon component without payment of any principal. The bond also comprises a call option component. The coupon and call option components are issued together in an... Agent: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy

20060293987 - Methods and systems for originating and scoring a financial instrument: A financial instrument exchanged between an owner of real estate and a source of capital. A request for a cash payment is received from the owner. The cash payment is disbursed by the source of capital to the owner. The financial instrument is originated from the owner to the source... Agent: Daniel H. Golub

20060293982 - On-demand and configurable earned value measurements reporting: A method and system for uniformly displaying and reporting uniform project completion information, such as uniform earned value measurements (EV), of a large-scale project having a number of individual subprojects. A set of EV Calculation Rules are defined and used as a guide in creating the uniform EVs. The uniform... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20060293988 - Reward system and method for cash replacement system: A reward system and method for cash replacement cards wherein a card is issue by or other financial institution to a cardholder. Such a card may be a credit or debit card and provides for a reward, not available to the general public, to the cardholder,based on his or her... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20060293984 - Rollover solutions: An apparatus for and a method of an electronic middleware interface consisting of communication interfaces designed to transfer data between financial record keeping systems and new account opening applications is presented. A retirement savings plan (RSP) administrator computer server communicates via the electronic middleware communication interfaces to a Rollover Solutions... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20060293985 - System and method for securitizing tangible assets in the alternative financial services industry: Methods for securitizing and facilitating the securitization of the pawned assets of a pawnshop to enable the pawnshop to obtain a greater amount of funding at reduced rates and to tap into sources of financing in addition to traditional markets. The pawnshop can sell the pawned assets to a first... Agent: Stephen P. Gilbert, Esq. Bryan Cave LLP

20060293983 - Systems and methods for automatically preventing delinquency of payment on financial accounts: Methods and systems are disclosed for automatically preventing delinquency of payment on financial accounts. In one implementation, methods or systems may be provided for associating a credit cardholder's account to the cardholder's bank account. If the cardholder fails to make a required monthly payment on the credit card account, the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060293980 - Weather-based financial index: A weather-based financial index is based at least in part on weather. The index may take into account any of a variety of weather factors, such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, number of sunny or overcast days in a period of time, number of freeze days in a period of time,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20060293994 - Method and system to enable a fixed price purchase within a multi-unit online auction environment: A method of allowing a seller in a multi-unit auction facility to offer buyers the option of buying an offering at a pre-auction seller determined price or using a regular auction process. In one embodiment, the option to buy at the pre-auction seller determined price remains throughout the auction as... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/ebay

20060293995 - Price determination for items of low demand: A computer-implemented system that facilitates establishing price(s) associated with items comprises a clustering component that clusters a collection of non-identical items into one or more sets of non-identical items. A pricing component receives one or more of active bids and stored bids and simulates an auction of at least one... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20060293993 - Suggesting and selecting a service provider to provide a service for a journey: Planning a journey includes planning the journey from an origin to a destination. A service along the journey is suggested. Bids for the service are requested from service providers, and the bids are received from the service providers. The service providers are evaluated in accordance with the bids. One or... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20060293997 - System and method for calculating and displaying volume to identify buying and selling in an electronic trading environment: A system and method are provided for calculating and displaying volume to identify aggressive buying or selling activity. In a preferred embodiment, market information such as the inside market, last traded price, and last traded quantity is received from the electronic exchange and is used to assist a trader in... Agent: Mbhb/trading Technologies

20060293999 - System and method for calculating and displaying volume to identify buying and selling in an electronic trading environment: A system and method are provided for calculating and displaying volume to identify aggressive buying or selling activity. In a preferred embodiment, market information such as the inside market, last traded price, and last traded quantity is received from the electronic exchange and is used to assist a trader in... Agent: Mbhb/trading Technologies

20060294000 - System and method for sub-sector specific investing: A method for accomplishing sub-sector specific investing. A sector sub-class specific exchange traded fund (ETF) having a number of shares is created. The shares are offered for sale, and one or more of the shares are sold to one or more appropriate buyers.... Agent: Brian M. Dingman, Esq. Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20060293998 - System and method for trading derivatives in penny increments while disseminating quotes for derivatives in nickel/dime increments: A system and method for trading derivatives in penny increments while disseminating quotes for derivatives in nickel/dime increments is disclosed. A trading engine receives quotes for a derivative in penny increments from at least one entity. The trading engine rounds out the quotes for the derivative in penny increments to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060294001 - System and method for trading instruments using a data communications network: The invention provides a computer system and method for trading instruments using a data communications network which allows users to selectively view market depth information for the instruments in a plurality of different styles, each style corresponding to one of the plurality of available market depth views. The user can... Agent: Law Offices Of Grady L. White, LLC

