Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination inventions 11/07

20070276682 - Automated processing system employing intelligent modules: An automated processing system that includes providing an intelligent module with a composite connection for transmitting information and configuring the intelligent module within the automated processing system for automatic recognition.... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070276679 - Hazard identification and tracking system: An apparatus comprises an input component for entering risk hazard indexes relating to potential hazards in a system, a processor programmed to compare the risk hazard indexes with user defined risk criteria to provide an indication of a level of risk for the potential hazards, and an output component for... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070276688 - Interactive resource competition and competitive information display: Interactive resource competition ranks resource users using coefficients of performance (CoP). Resource users compete for a target resource and each offer a quantifiable reciprocal resource in exchange for using the target resource. A trigger frequency of a predetermined action with respect to the target resource is recorded, and the CoP... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070276680 - Method and system for ordering print products by electronic mail: A automated method, system and computer program for ordering print products by electronic mail. An e-mail request for business cards or other print products, such as postcards or calendars, is generated by a user of an e-mail system and sent to a management system including a management program which, in... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20070276687 - Shoelace greeting: A shoelace with greeting messages imprinted on the surface. The greeting messages can be imprinted on either or both sides of the shoelace. In one embodiment, the greeting message includes two parts, namely, a first part similar to messages on the outside of a normal greeting card and a second... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070276676 - Social information system: A system and method for providing a social information system for managing socio-technical information. A system is provided that includes: a regulation engine for capturing data from a set of heterogeneous data sources and transforming the data into a common representation; a data standardization system for storing the data in... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070276691 - System and method for processing orders from a menu: Methods for presenting options on a telephone based, tree-structured, ordering system. The methods include re-sequencing the menus based upon the individual user's ordering history. When a menu is re-sequenced, the new order of the menu is structured so that the individual menu items are presented to the user in the... Agent: Roger S. Thompson, Esq. Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20070276684 - Systems, applications and products in data processing for cross dock: A system, application and product in data processing is disclosed for cross-dock and direct shipment processes. A default plant on an order is changed to a new plant in another country which is the same country as a customer but a different country than a selling organization. A cross dock... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070276685 - Systems, applications and products in data processing for end customer: A system, application and product in data processing is disclosed for tracking an end customer when a distributor acts as an intermediary. The system creates a customer record. Customer data is entered to the customer record. A partner function is created that links the end customer to the distributor. The... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070276683 - Systems, applications and products in data processing for inter-company pricing: A system, application and product in data processing is disclosed for inter-company pricing of a good. An invoice is created for a selling company. A company code is posted for the invoice. A price is confirmed in accordance with the customer code.... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070276695 - Health care payment system and method: A system and method for payment of health care costs. A host operates a web-based marketplace that may be accessed by a plurality of patients and health care providers. In one embodiment, patients may search for health care providers at the marketplace, utilizing one or more of a plurality of... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070276700 - Devices, methods and computer program products for managing contact information in case of emergency: Exemplary embodiments include a method for managing contact information in case of emergency including: receiving from a requesting device a unique identifier corresponding to a emergency subject; retrieving from a database an emergency contact information corresponding to the unique identifier; and communicating the emergency contact information to the requesting device.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070276702 - System and method for collaboration and communication in health management: The present invention is directed to a system and method which provides a platform for organizing, storing, and providing information between users and providers of services. Users interact with an application that provides guidelines that assist in the organization and display of information related to the service. Through the application... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070276707 - Tour event clearinghouse system and method for interaction with retail travel systems: A method for distributing event tickets for events operated by a plurality of operators ordered through a retail travel website includes several steps. Operator account information for each of the operators to establish operator accounts is received at a clearinghouse central computer. Event information for each of the events is... Agent: Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd.

20070276713 - Method and system for forecasting workforce demand using advance request and lead time: The present invention forecasts workforce demand by extracting a data set representing project requests that are recorded in a corporate workforce request database before work begins and using advance request data to forecast the future workforce demand. Thus, advance resource request data is accessed, and demand signals are extracted from... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20070276711 - Method of monitoring procedural compliance of business processes: A method of monitoring compliance with a business process comprising the steps of: generating, from a record of the business process and further information not expressed explicitly within the record of the process, a canonical model of all processes of a given genre which are to be monitored; applying the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070276712 - Project size estimation tool: A tool estimates the size of a computer-related project. Transaction function points are quantified regarding transactions against files or data in the computer-related project. Data function points are quantified regarding files used to store data for the computer-related project. An unadjusted function point is calculated in accordance with the transaction... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070276717 - Headcount estimating system, method and tool: A method, system and tool are disclosed for estimating headcounts. An input and selected metric are received. The metric is selected based on a span of control. A full-time equivalent is calculated in accordance with the input and the selected metric.... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070276716 - Method for retrieval of available intervals: A method and system are provided for automating scheduling of a plurality of resources. Initially, the resources that are potential candidates for scheduling are selected, and a time interval for scheduling the selected resources is submitted. Scheduling results are determined by automatically concatenating the availability of the resources based upon... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20070276719 - User interface in automated scheduling system: Provided is a method of providing an interactive user interface to an automated meeting system. The method comprises storing meeting data including user identifications representing a set of users associated with a meeting and generating for presentation via a user device at least a portion of the meeting data, including... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070276720 - Indexing of a focused data set through a comparison technique method and apparatus: A method and system to gauge effectiveness of deals in a shopping environment are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of a server device includes identifying a special offering data of a mark-up language site when identification data of the mark-up language site is matched with a deal marker data,... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070276724 - Pay station: There is provided a pay station apparatus for parking comprising an enclosure having a plurality of sides, means for controlling operation of the pay station, means for selecting a payment configured with the means for controlling and the enclosure, means for accepting the payment configured with the means for controlling... Agent: Gary Arthur Catt

20070276725 - Athletic redemption for life skill development: Methods and soft contained play centers for athletic redemption for life skill development are provided. Embodiments include observing a child playing an athletic game in a soft contained play center wherein success in playing the athletic game is predetermined to be linked to exhibiting predefined aspects of the particular life... Agent: Kangaroo Bob's, LLC

