Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination inventions 01/08

20080027738 - Increasing business value through increased usage and adoption: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method for increasing customer business value through increased usage and adoption of information worker products is provided. The method includes envisioning a need of a customer, discovering a solution to address the need through the increased usage and adoption of... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080027742 - Information processing method, information processing apparatus, computer program and storage medium: An information processing method for managing issuance of a license that controls an operation of a device and a function of an application to be installed in the device determines whether issuance of a unified license that unifies licenses for making the application operable in a plurality of devices is... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080027739 - Methods and apparatus for management and procurement of hazardous materials: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for management and procurement of hazardous materials. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080027736 - Millionsaver - online based contact management system for real estate industry: The invention is an online based contact management system for real estate industry to create and predict timing of closings, timing of buying process and profile of successful working habits and successful agents. It captures data about requests from customers (repeated requests from websites), model of behavior of users (visits,... Agent: John Vanhara

20080027740 - Price stabilization for extended services coverage: A system is disclosed that provides price stabilization for extended services coverage of a product. The system has a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a first value associated with an extended services coverage of a first product. The processor is also configured to determine a... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080027743 - Problem solving kit: This invention provides a structured process, for business needs such as problem-solving or idea-generation, where records for all thoughts and analyses, obtained by completing a series of main and mini templates with pre-printed questions derived from business theories and techniques, are stored inside a physical shape representing the idea that... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20080027737 - Shipping price protection: A system is presented for establishing a shipping contract between a buyer and a shipper. A maximum price for shipping a buyer's order is established between a seller and a buyer. Based on this maximum price, an authorization number is created between the seller and a shipper, wherein the authorization... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080027735 - Utilization method and system within a communication network: A utilization method and system within a communication network comprises at least one service provider and at least one service consumer. In particular, a there is license contract method and system for validating web services during runtime. At least one parameter is provided to define, if and how many meter... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080027751 - Medical product reservation, distribution and purchasing system and method: A system and method for the reservation, distribution and purchasing of medical products is disclosed. More specifically, what is disclosed is a system and method of reserving and distributing pharmaceuticals, vaccines, medical devices and other medical supplies. The system and method disclosed herein is particularly applicable and useful in preparation... Agent: Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C

20080027753 - Method and system for optimizing fund contributions to a health savings account: A computer implemented method for estimating for a user performance information for a health savings account includes estimating a chronological series of health-care expenses to be incurred by the user based on actuarial data for health-care costs and estimating a chronological series of health savings account balance values based on... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080027754 - Patient bed search system: An automated search system uses data indicating clinical and non-clinical needs of a patient to provide a ranked list of candidate beds, status of beds and availability of a specific type of bed having a particular set of clinical attributes, using a score value derived using configurable rules for comparing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080027752 - Physician reviewed portable and network accessed electronic medical record: A system for managing, storing, and viewing medical records wherein the method includes a portable digital memory device, a network, a medical record database, and a physician review portal. The medical records are reviewed by a physician and summarized to a condensed form of essential elements of a medical record... Agent: Michael Ries

20080027755 - Treatment order processing system suitable for pharmacy and other use: A system links a standardized coded diagnosis associated with a medication order with information in a pharmacy information system to supplement medication utilization data. A pharmacy user interface system includes a user interface processor for providing data representing at least one display image supporting user entry of a coded diagnosis... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080027760 - Healthcare eligibility and benefits data system: A healthcare eligibility and benefits system provides efficient processing and exchanging of eligibility and benefits data with clearinghouses and payers, such as insurance companies, federal and state health plans, and the such. Certain data from responses is stored and used by future requests. As such, the system captures member data... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080027759 - System and method for coordination of benefits in a healthcare system: A healthcare system coordinating benefits includes a provider computer configured to receive patient information for a patient and to communicate a payment request to a payer computer. The provider computer includes programmed instructions to identify a coordination of benefits claim, obtain certain data from a response received from the payer... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080027761 - System and method for verifying driver's insurance coverage: A system and method for insurance coverage verification. A computerized system for insurance coverage verification includes an insurance coverage verification server that receives and processes requests for insurance coverage verification, an insurance coverage verification database that stores insurance coverage information in a plurality of motorist records that are indexed by... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080027767 - Method and system for customization of air travel: Method, architecture and computer-readable medium to enable a user of a computer-implemented graphical user interface (GUI) to purchase air travel services. The method comprises receiving air travel parameters submitted via the GUI; receiving a selection made via the GUI, the selection being indicative of at least one selected service attribute... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080027765 - Methods and systems for vending air travel services: A computer-implemented method of vending air travel services comprises determining a plurality of published fares each associated with a respective one of a plurality of root booking classes, said published fares being applicable to the purchase of air travel at a root service level. The method further comprises determining a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080027768 - Automated repricing of revised itineraries for ticket changes requested after issuance: A system, method, and computer readable medium for returning the different costs for multiple potential travel alternatives using a single travel change request. The itinerary information is analyzed to determine fare rules and requirements to follow in repricing a new ticket. The process builds alternative flight criteria based on the... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080027769 - Knowledge based performance management system: An automated system (100) and method for knowledge based performance management for an organization. After extracting data from existing narrowly focused systems, mission measures and organization levels are defined for one or more organizations. The elements, factors and risks that contribute to mission measure performance by organization level and organization... Agent: Asset Trust, Inc.

