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 a sponsor. With the proceeds the first trust purchases... Agent: Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC - Ml

20070271166 - System and method for creating an investment policy statement: A system and method for the creation of an Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”). A user may create or modify paragraphs and sections of an IPS template with response dependent fields. Asset allocation models are available from the system, or a user can create an unlimited number of custom asset allocation... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20070271168 - Investment structure for tax-exempt and tax deferred investors: An investment structure allows U.S. federal income tax-exempt and tax deferred investors to invest in a registered investment company that is taxed as a partnership without incurring the negative tax consequences to such investors of investing in a partnership that would otherwise generate, as to such investors, unrelated business taxable... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070271173 - Bidding for energy supply: An auction service is provided that stimulates competition between energy suppliers (i.e., electric power or natural gas). A bidding moderator receives offers from competing suppliers specifying the economic terms each is willing to offer to end users or resellers for estimated quantities of electric power or gas supply (separate auctions).... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070271172 - Display of selected items in visual context 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

20070271171 - Systems and methods for providing dynamic price axes: The invention relates to systems and methods that provide a user interface for use with an electronic trading system. The interface displays a bid price axis and an ask price axis, as well as corresponding sizes, and an indication of the inside market. When the inside market changes in response... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070271174 - Money fund banking system with multiple banks and/or rates: Providing interest to clients' deposited funds without limitation on the number of demand withdrawals from deposit accounts is accomplished by an administration system that keeps all of the records for the clients' deposits and withdrawals, calculates the total of the deposits and withdrawals for all clients, and uses the calculation... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070271180 - Multimedia content management system and method of coupling a sensor enabled medium to a network infrastructure: A Multimedia Content Management System (MCMS) is disclosed for coupling a sensor enabled medium to a network infrastructure. The medium is at least one of a hardcopy medium, such as paper, a device, component or substrate medium. A request for multimedia content is triggered by the interaction with the medium... Agent: Daniel A. Bochneak

20070271179 - Payment processing support device and method: Processing a signature debit card transaction as a credit card transaction when the debit card account contains insufficient funds to perform the transaction. The invention may include receiving transaction information comprising a transaction amount and signature debit card identification information from a point of sale terminal in a primary message... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070271181 - System and method for controlling pests: A system and method for providing pest control services. A contract specifying ongoing pest control services is concluded between a pest control service provider and a customer. The contract permits the pest control service provider to automatically debit a financial instrument of the customer on an ongoing basis without further... Agent: Syngenta Crop Protection , Inc. Patent And Trademark Department

20070271186 - Content distribution service providing system and content distribution device and user terminal device thereof: A content distribution device carries out distribution services of contents whose copyright protection is required via a communication line, to a user terminal device that enables to record contents to an information storage medium in which medium information is written, when receiving a content distribution request from the user terminal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070271187 - Content distribution service providing system and content distribution device and user terminal device thereof: A content distribution device carries out distribution services of contents whose copyright protection is required via a communication line, to a user terminal device that enables to record contents to an information storage medium in which medium information is written, when receiving a content distribution request from the user terminal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070271185 - Systems and methods for generating custom reports based on point-of-sale data: A method of generating custom reports based on point-of-sale data transferred between multiple remote computing devices and a central computing device includes generating point-of-sale data at multiple remote locations, transferring the point-of-sale data to a central computing device from multiple computing devices at the respective multiple remote locations, defining a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070271184 - Technique for transferring media data files: A technique is disclosed for transferring at least one of a media file and associated usage rights data from a first user unit (110) to a second user unit (120), wherein the media file is identifiable by a central interface (130) unit and includes at least one component of image... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070271189 - Tamper prevention and detection for video provided over a network to a client: A system, apparatus, and method are directed to providing digital copy protection of media using a subscriber/publisher architecture. In one embodiment, a publisher employs various dynamic and/or static tamper detection, including, filter graph change detectors, ICE detectors, screen scraping detectors, debugger detectors, pattern recognizers, or the like. When a tampering... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070271191 - Method and apparatus for secure distribution of software: Software is securely distributed with limited usage rights. The software may be an executable program and/or one or more data files such as image or multimedia data files. The software includes an access control object which prevents at least some usage of the software without use of a first access... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070271192 - Method for carrying out an electronic transaction: The invention relates to a method for carrying out an electronic transaction according to the following steps: Data exchange between a first network subscriber node (1) and a second network subscriber node (2) is carried out by a first terminal (1a) of the first network subscriber node (1) via a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070271193 - Billing and account management system: A billing system, comprising a service provider account management system configured to maintain at least one service provider account for a customer, and a financial institution account management system configured to maintain at least one financial institution account for the customer, and a gateway in data communication with the service... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070271194 - Products and processes for providing offers for products dispensed from a dispensing device: According to an embodiment, a method includes providing an offer to enter into a forward commitment agreement, and then receiving an acceptance of the offer. A code is made available after receiving the acceptance. It is determined whether the code has been presented to a vending machine after the step... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070271203 - Methods and systems for cost estimation based on templates: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating cost estimates. In one implementation, a cost estimation system includes cost object metadata describing a mapping between functions at a cost estimation system and corresponding functions at a cost evaluation system. Based on the metadata, the cost estimation system determines whether a cost... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20070271202 - Determining content pricing for categories of use based on extrinsic and intrinsic factors: Automatically determining pricing for at least one unit of content that can be selected and purchased over a network for one or more of a plurality of predetermined categories of use and in one or more formats. Also, one or more sources can provide intrinsic and extrinsic value factors that... Agent: Corbis Corporation C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20070265869 - Method and apparatus for physician to interview and dispense directly prescription to patient that is at location remote from physician: An apparatus and method to enable communication between a physician and patient through a pair of video conferencing booths placed in separate public locations whereby the physician interviews the patient from a location remote from the patient and, when appropriate, dispenses directly to the patient a hard copy of a... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20070265875 - Method and apparatus for setting ciphering activation time in a wireless communications system: A method for setting ciphering activation time in a user equipment of a wireless communications system includes receiving a first RRC (radio resource control) message for activating a first ciphering key, setting an activation time of a first SRB (signaling radio bearer) as a predefined number plus a first SN... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070265873 - Method and system for online customer relationship management: The present invention discloses a method and system for online customer support among a plurality of organizations and customers through a service provider. One aspect of the present invention discloses a method which includes receiving a search criterion from said plurality of customers, searching for one or more organization's support... Agent: Evergreen Valley Law Group

20070265870 - Methods and systems for utilizing a time factor and/or asymmetric user behavior patterns for data analysis: Methods and systems for data mining and analysis that may be used for capturing user/entity behavior, providing influence filtering and/or providing recommendations. One particular use may be for providing, among other things, personalized recommendations. The methods and systems may include generating an influence network. The influence network may include a... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20070265872 - Paying tolls utilizing a financial service provider and paying a subscription or license fee: A system, method, and computer readable medium for renting a transport and for paying tolls utilizing a financial service, comprises receiving a service request for renting the transport and for paying the tolls at a card service provider, sending the service request, information related to the renting of the transport,... Agent: Rg & Associates

20070265868 - Systems and methods for providing an interaction between a status management service and an audit trail service: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an interaction between a status management service and an audit trail service. In one embodiment, a computer-implement method provides the interaction by enabling an audit of a business object when the business object reaches a designated status. At an application server, a change... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20070265874 - Systems, applications and products in data processing for partner determination: A system, application and product in data processing is disclosed for partner function determination. An account group is created. A partner function is created to distinguish between functions of partners. An allowable customer account group is assigned to the partner function. A partner procedure is determined. The partner procedure is... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070265880 - Apparatus and method for obtaining an identification of drugs for enhanced safety: A device for identifying a drug, the device including at least one sensor for sensing and recording selected characteristics of a drug to be identified for compatibility with a pre-selected drug regimen, elements for transferring the recorded characteristics for analysis, elements for receiving analyzed data of the recorded characteristics, and... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20070265888 - Healthcare management system: A method of healthcare management wherein set required standards of healthcare for insured participating physicians are controlled by the physicians liability insurer. The required standards include requiring audio or audio visual recording, and retention of such recordings, of consultations between the participating physician and a patient, and upon the occurrence... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20070265886 - Warranty management system and method: A warranty management data processing system, method, and computer program are provided for determining relationships of data associated with warranty claims. Warranty data for a plurality of products is received and stored, and warranty service providers file repair/replace warranty claims against the warranties for the corresponding products. The repair/replace warranty... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20070265898 - Business analysis system and method: To readily understand contents of business operations without burdening an operator, this invention provides a business analysis method including: obtaining information on operations of a user with respect to software programs selected by the user among the plurality of software programs operated by a computer; estimating one business content that... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070265901 - System and method for administering a construction activity for a telecommunications company: An exemplary method and system for administering a construction activity for a telecommunications company can include designing the activity, transmitting the activity to a second datastore, and communicating the one or more tasks. The first datastore may include an inventory of at least one of one or more tasks and... Agent: Patton Boggs, L.L.P.

20070265903 - Meeting notification and merging agents: The present invention is directed generally to an information manager that identifies currently scheduled meetings satisfying selected search parameters, discloses, when permitted, details of the identified meetings to requestors, and merges requested and existing meetings when appropriate.... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20070265922 - Dealership inventory display through interactive banner ads: An electronic advertisement method and system for delivering, via the Internet, a fully interactive database of vehicle inventory contained within a Banner Advertisement. A key strength of the invention is that it takes an existing commercial infrastructure—the banner ad—and it greatly enhances its value to the marketplace. The invention makes... Agent: Firstauto, Inc. Attn : Sandy Moeller

20070265921 - Hierarchical referral system: A hierarchical referral system. The system includes a user interface configured to enable a referrer to create an electronic message. The system also includes a computation component that generates a unique electronic coupon and a unique electronic enrollment invitation. A message handling component attaches both the electronic coupon and the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070265916 - System and method for creating loyalty point programs based on print advertisements: A method for providing individual loyalty point programs for a plurality of print advertisers includes printing first advertising data with a first advertisement by a first print advertiser, the first advertising data identifying the first advertisement, the first advertising data capable of being scanned by a handheld device of a... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070265917 - System and method for targeting print advertisements: A method for targeting print advertisements includes: printing first advertising data with a first advertisement by a first print advertiser, the first advertising data identifying the first advertisement, the first advertising data capable of being scanned by a handheld device of a plurality of potential customers; providing the potential customers... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070265919 - Systems and methods for online advertising: This invention relates generally to online advertising, and more specifically, to systems and methods for sharing online advertising revenue with consumers based on a ranking. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method of advertising online, the method including the steps of establishing a website; accepting an advertiser, the advertiser... Agent: Ruttler Law LLC

20070265932 - Apparatus for providing rights resale function and method thereof: An apparatus for providing a rights resale function and a method thereof are provided, in which a rights object to execute content can be freely transferred and shared among users on the intervention of a rights issuer. The apparatus for providing a rights resale function applied to a system which... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070265936 - Network marketing and payment-breakdown method: A network marketing and payment-breakdown method is proposed to allow website marketers to build a personalized learning platform or a commodity marketing platform, the method being implemented by configuring a network marketing platform that allows a plurality of marketing users to register and become website marketers for selling products or... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070265933 - System and method for selling time-based inventory: A method for selling time-based inventory over a communications network includes permitting a seller via a graphical user interface to define a total time to be sold for a time based-inventory; permitting the seller via the graphical user interface to define a sales time interval amount smaller than the total... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070265937 - Systems and methods for providing remote ordering: This invention provides systems and methods for remote ordering where there is a client that is configurable to accept orders; an information processing system, that is in communication with the client and configurable to receive orders from the client; a plurality of wireless modules in disparate physical locations that are... Agent: Paramount Patents, LLC