20070276726 - In-stream advertising message system: The present invention is directed to a method and system for inserting advertising messages into digitally encoded audio and audio-visual content. Such methods are useful for enabling one to gain support for web-based media programs such as those that might be characterized as podcasts. Methods for cueing audio files are... Agent: Mr. Keith Dimatteo

20070276727 - Intelligent coupon network: A system for redeeming coupons comprises a network; a Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal communicatively coupled to the network; a server communicatively coupled to the POS terminal; wherein the POS terminal transmits first coupon information from a coupon card read at the POS terminal to the server via the network.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070276730 - Point-of-sale promotions: A method and a system publish a promotion at a point-of-sale. For example, a preliminary selection associated with a purchase from a user may be received. A promotion may be published to the user at a point-of-sale associated with the purchase after the user makes the preliminary selection and before... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070276728 - Software applications with embedded advertisements: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate ad-funded software development. Advertisements are embedded in software applications based on the commands that the application supports. In one embodiment, developers, advertisers and/or software users are able to perform queries for commands. This capability simplifies the process of identifying instances of advertisements and/or... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070276729 - System and method for advertising: The present invention is directed to method and system for presenting advertisement messages, marketing surveys, invitation to instant offers, interactive media, or electronic voucher to a user of a remote communication device, such as a cellular telephone or a television set top box. In accordance with the preferred embodiments of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070276739 - Intermediary for multiple sales channels: This document describes tools that enable merchants to sell items through multiple sales channels without requiring the merchants to interact directly with those sales channels. These tools also permit merchants to learn and interact with as little as one user interface. A merchant may, for example, sell items through the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070276742 - System and method for defining billable labor by setting profit: In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the present invention comprises a system and method for ensuring a desired profit percentage in a business that provides a service for fees. Businesses will know what prices to charge for any profit level desired. Three profit areas can be used to arrive at... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070276743 - System and method for calculating fees associated with services: The present invention is a system and method for calculating a fee to charge a customer for performing a service. Features of the invention include a database for storing electronic information in connection with the service. An employee module is preferably provided to receive from a user information representing at... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070276755 - Systems and methods for assignment generation in a value flow environment: Systems and methods are provided for generating an assignment between a base business object and a partner business object in a value flow environment. In one implementation, the base business object is identified as either a sender business object or a receiver business object to determine a directionality. An assignment... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20070276757 - Approval technique for media content alteration: A classification method and system for possible content alteration of a media work may include criteria regarding content that is feasible for alteration. Such criteria may be maintained in records that are accessible to an interested party. Some embodiment implementations may include a derivative version of the media work wherein... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070276758 - Printing system and image forming apparatus: A printing system includes a host terminal apparatus (e.g., personal computer) and an image forming apparatus (e.g., printer). The personal computer transmits print data to the printer. The printer is connected to the host terminal apparatus over a network, the printer being capable of embedding a watermark pattern into the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070276763 - Point-of-service (pos) and pos application compatability: A system for using compatible point-of-service (POS) applications to access and control devices of a POS unit. A server runs a POS application and a set of peripheral drivers (or device controls). A networked POS unit communicates with the host server via a communication network, and the networked POS unit... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070276766 - System and method for preventing multiple charges for a transaction in a payment system: A system and method for preventing multiple charges for a transaction in a payment system is presented. A payment system receives a payment operation request from the order system, and determines whether the payment operation is a duplication of a previous payment operation request. If so, the payment system retrieves... Agent: Ibm Corporation - Rsw (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070276674 - Defining and sizing feasible approaches to business needs within an integrated development process: A process for defining and selecting integrated potential approaches (software, hardware, networking, and operations approaches) for addressing a business need. The process can include providing an identification of a business need in a concept document. A meeting that includes representatives of IT, network, and operations from each potentially impacted business... Agent: Sprint

20070276690 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus for carrying out processes in response to how a user behaves. The information processing apparatus includes a sensor device, operator probability computation means, and processing means. The sensor device is configured to sense conditions. The operator probability computation means is configured to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070276675 - Innovation management system, apparatus, and method: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for an innovation management system.... Agent: The Law Office Of Richard W. James

20070276677 - Method and apparatus for dispensing tanning lotions at the point of sale: This invention provides for the mixing of tanning lotion ingredients at the point of purchase. The consumer selects from various optional ingredients and the tanning lotion is created to the consumer's specification at the point of purchase. The tanning lotion is then applied at the point of purchase or at... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070276673 - Method and apparatus for embedding advertisements in audio files for internet and network distribution: The invention in one embodiment provides a data file suitable for transmission over a computer network that comprises a first segment having data which results in the delivery of a commercial advertising message when the data file is processed and a second segment comprising data which results in the performance... Agent: Michael Sharp

20070276692 - Method for debugging a business process flow: A method for debugging a process in a workflow engine, wherein the process includes a plurality of activity points, includes steps of: attaching to a running business process being controlled by the workflow engine; initiating a debugging session; receiving a set of breakpoints to be inserted into designated points in... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.A.

20070276693 - Method for providing both automated and on demand project performance measurements: A method and system for displaying and reporting project completion information of a large-scale project having a number of individual subprojects. A rollup agent is employed for acquiring project completion information from a number of subproject databases to provide overall project-wide display and reporting capabilities. The rollup agent collects and... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070276681 - Method of providing bearer certificates for private civil security benefits: Consideration-based bearer certificates entitling a bearer to private civil security benefits are offered (105) and then provided (110) in exchange for consideration. The consideration-based bearer certificates may entitle a bearer to civilly-catastrophic event based access to a private civil security benefit. Benefits may also be provided prior to a civilly-catastrophic... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070276678 - Provision of public information: Techniques are described for determining agency information and event information, wherein the event information is related to a plurality of events, of which at least one event is associated with an individual. The event may be correlated with event-related agency information within the agency information, and a personalized marketing notification... Agent: Brake Hughes PLC

20070276686 - Techniques for processing recyclable containers: Method and apparatus are provided for managing consumer recycling activities. In one embodiment, a method is provided for performing a redemption transaction involving a return of recyclable containers by a consumer to a return center and a transfer of value to the consumer in exchange for the recyclable containers. In... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070276689 - Workflow data binding: A workflow data binding system facilitates binding of a data component to a feature of a software component. Prior to the binding, a graphical indication of the software component and a graphical indication of the feature of the software component are displayed. In addition, an indication of an element of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070276698 - Electronic healthcare information management for on-demand healthcare: A system and method for generating healthcare identification and reconciliation information and are provided. In an illustrative implementation, a computer-implemented healthcare information and reconciliation platform (HIRP) maintains a HIR engine which is operable on various data including but not limited to patient data, network data, plan data, insurance carrier/payor data,... Agent: Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP.