20060293996 - Systems and methods for vending and acquiring order priority: Systems and methods for vending and acquiring of trading priority in electronic trading systems are provided. The systems and method preferably provide for vending and acquiring priority in any suitable electronic trading system. Such suitable electronic trading systems include, but are not limited to, hit/lift exclusive priority systems, price time... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20060294003 - Intercompany loan management system: The present invention is a computer based intercompany loan system (ICLS) for managing multiple intercompany loans between various lender companies and various borrower companies. The ICLS includes a loan manager module for setting up and maintaining a loan between a borrower and a lender. The ICLS also includes a batch... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20060294002 - Method and apparatus for transacting legal documents: The present invention relates to the compiling, transacting and dissemination of legal and associated documents. In one example embodiment, the present invention relates to the handling of documentation associated with Real Estate and Legal industries. In another example embodiment, the present invention relates to conveyancing and the publishing of documentation... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20060294006 - Business transaction process controller for composite transactions: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and apparatus for commerce transaction control for composite transactions. In a method of the invention, an object model of relationships between different transactions in a composition of transactions can be generated. The object model can be traversed and at least one transaction... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20060294004 - On-line currency exchange rate update for mobile phones: A system and method enables a mobile service provider to store and provide a selection of currency exchange rates directly for use in a user's mobile phone. This means that daily exchange rate calculations are accurate and daily updates ensured. The mobile phone user only needs to select the ‘to’... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060294005 - Universal e-money brokerage service and method: A universal e-money system and corresponding method for financial transactions involving different online payment systems includes local brokerage accounts opened with each online payment system, and software modules programmed in a computer in communication with the online payment systems. The modules interface with a first online payment system to identify... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20060294007 - Methods for facilitating validation of financial transactions made through a wireless communication network: A request for approval is sent to a payee, in a Simple Payment scenario, to accept or reject a transaction. A subscriber to the Financial Transaction Service has the ability to set up Special Lists of Financial Transaction Accounts which are submitted to Particular Rules to be applied when such... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060294008 - Method and system for designing a probe card: A method and system for designing a probe card from data provided by prospective customers via the Internet is provided. Design specifications are entered into the system by prospective customers and compiled into a database. The collective feasibility of each set of design specifications is determined by an automated computer... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20060294009 - Read-only recording medium containing sample data and reproducing method thereof: The present invention provides according to an embodiment a method of reproducing digital content, comprising the steps of: (a) reading a position information where a sample data is present, the sample data being same as a portion of digital content and not encrypted; and (b) reproducing the sample data based... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060294010 - Read-only recording medium containing sample data and reproducing method thereof: The present invention provides according to an embodiment a method of reproducing content, comprising the steps of: (a) checking whether information required for decrypting an encrypted content is present; (b) requesting the information to an external source based on URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information if the information is not present;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060294011 - System and method for the maintenance and management of commercial property data: A method and a system for maintaining current data in a database is provided. The method includes sending a request to verify the accuracy of a data item to a data verifier, the data item selected from a set of data items, and the data verifier associated with the data... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20060294013 - Image commercial transactions system and method, image transfer system and method, image distribution system and method, display device and method: An image commercial transactions system and method, an image transfersystem and method, an image distribution system and method, and a display device and method are disclosed. A reception dealer accepts the transfer of an image recorded on a recording medium in a predetermined format with a handling condition intrinsic to... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060294012 - System and method for virtual attendance at special events: A system and method that provides for “virtual attendance” in real-time, as well as provides for recording the event. The system generally includes at least one video camera, an interface with the Internet for transmission of real-time video, a server, and an optional recording device. The equipment is installed in... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20060294014 - Method of recording and reproducing sample data to/from a recording medium and sample data containing recording medium: The present invention provides according to an embodiment a method of reproducing digital content, comprising: (a) determining whether a sample data is present based on an indication information indicating a presence of the sample data; (b) reading a position information representing a location of a sample data if the sample... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060294015 - Method of recording and reproducing sample data to/from a recording medium and sample data containing recording medium: The present invention provides according to an embodiment a method of reproducing content, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a digital content from an external source, the digital content protected by Digital Right Management (DRM) information, the DRM information authorizing a reproduction of the digital content; (b) requesting the DRM... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060294016 - Music distribution system and associated antipiracy protections: Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's computer-based user station. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to have recorded for unlimited playback, for example, by a “CD... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060294018 - Digital rights management: A method of modifying a digital rights object including a first portion including a first key and a second portion including first control information for controlling the rights to content encrypted with a second key, the method including the steps of: a) calculating a first function from the first control... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20060294017 - Information server, information device, information processing system, information processing method, and informaiton processing program: An information device, an information device, an information server, an information processing system, an information processing method and an information processing program which can prevent an illegal extension of an expiration date while allowing the same user to redownload a license are provided. An information server (4) includes a license... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060294020 - Method and apparatus for dynamic renewability of content: A method and apparatus for dynamically and transparently renewing licenses associated with downloaded content. Licensing associated with content can allow the provider to retain control over the content after it has been downloaded on to the user's computer. A license file or similar licensing parameter is the key to retaining... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060294019 - On demand business model to reuse software license: A technique is disclosed for storing an electronic record of the existence of licenses available for use in a network of computers and the deployment status of programs covered by the licenses. License tokens are stored on a license server, and the stored license tokens are used to validate the... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20060294021 - Accounting processing device: To provide a technology enabling a proper accounting process by determining charge amounts for a plurality of contents on the basis of group information of the contents. A computer receives a content use request from a communication apparatus, searches out group information associated with the content from a storage unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060294022 - Apparatus, system, and method for enabling a service: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for enabling a service. A receiving module receives a token communicated over a peer-to-peer network. An enablement module enables a service in response to an authorization data field of the token. A transmit module transmits the token over the peer-to-peer network. The apparatus,... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20060294023 - System and method for secure online transactions using portable secure network devices: A portable secure network device and method to operate such a device to provide secure login, secure online transactions, and to prevent online identity theft. An embodiment of the invention may be constructed by inserting a network smart card into a card reader, wherein either the card reader or the... Agent: Anderson & Jansson L.L.P.