20070265987 - Method and system for electronic quotation of services, particularly tourist and transport services: A method for electronic quotation of service, particularly tourist services, includes the following steps of: creating a Commodity Exchange Subsystem adapted to contain Securities representing the tourist and transport services and to manage trading actions, with the Securities representing obligations to provide a service at a certain price; and creating... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070265960 - System and method for automated flexible person-to-person lending: A computer method for automating person-to-person lending comprises receiving from a user over a computer network at least one custom periodic payment amount for a loan period of a person-to-person loan; generating a custom loan schedule based on the custom amount; and transmitting the custom loan schedule over the computer... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070265959 - Systems, applications and products in data processing for credit check: A system, application and product in data processing is disclosed for setting up a credit check of a customer. A customer risk category is set. A credit is reviewed based on the risk category. A customer hierarchy is set. A customer credit limit is assigned to the customer based on... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070265965 - Real-time status and event monitoring system for foster children with various user levels of access: A system used for the record keeping and tracking of data related to foster youth. The system includes an encrypted portable smart card containing critical foster youth data, a means for accessing and updated the foster youth data in real time either through the smart card or over the Internet.... Agent: Mathew J. Temmerman

20070265969 - Computerized management of media distribution agreements: Methods and systems for managing media distribution are disclosed. Advantageously, the management of media distribution can be substantially computer implemented and include management of media distribution agreements. The management of media distribution agreements can operate to manage the creation and/or renewal of media distribution agreements in an automated and efficient... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20070265971 - Token based digital media distribution system: A method for distributing digital media is provided herein. In accordance with the method, a web site (101) is provided from which a plurality of digital media files (20911 to 209kn) are accessible, wherein each digital media file contains digital media associated with a particular artist (105l to 105k). A... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20070265974 - Proprietary portable audio player system for protecting digital content copyrights: A proprietary portable audio player system for protecting digital content copyrights, which includes a proprietary portable audio player, a web access interface, and an online music server. The proprietary portable audio player has a hardware unique device identity. The proprietary portable audio player has a playback token acquirement mode and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070265981 - Method of transfering rights object and electronic device: A method of transferring a rights object (RO) and an electronic device are provided. The method includes generating a secure RO by encrypting an RO including usage rights information regarding digital content and transferring the secure RO from a first device to a second device.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070265982 - Methods and computer program products for licensing software to multiple user classes: Provided are methods and computer program products for licensing software to multiple user classes. Such methods may include collecting a software license fee corresponding to a software application from a key user interested in using and/or licensing the software application and collecting, from the key user, a priority usage-based license... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070265871 - Attorney terminal having outline preparation capabilities for managing trial proceedings: The present invention provides attorney terminals which operate using an outline for storing, associating and managing case evidence, case law and work product for a given lawsuit at issue. Accessed through attorney terminals, the outline is structured based on a hierarchical categorization of the lawsuit into the law and fact... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070265865 - Computer based live resume processing system: A method of operating a computer based candidate/employer live resume information processing system includes a step of providing a system including a browser coupled to a computer network for interactive communication with candidates for jobs and potential employers, streaming video and text storage apparatus coupled to the browser for receiving... Agent: Robert A. Parsons

20070265853 - Database mechanism: In one aspect of the invention, a database mechanism has a first electronic reference representing a first party and a second electronic reference representing a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The LLC has an operating agreement and at least one Series Limited Liability Company (Series LLC) subject to the operating agreement.... Agent: Tyson J. Wilde Novatek International, Inc.

20070265854 - Digital rights management for publishing scanned documents on the internet: While documents which may be subject to existing copyrights are scanned to form electronically transmissible files, information is extracted from the copyright notice, supplemented by manual or automated research and processed by performing calculations of critical dates for geographical areas of interest preferably provided from memory as a table of... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20070265867 - Hairstyling method and apparatus for the same: A method and apparatus for a simulative hair design by using computer programming has at least one processing unit, at least one monitor, an image recording device and a permanent device. The at least one processing unit can help hair stylist to design a hairstyle and store customers' data so... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070265861 - High latency communication transactions in a low latency communication system: Techniques for communication that enable a low latency communication system to accommodate high latency communication transactions without substantial changes to its communication infrastructure. Communication according to the present teachings includes obtaining a set of information using a high latency communication transaction in response to a first attempt at a low... Agent: Paul H. Horstmann

20070265855 - Mcard used for sharing media-related information: A media card, or mCard, is provided for sharing information relating to one or more media objects (e.g., audio, video or image files, etc.) between media terminals. In particular, mCards, or data packets including both origin-controlled data (e.g., song, movie or TV show title, artist or album name, images of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070265857 - Method and apparatus for providing feeds to users: A method of providing feeds to connected devices includes sorting multiple feeds, receiving device information from a connected device, suggesting a feed from the sorted feeds in response to the device information, and delivering the suggested feed to the connected device.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070265866 - Method of and system for managing data in a sensor network: The present invention relates to a method of and system for managing sensor data in a computer database environment. An exemplary method of the invention is described, comprising the steps of: defining a Sensor Network environment in terms of zones, each zone being defined by its entrance or exit condition,... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070265856 - Method of selecting a liftgate: A liftgate can be selected for a particular cargo and particular vehicle using the following steps: (a) providing categories of liftgates based on liftgate cycle ranges; (b) determining liftgate cycle requirements; (c) comparing the liftgate cycle requirements to the liftgate cycle ranges; (d) choosing the applicable category of liftgates; (e)... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20070265858 - Monetizing service calls through advertising: A platform service that is used by an application may be linked to an advertising service. A cost of using the platform service may be reduced based on the linking.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20070265863 - Multidimensional scorecard header definition: An object model and a user interface (UI) enable users of a scorecard application to define an order and categorization of elements including header and row components to break out the scorecard data for effective presentation of multidimensional scorecard views combined with data from non-multidimensional sources. Users are provided options... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070265859 - Presence-enabled property management system: A presence-enabled property management system (PMS) facilitates management of a physical property containing a plurality of rooms individually associable with one or more users of the property. The presence-enabled PMS includes a plurality of PMS services available to the users, a presence server for maintaining respective presence information on presentities... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20070265860 - Providing supplier relationship management software application as enterprise services: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having supplier relationship management functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070265862 - Software model business process variant types: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to realize a software model are described. Process components are defined that characterize software implementing respective and distinct business processes and additionally define at least one process agent that enables communications between a business object associated with the corresponding process component and a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070265864 - System and method for measuring business transformation impact using social network analytics: A system and method (and method of deploying computing infrastructure) of a system, method, and framework for measuring the impact of a collaborative activity, or set of activities, based on social networks and attributes observed before and after the collaborative activity.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070265852 - System and method for the distribution of information: The present disclosure relates to the field of digital information distribution. The last half-century has sen a manifold increase in the availability of information in a digital format. Such digital information, once created, can be copied any number of times without degradation of the original copy of the information. Furthermore,... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070265876 - Systems and methods for providing a network using postal routed node topology: The specification describes a system and method for providing a network using postal routed node topology. The system provides links between databases, General Mail Facilities, Post Offices, and letter carriers. This allows for individuals to receive up to date information regarding mail delivery. It also allows users to communicate directly... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070265877 - Informative accessories: An optimized system for providing medical support to a patient is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of modular components that may be assembled to create a connection between a support machine and the patient wherein at least one of the modular components comprises an information tag for the storage... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070265879 - Method for automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system: Computerized methods for configuring, implementing and/or maintaining a customized healthcare information system are provided. In embodiments, the computerized methods include receiving information specific to facilities and/or personnel based upon which the healthcare information system is being customized; receiving pre-configured content from a pre-configured content component, the pre-configured content being pre-determined... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070265878 - System and method for clinical order rescheduling: A system and associated methods are disclosed for generating alternative scheduling for orderable administration. In one embodiment, input is received regarding proposed timing for changing a current administration schedule for a substance-based orderable associated with an established order. Based on the input, one or more options for a revised administration... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070265882 - Graphical user interface for clinical order administration scheduling: A user interface provides a visual indication of the time-based parameters surrounding individual scheduling options for a clinical order. The user interface facilitates the display of a graphical representation of one or more scheduling options, providing a clinician with a visualization of the parameters surrounding the options and the ability... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070265883 - Medical claims evaluation and correction system: A method for controlling healthcare costs comprising creating associational databases in a computer system containing physician, hospital, patient and payer information; cross-referencing and searching said databases for specific occurrences of treatment, discharge, or transfers with characteristics leading to higher medical costs, and providing statistical information to payers on specific physicians... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070265884 - Portable memory device configured to store person's medical information: A portable device configured to store medical information of a person includes a data storage configured to store medical information corresponding to the person; and a program stored within the data storage. The program is configured to execute in a processor of a generic host system, in response to the... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070265881 - Xml application for the generation of clinical trial forms: A clinical analytics system is disclosed. A method for generating and displaying a patient form includes retrieving an XML file from a computer-readable medium. The XML file details data and structure of the patient form. The XML file is processed by running an XML-responsive application. The patient form defined by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070265885 - Benchmarking system and method: A method and system are disclosed. The method may include registering individuals online to be members of an online benefit plan management site, sending a form message to each of the members including a form requesting information regarding intermediary compensation, receiving a data message from at least one of the... Agent: Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne A Law Corporation

20070265887 - Integrated electronic business systems: Embodiments of an electronic business process are described. The process comprises a remittance component for automatically converting paper and electronic remittance and payment data into validated electronic information that is compliant with HIPAA Administrative Simplification standards; an electronic health record component for updating personal and electronic health records of a... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070265889 - System for managing a stable value protected investment plan: Method and system to track, reconcile and administer the values of life insurance policies in separate accounts, including Stable Value Protected funds. Accordingly, targeted returns are translated into unit values on a daily basis for each fund. Additionally the system tracks restrictions (e.g., timing, amount of withdrawal and amount of... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070265891 - Electronic passenger management method and system in railroad passenger cars/long-distance buses: This present invention is directed to an electronic passenger management system and its corresponding techniques that can be applied to railroad passenger cars/long-distance buses. The system mainly consists of the following parts: an electronic ticket checking machine, a passenger information display device, a passenger management server and database, a computer... Agent: Yixin Guo

20070265890 - Interactive electronic boarding display: A system and technique for generating an interactive and dynamic seating layout with passenger boarding information is disclosed. The system includes an electronic display element controlled to display a seating layout that accurately depicts the configuration of seats on a vehicle to be boarded. During the boarding procedure, the seating... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (boeing)

20070265892 - Method and system for automated ticketing for events in a venue: A system for providing, by means of the Internet, information to potential patrons about the availability of tickets in sections and for particular seats in a venue, generally for entertainment events, from a real-time data feed. Users of the system may select section objects from an interactive dynamic section map... Agent: The Maxham Firm

20070265893 - A method of determining the effectiveness of an internet web site: A method of determining the effectiveness of an internet web site is described. The method provides a means for web site owners to review a comprehensive set of variables in a value chain comprising data sets, were each variable is analyzed and weighted reflecting the overall goal of the evaluation... Agent: Scott Nielson

20070265895 - Ad-hoc workflow as a business process template: Methods and apparatuses enable a workflow creation framework with which to create a portable ad hoc workflow. The ad hoc workflow is generated as a business process embodying a sequence of work actions performed. The ad hoc workflow is stored as a portable ad hoc workflow in a business process... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070265897 - System and method of creating, aggregating, and transferring environmental emission reductions: An integrated, holistic methodology for enabling a systematic creation, aggregation, verification, registration, storage, transfer/sale, and retirement of environmental emission removal units provides a control and management system complementing the use of sound foundational science to qualify and quantify environmental emission reductions and removals, and provides the framework for accurate data... Agent: Carl M. Napolitano, Ph.d. Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070265896 - System for valuing multiple solutions in multiple value categories: A system is provided for evaluating the quantitative impact of multiple solutions for improving enterprise operations in multiple value categories. Spreadsheet workbooks controlled by a programmed computer are used to analyze the “many-to-many” relationships between the multiple solutions and the multiple value categories. The workbooks are initially populated with “as... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070265894 - System, method, and computer program product for enterprise operations management: A method and computer program product for operations management, including receiving an alert in an enterprise operations management system from an operations management data processing system and receiving a resolution to the alert. The method and computer program product also includes launching a task in the enterprise operations management system... Agent: Docket Clerk, Dm/eds