20080027770 - Psychometric analysis tool for predicting the renege rate: Embodiments of the present invention provide a renege reducing hiring method. Other embodiments of the present invention provide a renege factor evaluation method. Other embodiments of the present invention provide an organizational renege reduction method. Other embodiments of the present invention provide a candidate renege prediction method in accordance with... Agent: Accenture, LLP C/o Hogan & Hartson, LLP (ipgroup)

20080027771 - Selection process: A method of selecting an applicant for a function, such as a job. Coefficients are established between performance characteristics of a large number of jobs and performance predictors relating to persons who perform the jobs. A prediction equation is obtained for a specific job using the coefficients, and then an... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080027772 - System and method for optimizing a transit network: The present invention consists of a system for optimizing the operation of a transit network, where the transit network including one or more transit operators, each of the transit operators providing one or more transit vehicles, including: ferries, trains, elevated trains, subways, buses, streetcars, vans and taxis. The system is... Agent: Lang Michener

20080027775 - Method, system and program product for conditionally controlling changes to key data fields in a project database: A method, system and program product for performing one or more actions in response to a change made to a key data field in a project management application for managing a project. The method includes establishing one or more metrics to be monitored for a project, defining one or more... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20080027776 - Project task drivers pane: A task driver system for explaining the factors contributing to a task's scheduling for a project to a project manager and for displaying and navigating between related tasks is provided. The system receives information defining a set of tasks for the project. For each task, the system first analyzes scheduling... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027777 - Purchasing cost reduction planning and checking: A method for purchasing cost reduction planning and checking includes receiving from a user one or more part characteristics and one or more supplier characteristics. The method determines one or more templates based on the part characteristics and the supplier characteristics received. Each template corresponds to a cost reduction plan.... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080027778 - System and method for time recording: A method and system for time recording, in which an event is triggered to start recording one of a set of tasks. Recording of the one task is initiated responsive to triggering the event. The event is terminated and recording of the one task is terminated responsive to terminating the... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080027784 - Goal-service modeling: Software services for a business are identified. The goals for the business to meet its objectives are identified. Sub-goals are then identified recursively until services can be identified for fulfilling each of the sub-goals. Performance indicators are identified for each of the sub-goals. Each indicator has a metric identifying the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080027790 - Computerized method and system for maturity assessment of business processes: A computer implemented method and system for comparative analysis of business processes, in particular for process maturity evaluation. A process vitality index (PVI) is mapped onto a binary decision tree that provides unambiguous, YES/NO questions at its nodes. A user is guided by these questions. The tree provides the minimum... Agent: Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080027789 - Generating a view of measured performance: Computer user interface views provide information regarding performance. A method of configuring such a view includes receiving user-initiated input that identifies an area within an organization and a type of information for which a performance information visual display is to be provided. The method further includes receiving user-initiated input that... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080027791 - System and method for processing performance data: The present invention provides an improved system and method for processing performance data for an entity team, or individual. The system may further include a database for storing the performance data for an entity, team, or individual. The processing unit may be further configured to provide an output responsive to... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080027792 - Election-based electronic compilations: Electronically published compilations are provided. The compilations typically include a plurality of incumbent entries that are subject to replacement by candidate revisions through successive elections by an electorate of voters, e.g., human voters. Also provided are methods for improving existing compilations through elections. Election rules, history, dates and times, and... Agent: Louis Wu

20080027794 - Bicycle, a method of managing a fleet of bicycles, and a system of managing such a fleet: A bicycle including an impact detection device and a monitoring central processing unit connected to said impact detection device.... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20080027793 - Method of parking permit issuance: A method for a permit issuer to issue parking permits to a parking user for a parking space of a parking owner. According to the method, information is provided to the parking user which the user may in turn use to communicate with the permit issuer through electronic communication. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080027804 - 4dhelp directed advertising distribution method: The present invention provides for a method of transmitting directed advertisement to an end user in a 4DHelp information distribution system. The method employs intelligent information filtering and association such that when the user initiates a request for one set of 4DHelp instructional information, an additional set of 4DHelp promotional... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080027813 - Apparatus and method and computer program product for distributing advertisement: An advertisement data server includes: an URL database storing URLs different for different products and information on whether each product has been sold or not; a URL comparing unit, when accessed by a terminal, for making reference to the URL database for determining whether the corresponding product has been sold... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080027796 - Distributed reputation-based recommendation system: A method for generating a recommendation to a customer includes detecting, in a first terminal that is part of a distributed terminal system in a commercial enterprise, an identifier for a first product. The identifier is detected in connection with a customer of the commercial enterprise, the first product being... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080027799 - Location-based advertising: A first request for information that is related to a specified location is received. A first query for advertisements related to the specified location is submitted. A response to the first query that includes one or more advertisements related to the specified location is received. At least one of the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080027797 - Management of package offerings by loyalty programs and automation of accrual recalculation: The present invention discloses a method and system for processing accrual and redemption package offerings in loyalty programs. The method includes identifying a set of accrual package offerings, identifying a plurality of loyalty members satisfying a set of package conditions, calculating accruals for each of the plurality of loyalty members... Agent: Evergreen Valley Law Group, P.C. And Oracle International Corporation

20080027800 - Method and apparatus for selecting related terms for electronic advertising: Described are techniques used suggesting alternative terms to an advertiser which are associated with an advertisement. The advertiser issues a request including one or more initial advertisement terms to an advertisement publication system. In response to the request, the advertisement publication system provides a list of suggested alternatives to the... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080027801 - Method and system for advertisement insertion within an internet protocol television (iptv) system: A method and system are disclosed for inserting advertising and content in an internet protocol (IP) network, the method including accepting a request at an IP travel server associated with a travel zone from a traveling client device in the travel zone to receive home advertising content associated with a... Agent: G. Michael Roebuck, PC

20080027808 - Method for providing shopping advice: A method of providing advice to a shopper, comprising the steps of: receiving a requirement from the shopper; presenting the requirement to an advisor; receiving an identifier of a seller from the advisor; sending the identifier of the seller to the shopper; and receiving a payment from the seller.... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080027809 - Method of using a subdomain portion of a domain name to pass a unique tracking code: A method of verifying the identify of an affiliate enrolled in an affiliate program of a merchant and then transmitting information between the affiliate and the merchant is provided. The method relies on embedding a unique identification code in a sub-domain portion of a domain name. Once an identification process... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080027795 - Methods and systems for providing dynamic feedback to customers using transactional accounts for purchases: Feedback is provided to customers based on the use of transactional accounts. The feedback may be of various forms such as a coupon or lottery number resulting from use of a particular transactional account to make a purchase. Other forms of feedback include purchase related feedback such as current sale... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080027805 - Mutually beneficial management system for website advertisements: A mutually beneficial management system includes an advertisement database, a member database, a value adding module, an advertisement posting management system, an advertisement playing module, and a bonus module. The advertiser posts an advertisement via the advertisement posting management system and transfer money in the value adding module to pay... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080027798 - Serving advertisements based on keywords related to a webpage determined using external metadata: Methods and apparatus for selecting advertisements to display to a user requesting a primary webpage is provided. Keywords related to the primary webpage are determined using internal information of the primary webpage and/or external information provided in neighboring webpages. The external information may include anchor text metadata of hyperlinks on... Agent: Stattler-suh PC