20060294024 - Personal information distribution management system, personal information distribution management method, personal information service program, and personal information utilization program: The present invention is intended to allow distribution of personal information to be managed on the basis of not only a personal information management policy defined by a personal information producer but also management policies of all apparatuses which handle personal information when the distribution of personal information is managed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060294025 - Mobile device communication system: A method and system to conduct financial transactions over a communication network is provided. Data associated with a mobile communication device user is received and stored, and a user mobile airtime account is allocated to the user. A purchase request is received from the user via a mobile communication device,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/ebay

20060294026 - Digital rights conversion system: The invention is based on the idea that a mechanism is introduced, by which it is possible to convert limited digital rights, which gives the proprietor of the digital rights access to the work a limited number of times, into an unlimited digital right, provided that the number of accesses... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060294028 - Methodology for determining the volume and market value of void space properties for the purpose of a sale, transfer or donation: A method for determining a volume and market value of void space properties comprises: determining a correct amount of void space to be utilized in an appraisal; performing a three-dimension volumetric calculation to determining the amount of void space to be appraised; determining reproduction cost for the void space; providing... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20060294027 - Multiplex assay pricing system: The invention provides a system for pricing multiplex assay products that have a manufacturing cost that is substantially the same over a wide range of multiplex levels. Typically, manufacturing costs of such a product increase only linearly with exponential increases in multiplex levels. The pricing system and method of the... Agent: Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Affymetrix, Inc.

20060294029 - Apparatus, method and system for preparation of mailpieces: A system, method and apparatus for preparing mailpieces. An inserter system for assembling mailpieces is controlled in accordance with mailpiece records in a mailing control file. The inserter system scans control documents included in the mailpieces to identify corresponding mailpiece records. The records include information identifying a selected method of... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20060294030 - Dynamic allocation of postal security devices: A system for dynamically allocating one or more postal security devices (PSDs), includes an indicia pool utilizing PSDs for generating indicia, a download pool for refreshing PSD funds, and a means for allocating the one or more PSDs among the indicia pool and download pool according to indicia generating requirements... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060294031 - Systems and methods for automated meter system: Systems and methods of automated meter system may include a processor, disposed at the device, that generates a report including data directed to an amount of usage of the device, identifying information of the device, identifying information of the user, and identifying information of the manager, and a transmitter that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20060294032 - Fee calculation system for electrical energy consumption of motor drive and method for the same: A fee calculation system for electrical energy consumption of motor drive and method for the same. The electrical power consumption for the motor drive and for a motor driven by the motor drive are calculated and displayed. An instantaneous load power of the motor is calculated according to an output... Agent: Hdsl