20070276694 - Medicine research information collection system and medicine research information collection program: [Solving Means] The present invention relates to a medicine research information collection form 20 for medicine research requiring statistical processing for verifying validity of research results obtained from electronic input information generated based on handwritten information on a medicine research case. The medicine research information collection form 20 of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070276696 - Multi-agent distributed environment for a hierarchical medical environment: The invention presents a system and a method that allows clients to communicate with their service providers. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the clients are patients, the service providers are health care professionals (HCP), and the system is used for intelligent remote health care monitoring. Components of the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070276697 - Systems and methods for retaining or shifting prescription market share: Systems and methods are provided for retaining or shifting prescription market share. The systems and methods may include receiving a claim from a pharmacy computer, where the claim is associated with a drug requested by a customer, routing the claim to an adjudication engine for benefits processing, and receiving, from... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070276699 - Method of acquiring data: The invention discloses a method of acquiring, storing and transmitting data, which includes the provision of a database having at least three record sets in which data, such as medical examination data, can be accurately stored in suitable numerical format.... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070276701 - Nursing care plan preparation method for managing nursing actions, and nursing information managing apparatus and nursing information managing system using the same: In cooperation with a first database, a problem preparation supporting unit supports the preparation of nursing problem items for patients. Based on the nursing problem items prepared, a plan preparation supporting unit supports the preparation of nursing care plans by conducting a search through a second database. In cooperation with... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070276703 - Integrated enrollment system and method: A system for providing an integrated enrollment process for a health plan and a health savings account includes a processor for generating a user interface to enable a user to access an integrated enrollment process for enrollment into a health plan and a health savings account by entering health plan... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070276705 - Method and apparatus for providing insurance policies for gambling losses: A method according to some embodiments of the present invention provides for a game server to receive policy requirements of a user for a gambling loss insurance policy from a terminal. The game server determines a premium amount based on the policy requirements of the user and transmits information concerning... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070276704 - System and method for providing insurance data: A method for providing insurance data includes storing one or more service events, where each service event is associated with one or more medical encounters and with enrollee responsibility data, receiving medical encounter data from a user, identifying the service event associated with the medical encounter data received from the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070276708 - Fee allocator system and method: A system is provided for automatically billing a designated account for fees associated with the costs of tickets and other similar services. Passenger Record Number data and similar data is provided through a Computerized Reservation System and an accounting system to a Fee Allocator program which automatically interprets the data,... Agent: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. C/o Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.

20070276706 - System and method for locating aircraft passengers: The present invention is directed to system and method for locating aircraft passengers. A data feed arrangement receives aircraft data points from at least one first data source and passenger information from a second data source. A data processing arrangement stores each aircraft data point in a flight record and... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070276709 - Pathfinding system: A method of generating a new path to a destination node (29G) in a virtual environment comprising a plurality of nodes (29A-G). The method comprises nodal information identifying one or more nodes associated with a previously created path to said destination node, dynamically reconfiguring the topology of the virtual environment... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070276714 - Business process map management: Methods and apparatuses enable providing a workflow management environment that provides different workflow management perspectives with different views on a variety of reusable workflow components or workflow resources. The different views may include a swim lane view having multiple separate sections that each represents a different performer, and a list... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070276715 - Distributed activity management: Methods and apparatuses enable generating distributed workflows that couple actions with a business scenario, and relate activities to each other with request-to-perform (RTP) relationships. The activities are coupled to the business scenario to generate a workflow, and the RTP relationships enable management of distributed activities that are part of the... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070276710 - System and method for selecting a service provider: There is disclosed a method and system for selecting a service provider to perform a particular service based on historical expectation differential data. The expectation differential data is preferably derived from the service provider's actual performance and a performance expectation. Methods of determining and varying expectations are also disclosed.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070276718 - Methods and apparatus for resource allocation in computer architectures: Methods and apparatuses for searching for an optimal resource allocation configuration are disclosed. First and second configurations for allocating resources are generated, each having first and second degrees of optimization, respectively. The second configuration is based on a variation of the first configuration. The second configuration is rejected if the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (intel)

20070276721 - Computer implemented shopping system: The computer implemented shopping system provides a hypermedia presentation on a user's computing device, e.g., a game console, that has a plurality of objects representing a merchant's items for sale. The system includes a shopper profile stored in a database. The shopper profile represents shopper pertinent information by measuring attributes... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070276722 - Performance optimization: In embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of aligning an agent's compensation with an organization's goals, incentivizing an agent to improve their performance, and managing an agent. In one embodiment, the present invention includes defining a performance metric that relates to a goal of an organization. Performance levels... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070276723 - Bipsa: an inferential methodology and a computational tool: BiPSA is a novel inferential methodology characterized by: (1) breaking down all issues of unknown and uncertainty to a cascade of binary questions, (2) identifying all available sources of knowledge, and polling each source individually with respect to each binary question in its turn. Each binary answer is associated with... Agent: Gideon Samid

20070276735 - Information providing system and information providing method: An information providing system determines an instantaneous group formed by users that are hanging together at a given time, and provides information to the users of the instantaneous group customized to the instantaneous group. For example, one user may be a part of an instantaneous group A at one given... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070276733 - Method and system for music information retrieval: Systems and methods are disclosed for searching or finding music with music, by searching, e.g., for music from a library that has a sound that is similar to a given sound provided as a search query, and to methods and systems for tracking revenue generated by these computer-user interactions, and... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070276734 - Method and system of advertising: A method and related system for advertising that senses the presence of a consumer proximate to a display of products, invokes (based on the presence of the consumer), an advertisement selected from a group of previously supplied advertisements, and wirelessly reports statistics of the invocation of advertisements. A second method... Agent: Keeling Patents And Trademarks