20080027807 - Streaming content distribution system and streaming content distribution method: Disclosed is a streaming content distribution method for distributing a content designated by a user terminal with at least one advertisement, the method comprising including: displaying alternative advertisement information about at least one alternative advertisement to be distributed instead of the advertisement during playing the advertisement at the user terminal;... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080027803 - System and method for optimizing throttle rates of bidders in online keyword auctions subject to budget constraints: An improved system and method for scheduling online keyword auctions subject to budget constraints is provided. A linear programming model of slates of advertisements may be created for predicting the volume and order in which queries may appear throughout the day for use in allocating bidders to auctions to optimize... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080027802 - System and method for scheduling online keyword subject to budget constraints: An improved system and method for scheduling online keyword auctions subject to budget constraints is provided. A linear programming model of slates of advertisements may be created for predicting the volume and order in which queries may appear throughout the day for use in allocating bidders to auctions to optimize... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080027815 - Methods, systems and computer program products for wireless payment transactions: Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring payment device data for wireless payment transactions are disclosed. According to one method, a request from a wireless payment reader for standardized payment device data for effecting a wireless payment is received by a wireless smart payment device. Payment device data elements... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

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20080027818 - Method for selling a business: A system for brokering the sale of a business includes a put option that guarantees the sale of the business if the business is not otherwise sold within the prescribed time limit. The system calculates an offer price from historical data about the business being sold and sets a guarantee... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080027820 - Methods and systems for the creation of consumer-customization and commercialization of goods: Methods and systems are disclosed and described for the consumer-customization of products, and the commercialization thereof... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080027819 - Methods, systems, and products for purchasing products: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for purchasing products. A purchase request to purchase an electronic copy of a product is received. The purchase request includes a product number that uniquely identifies the product and a device number that uniquely identifies a requesting device. The product number and the device... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20080027823 - System and method for purchasing items on the internet using a computer terminal with a pliant currency acceptor: A system and method is provided for providing a public online computer terminal providing the general public a manner of purchasing goods or services using a pliant currency acceptor that records the value of currency inserted and transmits information as to this value to a desired Internet vendor.... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20080027832 - Configurable enrollment data capture framework: Methods for defining and using a configurable and extensible enrollment data capture framework. The enrollment data capture framework allows generation of enrollment data capture templates for specifying channel, membership scheme and membership type specific data elements, providing data relevancy and data adequacy. The framework comprises an extensible membership attribute repository,... Agent: Evergreen Valley Law Group, P.C. And Oracle International Corporation

20080027833 - Method for optimizing sample size for inventory management processes: A method for determining a sample size associated with inventory management processes comprises selecting a product population associated with a product inventory and grouping the product population into a plurality of strata. Each strata has a plurality of products, wherein each product includes at least one aspect common to each... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080027835 - Methods for maintaining inventory records between audit periods: A method for maintaining inventory records between audit periods includes establishing a virtual bin associated with an actual inventory record and collecting data indicative of actual quantities of one or more products associated with an inventory. The data indicative of the actual quantities of each of the one or more... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080027834 - Systems and methods for inventory management: Methods and systems for inventory management are disclosed. In one embodiment, an inventory manager may use an inventory management system to select an inventory management performance metric. The inventory manager may associate a performance metric with a plurality of performance categories. The performance categories indicate a plurality of measurement ranges... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080027839 - System for billing rating and selection of accounts: A method and system adapted for use in a mobile telecommunication network is described. The invention describes a rating and routing system which is adapted to enable an efficient rating and routing of data transactions being transmitted through a network. Based on a comparison of identifiers associatable with a subscriber... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080027843 - Method and system for determining an optimum set of measures for the minimization of risks: System and method for determining an optimum set of measures which entails a minimization of risks while observing a predetermined budget (B), wherein, based on coherence components (Z) including possible combinations of measures (MK), each of which comprise a set (M) of measures (m), the associated costs (K) for implementing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080027842 - Personal information storage device and mobile terminal: The present invention makes it possible that a user wears a personal information storage device storing personal information including electronic money information and uses a mobile terminal at the user's expense by transmitting the personal information to the mobile terminal by means of short-distance communications. The use of the mobile... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080027841 - System for integrating enterprise performance management: An automated system (100) for integrating narrowly focused management systems in to a financial measurement and optimization system for a multi-enterprise commercial organization. A matrix of market value is developed for each enterprise in the organization. The matrices of market value are then used to guide the integration of narrow... Agent: Asset Trust, Inc.

20080027880 - Investment chart-based interactive trade simulation training and game system: An investment chart based interactive trade simulation and game system is provided. The system uses a computer or other computing device, real historical data, and a computer program to dynamically recreate the investment charts of any moment back to any date in the history, as long as the historical data... Agent: Latimer, Mayberry & MatthewsIPLaw, LLP

20080027881 - Market trader training tool: In a market trader training method according to the invention, data representing market price as a function of time is retrieved and a visual representation of a portion of the market price data as a function of time is displayed to a user. The user inputs a response based on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080027848 - Method of negotiating trades on an electronic trading system and an electronic trading system: A method of negotiating trades on an electronic trading system is presented. In order to enable an intra-trading-system part-to part negotiation the method comprises the steps of receiving a trade negotiation request with respect to a selected order from a user; forwarding the trade negotiation request to a submitter of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080027849 - Stipulated trading system: A system and method for a transaction involving any asset that is substantially fungible within a predetermined asset class comprising a component for populating a database with first data including asset identification indicia for at least one asset that is substantially fungible within a predetermined asset class; a component for... Agent: John M. Johnson Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