20060294033 - Educational system and method for encouraging children to choose a nutritional meal: An educational system and method for encouraging children to choose a nutritional meal, designed to educate children in making healthy nutritional choices and rewarding them for so doing. The educational system and method for encouraging children to choose a nutritional meal has predefined menus featuring specific healthy food and beverage... Agent: Lytle Patent Services, LLC

20060287872 - Amber alert system and method for locating missing children: A system and method for distributing information regarding a child abduction. More particularly, a system and method for distributing AMBER alert information via a computer system network to consumers at retail stores. AMBER alert distribution criteria is used to determine what retail stores to transmit the AMBER alert information to,... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20060287879 - Assessing and managing work-related musculoskeletal injuries: Methods, systems, and computer program products assess and manage work-related musculoskeletal injuries associated with one or more work sites. A method involves defining musculoskeletal injury categories and drawing relationships between the musculoskeletal injury categories by applying specialized medical knowledge. The relationships prevent informational disconnect between slightly disparate diagnoses between physicians... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20060287876 - Computer system and method for assessing family structures using affinographs: A method and computer program for graphically representing and assessing modern family structures. A plurality of family relationship objects are graphically represented on a graph. Each family relationship includes one or more person objects representing family members. Each family relationship object is graphically connected to one or more other family... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20060287873 - Enterprise asset management methods and systems: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of doing business. A database of information is provided regarding equipment held by a plurality of separately-owned equipment using entities. The equipment held by a respective equipment using entity is determined. The determined information regarding the equipment is stored into... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20060287875 - Integrated customer assessment diagnostic tool: A method for providing a current state assessment of a life cycle management and support structure of an information technology environment which includes defining building block services wherein a building block service is any discrete benefit explicitly provided by a vendor to a customer of the vendor and the building... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20060287871 - Loyalty reward system and method for generating and tracking funds for third parties: A server has a processor, an operating system (OS), a database, a tracking module, a crediting module, and a delivering module. The database includes a user's information, revenue statistics, and revenue allocation for at least one organization selected by a user. The tracking module includes tracking relevant user activities with... Agent: Robert E. Krebs Thelen Reid & Priest

20060287874 - Management of information pertaining to application sales opportunities: Described are a computer-implemented system and methods for the aggregation, organization and management of material related to the selection and pursuit of targeted applications for the sale of products. A system receives application inputs of three types: account selection aspects, video production aspects and application profile aspects. A user interface... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060287877 - Matching the fit of individual garments to individual consumers: A method and system for specifying the fit of garments and matching the fit of individual garments to individual consumers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes categorizing human body shapes based on dimensional and demographic body measurement data sampled from the human population, and statistically analyzing the measurement... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060287870 - Method and arrangement for delivering mail: A method for delivering mail, wherein the mail is transported to a delivery address and a notification message is deposited thereon if the mail cannot be delivered to an authorized recipient. A charging area of a packet mailbox is allocated to the recipient of the mail by means of an... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20060287878 - System and method for facilitating the introduction of compatible individuals: A system and method for facilitating an online collaborative community for individuals to meet each other with the assistance of third party intermediaries or matchmakers. The system provides the intermediaries with a variety of features to participate and collaborate in the process of identifying potentially compatible individuals and arranging for... Agent: Novak Druce Deluca & Quigg, LLP

20060287880 - System and method for processing trip requests: A system and method for planning trips and for processing trip requests that utilizes a centralized network for facilitating travel reservations and/or services. The system includes multi-purpose point of service terminals that provide a plurality of modules for various travel related applications such as an integrated e-mail booking module, a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer

20060287881 - System and method for processing trip requests: A system and method for planning trips and for processing trip requests that utilizes a centralized network for facilitating travel reservations and/or services. The system includes multi-purpose point of service terminals that provide a plurality of modules for various travel related applications such as an integrated e-mail booking module, a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer

20060287887 - Injected drug identification and fail-safe system: The present invention is a system and method of pre-delivery drug identification. The system and method is implemented where drugs are being administered, such as in a hospital or clinic, and identifies the drug being administered to the patient before the drug reaches the patient. The system and method may... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20060287883 - Interactive, internet supported health and fitness management system: A wellness system monitors the controlled progress of patients under surveillance and includes a server base station which is generally off-site, a web-site interface and a local station at the point-of-use, which is generally a health or fitness center. A unique data base is created for each user and goals... Agent: Robert C. Curfiss Jackson Walker L.L.P.