20070276731 - System for obtaining credits for playing games and awarding and redeeming coupons: A system for obtaining credits, e.g. from a bartering group, and converting them to credits for playing games, such as arcade games or other games, and for awarding and/or redeeming coupons, prizes and awards link barter dollars or other units belonging to an individual with credits for playing games or... Agent: Law Offices Of David L. Hoffman

20070276732 - Systems and methods for delivery of multiple online advertising units to communicate and interact on the same webpage: A system for delivering advertisement units that interact with each other on a webpage is disclosed. The system includes a web browser, a web server, and an advertisement server. The web browser is configured to generate a request for a webpage. The web server is communicatively connected to the web... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070276736 - Transaction processing: A customer purchases a voucher by presenting a security card at a point-of-sale terminal (1). The terminal (11) communicates with a remote EPOS host (10) to validate the security data. The host (10) communicates with a transaction processor (30) to generate voucher data. Operations of the terminal (1) are triggered... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070276737 - Apparatus and method for providing and/or for fulfilling subscription services: An apparatus and method for providing subscription services, including a processor, for processing a request to receive at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, pursuant to a subscription, wherein the request includes information concerning an existing subscription, wherein the processor processes the request and determines at... Agent: Raymond A. Joao, Esq.

20070276741 - Method and apparatus for effective distribution and delivery of goods ordered on the world-wide-web: An apparatus and method for delivering goods ordered by a plurality of customers, in which a plurality of customers place orders for goods from a vendor, the vendor fulfills its orders by combining into a single shipping order the goods ordered by a plurality of customers who are geographically close... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070276738 - Method of prepaid gasoline and other motor vehicle propellant products fixed price retail purchasing: This application describes a system and method whereby, a consumer can prepay for Petroleum Products at a Fixed Price via an encoded plastic magnetic-type information card or printed receipt, in advance (“Prepaid”), gasoline and other motor vehicle propellant products (“Petroleum Products”) at a fixed price for later consumption from one... Agent: American Financial Institutions Consulting, Inc.

20070276740 - Music distribution systems: Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to playback for their enjoyment. An... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070276744 - Systems and methods for facilitating completion of repurchase agreements: Methods and corresponding system are provided herewith that, in at least one embodiment, include the step or steps of receiving at least one order for a repurchase agreement involving an asset, determining in response to the at least one order an existence of at least one of the asset and... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070276745 - Automated retailing through an online auction service: Computer implemented methods and apparatuses for controlling automated retailing through an online auction service are described herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070276748 - Display of market impact in algorithmic trading engine: A graphical user interface is used along with an automated algorithm selection function to enable market participants to initiate automated, multi-algorithm trading strategies through a single drag and drop motion. A symbol representing a security can be dragged and dropped onto an icon representing a tactical or strategic algorithm. Other... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070276747 - Dynamic load adjustment for online auction bidding: An automated bid proxy for online auctions transmits user-initiated bids to an online auction facility using dynamically adjusted bid times that vary from the user-specified or auction-specified bid times. This dynamic adjustment may advantageously distribute large bid loads over a time interval in order to reduce the peak load that... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070276746 - Real estate management system for use by managers and agents: In accordance with the invention, a method of implementing and controlling a real estate transaction includes the receiving of an agent identification from a particular agent and a request from the agent to implement the real estate transaction with respect to a particular property. These transactions are presented on a... Agent: Roger Pitt Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070276751 - Automated political risk management: A risk management method and system for facilitating analysis and quantification of risk associated with politically exposed persons is disclosed. A computerized political risk management system maintains a database relating individuals to politically sensitive positions and world events. A rating system is used to assess risk based upon criteria such... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20070276750 - Method and system for credit status calculation, monitoring, and maintenance: A credit monitoring and maintenance system including various computer-based processes. In one embodiment, the system includes processes for accepting inputs including one or more credit report values specific to a borrower generated by one or more credit reporting bureaus, and for further accepting additional inputs from other sources comprising data... Agent: Hugh R. Kress Browning Bushman P.C.

20070276749 - Methods and systems for deal structuring for automobile dealers: A method for deal structuring by a dealer, using a network based system including a server system coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a loan application from a buyer regarding the deal, running a credit report based on the... Agent: Larry E. Severin C/o Wang, Hartman & Gibbs, PC

20070276752 - Methods and systems for facilitating transactions between commercial banks and pooled depositor groups: Methods and systems for facilitating transactions (200) between commercial banks and pooled depositor groups are disclosed. Employees of a control center determine interest rate return needs of pooled depositor groups (210), such as trust departments at commercial banks. The control center employees aggregate (204) the funds to produce a stable... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070276753 - System and method for selling a disposable giftcard at a store location of a first retailer for exclusive use at a second retailer: A method for selling a disposable giftcard at a store location of a first retailer for exclusive use at a second retailer is disclosed. The method includes: the first retailer displaying in a store location of the first retailer a plurality of non-activated giftcards of the second retailer that may... Agent: Francis C. Kowalik Walgreen Co. Law Department