20080027856 - Computer system and method for calculating and displaying vehicle loan parameters: A computer implemented method and system for displaying and calculating a vehicle loan can include input fields for adjusting parameters associated with the vehicle loan. The system can provide selectable gauges that can be used to adjust parameters of the vehicle loan. The gauges can comprise analog displays that include... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080027857 - Method of preventing fraud: An identification verification system designed to prevent identity theft and financial fraud. Individuals are given or select identification codes which replace the commonly used social security numbers (SSNs). In order to access an individual's credit report or other financial records or open a credit account, the individual's identification code must... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20080027858 - Method of preventing fraud: An identification verification system designed to prevent identity theft and financial fraud. Individuals are given or select identification codes which replace the commonly used social security numbers (SSNs). In order to access an individual's credit report or other financial records or open a credit account, the individual's identification code must... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20080027860 - Compliance control in a card based program: An analysis system processes financial transactions data for compliance with a payment program, such that the processing involves receiving data relating to a set of financial transactions that have been authorized by a payment processing system, and determining if one or more of the authorized financial transactions will be subjected... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080027862 - Novel hybrid financial interface: A further feature of this invention is the use of pneumatic transfer and hybrid energy technology to provide an improved interface to the owner of the system, such as a bank or store. An additional feature of this invention is the use of the child-friendly interface to provide ability to... Agent: Andy Youngs

20080027863 - Healthcare eligibility transactions: Methods and systems permit registration of a service provider and permit eligibility information to be provided to the service provider. Registration information is received over a financial network from a point-of-sale terminal. The registration information has an identifier associated with the point-of-sale terminal and an identification of the service provider.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080027865 - Individual identifying/attribute authenticating system and individual identifying/attribute authenticating method: An individual identifying/attribute authenticating system includes a portable terminal possessed by a buyer of a good or service and an authenticating terminal set at a seller of the good or service. The portable terminal includes at least a component that generates an electronic signature by using a signature key and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080027864 - Method and system for preventing skipping playback of a special content section of a digital media stream: A method and system for preventing skipping the playback of a special content section of a digital media stream is provided. The method comprises a method for providing a digital media stream on the providing side, and a method for playing back a digital media stream as provided by the... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080027867 - Methods, systems and computer program products for determining usage rights for digital content based on characterizing information thereof and related devices: A method for controlling unauthorized use of digital content includes identifying digital content for validation. Characterizing information is generated that designates the identified digital content, and usage rights for the identified digital content are determined based on the characterizing information, for example, based on a comparison of the characterizing information... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080027866 - System and method for authenticating file content: A method, system, and computer readable medium for authenticating file system content. In one embodiment of the method of invention, file system content is received or retrieved for content authentication. Security relevant portions of the file content are identified in accordance with specified parse production rules that tokenize the original... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080027868 - Transfer of digital rights management information: A device including a communication interface and processing logic is provided. The communication interface may receive digital rights management security information and content from a source device, the digital rights management information having been deactivated in the source device. The processing logic may reactivate the digital rights management security information... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080027869 - Determining whether a digital rights management system's native license is valid: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining whether a digital rights management system's native license is valid. According to one embodiment, a value of a decision indicator is accessed at a digital rights management system. The decision indicator is set by a trusted entity other than the digital rights... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080027870 - Method and apparatus for managing license: A method and apparatus for effectively managing a plurality of licenses are provided. The method includes selecting a value, which corresponds to license information, from a Hash mapping table; selecting a node corresponding to the license information from a tree structure corresponding to the value; and searching for a license... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080027871 - Update method and update system: An update system includes: a program server for storing application programs and transmitting the application program corresponding only to an authenticated client; a license server for transmitting information concerning the authenticated client to the program server and transmitting the license key of the application program to the authenticated client; and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080027874 - System and method for facilitating secure transactions over communication networks: A user activates the transaction facilitation system from an online banking homepage. Thereafter, communication is performed over a secure communication network. User and transaction type information are received and a unique transaction number is generated. Product information from a vendor is provided to the user, and selected product information is... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20080027875 - System and method for remotely authenticating a device in a reward program: A reward program directed to registering computer devices and their consumable parts via a computer network generates a unique key code value for each computer device. The key code is generated by a remote server in the computer network and may include appending a sequential counter to the serial number... Agent: Christine K. Garcia Patent And Trademark Counsel

20080027878 - Systems and methods for establishing a space planning network: A virtual space planning network may connect third party suppliers of goods and/or services with consumers via a virtual space planning tool. The virtual space planning tool may be used by the consumers to generate and/or interact with a virtual space plan. The virtual space planning network may connect a... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080027745 - Community awareness management systems and methods: A system and method links one or more disparate community awareness management (CAM) datasets for a community awareness program (CAP) with one or more spatial layers to create linked CAM datasets. One or more data attributes common to a CAM dataset and a spatial layer are identified, and the link... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20080027749 - Global asset risk management systems and methods: Systems and methods for risk assessment are disclosed. In various embodiments, the systems and methods may include at least one risk information source receiving risk information, and generating a risk assessment report based on the risk information. In various embodiments, the systems and methods may include a risk information source,... Agent: Wolff Law Office, PLLC

20080027747 - Method and apparatus for employment system distributed hiring and co-operative pooling: A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes enabling a first user associated with an employee seeker to enter a shell for a position and enabling a second user associated with the employee seeker to enter additional information about the position. The second user is distinctly... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20080027748 - Method and device for selecting data sets: In a method for the selecting and displaying travel data information is read out. The data is digitalized and stored in a data set together with data containing information about their origin. Each data set is marked with an identification code. One or several selection criteria is then queried. A... Agent: Silber & Fridman

20080027744 - Method for optimization of bra fit and style for all body sizes and types and for wearing with a variety of clothing styles: A method for custom bra fitting to obtain optimal physical fit and optimal style including selecting bras for a woman based on an analysis of the size and shape of her body and breasts and determining the six fitting tips, or style tips, of youthful, uplift, coverage, proportionate, centered, and... Agent: Seth H. Ostrow, Esq. Dreier LLP