20060287886 - Method and apparatus for generating medicine information: A medicine information outputting apparatus includes a medicine comment table for storing comments relating to combinations of medicine names. A prescription information receiving program receives prescription information from a user, and a comment information extracting program extracts from the medicine comment table, a comment corresponding to a combination of the... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20060287882 - Method for refilling a prescription product: A method for refilling a prescription product for a patient. A patient is diagnosed with a medical condition requiring a prescription product such as a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) system. At a predetermined time after delivery of the CPAP system, a provider forwards the patient a refill request postcard... Agent: Brett J. Trout

20060287888 - Method of grouping and analyzing clinical risks: A method of creating a classification system for rating the nature and severity of health care requirements, including obtaining a set of medical disease codes, categorizing the medical disease codes into major disease categories, and categorizing the medical disease codes in each major disease category into episode disease categories based... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060287889 - Multi-user remote health monitoring system with biometrics support: A method for monitoring a physiological condition of a user with an apparatus in a computer network is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) storing authorization information in a nonvolatile condition within the apparatus, the authorization information being suitable for identifying at least one of (i) one... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20060287884 - Pre-delivery drug identification system: The present invention is a system and method of pre-delivery drug identification. The system and method is implemented where drugs are being administered, such as in a hospital or clinic, and identifies the drug being administered to the patient before the drug reaches the patient. After identification, the system and... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20060287885 - Treatment management system: A system and a method for managing patient treatment stores in the database a patient history for each patient including data related to observations, test results, diagnoses, treatment regimen(s) and a treatment plan associated with the patient. The treatment plan is administered to the patient and medical device operating data... Agent: Butzel Long

20060287890 - Method and apparatus for organizing and integrating structured and non-structured data across heterogeneous systems: The invention relates to an integrated method of identifying, aggregating and making accessible information from multiple heterogeneous sources including receiving data about an entity from a remotely located source; parsing the data using a parser specific to the remotely located source; if the entity does not have an existing unique... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20060287891 - System and method in a computerized environment for charting pediatric growth: A method for displaying patient growth data on a computerized growth chart is provided. A database including growth chart data for a computerized growth chart appropriate for a patient is accessed and the growth chart data is utilized to display the computerized growth chart. The patient's electronic record is accessed... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20060287892 - Insurance product, rating system and method: In the present invention, an insurance product, rating system and method generally relates to a rating and pricing system for quantifying the risk that the annual savings will not fall below specified levels associated with implementing and maintaining economic improvements. The product, system and method can be applied to various... Agent: Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld

20060287894 - Life settlement business method and program based on actuarial/expectancy data: A method of determining a composite life expectancy of an insured is provided. The composite life expectancy may be for purposes of evaluating issuance of a life settlement policy. The method may include the steps of collecting personal medical data being representative of medical circumstances of the insured; collecting actuarial... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20060287896 - Method for providing crop insurance for a crop associated with a defined attribute: A method for managing the risk of growing a crop having a defined attribute. A grower is evaluated to determine whether the grower is associated with a qualified geographic zone or zones for growing a particular crop with a defined attribute. A performance predictor estimates or predicts a grower performance... Agent: Deere & Company

20060287895 - Negative equity insurance: A method is provided to compensate a vehicle buyer for negative equity in a vehicle purchased from a vehicle dealer and traded at a predetermined time after purchase of the vehicle. At the time the vehicle is purchased from a participating vehicle dealer, an insurer issues a premium bearing policy... Agent: William J. Mason Maccord Mason PLLC

20060287893 - Tax factored method of purchasing life settlement policies: A life settlement method is provided for fractionalizing a life insurance policy in response to economic circumstances of an insured having a life expectancy. The method may include the steps of determining a settlement payout goal in response to the economic circumstances of the insured; determining a policy market value... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20060287898 - Reservation method offering an alternative event: The present invention relates to a reservation server which comprises a retaining section for retaining store/facility information including a reservation-needed service and a reservation situation, a network terminal for outputting alternative event substituting for the service, a receiving section for receiving a desired service, a reservation managing section for selectively... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060287897 - System and method for grouping and selling products or services: A system and method for grouping and selling products or services using a computer system, potentially connected to a network. The computer system includes a computer with multiple terminals, potentially instantiated as a server computer or computers and distributed client computers. The computer system presents a sales interface on some... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20060287899 - Computer-implemented method, system, and program product for conducting a trade-off study: A method, system, and program product for conducting a trade-off study are described. Under aspects of the present invention, a mapping of logical model to a physical model for a product that is a subject of the trade-off study is provided. Based on the mapping, component(s) for a configuration of... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20060287901 - Electronic knowledge resources: users' momentary assessment of the cognitive-behavioral impact of information hits: Users to self-report in real-time an assessment of the cognitive-behavioral impact of the information provided by electronic information resources, whatever their type (e.g. CMC, DSS or IRT) or platform (e.g. desktop, internet, handheld computer or laptop). A computerized real-world momentary assessment method is combined with a 5-level impact assessment scale.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20060287902 - Fraud risk advisor: A fraudulent business transaction application (FBTA) is provided for monitoring application based fraud. When a consumer supplies account access information in order to carry out on Internet business transaction, the FBTA uses an online fraud mitigation engine to detect phishing intrusions and identity theft. Methods are also provided for calculating... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20060287900 - Inspection system and method of making and using same: An inspection system adapted to perform retro positive material identification of components of a multi-feature system. The inspection system comprises an electronic drawing, a positive material identification database, a field load sheet and a data logger. The electronic drawing has tagged locations identifying respective features of the multi-feature system to... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20060287903 - Enterprise asset management system: An embodiment of the invention is directed to an electronic management system having a database having information regarding equipment held by a plurality of separately-owned equipment using entities. The system includes logic that determines equipment held by a respective equipment using entity. The system includes logic that stores the determined... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20060287904 - System and method for electronic software delivery and management through channel partners: A system and method for facilitating delivery of software applications from software manufacturers and channel partners to their aggregated customer base are described. The system enables both direct customers of software manufacturers and customers of channel partners to receive electronic delivery of digital assets and licenses from a single electronic... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20060287905 - Calendar folders: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to calendaring and scheduling and provide a method, system and computer program product for providing calendar folders configured to facilitate access to a sub-set of scheduled events and associated content. In one embodiment, a calendaring and scheduling (C&S)... Agent: Steven M. Greenberg, Esquire Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20060287906 - Healthcare resource management system: A system determines patient acuity information to identify required staff competencies to meet a workload and supports role based reporting, notification, and escalation when acuity nears or reaches a predetermined saturation threshold. A system predicts healthcare worker workload using an acquisition processor to acquire multiple data items associated with care... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060287907 - Method for providing answer for question on the internet: The present invention relates to a method for providing answers to a question wherein the quality of the question and answer data posted by users is evaluated to improve the quality of the question and answer in an answer and question service in which the users can ask questions and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20060287908 - Providing feedback in a operating plan data aggregation system: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving forecast information from sales people in a computer. The method further includes receiving comments on specific entries of the forecast information from non-sales people in the computer. The method also includes receiving changes of the forecast information from the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20060287910 - Scenario analysis methods, scenario analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and data signals: Scenario analysis methods, scenario analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and data signals are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a scenario analysis method includes accessing a representation of a first scenario, accessing a plurality of representations of a plurality of second scenarios, analyzing the representation of the first... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20060287909 - Systems and methods for conducting due diligence: Systems and method for conducting a due diligence investigation include analyzing a value of a business relationship across analytical criteria. The analytical criteria are used to objectively rate the value of the business relationship. A graphical representation, based upon the rating, also provides an objective evaluation of the value.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060287911 - Competitive usability assessment system: An assessment system utilizing usability engineering and six sigma. An assessment may involve task analysis incorporating process maps or the like. This analysis may be extended into a development of user interface (UI) maps. Information about customer needs may be obtained from a voice of the customer (VOC). This information... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060287921 - Acquisition and redistribution of internet access: The present disclosure concerns methods and systems for Acquisition and Redistribution of Internet Access. In some implementations the method includes acquisition of Internet access and redistribution for marketing, advertising, promotional, branding, dedicated applications, customized platforms, special events or any other purpose including combining or enhancing said access with content and... Agent: Anthony Defries

20060287919 - Advertising search system and method: Systems, methods and computer-readable media for searching advertisements are disclosed. Methods of searching advertisements include displaying a search int