20070265900 - Business process evolution: A business process modification framework enables evolution of a business process within an organization without the need to change underlying software that runs the business process. The modification framework is invoked with a suggested modification of a business process stored in a business process repository. A proposed modified business process... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070265902 - Event coordination and evaluation system including compliance monitoring: Provided is a method and system for using a computer for event management and ensuring compliance with rules pertaining to events. The rules can include laws, regulations, and policies, and can be stored in a database for use by the system. A user interface is used for specifying event information... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070265899 - Method, system and storage medium for translating strategic capabilities into solution development initiatives: A method for translating a defined business strategy into solution development initiatives includes receiving strategic input information related to the defined business strategy. Business and processes requirements are refined in accordance with the strategic input information so as to determine process capability gaps, IT and data gaps, and organization and... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20070265905 - Agent for discovering relevant content: Systems and methods for identifying content relating to a user's interest. A user profile containing criteria for identifying content of interest to the user is generated. Items of relevant content are identified using the user profile and are published to the user through a user interface. The items are monitored,... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070265906 - Apparatus and method for setting design parameters: An objective system and method for determining design parameters for a proposed product functions to receive input from consumers to determine their preferences. The system also interacts with the consumer to determine the limit as to which they could no longer differentiate between two images differing slightly in a continuous... Agent: L. Zale Patent Law Office

20070265904 - Method and apparatus for improved forecasting using multiple sources: A method and apparatus for providing a triangulated forecast comprises receiving a sales forecasts from at least three sources, and triangulating the sales forecasts to obtain a triangulated forecast. The method further comprises presenting the resulting triangulated forecast.... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070265907 - Method and system for providing a financial analysis of an enhanced wireless communications service: A method and system for providing a financial analysis for enhanced wireless communication services provides a financial analysis for a service provider or another user interested in the provision of enhanced wireless communications services. The method includes accepting user input related to an existing wireless communications service and a proposed... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070265908 - Methods and systems for using multiple data sets to analyze performance metrics of targeted companies: New and improved methods and systems for modeling the performance of selected company metrics. Multiple, non-traditional sets of objective data along with mathematical analytical techniques are used to provide transparency and visibility into company performance relating to the particular metrics. Company inflection points and changes in strategy may be identified.... Agent: Jlb Consulting C/o Portfolioip

20070265909 - Electronic initiative petition: Preferred embodiments of the instant invention are directed to a system, method and apparatus for providing an efficient means for qualifying a petition, referendum or initiative on a ballot on a network. Users on the network access the petition qualifying system via a user interface and requests petitions or initiatives... Agent: Michael M. Gerardi, Esq.

20070265911 - Advertising and communication system and method therefor: A wireless advertisement and communication system uses a wireless transmitting unit for sending communication and promotional notices to registered guests of a hotel. The wireless transmitting unit sends the communication and promotional notices to a predefined area. A plurality of receiving units is programmed to receive the communication and promotional... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070265910 - Attention marketplace: Methods and systems for advertising, and specifically, for creating and maintaining an attention marketplace are disclosed. In the attention marketplace, users are paid a price for paying attention to an advertisement, are presented with the advertisement, and are compensated according to the specified attention price if they paid attention to... Agent: Patentbest

20070265920 - Demographic information gathering and incentive award system and method: A method of providing an incentive award to a user for visiting a participating web site includes registering a user with the information gathering system which maintains an award point account associated with the user and where award points are specific to the information gathering system, making award points available... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070265915 - Method and system for encouraging wireless device users to send marketing messages via a wireless communications network: A method for encouraging wireless device users to send marketing messages via a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (1) sending the wireless device user, via the wireless communications network, a marketing message interface having the marketing message, an incentive, and fields allowing the wireless... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070265913 - Method of recruiting members to a multi-level marketing system: Multi-level marketing systems have difficulty recruiting members in the preferred demographic. A method of recruiting individuals from a target demographic to become members of a multi-level marketing system, involves i) the multi-level marketing system obtaining exclusive rights to an exclusive product to which individuals in the target demographic are attracted;... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070265914 - Price guarantee methods and systems: A method for guaranteeing a consumer a best price on an item or service purchased from a vendor in a consummated final first transaction, the method including, in certain aspects, determining a refund due to insure that a consumer receives the benefit of a later better price.... Agent: Guy Mcclung

20070265923 - System and method for creation, distribution and tracking of advertising via electronic networks: A system and method for creation, distribution and tracking of advertising via electronic networks, enabling creation of advertisements using licensed third party content and placement of said ads at desired network locations, utilizing an auction of ad spaces based on bids placed by advertisers to have their ads displayed at... Agent: Manuel R. Valcarcel, Iv Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

20070265924 - System and method for funding a collective account by use of an electronic tag: A system and method for funding a collective account via aggregating usage of electronic tags is disclosed. The system and method promotes the use of electronic tags, and the funding of collective accounts that may be associated with charitable or other philanthropic causes. Further benefits may be realized by replenishing... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070265912 - System and method for tracking advertising effectiveness using redeemable incentives: A method for tracking advertising effectiveness includes printing advertising data with an advertisement, the advertising data identifying the advertisement, the advertising data capable of being scanned by a handheld device of a potential customer. The potential customer is provided with an incentive to scan the advertising data, the advertising data... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070265918 - System and method for tracking, auditing, and valuing online advertising: Systems and methods are disclosed for embodiments of the invention provide improved systems and methods for evaluating electronic advertisements. In one respect, embodiments of the invention provide a more accurate measure of the effectiveness of electronic advertisements under test conditions. In another respect, embodiments of the invention enable more accurate... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070265925 - Billing process for printing systems: The present invention provides a paperless billing process for enabling expedited and simplified payments of print volume bills by customers of printing systems. A method of performing a billing process for the copies or prints produced by customer of a printing system is provided where the printing system comprises a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070265926 - Automated product selection and management system: In general the invention is directed to systems and methods for an enterprise to identify products that a reseller or potential reseller should sell. In one embodiment, the invention provides a computer-implemented system comprising an enterprise-wide goods and services database storing data that identifies one or more products or services... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070265940 - Automating the process of puchasing a memory upgrade for a computer system: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates purchasing a memory upgrade for a computer system. This system operates by obtaining memory configuration information for the computer system, and then determining a memory upgrade option based upon the memory configuration information. Next, the system presents an option... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070265935 - Computer-based ordering system: A computer-based ordering system for ordering goods and services includes a plurality of self-service client terminals and a server. Each self-service client terminal runs a self-order application including a set of interactive menu screens having buttons that allow the customer to select and customize products for the order. An administration... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070265928 - Credit rating checking in sales order processing: This disclosure relates to the use of credit rating information in the processing of an electronic sales order. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method of processing an electronic sales order process includes receiving, in an electronic sales order process, information that identifies an entity liable for making payment for the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070265939 - Method for selling items using a network: Various items are sold through the Internet 10 which contains a site computer 20, vendor computers 30a, 30b, factory computers 40a, 40b, dealer computers 50a, 50b, and user computers 60a, 60b, 60c. General users access to the site computer 20 to purchase items dealt in by vendors belonging to various... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070265934 - Method in support of pre-commerce decision making and automated product listing generation: Pre-commerce decision making support that generates a product listing of an item for sale. An electronic catalog is received from a supplier containing an item to be offered for sale at a predetermined supplier price. A price markup is determined for the item based on markup-criteria, which is then utilized... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070265931 - Method of forming and using referral networks via the internet: This invention describes a method were people who use the Internet to provide any service (e.g., rent out their vacation home) can partner with other people who do the same and form an network where they can refer customers to each other. This patent application is mainly targeted for rental... Agent: David Burritt

20070265929 - Portal page personalization offering a direct manipulative window arrangement functionality: A method, graphical user interface, system, and a computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed result in a performance of a method for displaying an enterprise portal, displaying at least one role-specific window pane in the enterprise portal, detecting a first position of first window pane, detecting an input... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070265938 - Process and product for determining an amount of posting payment: Products and processes are provided in which information is received about a post for an item to be sold. The information may include, e.g., the class and type of item being sold, the reputation of a seller, a floor price below which the item will not be sold, a condition... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070265927 - Software design system: The present invention improves on the existing infrastructure for providing a consumer design system for building structures by providing a system, method and software configured for providing a user the ability to enter information relating the user and/or customer, surrounding conditions to the building site of the building structure, and... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070265930 - Usability by offering the possibility to change viewing order in a navigation panel: A method, graphical user interface, system, and a computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed result in a performance of a method for displaying an enterprise portal, displaying a navigation panel in the enterprise portal, wherein the navigation panel has at least one window pane, detecting a first position... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070265941 - Parametric search: Various techniques for a method for performing a parametric search on a database. In one implementation, the method includes displaying one or more first graphical elements through a graphical user interface. Each first graphical element represents an application of one or more products. The method may further include displaying one... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070265942 - Assembly task verification system and method: A method for verifying completion of a task is provided. In various embodiments, the method includes obtaining location coordinates of at least one location sensor within a work cell. The at least one sensor is affixed to a tool used to operate on a feature of a structure to be... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070265943 - Product management system, product management apparatus, and product management method: Product information stored in an IC tag attached to a product, which has been read by an IC tag reader, is input. Whether the product is a new product is determined on the basis of a product master file. When the product is a new product, the product information is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070265944 - Invoice data object for a common data object format: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and data structures for the effective and efficient synchronization or inter-exchange of invoice information between business applications employing disparate DOFs. For one embodiment, a DOF is provided that allows for relationships between entities, also referred to as invoices, to be modeled as attributes of... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070265946 - Aggregating event indicators: An account is associated with a token that is adapted to be distributed to at least one transaction entity. An event message is received from the transaction entity that comprises the token and optional additional information corresponding to an event of interest to a user. The event message is associated... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20070265945 - Communicating event messages corresponding to event indicators: An event message is created that is associated with an event of interest to a user. A transaction entity obtains a token that corresponds to an account of an aggregating entity. Additionally, at least one type of event is identified. Each identified type of event comprises an event type that... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20070265947 - Generating event messages corresponding to event indicators: A transaction entity handles event messages associated with events of interest. At least one type of event is identified that is of interest to a user. Each type of event further corresponds to an event type that is to be repeated by a transaction entity to an aggregating entity. Further,... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20070265949 - Method and system for video communication: A customer sales and service tool and methodology for authenticating a customer and identifying and connecting a specific subject matter expert to the customer via live, two-way video communication to address the customer's needs regarding a specific financial product.... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20070265948 - System and method for unifying e-banking touch points and providing personalized financial services: A system and method for delivering a retail banking multi-channel solution that unifies interactive electronic banking touch points to provide personalized financial services to customers and a common point of control for financial institutions is provided.... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20070265951 - Financial management system and related methods: A financial management system includes a portal which makes transaction information available to a corresponding mutual fund in real time. In one implementation, information related to multiple portals can be presented to a mutual fund. Suitable programming may optionally identify, at least partially, the users associated with transactions associated with... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070265950 - Share allocation systems and methods: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for transactions are provided. In one implementation, a transaction system is provided. The transaction system includes a share allocation engine that allocates for each eligible transaction a portion of a share fee in the form of shares to one or more levels of shareholders.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070265952 - Systems and methods for investing: The present invention discloses systems and methods for creating and managing financial instruments and indexes comprised of securities for companies in subsectors of the economy. These financial instruments allow investment in subsectors of the economy will still being able to minimize risk by diversification. The indexes serve as benchmarks for... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070265954 - graphical user interface trading widget for trading financial instruments: Methods, systems mediums and graphical user interfaces are provided for monitoring and trading of financial instruments. According to various embodiments, a graphical user interface (GUI) trading widget for electronic trading of financial instruments is provided which floats translucently over the surface of a price chart dynamically displaying market action. The... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070265956 - Information broker for directing, customizing, exchanging, negotiating, trading and provisioning of information, goods and services in an information network: An information broker for use in an information distribution system permits users to receive information based on authentication from a second source. The information broker includes a memory, a network interface, and a processing unit. The memory contains at least one device characteristic and one user characteristic corresponding to a... Agent: Brinkle Y, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny, & Crosby, LLP