20070276754 - Card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine method: A card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine such as an ATM is provided. The ATM is operative to receive and display on a display device of the ATM, electronic documents. The ATM may be in operative connection with a storage server. The storage server is operative responsive to the... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20070276756 - Recording/reproducing device, recording medium processing device, reproducing device, recording medium, contents recording/reproducing system, and contents recording/reproducing method: A recording medium (240) has a protected region (241) where access limitation is set in advance and a non-protected region (242) where access is not limited. At least a part of a encryption key (20) and a part of an IV (21) that are required to encrypt contents data are... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070276759 - Trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce electronic transaction and rights management: An integrated, modular array of administrative and support services are provided for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting transaction-related capabilities over electronic networks, and can also be adapted to the specific needs of electronic commerce value chains.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070276760 - Digital copyright management using secure device: There is provided a content use management method capable of preventing unauthorized distribution of a content and improving user-friendliness. In this method, the same group key is stored in a secure device (400) and a playback terminal (500). Moreover, a license issuing application is received from a license distribution server... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070276761 - Method and device for franking postal deliveries: A method and device for franking mailpieces. An operating unit, which is separated from a franking unit, transmits a transaction request to an authorization unit. The authorization unit ascertains an authorization of a user of the operating unit on the basis of an authorization profile. The transmitted transaction request is... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070276762 - Method and system for optimizing throughput of mailing machines: A mailing machine that optimizes throughput by reducing the amount of time necessary for the PSD to generate the digital signature and indicium for each mail piece is provided. The debit operation performed by the PSD, i.e., adjusting the PSD registers, is separated into three different sections, a pre-debit operation,... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070276764 - System for providing cardless payment: The method and system of the invention provide a variety of techniques for using a selected alias and a selected personal identification entry (PIE) in conjunction with use of a transaction card, such as a credit card, debit card or stored value card, for example. A suitable number or other... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070276765 - Method and system for secured transactions: Systems and methods for performing settlement of token access transactions are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides for batch processing bank card transactions, including receiving transaction records for a plurality of bank card transactions, wherein at least some of the transaction records include encrypted token information; determining whether the... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070276767 - Method for providing contents: The present invention relates to a method and system of providing content, particularly, a method and system of selling additional extension data with charge without changing already-stored execution file. The present invention relates to a game content server comprising a game content list providing module, a package list generating module,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070276768 - Trusted third party services system and method: A method for providing transactional billing for trusted third party services offered to a plurality of users via a computer network, the method including: generating at least one log record indicative of at least one of the users submitting at least one electronic document for trusted third party services; generating... Agent: Todd A. Norton Reed Smith LLP

20070276769 - Automatic bartering proposal for content exchange: The present invention relates to a method for automatic bartering for items, between at least a first and a second bartering party, at a programmable device. The process of bartering is enhanced by letting the programmable device handle at least a part of the bartering process that helps in reducing... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070276770 - Method and system for predicting shrinkable yield for business assessment of integrated circuit design shrink: Aspects of the present invention provide a method and a system for predicting shrinkable yield for business assessment of integrated circuit design shrink. An assessment system is provided to determine cost benefits of a design shrink of an integrated circuit chip. A cost benefit analysis across different design shrink technologies... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070276771 - Phone line testing to determine modem license fee: There is provided, in a Set Top Box (STB) having a licensed modem and being connected to a network head-end through a phone line, a method for providing licensing fee information for the modem. A communications test is performed to determine a maximum communication speed at which the modem can... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070276772 - Realtimeresume.com. realtimeresume.org., realtimeresume.net: RealTimeResume.com is a new and innovative web invention that has the potential to profoundly impact the global employment industry in a positive and unique way. RealTimeResume.com will have a positive and profound impact on the way the employment & business industry engages in daily interviews. The ability to engage in... Agent: John J. Brooks, Iii

20070271107 - Context-dependent value help: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided context-dependent value help information for business objects. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for providing context-dependent value help information. The method may include receiving a call at a first service provider to instantiate a first business object. The... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070271112 - Dynamic electronic door lock control system: A method of controlling access to a real estate property includes installing a dynamic electronically-controlled lockset on an exterior door of a real estate property, maintaining, at a remote location, a reference device adapted to present a value of a second dynamic access code to one or more users located... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070271109 - Method and system for providing job listing monitoring: A method and system of providing monitoring of a job listing is disclosed. A request to post a job listing is received from a recruiter. An indication of interest in employment for a job represented by the job listing is received form a jobseeker. A determination is made as to... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070271111 - Method and system for recovering a dissatisfied customer by a customer recovery survey: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a dealer with an opportunity to recover dissatisfied customers and improve customer loyalty by identifying and sending recovery surveys to the dissatisfied customers. A dealer may review an online survey report containing customers' initial survey responses and initial scores. The dealer... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070271108 - Method for optimizing skill development to maximize labor value: A computer-implemented method for maximizing labor value in an organization. An exemplary method includes determining a capability level score for an individual in an organization, determining a corresponding labor cost score for the individual, and computing an individual skills value index for the individual. The individual skills value index is... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070271110 - Systems and methods to connect customers and marketers: Methods and systems for identifying, compensating and communicating with persons who have knowledge of, interest in, or experience with, products and/or services provided by an advertiser or marketer. One embodiment includes registering a plurality of customers who are interested in one or more products and services in a plurality of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070271117 - Electronic patient care system: A patient care system includes a clinician for providing the health care to the patient, an input device for signaling that the patient is initiating a current health care encounter to provide a patient-initiated encounter signal, and current patient information provided by the patient and received by the patient care... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070271116 - Integrated media jukebox and physiologic data handling application: A method is provided to operate a computer to interoperate with a portable media player. The method includes processing signals provided from the portable media player to the computer that are indicative of whether an accessory has been connected to the portable media player, to determine whether the accessory has... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20070271118 - Sales force sculpting method and system: A system and method target health care providers and their patients for promotion of an alternate drug treatment. The alternate drug treatment is directed at replacing multiple drug treatments with a single drug that treats more than one symptom simultaneously. The patient segment to be targeted is identified by determining... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20070271127 - Database driven subrogation claim management system: A technique to automate legal aspects of the automotive insurance subrogation recovery processes using a computerized database system is enclosed. This technique includes storing standardized data such as court and insurance company information and claim specific data such as claimant and insured party information in an organized database. A computer... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070271129 - Interactive email and calendaring system: Described is an interactive email and calendaring system that can automatically create and schedule appointments, verify and confirm such appointments with clients, maintain customer databases, provide financial and statistical reports and generate creative email advertising campaigns.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20070271128 - Web based management information system: The present invention provides a web based management information system that may allow access to its plurality of features from any Internet enabled browser. Users of the web based management information system may access an online web-server via a URL and then login into the system using a username and... Agent: Raynard Terrence Bolling

20070271130 - Flexible scheduling and pricing of multicore computer chips: Systems and methods are provided for flexible scheduling and pricing of multicore computer chips. Multicore computer chips can be scheduled to operate correctly despite nonoperational components by adjusting scheduling. They may be sold at a price that accounts for an extent to which components are not operational, because additional operational... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070271131 - Method and system for lithographic and non-lithographic production process estimates and production specifications: A method and system for automating lithographic and non-lithographic production process estimates and production specifications is described. A production calculator is coupled with a database management system. The production calculator contains a graphic user interface (GUI) generator, a function that logically selects a printing machine sheet size, a group of... Agent: David J. Mccaskill