20080027741 - Method of managing laundry room machine and system therefor: The present invention discloses a method of managing laundry room machines in a laundry room. The method includes the step of: a) receiving identification information including an ID (identifier) through a communicator; b) setting information about the rate and operating conditions through the communicator; c) receiving a selection of a... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080027750 - System and method for digital rights management: It is one aspect of the present invention to provide a method of digital content delivery including the steps of: (a) providing a client device for displaying digital content and a server device for storing digital content; (b) transmitting a first signal from the client device to the server device;... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080027746 - Systems and methods for employment law compliance, establishment, evaluation and review: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for facilitating an employer's compliance with employment laws. A typical system includes a data store for storing compliance information, a processor for supporting compliance functionality and a link to a communication channel allowing communication with one or more agents of an... Agent: Weatherly Kerven & Seigel LLC

20080027758 - Method to evaluate a client by a physical therapist: A method to evaluate a client by a physical therapist, which includes determining if a client is experiencing distress. If a client is experiencing pain, the method selects an evaluation algorithm responsive to the distress, wherein the selected evaluation algorithm comprises (N) evaluation factors. The method determines if any of... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20080027757 - System and method for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event: Systems and methods for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event are disclosed. A preferred embodiment utilizes an implantable medical device comprising at least one sensor in electronic communication with a patient management system adapted to temporally analyze and correlate biometric data. Some embodiments of a system disclosed herein... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20080027756 - Systems and methods for identifying and tracking individuals: Systems and methods for identifying and tracking individuals and samples are disclosed. The system includes a sample container, an individual's identification sample portion coupled to the sample container and means for identifying the individual's identification sample portion. The individual's identification sample portion may be configured to accept fingerprints, human iris... Agent: Lisa A. Haile, J.d., Ph.d. Dla Piper US LLP

20080027763 - Computer system: Computer machine, manufacture, methods of making and using the same, and product produced thereby, as well as necessary intermediates, each pertaining to a system of the kind adapted to transform insurance risk for a transaction, in cooperation with different entities with respective computing systems. Embodiments transforming insurance risks into credit... Agent: Peter K. Trzyna, Esq.

20080027762 - System and method for managing renewable repriced mortgage guaranty insurance: A mortgage guaranty insurance policy is described having periodically adjusted premiums, the determination of said premiums being partially based on loan seasoning; and a claim settlement option chosen from the following: immediate lump-sum settlement, principal and interest payments being maintained for a fixed period prior to loan payoff, principal and... Agent: Sean Lewis

20080027764 - System and method for warranting against leasing losses: The method herein provides for the issuance of a warranty contract 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: HowardIPLaw Group

20080027766 - Methods and systems for determining availability of a resource for particular time periods: Checking the availability of a rental resource by providing a commitment memory area configured to store at least one resource data element corresponding to a rental resource, the at least one resource data element configured to store at least one commitment period made up of at least a start time... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080027774 - Optimal scenario forecasting, risk sharing, and risk trading: An integrated and unified method of statistical-like analysis, scenario forecasting, risking sharing, and risk trading is presented. Variates explanatory of response variates are identified in terms of the “value of the knowing.” Such a value can be direct economic value. Probabilistic scenarios are generated by multi-dimensionally weighting a dataset. Weights... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080027773 - System and method for self-assessed commitment management: A system and method that allow an individual or a party to capture, organize, assess, understand, and agree to one or more pre-defined conditions. The agreement is made to a person or a party as an obligation of the individual(s) who is/are offering the agreement. Once the obligation is offered... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080027779 - Method and system for strategic project planning: A strategic planning, project organization, electronic and hardcopy file management system is disclosed that provides its users a quick data capture, data archiving and data retrieval system implemented within a software or hardware database system. Daily use of this system provides its users the capability to utilize either an electronic... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080027781 - Method for monitoring and controlling workflow of a project, applications program and computer product embodying same and related computer systems: Featured is a method for controlling work of a project, that is particularly suited for controlling development of files of a software project. Such a method broadly includes defining S status levels (S≧2), where the number and definition of each status level relates to at least certain of the workflow... Agent: Peter J. Gordon, Patent Counsel

20080027780 - System and method for the development and deployment of service elements: A service element is defined and represented by a data structure. It includes one or more components and/or one or more other service elements. A service element providing a complete function is a service offering. Management of service elements and/or service offerings is facilitated by a Service Development Tool. In... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080027782 - Managing provenance of the evolutionary development of workflows: A method of and a system for presenting a plurality of workflows that describe an evolutionary workflow process associated with creating a result are provided. A first workflow is received at a first device. The first workflow comprises a first module which applies a first instruction to form a first... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080027783 - System and method for staffing and rating: In one embodiment, a method and system for staffing and rating workers is able to match hiring entities with rated workers with skills and experience suitable for their needs. In one such embodiment, self-service tools allow the workers and hiring entities to manage matching transactions without administrative action. In one... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080027786 - Method and apparatus for management of sales activity information: Systems and methods are described for management of sales activity information. In an embodiment, a system comprises a client system; and a server system, communicatively coupled to the client system, wherein the server system comprises: a client interface to receive sales activity data from the client system, wherein the sales... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080027787 - Method and system for indicating customer information: The invention relates to a method and system for indicating customer information having a computer, software executing on the computer for assigning each customer of a plurality of customers a unique customer identifier, software executing on the computer for determining an overall score for each customer based on criteria selected... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080027788 - Object oriented system and method for optimizing the execution of marketing segmentations: The present invention involves a computer system and method which implements a marketing management system. The computer comprises a processor, at least one database containing marketing information, and a database segmentation manager the segmentation manager is coupled to the processor and database. The database segmentation manager includes a node organizer... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080027785 - Voice responsive telephone assistant having network upgrade capability: A mobile telephone system device having an electronic assistant component is disclosed. The device includes a first software module configured to provide a first operating feature to a user of the mobile telephone system and a second software module that includes a first submodule configured to provide a first additional... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080027810 - Coupons and systems for generating coupons on demand: Coupons which are displayed as a text message on a mobile telecommunication device and include a code uniquely identifying the coupon are provided for. Systems for generating coupons on demand are also provided for. The system comprises an agency computer having access to a coupon database. The coupon database comprises... Agent: Keith B. Willhelm, Attorney At Law

20080027811 - Custom document generation system and method: A custom marketing document system and method, including custom map information is provided herein.... Agent: Axios Law Group. PLLC

20080027814 - Direct incentive authentication link (dial) system: The Direct Incentive Authentication Link System establishes a real-time direct communication link between a consumer and a product's Manufacturer, Retailer, Credit Card Company, or Distributor (referred to collectively as the “Retailers”) during the purchase process within any type of retail environment.... Agent: Michael Kulakowski

20080027806 - Home equity estimator, banner providing interactive home equity estimation, and method for implementing the same: An online banner advertisement is provided that enables a consumer to estimate the consumer's home value based on the state where the home is located, the year the home was purchased, and the purchase price. State-level data from Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) can be used to calculate... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080027812 - Internet domain keyword optimization: A computerized system and method for optimizing contents of a domain landing page for increased revenues for the domain name owner. A landing server tracks user interactions with the domain landing page and generates an optimized keyword data set for the domain name. The keyword data set is used for... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080027816 - Laundry room management method and system: The present invention discloses a method and system of managing a laundry room. In the method, identification information including an ID (identifier) is received through a communicator. Then, information about the rate and operating conditions is set through the communicator. A predetermined operation allowed by the setting is performed according... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080027817 - Self-checkout terminal: An article code reading device optically reads a code symbol on to an article and specifies the article, and decodes and outputs an article code. An image pickup image part picks up an image of an area of an article, the code symbol of which is read by the article... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080027827 - Dynamic pricing of items based on sales criteria: A method of dynamically adjusting prices of items using a processor based upon the category to which the item is assigned and sales criteria of the item relative to other items in the category is disclosed. The items are of the type that are deliverable over a network.... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080027821 - Method and apparatus for promotion and distribution of electronically stored information: Embodiments provide for easy and inexpensive distribution and promotion of electronic files, such as audio files, audio-visual files, text files, and more. Subscribers are provided a subsite of a website implementing the invention and can personalize the subsite with information about themselves, any other individuals contributing to the content they... Agent: Shlesinger & Fitzsimmons

20080027826 - Method, system and computer program product for facilitating the telecommunication equipment ordering process: A method for facilitating the telecommunication equipment ordering process including creating a telecommunication equipment order record. The telecommunication equipment order record includes a telecommunication equipment order number, a project number, equipment data, accounting data, schedule data, supplier data and shipping data. The creating includes populating the order record in response... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080027824 - Method, system and program products for sharing state information across domains: State information is shared across domains. The state information is placed in one or more cookies that are shared across disjoint domains. An intermediary application is used, as one example, to enable the sharing of the state information (e.g., the cookies) across the different domains. The intermediary application is used... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080027825 - Self cancelling product order based on predetermined time period: A computer application program on a supplier computer system receives an order from a customer by way of a computer customer system for a customer selected product, the computer application program having a predetermined time period and negotiates billing information with said customer for the purchase of said ordered customer... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080027829 - System, method, and architecture for implementing a business infiniti sharing residual with subscribers and/or affinity partners: The invention is a business system that incorporates Affinity organizations and secondary affinity organizations to secure subscribers as buyers for affiliate organization products. In one embodiment, purchases are made through a customizable purchasing platform that, when visited by a subscriber, appears to be a web site administered by the subscriber's... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080027828 - Systems and methods for enhanced information visualization: In accordance with the present invention, an information management application that provides users with the ability to create and customize matrix displays of information relating to a particular product or service for navigation by other users is provided.... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20080027830 - System and method for creation and maintenance of a rich content or content-centric electronic catalog: A system and method are disclosed for transforming catalog data from multiple supplier sources to a standardized rich content catalog either by the suppliers themselves or by a third party using the system and method of the present invention. Incoming raw catalog data content is cleansed and normalized using an... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080027831 - Virtual warehouse parts distribution system and process: A parts distribution system and process uses a computer network, particularly the Internet, to efficiently distribute spare parts in a cost-effective manner. The system includes a plurality of buyer computers for operation by a system participant desiring to obtain one or more parts, a plurality of seller computers for operation... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080027837 - Computer implemented system for determining a distribution policy for a single period inventory system, optimization application therefor, and method therefor, and decision support tool for facilitating user determination of a distribution policy for a si: Computer implemented system for determining a distribution policy for a single period inventory system on the basis of the relative merit of allocating a draw unit of one of a multitude of different consumer items to one of a multitude of different locations in accordance with an allocation decision criterion... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080027836 - Inventory equalization system: A Business Method by which otherwise independent nodes of a distribution system can interact via an internet website or other means to equalize inventory to their mutual benefit and profit, with the Business Method Practitioner operating the mechanism and retaining a percentage of each transaction as a fee for the... Agent: Catalyst Law Group, Apc

20080027838 - Tele-inventory system, and in-shop terminal and remote management apparatus for the system: A tele-inventory system for inventorying various kinds of commodities in a shop by an operator from a remote management apparatus installed remotely from the shop.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080027840 - Construction payment management system and method with automatic workflow management features: A system and method for managing a construction payment process. One method embodying the invention can include storing a plurality of workflows to control automatic electronic notification sequences of the construction payment process, electronically receiving information related to a construction project from a first participant, automatically electronically transmitting a first... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080027845 - Closing package for a mortgage loan: A method of refinancing a mortgage loan is provided. The method of refinancing a mortgage loan comprises pre-approving a customer for refinancing of a mortgage loan. This customer is sent a pre-screened offer. The offer comprises materials setting forth the terms of the refinanced mortgage loan, materials providing all required... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080027844 - System and method for organising and operating an electronic account: A method for a user to operate accounts with a user device when the user device is operably connected to a communications network, the user having at least one transaction account, the method including the steps of: (a) the user establishing any number of linked transaction accounts and associating same... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080027847 - Self-hedging multi-layered investment system and method using internal contractual relationships: Proxy assets providing risk management capabilities are described, such as liquid interests in illiquid assets and economic indicators, without the deficiencies associated with other types of financial instruments. A proxy assets set is defined to respond to one or more indices. Each proxy asset may have a share value and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080027846 - Substantial equity content trust preferred (\"sectrs\"): A hybrid financial instrument, based on the traditional trust proffered structure, is designed to be more equity-like than debt-like. The financial instrument is designed to have permanence, ongoing payments, and loss absorption characteristics that meet rating agency requirements for favorable equity-like treatment.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080027852 - Data processing system that provides an auction with programmable proxy bids: In the context of computer-based auctions, innovations in proxy bids and auction formats are disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a bidder can program a data processing system to enter one or more bids by proxy. The capabilities offered by the data processing system include: determining one or more... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080027853 - Method of maximizing accounts payable discounts: A method and system for identifying discount opportunities relating to invoices on goods or services purchased by a buyer from a seller is described. Additionally, the invention is directed to a system for allowing third parties to bid on and utilize such discounts at a specified rate of return. The... Agent: Bruce J. Wolstoncroft, Esquire Barley, Snyder, Senft & Cohen, LLC

20080027851 - Network and method for trading derivatives: A computer network and method for electronically trading derivatives. The system includes networks and methods where a control or network managing station in the network acts as a facilitator for the market makers and subscribers to make a trade at an Exchange. In another embodiment the network managing station consummates... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Cme

20080027854 - Seller-drive method for a bid set system: A method for automatically bidding on multiple on-line auction items up for bid where the number of items the bidder wishes to buy is less than the number of items up for bid is disclosed. A method of a seller or auction site giving a bidder the ability to add... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080027850 - System and method for facilitating foreign currency management: Systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating managing foreign currency exposure, such as that with respect to transactions in financial interests involving foreign currency exchange across multiple electronic trading platforms, financial systems, accounting systems or the like. Users may monitor their net foreign exchange (“FX”) exposure in different currencies... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080027855 - Systems and methods for an online credit derivative trading system: A credit derivative trading system comprises a credit derivative authority configured to receive defined positions for credit derivatives and update a plurality of trade clients in real-time whenever there is movement in the market for a particular credit derivative.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080027859 - Preferred credit information data collection method: A consumer pays their bills using a bill payment service that reports actual payment information to a consumer reporting agency repository. The consumer requests the bill payment service to send their payment information to the CRA repository each month on their behalf to show they pay their bills on time... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080027861 - System and method for automatic financial project management: A system and method for providing project management tools to support construction, renovations, maintenance and other projects. The system automates the creation, processing and approval cycles of the numerous documents involved with each project. The system provides standardized work processes through processing templates. The system provides automated control and management... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080027872 - Video rental e-commerce solution: A method and system for providing a business-to-business network service for applications used by service providers is disclosed. The method and system include providing a central application capable of communicating with at least two applications over a public network, such as the Internet, and providing a repository database for storing... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080027873 - Terminal adapter for atms: A terminal adapter, along with a value added network, is disclosed that interworks a plurality of terminals with a processing host to accomplish transaction processing. The terminals can use different protocols and typically incorporate card readers for completing financial or other types of transactions typically involving credit, debit, ATM or... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080027877 - Money order device with identity verification and method: A method of conducting a monetary transaction and system for providing and utilizing a money order device is provided. The method and system utilize a vended money order device that is vended during a vending operation. The money order device is then utilized in a merchant transaction operation. The method... Agent: Grady K. Bergen

20080027876 - System and method for preparing premarital agreement: The present invention relates to a system and method for preparing a prenuptial agreement using a communication network. The present invention receives a request for preparing a prenuptial agreement from one or more user terminals, sends the pertinent information for married life to a user terminal through a communication network,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080027879 - Electronic multilateral negotiation system: Managing a concurrent bilateral negotiation is disclosed. A first active negotiation between a first party and a second party is facilitated. A second active negotiation between the first party and a third party is facilitated. An indication of an acceptable negotiation associated with the first active negotiation is received. A... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080027882 - Price assessment method for used equipment: A method is provided for pricing used equipment. The method may include automatically collecting data associated with used equipment from one or more data sources, wherein the data includes valuation data and classification data associated with the used equipment. The method may also include automatically operating on the data associated... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080027883 - Utilities provision system and method: A system 10 for providing a utility 12 comprises a plurality of utilities 12, at least one utility to be installed in each of a plurality of premises 14. The system 10 includes a database 16 of data relating to the utility 12 to be installed, the data including data... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080027884 - Computerized cost estimate system and method: A method and system for computing a cost estimate for a a company that may be the client of a supplier providing information system equipment and consulting. An estimate is calculated according to a model with input characterizing circumstances of the client. The program collects client profile information and costs... Agent: Ibm Corp. C/o Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080027885 - Gas-energy observatory: Heating is a significant factor in residential gas-energy usage. Saving energy on heating is receiving increasing attention with rising energy prices and the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Energy awareness and energy efficiency hereby become important qualifications for human behavior and residential building codes, and become a factor... Agent: Mauritius H.p.m. Van Putten

20080021713 - Additizing heavy fuel oil at terminals: There is disclosed a method of providing at least one fuel additive to a heavy fuel oil, the method comprising: adding at least one fuel additive into a container comprising a heavy fuel oil, the addition occurring at a location removed from the end use site.... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/newmarket)

20080021716 - Administrator-defined mandatory compliance expression: A system and method for conforming a decision to a compliance expression is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an intermediate conclusion generated by a decision system as a result of a policy evaluation performed based on at least one of a premise and a policy expression; performing... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080021721 - Method, apparatus, and computer readable storage for training human searchers: A method for enhancing search skills of human searchers in an information search system. The invention allows human searchers to be trained when they are not particularly busy fielding search queries from information seekers. The training can allow the searcher to increase their performance rating, thereby allowing greater effectiveness in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080021715 - System and method for analyzing and comparing cost increases: A method of analyzing and comparing changes in costs between a first and a second time period includes a first step of receiving cost data for the first time period and cost data for the second time period, a second step of calculating data representing a change in cost from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (amex)