20070265953 - Smooth scrolling for software application: An improved method for monitoring commodities over an exchange having contracts with multiple markets is provided. Smooth scrolling embodiments in accordance with the present invention will move the pre-shift trading screen to a second position, the post-shift trading screen, which is dependent on which direction the market is moving. As... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20070265955 - System and method for managing internet trading networks: An Internet trading network is operated by establishing supplier memberships of suppliers providing offerings to the trading network; establishing customer memberships of customers providing volume commitments; consolidating all volume commitments for a particular commodity or service when negotiating an offering with the supplier; managing memberships and their accounts.... Agent: Shelley M. Beckstrand Patent Attorney

20070265958 - Combined debt consolidation and settlement program: A customer is assisted in recovering from indebtedness by combining a debt consolidation/settlement program with an installment loan. The customer is qualified for an installment loan with a value based on the amount of outstanding indebtedness or possibly based on the anticipated discounted balance. The customer is required to make... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20070265957 - System and method for automated flexible person-to-person lending: A computer method for automating person-to-person lending comprises receiving from a user over a computer network at least one custom periodic payment amount for a loan period of a person-to-person loan; generating a custom loan schedule based on the custom amount; and transmitting the custom loan schedule over the computer... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070265961 - Methods and apparatus for funding transactions: Methods and apparatus for funding transactions are presented herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an account information unit to store information about an account, the account being associated with a first financial institution. The apparatus can also include a transaction processor to receive a request for a debit amount,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070265963 - Construction payment management system and method with actionable notification features: A system and method for managing a construction payment process. One method embodying the invention can include automatically generating an electronic notification in response to an event, the electronic notification including an action item selectable by a participant to perform an action in response to the event, and making the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070265962 - Method and system for automatically generating invoices for contracts: Techniques to automatically generate invoices for contracts, each of which may include any number of line items. Each contract line item may be associated with (1) a particular invoice plan that defines one or more applicable billing types (e.g., for non-recurring, recurring, and use charges) and any adjustments to the... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070265964 - System and method for payment using radio frequency identification in contact and contactless transactions: A transponder-reader payment system includes a fob including a transponder, and a RFID reader for interrogating the transponder. The system may further include a personalization system for populating onto the fob and RFID reader identifying information and security and authentication keys which may be used during mutual authentication of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (amex)

20070265966 - Content delivery systems and methods to operate the same: Content delivery systems and methods to operate the same are disclosed. A disclosed example content delivery system comprises: a receiver station; a content server to transfer a file to a receiver via a point-to-point communication signal; and a transmission source that includes a computer readable medium to store the file... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070265967 - Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at broadcast headends in pay delivery systems: Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at broadcast headends in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example method includes generating a broadcast signal, receiving an authorization request to download a program from a receiver station, determining an authorization for the download and sending the authorization to a point-to-point... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070265968 - Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at content servers in pay delivery systems: Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at content servers in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving an authorization for a program download, receiving a request to download the program from a receiver, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a broadcast signal, and transmitting... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070265972 - Information distribution server system, information distribution method, and recording medium: An object of the present invention is to build an environment which provides adequate merits to both users and providers of applications and which enables distribution of various applications from providers to users. The status of payment of a predetermined usage fee which the user of each cellular phone must... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070265970 - Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systems: Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example receiver station includes a receiver interface to receive a broadcast signal, and a controller to, for a selected program, generate an authorization request and a content request. The example receiver station also... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070265973 - Methods and apparatus to protect content in home networks: Methods and apparatus to protect content in home networks are disclosed. An example system includes a media server, a broadcast system and a client. An example media server includes a security device to determine a copy protection code word based on a first encrypted version of a key, an encrypter... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070265975 - Determining validity of subscription to use digital content: Some embodiments provide a method for determining whether a subscription for using digital content on a user device has elapsed. The method compares a first collision free image of a first set of entities in the user device with a second collision free image for a second set of entities... Agent: Adeli Law Group, A Professional Law Corporation

20070265976 - License distribution in a packet data network: The invention relates to a method, a server and a license manager for distributing licenses for software applications in a packet data network having one or more active servers. The number of licenses distributed from the server decreases when the number of active servers increases and further the number of... Agent: Sandra Beauchesne Ericsson Canada Inc.

20070265977 - Method and system for improved digital rights management: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for managing rights associated with digital content. More specifically, embodiments provide an efficient digital rights management (DRM) mechanism for improved protection of and control over the use of digital content, which also reduces the adverse effect on the... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP Third Floor

20070265978 - Secure content transfer systems and methods to operate the same: Secure content transfer systems and methods to operate the same are disclosed. An example system includes a content server to encrypt content according to an encryption key, and to transfer the encrypted content, the encryption key and a license to a client that supports a digital rights management technology. The... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070265980 - Systems and methods for managing, maximizing and clearing contractually based media assets: A method for managing, maximizing and clearing media assets, the method comprising the steps of: inputting at least one asset into a title maintenance module; assigning at least one client value relevant to a client; assigning rights information to each asset; searching for at least one asset for a specific... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20070265979 - User programmed media delivery service: A method and system for programming a media delivery system (FIG. 2) in which members of the general public can produce and host programming, including non-promotional (106) and promotional media items (108), and media consumers (220) can provide direct feedback (252, 262) to the operator of the media delivery system... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070265983 - Transmission control system and method for compensating plant changes in a transmission control system of an automatic vehicle transmission: A method for compensating roadway changes in a transmission control system of an automatic vehicle transmission, according to which each change in the roadway is recognized and compensated. Also disclosed is a transmission control system of an automatic vehicle transmission, particularly for carrying out the inventive method, comprising at least... Agent: Robert P. Simpson, Esq. Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070265984 - Financial transaction using mobile devices: A method and system is disclosed herein for conducting money or value point transactions between a first mobile device and a second mobile device in a network of a plurality of mobile devices. Each mobile device contains a radio frequency identification module with a digital wallet on each said mobile... Agent: Ashok Tankha Of Counsel

20070265985 - Method and system for updating electronic business cards: The present invention provides a method and system that allows individuals to maintain current contact information in another individual's contact software without having to individually notify the receiving individual or manually resend the updated contact information to the individual. The invention does this by utilizing an existing platform for the... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070265986 - Merchant application and underwriting systems and methods: A method for establishing credit services with a merchant account using a computer system comprises receiving at a server computer application information on a merchant applying for a credit service. The application information is stored in a database. At the server computer, a request from a credit investigator is received... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070265988 - Arrangement and method for generation of a franking imprint: In a method and an arrangement for generation of a franking imprint, in particular a franking machine, a base module has a printing device and a processing unit controlling the printing device for generation of the franking imprint, and a control module can be connected with the processing unit. The... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070265989 - Arrangement and method for generation of a franking imprint: In a method and an arrangement for generation of a franking imprint, in particular a franking machine, a secure processing unit generates accounting data relevant for the accounting of the generated franking imprint, and a memory device can be connected with the secure processing unit for secured storage of the... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070265990 - Multi-party information analysis in a voip system: A system and method for collecting contextual information from several parties and generating an analyzed response to the contextual information is provided. Multiple sets of contextual information may be received from one or more clients. Relevant contextual information may be identified and pushed into a module which is configured to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070260473 - Business method for use with a mixed-use building having a commercial showroom and a multi-unit structure directly accessible therefrom: Disclosed is a business method for use with a building comprising a commercial showroom and a multi-occupancy structure directly accessible from the showroom. The method comprises the steps of providing, for compensation, tenancy rights to said showroom to a business associated with a brand; obtaining rights to use the brand... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070260469 - Commercializing extraordinary ideas of ordinary people: A method of finding and commercializing extraordinary ideas of ordinary people includes: receiving, by a first party, from each of a plurality of persons, a disclosure of an idea of the person and, for each person from whom a disclosure of an idea is received, identifying a good or service... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070260468 - Finding extraordinary ideas of ordinary people: A method of finding extraordinary ideas of ordinary people for commercialization includes: receiving from each of a plurality of persons a disclosure of an idea of the person and, for each person, identifying a good or service (collectively “Product”) embodying the disclosed idea, considering patentability of the Product, and considering... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070260471 - Interface between dealer management system and fluid delivery system: A dealer management system (DMS) and a fluid dispensing system are linked by a computer. An interface, which may be integral with a dispenser control, is executed by the computer for providing to the DMS dynamic information for a particular repair order. The information is provided to the DMS in... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070260477 - Method for manufacturing a solid uniform flood source for quality control of gamma imaging cameras: A method of supplying a made-to-order flood source includes, in response to receiving an order for a flood source from a customer, selecting a mold from a plurality of molds to meet a size of the flood source ordered. A radionuclide is dispersed in a heat curable matrix material to... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070260476 - System and method for immutably cataloging electronic assets in a large-scale computer system: Systems and/or methods for storing and/or retrieving assets in connection with an extremely large scale computer storage system are provided. An asset catalog may comprise a plurality of asset catalog entries stored according to at least one schema and corresponding to a plurality of assets. A storage architecture may be... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070260487 - System and method for real time management of a drug regimen: A system for managing a prescribed drug regimen for a user, the system including at least one electronic device (Pod) for interactive communication with at least one user, a Pod server coupled via a communication link to each Pod, said Pod server including an analysis unit, the analysis unit including... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20070260503 - Agenda and day hybrid calendar view: A user interface and user interface control for displaying calendar data is provided. In particular, the user interface provides a hybrid view that includes both a schedule view of listed calendar items together with an overview strip that displays a compressed version of the schedule view. The selection of an... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070260504 - Method of solving an emergency department's staffing problems associated with physicians participating in on-call services: A method of solving a hospital's Emergency Department staffing problems associated with physicians participating in on-call services includes the following steps. Designing a non-qualified deferred compensation plan that includes a personal service agreement between the physicians and the hospital which includes the physicians receiving the non-qualified deferred compensation plan in... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070260506 - Team-based results-focused flexible work arrangements: A method for enhancing business results while simultaneously improving workplace flexibility for employees. Both objectives are achieved by continuously monitoring business parameters and modifying work processes using results-focused techniques, while concurrently using the same techniques to tailor workplace flexibility needs to ever-changing work and personal environments. Use of the method... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070260522 - Boomtime services: A facilitator, such as SpaBoom, can provide an organization, such as a health spa, with an instant gift certificate capability. The organization instantly recognizes revenue on instant gift certificates that contain customized terms and conditions based on the organization's jurisdiction. The facilitator's web site can provide the organization with online... Agent: Richard H. Krukar Attorney, Intellectual Property

20070260519 - Methods and apparatus for measurinfg the effect of online advertising on online user behavior: Described herein are methods and apparatus for measuring the effect of an online advertisement campaign on online behavior (searches relevant to the campaign and/or click activity on particular sponsored, algorithmic, and/or third-party links) of exposed users who have received a campaign advertisement. Online events of exposed and unexposed users are... Agent: Stattler-suh PC

20070260531 - Location information management: A method of managing product-location specific information is provided. Product-location specific information is collected from multiple users at a centralized network hub and transformed into location-harmonized data with one or more attached attributes including product data. The location-harmonized product-location specific data and/or content derived therefrom is distributed, and/or other content... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070260552 - Switching network supporting media rights management: A communication infrastructure containing a plurality of templates stored in an intermediate routing node and data rights management service function that determines an incoming packet contains media content by comparing the packet contents with the plurality of predefined templates and verifies whether associated license in the packet is valid. The... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070260472 - Attorney terminal having outline preparation capabilities for managing trial proceedings: The present invention provides attorney terminals which operate using an outline for storing, associating and managing case evidence, case law and work product for a given lawsuit at issue. Accessed through attorney terminals, the outline is structured based on a hierarchical categorization of the lawsuit into the law and fact... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070260474 - Commercialization center: A method includes the steps of providing a student as a source of technology, providing a manufacturing facility to develop prototype products, obtaining an active profit unit (APU) and a passive profit unit (PPU) to pay overhead and operating costs of the manufacturing facility.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070260475 - Method and apparatus for mobile data collection and management: A method and apparatus for a middleware approach to initializing and updating required data entry fields, pushing such required data entry fields to mobile devices and applications, collecting entered data from such mobile devices, and the synchronizing and integrating of the data is presented. A “form builder” software component of... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20070260464 - Method for the destruction of tangible media bearing sensitive information: A method for the destruction of tangible media bearing sensitive information via a third party service that is secure, cost effective and enhances the ease with which small companies; families, individuals and households dispose of sensitive material. Customers use sealable enclosures ordered online, or obtained at a retail location or... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070260467 - Mystery product packaging: A line of toys. The line includes a plurality of distinguishable toys having a similar configuration. Different toys from the line are packaged in different types of packaging. A first type of package is configured to facilitate identification of a first toy held by the first type of package, and... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070260466 - System and methods for a recycling program: A system and methods for managing a recycling program including the step of receiving waste materials from a user and the step of receiving recyclable materials from the user. Further, the step of measuring a quantity of waste materials received and the step of measuring a quantity of recyclable materials... Agent: Kevin M. Farrell Pierce Atwood