20070271135 - Card incentive database system: A card incentive data base system includes a computerized data base system with a client information table and a credit/debit card information table. The client information table includes a client identifier code and can accommodate card identifier codes for accounts owned by the client. The card information table includes card... Agent: Belasco, Jacobs & Townsley LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070271140 - Electronic advertisement management apparatus, electronic advertisement client apparatus, computer readable medium, and electronic advertisement system: There is provided an electronic advertisement management apparatus including a reservation time management table that stores a reserved communication time for each of a plurality of electronic advertisement client apparatus, a reservation time determination unit that determines a reserved communication time with the electronic advertisement client apparatus by reference to... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070271137 - Establishing a call session during an advertisement time period: To communicate between terminal devices, a time period of overlap between a first time slot of first advertisement content provided to a first terminal device and a second time slot of second advertisement content provided to a second terminal device is determined. An indication is sent for establishment of a... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070271139 - Method and apparatus for delivering advertisements to mobile users: The present invention contemplates a variety of techniques for delivering advertisements and similar promotional messages to mobile users through the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) bearer in the GSM (Global System for Mobile) network or the 3G (3rd Generation) network. The USSD is a GSM and 3G communication technology that... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070271141 - Method and system for predicting purchases: Some traditional brick-and-mortar stores, such as grocery stores, have encountered difficulties in using the online marketplace. There are a litany of reasons for this, but one reason is that the online marketplace is simply inconvenient. One purpose for the online marketplace is to make the lives of customers easier. These... Agent: Storm LLP

20070271136 - Method for pricing advertising on the internet: A method for determining a price charged to an advertiser to place a geographically targeted advertisement on an Internet web page or other remote area computer network is disclosed. The method involves the use of multiple databases containing pricing information; audience information, and advertisement information. An advertiser pricing information from... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070271133 - Pay-per-day online advertising system: A method and system that allows advertisers to bid for favorable placement of their ads relative to other advertisers, over a given time period and at a fixed cost. The provider of said system solicits ads from advertisers via an electronic interface. The advertisers provide ad copy, indicate how much... Agent: Lawrence Thomas Mcelhinney Jr.

20070271134 - System and method for scheduling advertisements: There is disclosed a computerized system and method for scheduling advertising Events which utilizes a set of configurable instructions regarding booking an order which iterates through a series of broadening, configurable criteria and also implements a configurable scoring system for the purpose of comparing multiple Events to determine if one... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070271138 - Systems and methods to connect marketing participants and marketers: Methods and systems for identifying, compensating and communicating with persons who have knowledge of, interest in, or experience with, products and/or services provided by an advertiser or marketer. In one aspect, a system includes a server to receive and maintain user information, including contact information and specified categories of products... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070271151 - Method for auctioning and video advertising: A sales website, such as an auction site, can utilize additional features to enhance the operation of such a website as well as attract buyers and sellers. According to one embodiment, a video advertisement feature can be utilized to advertise an article on an auction website. In addition, video conferencing... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070271149 - Methods and apparatus for using self-contained transaction components to facilitate online transactions: Systems and methods are described for enabling electronic transactions using self-contained transaction components displayed in a portion of a web page. A method comprises: displaying, in a portion of a web page, a self-contained transaction component; receiving, via the self-contained transaction component, input from a user; transmitting, from the self-contained... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070271150 - Online purchase optimization: A system, method and apparatus for online purchase optimization is presented in various embodiments. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a selection of a plurality of items. The method also includes enumerating a list of complete sets of combinations of items of the plurality of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070271152 - Systems, applications and products in data processing for expedite orders: A system, application and product in data processing is disclosed for processing expedited orders, the method comprising. An existing availability of an order is determined. Expedited processing to the order is allowed above other orders or in advance of the standard manufacturing lead time associated with a material of the... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070271156 - Efficiency of e commerce shopping from a picture or motion picture on the internet: A method and apparatus for adding items/services/sales to a shopping cart directly from a static or moving picture while maintaining single user interface which includes all site navigating and information controls, shopping cart and items complementary information frames. The picture can combine multiple products from various merchants, promotional advertisements and... Agent: Shlomit Sarusi

20070271163 - Method for using options on housing futures contracts to offer home price insurance: A home price insurance policy offers a homeowner the ability to insure himself or herself against losses incurred due to falling home prices between the time the policy is purchased and the time the insured's home is sold (if the policy is still in effect). In order to offer such... Agent: Bradley John Schaufenbuel

20070271195 - Capital-adequacy filing and assessment system and method: Systems and methods of capital-adequacy filing and assessment for determining compliance with capital-adequacy rules include an authorized-entity computer and a processing computer in electronic communication with the authorized-entity computer. Such systems and methods can include an analysis-rule-configuration component, a data-reception component and a rules engine.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070271197 - Investment method: An investment method, comprising; borrowing a first sum of money and investing the first sum of money in a first investment selected to provide a high income. The investment method further comprises investing in a second investment selected to provide high equity growth; selling the second investment to realise equity... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070271196 - Method of constructing an investment portfolio and computing an index thereof: A method for selecting investment assets for a portfolio is based upon a score derived for each asset which is indicative of its style, for example, whether a stock is predominantly a growth or a value stock. Different sets of score factors are designated for assessing an asset's score with... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070271199 - Normalization of financial instruments: Normalization of more than one financial instrument resident in more than one financial transaction type establishes a correlation or commonality between the aforesaid financial instruments. Algorithmic functionality coupled with visual screen financial data displays expediently make the aforesaid financial data correlation readily apparent to the user.... Agent: John M. Johnson Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

20070271198 - Semi-quantitative risk analysis: A semi-quantitative analysis on the risk management process increases the possibility of performing an accurate risks comparison, making easier the identification of which risks shall be prioritized and shall receive the greatest mitigation efforts. Specifically, the semi-quantitative risk analysis enables an improved risks comparison for evaluating the consequences of each... Agent: Accenture, LLP C/o Hogan & Hartson, LLP (ipgroup)

20070271201 - System and method for facilitating the funding and administration of a long term investment or retirement trust: The funding and administration of a long term investment and/or retirement trust for a minor child or minor children are facilitated by the present invention. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a system and method for the real-time, interactive, dynamic modeling and goal-solving for the pre-funding of a retirement... Agent: Williams Mullen

20070271200 - Systems and methods to allocate relevancy of global asset peers: The present invention provides apparatus and methods to facilitate allocation of find assets amongst asset classes including: equity inverse assets, precious metal assets, commodities and hard assets, international equity, international fixed income, domestic fixed income and domestic equity.... Agent: Joseph P. Kincart, Esq.

20070271170 - Methods of transferring seat licenses having certain security features: Methods are provided for providing a marketplace for the sale of seat licenses so as to enhance the security of transactions between buyers and sellers, in part, by incorporating certain security features such as verifying seat license title transfers and/or escrowing funds received on behalf of a buyer for the... Agent: Charles Kulkarni Jackson Walker L.L.P.

20070271169 - System and method for implementing an anonymous trading method: A system and appertaining method are provided in which a brokerage firm transmits confidential information about security trading intentions to an anonymous server that follows through on a trade only if there is a likelihood that the trade can be completed. Pricing inputs are obtained that help a price engine... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070271178 - Loan program and process for transacting the same: A loan program and process is structured to provide a significant end-to-end cost savings while overcoming many, if not all, of the drawbacks and regulatory obstacles present in the current payday loan industry. The program, the end-to-end process, and the arrangement thereof, permits a lender to offer short-term, small cash... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070271176 - Method for providing financing for rental housing: A method for financing rental housing is provided having the steps of having the lessor obtain information from a potential renter or existing renter on income, expenses, and debt; having the lessor conduct a preliminary evaluation on whether the person might be able to obtain a line of credit; having... Agent: Patrick P. Phillips Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070271177 - System and method for tracking mortgage information: A method for tracking mortgage information is disclosed which comprises the steps of obtaining information relating to a group of customers and a preselected criteria associated with the group of customers, obtaining updated information, comparing the updated information to the information relating to the group of customers and the preselected... Agent: Riezman Berger, P.C.

20070271175 - System, method and apparatus for brokering loan applications: A loan brokering system for providing loan program information to brokers includes a server computer with a processor, a memory and a network interface, the network interface operatively coupling the server computer to a network. The system also includes a loan database coupled to the server computer; a lender interface... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070271182 - Electronic endorsement of check images: A system and method for applying an endorsement to an electronic image of a bank check. A system is described that includes: an imaging system for generating an endorsement image representing an action taken relative to processing the bank check; a halftone system for converting the endorsement image into a... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070271183 - Image based positive pay checking system: A method of processing a check issued by a payor includes creating a check image at a payor location, obtaining positive pay data from the image at the payor location using OCR and transmitting the positive pay data to a payor bank of the payor. Alternatively, the positive pay data... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070271188 - Digital media acquisition using credit: Improved techniques and systems to facilitate use of credit to acquire digital media assets from a network-based media server are disclosed. Digital media assets can include media items such as songs, albums, images, slideshows, audiobooks, podcasts, or videos. A user can acquire credit in a variety of different ways including,... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20070271190 - Discovering licenses in software files: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for discovering licenses in open source files. One method of software execution includes discovering a software license in code; and determining if the software license is a pre-existing open source software license.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070271113 - Dynamic casino tracking and optimization: Gaming establishment patrons may be categorized and responsive services and features presented whether or not the patrons (or their companions) are known. Gaming and non-gaming activities of a patron may be identified and tracked. Information from various private and/or public databases accessible by a gaming establishment, may be used for... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070271114 - Method and apparatus for selling subscriptions to periodicals in a retail environment: A system comprises a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a POS controller, a retail subscription system. The POS terminal allows a cashier to enter subscription sales data into the POS controller. The POS controller maintains databases on available subscriptions and produces databases containing data relating to subscriptions sold to customers. The retail... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070271105 - System and method for reducing driving risk with hindsignt: A system and method for computer assisted event based reconstruction and forensic analysis of vehicle accidents is provided. The system comprises an event capture device that records audio, video, and other information that collectively comprise one or more events related to a vehicle accident. The event data, including the audio,... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070271106 - System and method for secure internet channeling agent: A system and method for establishing a Secure Internet Channeling Agent (SICHA), a third party trusted authorized channeling agent, making direct, secure, and fast Internet channeling between a user device and a media content server. In the preferred embodiment, the SICHA directly relays user's channeling request to the media content... Agent: David H. Lee

20070271115 - Medical device which can be operated with various operating settings, in particular patient monitor: System for use in a hospital, comprising a configuration management system (KMS) and a location system, where a current operating mode of medical devices in signal connection with the configuration management system is determined by the KMS from predetermined operating settings stored in a memory.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070271119 - Method and system for estimating the financial liability of a patient for a medical service: A computer implemented method involving a medical service for a patient includes estimating an expected payment associated with the medical service for the patient based on a set of data including payments for similar medical services provided to a population of individuals. The method also includes estimating a cost expected... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070271120 - Sequencing models of healthcare related states: Transition probability sequencing models and metrics are derived from healthcare claims data to identify potentially fraudulent or abusive practices, providers, doctors, clients, or other entities. Healthcare reimbursement claims from hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, doctors, etc., are processed to identify sequences of states, and transition probability metrics are determined from frequency... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070271122 - patient video and audio monitoring system: A user interface and software system and architecture enables linking medical record information and patient location to a camera associated with that location when a particular patient is selected by a clinician using a health information system. The image of the patient as recorded by an in-room camera is displayed... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070271121 - Method and system for providing evidence based evaluations of medical treatments: Methods and systems for securing and providing evidence based evaluations of medical treatments are disclosed herein. A method according to one embodiment includes: providing guidelines for selecting evidence about the treatments; selecting a research expert knowledgeable about evidence relating to the treatments; having the research expert select evidence relating to... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070271123 - Reservation processing method and reservation processing system: Reservation processing is achieved whereby suitable reservation prices are presented in accordance with the reservation request of a reservation seeker and the situation regarding earlier-arriving reservations, thereby enabling the reserver to reserve the product he or she desires. When the reservation server 10 receives reservation information from the reservation terminal... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070271124 - Web enabled business to business computer system for rental car services: An Internet enabled, business-to-business computerized transaction system is disclosed in its preferred embodiment for use in providing rental car services for high volume users and comprises an Internet web portal through which the high volume user may access an integrated business computer network for the rental vehicle service provider. The... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070271125 - Web enabled business to business computer system for rental car services: An Internet enabled, business-to-business computerized transaction system is disclosed in its preferred embodiment for use in providing rental car services for high volume users and comprises an Internet web portal through which the high volume user may access an integrated business computer network for the rental vehicle service provider. The... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070271126 - System and method for formulating and managing corporate strategy: Disclosed is a method (200) for formulating and updating a strategy for an organisation using a computer management platform (700) running a computer program (726) comprising a data entry module, a presentation module, and a formulation and updating (FU) procedure module. The method comprises the steps of formulating (201) the... Agent: William R. Evans Ladas & Parry LLP

20070271132 - Single level bill of material available to promise: A computer implemented Availability Checking Tool wherein tool users work within a common work environment, from common enterprise data, and considering assets and demands across multiple order management systems and manufacturing facilities within boundaries established by manufacturing specifications, process flows and business policies. Tool users can easily maintain a synergistic... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20070271143 - Automated display device: A self-powered video display device provides an automated point of purchase advertising display that includes a motion sensing feature, a power management function to manage power usage depending on sensed motion, and a readily programmable and re-programmable operating system. The display device is updated through the connection of a memory... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070271145 - Consolidated system for managing internet ads: An improved system for managing online advertising inventory and advertisement creatives. The system provides a central database where an entire advertising campaign's metric data is maintained for easy review. The metric data is accessible through a common, collaborative user interface. The interface allows publishers and advertisers to access their respective... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070271144 - Method of advertising: A method and apparatus for advertising to a plurality of consumers for the benefit of a plurality of merchants. The method includes the steps of providing a database searchable by the plurality of consumers of respective products and/or services offered by each of the plurality of merchants, providing a respective... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd. Jon P. Christensen

20070271142 - Systems and methods for electronic marketing: An exemplary system includes a publisher subsystem configured to communicate with an access device and an advertiser device over a data communication network. The publisher subsystem includes a publish module, a session module, and an allocation module. The publish module is configured to publish content over the data communication network,... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070271147 - Distributed electronic commerce system with centralized virtual shopping carts: An electronic commerce system includes a broker that enables customers to purchase items from multiple different merchants. A customer interacts with the merchants to identify items to purchase, and the merchants send descriptions of the items to the broker. The broker maintains a virtual shopping cart that stores the items... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070271146 - Method and apparatus for matching and/or coordinating shoes handbags and other consumer products: An on-line shopping system and method to provide coordinated items and ensembles including shoes, shirts, bags, and other consumer products is provided. Manufacturers determine ensembles of “relevant” items. The items and ensembles are presented to shoppers where they are able to provide feedback as to how “relevant” the items are... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070271153 - Method and system of aggregating listings for sale: Described herein are a method and a system to transition unsold items offered for sale via a first process to a second process; and to aggregate the items for sale in the second process in lots.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070271148 - Systems and methods for online reverse auctions: This invention relates generally to auctions, and more specifically, to systems and methods for online reverse auctions. In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for providing an online reverse auction, the system having a software application, the software application being accessible to a buyer and a provider over a... Agent: Ruttleradams, LLC Jim Ruttler

20070271154 - Method for operating a catering business: A comprehensive web based system which requires no software installation on behalf of the respective restaurant operators and which enables customers to place catering orders and scheduled pickup online. A website is established for the franchise owner which independently posts chain restaurant websites with unique catering information for each of... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20070271155 - Online portal for viewing, organizing, and sharing information relating to real property: A portal for a computer network for viewing and sharing information related to real property includes a web page for a registered user displaying a plurality of real property listings resulting from a search of current real property listings and a plurality of agent identifiers displayed on the web page... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070271159 - Flexible ordering of inventory from material sources according to material requirements for manufacturing operations: A method, computer system, computer program product, and signal embodied on a carrier wave for scheduling delivery of material to a manufacturer with a plurality of manufacturing lines. Each manufacturing line may include at least one operation, and deliveries are made according to the material requirements for the operation. Parts... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070271157 - Method and system for providing a transaction browser: A method and system for providing a transaction browser is provided. The browser may identify a role assigned to a user in response to a received user identity. The browser may identify a subset of application command pathways that are related to the identified role. The browser may display a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070271158 - System and method for automated generation, management and documentation of device assemblies: A system and a method are disclosed for automated generation, management and documentation of device assemblies by means of a data processing system, which has at least one data source for the supply of mass data and an entry module for creating and managing objects. The entry module interacts with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070271160 - Accounts payable process: Techniques for performing an accounts payable process may include receiving transaction data including at least one of invoice data, purchase order data, and vendor data; and verifying a transaction by matching a dynamic data set of client-specified multi-dimensional criteria to the transaction data. An accounts payable system may include a... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070271161 - Systems and methods for displaying time dependent information: A method for displaying time dependent information includes displaying a time axis, wherein periods of time are displayed equidistantly on the time axis regardless of an actual time period being represented and providing a user interface allowing a user to scroll along the time axis.... Agent: Richard F. Jaworski Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070271162 - Invoice management for distributed content: Executable software may be provided to a computer. The software may be configured to perform a designated user-requested function on the computer. In addition, the software may be configured to perform a search of a memory of the user computer, looking for prospective billing addresses. The billing addresses may comprise... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070271165 - Debt redemption fund: The intent of the debt redemption fund discussed herein is to structure a process by which the sovereign or institutional investor can access liquidity on preferential terms, provision for future obligations while meeting current domestic or existing short term obligations, and garner a credit rating that would facilitate future direct... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070271167 - Financial instrument and related business method: The present invention provides a financial instrument of an entity and a related business method. The financial instrument includes: a conventional investment instrument; a premium and/or penalty feature added to the conventional investment instrument; and a dividend feature added to the conventional investment instrument. The premium feature is characterized by... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070271164 - Method and system for supplementing directors' and officers' insurance: A first trust sells a credit derivative to a second trust, and in this way provides for funding of the second trust and thus provides bankruptcy protection to the second trust. The first trust sells notes linked to the credit of