20080021714 - Vehicle transportation tracking: When transporting a vehicle, a hand-held wireless device is used to scan vehicle identifying information from the vehicle, information about the delivery is entered to the device, and the identifying information and the information about the transportation are sent to a server. The identifying information and the information about the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080021732 - Automated configuration of medical practice management systems: A user (e.g., medical office manager, medical office insurance administrator, doctor) utilizes a medical practice configuration interface (e.g., web page) to input information about the user's medical practice (e.g., address, insurance plans, doctors, hospitals that the doctors utilize). Based on this information and/or rules associated with the insurance plans accepted... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080021733 - Medical treatment supporting method and medical treatment supporting apparatus for managing nursing care actions: An operating apparatus receives implementation contents of a medical treatment performed on a patient. A recording unit records the received implementation contents. A management unit extracts evaluation data on an evaluation from the implementation contents recorded by the recording unit. The management unit adds the extracted evaluation data to an... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20080021737 - Method and system for providing a medical service: A method for providing a medical service in a therapeutic area requested by a client. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of defining a plurality of offerings associated with the medical service in the therapeutic area. At least one service category is associated with each of the offerings.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080021730 - Method for remote review of clinical data: A method for remotely reviewing medical data allows medical data to be transmitted to a physician's mobile device from where they are stored or collected. The method sends data to be transmitted through a console, and a data server to reach the mobile device. After reviewing the data, physicians may... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP

20080021739 - Internet browser based electronic medical record database management system and method: A computer implemented medical record database management system including access by individual patients. A healthcare product or service advertiser can send one or more advertisements to a central server. These advertisements can include, but are not limited to, healthcare products and/or services, medical products and/or services, prescriptions for pharmaceuticals, non-prescription... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20080021743 - Homeowners housing price protection program against selling losses: The product protects the value of a “for sale” home against a falling real estate market. A hedge against fluctuating home prices is created by purchasing a hedge insurance “Policy.” The home is appraised, by a certified appraiser, when the “Policy” is issued. The “Policy” guarantees, that the appraised value... Agent: Adam M. Sciacca

20080021744 - Method of providing for a periodic income stream conditioned on the age at death of the insured: A method of providing for a future stream of payments solely to a beneficiary who survives an insured utilizes the current age of the insured to define a premium for providing funding for the potential future liability for such payments until a specific future date.... Agent: Brian J. Teague John H. Thomas, P.C.

20080021749 - Boiler energy management system: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for managing boilers. An exemplary method comprises retrieving schedules of pricing from energy source providers; determining an operational schedule for operating different types of boilers to maximize cost saving based on the retrieved schedules of pricing, each boiler using a type... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080021754 - Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080021751 - Method and system for transforming orders for executing them in standard workflow engines: The invention is based on Orders specifically developed for and processed by an Order Processing Environment for creation or modification of resource topologies. The Order Processing Environment is partly replaced by a combination of an Order Transformation Environment and standard Workflow Engines in order to execute the Order by standard... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080021752 - Method and system for work shift resolution using mobile messaging and email: A computerized, network based, email and mobile phone messaging based work shift resolution system and method are disclosed. The system includes a server, a web interface, a mobile messaging and email messaging interface and a database that stores employee information. The web interface is available to managers allowing them to... Agent: Vortxt Interactive

20080021755 - Method, system, and computer readable medium useful in managing a computer-based system for servicing user initiated tasks: A method for determining whether secondary activities (activities that can be executed during system “down time”) should be executed at a time, and executing at least one of the secondary activities according to a priority or interrupt scheme. The invention monitors a threshold, which can be based on several factors,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080021753 - System and method for service oriented design process: A method for service-oriented design, including performing a role analysis, performing a services synthesis, performing an organization design, and transformation planning to produce a service oriented transformation plan. Also included is a related data processing system and computer program product.... Agent: Docket Clerk, Dm/eds

20080021759 - Method and system for managing an action: A method of managing an action within an organization is provided, where the organization includes at least two positions, each position includes one or more occupants, each occupant is an individual for performing an action. The method includes, in a processing system: for an action associated with a first position,... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080021758 - Responsibility determination: System and methods are described for automatically determining the responsible agent for a given task. Using a task grammar, a task constructor constructs a request description. A responsibility request, including the request description, is formulated. A rules engine queries a database and determines, given the request description, the responsible agent... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080021764 - Method and system for customer value calculation: A method and system for calculating a customer value is provided. At least one relationship type for at least one pair of customers which are selected from a plurality of customers is determined. A first customer from the plurality of customers is selected. At least one second customer having a... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080021763 - Method for incentivized collective perception assessment: Methods for collecting accurate perception data points related to a given item from a set of respondents by offering an incentive that benefits the respondent or respondents who submit data points that match most closely to a calculated value of the data points collected. Provides methods for collecting perception data... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080021762 - Method, system and program product for reporting a call level view of a customer interaction with a contact center: A method and program product for reporting a call level view of a customer interaction with a contact center is provided. The method includes pulling data relating to a customer interaction from multiple source systems, parsing the data that is pulled and applying business rules thereto. The method further includes... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20080021766 - Rfid detection system and methods for enhanced marketing: Systems and methods are disclosed for interactively marketing product information to an end user by monitoring the three-dimensional position of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with an object within and around a merchandising display. The system includes a detector/reader incorporating circuitry for detecting changes in the three-dimensional position of... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080021761 - Transaction processing systems and methods: An exemplary method of providing a transaction confirmation service to a merchant comprises the steps of: (1) receiving an agreement from a merchant to display a transaction confirmation service icon on a web site associated with a merchant and/or to directly market a transaction confirmation service to customers of the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080021768 - Method and system for improved project delivery: A method and system for project management and delivery of a project through contractual agreements providing for reimbursement, compensation and incentive programs. The members may be selected by a team leader based on defined criteria and training workshops may be conducted to identify the reimbursement, the compensation and the incentive... Agent: Reilly Intellectual Property Law Firm

20080021770 - Method and system for monitoring status of vehicle parking spaces: A method and system for monitoring the status of vehicle parking spaces. A server receives data transmitted over a network from at least one ticketing machine useable to purchase parking time for the parking spaces. The data comprises identity information identifying individual parking spaces for which parking time has been... Agent: Gordon & Jaco