20070260470 - Systems and methods for processing auto-id data: Embodiments of the present invention improve data processing, and in particular, improve rule engines for data processing and improve processing auto-ID data. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a gateway layer between a auto-ID device layer and an auto-ID node layer for processing data. The gateway layer may incorporate... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group

20070260465 - Wireless electronic real estate resource system: An improved system and method of advertising and collection of information relating to real property is provided. The present invention is a wireless communication device and/or box that is placed within the residence or structure on the property that transmits a signal relating to characteristics and information relating to that... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070260478 - Delivery of health insurance plan options: A method for providing approved medical treatment options. The method can include receiving a patient identifier from a first client via a communications network, receiving at least one diagnostic code from the first client via the communications network, and, in real time, automatically selecting at least one treatment identifier that... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070260482 - Exercise data device, server, system and method: A method for providing an exercise goal using an exercise data device, the method including: receiving input indicating a selected exercise goal; obtaining exercise goal data relating to the selected exercise goal; obtaining a current performance measurement related to exercise performance of a user of the exercise data device, the... Agent: Perman & Green

20070260485 - Healthcare system: A healthcare system including: a store-specific terminal accepts and transmits an ID of a user, daily life information on daily life of the user, and biological information on the user; health information registering system generates healthcare support information used for healthcare of the user based on at least the daily... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070260480 - Managing health related variables in a remote data collection system: A method and system of managing health related variables in a system for collecting data from one or more remote units to a central unit is disclosed. A set of health related variables is defined for which data should be collected from a remote unit associated with an individual and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070260488 - Medical reference image data, and method for producing them: In a method for producing medical reference image data of a patient, medical image data are produced from the patient in order to present a medical diagnosis. In at least one embodiment of the method, verification data correlated with the medical image data are collected from the patient to verify... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070260479 - Method and system for consolidating diverse clinical data to facilitate medication titration: The method and system includes patient sensing systems configured to collect a plurality of physiological data sets and treatment data sets from a patient. A user selects an information set to be viewed such as a pre-defined condition or common medication combination. The method and system constructs a trended view... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070260483 - Mobile communication terminal and method: A method for providing a user interface of an exercise application of a mobile communication terminal having a display. The method includes accepting a first input defining a user layout of containers for exercise related measurements; accepting a second input for associating an exercise related measurement with each of the... Agent: Perman & Green

20070260489 - Portable terminal and health management method and system using portable terminal: A portable terminal carried and owned by each user is provided with a display screen, a communication unit, a memory storing personal information about each user, and an input/output device such as an inhaler. A database that communicates with each portable terminal is provided with a personal information storage unit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070260490 - Portable terminal and health management method and system using portable terminal: A portable terminal carried and owned by each user is provided with a display screen, a communication unit, a memory storing personal information about each user, and an input/output device such as an inhaler. A database that communicates with each portable terminal is provided with a personal information storage unit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070260481 - Process for evaluating a persons individualized nutritional supplemental needs: A process for evaluating a persons individualized nutritional supplementation needs based on preselected criteria. The process comprises the steps of having a prospective patient obtain a confidential history form and having the prospective patient complete the confidential history form which includes preselected medical information, family history, and preselected lifestyle criteria.... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070260484 - System and method for implementing healthcare fraud countermeasures: A method of discouraging healthcare fraud in conjunction with providing a health care service to a patient in which the patient provides a biometric signature. An event record is created where the event record creates an association between the biometric signature, a patient identifier, and location information indicating a location... Agent: Scott T Kimmel

20070260486 - Systems and methods for personal medical account balance inquiries: The invention is directed to systems and methods for monitoring, retrieving, and/or reporting a personal medical account balance such as an individual flexible spending account (FSA) balance. In an example of an embodiment of the invention the monitoring, retrieval, and/or display of the personal medical account balance may accompany the... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070260492 - Master patient index: A system and/or method that can maintain a master patient index in a health care context is disclosed. The index enables a health-care professional or entity to collect, access and/or retrieve a cohort of health-related data elements (e.g., patient information) from a variety of sources and of differing formats. The... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070260491 - System for delivery and monitoring of administration of controlled substances: A system is provided for delivery and monitoring the administration of controlled substances which includes one or more databases including a national database of controlled substance users, a database including physician/pharmacy information, a controlled substance delivery device and a docking station for use together with a network and software for... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP

20070260493 - Attachment integrated claims systems and operating methods therefor: Systems and methods for processing textual messages which are integrated with one or more digital attachments is described. These systems and methods are useful in the electronic filing and processing of, for example, image data, and of textual data associated with the image data. One particular application of these systems... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.

20070260494 - Technique for generating insurance premium quotes by multiple insurance vendors in response to a single user request: A method and system for providing a user with insurance premium estimates from insurance providers for an insurance product. Insurance providers for the insurance product are selected by the user. Conditions input indicating conditions effecting the insurance premiums are transmitted from the user's computer to a service computer. The service... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070260495 - Software architecture and database for integrated travel itinerary and related reservation system components: The present disclosure relates to software and database architectures and features that are adapted to VRMs and computer savvy users who would otherwise go to VRMs. In particular, it relates to an updateable itinerary data structure, method and database system. It further relates to server-side tracking of click-throughs by users... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070260496 - 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

20070260498 - Business justification analysis system: A business justification analysis system for accurately analyzing an opportunity of a business and a risk thereof with a low load. The system basically includes six components, that is, a database for storing a correspondence between opportunity classification items and risk check items, a database for storing the risk check... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070260497 - Method of planning train movement using a front end cost function: A method of optimizing the movement of plural trains using a front end cost function that evaluates the costs of each railcar in the consist of a train.... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070260499 - Visual workflow process notation and layout: In a method of a technology for visual workflow process notation and layout, a workflow process graphical user interface is generated. A plurality of activity nodes is arranged along a workflow path, with each activity node representing a work activity. The activity nodes are arranged on the workflow path in... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070260501 - Automatic case determination and assignment: In a method and system for automatic case determination and assignment for a business transaction, upon creation of a transaction, a computer system verifies transaction data to determine whether the transaction is assigned to a case. If the transaction is not assigned to a case, the system searches a database... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070260505 - Method and apparatus for planning and monitoring multiple tasks based on user defined criteria and predictive ability: Individual employees arc permitted to be individuals and plan their work as individuals. Individuals are only asked to plan their work within a limited tasking horizon. Employees track their progress using verbs that are designed to capture the reasons behind positive and negative predictive ability. Verbs are analyzed and expected... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070260500 - Method and system for specifying, deploying and dynamically updating work flows: A method and system for specifying, deploying and updating work flows. A request is received from a user of a system with components comprising a computing system and human representatives. The components facilitate routing and servicing the request. A work flow comprising manual and automatic steps is specified to perform... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070260502 - Project resource plans: Project management software allows for the creation of resource plans, where resources are allocated to projects without assigning tasks to the resources. Resource plans allow for a proposed or committed status for each resource. A resource plan may be used in conjunction with an associated project plan, allowing resources to... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070260507 - Automatically creating promotional funds: A facility for creating promotional funds for a purveyor of consumer goods is described. The facility receives user input specifying fund attributes to be shared by promotional funds to be created. For each of a plurality of accounts of the purveyor, the facility creates a promotional fund having the specified... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070260514 - Distributed architecture for online advertising: A system to facilitate trading of advertising comprises a publisher broker representing at least one publisher and to determine an ask for an advertisement space on the publisher's webpage, an advertiser broker representing at least one advertiser and to manage an advertiser's bid for the advertisement space, and an exchange... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070260518 - Electronic marketplace used to lease domain names and redirect web surfers from leased domain names: An electronic marketplace allows owners of unused Internet domain names to lease the domain names using a bidding process. The system allows owners to monetize domain names and lessees to obtain customers who are redirected from targeted domain names.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070260521 - Marketing communication and transaction/distribution services platform for building and managing personalized customer relationships: An interactive marketing communication and transaction services platform for managing personalized customer relationships. The platform facilitates communication and transactions between consumers, retailers and manufacturers, by helping suppliers customize product/service offerings, presentations and advertising messages to reflect individual consumers' needs, while providing portals with premium advertising messages for personal interactive info/news/entertainment... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070260516 - Method and system for billing for online advertisement delivery services: A method and system for billing for online ad delivery services are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, an advertiser establishes an account with an online ad delivery service, and provides an initial amount of funds for the account. In addition, the advertiser establishes a budget limit for... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv2)

20070260515 - Method and system for pacing online advertisement deliveries: A method and system for pacing online advertisement deliveries are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, the present invention overcomes the problems in the existing art described above by providing a method and system for pacing the delivery of online advertisements. In one embodiment, a method, that is... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv2)

20070260508 - Method and system for providing advertising through content specific nodes over the internet: Methods and systems for providing advertising content over the Internet through a hierarchical content-specific node structure and pricing advertising delivery over each node independently. Independent delivery and pricing allows an advertiser to pay more for advertisements delivered to a narrowly targeted audience likely to be interested in the goods or... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070260512 - Methods and apparatus for measuring the effect of online advertising on online user behavior: Described herein are methods and apparatus for measuring the effect of an online advertisement campaign on online behavior (searches relevant to the campaign and/or click activity on particular sponsored, algorithmic, and/or third-party links) of exposed users who have received a campaign advertisement. Online events of exposed and unexposed users are... Agent: Stattler-suh PC

20070260517 - Profile detection: A method and system is provided for capturing audio/visual related information and selecting advertising based on the information.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070260513 - System and method for administering a compensation management plan: At least one aspect is directed to a computer-implemented method and system for administering an incentive based compensation management plan. In one aspect, the method is implemented on a computer system having a display, and the method includes presenting, to a user in the display of the computer system, a... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070260509 - System and method for express redemption of accrued rewards: Process for implementing redemption of accrued rewards from a loyalty rewards account for a benefit that is instantaneously fulfilled. The process includes linking a financial transaction instrument to the loyalty rewards account of a customer and receiving from the customer a request to redeem rewards from the loyalty rewards account... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (amex)

20070260511 - System and method for providing rewards including visible indicia thereon to a user to encourage physical activity and to encourage the accurate reporting of physical activity: The present invention provides an exercise incentive method for encouraging physical activity by a user and accurate reporting of such physical activity to a business entity that may be at least partially responsible for health care costs incurred by the user. More specifically, the present invention provides rewards to the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070260520 - System, method and computer program product for selecting internet-based advertising: Embodiments of a system method and computer program product for selecting an advertisement and presenting it to a user are described. Products and services offered by various merchants are read using a merchant specific catalog and stored in a common format. Categories for such products and services are normalized and... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070260523 - Systems and methods for a referral email generator and management system: Systems and methods are provided for generating referral emails. Particularly, referral emails are generated as part of a campaign initiated by a member of an online community. The referral emails are customized based on both information about the potential member and the referring member. An email campaign may include a... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/361

20070260510 - Travel reward program targeting and optimization: A method and system of developing a reward program to motivate participants associated with a program-owner. First and second different reward program are defined as a function of modeled values and defined attributes having values corresponding to collected preferred values. The program-owner compares the first reward program to the second... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070260524 - Methods and systems for collaborative demand planning and replenishment: The present invention provides systems and methods for generating replenishment orders for products sold to a multi-store retailer. Store trait data is mapped with planogram information and the mapped data is used to generate a fixture level safety stock for a particular product in a particular store. The fixture level... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20070260527 - Customizing light emitting devices: One aspect of the invention is directed to a method for providing customized light emitting devices. The method includes collecting from a customer at least one technical specification of a light emitting device desired by the customer, obtaining at least one semiconductor wafer suitable for fabricating the light emitting device... Agent: Luminus Devices , Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks , P.C.

20070260529 - Electronic commerce system: Electronic commerce system in which a purchaser accesses a seller's server via a communication network from a communication terminal and purchases a commodity by operating a commodity selection view displayed on the communication terminal. The commodity selection view is of matrix-type and comprises a common section part showing therein common... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20070260530 - Method of providing customer services: A method for providing real-time individualized customer support simultaneously to a plurality of customers in a chat-room environment is disclosed. The method monitors the content of chats or conversations between service representatives and customers to automatically formulate product and service offerings and other services to customers in response to the... Agent: Roger T. Frost Merchant & Gould

20070260526 - System and method for assisting online product research by consumers: Rating information is maintained that is associated with one or more sources from which a product of interest can be purchased. Search criteria is received from a user that defines a product of interest. A plurality of sources are selected from which the user can transact for a product that... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20070260525 - Telephone number marketplace: Initially, a marketplace server receives an offer for sale of a telephone number from a seller. The offer for sale, including the telephone number for sale and the sales price, is stored in a database on the marketplace server. At any time thereafter, the server may receive a request from... Agent: Dion M. Bregman

20070260528 - Web vehicle ordering system: The present invention comprises a system for ordering vehicles through the internet for addition to a vehicle fleet. The system includes a first portion of the invention for use by a fleet manager to price and configure vehicles, for reporting, for checking the status of orders, and for managing the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070260532 - A living budget program where the term living budget refers to a new interface and methodology for managing finances: Disclosed is a financial management software application that provides a means of creating and managing living budgets. A Living Budget is the evolving statement of financial position laid out in terms where one can easily manipulate its various components (210) (211) (216) and see results the across all periods within... Agent: Charles A. Blake Iii

20070260533 - Method of trading securities: A method for facilitating a royalty on the sale of stock is disclosed. The method includes trading a share of a company stock between a seller and a buyer, and charging a fee for each share of company stock traded. The fee is accrued at the sale of the share... Agent: Mark S. Leonardo, Esq. Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070260534 - Method and system for implementing changes in a mortgage loan index: The present invention is a mortgage method, product, and system that provides for implementing changes in a mortgage loan index, referred to herein as an Interest Rate Index Swap or “Swap”. Customers may swap from their original adjustable loan index (e.g., 3-month LIBOR) to temporary fixed-rate indexes (e.g., 3-year LIBOR)... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20070260535 - Real estate development financing: A real estate development financing process is provided. Initial financing is provided through equity from a real estate developer. The equity financing from the real estate developer is sufficient to provide overhead protection to an insurable portion of the real estate development costs. The equity from the real estate developer... Agent: Paul E Schaafsma Novusip, LLC

20070260536 - Method and system for account verification: A system and method for verifying the existence of a deposit account, such as a checking account, are provided. The system and method may also be used to determine whether the deposit account is configured to receive automatic transactions for withdrawal. For example, a lender may extend an offer of... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20070260537 - Method and system for extending credit with automated repayment: A system and method for extending a firm offer of credit contingent upon receiving a one-time authorization to execute recurring automatic withdrawals from a deposit account is provided. In providing the one-time authorization to execute recurring automatic withdrawals, a prospective borrower may elect from a plurality of automatic withdrawal repayment... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20070260539 - System for transfering an inbound communication to one of a plurality of credit-counseling agencies: A system for referring a telephone communication to one of a plurality of financial assistance providers based on lender criteria, the method including the steps of: storing telephone numbers for a plurality of financial assistance providers in memory accessible by a digital electrical computer; obtaining lender criteria for selecting one... Agent: Peter K. Trzyna, Esq.

20070260538 - System, method and database for processing transactions: A check transaction processing system using a customer's checking account identification number as a unique customer identification code (“check ID”) comprising a transaction processor for processing check transactions for a store, and for storing a customer database, including customer records, for that store; each customer record being uniquely identified by... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20070260540 - Method and apparatus for pricing calculation: A method and apparatus for providing a competitive bid from a provider comprising receiving billing data from a user, the billing data including provider information, location, and total bill amount. The method further comprising calculating a complex usage pattern based on the billing data and statistical data for the location.... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070260541 - Pay request system: This web enabled system is capable of facilitating the management of unlimited projects within which an unlimited number of parties may participate to complete an unlimited number of stages, substages and tasks. The system facilitates the efficient disbursal of monies while reducing the inefficiencies that result when money is not... Agent: G. Brian Pingel, Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville And Schoenebaum, P.L.C

20070260542 - Distributed transaction processing system and method thereof: A distributed transaction processing system with classified data of specialized transaction and a method thereof are disclosed. The method of distributed transaction processing system having an authorization computer and at least a computer workgroup, includes the steps of a) initializing a distributed transaction processing system of the computer workgroup, wherein... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070260543 - Electronic ticket: The invention relates to a processing system for providing and inspecting an electronic ticket for a user that includes a control centre and a mobile terminal of the user. The control centre including means for generating the electronic ticket and for sending the electronic ticket to the mobile terminal, where... Agent: Sanjay Agrawal The Small Patent Law Group

20070260544 - Method and system for performing a transaction using a dynamic authorization code: A method and apparatus for conducting a transaction involving transmission of a dynamic authentication code in place of a static PIN block using currently existing messaging standards or PIN acceptance devices. Minimal changes to existing processes an equipment are made while greatly improving security and fraud minimization.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070260546 - Apparatus and method for serving digital content across multiple network elements: An apparatus and method use a scale out paradigm to spread digital content across multiple servers, which then deliver the content in parallel to a client. Spreading content over multiple servers allows easily expanding memory and I/O capabilities at a reasonable cost. The client includes a mechanism for receiving the... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070260545 - Trusted platform module data harmonization during trusted server rendevous: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to trusted platform module (TPM) unification in a trusted computing environment and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for trusted platform module data harmonization. In one embodiment of the invention, a TPM log... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070260547 - System and method for purchasing digital content: A merchant can offer digital content online and receive payment from consumers thereof where the merchant has established at least one online account to receive payments and has associated same with a merchant user device. The merchant provides digital content for offer to consumers online, and an online micro-payment facility... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070260548 - Device-independent management of cryptographic information: Some embodiments provide an account-based DRM system for distributing content. The system includes several devices that are associated with one particular account. The system also includes a set of DRM computers that receives a request to access a particular piece of content on the devices associated with the particular account.... Agent: Adeli Law Group, A Professional Law Corporation

20070260550 - Digital goods export control: Method and apparatus supporting export control of restricted digital goods. In one implementation a request is received from a user to download a license key, where the license key applies to one or more digital goods. Information about the user is also received. Which of the one or more digital... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070260549 - Intangible property transaction and leaseback business method: A method and system for purchasing intangible property, such as intellectual property, from a seller allowing the seller to realize the true market value of the asset as opposed to its nominal book value. The method includes an agreement to license the rights of that property, whether exclusively or a... Agent: P. Bradley Walker

20070260551 - Media burning terminal and system for providing digital content: A media burning terminal having an account comprises a user interface for receiving a user input requesting a specified piece of digital content and further comprises a network interface for communicating with a clearing-house server managing the account, and for communicating with a license server. The media burning terminal further... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070260553 - System for the secure identification of the initiator of a transaction: In a method for identifying the initiator of a transaction carried out through computer network an order is sent by the initiator to the provider through the computer network. The initiator is identified and the desired transaction and the particulars of a second means of communication that belong to, or... Agent: Kevin D Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber

20070260554 - Device for storing secret information using attitude or motion of object as secret key: A device to which an electronic tag with a sensor is applied. The sensor is a posture sensor or a motion sensor using acceleration, and the application field is to store secret information and reference it as necessary. Especially, the device is used when information is shared by persons. Information... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070260556 - System and method for verification of identity for transactions: Billing a customer through an intermediary billing system for a transaction by receiving, at the intermediary billing system, a transaction request associated with a transaction amount and a customer identification code, validating, in the intermediary billing system, the transaction request by determining whether the customer identification code corresponds to a... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070260555 - System, method and apparatus for conducting a secure transaction over a call: Embodiments of the present invention include methods, systems and apparatuses for conducting secure transactions over a call. Users can initiate a secure transaction over a call, such as a telephone call, in which the identities of up to all participants can be validated prior to sending or receiving of payment,... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20070260557 - Method for user registration with a proxy for further work with one of the server units: The invention relates to digital data processing to be used in commercial application. A method for user registration with a proxy for further work with one of the server units comprises an establishing a protected link by a proxy between a user registration control bank server (UR) via the bank's... Agent: David M. Ostfeld Adams And Reese

20070260558 - Methods and systems for secure transactions with electronic devices: Methods and systems for conducting transactions using an electronic device are provided. For example, a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone or the like can be used to purchase goods from a merchant. An exemplary method comprises the steps of selecting a payee, generating a secure two-dimensional code... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20070260559 - Trading of illiquid goods, services, instruments or commodities: Traders are notified of a computed tradeable price for an object of commerce. The computed tradeable price is calculated by a computer in conformance to a standard published to traders in a market for the object of commerce. The standard specifies rules for calculating the tradeable price based on orders... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070260560 - Systems and methods for employing proprietary data: In at least one aspect of the invention, methods and corresponding systems are provided herewith that include the step or steps of receiving at least one order to buy or sell an item, determining an internal valuation price for the item, determining that the specified price differs from the internal... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070260561 - Method and system for processing batches of mail to increase efficiency of the mailstream: A mail processing system and method for reducing delivery expenses is provided. When a mailer prepares a batch of mail pieces, the mailer will print on each mail piece information associated with each mail piece. The mailer provides the batch of mail pieces to a mail processing facility. The mail... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070260562 - System and method for prepay account management system: A prepay account management system comprises a secure data link operable to transmit a prepay customer account and meter data, a prepay server operable to receive the transmitted customer account data, the prepay server operable to update a balance of a prepay customer account in response to usage charges and... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070255578 - Checking substance volume limits: The disclosure provides a method, software, and system for checking substance volume limits. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a threshold associated with a substance managed by an enterprise. At least one volume of the substance is identified. A violation of the substance threshold is automatically determined based, at... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070255579 - Method and system for recording interactions of distributed users: A method and system are provided for recording interactions of distributed users in a distributed system. A plurality of distributed clients each interact with a system of interest. A shared network file is provided which is accessible by each of the distributed users. A recorder records a client's use activity... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070255581 - Online real estate marketplace: According to a method of data processing a plurality of buyer profiles are established. Each buyer profile describes one or more attributes of a real property in which a buyer desires to acquire an interest. In addition, at least one owner profile in which an owner describes real property in... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070255591 - Method and system for acquiring claims in a health services environment: Methods and systems for acquiring claims in health services environments are presented. An exemplary method for processing service provider claims for payment includes: scheduling appointments with the service providers, receiving claims from the service providers, analyzing the scheduled appointments to identify at least one scheduled appointment corresponding to each of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070255590 - Method and system for adjudicating claims in a health service environment: Methods and systems for adjudicating claims in health services environments are presented. An exemplary method for processing service provider claims for payment includes receiving a claim for payment, automatically identifying candidate appointments from a plurality of scheduled appointments based on a degree of similarity between service information associated with the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070255592 - Method and system for tracking treatment of patients in a health services environment: Methods and systems for tracking treatment of patients are presented. An exemplary method for tracking treatment of patients includes scheduling appointments for a patient with service providers based on requests for services and generating appointment information corresponding to each of the scheduled appointments; capturing service information corresponding to claims received... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070255594 - To-do lists in computerized healthcare environment: Electronic to-do lists are provided in a computerized healthcare environment for managing and documenting events during clinical care processes. A to-do list includes events that may need to be completed and, in some cases, documented during a clinical care process. The to-do list may be generated in response to a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070255593 - To-do lists with timer functionality in computerized healthcare environment: Electronic to-do lists are provided in a computerized healthcare environment for managing and documenting events during clinical care processes. A to-do list includes events that may need to be completed and, in some cases, documented during a clinical care process. As events are completed by clinicians during the process, the... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070255600 - Method and device for medication management: Devices for managing medication, and methods for ensuring medication compliance, ordering medication, and generating revenue from medication management devices. A device for managing medication and methods for ensuring medication compliance, ordering medication, and generating revenue from the medication management device are provided. In an embodiment, a medication compliance method is... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070255606 - Method and system for measuring customer delivery service: Disclosed is a method and a system for measuring customer delivery service. A projected customer delivery date is generated. At least one projected output volume is determined based on the projected customer delivery date. At least one actual output volume is determined, and an accuracy of the projected customer delivery... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070255611 - Order distributor: An order distributor intelligently matches agents with customers based on a number of factors to achieve a substantial match with the customer's needs, the business' needs and the agent's capabilities to meet those needs. The order distributor may consider a number of factors relating the capabilities of individual agents as... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070255621 - Advertisement generation and optimization: Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for generating advertisements using an algorithmic system, such as a combinatoric system, and determining effectiveness metrics or predictions for the advertisements are described herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070255618 - System and method for improving online advertising effectiveness and promoting digital content creation: Metadata is associated with videos and photos that are posted on community websites. The metadata represents information about the camera that generated the content and/or information about the content itself, and is associated with demographic information of the image provider. Targeted advertising can be generated for service on the community... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070255626 - Tracking substances over various business processes: The disclosure provides a method, software, and system for monitoring substances. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a first document associated with a business process of an enterprise. A first volume of a substance based, at least in part, on the business document is determined. A second document associated... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070255633 - Systems and methods for investing: The present invention discloses systems and methods for creating and managing financial instruments and indexes comprised of securities for companies in subsectors of the economy. These financial instruments allow investment in subsectors of the economy will still being able to minimize risk by diversification. The indexes serve as benchmarks for... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070255643 - Systems and methods for maintaining anonymity in a gaming or other environment: The present application provides methods and systems for maintaining anonymity in a gaming environment that include or perform the step or steps of receiving a user preference from a first user for maintaining an identity of the first user anonymous during at least one game; tracking game play involving the... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070255656 - System and method for administering a construction activity for a telecommunications company: An exemplary method and system for administering a construction activity for a telecommunications company can include designing the activity, transmitting the activity to a second datastore, and communicating the one or more tasks. The first datastore may include an inventory of at least one of one or more tasks and... Agent: Patton Boggs, L.L.P.

20070255574 - Apparatus and method for facilitating trusted business intelligence through data context: A computer readable medium with executable instructions to analyze a report value, includes executable instructions to select a report value and identify the formula evaluated to produce the report value. Formal parameters associated with the formula are determined. The actual parameters used to compute the report value are located. The... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070255580 - Lending system and method: A lending system for lending an econtent item comprises a library server having a processor and a number of databases. Borrowers can access the system using a PDA or other suitable communications device over a communications network. Each econtent item has a number of loan instances allocated to it, and... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20070255583 - Method for analyzing risks in a technical project: A method analyzes risks in a technical project for developing or manufacturing a technical system or technical components or a technical process, wherein the following steps are carried out in a risk identification process: a) provision or determination of a large number of qualitative evaluations of risks in the technical... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070255582 - Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change (PCN). A PCN database application server computer is utilized to provide a method for implementing a change to telecommunications products. The method includes the steps of receiving a PCN that identifies the change, determining whether the PCN... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20070255575 - Product registration redundancy elimination: A method for registering products can include a step of identifying at least one product associated with a consumer purchase. Consumer purchase information can be received as part of the consumer purchase. A product registration associated with the product can be automatically determined. At least a portion of the product... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20070255576 - Service providing an electronic market for the distribution of promotional material using software installation packages: An exchange server communicates with advertiser, publisher, and customer computers over the Internet through cooperative software to provide an electronic market for the distribution of promotional material using installation packages for installing publisher software applications on the customer computers. By interfacing with the exchange server through the cooperative software, publishers... Agent: Patent Department Macrovision Corporation

20070255573 - System and method for supporting domestic treated water transaction, and recording medium on which program thereof is recorded: In supplying domestic treated water into which domestic wastewater is treated to demanders of the domestic treated water by transporting the domestic treated water as ballast water of a vessel, a match is made between information on domestic treated water to be supplied and information on demanded domestic treated water.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070255577 - Unified concept of presence: A method and system may provide a unified concept of presence across all connected hosts by providing a common point of access for all presence-related data on the system. The application abstraction layer may provide a common interface for all presence-enabled applications to access and publish information related to locally... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070255585 - Automated newborn screening results reporting: Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the electronic collection and dissemination of newborn screening results to identified and/or default recipients of the results. A newborn screening manager may be provided to receive and store newborn screening results in an associated database. The newborn screening results may then be communicated... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070255587 - Clinical trial finance management system: A clinical trial finance management system is disclosed. It includes a clinical trial that can interact with clinical trial data associated with a clinical trial plan, and a financial management interface that can interact with financial data associated with the clinical trial plan. Relationship management logic is provided to interact... Agent: Kristofer E. Elbing

20070255588 - Method and apparatus for displaying labour related information associated to an obstetrics patient: A system and apparatus implementing a graphical user interface for displaying labour related information is provided. The graphical user interface displays, a first viewing window selected from a set of possible viewing windows, each viewing window in the set of possible viewing windows conveying a feature measurement related to labour... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070255586 - Method and system for scheduling tracking, adjudicating appointments and claims in a health services environment: An exemplary method for determining the appropriateness of service provider claims for payment includes scheduling appointments for patients with service providers based on requests for services, generating appointment information corresponding to each of the scheduled appointments, and capturing service information corresponding to claims received from the service providers for payment... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070255584 - Patient physician connectivity system and method: A system, method, and apparatus for providing health assistance based on information in a patient's health records. An interface (16) is provided for providing assistance which includes at least one patient health record section (84) and a banner section (94) that performs health-assistance-related functions based on the content of one... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070255595 - Pharmaceutical compound business methodology and software: A method for compounding pharmaceuticals, which includes placing an order for compounded pharmaceuticals, scheduling a date for the compounding, scheduling a location for the compounding, ordering the necessary chemicals required, providing the requested formulations, providing the actual compounding of the pharmaceuticals, and providing necessary equipment and staff for the compounding.... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070255589 - Systems and methods using a dynamic database to provide aesthetic improvement procedures: The present invention relates to systems for providing a patient with at least one aesthetic improvement procedure. The systems include skin diagnostic equipment, a computer and a database including case studies and esthetic improvement procedures. The database is consulted to assist in providing the patient with at least one aesthetic... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070255598 - Compliance aid, kits comprising the compliance aid, and methods of use: A compliance aid is disclosed. The compliance aid contains: (a) a reference to a health care product that is useful for the treatment of a health condition; (b) a plurality of symbolic data entry fields; and (c) information related to use of the compliance aid, wherein the information comprises direction... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070255597 - Generic device programmer network interface: A generic device programmer network interface is disclosed. Some embodiments include multiple connectors that are configured to connect to output hardware of multiple programmers and a transmitter that is configured to automatically transmit data received from the programmers to a server. Many embodiments serve to reduce or eliminate barriers to... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070255599 - Mycareconnect: MyCareConnect (MCC) is a system and method used for the collection, management, transmission, analysis and correspondence of health related information between an individual, business, or other entity. The system and method includes the exchange of confidential health related data over a public network. The system and method includes the ability... Agent: Mary Henry

20070255596 - Remote health application for the optimization of remote site visit frequency: A system and method for the optimization of scheduling visits by a clinician to a plurality of remotely located patients. A plurality of predefined or clinician specified risk factors are combined with patient data with a home visit interval algorithm to specify a visit interval for each patient. This interval... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070255601 - Insurance policy revisioning method and apparatus: An insurance policy is stored (101) as a plurality of discrete temporally-sequential policy data revisions. A legally binding revision for a first given date is then determined (102) by identifying all policy data revisions effective on the first given date and choosing a most temporally recent policy data revision temporally... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070255602 - System and method for insuring against leasing losses: The method herein provides for the underwriting of an insurance policy following an analysis of a lease that may be susceptible to penalties for acts of omission by a lessee. One typical lease requires a notice within a timeframe of the lessee's intent to purchase, renew or return the equipment... Agent: Plevy, Howard & Darcy, P.C.

20070255603 - System for sale of entrance tickets: A system for sale of entrance tickets comprising a database server (6) to which a switch (4), a firewall (3) and another switch (2) are connected, a routing device (1) being connected to the second mentioned switch (2) for connecting an Internet link of an Internet provider, a database server... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070255605 - Multi-period financial simulator of a manufacturing operation: A system and method for evaluating a manufacturing process or operational strategy of a business. The proposed manufacturing process or operational strategy is programmed into a multi-period financial simulator that iteratively models or simulates the proposed process or strategy for multiple periods of time. After one or more of the... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070255604 - Systems and methods to automatically activate distribution channels provided by business partners: Systems and methods to automatically activate distribution channels to be provided by potential business partners are disclosed. An example method to enable activation of a distribution channel provided by a client company for a host company disclosed herein comprises obtaining information concerning the client company, automatically triggering at least some... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070255607 - Business process automation system and methods of use thereof: A method of interoperating with an electronic messaging service manages the execution of a business process. The method includes causing the electronic messaging service to present business process data to business process participants in enhanced electronic messages whereby business process participants can interact with the enhanced electronic messages. Reactions of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070255608 - Dynamic product control using information technology-supported systems: A system, method, and program route system components, such as repair parts for products in the field, to various locations. A component may be routed via a first route to a first location associated with a first customer from a central warehouse. A determination may be made after a servicing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070255610 - Controls in collaborative workflow environment: A method to implement controls with respect to a collaborative workflow, the method including mapping a private task of a private workflow of a first entity to a public task of a public collaborative workflow, and defining a public control relating to the public task, the public task and the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20070255609 - Usability and functionality of manager self-service reminder of dates iview: A software tool allows a manager to integrate the dates displayed in the Reminder of Dates iView with his personal calendar. A manager may also make modify those dates automatically entered into his personal calendar, and these changes with also modify the information maintained in the backend system.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070255613 - Method and apparatus for execution of a process: Techniques are provided for enabling execution of a process employing a cache. Method steps can include obtaining a first probability of accessing a given artifact in a state Si, obtaining a second probability of using a predicate from a current state Sc in the state Si, determining a benefit of... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070255614 - Method and system for developing an audience of buyers and selecting leads based on their behavioral preferences: A method and system are disclosed for selecting via a communication network, at least one lead from a plurality of attendees participating in an event in order to drive behaviors that lead to meetings between the attendee and at least one of a plurality of business entities. The business entity... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070255612 - Methods, apparatus, media and signals for facilitating real-time management of a utility supply: Methods, apparatus, computer readable data and signals for facilitating the supply of a utility provided to a consumer site by a plurality of providers and/or retailers and differentiation are disclosed. In one embodiment, each provider produces a representation of a utility and the provider that reveals: specification of the provider,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070255619 - Internet-based purchasing agent: An agent acting on behalf of a single or plurality of reliable customers to provide enhanced bargaining power and economies of scale. The embodiment may screen or classify customer according to reliability metrics, initiate or facilitate contact between customers and retailers, negotiate and/or receive discounted prices for products from retailers... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070255615 - Method and apparatus for tracking customer purchases using a unique anonymous identifier: A method and apparatus are provided for tracking customer purchases using a unique anonymous identifier. Customer purchases are monitored by obtaining a unique anonymous identifier from the customer as part of a current transaction; and associating the current transaction with a prior transaction using the unique anonymous identifier. The unique... Agent: Kevin M Mason Ryan Mason And Lewis

20070255622 - Methods, systems, and products for managing advertisements: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing advertisements. An advertisement time slot is categorized as overrideable or non-overrideable. The overrideable advertisement time slot categorization allows an associated advertisement to be replaced with a different advertisement. The non-overrideable advertisement time slot may not allow replacement of the associated advertisement. When... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20070255617 - Offline advertisement serving and presentation: A client computer is enabled to view content offline, and electronic advertisements may be presented in conjunction with the content. Usage data is tracked for the advertisements and reported to an ad server upon synchronization so that appropriate steps can be taken (i.e., billing a customer) based on the usage... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070255616 - Techniques for authoring ads for dynamic layout environments: An electronic advertisement includes an ad layout that defines at least one element, the element referring to media content for the electronic advertisement. The media content including text in vector format, a border that is scalable without loss in fidelity, and logic that enables swapping an image based on a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070255620 - Transacting mobile person-to-person payments: In a mobile payment system, registered users or members may send payment to other member or unregistered users or nonmembers. In a specific implementation, a person-to-person payment system allows existing members of a payment system to send funds to nonmembers with the intent that the nonmember becomes a member. This... Agent: James E. Eakin

20070255623 - Interactive food-and beverage preparation and wine-making system and method: An interactive food- and beverage preparation or wine-making system that contains a computerized food-processing device, e.g, a wine-making press that is equipped with appropriate executing mechanisms and sensors and with a central processing unit provided with a program that controls the process and in response to outputs of executing mechanisms... Agent: Vladimir Firer

20070255624 - Automated trading system and method: An automated trading system and method may comprise a storage system for storing a set of data representing users and an associated tradable items, a trade module for determining at least one trade among at least two users using the data representing the tradable items, and an interface for transmitting... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070255629 - Centralized hosting of online e-commerce activities with collection of tax and consolidated receipt: One or more networked computers (18) receives input from a customer (12) specifying two or more vendors having vendor web sites (14) from which to purchase goods or services during an online shopping session, receives input from the two or more vendors indicating that the customer has purchased goods or... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070255628 - Ordering support system, ordering support apparatus, device monitoring apparatus, ordering support method, device monitoring method, and computer-readable medium: An ordering support system is disclosed. The ordering support system includes a device monitoring apparatus that retrieves a device information item about a device connected to a network and a status information item about a consumable of the device, determines whether the consumable is depleted based on the status information... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070255625 - Software-based method for facilitating the selling of real estate on the internet: A method to permit penetration of the traditional and “For Sale By Owner” real estate market by providing a secure online “Transaction Management” solution that seamlessly integrates all the functions of the real estate transaction process, including all functions of the buying, selling, leasing process. It permits simultaneously managing, tracking... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20070255627 - Transport ordering systems and methods: An embodiment is directed to a computerized method in vehicle transport. A request regarding transport of a vehicle is received over a computer network. Electronic information regarding a pick-up location and electronic information regarding a drop-off location for transport of the vehicle are accessed, and based on the electronic information... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070255631 - Product catalog management system and method: A product catalog management system and method is provided for managing product data associated with a plurality of products. In one embodiment, the system comprises a processor, a product information database for storing product data associated with a plurality of products therein, a workflow design module for allowing creation of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070255630 - System and method for using user's visual environment to select advertising: A method and system is provided for capturing visual related information and selecting advertising based on the information.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070255632 - Content delivery method, content delivery service computer, content delivery service system, data discard recognition method, data discard recognition computer, and terminal: There is provided a contents distribution method in which burdens imposed on a distribution service provider and a contents user are lightened so that the contents user can use contents as many as possible at low cost. A system comprises terminal apparatuses 1, a portal server 3, a contents DB... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070255634 - Vehicle fee-tax management system: A fee-tax manager which provides a fee-tax administrator module which provides a hierarchical structure of a plurality of fee-tax modules which function to couple one or a plurality of fee-tax identifiers to each one of a plurality of fee-taxes of a plurality of fee-tax entities for retrievable storage by matched... Agent: Cr Miles, P.C. Craig R. Miles

20070255639 - Automated money management systems and methods: A system for managing an employee's funds, where the system may include an employee interface, a payroll system, and a reporting system. The employee interface may be configured to receive an instruction from an employee and transmit directions which are based at least in part upon the instruction. The instruction... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070255636 - Data mining techniques for enhancing stock allocation management: A computer method for enhancing stock allocation management. The method includes the steps of providing a demand database comprising a compendium of individual demand history; providing a supply database comprising a compendium of at least one of stock allocation management solutions, stock allocation information, and stock allocation diagnostics; and, employing... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070255635 - Methods and systems for providing liquidity options and permanent legacy benefits for annuities: This invention relates to methods and systems that provide annuities with at least one liquidity option that allows the holder of the liquidity option to exercise the option and convert therewith a portion of a value of the annuity into a liquid asset, such as cash or a cash value,... Agent: Dreier LLP

20070255638 - System and method for allocating investor wealth to at least one risky asset and life insurance: A system and method for allocating an investor's wealth to at least one risky asset and life insurance includes retrieving a profile of the investor. The financial capital available to the investor and a human capital value for the investor are determined. An objective function value for the investor is... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20070255637 - Web-accessible financial product sales assistance system and method: An innovative interactive web-accessible financial product sales assistant system and method is disclosed which facilitates the sale of financial products such as annuities by providing prompts to agents accessing the system to obtain the direct online entry of all financial product sales information required by the providers of the financial... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070255641 - Computer interface for trading bonds: The present invention provides a novel computer interface for trading municipal bonds. Aspects of the invention include a trading engine hosted by a broker's broker and which is accessed by a number of brokers (or the like) via client-machine that are networked to the trading engine. The interface allows the... Agent: Torys LLP

20070255644 - Method and system for managing and conducting a network auction: There is described a method and system for managing Internet auction transactions by creating an auction website by, for example, a financial institution. The auction website is accessible by the financial institution's account holders (e.g., holders of checking, savings, credit card, and investment accounts). Thus, all buyers and sellers in... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20070255640 - System and method for bandwidth allocation in an optical light-trail: A method for allocating the use of an optical light-trail includes calculating a bid at a first node in the light-trail with consideration for the criticality of the node's need to transmit particular traffic on the light-trail. The method also includes transmitting the calculated bid to one or more of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070255642 - Trading system with elfs and umpires: Price setting for a security occurs by automatically engaging in a price discovery procedure before responding to a request for a current buy or sell price of the security to provide an automatically discovered price that is better than a book price. The book price is the best price in... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20070255648 - Cash flow system and method: A method comprises decomposing each of a plurality of home mortgage loans into a plurality of sub-loan level cash flows; and repackaging the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows to form a plurality of financial assets backed by the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows.... Agent: Fann-mke C/o Foley & Lardner LLP

20070255649 - 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, Hartmann & Gibbs, PC

20070255646 - Methods and systems for multi-credit reporting agency data modeling: Provided are methods and systems by which a data sample can be generated in order to create a true multi-Credit Reporting Agency model, eliminating the biases and variability in traditional multi-CRA models by allowing the creation of a single multi-CRA method which requires neither alignment nor translation to be applicable... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070255645 - Methods and systems for segmentation using multiple dependent variables: Provided are systems and methods for partitioning of segments in a consumer segmentation tree. Segments can be defined based on regression tree analysis.... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070255647 - System, method and computer program product for evaluating and rating counterparty risk using experiential business process performance and financial data, and applications thereof: A method, system and computer program product for evaluating and rating counterparty risk as it relates to counterparty financial strength and performance is disclosed. The evaluation of counterparty risk begins with the extraction of financial and experiential business process performance data that exists on the computer systems of investment businesses... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070255651 - Batch processing of financial transactions: Batch processing of financial transactions includes collecting a plurality of payments, such as credit or debit payments, in a payment system. The payments are sorted with the credit payments being sorted to a credit bundle. The debit payments are submitted to a simulated posting in an account management system. If... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070255655 - Cash flow aggregation system and method: A data construct represents a financial asset in a data processing system. The data construct comprises description data, a cash flow map, and process instructions. The description data further comprises creation, purpose, and transaction information data describing the financial asset. The cash flow map further comprises information on cash flows... Agent: Fann-mke C/o Foley & Lardner LLP

20070255650 - Migration between bill payment processors: Systems and methods for migration between payment processors. A user sets-up payments with a financial institution using a client module (e.g., a personal finance manager). The client module sends the transaction data to an entity such as a bank OFX server and receives a first transaction identifier for use when... Agent: Gunnison, Mckay & Hodgson, L.L.P.

20070255652 - Mobile person-to-person payment system: A mobile payment platform and service provides a fast, easy way to make payments by users of mobile devices. The platform also interfaces with nonmobile channels and devices such as e-mail, instant messenger, and Web. In an implementation, funds are accessed from an account holder's mobile device such as a... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Eakin

20070255653 - Mobile person-to-person payment system: A mobile payment platform and service provides a fast, easy way to make payments by users of mobile devices. The platform also interfaces with nonmobile channels and devices such as e-mail, instant messenger, and Web. In an implementation, funds are accessed from an account holder's mobile device such as a... Agent: James E. Eakin

20070255654 - Servicer compensation system and method: A method that comprises acquiring a home mortgage loan having a loan asset and a servicing asset and compensating a servicer that performs servicing of the loan during a term of the loan. The compensation provided to the servicer does not decrease through time during the term of the loan.... Agent: Fann-mke C/o Foley & Lardner LLP

20070255657 - Payment card preloaded with unique numbers: A conventional looking payment card comprises a plastic card with a legacy card reader compatible magnetic stripe for dynamic user account data. Internal to the plastic card, and behind the magnetic stripe, a number of fixed-position magnetic write heads allow the user account data to be modified autonomously. Electronics within... Agent: Richard B. Main, Esq. Patents Pending

20070255658 - Virtual accounts in personal finance software: A way to allow a user to create and manage virtual accounts in a personal software package. The user can create a virtual account and decide which of his personal accounts will fund the virtual account. He can monitor the current value of the virtual account. The user can also... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070255659 - System and method for drm translation: A technique for DRM translation involves converting first digital content into second digital content. An example of a system according to the technique includes a server that provides a first digital content unit coded with a first digital format and use-right protected by first digital rights management (DRM). The system... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070255660 - License managing system and license managing method: Data and digital contents which are normally purchased through a network are temporarily stored in a user's communication terminal such as a personal computer, information for preventing illegal copy and additional information for identifying a disk are recorded or printed on a label surface, and only when an authentication is... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070255661 - Anonymous order system, an anonymous order apparatus, and a program therefor: A store apparatus receives anonymous order information including an order ID and a group signature from a purchaser apparatus. The store apparatus verifies the group signature. When the group signature is verified to be valid, the store apparatus sells an article corresponding to the anonymous order information and order ID... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070255662 - Authenticating wireless person-to-person money transfers: A technique is used to ensure the authenticity of a wireless transmission source which is requesting a transaction to be performed by a system. The transaction may be a person-to-person money transfer or other value exchange transaction. The wireless transmission source may be a mobile phone or other similar device.... Agent: James E. Eakin

20070255663 - System and method for direct negotiation between buyers and sellers for products and services, and between buyers and lending and travel services: This invention is a system with a website and software download to be used for negotiation between online buyers and sellers, lenders and travel agents. Buyers and sellers are put in direct communication to make offers and counteroffers on products and services listed online. The current invention will also provide... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20070255664 - Two-stage printing of value indicia: A method of printing value indicia includes feeding a roll of printing stock into a value indicia printer. The roll of printing stock includes color images pre-printed on the roll of printing stock. The method further includes using the value indicia printer to print value indicia on the roll of... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070255665 - Self-checkout terminal: A process is executed in which a weight value transmitted from a scale device having a placing part for placing an article, is stored in a memory as a former weight under predetermined condition, when an article code is input through a user interface, a price and a weight range... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC