Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination inventions 03/08

20080077414 - Mail creation system with improved control of print-data downloading: An apparatus includes a printer and a buffer coupled to the printer for temporarily storing sheets fed out from the printer. The apparatus further includes a control mechanism for monitoring the buffer to determine a number of sheets currently stored in the buffer. The apparatus also includes a data source... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080077416 - Method and apparatus for managing virtual team collaboration meetings: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for managing virtual team collaboration meetings. Team members enter answers to scrum questions into a virtual scrum tool, subject to user-defined answer length restrictions, at the beginning of their work day. The virtual scrum tool sends reminders to team members... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080077415 - Method of customizing disposable consumer packaged goods: Color-customized tissue cartons and products can be manufactured specially for consumers by providing consumers access to color coding systems at a retail store locations. Desired room decor colors, taken from paint chip colors or upholstery colors, can be matched at the retailer's location and the color coordinates stored in a... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080077418 - Method, system, and program product for analyzing how a procedure will be applied to an electronic document: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for processing an electronic document. In one embodiment, the invention includes determining a procedure applicable to the electronic document; determining whether each step of the procedure applies to the electronic document; recording whether a step of the procedure applies to the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080077421 - Policy management program, policy management apparatus and policy management method: A policy management program, a policy management apparatus and a policy management method can evaluate policies. A policy management program causes a computer to manage the policies in a project by causing the computer to execute a policy registration step that registers policy information including the contents of policies, a... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080077427 - Print order server, method of controlling same, and control program therefor: The object of the invention is to notify a user of the delivery date of a photo print taking a time difference into consideration. When a print has been ordered by a user, the date and time of the order is converted from the time zone of the user to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080077420 - System and method for securely updating remaining time or subscription data for a rental computer: A system, method, and program product is provided that manages a rental computer system by verifying installation of a secure time-day module in a computer system. The computer system is rendered inoperable if the secure time-day module is not installed. A current time-day value is retrieved from the secure time-day... Agent: Lenovo - Jvl C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20080077419 - System and method for training employees of an organization to align their job activities to achieving the organization's strategic objectives: A method of training relating to an organization's business includes the steps of demonstrating a strategy map of various levels of an organization's objectives and showing a relationship between workforce activities and the organization's objectives. A system for training relating to an organization's business includes a strategy map of various... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20080077417 - Systems and methods for citation management: Systems and methods, such as may be executed by a computer or computer network, for the management of citations issued to an owner of a fleet of vehicles which identify the vehicle and the time of the citation. The systems and methods allowing for automatic matching of the citation to... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080077439 - Automated medication calendar: A calendar-format medication instruction sheet is produced when a pharmacy processes a patient's prescription. The sheet can bear icons or photographic images of the medications that the patient is to take, overlayed on a calendar grid to indicate the days on which the patient is to take them, and can... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080077432 - Comprehensive tissue management system: The present invention provides a comprehensive tissue management method and system for transplantable materials like tissues and organs. The tracking portion of the system verifies that staff members of a medical establishment like a hospital have handled, stored, transported, reconstituted, and used the tissue or organ materials in a safe... Agent: Moss & Barnett P.A. 4800 Wells Fargo Center

20080077431 - Digital communication and monitoring system for patients and doctors: A patient healthcare and monitoring system facilitates communications between doctors and patients. The system includes a server hosting a database containing patient information including patient medical histories. Physicians are provided with a doctor client in the form of, for example, a Tablet PC with which a physician can set up... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080077441 - Management of healthcare information in a quilted helthcare network: 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 Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080077429 - Portable instructional device: There is provided a portable instructional device for communicating medically relevant information to a patient on-premises during the course of treating, diagnosing or preventing disease, symptoms, or conditions thereof. The instructional device includes a display portion with a touch sensitive surface having at least one activation area operable by the... Agent: Allen R. Kipnes, Esq. Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20080077430 - Systems and methods for improving medication adherence: The invention relates to simple yet effective systems and methods for inducing patients to take their medications, without the need for outside prompting, and without the need for electronic medication dispensers. Instead, the new systems and methods use simple medication dispensers with unique markings to motivate the patients to take... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080077433 - Tissue management system: The present invention provides a comprehensive tissue management system for transplantable materials like tissues and organs. The tracking portion of the system prompts and verifies that staff members of a medical establishment like a hospital have handled, stored, transported, reconstituted, and used the tissue or organ materials in a safe... Agent: Glen E. Schumann C/o Moss & Barnett

20080077443 - Medical record coding and audit system: A method and system of processing medical records includes providing an image of a medical record on a screen and inputting a code associated with a portion of the medical record. A region of the medical record is selected that supports the code and the selected region of said medical... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080077445 - Method of healthcare delivery with value stream mapping: The invention relates to systems and methods for the delivery of healthcare. The inventive methods are based on the identification of and the partial or complete removal of waste from the value stream of healthcare delivery for a range of clinical services. Evidence-based medicine and/or cost accounting methodologies may be... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20080077442 - Networking of digital health information: A method of using contents in the digital medical records to procure information comprising explanations and descriptions on diagnoses, symptoms, signs, syndromes, diseases and illnesses and to procure and to use associated words, terms, phrases, sentences based on the practice of medicine to further obtain information.... Agent: Anuthep Benja-athon, M.d. Pain Management

20080077444 - Surgery validation apparatus, systems and methods: A surgical pause is a well intentioned pre-surgery procedure designed to reduce the likelihood that a patient may undergo an incorrect surgical procedure. However, the problem is that a surgical pause is often not taken as seriously as it should be and the surgical pause is performed in an ad... Agent: Herman & Millman

20080077448 - Financial insurance product: The invention pertains to a financial product having an insurance component covering only an amount of capital at risk that exceeds a replacement cost of an asset collateralizing the capital. The product includes a payment component that provides a payment equal to at least a portion of the amount of... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080077449 - Providing and financing post-employment health care benefits: A health account retirement plan (“HARP”) is described that can be used by a retiree for health care related expenses. Under the HARP, an employer pays an annual premium to an insurance company such as a health insurance company. In exchange, the insurer funds and administers health accounts for eligible... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080077450 - System and method for offering and guaranteeing renewal of suspendable healthcare benefits: A system and method are described whereby a healthcare consumer purchases a suspendable plan while having group coverage and is able to suspend the benefits until group coverage becomes unavailable. When group coverage is not desired or is not available, the consumer can activate the benefits under the suspendable plan.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080077451 - System for synergistic data processing: A data analysis system that includes an information mining engine for extracting structured data from unstructured data, a data store for storing the extracted structured data, data received from third party data sources, and data received from sensors monitoring insured property is described. The system also includes a business logic... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20080077456 - Boat rental system: A method of renting boats wherein the boat is dropped off in a boat-trailer combination for towing by a renter.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080077455 - Method and system for selling food at restaurant: A method for ordering a meal at a restaurant. Nutritional information of the meal is transferred, and the meal is ordered based on the nutritional information such as on the energy content of the meal and a description of the meal. The meal is assembled based on the nutritional information.... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080077452 - Subscription management for periodic travel services: Managing and distributing the right to obtain seats from a travel service vendor comprises contracting with the travel service vendor for a total number of seats at a bulk discount rate. A package is defined which includes the right to obtain a prescribed number of seats from the total number... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080077453 - System for managing travel vouchers and method of same: An on-line voucher management system which provides a user interface for travel agents, carriers and online customers to create and redeem vouchers is provided. The on-line portal has access to the GDS which stores PNRs. The voucher will be created as a standard PNR containing a fictitious air itinerary and... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080077454 - Verified transaction evaluation: Verifying a transaction evaluation is disclosed. A transaction request is received from a user. A verification of the user's utilization of a good or service is received. The verification of use is received from a provider of the requested transaction. The user is qualified to provide an evaluation based at... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080077460 - Automated system and method for planning and creating optimised circuits for outdoor advertising media: The invention relates to an iterative process which can be used for the optimal selection of various different groups of advertising media (known as circuits) with different types of criteria, such as criteria relating to audience, target market, cost, geographical proximity to points of interest and geographical spacing between points,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080077458 - Collecting and representing home attributes: A facility for representing home attribute values for a plurality of homes and a plurality of home attributes is described. The facility incorporates a data structure comprising, for each of the plurality of homes, for each of the plurality of attribute value sources, the capacity to store values for any... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080077459 - Price markdown apparatus: An apparatus for providing relative optimized pricing for markdown items is provided. A financial engine for determining revenue for determining sales costs is provided. An optimization engine receiving input from the financial engine and uses the determined sales costs to provide relative optimized pricing for markdown items and provides pricing... Agent: Kang Lim

20080077457 - System and method for automated risk determination and/or optimization of the service life of technical facilities: A device and a method for automated optimization of the service life of technical facilities and/or risk determination of technical facilities. Facility data is captured by a capture module of the optimization device and facility risks are optimized by an evaluation module of the optimization device based on the facility... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080077465 - Rapid access to data oriented workflows: One or more RFID tags may be read. An electronic document associated with the RFID tag may be identified. One or more attributes associated with the electronic document can be identified. One or more workflows can be determined according to the attribute(s).... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080077463 - System and method for optimizing the selection, verification, and deployment of expert resources in a time of chaos: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for finding skills and resources for a chaotic event. Skills data for the chaotic event are organized. A determination is made whether the skills and the resources are available in response to a receiving an identification of the skills and... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080077466 - System and method of providing snapshot to support approval of workflow changes: A workflow management system and method that includes approval of workflow changes. A workflow management system is disclosed that includes: a mapping system for mapping tier types to workflows; a modification system for changing tier types, wherein a tier type change causes a new workflow to replace an original workflow;... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080077464 - Vehicle scheduling and routing with trailers: Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicle combinations, which are composed of a combination of vehicles and trailers. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and trailer in each... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080077472 - Efficient deployment of mobile test units to gather location-dependent radio-frequency data: A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to,... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080077468 - Managing responses to extended interviews to enable profiling of mobile device users: A mobile profiling engine is provided. The mobile profiling engine includes an interview manager which assembles an extended interview, and partitions the extended interview into a number of discrete response tasks. The users provide contact information, including time availability. The interview is administered to the user, through their internet or... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080077473 - Method and apparatus for collecting information relating to the possible consumer purchase of one or more products: A method for collecting information related to the sale of products includes simulating a shopping environment, displaying a plurality of products within the simulated shopping environment, and collecting information based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of products by a user.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080077469 - Method and system for determining media exposure: A method and system for determining a probability that a media display will be observed. The method comprises accessing a circulation quantity, which is a function of traffic volume through an associated geographic area. An opportunity quantity is calculated as a function of the circulation quantity. A likely-to-see quantity is... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080077470 - Respondent-information output apparatus, respondent-information output method, and computer product: Log information indicative of a response operation performed by an agent belonging to a first line is stored in an agent state log, and a statistical-data accumulating unit calculates a total of handling time and a transfer probability included in the log information stored in the agent state log and... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080077476 - Systems and methods for determining markets to sell merchandise: Systems and methods for determining at least one market to sell a trade-in product are disclosed herein. A system for determining at least one market to sell a trade-in product includes a dynamic pricing guide that determines an initial value for the trade-in product; a product profiler that provides product... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080077475 - Systems and methods for syndicating electronic commerce listings of merchandise: Systems and methods for syndicating electronic commerce listings of merchandise are disclosed herein. A system for syndicating trade-in product profiles across multiple online channels includes a dynamic pricing guide that determines an initial value of a trade-in product; a product profiler that provides product intelligence; a product profile manager tool... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080077477 - Systems and methods for trading-in and selling merchandise: Systems and methods for trading-in and selling merchandise using electronic commerce are disclosed herein. A system for trading-in and selling a product includes a dynamic pricing guide that determines an initial value of a trade-in product; a product profiler that provides product intelligence; a product profile manager tool that delivers... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080077494 - Advertisement selection for peer-to-peer collaboration: A system and method for advertisement selection. The system includes a client and an advertisement selection application. The client is capable of accessing content objects over the internet. The advertisement selection application is coupled to the client and configured to maintain at least a partial copy of advertisements. The advertisement... Agent: HolmanIPLaw

20080077491 - Advertisement system and method: A method, computer program product, and computing device for storing a first advertisement in a non-volatile storage device within a computing device. The first advertisement is rendered on the computing device during a first firmware boot sequence of the computing device. A second advertisement is stored in the non-volatile storage... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080077486 - Method and apparatus for distributing electronic coupons: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for distributing, and redeeming manufacturer coupons for a product purchase in a retail environment. With the mechanism of the illustrative embodiments, the data processing system of a retailer (hereinafter the loyalty coupon system) receives an electronic coupon from a... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080077484 - Multiple offer coupon: A coupon system includes a coupon identification code, a database, and a point-of sale terminal. The database stores at least a portion of the coupon identification code linked to a plurality of offers for commercial advantages. The point-of-sale terminal is in communication with the database. During use, the coupon identification... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080077488 - Multiple offer coupon: A coupon includes a bar code and a list. The bar code is configured to be optically read by a point-of-sale terminal during a purchase transaction and includes information identifying a coupon type indicating that the coupon relates to multiple offers, wherein each of the multiple offers is redeemable for... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080077485 - Network marketing referral method and tracking system: A network marketing system is disclosed that provides classified and auction sales of goods and services produced and offered for sale by network users rather than the proponent of the network. The system includes rewards for network members for recruiting additional members and for the sale of goods and services... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080077483 - Network system and method for accessing content and featuring advertising based on user criteria: According to one embodiment of the present invention, in a system being capable of allowing access to desired content over a network, said system comprising: a server-computer; a source device being capable of providing a first desired content to said server-computer; a playing device being capable of receiving said first... Agent: R. Martin Oliveras

20080077497 - Networked communications system and virtual community accessed therewith: A bonus tracking system and method is provided wherein bonuses are tracked based on individuals referring other individuals to a service. Bonuses are paid based upon the services rendered by the referred individuals. Referring individuals are awarded a bonus based on individuals directly referred, as well as indirectly referred individuals.... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20080077493 - Project based tracking system and method: Novel computer implemented methods, systems, and architectures assist the consumer in categorizing the consumer's product purchase data and enabling marketers access to that categorization for us in targeting communications to the consumer.... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20080077489 - Rewards systems: Rewards systems for permitting a user to motivate one or more other users to perform predetermined activities are provided. A rewards system of the present invention can permit a supervisory user to set up rewards allocation parameters by which the rewards system can automatically distribute rewards to a subordinate user.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/361

20080077495 - System for an online community: A system for an online community provides linkage between a plurality of business entities and a population of computer-literate individuals to develop online capabilities for the business entities. A server is attached to a network accessible to the business entities and the individuals. Synchronization software runs on the server and... Agent: Belasco, Jacobs & Townsley LLP Howard Hughes Center

20080077487 - Targeted incentives based upon predicted behavior: A computer implemented system and method employs predictive analysis on purchase data to determine product categories for which a consumer is statistically likely to purchase and either has not purchased or has not purchased at the statistically expected level at a particular retail store or chain of retail stores, and... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20080077503 - Employment-tax information aggregator: A system for paying and filing employment tax operates by updating a set of electronic templates such that the electronic templates are compatible with current formats of associated governmental agencies, receiving financial information associated with a user, selecting an electronic template from the set of electronic templates, and merging the... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080077505 - Increasing market efficiency of ticket supply systems: The present invention describes a configurable risk-driven contracting service for limited capacity advanced-scheduled events for which tickets are sold. In the invention, multiple batches of tickets can be released in a time-sequenced fashion. Some of the batches can be auctioned. Dynamic per-batch pricing can be implemented that is based upon... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080077504 - Listing generation utilizing catalog information: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for generating advertising campaigns or listings utilizing catalog information. A method comprises receiving, by an online publication system, a product catalog; accessing, by the online publication system, a merchant profile; and using the product catalog and the merchant profile to develop... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080077507 - Systems and methods for aggregating and presenting merchandise information: Systems and methods for aggregating and presenting trade-in product information across multiple online channels are disclosed herein. A system for aggregating and presenting trade-in product information includes a dynamic pricing guide that determines an initial value for the trade-in product; a trade-in manager tool that accepts the trade-in product and... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080077512 - Graphical interface for display of assets in an asset management system: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates employing a graphical user interface to monitor and/or manage an asset within an industrial environment. A graphical user interface can facilitate asset management including a first field that provides a user with a hierarchical representation of assets within an... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080077510 - Method and system for providing security surveillance and shelf monitoring functions: A system and a method for providing shelf monitoring functions to a retail system including a video-based security system such that both the security and the current product distribution in a product storage area are monitored using the same video camera network. The method includes acquiring a video image of... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080077509 - Retail location services: Methods of preparing retail establishments are disclosed. An area for a retail location may be chosen and an individual may be selected to manage the retail location. The selection of the area may include an evaluation of geographical factors. From the area, a retail location may be selected based on... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080077511 - System and method for performing inventory using a mobile inventory robot: A mobile inventory robot system generates an inventory map of a store and a product database when a mobile inventory robot is manually navigated through the store to identify items on shelves, a location for each of the items on the shelves, and a barcode for each of the items.... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20080077516 - Efficient deployment of mobile test units to gather location-dependent radio-frequency data: A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to,... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080077514 - Method and apparatus for performing a financial transaction: A system that facilitates performing a financial transaction. During operation, the system receives a request on behalf of a user to perform the financial transaction, wherein the request includes parameters for the financial transaction. Next, the system retrieves a set of rules associated with financial sources which can be used... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080077517 - Reputation, information & communication management: Methods and a system are described for communication and information management. The methods create and manage multi-factor multi-level reputations, detect and manage fraudulent and manipulative behavior, permit management of information and communications, quantify qualitative information, and derive derivative uses (such as prediction and targeted advertising) from multi-factor reputations, data and... Agent: Robert Sappington

20080077515 - Self-calibrating fraud detection: A method for dynamically updating a model is described. The method includes accessing a model that specifies expected characteristics for a transaction. The model includes variables associated with fraud. The method also includes receiving at least one value for each of the variables while monitoring transactions, and updating a distribution... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080077540 - Derivatives for copyrights: The present invention relates to a coordinated multiple step process for risk management of credit derivatives, coordinated by a computer and or mathematical models, for a copyright product valued for a specific period of time as defined by copyright laws depending on the life span of a product derived from... Agent: Bidyut K. Niyogi

20080077539 - Markets: A method can be provided for investing in a managed list of equities. The method can comprise issuing a security instrument, and using funds invested into said security instrument to purchase equity shares in a group of companies indicated in an investment analysis result. The investment analysis result can be... Agent: Walker & Jocke, L.p.a.

20080077538 - Public trade execution analytics: The invention is a central data repository that will gather, aggregate, archive and relate various sets of publicly available trade execution, quote and trade print data based on SEC Regulation NMS Rule 605 regulations, order routing data based on SEC Regulation NMS Rule 606 Order Routing Disclosure regulations and market... Agent: Gregory Schebece

20080077537 - Valuation-tilted capitalization weighted investment methods and products: The invention relates to investment vehicles and methods for determining the composition of such investment vehicles based on a valuation-tilted, capitalization-weighted technique. In one aspect, the invention includes identifying assets to be included in an investment vehicle, calculating a asset valuation for each of the assets, ranking the assets based... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080077520 - System and method implementing an auction game using cellular, mobile, land, satellite, cable, and internet telephone numbers: A system and method effectively implement an auction game through telephones, which utilize cellular, mobile, land, satellite, cable, and Internet telephone numbers. Due to the fact of the impossibility of having one contact number for different mobile owners, the probability of confusion regarding the identity of the first winner or... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080077521 - System for multi-leg trading: A computerized entity, system and method for monitoring, determining and/or presenting risk to a trader for multi-leg transactions is provided. The system may include a trading terminal that can calculate the current price for a synthetic instrument representing a multi-leg trade based on trading data for each financial instrument of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080077524 - Global communication and transaction system and method: A digital connectivity system including a plurality of digital connectivity providers, each enabling the transfer of digital content over at least one of a plurality of communication pipes, a connectivity consolidator having acquired digital connectivity for a plurality of users from the plurality of connectivity providers enabling access to digital... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080077527 - Method and system for a purchase transaction at a remote merchant machine: A method comprises receiving, at a payment media interface associated with a remote merchant machine, a signal from a mobile customer premise device. The mobile customer premise device includes a set of device identification data. In response to receiving the signal, the remote merchant machine communicates a remote merchant machine... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080077526 - Online payer authorization systems and methods: An in-process payer authorization system is configured to host a merchant e-commerce web site and create a purchase transaction record based on a transaction with a customer. The purchase transaction record includes an account identifier of the customer. The system is also configured to render a first display screen on... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080077529 - Interactive community of interest profile: A system for generating and working with communities of interests is disclosed. In various forms, the present system allows multiple users sharing common interests to interact with each other seamlessly, seek out times when each is available, and other such convenience functions.... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20080077532 - Method and system for secure handling of electronic financial transactions: A method of exchanging, handling and controlling electronic financial services, particularly mobile electronic financial services from various financial services providers to authorized employs a wide variety of communication devices (both stationary and mobile). The system provides for the exchange of electronic financial services in the from of a standardized platform... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080077534 - Certification mobile terminal and electronic commerce system and method using the same: Disclosed are a certification mobile terminal, and an electronic transaction system and method using the same. A certificate is downloaded to a mobile terminal from a certification authority. In a wired electronic transaction, a user's transaction history is provided to the mobile terminal from a service providing server or a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080077535 - System and method for facilitating media creation: A system and method for facilitating media creation is disclosed that includes a marketplace module and facilitator that enable an artist to create a work or media and then distribute the work or media to the public, or a segment thereof. The marketplace module provides avenues for free speech, commentary,... Agent: Scott T. Griggs

20080077424 - Integrated mail, internet, and telephony event tracking system: A method of tracking and acting on events related to the delivery of a mail piece is provided. An integrated record associated with an addressee of a mail piece is created. The mail piece is given a unique identifier and the mail piece is associated with the addressee. The mail... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20080077426 - Method for implementing a prepaid common account: The present invention discloses a method for implementing a prepaid common account, where a user initiates an account resource use request to a service control function management module through a service control function module; the service control function management module determines whether to accept the request, and if the request... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080077422 - Motion sensor arrangement for point of purchase device: An automated point of purchase advertising device includes at least one motion sensor, and a power management function to manage power usage depending on the sensor on the automated device determining the presence of a person in a vicinity of the device. A control circuit connected to the sensor causes... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20080077428 - Remote dating method: A method of establishing personal contact between an inquiring individual and a target individual, the inquiring and target individuals being members of an organization, includes the steps of identifying a target individual of interest to an inquiring individual, determining the location of the target individual and providing the location of... Agent: Michael M. Gerardi

20080077425 - System, method and computer program product for identifying, configuring and accessing a device on a network: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying, configuring, and accessing a device connected to a network. In operation, a device connected to a network is automatically identified. Additionally, the device is automatically configured. Strictly as an option, the device may be accessed on the network.... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20080077423 - Systems, methods, and media for providing rights protected electronic records: Embodiments of the present invention provides systems, methods, and media for providing rights protected electronic documents. In some embodiments, in response to receiving a user's request for access to an electronic record, an ERMS may determine whether the user is authorized to access the electronic document, automatically apply digital rights... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20080077440 - Drug dispenser responsive to physiological parameters: An automatic drug dispensing system that dispenses variable amounts or types of drugs to treat a particular medical condition of a patient, the system comprising a medical sensor which may be implanted in or otherwise coupled to a body surface of a patient, wherein the sensor is configured to measure... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Boston Scientific Patent Dock

20080077438 - Electronic payment delivery service: Systems and methods for providing finance-related services such as electronic payment delivery are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a payment system is configured to receive a payment message including a type of information, and to add an identification number to the message. The type of information is removed from... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080077436 - Home based healthcare system and method: Disclosed are patient health systems and methods for managing health care plans that collect data concerning patient health and in response thereto automatically updates or selects an alternative care plan. The system also comprises systems and methods for performance of remote health care in which a skilled medical advisor such... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080077437 - Process and method for providing incentives to increase vision-therapy performance: Systems and methods provide incentives to a stimulative visual therapy user performing computer based visual therapy. User compliance with a recommended schedule of visual therapy is recorded, reward points are provided to the user based on compliance, and the user is rewarded based on the number of accumulated reward points... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080077435 - Remote health care system with stethoscope: Disclosed is a patient health system for transmission of patient health data from a patient data collection system to a provider analysis system. The patient data collection system, located proximate a patient, is configured to collect patient physiological data and is operatively coupled to a communications network. The patient data... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080077434 - System and method for administration of on-line healthcare: The present invention discloses a healthcare administration system useful for the management of anamnesis and medical records, data analysis, guided diagnosis, medical treatment, and clinical investigation. The novel system comprising: a plurality of self-sufficient subsystems adapted to record, store, share, clinically investigate and analyze information by means of a common... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20080077447 - Enhanced communication link for patient diagnosis and treatment: Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template or signal protocol may be configured to establish suitable matching between the patient and various types of objects used to administer the health-related procedure.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080077446 - Individual health record system and apparatus: A system, apparatus, and related methods for the collection, processing, evaluation, transformation, and reporting of individual health care information from diverse information systems and sources. A individual health record (IHR) of the present invention provides a structure for individuals to participate in, and manage, their health and their medical care,... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20080077461 - Methods and systems for ranking in expert referral: Provided herein are methods and systems for expert referral and ranking. A method may comprise receiving an indicator related to an activity of an individual on behalf of at least one client; calculating a rank based upon the indicator; and associating the rank with the individual, wherein the rank provides... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080077462 - Personalized interactive network architecture: A system for personalizing interaction between a user communicating over at least one communication channel and a provider of information/products/services, the user having a communication device for communication over the channel with the provider, the system comprising a channel interface for interfacing with the channel, an information/product/service interface for interfacing... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP

20080077467 - Configurable business controls task notification: A method for performing business control task notification is proposed. The method comprises processing a combination of one or more databases and one or more user profiles to generate a schedule template and receive a request for a schedule. A computer program product compares attributes of the request for the... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080077471 - Controllable automated generator of optimized allied product content: An automated and highly scalable system and method optimizes the selection of allied products in association with a main product. Initially, a plurality of allied products is identified. Each allied product is categorized to determine attributes by which the allied products are evaluated. Each allied product is rated to create... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080077479 - Knowledge base system for an equipment market: A system and method for managing and processing supply and demand information in an equipment market comprises a business logic engine, a database and interface engine and communications engine on a web host server. The communications engine is configured to enable the community of participants in the market to send... Agent: Buskop Law Group, P.C.

20080077481 - Livestock management systems and methods: This invention relates to systems and methods for managing livestock, such as cattle, from conception to consumption. More particularly, this invention relates to systems and methods in which users, such as producers, feedlot managers, packers, buyers, sellers, and consumers, are brought together through shared information and improved communication. Users may... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080077474 - Method and system for global consolidated risk, threat and opportunity assessment: A system, method and framework incorporates one or more analytical engines and sensitivity models to process data and project real-time or near-real-time threats, risks, vulnerabilities and/or opportunities statically or continuously. Response assessments can be reflected on a graphical interface so as to provide a consolidated depiction of threats, risks, vulnerabilities... Agent: Williams Mullen

20080077480 - Method, program, and system for resetting the value of a coupon based on market information: A method and computer program for resetting the value of a coupon based on market information is provided. The program receives a request for valuation of a coupon from a retailer, accesses market demand information for a product corresponding to the coupon, determines a market demand value based on the... Agent: Ibm Corp. (clg) C/o Cardinal Law Group

20080077482 - Process for creating media content based upon submissions received on an electronic multi-media exchange: In a process for creating media content, media submissions are requested and electronically received from end users and stored in a computer database. The submissions are searched for material to be included in the media content, and cross-checked against the other submissions for originality and timeliness. After the material is... Agent: Michael J. Tota

20080077478 - Systems and methods for interactively delivering advertisement units to a web browser: A system for interactive delivery of advertisement units is disclosed. The system includes a client web browser, an advertisement unit database, and an advertisement unit server element. The client web browser is configured to render a web page having a designated location for a first advertisement unit, wherein the first... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080077502 - Electronic advertising device and method of using the same: Electronic advertising devices and methods of using the same for providing targeted advertisements to one or more individuals based on the individual(s) consumer profile(s). The devices or systems include a sensor or receiver for receiving identifying signals from individuals such as signals emitted by cellular telephones. Using information associated with... Agent: John Boyd

20080077496 - Furniture marketing plan: A furniture marketing system using a base company, numerous interior designers and trade partners which display the furniture.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080077501 - Information distribution system and method for distributing content information: This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (11), a server (12), and a portable telephone unit (15 having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080077490 - Method and system for managing, updating, and monitoring signage content: A method and system for updating, monitoring, and managing signage and its related content. A central user may submit content or artwork for display at one or more destination remote sites. The method and system properly format the content of the sign and adapt the content based on the specifications... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20080077492 - Method, system, and computer-readable instructions for advertisement using a multi-flipbook system: An electronic advertisement method and system for an Internet browser with a book-like page-based flipping interface. Full pages of electronic advertisements presented on the computer screen are possible without obstructing the viewing and reading of other contents. This benefits both the viewer as well as the advertiser. An advertisement matching/delivery... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080077498 - System and method for networked loyalty program: The present invention provides a system for implementing a loyalty program on a network-wide level. The system associates UPC and SKU data on a network level to reward consumers and/or to analyze the data for a variety of business purposes, such as market segmentation analyses and/or analyses relating to consumer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080077499 - System and method for networked loyalty program: The present invention provides a system for implementing a loyalty program on a network-wide level. The system associates UPC and SKU data on a network level to reward consumers and/or to analyze the data for a variety of business purposes, such as market segmentation analyses and/or analyses relating to consumer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080077500 - Systems and methods for third party sponsorship of a network event: Systems and methods for third-party sponsorship of a network event are provided. An item is associated with a reverse auction. One or more marketing messages associated with a third party sponsor associated with the reverse auction are communicated to a user. An entry associated with the reverse auction is received... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080077508 - Marketplace system in which users generate user-to-user preorder listings via a definitive product catalog: An electronic marketplace system provides various features for assisting users in listing products for sale, locating the listings for a product, and performing related actions. A user wishing to sell a product can browse to an existing description of the product in an electronic catalog and then select an option... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080077506 - Methods and systems for providing a user interface for an alternative payment platform: Methods and systems are provided for providing a user interface to an alternative payment platform. The methods and systems may include, in an environment in which a user is presented with a primary offer for an item, providing an interface that allows a user to view at least one alternate... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080077513 - Method for collecting sales and/or use taxes on sales that are made via the internet and/or catalog: A method that allows taxing jurisdictions to collect sales and/or use taxes from sales that are made via the internet and catalogs. The method also makes it easier for sellers to comply with the taxing jurisdiction's mandated seller administrative functions. The foregoing is accomplished by using an agent to perform... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080077518 - Market speedometer: A securities analysis tool and method that allows a user to quickly and easily identify securities or stocks with the highest speed change per unit time and acceleration, or rate of change of speed, relative to other securities or stocks. More specifically, a human-machine interface includes speed and acceleration indicators... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080077519 - System, method, and computer program for providing guaranteed retirement income protection products: A system and method is disclosed for providing an investor with liquidity in a first phase, and selectively providing a guaranteed minimum income amount in a second phase. The first phase terminates upon a date certain. The second phase begins after the first phase terminates. However, certain factors can affect... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080077522 - Methods and systems for retrieving data stored in a database: A computer-implemented, transaction-making, municipal bond trading system having a capability to conduct a private electronic auction of bid wanteds between a central brokers' broker and multiple prospective remote bidders and to maintain a reference database of accurate individual bond lot descriptions and identifications, including CUSIP (trademark) numbers.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080077523 - Systems and methods for trading: The present invention is systems and methods for trading. In accordance with these systems and methods, a plurality of trader work stations that are connected to a central server may be provided. Through the work stations and central server, the systems and methods may perform participant qualification, instrument creation, bid/offer... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080077525 - Method and system for providing a multi-channel virtual collections center: An integrated multi-channel virtual collections center and methods for using the same are disclosed. The collections center may include a program management module, a communications module and a data analytics module. The program management module may be configured to generate a plurality of scenarios for a debt collection campaign. The... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080077528 - Mechanism for fraud-resistant consumer transactions: A facility for conducting a financial transaction is described. The facility receives a purchase order identifying a customer and an amount of a payment to be made by the identified customer to a payee. The customer identified by the purchase order has an individual account. The facility selects an account... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080077530 - System and method for project process and workflow optimization: A system and method for process control and management is disclosed. Various features and applications of the present invention may be suitably adapted to manage, control or otherwise improve compliance and/or project workflow processing. In representative applications, the present invention provides a system and method for control, management, verification, certification... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20080077531 - Systems and methods using cryptography to protect secure computing environments: Secure computation environments are protected from bogus or rogue load modules, executables and other data elements through use of digital signatures, seals and certificates issued by a verifying authority. A verifying authority—which may be a trusted independent third party—tests the load modules or other executables to verify that their corresponding... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080077533 - Electronic settlement system, settlement management device, store device, client device, data storage device, computer program, and storage medium: An effective electronic settlement system in which the number of checks is small. The electronic settlement system includes a data storage device such as an IC card in which value information is stored, a client device provided with an information input/output function to the data storage device, a store device... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080077536 - System, and computer program product for on demand enablement of dormant computing resources: A system and program product for enabling dormant computer hardware resources in a computer system having a set of dormant computer hardware resources. The method includes accepting a customer request to enable a set of dormant hardware resources, and providing computer readable instructions to a customer accessible console in communication... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080077542 - Systems and methods for determining market price of merchandise: Systems and methods for determining a market price of a product are disclosed herein. A system for determining a market price for a product includes a dynamic pricing guide that determines an initial value of a trade-in product; a product profiler that provides product intelligence; a product profile manager tool... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080077541 - Systems and methods for using billing information to dynamically route vehicles: Systems and methods for routing waste collection vehicles. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a location of a waste collection vehicle on a route. A data repository includes a plurality of customer accounts. Each customer account includes a billing status and a customer location. The data repository is monitored... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080071554 - Advanced directory services: Included are embodiments for providing advanced directory services. One embodiment of a method includes receiving categorical data related to a desired listing, wherein the categorical data is configured to describe at least one category associated with the listing, wherein the at least one listing includes at least one communications address.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080071555 - Application solution proposal engine: The present subject mater relates to computer application solutions and, more particularly, an application solution proposal engine. The various embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and software to receive customer information including information detailing customer data processing preferences, process the customer information to identify portions of an application related to the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080071559 - Augmented reality assisted shopping: Facilitating shopping for a tangible object via a network using a mobile device involves obtaining a graphical representation of a scene of a local environment using a sensor of the mobile device. Graphical object data that enables a three-dimensional representation of the tangible object to be rendered on the mobile... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20080071556 - Electronic beneficiary successor planning: Beneficiary successor planning is performed by the examination of beneficiary data from a new benefits request and determining available succession benefit plans. The successor planning includes re-using existing beneficiary data associated with the request as well as determining the current requested benefits plan. From this information, the successor planning includes... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080071553 - Generation of commercial presentations: A method of compiling information relating to an item from an image of that item is described, where the image may be a still image or a moving image (e.g. a video clip). The image data contains embedded data about the item and this embedded data is extracted from the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080071557 - Method for calculating car hire: A system for calculating amounts of car hire owed.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080071558 - Outbound document system and method: A computer-based system and method enables an item to be mailed by providing a web site offering access to a mail delivery program, receiving a request for delivering the item with Extra service status, printing an identification number and a postage mark using the program based on address, postage, and... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080071560 - Video marketing system for residential new construction: A video marketing system for assisting in providing information to potential buyers on residential new construction. The method and system of the present invention include collecting and saving builder information on a computer regarding providers of residential new construction. A buyer queries the database, either directly or through a realtor,... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080071561 - Web-based system providing royalty processing and reporting services: A computer-implemented system providing Web-based royalty processing and reporting is described. In one embodiment, for example, a computer-implemented method of the present invention for automatic identification of media items subject to royalty obligations, includes steps of: receiving sales input from a user comprising media items subject to royalty obligations; parsing... Agent: John A. Smart

20080071575 - Data management system and method: A clinical trial data management system (1) receives clinical trial data in Case Record Forms (CRFs), which are scanned by a document management system (3) to provide an indexed image file. Client workstations and the document management system (3) communicate via a local area network (LAN) 4 with clinical data... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080071574 - Incentive program: A method of establishing a referral network for the enrollment of individuals in a geriatric healthcare insurance plan comprising identifying an age-eligible population; developing and implementing recruiting strategies to establish a relationship with the age-eligible population; and generating potential members from the age-eligible population for enrollment in a geriatric healthcare... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080071569 - System and method of health care administration for a geriatric population: A method of establishing a referral network for the enrollment of individuals in a geriatric healthcare insurance plan comprising identifying an age-eligible population; developing and implementing recruiting strategies to establish a relationship with the age-eligible population; and generating potential members from the age-eligible population for enrollment in a geriatric healthcare... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080071570 - Treatment limiter: One aspect relates to limiting treatment to prescribed regions of an individual based at least in part on positioning a treatment limiter mechanism relative to the individual at least partially allowing treating at least some desired or planned location that is desired or planned to be treated, but not allowing... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080071577 - Dual-access security system for medical records: A secure system for accessing records uses a provider media device and a consumer media device to access records associated with the consumer. Both the consumer and provider media devices are normally authenticated before access to the consumer records is granted. Records can be centrally stored in a central location... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080071593 - Business process editor, business process editing method, and computer product: A business process editor includes a business-system analysis-result reader and a business process editing unit. The business-system analysis-result reader reads a result of analysis of specification of electronic processing performed by a business system. The business process editing unit edits a data structure that represents business process diagram, in which... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080071589 - Evaluating development of enterprise computing system: A method of evaluating development of an enterprise computing system includes receiving, in a computer system, a definition of a target characteristic configured to be used in performing a return on investment analysis of an enterprise computing system. During development of the enterprise computing system, at least a predefined portion... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080071588 - Method of and system for analyzing, modeling and valuing elements of a business enterprise: An automated system (100) and method for analyzing, modeling and valuing elements of a business enterprise on a specified valuation date. The performance of the elements are analyzed using search algorithms and induction algorithms to determine the value drivers associated with each element. The induction algorithms are also used to... Agent: Asset Trust, Inc.

20080071591 - R&d productivity at the portfolio and program levels: Methods of doing business and systems for implementing those methods which improve the effectiveness and success of research and development (R&D) in technical areas such as drug development, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, are described. The methods provide for improved productivity of R&D by managing progress of drug development programs and portfolios... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080071590 - Solving a model to select members of a portfolio: A computer-executable method provides plural constraints representing corresponding objectives of an enterprise, where the objectives are related to members of the enterprise's portfolio. A model is provided for selecting the members of the portfolio, where the model contains the plural constraints. The model is solved to select the members of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080071592 - Supply chain management system: In a method of managing a supply chain from a supplier to a customer by a service company that purchases a product, a plurality of costs corresponding to supply chain parameters and associated with providing a product to a customer is determined. Each of the plurality of costs is stored... Agent: Bryan W. Bockhop, Esq. Bockhop & Associates, LLC

20080071597 - Dynamic adaptation in web service composition and execution: Dynamic adaptation is provided within web service composition and execution. Within a logical composition stage, a set of abstract workflows for a web service is selected from a number of generated abstract workflows. Within a physical composition stage, a set of executable workflows is selected from a number of executable... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080071596 - Natural gas-based distribution system and method: A product distribution method and system using LNG fuel and refrigerant is described. The method and system combines the production, storing, transporting, and consuming of liquid natural gas as a transportation fuel and refrigerant fluid.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080071599 - Method and system for multi calendar merging: A method of merging a schedule entry between a composite calendar allowed to include all of a plurality of schedule entries pertaining to a user, and a component calendar including a portion of the plurality of schedule entries is disclosed. The method includes establishing and applying a priority policy based... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rsw

20080071601 - Account growth framework: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing customers who are either entering into or presently in a significant business growth cycle. In one embodiment, a sales manager and an account manager may analyze a customer profile. The customer profile may be based on data collected from the respective customer. The... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080071602 - Enhanced user reviews: A review writing tool guides a user through the process of writing an enhanced product review. The review writing tool can include a web user interface, which breaks the review writing process down into multiple stages so the review writer can incrementally write the review. In addition, the review writing... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080071603 - System for and method of interpolation for supply chain planning: A method of iterative negotiation for improved production planning between one or more purchasers and suppliers in a supply chain. The method includes a purchaser in a supply chain generating a request schedule that is communicated to a supplier. In response to the request schedule the supplier generates a commit... Agent: Ibm Microelectronics Intellectual Property Law

20080071608 - Method for recording use time of computer system: A method for recording the use time of a computer system is disclosed. The method includes storing the last power-on time of the computer system before shipping (the base use time) and a time variable in the basic input/output system (BIOS). Moreover, the time variable is increased every time a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080071609 - Skill evaluating method, skill evaluating apparatus, and computer product: A basic work time corresponding to a work item received as case information is extracted from a basic work-time database. A standard work time generally required to process a case is computed. The standard work time is compared with an actual work time to evaluate work skill of each operator.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080071611 - Parking meter payment by cell phone link: A system and method for activating a parking meter by utilizing a cell phone. An account is established with the parking authority, and the cell phone is used to contact the parking authority, identify the meter and service desired, obtain a code, and enter the code in the meter to... Agent: James Richards

20080071618 - Food product scale and related promotional system and method: A product pricing and incentive system uses a label supply in which continuous label stock has a series of laterally extending weakening lines spaced apart to define multiple label segments of common size. Single segment labels or multiple segment labels can be printed and output by a printing device based... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080071612 - Logocons: ad product for brand advertisers: Logocons provide a new online advertising product for brand advertisers. During a computing session especially with consumer-generated content, brand names may be replaced or supplemented with logocons in web pages, files, documents, or other online writings as a form of branding. Written information in the computing session is sent to... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080071613 - Method of offering incentives to users of internet services: A method of providing incentives to users of a search engine at a website, including registering each user, sending a confirmation email to each user at each user's current email address, providing a login facility for each user, providing a search engine for each user, providing a user logout; and... Agent: Vermette & Co.

20080071616 - System and method for ensuring delivery of advertising: A system and method for allowing a user to authorize and effect the substitution of the advertising content in web pages. A designated, community domain name server (DNS) enables substitution of community content elements in place of advertising on third party web sites. The community content elements may include links... Agent: Mrm, LLC

20080071620 - System, methods, and apparatus for interactive advertising: The present invention relates to a system and methodology for searching and presenting merchant and advertised information to a user over a wide area network such as the Internet. The system and method actively links manufacturer and merchant information within a search query so as to enable a user to... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20080071623 - Administrating system and method for material purchasing: An administrating system for material purchasing includes a request input module, a request messaging module, and an approval processing module. The request input module is used for receiving a purchasing request message from a request terminal. The request messaging module is used for forwarding the purchasing request message to an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080071625 - Virtual terminal payer authorization systems and methods: A method of obtaining payer authorization for a purchase instrument transaction with a customer includes using a wireless device of a merchant to contact a virtual terminal service to process the transaction, entering transaction information into the wireless device, which transaction information includes an account identifier relating to the purchase... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080071626 - Systems and methods for event-based automated consumable reordering: Reordering consumables for office machines such as computer printers, fax machines, and copiers includes monitoring a consumable level, determining that the consumable level is at or below a threshold, establishing a connection to the Internet and/or opening a web browser, and at least partially completing an online form for the... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080071632 - Auction program with auctioneer character figure, closeout countdown and bid paddle displays: The computerized auction couples with bidder computers and an auction clearinghouse computer displaying data for the auction goods. The clearinghouse computer accepts bids, sorts bids by value, creates a bid paddle display showing the then highest bid and a bidder identifier. Bidders can incrementally increase bids substantially in real time... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20080071630 - Automatic classification of prospects: A system and method for automatically identifying customers with potential for completing a transaction and facilitating the transaction is provided herein. Visitors to a website or listing posted thereon may be identified and characterized according to publicly available information and/or other information provided by the visitor. Attributes of a visitor... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080071631 - Marketplace, an easy way to manage your e-needs: Every presence has needs. A need could be consumer electronics, loans, autos, or knowledge, etc. The marketplace with an intelligent search engine allows the presence to become knowledgeable about a need and buy the need in multiple ways.... Agent: Transaxtions LLC

20080071636 - Method of performing non-secure franking with stamps from books: A method of performing non-secure franking by means of a communications terminal comprising means for communicating with a franking service provider's server, a non-secure memory for recording identification numbers and associated postage amounts received in the franking service provider's server. The communications terminal can further comprise print command means for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080071635 - Online transaction system: The present invention relates to an online transaction system (10). The system (10) enables a registered merchant to post his product or service and enables a registered purchaser to view and purchase the product and service. The system (10) includes a web server (12) and/or a database server (14) and... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20080071629 - Service management system that enables subscriber-driven changes to service plans: A service management system that enables a subscriber of a mobile telecommunication system to modify aspects of his or her service plan and have the modification to the service plan take effect immediately. The subscriber enters a modification request to an aspect of a service plan. The modification request is... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080071645 - Method of presenting, demonstrating and selling vehicle products and services: The automotive customer can engage in an online dynamic video presentation and demonstration of automobiles by calling by phone a pre-designated telephone number, then connecting by computer to an IP Network camera using a cellular broadband service. Speaking to the automotive representative by telephone and seeing remotely online dynamic video... Agent: Michael Ries

20080071642 - System and method for connecting external product catalog data to business applications: A system and method for integrating external product catalog data. Employs a protocol that allows for external product catalog data to be integrated into server applications using HTTP via a browser. For example, when a user decides to purchase a product from an external product catalog, the system invokes an... Agent: Sap_dlg

20080071648 - Integrated control system and method for automatic medicine packaging apparatuses: An integrated control system for controlling a plurality of automatic tablet packaging apparatuses, includes an operation unit that receives operation signal input for performing functions, a communication unit that is adapted to send/ receive data to and from the automatic tablet packaging machines and a microprocessor that stores programs that... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080071651 - Asynchronous events in meta-data driven instrumentation: A method for providing management information about an asset includes obtaining a job from a job queue, determining the asset type of the asset from the job, triggering a protocol handler based on a data acquisition (DAQ) definition associated with the asset type and the job, receiving management information about... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20080071652 - Declining balance financial calculation with no remainder: An amount is divided into equal portions (n) in a manner which eliminates rounding errors or remainders and has repeatable results.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080071655 - Financial instrument providing a portable guarantee: According to one embodiment of the invention, a financial instrument includes a first tax-deferred account and first, second, and third guarantees. The first tax-deferred account has an account balance based in part on a deduction from wages paid to an employee. The first guarantee is a guarantee of a first... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080071658 - Investment model for formation of capital and value creation: A method for fostering technological innovation utilizing a competitive format is disclosed. The method includes establishing a contest entity organized to achieve a desired goal, organizing a financing entity to finance a prize associated with the contest entity, recruiting competitors to compete to achieve the desired goal, and establishing a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080071656 - Method for constructing searchable data patterns of interest: A method for constructing data patterns of interest is provided. The method includes creating one or more alert clause expressions and evaluating the one or more alert clause expressions based on a parameter of interest and a plurality of conditions. The method further includes combining the one or more alert... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080071654 - Method, system, and apparatus for remittance processing over a network: A method, system, and apparatus directed to remittance processing over a network. Information associated with a payment made to a merchant is received at a transaction verification intermediary (TVI). In response to the received information, a payment is made by the TVI to a merchant account at a financial repository... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080071657 - Navigation through components: This disclosure provides various embodiments of software for navigating through components. In one aspect, the software associates a transactional process with a first component, triggers navigation from the first component to a second component, and performs the transactional process associated with the first component upon triggering navigation from the first... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080071699 - Family of size based indices and funds: A method for creating or maintaining a family of size based indices or funds includes selecting a list of M companies, assigning a raw share quantity to each company, and determining a rank i for each company based on size of the company. The method includes determining rank thresholds and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080071696 - Hypothetical-portfolio-return determination: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20080071702 - Investment classification and tracking system: The present invention is directed to an asset classification system based on investment strategy. The investment strategies include capitalization strategy, competitive position strategy, economic conditions strategy, future growth investment strategy, market condition strategy, opportunity strategy, profitability strategy, risk strategy, social considerations strategy, and valuation strategy.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080071701 - Methods and systems for providing swap indices: Zero-coupon swap indices are provided for tracking characteristics of nominal, inflation-linked liabilities and other aspects of swaps. A zero-coupon nominal swap index is based on a portfolio of assets consisting of a cash investment at a reference rate combined with a zero-coupon swap, where periodic payments can be exchanged for... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080071695 - Portfolio-performance assessment: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20080071700 - Securities index and fund with probability threshold criteria: A probabilistic threshold index or fund method of determining membership of financial instruments in an index or fund comprises determining measurement values for a list of companies, determining constraints based on these measurement values, specifying a probability model, and reconstituting the index or fund based on the model probability that... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080071697 - System and method for an indexed guaranteed investment contract: An indexed guaranteed investment contract (GIC) system and a method for managing an indexed GIC calculate, based on a contract time T, a value of fixed income assets and a value of derivative assets such that the sum of the value of fixed income assets and the value of derivative... Agent: Terrance A. Meador Incaplaw

20080071698 - System and method for an indexed mutual fund: An indexed mutual fund management system and a method for managing such a fund calculate, based on a fund time T, a value of fixed income assets and a value of derivative assets such that the sum of the value of fixed income assets and the value of derivative assets... Agent: Terrance A. Meador Incaplaw

20080071694 - Virtual financial market: The method and a system are for adapting the original Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine real time calculated theoretical odds for scenarios of the pricing of financial instruments to create a virtual financial market. End users are able to make earnings relating to calculated odds for a price of... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20080071704 - Pc experience: PC Experience is a system and method for effectively presenting estate planning and charitable giving information to existing and potential donors of non-profit entity clients is provided. In accordance with the invention, a method and system for a user friendly, internet based estate planning and planned giving tool includes hosting... Agent: Julia J Knight

20080071703 - Tax resolution process and system: A tax resolution system and method are disclosed for identifying and implementing solutions to tax delinquency problems. A taxpayer who is delinquent is guided to provide pertinent data and preferences to be analyzed to derive one or more potential solutions to resolve tax problems or plan a future tax strategy.... Agent: William C. Milks, Iii Russo & Hale LLP

20080071664 - Limiting counter-party risk in multiple party transactions: A computerized entity, system and method for limiting or eliminating counterparty risk for settlement in financial transactions are described. A central counterparty novates trades between counterparties and interposes itself as the entity with whom each counterparty will settle. The central counterparty may require additional credit or collateral from one or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20080071662 - Reciprocal limited risk contracts and system for exchanging same: A bracket trade is provided wherein a bracket trade is a reciprocal risk limitation futures contract with two stops placed at determined levels on either side of a present value of an underlying market, so a possible range in which the exchange's quotation can move once the trade has been... Agent: Clifford Chance US LLP

20080071663 - User interface tab strip: A method for reducing the amount of time for a user switch markets for a particular contract is provided. Market tab strips in accordance with the present invention allow a user to switch quickly between markets for a particular contract without having to reconfigure the user preferences. Typically, a user... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20080071673 - Financial-aid information aggregator: In order to generate a financial-aid application, a system provides an electronic template that is compatible with a format of the financial-aid application, and the system retrieves stored financial information for a first individual. This financial information includes one or more income tax returns that are stored in a format... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080071674 - System and method for on-line commerce operations including payment transactions: A system and method provides for an independent provider of electronic “stored value” credit to enable a consumer of products and services to apply cash or cash equivalents to fund an electronic account, i.e., a stored value account (SVA), managed by an independent stored value provider (ISVP) in a network... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20080071679 - Financial instrument utilizing a customer specific date: According to one embodiment of the invention, a financial instrument issued to a customer includes an account and a guarantee of a protected value. The account has an account balance that changes over time, wherein at least part of the account balance is based on an initial deposit into the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080071681 - Dynamic credit and check card: A method is provided here that can make sure that account information used for a transaction at a given time can't be reused at a different time. The method attaches a dynamic information generator in place of some static information associated with the account. How the dynamic information can be... Agent: Atm Shafiqul Khalid

20080071684 - Electronic check acceptance: A check acceptance method for transmitting the check return fee information that applies to a check submitted by a customer. A host computer can transmit for use by a client computer the return fee that will apply to a transaction if a check is returned for insufficient funds. In addition,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080071683 - Return fee system for electronic check acceptance: A check acceptance method for transmitting the check return fee information that applies to a check submitted by a customer. A host computer can transmit for use by a client computer the return fee that will apply to a transaction if a check is returned for insufficient funds. In addition,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080071687 - Direct response system for and method of selling products: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for selling products using direct response. A system comprises a call routing system and a website server system; the website server system adapted to provide a listing of products or services to a user through a portal website and further adapted... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080071688 - Apparatus, system and method for the management of digital rights managed (drm) licenses into a user interface: An apparatus, system and method that allow for the management of digital rights managed (DRM) licenses via a user interface. A method includes displaying a user interface on a display device, where the user interface includes a menu having one or more menu selections provided by a content and/or service... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080071690 - Contents decryption method using drm card: Provided is a contents decoding method using a digital rights management (DRM) card. The method of decoding contents received from a host device connected with a DRM card storing DRM software includes: receiving encrypted contents information from the host device and granting a contents decoding request; executing the DRM software... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080071689 - Method and system for creating license management in software applications: A method and system for creating license management in software applications are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an installer package associated with a software application to be run on a computer, the installer package not including license administration functionality. One or more executable files are extracted from... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080071692 - Multiparty computer-assisted haggling: The claimed subject matter relates to a computer-implemented architecture that can facilitate computer-assisted haggling and/or negotiation between multiple parties simultaneously. For example, various proxies associated with both buyers and sellers can be configured to negotiate with other proxies to buy or sell an item. The negotiations can be required to... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080071568 - Captured test fleet: A system and method for vehicle design and manufacture. The method includes designing a vehicle, building a pilot vehicle of the designed vehicle, installing a telematics units in the pilot vehicle, configuring the telematics unit to monitor systems of the pilot vehicle during vehicle operation, operating the pilot vehicle in... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080071566 - Method and system for estimation or determination of a gift: The present invention helps clients select an appropriate range of gift costs and/or gift retailer and/or item depending on key numerical values such as, but not limited to, (1) per person event cost, (2) host income and (3) guest income. The system includes a core mathematical function that utilizes this... Agent: Anders Corr

20080071567 - Method, system and program product for calculating relationship strengths between users of a computerized network: Under the present invention a set of values is first determined. Such values include: a relative total value that is based on a total quantity of electronic interactions between a first user and a second user of the computerized network; a relative exclusive value that is based on a total... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20080071563 - Operation management system, operation management method, storage server apparatus, and terminal apparatus: It aims to easily and unfailingly manage and check a set-up situation of a product after a manufacturer ships the product, for example. In the operation management system 100, the verification server 300 generates a verification code verifying a time and a position at which an operation, such as installation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080071564 - System and method for processing real estate opportunities: A software product having instructions, stored on computer-readable media, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, perform steps for operating a web site to encourage a broker to process real estate opportunities includes instructions for identifying the broker interacting with the web site, instructions for receiving a proposal from... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080071565 - System for facilitating technician sales referrals: A system for transacting business with customers is disclosed. The system includes a dispatch division receiving a complaint from a customer related to a problem the customer is experiencing. The dispatch division then deploys a technician to repair the problem. While the technician is conducting the repair, the system permits... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080071562 - Tracking and reporting construction, completion, and inspection status: A user interface enables a user to associate a poly-line representation of a facility floor plan, having a plurality of shapes that correspond to contiguous areas of the facility floor plan, with a database of business parameters relating to condition of the contiguous areas. A report generator generates a visual... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080071572 - Apparatus for & method of creating and transmitting a prescription to a drug dispensing location: A medical practitioner creates a prescription using a handheld portable device. The device uses a plurality of interactive screens that display information such as lists of drugs. The medical practitioner enters patient information and selects from the list the desired drug to be prescribed. The device gives the practitioner access... Agent: Connors Associates

20080071576 - Interactive product selection system: The present invention involves an interactive selection system for a consumer product that improves the consumer's ability to quickly sort through numerous criteria in a complex decision making process and determine whether that particular consumer product is appropriate for his or her purchase and use. The interactive selection system is... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080071571 - Methods and systems for using practice management data: A software method and/or system is provided which may extract clinical data directly from an electronic medical record. This data may be used to encourage patient compliance with his prescribed medication. The data may also be used for various market or clinical research purposes.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080071573 - Systems and methods for providing real-time personalized psychological assistance and stress management: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide real-time, on-demand personalized psychological first aid and assistance to persons enduring a traumatic event. In one aspect, a personalized psychological Disaster Preparedness Tool (DPT) provides real-time and on demand access to disaster preparedness strategies and trauma response methodologies to provide support and assistance... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080071582 - Bioinformatic transaction scheme: Secure network transaction system obtains user-authorized genetic term or bioinformatic profile, and transacts online service according to genetically-based user medical or other risk determined therefrom. Insurance policy, promotional offer, or other service may dynamically address genetically-based condition. Bioinformatic data classifies user per personal mask which filters subset of user genetic... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20080071578 - Database for pre-screening potentially litigious patients: A database system stores information about potential patients that allows medical professionals to gauge the legal risk presented by the potential patients, giving the medical professionals the opportunity to avoid medical involvement with those individuals most prone to engaging in unwarranted legal actions. The database may also be used by... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080071583 - Hierarchy of medical word headers: A system of words and terms and a hierarchy of words, terms and phrases for effecting the insertions or placements of second health and health-care data and information into the computer database or databases from which the data and information are retrieved and incorporated with first health and health-care data... Agent: Anuthep Benja-athon

20080071581 - Recordation systems and methods to track patient treatment progress toward identified goals: A process for tracking skilled-service rendered a patient by a provider at a treatment location including: generating, at the treatment location, at least one record of progress made toward each treatment goal identified for the patient and addressed by the provider during a session; receiving an input comprising each record... Agent: Santangelo Law Offices, P.C.

20080071580 - System and method for medical evaluation and monitoring: A diabetes data management system (DDMS) and corresponding method assist a health-care professional in monitoring and evaluating the progress of a diabetic patient by generating various types of reports that are indicative of periodic trends in the patient's behavior, including compliance with a prescribed course of therapy. Specifically, input data,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080071579 - System for acquiring and processing patient medical information: A system for processing patient medical information includes a repository of information associating one or groups of predetermined patient medical parameters to be acquired with at least one identifier identifying a medication and a method of administering the medication. A data processor for using the patient medical information links predetermined... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080071586 - Computerized locus investigation system: A computerized locus investigation system for motor vehicles claims adjusters comprises an Internet-accessible database of photographs of street intersections and other potential motor vehicle accident sites (including intersections of any type of private or public ways accessible to motor vehicles), retrievable by queries specifying the intersecting streets or ways of... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080071584 - Method for using a survival risk insurance policy as part of a separate account or general account investment option: Survival risk insurance is purchased by a separate account in which variable life insurance policies are invested in order to assure the benefits of such variable life insurance policies will be available per assumptions made in a funding strategy. Alternatively, survival risk insurance may be purchased by the general account... Agent: Mark S. Nowotarski

20080071585 - Method of providing insurance coverage as a security deposit guarantee: A method of administering property insurance coverage for protecting individuals from liability which may arise as the result of excess wear and tear and/or damage which may occur to a leased residential unit during the lease term includes relieving tenants of providing up-front security deposits and providing property managers with... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080071587 - Incentive wireless communication reservations: A portable consumer device is used to wirelessly communicate at least payment account data to a reservation system to make a reservation. If the same payment account is used to pay for the reserved good or service, an incentive can be received. Information on the incentive can be received, for... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080071595 - Method and apparatus of on demand business activity management using business performance management loops: An architecture, system, and method are provided for a commitment loop solution for on demand business activity management. A Business Performance Management (BPM) loop is defined as a set of nodes each relating to different tasks for processing performance management trigger data generated by a business entity in real time,... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20080071594 - System and method for auctioning product placement opportunities: A method and system allowing producers of media content, for example movies, television shows, games, books, internet videos, and theater plays, to realize revenue by selling product placement opportunities to interested advertisers. These product placement opportunities are offered individually to specific advertisers, or auctioned off to interested advertisers. Advertisers are... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080071598 - Device, program and method for identifying factor and/or index contributing to enterprise evaluation: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The device comprises company index acquiring means (transmission/reception means (365) or the like) for acquiring a company index, comprehensive evaluation index acquiring means (transmission/reception means (365) or the like) for acquiring a comprehensive evaluation index, factor analyzing means (information processing means (380)) for performing factor analysis... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080071600 - Systems and methods for automating business services: Systems and computer implemented methods of managing a plurality of tasks is described. The system includes a module to receive a request by the system for a service. The module further includes a module to divide the service into an at least one task of the plurality of tasks on... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20080071604 - Method and apparatus for selling solar roofs: A method and apparatus are provided for selling solar roofs. The method includes the steps of estimating an internal cost of a roof and of a solar system disposed over the roof and apportioning at least some of the costs between the roof and solar system. The method further includes... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd. Jon P. Christensen

20080071606 - Method and system for email-based \"push\" lead management tool for customer relationship management: A customer relationship management/CRM system enables a user thereof to focus more upon customers and clients instead of keeping track of such customers and clients. Upon initiating contact with a potential new customer or client, the new lead can be entered into the system and the user queried with respect... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080071605 - Method and system for supply of expendables: In response to an order from a user, a new expendable container is supplied in exchange for an expendable container possessed by the user. Price for ink supply is determined based on expendable-related information that indicates at least the model of the expendable container possessed by the user, thereby promoting... Agent: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC

20080071607 - Tool for analyzing corporate airline bids: A airline travel supplier evaluation tool is provided which will allow companies to efficiently evaluate the value of preferred airline supplier scenarios and improve their negotiating position vis-à-vis their airline suppliers. The user of the software tool may choose which, if any, preferred supplier set is best given the user's... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080071610 - Techniques for tracking employee training: A process control system has a server which has access to a database system and executes program code for the process control system. The database system includes a table of process records which indicate a configuration of a training process. An administrator configures process records for the training process and... Agent: Gordon E Nelson Patent Attorney, PC

20080071619 - Alternative payment system and method: A system and method, including offering to a customer as a part of a purchase transaction an option of completing an activity in exchange for a reduction in a purchase price, and targeting offers of such activities based on the interested customer.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080071617 - Apparatus and methods for validating media: Digital rights management apparatus and methods for use in computer, networking and other applications. In one embodiment, the digital rights management apparatus comprises an application and associated platform that allows users to validate a first version of their digital media. Upon validating that the digital media is indeed legal and... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates Attorney Of Record

20080071622 - Method and apparatus for administering a reward program: In accordance with the present invention, a central controller stores a series of registrations, each of which corresponds to a purchaser of a product. The central controller calculates a measurement of product success, such as the number of products sold or the market share of the product. The central controller... Agent: Walker Digital Corporation

20080071621 - Service point managemnet system for use in sales promotion services: A service point management system employs a computer for managing points issued to each customer who receives service according to the points. A point issue unit issues points to the customer according to transactions performed by the customer. A point accumulation unit calculates and accumulates the issued points. A point... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080071614 - Shopping system and method: A shopping system and method is disclosed for providing an inducement to a shopper to purchase products. The inducement may be by way of a shopping list or a coupon providing benefits when products are purchased. A card reader (105, 515) is provided for reading a customer's card to identify... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080071615 - Structured document browser: A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080071624 - Priority driven, ratings based, criteria considered and cost effective online selection of providers for events -- prcc-events: This solution is an online automated solution of selecting the best value event need providers based on ratings and date priorities of event requestor, ratings and criteria of the event need providers which is also cost effective for the event requestor. This solution is called PRCC-EVENTS which stands for Priorities,... Agent: Sarfaraz Alam Qureshi

20080071627 - Method and apparatus for verifying product sale transactions and processing product returns: The present invention relates to a computer-based system that provides a method for real time data storage and retrieval for the purpose of verifying and validating sales transactions and product return/warranty repair eligibility. An electronic product registration system is provided which stores information on purchased products and which enables a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080071628 - Products and processes for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment: According to an embodiment of the invention, products and processes are disclosed for receiving, via a point-of-sale terminal that is not a vending machine, an indication of a set of products which a customer desires to purchase. At least one product is offered to the customer via the point-of-sale terminal,... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080071637 - Active ticket with dynamic characteristic such as appearance with various validation options: A method and apparatus is provided for providing an active ticket in a mobile terminal for use by a mobile terminal user, wherein at least one active ticket has a ticket characteristic that dynamically changes based on one or more states in a life cycle of the active ticket. Dynamic... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080071638 - Customizable electronic commerce comparison system and method: In a consumer information system, a method of comparing products and services including providing product specific information, providing merchant specific information on the specified product, providing merchant specific business information, providing product specific information collected by third parties, providing merchant specific information collected by third parties, applying weighting factors to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080071641 - Escrow management structure: A method of allowing a customer to purchase a product having a purchase price from a merchant through an electronic transaction. The method comprising the step of establishing a deposit account on behalf of the customer with an escrow account provider. Next, funds are transferred into the deposit account. The... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080071634 - Methods and systems for facilitating bids for placement of offers in an alternative payment platform: Methods and systems are provided for facilitating bidding for placement of alternate offers in an alternative payment platform, including methods and systems for providing a platform for presenting alternate offers the completion of which serves as an alternative to payment for an item associated with a primary offer, receiving a... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080071640 - Portal for commercial transactions: An embodiment of the present invention is a portal for commercial transactions. A user interface interfaces to a user performing a commercial transaction. The user is one of a consumer, a vendor, a retailer, a service provider, and a third-party entity. The commercial transaction is related to sale processing of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080071633 - Subscriber management system and method: A subscriber management system controls the real-time supply of multimedia information from one or more home countries to a target country. The system includes a memory to store a plurality of software modules, an interactive web-based application, and a processing subsystem to manage supply of the multimedia information from the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080071639 - System for associating requests with potential respondents to said requests: The present invention comprises a system for associating requests with potential respondents to those requests. The system facilitates the purchasing of goods and/or services, knowledge-based inquiries, and matching common interest groups by associating requests with category designations and providing potential respondents with access to the requests.... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20080071646 - Integrated electronic shopping cart system and method: Integrated shopping cart functionality is provided on a first website so that products/services from different affiliated websites can be integrated into the shopping cart at the first website and the e-commerce functionality of the first website can be utilized to purchase the selected products/services. A framework for integrating this functionality... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080071647 - Personalized selection of content to present to users: A system provides an interface for users to author and post pieces of content, referred to as “blurbs,” for viewing by other users. Blurbs may also be obtained from external sources, such as from blogs hosted by various web sites. A personalized blurb selection component selects blurbs to present to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080071643 - Structured document browser: A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080071644 - Structured document browser: A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080071649 - Method and system of managing on-the-shelf retail inventories: On-the-shelf retail inventories are managed by periodically processing point-of-sale data to determine the number of units that have been sold during a specified period, and comparing the number of units that have been sold to a historical value. An alert is issued to a store when the difference between the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080071650 - Systems and methods for process-driven bill of material: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for compiling production and planning information. In one embodiment, a system for planning the production of a product includes at least one database configured to store engineering information related to the product and further configured to store process information related to... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080071653 - System and method for processing tax codes by company group: A system and method for assigning taxability codes to purchases, and processing tax invoices, by company groups. A user, identified to one of a group of companies, inputs a requisition. Tax code and tax location are identified in a front end process applicable to the object of the requisition and... Agent: Shelley M Beckstrand

20080071659 - Method for exchanging option contracts using a central counterparty: A method of contracting between two counterparties with a central counterparty for the exchange of payments based upon pairs of contracts. The payouts are based on the output of a pricing model in which the model output is calculated periodically, and the payments are exchanged periodically through transfers by the... Agent: Aufrichtig & Aufrichtig, P.C.

20080071661 - Investment product, methods and system for administration thereof: A method of providing an investment product, and supporting administration system and annuity product. The product is an investment contract or agreement preferably of an annuity type, providing investment returns substantially mirroring the performance of an index and allowing an investor to begin receiving or deferring periodic payments on or... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080071660 - System for displaying results of purchases/sales of share investment fund shares on a stock exchange: An informational computerized system displays the buy/sell result of the shares of Share Investment Funds at the stock exchange, and includes a processing unit with software connected via cable links with units for text and graphic information display and for data input. The processing unit is equipped with functions for... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080071666 - Computer method and system for intermediated exchanges: In a preferred embodiment, this invention includes software processes distributed on one or more computer systems that exchange messages in order to facilitate an intermediated exchange of financial commodities between a plurality of participants. The messages are exchanged according to a preferred protocol that leads to a satisfactory exchange that... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080071665 - Depositary receipt financial instruments: A financial instrument is provided that enables investors to invest in depositary receipts based on underlying non-domestic shares of a foreign business entity through a domestic stock exchange even though the underlying non-domestic shares are traded only on a stock exchange with a settlement day that has no substantial temporal... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080071672 - Method and apparatus for configurably adjusting a bid in an online auction: A method and apparatus for configuring and entering bids in an auction is disclosed. The method includes displaying a bid adjustment mechanism configuration interfaced to a bidder. Thereafter, a bid adjustment value for the bid adjustment mechanism is set using the configuration interface. Following the setting step, upon actuation of... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080071669 - Methods and systems for retrieving data stored in a database: A computer-implemented, transaction-making, municipal bond trading system having a capability to conduct a private electronic auction of bid wanteds between a central brokers' broker and multiple prospective remote bidders and to maintain a reference database of accurate individual bond lot descriptions and identifications, including CUSIP (trademark) numbers.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080071667 - System and method for buying and selling employee stock options: A bartering system implements barters between a plurality of parties each having one or more classes of items available for barter. Preferably, barter orders are created by designating a selected quantity of a first class of items to be bartered, designating a date range for transferring title of the first... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20080071668 - System and method for digital item exchange: A system and a method to exchange digital items among peers of computer networks. The items may comprise, without limitation, files, CP, BW, storing space, money, licenses, contracts, information and any other shareable resource of peers on a computer networks. The system and method may offer the item, bid, transfer... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20080071670 - Systems and methods for trading: The present invention is systems and methods for trading. In accordance with these systems and methods, a plurality of trader work stations that are connected to a central server may be provided. Through the work stations and central server, the systems and methods may perform participant qualification, instrument creation, bid/offer... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080071671 - Systems and methods for trading: The present invention is systems and methods for trading. In accordance with these systems and methods, a plurality of trader work stations that are connected to a central server may be provided. Through the work stations and central server, the systems and methods may perform participant qualification, instrument creation, bid/offer... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080071675 - Method and computer network for co-ordinating a loan over the internet: The invention relates to a method and a computer for coordinating an electronic credit application between an Internet user and a plurality of lending institutions via the Internet. This method involves displaying documents in a web site, and receiving credit data forming placed on the web site. After receiving this... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080071677 - Method for retail financing: There is provided a method for retail financing. A financing entity provides at least one unit to be financed to a retailer. The retailer collects information concerning a customer who desires to purchase the unit. The customer information is forwarded to the financing entity. The financial terms and conditions, including... Agent: David M. Carter Carter Schnedler & Monteith, P.A.

20080071676 - 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

20080071678 - System and method for facilitating loan provision: Systems and methods for facilitating various aspects of loan provision. For example, the execution of various loan-related tasks may be facilitated. As another example, the coordination of the efforts of individuals, groups, and/or departments involved in loan provision may be facilitated.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080071680 - Method and system for cross-issuer registration of transaction cards: Disclosed herein is a method of providing one or more transaction card services to a holder of a transaction card, the method comprising receiving a registration code from the holder, wherein the registration code is associated with the issuer of the transaction card and with the transaction card, determining the... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20080071682 - Method and system for processing internet purchase transactions: A method for minimizing risk of a consumer performing a fraudulent Internet purchase transactions using a transaction card is disclosed herein, the method comprising receiving an enrollment verification request for a transaction from a merchant's website, transmitting the enrollment verification request to an access control server; receiving an enrollment verification... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080071685 - Method for allowing a customer to preview, acquire and/or pay for information and a system therefor: A method for controlling distribution and access to an information product, said method comprising the steps of: superposing a utility-reducing masking effect on said information product; controlling the presence, absence and/or permanence of said masking effects by the outcome of an interactive communication between a provider and a receiver of... Agent: Ashish K. Mithal

20080071686 - Method for allowing a customer to preview, acquire and/or pay for information and a system therefor: A method for controlling distribution and access to an information product, said method comprising the steps of: superposing a utility-reducing masking effect on said information product; controlling the presence, absence and/or permanence of said masking effects by the outcome of an interactive communication between a provider and a receiver of... Agent: Ashish K. Mithal

20080071691 - Method and device for franking postal items: The disclosure relates to a system and method for franking mail. An exemplary method for franking mail comprises generating a printing master copy of a postage indicium, encrypting the printing master copy of the postage indicium, transmitting the printing master copy to an operating unit, together with a request that,... Agent: Fletcher Yoder

20080071693 - Computer method and system for intermediated exchanges: In a preferred embodiment, this invention includes software processes distributed on one or more computer systems that exchange messages in order to facilitate an intermediated exchange of financial commodities between a plurality of participants. The messages are exchanged according to a preferred protocol that leads to a satisfactory exchange that... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080071705 - Method and apparatus for storing and using energy to reduce the end-user cost of energy: The invention relates to an energy storing method and apparatus for use by end-users of energy, such as commercial property owners and operators. The system differs from past systems, insofar as it is not intended to be used by and in connection with energy suppliers, such as large utility and... Agent: J.john Shimazaki, PLLC

20080065399 - Formula for building a corporation: The invention relates to a process for establishing and implementing an endeavor. The endeavor may be the organization and operation of a company, a commercial project or other project. The process involves establishing one or more objectives of the endeavor, establishing roles for participants in the endeavor, establishing a collective... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski Market Square

20080065395 - Intelligent marketing system and method: An intelligent marketing system receives a customer list from a client and acquires a list of prospects for the client. One or more demographic attributes is appended to the list. A logistic regression is performed to calculate the probability of response from each prospect. The client selects one or more... Agent: Timothy M. Barlow

20080065397 - Managing composite enterprise services through multi-layer decomposition: A method and system are provided for managing composite enterprise services, the method including performing a multi-layer decomposition of the composite enterprise services, receiving at least one quality-of-service (QoS) request, and managing the composite enterprise services in accordance with the multi-layer decomposition and the at least one quality-of-service request; and... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080065401 - Method for meeting u.s. government security controls under export control regimes: A business method which enables full conformance and probable approval within the U.S. International Export Controls, such as the Export Administration Regulation (EAR); the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR); and the international Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) even though the item may normally be precluded from export. The method... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080065398 - Postal/deliverable matter delivery route developing apparatus and method of developing postal/deliverable matter delivery route: A postal/deliverable matter delivery route developing apparatus includes feeder which supplies the postal/deliverable matter, reading means for reading the sorting information of the postal/deliverable matter fed from this feeder, memory means for memorizing sorting information of the postal/deliverable matter fed from the feeder, destination information sorted based on the sorting... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

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20080065396 - Systems and methods for managing tips and gratuities: Disclosed are systems and methods for recording, maintaining, and reporting tips and gratuities, optionally including details such as employee, task performed, and shift. In one aspect, inter-employee tip and gratuity transactions are tracked and verified. In another aspect, taxing authority forms and/or returns are automatically generated with substantially decreased administration... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.C. 8 Penn Center

20080065414 - Connecting consumers with service providers: A set of answers is received to a series of questions sent to a consumer of services, the set of answers to the series of questions is analyzed in a computer to identify types of service providers that can provide services to the consumer based on the received answers, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080065412 - Icon-based healthcare management system: Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with an icon-based healthcare patient care system are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an icon-based healthcare patient care system comprising an association data store that stores association information between a category and at least one icon; and, a patient care logic configured... Agent: Anthony Vallone Northeast Professional Home Care, Inc.

20080065415 - Medical practice benchmarking: Medical practice information (e.g., insurance claim information) is received from a plurality of medical practices (e.g., 80% of the medical practices in Massachusetts). The medical practice information is combined together so that inter-practice statistics can be determined based on the aggregated practice information. The aggregated practice information is analyzed to... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080065411 - Method and system for developing a personalized medicine business plan: extracting information from the first archived scenario, said information being used to justify the intended personalised medicine business plan and provide one or more guidance parameters on how to implement the intended personalised medicine business plan and thereby develop the intended personalised medicine business plan.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080065422 - Configurable user interface system for processing patient medical data: A system provides an improved clinician workflow by providing a composite display image supporting documenting clinical actions, reviewing previous actions and other clinical information and automatically indicating impact of changed clinician data on worker task lists. A user interface system for processing and displaying patient medical information includes at least... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080065423 - Image use history management system, modality, and server: An image use history management system is provided, in which each time an image is used, the use is additionally written in use history information. At the time of generating an image, a modality generates use history information of the image. When the image is subjected to a process such... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080065419 - Method and apparatus for access to health data with portable media: A method and apparatus for managing electronic medical records is disclosed. One method for managing medical records includes defining a tiered hierarchy of medical record storage categories. A first tier may store electronic medical records for the individual and a second tier may store links to medical records not stored... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080065418 - Systems and methods to manage drug accountability processes in clinical trials: Systems and methods for managing drug accountability activities wherein various stakeholders such as Sponsors, monitors, site investigator personnel, and depot personnel are provided with access to data related to a clinical trial for the management of accountability, returns, reconciliation, and destruction processes. The systems and methods includes reporting, query, data... Agent: Castellano PLLC

20080065428 - Automated campground system: This invention automates the check in process of campgrounds and allows for amenities to be distributed to the clients without the help of campground personal. By controlling the dispersal of amenities, the invention prevents clients from using the campground amenities without making payment.... Agent: Tyler Duffy

20080065429 - Method and system for advertising and managing one or more vacation rental properties worldwide via a network: A method and system for finding, browsing, managing, booking, rating and advertising vacation rental properties worldwide via a network such as the Internet composed of a renter reservation system, an owner management system and a plurality affiliates or publishers of Internet content established to provide goods and/or services to prospective... Agent: Ryan S. Galloway

20080065441 - Bi-directional systematic referral fee share: A bi-directional systematic referral fee share system provides financial incentives when a candidate is engaged by a hiring company. When the candidate is engaged, the financial incentives are provided to members of a candidate referral fee pool and to members of a hiring manager referral fee pool. The members of... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080065435 - Computer-implemented systems and methods for reducing cost flow models: Computer-implemented methods and systems for use in analyzing costs associated with cost flow models having components of relationships and entities. Reduction criteria is received for use in reducing number of components that are in a first cost flow model. The reduction criteria is used to generate a reduced cost flow... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080065440 - Methods for estimating search engine market share for websites: Several methods for estimating search engine market share for individual and groups of websites are described. Keywords, search domains, seed websites, seed keywords and other starting points are used to estimate relative market share for websites identified in search results at one or more search engines.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080065439 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing purchase control services: Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing purchase control services are provided. A method includes generating a record for a business agreement established between a customer and a supplier, and entering terms of the business agreement into corresponding data fields. The method also includes linking key data fields in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080065436 - Supply chain facility performance analyzer: Methods, systems and computer program products for supporting supply chain facility performance analysis. Methods include maintaining supply chain facility configuration information for a plurality of supply chain facilities. The method also includes identifying variables that are attributed to performance of the supply chain facilities. Data corresponding to one or more... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080065438 - System and method for processing a workflow form: An exemplary method for processing a workflow form is provided. The method includes: connecting a workflow engine and an business sub-system; receiving a data form processing request from a client; obtaining workflow information from the workflow engine according to the data form processing request; obtaining business information from the business... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080065447 - Interactive and incremental event scheduling: A computer event schedule developer interactively schedules agenda items for an event such as a conference. A user is prompted to select event agenda items for scheduling for the event via a GUI interface. For each agenda item selected, the user is prompted to enter agenda schedule information for the... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080065450 - Matching a contact to a resource set: In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) receiving a new contact or resource availability indication in a contact center; (ii) matching one or more resources in response to an expressed need of the new contact using an aggregate of predetermined characteristics of the one or more resources; and (iii)... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080065448 - Methods and apparatus for identifying workflow graphs using an iterative analysis of empirical data: A method and system for generating a workflow graph from empirical data of a process are described. A processing system obtains data corresponding to multiple instances of a process, the process including a set of tasks, the data including information about order of occurrences of the tasks. The processing system... Agent: Jones Day

20080065451 - System and method for converting electronic orders to work orders: A system for converting electronic orders to work orders includes a shop floor control (SFC) system (2000) and an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system (3000). The SFC system includes a receiving module (2100), a primary work order creation module (2200), an uploading module (2300), and a production work order generation... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080065449 - System and method for the automated dispatch of fueling operations: An intelligent solution for monitoring, assigning, and accounting fueling operations. An automated dispatch fueling system comprises a fuel management server populated with airport profile and dispatcher configurations. Utilizing information stored in the database and received from external systems, the automated dispatch fueling system can automatically assign and monitor fueling operations.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP (saic Customer Number) Attn: George T. Marcou

20080065446 - Web collaboration in multiple languages: A method and system for presenting a virtual meeting in a user's preferred language is provided. A meeting organizer sends an invitation in a particular language to join an online meeting to each potential meeting participant. When the scheduled time for the online meeting arrives, the meeting participant uses the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080065460 - Apparatus, system, method, and computer program for task and process management: This disclosure provides an apparatus, system, method, and computer program for task and process management. Information identifying multiple steps associated with a task can be stored. First input, from one or more users, may indicate completion of at least one of: the task and each step associated with the task.... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080065457 - Equipment provider and purchaser program: Systems and methods for an equipment manufacturer to form a program with an equipment purchaser. The method can include enrolling the equipment purchaser in the program, having historical losses and potential risks for the equipment purchaser assessed, and facilitating an insurance package for the equipment purchaser if the equipment purchaser... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080065459 - Method and apparatus facilitating goal based intelligent calendar management using policies and data analysis: A method (100) or system (600) of facilitating goal based calendar management can include creating a calendar item (106) from a user entry (102) and an external entry (104), determining (108) if the calendar item is a policy related item, extracting policy attributes (110) for the calendar item, determining (112)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080065458 - Method and system for reducing total transactional lead time and enhancing quality of a process within a healthcare environment: A method of implementing a procedural change to a step of process executed by a plurality of personnel is provided. The method comprises the acts of requesting and recording at least one operational owner of the process, requesting the at least one operational owner to invite a series of personnel... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080065462 - Determining which potential customers to solicit for new product or service: A number of potential customers for a product or service are segmented into a number of clusters organized over a number of dimensions by one or more attributes of the potential customers. Each potential customer is segmented into no more than one cluster. No data exists regarding the potential customers... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080065466 - Method and apparatus for transforming web service policies from logical model to physical model: A physical service and policy model of a service-oriented architecture system is generated from a logic model. Web service policies are transformed from the logical model to the physical model. The logical model includes a plurality of logical service components and logical dependency relationships among the logical service components. At... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080065465 - Method for detection of hazard rate increase in time-managed lifetime data: A method for detecting a hazard rate increase in time-managed lifetime data includes specifying acceptable and unacceptable levels of a shape parameter, summarizing rows of a data table by pre-specified criterion and consolidating the data table into a less refined block representation, computing bias-adjusted estimators of the shape parameter for... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080065467 - Method for determining supply/demand inequities for jobs: The disclosure allows employers, jobseekers and workforce professionals to access and compare information on different jobs, job families, locations and industries in terms of relative supply and demand forces as indicated in a normalized Price/Earnings Ratio. The disclosure captures and measures current prices offered in the market for jobs in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney LLP

20080065468 - Methods for measuring emotive response and selection preference: The present invention relates generally to consumer research methods for measuring emotive response to visual stimuli.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080065464 - Predicting response rate: A process for predicting response rates, such as to a marketing campaign. In general, the process involves collecting data concerning past transactions; using past transaction data to identify bins, or groups, of customers exhibiting similar purchase behavior in the past; summarizing (statistically) the average purchase behavior for each bin of... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080065463 - System and method for optimization of a promotion plan: A method (400) and system (100) for providing a promotion plan (128) for merchandising products (600) receives base data (142) for the products (600) that includes allowable offers (204) and price rules (206) that affect the offers (204). A margin budget (146) is established for the promotion plan (128) that... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20080065474 - Secure conversion tracking: In response to a conversion action associated with an online advertisement (“ad”), an advertiser associated with the ad generates a unique identifier (e.g., a pseudo random number), which is transmitted to a payment system through a user device. In some implementations, the unique identifier can be generated by a payment... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080065487 - Contextual content rendering: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for executing by a processor of a device, an application, including rendering primary content on a display of the device and rendering secondary content on the display based at least in part on one or more attributes of the application.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080065478 - Electronic coupon based service for enhancing content: Described herein is technology for, among other things, providing receiver side services for electronic content. The technology involves determining a price for a specific service to be executed on electronic content to be viewed by a receiver. A redeemable code associated with said pre-determined price is attached to the electronic... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080065483 - Inducing renting systems: This disclosure includes a description of a system for inducing renting of an item by acquiring an item, by a merchant in the business of renting a kind of the item. The system provides for advertising, to induce a consumer to rent the kind from the merchant, a rebate of... Agent: Law Office Of Andrew P. Lahser, PLC

20080065489 - Method of providing funeral services and merchandise: A method for providing funeral services and funeral related merchandise includes the steps of providing a membership company for offering and administering memberships, in which the membership company charges and collects a fee from members, and enters agreements with providers of funeral services and funeral related merchandise. The providers agree... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080065476 - Online direct marketing system: An automated, unified, interactive system and methods for marketing. After a Marketer uploads transaction and customer data, the system automatically analyzes this data to predict at least one of the group consisting of purchase probabilities, likely buyers, up-sell opportunities, cross-sell opportunities, and potential defectors; selects a marketing campaign and customers... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080065475 - Synchronized digital topper: A gas pump video display system for a gas station generally includes a plurality of spaced apart audio/visual display units with each unit being driven by an audio/video amplifier receiver. An audio/video distribution box with a CPU is provided and interconnected with each of the audio/video display units for a... Agent: Walter A. Hackler

20080065482 - System and method for compensating an artist with artist-performed advertising: A system and method for promoting artistic creation and compensation therefor includes a first step of accepting payment from an advertiser to have an artist perform a message in the voice of the artist within an entertainment production of the artist; a second step of creating an entertainment production by... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20080065479 - System and method for optimizing online advertisement auctions by applying linear programming using special ordered sets: An improved system and method for optimizing online advertising auctions is provided by applying linear programming using special ordered sets. A linear programming model using special ordered sets of bids may first be created offline for the web page placements of advertisements for advertising campaigns. An expected number of impressions... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080065477 - System for advertising on networked printers: A system for advertising on a networked printer includes a target entity and a trusted source entity. The target entity includes a networked printer and a plurality of work stations operated by a respective plurality of users. Each workstation communicates with the networked printer. The networked printer includes a controller... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080065480 - System for handling air traffic data and related information for supply to customers: A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and presentation of aviation information supported by targeted advertising is disclosed. At plurality of flight information is received over a digital network and is stored in at least a database. The database includes aviation information as well as advertisement messages. Upon receiving... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080065481 - User-associated, interactive advertising monetization: Dynamically auctioned advertisements are placed in networked platforms based on and associated with a specific user of the platform. The user can then select an advertisement to be associated with them during operation of the platform. Additionally, micro-endorsements or small payments can be made to the user based on their... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080065496 - Methods and apparatus for managing rfid and other data: Systems and techniques for coordinating data received from radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and additional data input devices. An RFID reader communicates with RFID tags and also receives data from additional input devices that may be correlated with the RFID data. The reader correlates information received from various data sources.... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080065497 - Sales processing method and apparatus: A sales processing method for storing an order received from a customer in a storage as a pending order, recalling the pending order from the storage to display the pending order when payment is made, and executing checkout processing to book the pending order as sales data, includes: when the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080065498 - Orchestration engine as an intermediary between telephony functions and business processes: A technique is disclosed for interfacing business processes with telephony functions. Particularly, an orchestration engine is interposed between a business process engine that executes business processes and an enterprise telecommunications network that executes telephony functions. Acting as an intermediary between the business process engine and the telecommunications network, the orchestration... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080065504 - Electronic auction aggregation: A method enables a seller to bid in multiple electronic reverse auctions. The method includes determining auctions for which the seller is eligible, informing the seller of the eligible auctions, and receiving a selection indicating which of the eligible auctions the seller will participate in. The method also includes receiving... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20080065499 - Floral network methods and systems for processing floral arrangements: A floral network system and method allows for collecting, storing and retrieving data regarding the processing of personalized or custom floral arrangements linked to personal accounts for a plurality of customers. For example, a floral network method and system may store one or more close-up or detailed images of a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080065507 - Interactive digital media services: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer software, for interactive digital media service is presented. A content provider streams secondary content, such as images, chat-room discussions, offers for sale, promotions, advertisements, contests, or surveys, along with primary media content, such as radio or television programs, to multiple consumer devices. The consumer... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080065505 - Maintaining a journal of media encounters: Creating a journal of media encounters listing media content that was previously provided to a user. Metadata describing the media encounters is used to create journal entries. The journal is presented to the user for interaction. A purchase opportunity for the media content is provided to the user based on... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (msft)

20080065503 - Method for on site custom build of your own computer: An in-store method for allowing a consumer to order and have assembled a custom computer such as for example a notebook computer, and for the quick and easy assembly of said notebook computer on-site through modular, and coded components. Each notebook can begin as a simple chassis, which can be... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080065501 - Selective presentation of real-time contact options based on user and system parameters: Embodiments of configuring elements of a publication server of a product or server sales architecture in mechanisms are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080065502 - System for online ordering of items of real-time availability from a tv system: A system and method for online ordering of items of real-time availability from vendor inventories in which an online agent ordering server acts as an intermediary between a TV system and an online ordering website. The online agent ordering server stores TV ordering display templates for presenting displays on the... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Godbey Griffiths Reiss & Chong

20080065500 - Virtual inventory with use of a delivery stream: A method for distributing a rental article includes maintaining a plurality of rentee accounts; providing the rental article to a delivery service for delivery to a first address associated with a first one of the plurality of rentee accounts; receiving a notification that the rental article has been reintroduced to... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080065510 - Chart based real time investment monitoring, analyzing, and trading system: A chart based investment monitoring, analyzing and trading system for real time security trading is provided. The system uses computers or other computing devices, investment historical data, and real time market data to create dynamic investment charts. These charts are used in a highly integrated platform for investment monitoring, trading,... Agent: Latimer, Mayberry & MatthewsIPLaw, LLP

20080065513 - Method and apparatus for sponsoring a consignable item in an on-line charitable auction or fund raising event: Disclosed are methods, systems, and program code that enable a nonprofit organization to manage its fundraising activities online, including online hosting of auctions, and auction services such as maintaining donor/bidder registries, bid tracking, processing credit cards, and auction closeout activities. A consignment database enables organizations to build catalogs using items... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20080065514 - Personal inventory management and item exchange network: Techniques for personal inventory management and item exchange network are described, including generating an interface using data associated with a personal inventory comprising an item listing, the interface being used to manage the personal inventory, the interface being generated by a system configured to provide one or more options to... Agent: Kokka & Backus, PC

20080065517 - Determining a technology state of an entity using a technology index: In certain embodiments, a method for determining a technology state of an entity comprises accessing information technology (IT) quantity data for an entity for a first time period. The IT quantity data comprises: (1) technology quantity data for technology components of the entity, indicating for the first time period a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080065516 - Method for tire line category management: A method for tire line category management for a retail store includes: defining corporate strategy and tactics for the tire category, including selecting a set of performance metrics; collecting data for the tire category on an SKU by SKU basis; conducting a tire line review for each tire line or... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080065515 - Program management of supplier deliverables using web-enabled software: The Supplier Deliverable embodies a full integration of previously fragmented methods for managing the creation and transmission of intellectual property by a supplier that is part of a larger program. By providing the Adapters to the other applications, the Program Management Application becomes the “glue” that binds the different processes... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080065518 - Locking of settlements and documents during production of tax return: A method is provided that identifies a tax event that is to be included in a tax document and creates the tax document based on the tax event. The tax event is then locked when saving the tax document so that the tax event cannot be edited or voided. In... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080065520 - Host exchange in bill paying services: An account exchange system is provided by a data aggregation service enabled for gathering data for a subscriber from a data repository of a first financial institution, using account exchange software operating on a server coupled to the data aggregation service. Initiated by a subscriber the account exchange software causes... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080065559 - Generating adjusted bids of entities according to a new external bid: An initial external bid of an enterprise that is based on initial component bids of plural entities is received by a tool. The tool receives margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities. A new external bid is received that is different from the initial bid, and adjusted component bids... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080065563 - Method and system for copying equity and debt financing terms, from one of a variety of securities, selectively and or agregately, in a quantitative manner that enables rapid visualizing, comparing and viewing of the financial impact of copied terms in h: A method and system enables copying of equity and debt financing terms, from one of a variety of securities, selectively and or aggregately, in a manner that enables rapid visualizing, comparing and viewing of the financial impact of copied terms in a hypothetical or actual liquidation, public offering, financing or... Agent: Lorenzo Carver, Ms, Mba, Cpa Bpcentral, Inc.

20080065561 - Method and system for collaborative investment, saving and financial planning: A method and system for collaborative investment and financial planning between one or more investors/savers and one or more matchers/contributors utilizing a web-based system facilitator is described. In an embodiment of the present invention, the method and system enforces the collaborative investing plan between the investor and the plurality of... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20080065562 - Standardization and management of over-the-counter financial instruments: A method of managing over-the-counter financial products is disclosed. The method includes receiving transaction parameters associated with an over-the-counter financial product, determining a standardized financial product that reflects the transaction parameters associated with the over-the-counter financial product; calculating a net position based on the difference between the standardized financial product... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Cme

20080065560 - Trading of derivative secured index participation notes: Techniques are described for securitizing, administrating and trading various index shares securitized by derivative, cash-settled instruments on the underlying index.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080065523 - Evaluation: a system for conducting an online auction whereby a transparent algorithm converts collected site data into the valuation of a bid and the putative value of the item sold: A system for conducting an online auction using a transparent algorithm to convert collected site data into the valuation of a bid and the putative value of the item sold. Users will be able to participate in an online auction that discloses the comprehensible algorithm used to convert collected site... Agent: Jonathan Mark Schneider

20080065524 - System for integrating post-trade processing applications: A system for facilitating post-trade processing of a securities trade including an integration server, a plurality of post-trade systems accessible by the integration server, software executing on the integration server for receiving trade allocation data from at least one investment manager via a user interface, software executing on the integration... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080065531 - Web-based payments on text-to-pay sms networks: A web-based financial software application that emulates short message service (SMS) based text payment. The software allows entry of financial transactions in detailed form to allow for normal budgeting, accounting, and tracking methods, then translates the pending transaction from the detailed form into a text-based format compatible with the SMS... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080065534 - Charging/reward-payment system used in internet: Disclosed is a novel charge assessing system solely operable via an internet service line, which is characterized by novel functions including the following: Initially, a server for running a web site owned by a distribution operator stores a numeric value of a variable x in correlation with ID of individual... Agent: Kirk Hahn

20080065549 - Software distribution system for sewing machine, sewing machine and storage medium: A software distribution system for sewing machine includes a server and a sewing machine. The server generates authentication key data dedicated for a sewing machine only upon initial transmission of medium identification data and sewing machine identification data from a terminal and stores the authentication key data in mapping with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080065547 - System and method for digital content player with secure processing vault: A system and method for digital content player with secure processing vault is presented. A system uses an attached processing unit and a local storage area as a hardware-based secure processing vault. The secure processing vault calculates a title key based upon stored device keys, and decrypts encrypted/encoded digital content... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080065551 - Auto-detecting and downloading licensed computer products: In a system and method for automatically detecting licensed computer products, a license manager stores contract data indicating a customer and one or more computer products licensed to the customer by a license holder. A customer site is automatically checked for present computer products owned by the license holder. The... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080065552 - Marketplace for transferring licensed digital content: Techniques are described for reselling digital data content, such as books, other types of documents, music, video, software and games. Such data are stored in a small portable digital rights management (DRM) device, such as a non-volatile memory card or flash drive, along with a license that defines the extent... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

20080065408 - Booking method and system: The invention relates to a method and system for booking a reservation in a booking system and synchronizing bookings in several booking systems comprising at least one booking systems; at least one service provider; a mediator service; a client, and at least one client terminal device that can be a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080065406 - Designating membership in an online business community: Systems and methods of the present invention allow for designating membership in an online business community. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of: designating a plurality of Members as participants in an Online Business Community; and providing each of said plurality of Members with a Membership Designator.... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080065402 - Method for ensuring the quality of a service in a distributed computing environment: A method of determining a service provider to perform a service. A request for the service and requirements pertaining to performance of the service is received. Identification of providers of service capable of performing the service in conformity with the requirements is received. The request and the requirements are broadcasted... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080065404 - Method of selecting a hair coloring product at shelf: An apparatus to assist shopper selecting a hair color product at a retail store reduces mistakes by shoppers in selecting products and increases the confidence the shopper has in selecting the correct product, and as such grows the overall sales of the hair color product category for retailers.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080065405 - Sub-communities within an online business community: Systems and methods of the present invention allow for providing and managing sub-communities within an online business community. An exemplary system may comprise an Online Business Community having a Community Website hosted on at least one Hosting Server, said at least one Hosting Server communicatively coupled to a Network; a... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080065407 - System and method for determining a promise date for a demand in a business environment: The present invention provides a method and a system for determining a promise date for a demand whose supply depends on constraints in a business environment. According to the present invention, information related to the business environment is stored within a data storage means. The present invention provides a processor... Agent: Shapiro Cohen

20080065403 - System for analyzing and reducing desynchronosis stress and other adverse effects of air travel: A computer implemented software system provides method and process that enables calculation of circadian rhythm to enable assessment, evaluation and recommendation for therapy or treatment of travelers. Further, the system enables health index, travel index and feeling index measurements to evaluate and recommend treatment options based on assessment modules.... Agent: Ann E Thompson

20080065409 - System for capturing deal information: A deal capture system is provided which includes a first computer having an interface for capturing executed trade data, a second computer for accepting the captured trade data and performing middle and back office processing on the same, and a communication channel for communicating the captured trade data between the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080065410 - Virtual work environment for remote users: An arrangement provides a work environment to a remote user who is logged-in as a member of an enterprise, which work environment includes both a telecommunication capability and a data processing capability, and both are concurrently associated with the logged-in user. The data processing capability is restricted to the user... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080065413 - Lifestyle improvement support system and lifestyle improvement support method: A lifestyle improvement support system according to the present invention includes: a measurement unit (12) which measures first biological information, which is biological information of a patient and which is reported by the patient; an information input unit (41) which inputs second biological information, which is biological information of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080065416 - Repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof: A repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof are provided. A plurality of interfaces include a medical device interface interconnected with a medical device, a wireless interface coupled to a wireless medium, and a wired interface coupled to a wired medium. An... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080065417 - Verification technique for patient diagnosis and treatment: Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template may be configured to establish verifiable matching engagement between the patient and various types of objects used to administer the health-related procedure.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080065421 - Computer-implemented method for grouping medical claims based upon changes in patient condition: A computer-implemented method for profiling medical claims to assist health care managers in determining the cost-efficiency and service quality of health care providers. The method allows an objective means for measuring and quantifying health care services. An episode treatment group (ETG) is a patient classification unit, which defines groups that... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080065420 - Medical data acquisition and patient management system and method: A sample analysis and medical data acquisition system for patient management includes a first user interface (UI) display module for displaying a medical chart page that includes selectable items associated with patient management. The first UI display module displays a set of medical delivery systems associated with a selectable medical... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080065424 - Treatment management system: A system and a method for managing patient treatment stores in the database a patient history for each patient including data related to observations, test results, diagnoses, treatment regimen(s) and a treatment plan associated with the patient. The treatment plan is administered to the patient and medical device operating data... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080065426 - Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a reconfigurable insurance quoting engine: The present disclosure describes an approach to constructing and implementing risk rating products that provides a number of advantages. Instead of hard-coding attributes of a risk rating scheme, which requires the assistance of a trained programming specialist for any modifications, adjustments, or new products, the present invention provides a set... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20080065425 - Computer-aided transferring of financial consequences: Apparatus (method implemented with a machine, the machine, and the method for making the machine, and products produced thereby, as well as necessary intermediates and storage media). The computer system can, for example, be structured (e.g., including programmed) to carry out at least one of the steps of enabling an... Agent: Peter K. Trzyna, Esq.

20080065427 - Systems and methods for analyzing sensor data: The invention relates to systems and methods for analyzing data collected from sensors monitoring property. In particular, the systems and methods analyze the data to make property insurance underwriting decisions based on the collected sensor data using a computerized process that varies the way in which it manipulates the collected... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20080065430 - Managing patient bed assignments and bed occupancy in a health care facility: An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080065431 - Managing patient bed assignments and bed occupancy in a health care facility: An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080065432 - Managing patient bed assignments and bed occupancy in a health care facility: An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080065433 - Managing patient bed assignments and bed occupancy in a health care facility: An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080065434 - Managing patient bed assignments and bed occupancy in a health care facility: An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080065443 - Customizable state machine and state aggregation technique for processing collaborative and transactional business objects: A computer-implemented state machine is provided for processing business objects representing collaborations between business entities. At least one business object represents a collaboration between business entities. A number of graphs represented in computer-readable media each correspond to a particular collaborating business entity. The graphs are generated using text files, at... Agent: I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

20080065444 - Liverstock management systems and methods: This invention relates to systems and methods for managing livestock, such as cattle, from conception to consumption. More particularly, this invention relates to systems and methods in which users, such as producers, feedlot managers, packers, buyers, sellers, and consumers, are brought together through shared information and improved communication. Users may... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080065445 - Method and process for providing relevant data, comparing proposal alternatives, and reconciling proposals, invoices, and purchase orders with actual costs in a workflow process: The present invention provides a process and system for matching buyers and sellers of either goods or services, or goods and services for a project. The invention enables a buyer to specify a project in terms of physical, functional, temporal, financial, and transactional parameters that can be automatically converted, by... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080065437 - System and method for budgeting, planning, and supply chain management: A system and method for optimizing planned profitability and network design. The system integrates sales and marketing planning and budgeting with the supply chain. This integration is achieved by inclusion of data representative of non-physical sales, general, and administrative (SG&A) costs, by development of response curves including sales and marketing... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080065442 - System and method for rapidly locating historical performance data: A method is described for providing performance metrics stored in an array of at least three-dimensions. The method includes receiving at least one metric criteria associated with a performance metric. The method also includes determining a list of array elements. The list represents a portion of the array including the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080065454 - Database system and information processing system with process code information: System (software) development is performed based on a state transition diagram. The workflow of a business process is partitioned for each event therein and assigns process codes to the respective process results. A process code is an identification code to indicate a certain state of a process. For example, a... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080065452 - Longitudinal electronic record system and method: A system and method for keeping, organizing and managing electronic records, comprising generating a first instance of data objects comprising data elements during a first encounter, the elements comprising a first instance identifier and temporal identifiers; linking a data object to a summarization reference with a pointer; creating an additional... Agent: Beem Patent Law Firm

20080065456 - System and method for managing maintenance of building facilities: The present invention relates to a system for managing operational facilities that is of the type which utilizes predefined events to carry out managing operations for the facilities. The system includes one or more servers adapted to receive events from a client and forward the events to a clearinghouse via... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080065455 - Workflow auto generation from user constraints and hierarchical dependence graphs for workflows: A system and method of modeling and evaluating workflows that provides workflow auto generation and Hierarchical Dependence Graphs for workflows. Modeling and evaluation of workflows is accomplished by accessing a knowledge database containing service descriptions, generating valid workflows models, simulating workflow and obtaining customer requirements through a Graphical User Interface.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080065453 - Workflow management system and method: A workflow management system and method for managing an operation on a population of entities, comprises the steps of storing a set of events expected to occur during the operation in a workflow rules table (140) and storing a set of dispositions in the same rules table (140), wherein each... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20080065461 - Keeping working hours and calendar entries up-to-date: Techniques are disclosed for keeping calendars up-to-date, whereby a person's working hours, events, and actual availability are accurately reflected. In response to user-generated input and/or application-generated input, working hours can be updated and calendar events can be added to, deleted from, or changed on the user's calendar. This makes it... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20080065471 - Determining strategies for increasing loyalty of a population to an entity: A method and system is disclosed that provides: (a) a theoretical framework for designing psychological research for uncovering individual decision-making networks, both in terms of sampling requirements and questioning methods, (b) an implementation interface to schedule and administer the appropriate question sequences between an interviewer and a given individual, in... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080065470 - Enterprise performance management software system having variable-based modeling: An enterprise planning and performance management system provides a variable-based modeling technique that enables users to interact with a more manageable variable-centric front-end for complex enterprise planning software. The system enables users to specify a plurality of variable definitions via a variable-based user interface. Based on the plurality of variable... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20080065473 - Livestock management systems and methods: This invention relates to systems and methods for managing livestock, such as cattle, from conception to consumption. More particularly, this invention relates to systems and methods in which users, such as producers, feedlot managers, packers, buyers, sellers, and consumers, are brought together through shared information and improved communication. Users may... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080065472 - Method and apparatus for automatically performing an online content distribution campaign: A computer implemented method is described. Data is collected about a number of member entities that have online interaction with a group entity. A predefined state is assigned to a selected one of the member entities automatically, in response to applying a predefined rule to analyze some of the collected... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080065469 - Method and apparatus for generating recommendations for consumer preference items: In order to make consumer preference item recommendations, a database is created from consumer preference tests in which a large number of respondents comparatively rate a large number of items based on personal preference. The database contains calculated distances between each pair of items based on the respondent preference ratings.... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20080065488 - Apparatus and method for providing a coupon program: A data processing arrangement having a memory device which stores at least one rule specifying at least one coupon and specifying an aim which a user has achieved when the at least one coupon has been allocated to the user, a first communication interface which receives data containing information about... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080065493 - Apparatus and methods for enforcing purchase agreements: Systems and methods are provided for establishing online a buyer price for a first plurality of products. In one embodiment, the buyer price is lower than a retail price of the first plurality of products, the first plurality of products to be picked up during a subsequent transaction at a... Agent: Michael D. Downs

20080065491 - Automated advertising optimizer: A method and system for automatically monitoring the performance level of various aspects of pay-per-click (PPC) and pay-per-action (PPA) advertising campaigns, and automatically revising the aspects to optimize performance levels, is provided. The advertiser is automatically notified if one or more particular aspects are resulting in less than desired click-through... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080065495 - Consumer device used in commercial transactions: An embodiment of the present invention includes a consumer device used in a transaction. An identifier represents a management entity. The management entity has an established relationship with at least one of a provider, a consumer, and a vendor. A medium encoded with an information section to contain information related... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080065490 - Integrated system and method for managing electronic coupons: A networked electronic coupon management system is disclosed for managing electronic coupons. The system includes tightly integrated database, application server, and client components facilitating performing electronic coupon definition, issuance, and redemption operations. The operations include creating electronic coupons, wherein each electronic coupon includes a unique coupon ID, creating customer accounts,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080065484 - Methods and systems for providing customer rewards programs: Systems, methods, and techniques of rewarding spending and loyalty that includes obtaining from a participant a commitment to purchase goods and services from vendors and rewarding participants based on participant purchases are provided. Rewards include a distribution from a rewards fund established, for example, from commissions paid by vendors to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080065486 - Personalized audio controlled shopping information service for a mobile device: A device, system, and method are directed towards providing shopping information regarding an item over a network to a mobile device. A review of the item in at least one of a plurality of formats is received. A user is enabled to select at least a portion of the shopping... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080065494 - Post-session internet advertising system: The present invention is directed to a post-session advertising system that may be used in media such as computers, personal digital assistants, telephones, televisions, radios, and similar devices. In one preferred embodiment, a first display is viewed in a first platform in the foreground of a media by a viewer.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080065485 - Return coupon holder: A return coupon holder is described for holding a return coupon issued in a store in conjunction with a customer's merchandise return transaction. The return coupon holder is preferably sized large enough to discourage the customer from stowing the coupon away, such as in a handbag. Additionally, holders may be... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080065492 - Stored-value card with light: A stored-value card includes a housing, a light circuit and an account identifier. The housing includes a cover and a base. The cover and the base each define a respective primary panel and a plurality of side walls extending from the respective primary panel. The plurality of side walls defined... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080065506 - Centralised online ordering and fulfilment method and system: A centralised online ordering and fulfillment method and system for vendors to make available product or services for order by customers and for customers to order and pay for them. After logging in to the system, a customer will provide differing levels of information in relation to the product or... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080065509 - Providing a personalized transactional benefit at a point of purchase: A mobile device is described for providing a personalized transactional benefit at a point of purchase. The mobile device includes a communications module that is configured to retrieve from a network personalized identification information associated with a consumer based on a personalized identifier uniquely associated with the consumer. The mobile... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080065508 - Web-based marketplace for product placement and brand integration: The present invention describes an online, electronic marketplace for brand integration and product placement. The system provides entertainment companies the opportunity to present their available brand integration inventory, while providing advertisers and their agencies a single source to monitor brand integration options, as well as a forum in which to... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20080065511 - Structured document browser: A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080065512 - Structured document browser: A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080065519 - Management system and method for a golf range: The present invention relates to a system and method for managing a golf range. The system for managing a golf range having a plurality of bays, in accordance with the present invention, includes an assignment server for assigning the plurality of bays to assignees, a management server for receiving assignment... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20080065521 - Financial activity based on natural peril events: A financial activity network includes a central managing system connected to a plurality of participant terminals. Rules governing operation of the financial activity are stored for future reference. A participant provides investment information such as a map location for the predicted strike by the natural peril event and, optionally, one... Agent: Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.

20080065522 - Low volatility asset allocation strategy for income and method: An income-producing vehicle may provide a low-volatility asset allocation strategy for an individual retirement investor by basing retirement income on multiple factors, rather than merely yield or earned income. In one embodiment, the vehicle is a portion of a retirement portfolio while additional vehicles, such as fixed and variable annuities... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080065526 - Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with aggregate lotting for transformation bidding: An auction methodology wherein individual demands are bid in lots and an aggregation of several lots is then run as an individual lot to determine if the buyer can attract a lower price offering from bidders by selecting to award the total volume of all of the individual lots to... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080065529 - Method and system for securitizing contracts valued on an index: In a method and system for securitizing contracts valued on an index, a special purpose entity (SPE) is provided and holds as substantially all of its assets a derivative contract with a contract dealer. The contract has an initial notional value and is tied to an index related to items... Agent: Mitchell S. Feller, Esq.

20080065527 - Method, system and program product for receiving bids for multiple auctions and presenting real-time auction results: Under the present invention, a user can enter bids for multiple electronic auctions substantially simultaneously (e.g., from a single web page). Specifically, a user can select multiple auctions from a group of auctions. Once selected, the auctions will be presented to the user on a gallery web page. Using the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080065525 - Methods of pricing and allocating capacity: A method of assigning a settled unit capacity price for the purchase of transmission capacity by resource suppliers including the steps of specifying an available capacity for bidding, receiving bids from a plurality of resource suppliers, selecting the bids with the highest personal unit capacity prices until the aggregate desired... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080065528 - System for capturing deal information: A deal capture system is provided which includes a first computer having an interface for capturing executed trade data, a second computer for accepting the captured trade data and performing middle and back office processing on the same, and a communication channel for communicating the captured trade data between the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080065530 - Method, system and apparatus for providing a variable credit account to a consumer: A method of providing a variable credit account to a consumer (12) is provided. The method includes the steps of: offering, by a credit issuer (14), a variable credit account to a consumer (12) by telephone, electronically, mail or at an in-store location; accepting, by the consumer (12), the offer;... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080065532 - Revenue-producing bank card system & method providing the functionality & protection of trust-connected banking: A revenue-producing, charge card system also manages account balances to create an investment profit for the card holder. A trust account has a trust-account balance reflecting a first amount of funds, is constructed to subsequently record debits and credits related to the balance, and is constructed for access via remote... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080065533 - Transaction management system and method: A transaction management system facilitates online monetary transactions between users of the system. These transactions are settled as associated with standard inter-banking settlement channels. Implementations of the system provide for a relatively simple yet flexible transaction processing technology to the online market space. The system allows for integration into a... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080065535 - Wallet consolidator and related methods of processing a transaction using a wallet consolidator: A wallet consolidator to process a transaction and related methods, are provided. The wallet consolidator can include a controller to control operation of the wallet consolidator, an input device to receive a copy of information provided to the wallet consolidator, a memory device for storing information, and an output device... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080065536 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065537 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065538 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065539 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065540 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065541 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065542 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065543 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065544 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065545 - Automated transaction machine: An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065546 - Utilization of wirelessly transferred account data and customer signature read from a data bearing record in a portable customer device during a transaction: A customer's cell phone has a programmable data bearing record that includes customer account information and a scanned written signature of the customer. The customer can use the phone to read the account information and signature from the data bearing record and wirelessly transmit them to a merchant system. The... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20080065550 - Certified deployment of applications on terminals: Embodiments of the present invention relate to secure deployment of software applications on transaction terminals using keys and certificates. In one embodiment, a method for electronically certifying an application for installation at a transaction terminal is accomplished at a terminal key management server by receiving an application along with a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080065548 - Method of providing conditional access: There is described a communication system (10; 300; 2400; 2700) comprising a data content transmitter and at least one data receiver (50; 500; 2600). The system (10; 300; 2400; 2700) executes a method of associating data content with rights objects. The method comprises steps of (a) providing data content, rights... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080065554 - Method and system for conducting secure payments over a computer network: A method is provided for conducting a financial transaction by a purchaser with a merchant having an acquirer bank, over a communications network. The method includes the steps of sending a first authorization request using a pseudo account number associated with a real account number to a service provider which... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080065553 - Verification error reduction system: A method is disclosed. The method includes a) receiving a dynamic data element and a first verification value derived from the dynamic data element, wherein the first verification value is generated in response to a transaction conducted using a portable consumer device, b) determining if the dynamic data element is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080065555 - Dynamic credit card with magnetic stripe and embedded encoder and methods for using the same to provide a copy-proof credit card: A dynamic credit card is provided in which a secure credit card number (e.g., a secret/hidden credit card number) is encoded based on a timing signal (e.g., an internal counter) to provide a dynamic credit card number. This dynamic number may be displayed to a user via a display (e.g.,... Agent: Jeffrey D. Mullen

20080065557 - Computerized dispute resolution system and method: An automated method capable of multiple rounds for settling a dispute among adverse parties which dispute involves monetary values is described together with an automated system for carrying out such method.... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065558 - Computerized transaction bargaining system and method: A method and system for automated bargaining is disclosed. The method and system are used in testing non-equal values in normal rounds for satisfaction of a condition. If the condition is not satisfied in the normal rounds, power round values are tested for satisfaction of a power round condition. If... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080065556 - Negotiating reinsurance for a risk: System, methods, and computer program products for facilitating negotiations for reinsurance of a risk. The negotiations for reinsurance of a risk are conducted between a cedent and one to many assumers. An interface is provided for allowing submissions of risk for reinsurance, responses from selected assumers, and replies to the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080065564 - Repossession method and system: A system for repossessing a machine may include a transmitter configured to transmit a signal to the machine. The system may also include a receiver configured to receive a signal from the machine. The system may further include a controller in communication with the receiver and the transmitter. The controller... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080065567 - Digital online exchange with client supplied demand information: A system for pricing items for sale by a seller of items comprises a pricing server and a client. The pricing server is configured to dynamically price items based on demand for the item. The client is coupled to the pricing server for receiving pricing information from the pricing server... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080065566 - Dynamic pricing of items based on category with which the item is associated: A method comprises determining a first price of an item in a first group for sale utilizing a processor, offering the item in the first group for sale at the first price, selling one or more orders for the item in the first group at the first price to a... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080065565 - Systems and methods for providing transferable item prices: Systems and methods are provided to associate a transferable item price with a first consumer and to determine that a second consumer is entitled to purchase an item in exchange for payment of an amount based on the transferable item price. In one embodiment, the first consumer arranges to purchase... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080065568 - Variable rate toll system: A method and system are provided in which average vehicle speeds of tolled and non-tolled road segments between two locations are monitored and saved for reference in providing dynamic adjustment of the toll amount to be charged for use of the tolled segment in order to insure an efficient use... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20080065569 - Real-time product matching: A system and method for providing real time financial product matching is disclosed. In one embodiment, the real time financial product matching system may store one or more financial product data records. Each financial product data record may be associated with a financial product. The real time financial product matching... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080065570 - System and method for reporting telecommunications utilization and forecasting: A system and method for forecasting and reporting telecommunications usage by a telecommunications carrier. The method includes storing data indicative of telephone number usage of telephone numbers assigned to the telecommunications carrier in a first database. The first database may be queried to obtain a first set of data including... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20080065571 - General charging method: A general charging method includes establishing a charging strategy and performing the charging according to the charging strategy. The charging strategy includes at least one priority each of which includes at least one time period and each of the time periods is provided at least one rate segment in each... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080059213 - Address database coding: A method for coding a plurality of postal addresses. The method includes associating an identifier with a postal address having a first plurality of elements, and associating the identifier with a second plurality of elements if the second plurality of elements is associated with the postal address.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080059220 - Building plan compliance system and method: A system for performing a computerized building code compliance check with an appropriate jurisdiction is disclosed. The system enables a user to connect to a compliance utility by way of the Internet in order to upload a CAD file. When a CAD file is received, the system performs an analysis... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080059210 - Compuspections state inspection record / reports software: A computer based safety inspection record keeping and reporting system. It can be used a a replacement, or in addition to a cumbersome paper-based system. The system allows the user to create a work order, record the required safety inspection information on the work order. The user can then transfer... Agent: Anita L. Ziemba

20080059211 - Content monitoring and compliance: Monitoring content is disclosed. Monitoring content includes detecting a use of controlled content, evaluating a context associated with the use of the controlled content, and automatically engaging with an entity associated with the use of the controlled content.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080059205 - Dynamic exploration of electronic maps: A mapping engine receives map data from a map server and displays electronic maps. The mapping engine also receives one or more templates that specify metrics to show with the map. The templates specify metrics to accomplish specific tasks, such as house hunting. Metrics describe attributes of the areas shown... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20080059206 - Method of distributing the cost of preserving the environment: A method of distributing the cost of preserving the environment is disclosed. The method allows individuals to directly participate in the cost of preserving the environment or be directly penalized in accordance with their choices that adversely affect the environment. Thus, everyone is provided an opportunity to actively participate in... Agent: Adorno & Yoss, LLP

20080059222 - Mobile multi-media intelligent tourist guide service system and its realizing method: The present invention discloses a mobile multi-media intelligent tourist guide service system, comprising GPS positioning receiver, GPS subsystem, mobile tourist guide service control subsystem, trigger area network subsystem, tourist guide information intelligent selecting and compositing subsystem, multi-media managing display subsystem, and electronic map subsystem. The mobile tourist guide service control... Agent: Zhen Zheng Lu

20080059212 - System and method for assembling complex document sets from geographically disparate sources: A method includes assigning a respective document tracking identifier to each of a plurality of documents. The documents are required for a college admission application. The user is allowed to register, with a central computer, as an applicant for college admissions in connection with the college admission application. The document... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080059207 - System and method for content functionality: Systems and methods applicable, for example, in content functionality. Content corresponding to a user might, for example, be received. Some or all of the content might, for instance, be provided to one or more vehicles indicated by travel information corresponding to the user. Some or all of the content might,... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080059208 - System and method for evaluation, management, and measurement of sponsorship: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for automated evaluation of sponsorship proposals, management of active sponsorship programs and measurement of the performance of the sponsorship programs. The system provides a desktop application server, which facilitates communication with sponsor users, and a portal application server, which facilitates communication... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080059215 - System and method for measuring reputation using take volume: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for measuring reputation using take volume. A method comprises determining a take amount related to a transaction in which a user participated; accumulating the take amount with a total take amount accumulated from one or more other transactions; determining feedback related... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080059209 - System and method for providing legal services over a network: A system and method for providing legal services by licensed and practicing lawyers to clients of a law firm. The system includes means facilitate the acquisition information entered by the client and specific legal service requests of the client. The system includes means for live, online communications between a client... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20080059223 - Electronic remittance advice file splitter: An electronic remittance file splitter automatically separates the line items from a remittance file that includes payments for claims originating from two different systems, based on a business rule associated with the two systems. Once the original remittance file is separated into two respective files that contain the line items... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP And Sun Microsystems, Inc.

20080059225 - Health management cyclic service method of a community association and system of using the same: A health management cycling service method and system for a community association has five steps to scheme a personal health management plan according to each inhabitant's conditions of the life history, living environment, and the situations of body and mind. In addition, the business actively monitors and records the progresses... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080059227 - Health related location awareness: A remote health monitoring system, comprising a device suitable for transmitting and receiving data and configured for determining a geographic location of the device, a communication network and a server. The device is suitable for communicating with the server via the communication network, and a visitation schedule of a healthcare... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20080059230 - Patient-interactive healthcare management: A patient-interactive health care management system provides means for healthcare services rendered by a physician to a patient to be confirmed by the patient immediately after the healthcare services are rendered. The patient is provided the ability to verify the accuracy of an invoice for the rendered services/goods and provide... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080059224 - Systems and methods for developing a comprehensive patient health profile: A system and method for generating a health profile by processing and mapping health care data for an individual or a group of individuals, to identify categorical associations of health care data and predict occurrences of associated categories of such data. The system comprises a plurality of central networks that... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080059237 - Contemporaneous, multi-physician, online consultation system: The computer-implemented system of providing online medical consultation services by a team of medical professionals begins when a user accesses the system website. The user selects the level of consultation services desired and a case submission form is provided to the user requesting information relating to desired medical consultation. The... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20080059236 - Emergency medical information device: Emergency medical information stored on a portable data storage device is automatically displayed on a computer when the device is mated to the computer. The portable data storage device emulates a CD-ROM drive to the computer, and includes memory partitioned into an emulated CD-ROM and a hidden data storage area... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080059244 - Image-display device and an image-display system: From a database for reports stored by pairing characteristics information of a medical image intended for a radiogram interpretation with the storage-location information from the contents of accumulated radiogram-interpretation reports, the storage-location information that is at the very least paired with the characteristics information of this patient's medical image is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080059241 - Interface between clinical and research information systems: A system provides a clinical trial or research process with access to, and use of information employed in patient care by facilitating access to information via a portal (e.g., a Web compatible portal) and providing automated transfer of data collected during patient care workflows for storage in clinical research information... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080059238 - Medical image annotation: Incorporating new technology into an existing medical practice is often difficult. Documents associated with a patient, for example, a patient's medical charts, are typically provided physically, i.e., as “hard copies,” when a patient is being serviced by multiple health care providers Disclosed are means for electronically annotating an image associated... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080059235 - Medical information storage and access device, and method of using the same: The present invention is a portable electronic copy of an individual's stored records and related documents that is remotely stored, secured, and accessible. The individual may modify the portable electronic copy of the individual's stored records and related documents at any time by way of the remotely stored and secured... Agent: Lafkas Patent LLC

20080059239 - System and method for providing automatic setup of a remote patient care environment: A system and method for providing automatic setup of a remote patient care environment. Connectivity to a centralized server over a network connection is confirmed. Data reporting for a patient by one or more monitoring devices that are wirelessly connectable is induced through control provided through a user interface. Each... Agent: Law Offices Of Patrick J.s. Inouye Suite 258

20080059251 - Healthcare benefit management system and method: A system for managing a healthcare benefits plan based upon estimated or actual employee healthcare expenses including an employer computer, a processing center, and an issuing bank in communication with one another via a network. The employer computer includes an enrollment module configured to enable a plurality of employees to... Agent: John R. Thompson Stoel Rives LLP

20080059252 - System and method for the allocation of high demand properties: The invention provides a system and method for the equitable and efficient allocation of residences and properties. In accordance with the invention, individuals seeking to reserve high demand properties can first view and select properties and submit a reservation request. The reservation request may include a group of properties by... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080059256 - Event management and marketing system: An event management and marketing system is provided. In one implementation, the event management and marketing system includes a planning module to receive user input entering a name of an event, and a marketing module to present to the user a plurality of different marketing strategies for marketing the event;... Agent: Kevin Lynch

20080059255 - Method and system for distribution of revenue: A method for the distribution of an advertising revenue stream derived from a media space such as a web site. The media space included advertising and content that may be peer reviewed. Distributed of revenue, in one form, includes the step of calculating revenue distributions from the advertising revenue stream... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080059257 - System for performing a competitive assessment: A system for performing a competitive assessment including a method for evaluating at least one operation associated with a market sector is disclosed. The method includes determining a first entity and at least one second entity, each performing the at least one operation within the market sector to separately produce... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080059259 - System, method, program for assigning virtual attribute to product, and system, method, and program for tracing cause of phenomenon occurring in product: A system for tracing a cause of a phenomenon occurring in products produced in a production process chain is provided. The system is provided with a storage unit for storing a virtual attribute in association with corresponding second products, a receiving unit for receiving information for specifying third products in... Agent: Ibm Microelectronics Intellectual Property Law

20080059269 - Defining extensible expression behavior in a rules system: Described herein is technology for, among other things, enabling use of custom expressions in a rules engine. The rules engine may be used in conjunction with a workflow. The technology involves providing a custom expression with access to validation context and execution context of the workflow. The custom expression can... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080059267 - Employee setup management system: A computer-readable medium is provided, which may have stored thereon instructions for tracking tasks related to a method for an employee setup. The method may include collecting input related to setup of an employee including one or more task requests for performance of one or more tasks involved in employee... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080059265 - Estimating and scheduling preparatory work for electronically called meetings: Method, apparatus, and computer program products for estimating, scheduling, and tracking preparatory work associated with electronic meeting invitations. When a meeting invitation is received and tentatively accepted, preparation time for associated work is estimated programmatically from characteristics of documents associated with the meeting invitation. A floating block of time is... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080059268 - Method and system for advanced credentialing and registration for health care professionals: The present invention provides a method and a system for storing information about volunteers and other medical personnel along with a credential level associated with each volunteer or medical personnel. The credential level is generated on the basis of information provided by the volunteer. The invention also provides for sharing... Agent: Jun Davantes

20080059266 - Resource managing method and device for managing drivers: A method for managing drivers includes receiving registration information of a plurality of drivers and storing the registration information of the drivers; receiving interconnection information of the drivers and storing the interconnection information of the drivers; receiving at least a request to activate a specific driver of the drivers; searching... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080059275 - Automatic task performance as scheduled using embedded secondary processor: A system, apparatus and method to receive, schedule, and perform a task automatically on a multi-processor device are described herein. In various embodiments, the multi-processor device is a member of a home network environment.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080059276 - Compliance control framework: Compliance Control Framework of the present invention is designed to capture the context and actionables of the agreement at the time of inking of the agreement. Respective stakeholders are mapped in the Compliance Control framework using a tool and weighting capture in the agreement context. Stakeholders and independent parties evaluate... Agent: Accenture, LLP C/o Hogan & Hartson, LLP (ipgroup)

20080059277 - Proposing downtime adjustments to a work schedule: A system, method, and computer readable medium for proposing downtime adjustments to a work schedule for at least one currently scheduled agent, that comprises, accepting at lease one forecasted manpower requirement of zero or more agents for an interval of time for a skill, requesting a downtime display for a... Agent: Michelle A. Zarinelli C/o West Corporation

20080059282 - Demographic based content delivery: Disclosed herein are demographic based content delivery systems and associated methods that automatically and non-invasively detect information regarding one or more persons within a designated viewing area. In embodiments of the systems and methods, two different automatic viewer identification and demographic classification technologies may be utilized, either alone or on... Agent: Accenture, LLP C/o Hogan & Hartson, LLP (ipgroup)

20080059283 - Method and system for opportunity distribution: A method and system for opportunity distribution. Respective first and second groups of users are identified. An opportunity is provided to the first group of users. A trigger event is detected. The opportunity is selectively provided to the second group of users based on the detection of the trigger event.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080059279 - Network-based business process for improving performance of businesses: The present invention relates to a network-based business process. The process allows a business owner through a logon procedure on his computer to access, preferably via a website, the process of the present invention loaded on a host computer. The customer then accesses a main menu having one or more... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080059280 - System and methods for business to business price modeling using price change optimization: The present invention relates to business to business market price control and management systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for generating price modeling and optimization modules in a business to business market setting wherein price changes are optimized to achieve desired business results.... Agent: Kang Lim

20080059281 - Systems and methods for product attribute analysis and product recommendation: Product quality data may be obtained using a computer-based survey application configured to present images to a survey participant. The participant may be prompted to provide qualitative data pertaining to at least one perceived attribute of the product, with the qualitative data associated with a particular region of the product,... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080059290 - Method and system for selecting a candidate for a position: A system and method to evaluate an individual's total qualifications so as to properly place an individual in position within an organization. The information gathered can then be used in the consideration, evaluation, and recruitment of employees. The method and system can also be used for employee placement, role assignment... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20080059292 - Systems and methods related to continuous performance improvement: Systems and methods for the continuous improvement of performance. The present systems and methods provide the art with a mechanism for the continuous assessment of the performance of users. By measuring professional performance against benchmarks, standards, and goals, the present invention allows the art to assess continuously and in real... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080059293 - Advertising placement system and method: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for placing advertisements. A method comprises an advertiser entering at least one offer to place a live-read radio advertisement into an advertisement placement system, wherein the advertiser indicates at least one amount it is willing to pay for the live-read radio... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080059297 - Converged marketing architecture and related research and targeting methods utilizing such architectures: Disclosed herein are converged marketing architectures that may be utilized by retailers in conjunction with and/or independent of consumer loyalty programs in order to improve targeted marketing efforts. Such architectures enable participating retailers to constantly generate and compile consumer activity and preferences information from a plurality of in-store and out... Agent: Accenture, LLP C/o Hogan & Hartson, LLP (ipgroup)

20080059306 - Loyalty program incentive determination: The eligibility of an transaction between a consumer and a merchant toward an incentive for a loyalty program is determined using a globally unique identifier (GUID) matching algorithm. Information characterizing the transaction may include a GUID for the merchant and a GUID for an account of the consumer on which... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080059302 - Loyalty program service: A loyalty program associated with a payment processing system is constructed, implemented, and refined through collaboration between collaborative constituents in the payment processing system. A first collaborative constituent may transmits a proposal having at least one parameter of the loyalty program to another collaborative constituents. The first collaborative constituent may... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080059314 - Managing marketing communications in sales processes: Disclosed systems, methods, and apparatti generally define subsystems and process that work together to facilitate marketing communication and feedback in a sales process. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain... Agent: Steven Thrasher

20080059310 - Marketing method and system using domain knowledge: A method of evaluating advertising is disclosed based on analysis of user behavior in a market focused directory. Users actions are logged over a given time period. Implicit measures are derived from the log files and read into one or more databases. The implicit measures are aggregated across a plurality... Agent: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP

20080059308 - Methods and apparatus for using poll results to target and/or select advertisements: Methods and apparatus for using information relating to answers to polling questions to select an advertisement and/or a link to an advertisement to be provided to a corresponding user or computer system are described. The selection process may use information obtained from soliciting, tracking, aggregating and/or reporting popular and group-specific... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080059296 - Parking area advertising as location identifiers: A method for providing parking location identifiers via advertising within a parking system includes determining theme advertising regions within a parking area, and providing advertisements within the parking area based on the determined theme advertising regions. Another method for advertising within a parking system includes determining theme advertising regions within... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080059312 - System and method for dynamic online advertisement creation and management: A method and system may in response to a request for advertisement components stored at a server, select a subset of advertisement components, and transmit the advertisement components to a client. The client may, for example insert the components into an advertisement in order to, for example, display an advertisement... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080059294 - Systems and methods for displaying targeted advertisements to users of workflow software: A method for displaying targeted advertisements to users of workflow software, based on information corresponding to the workflow, the related industry, and the user of the workflow software includes: receiving, from an identified user, a request to display a step in a workflow, the workflow corresponding to a given industry;... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080059295 - Systems and methods for generating advertiser recommendations from users of workflow software: A method for using a workflow server to provide targeted advertisements recommended by users of workflow software includes: receiving, at a server from a user completing a workflow, information corresponding to a step in the workflow and an advertiser, the advertiser recommended by the user in connection with the step... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080059303 - Transaction evaluation for providing rewards: An amount of loyalty program currency is pre-selected by a consumer and exchanged for a corresponding value-added reward also pre-selected by the consumer. The pre-selected reward, which can be a value added back to the consumer payment device, is given when the consumer conducts their pre-selected transaction using their consumer... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080059325 - Document issuance system: A document issuance system can cope with the special requests for issuing the invoice and the receipt while scheming to make efficient the invoice-and-receipt issuance management operation of the ordered merchandise. The document issuance system comprising an accepting unit accepting, together with an issuance request, inputted from on a terminal,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080059326 - Document issuance system: The present invention relates to a document issuance system capable of making efficient a receipt-and-invoice issuance management operation for an ordered merchandise. The document issuance system comprises an accepting unit accepting an issuance request related to at least one document of a receipt and an invoice inputted from a terminal,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080059322 - Method and system to generate a portable contract document: A method and system to generate a portable contract document are provided. The system may include a description module, a price module and a contract document generator. The description module may be configured to receive, from a potential buyer, identification information associated with a sale item. The price module may... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080059320 - Method for generating sales: In one aspect, the invention provides a method for generating a sales lead for the sale of a CVR system. The method comprises initiating a call in which a human calls an organization and interacts with an interactive voice response (IVR) system that defines an interface to a database for... Agent: Hahn And Moodley, LLP

20080059324 - Method for providing customized facial tissue to consumers: Facial tissue products can be customized by providing readers or customers of topical mediums, such as topical magazines or websites, with related graphics and tissue basesheet options through an advertisement in the magazine or website that directs the reader to a website. Through the website, the reader can select and... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080059327 - Methods & systems for electronic commerce facility client-based presentation offer management: A method, system and computer readable medium for facilitating interactive electronic commerce transactions over an electronic commerce network between a seller and a plurality of buyers. A request is received from a seller to generate an auction program associated with the seller over the electronic commerce. An auction program associated... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080059323 - Methods, systems, and computer program products that facilitate and enhance personal shopping: Methods, systems, and computer program products that facilitate personal shopping are provided. A shopping list is generated for a customer via a personal shopping system connected to a communications network. The shopping list identifies one or more products the customer wants to purchase. The personal shopping system includes a product... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080059321 - Online sales method for information handling systems and related peripherals: A configurator is provided with the ability to present to a user how each choice or change to an information handling system would effect the performance of the information handling system for an intended use. More specifically, during an online sales process, the customer is first presented with a list... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080059328 - System and method for payments through an on-line message board or forum: A system and method for providing payments to a poster on a message board or forum. The poster can be the poster originating a thread, or a poster posting a response in a thread. Compensation means are associated with the post, and activation of said compensation means initiates a payment... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20080059331 - Secure interactive digital system for displaying items to a user identified as having permission to access the system: Methods and apparatus are described which provide secure interactive communication of text and image information between a central server computer and one or more client computers located at remote sites for the purpose of storing and retrieving files describing and identifying unique products, services, or individuals. A feature of the... Agent: Law Offices Of John Chupa & Associates, P.C.

20080059340 - Equipment management system: An equipment management system includes a display and a processor. The processor may be configured to provide a first interface associated with an equipment planning and scheduling module, a second interface associated with a backlog management module, a third interface associated with a parts management module, and a fourth interface... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080059338 - Method and apparatus for toolbox inventory: A method and apparatus is provided for electronically inventorying an electronically locked and unlocked toolbox before and after RFID (Radio Frequency IDentified) tagged tools are accessed by an authorized user. A record is generated and stored of tools added and/or removed along with the identity of the accessing user. At... Agent: Anderson Law Group, PLLC

20080059339 - Systems and methods for identifying attachments: Systems and methods are provided for identifying machine attachments. In one implementation, a system is provided for identifying attachments connected to a machine. The system includes a server in communication with the machine over a network. Further, the server receives data from the machine identifying an attachment connected to the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080059345 - Auditor's toolbox: A system and method for managing and providing selective access to automated data regarding daily valued defined contribution plans. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for managing accounting data between one or more clients and one or more administrators and one or more users (e.g., auditors,... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20080059344 - Method and systems for analyzing stock differences in a supply chain: A method and system to perform difference analysis. Differences from various business processes are collected. Those differences are displayed in a graphical user interface. Differences may be posted individually or in aggregate to a reporting system if a set of criteria are satisfied.... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080059349 - Method and system for providing tax based services to customers: A method for assessing taxes for a machine includes collecting machine data from a machine configured to send the machine data to a remote location and determining a first geographic location of the machine based on the machine data. The method also includes determining a first tax due for the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080059348 - Web site valuation: According to the invention, a method for automatically determining an appraisal value of a web site is disclosed. The method may include obtaining machine observable information from the web site and determining a machine observable characteristic of the web site based at least in part on the machine observable information... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080059382 - Computer system and method for trading clipper financial instruments: A computer and data-processing system and method for specifying, trading, and clearing Clipper financial instruments. A Clipper is a new, “all-in” margined derivative that can be applied to almost any referenced Underlying financial instrument. A Clipper's value at expiration is calculated by first subtracting the negotiated face-value price for an... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080059356 - Method and system for creating and trading derivative investment instruments based on an index of investment management companies: A method and system for creating a stock index for a group of investment management companies is disclosed. The method may include obtaining first trade information for each security representative of the group of investment management companies during a first time period, aggregating the first trade information for a predetermined... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080059358 - Systems and methods for providing a liquidity-based commodities index: Systems and methods are provided for a liquidity-based commodity index in which historical liquidity-related data for a commodity is used to determine whether to include a commodity in an index and also used to weight commodities in the index. Liquidity of a commodity is calculated based on an average daily... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080059357 - Upside participation / downside protection index participation notes: Techniques are described for securitizing, administrating and trading various index shares securitized by derivative, cash-settled instruments on the underlying index.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080059363 - Method and system for rapid loan approval: A method and apparatus for rapidly and remotely providing temporary credit to a borrower is provided. In one embodiment, a lender uses as one criterion in approving the temporary credit a minimum number of deposits within a predetermined deposit verification time. Upon receipt of a request for credit, which may... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20080059365 - System and method for updating clauses in contracts: A computer-based method for updating clauses in contracts is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: receiving new risk clauses, the new risk clauses being created based upon potential market risks; receiving a selection of risk clauses, searching for contract clauses in a contract clause database based on the categories... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080059364 - Systems and methods for performing a financial trustworthiness assessment: Systems and methods are described in connection with a financial trustworthiness assessment service that provides an assessment of an individual's financial trustworthiness that is not necessarily on credit bureau information. The financial trustworthiness assessment is based, at least in part, on transaction-level financial information associated with the individual, as well... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080059370 - System and method for third party payment processing of credit cards: A system and method for enabling a debtor to charge a payment to a credit card when a creditor does not accept credit card payments is provided. The system comprises a customer interface, an approval engine, a scheduling engine, a service fee engine and schedule, a currency engine and schedule,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080059375 - Payment card terminal for mobile phones: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for payment card terminals for mobile phones. In general, data characterizing a payment card and a settlement amount for a transaction may be received, where the data is user-generated input and is received at a mobile phone associated with a mobile phone number.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080059378 - Method, system and computer program for metering usage of services in a soa environment: A solution (200) for metering usage of services—for example, in a SOA framework—is proposed. For this purpose, the submission of any invocation of a provider service (205) by a consumer service (210) is intercepted by a license manager (220); a corresponding request is then submitted to a dedicated licensing service... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080059381 - Method of providing should-cost negotiations: A method for negotiating a purchase price for an assembled good includes providing, by a purchaser, should-cost values associated with the assembled good into a first version of a first data structure, thereby creating a first file. The method additionally includes providing a second version of the first data structure... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080059221 - Managing product information: A set of product information is acquired that describes a first chemical product that is suitable for a particular use. A second chemical product that is suitable for the particular use is determined from the set of product information and a database of chemical product information. It is determined, from... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080059219 - Method of manufacturing and of verifying mail items, the method guaranteeing that payment has been made: A method of manufacturing a mail item, said method comprising the following steps: a) obtaining the three-dimensional structure of the fibers of said mail item by means of a scanner device; b) determining a unique fingerprint code on the basis of said three-dimensional fiber structure; c) generating a two-dimensional bar... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080059218 - Methods and systems for recommending a personal care product: Methods and apparatus for measuring an electromagnetic radiation response property associated with a substrate and selecting a color for use by a personal care product recommendation system based on the measurement are disclosed. The method positions an electromagnetic source, an electromagnetic capture device, and, in certain embodiments, a plurality of... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080059214 - Model-based policy application: In accordance with certain aspects of the model-based policy application, each of a plurality of policies is associated with appropriate parts of a model of a heterogeneous system. A deployment agent is invoked to apply each of the plurality of policies to components associated with the parts of the model.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080059216 - Protection and monitoring of content diffusion in a telecommunications network: The invention relates to supervising the distribution of contents in a telecommunications network (R). A content contains data specific to a given acquisition of rights to the content, written in the form of a digital watermark (WM). During its transfer across an access network (RA), the content is analyzed to... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080059217 - Secure online dating support system and method: A secure online dating support system and method requires potential members to submit personal information regarding themselves as a predicate to becoming a member of the dating system. This personal information is provided in a manner, either in-person at an information receiving center, or submitted to an information collector, or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080059231 - Cluster of correlated medical claims in an episode treatment group: A computer-implemented method for profiling medical claims to assist health care managers in determining the cost-efficiency and service quality of health care providers. The method allows an objective means for measuring and quantifying health care services. An episode treatment group (ETG) is a patient classification unit, which defines groups that... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080059234 - Digital disease management system: The present invention relates to a method for improving the delivery of health care for patients. A first data signal being multimedia data which is indicative of a patient condition of a selected patient is input into a local computer. Clinical data, cost data and administrative data relating to the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080059232 - Disease management system and method including question version: A system and method for allowing a patient to access an automated process for managing a specified health problem called a disease. The system performs disease management in a fully automated manner, using periodic interactive dialogs with the patient to obtain health state measurements from the patient, to evaluate and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080059226 - Methods and systems for preventing diversion of prescription drugs: The subject invention provides systems and methods for monitoring prescription medications. In particular, systems and methods are provided for monitoring patient compliance with a given prescribed regimen as well as monitoring the origins of a prescription drug. The subject invention provides a central computer and a portable device, wherein the... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080059228 - Operation of a remote medication management system: An integrated medication management and compliance system for enabling a care provider to remotely manage and deliver individual doses of medications to a patient, in a non-sequential fashion. The system includes delivery apparatus remotely located from the care provider, wherein the apparatus stores a plurality of sealed unit dose packages... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080059229 - Prescription assisting apparatus and prescription assisting method: Client terminals are installed in medical facilities, and connected through a network to a data center. Concrete cases relating to a variety of medicaments are reported at the client terminals and accumulated as case information in a medicament-to-case information database of the data center. In prescribing some medicaments, prescription data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080059233 - Systems and methods for remote viewing of patient images: A digital camera containing patient images is connected to an uploader computer and the patient's name or history is entered into the uploader computer. The uploader computer then connects to the Internet, connects to the secure host server, uploads the images to the host server and shuts down the Internet... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080059249 - Apparatus and method for processing and/or for providing healthcare information and/or healthcare-related information: An apparatus, including a memory device for storing a healthcare record or history for an individual which includes information provided by the individual or a healthcare provider, and information regarding a healthcare insurer or payer, a receiver for receiving information regarding the individual transmitted from a first computer or communication... Agent: Raymond A. Joao, Esq.

20080059250 - Apparatus and method for processing and/or for providing healthcare information and/or healthcare-related information: An apparatus for providing healthcare information, comprising a processor for processing a request to at least one of access, obtain, change, alter, and modify, information contained in a patient's at least one of healthcare record and healthcare file and for determining whether a requesting party is authorized to at least... Agent: Raymond A. Joao, Esq.

20080059247 - Computerized medical diagnostic and treatment advice system: A system and method for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over a telephone network. Two new authoring languages, interactive voice response and speech recognition are used to enable expert and general practitioner knowledge to be encoded for access... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080059242 - Health information management system and method: A health care management system and method. In one embodiment, a health care management system comprises a database capable of receiving data; a processor operably connected to the database, the processor having and executing a program and operational to receive patient data associated with a patient, said patient data obtained... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080059245 - Medical image management method, medical image management apparatus, and medical network system: An image server stores volume data including a plurality of tomographic images. A doctor sends transfer request of volume data through a client terminal to the image server when reading an image. Upon receiving the transfer request, a CPU of the image server refers to a doctor information DB based... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080059248 - Methods, program product, and systems for healthcare practice management: Methods, program product, and systems are provided for optimizing profits for healthcare practices and insurance networks. The methods, program product, and systems include modifying physician's cost management behavior to enhance profitability of healthcare practices and insurance networks by identifying physicians that are not profitable because of cost management behavior and... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080059240 - Pharmaceutical verification network: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for communicating pharmaceutical verification information between a server and a node using a network. A node includes a pharmaceutical identification and verification system. The verification information includes a known spectral signature of a known pharmaceutical and a corresponding known pharmaceutical... Agent: Kasha Law PLLC

20080059243 - System and method for displaying pediatric cardiology z-scores: A method for simultaneously displaying a procedure documentation form and pediatric cardiology z-scores for a patient is provided. Documentation data for the patient is received and a database including pediatric cardiology data for a computerized z-score graph appropriate for a patient is accessed. The pediatric cardiology data and documentation data... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20080059246 - Verification technique for patient diagnosis and treatment: Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template may be configured to establish verifiable matching engagement between the patient and various types of objects used to administer the health-related procedure.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080059253 - System and method for managing workplace real estate and other resources: Organizations can proactively manage and reserve shared resources, such as workspaces, equipment and services, as well as report on the utilization of those resources across departments and facilities using the system of the present invention. Workplace management tools as provided by the present invention can be used to manipulate resources... Agent: Williams Mullen

20080059254 - System and method for managing workplace real estate and other resources: Organizations can proactively manage and reserve shared resources, such as workspaces, equipment and services, as well as report on the utilization of those resources across departments and facilities using the system of the present invention. Workplace management tools as provided by the present invention can be used to manipulate resources... Agent: Williams Mullen

20080059262 - Analytically determining revenue of internet companies using internet metrics: With respect to a current quarter of unreported revenue for certain Internet companies, by processes performed by a computer revenue to date is analytically determined and future revenue for the remaining quarter is statistically projected by modeling revenue based on “Internet metrics”. Actual revenue performance is obtained and one or... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20080059263 - Livestock management systems and methods: This invention relates to systems and methods for managing livestock, such as cattle, from conception to consumption. More particularly, this invention relates to systems and methods in which users, such as producers, feedlot managers, packers, buyers, sellers, and consumers, are brought together through shared information and improved communication. Users may... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080059264 - Livestock management systems and methods: This invention relates to systems and methods for managing livestock, such as cattle, from conception to consumption. More particularly, this invention relates to systems and methods in which users, such as producers, feedlot managers, packers, buyers, sellers, and consumers, are brought together through shared information and improved communication. Users may... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080059260 - Method and apparatus for implementing a personal \"get out the vote drive\" software application: A method and apparatus for a software tool that interfaces with a Field Operations software tool and incorporates Voter Score, Voter Scorecard, Post-Election Voter History, Household Visualization, Voter Support Visualization, Household Mailing Labels, E-Mail Voter Footer, and Voter List of Friends and Family.... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20080059258 - Method and system for selecting search list table in internet search engine in response to search request: There are provided a keyword advertisement service method and a system including: a step of maintaining a search information database for storing at least one search listing in correspondence to a predetermined keyword; a step of receiving 5 information on predetermined bid participation cost in association with extracting the search... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080059261 - Method for capturing and using design intent in an integrated circuit fabrication process: A method for capturing and using design intent within an IC fabrication process. The design intent information is produced along with the design release by a design company. The design release and design intent information are coupled to an IC manufacturing facility where the design release is used for producing... Agent: Patent Counsel Applied Materials, Inc.

20080059271 - Automated workflow means and method for pension products: The present invention discloses methods of managing workflow. One aspect of the present invention includes receiving work at a first location, determining identifying information associated with the work, building a request based on a type of the work to be completed, at least partially completing the request, and submitting the... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080059274 - Automatic self-optimizing queue management system: A queue management system for e.g. supermarket checkouts uses counting devices located at checkouts and optimally entrances/exits in conjunction with P.O.S. information to produce a schedule of how many checkouts are needed to avoid queue length exceeding preset limits. The system includes a dynamic learning system which can optimise calculated... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080059270 - Dynamic resource availability process: A computational network system that permits service a group of technicians access to the manufacturer network to provide their work capacity and availability for a specific area. A customer contacts the manufacturer via the computational network system, requesting a service call. Service call request processing results in assigning a service... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080059273 - Strategic planning: Methods and systems for strategic planning of a first transportation organization such as an airline. A multi-player game model (502-530), such as a model simulating the strategy of the first organization and strategies of competitive organizations reacting to moves made by one another, can be used to derive demographics representing... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080059272 - System and method for authorizing service requests for fleet vehicles: Fleet vehicles are brought into a service provider to have various services performed. The service provider accesses an automated work authorization system and provides an identification of the service provider, the vehicle, the service to be performed and their associated costs. The system processes the request to determine if the... Agent: Min (amy) S. Xu Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080059278 - Offering uptime adjustments to a work schedule: A system, method, and computer readable medium for offering uptime adjustments to a work schedule for at least one currently unscheduled agent possessing at least one skill type, that comprises, accepting at least one forecasted manpower requirement of zero or more agents for an interval of time for a skill,... Agent: Michelle A. Zarinelli C/o West Corporation

20080059285 - Assessing a fee for an ad: Various techniques for improving the delivery of mobile ads to devices are disclosed herein. For example, ads are matched with parameters passed to an ad source and then delivered to a publisher to be included with downloaded content. Ads may be targeted to specific devices as specified by an advertiser.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080059286 - Computer-implemented system and method for measuring and reporting business intelligence based on comments collected from web page users using software associated with accessed web pages: According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for measuring and reporting business intelligence based on comments collected from web page users using software associated with accessed web pages includes: using a computer system, accessing a plurality of user comments collected from users of one or more web pages using feedback... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080059289 - Enhancing sales for service providers by utilizing an opportunistic approach based on an unexpected change in schedule of services (time, location): Sales associated with service providers is increased using an opportunistic approach based on an unexpected change in a schedule or services (time, location). Windows of opportunity (time, physical location) are automatically identified, and once such a window of opportunity is detected, the people affected directly from the change of a... Agent: Ip Authority, LLC Ramraj Soundararajan

20080059287 - Method and system for video and film recommendation: An artificial intelligence video analysis recommendation system and method is provided that allows video viewers to discover new videos and video producers to evaluate the potential success of a new project as well as to understand the perceptual factors beneath audience ratings. The system and method accomplish these tasks by... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20080059284 - Methods, systems and computer readable code for forecasting time series and for forecasting commodity consumption: Methods, systems and computer readable code for forecasting commodity consumption and for forecasting time series are provided. According to some embodiments, the forecasting includes deriving at least one population commodity consumption forecasting model from population historical consumption data, deriving an individual commodity consumption forecasting model for at least one individual... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080059288 - Systems and methods for accountable media planning: Systems and methods for facilitating web-based media planning are disclosed. Media campaigns are recommended based on querying a data library and using a targeting goal. A measure of success of the campaign is determined from responses to the campaign.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20080059291 - Work role yields management system and method: A system and method to diagnose, design, deploy, and manage a work role in the context of the complex modern relationship or affiliation existing between the organization and worker. In one exemplary embodiment, universally applicable organizing principles, process and software are combined to make a practical approach to the diagnostics,... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20080059299 - Delivering ads to mobile devices: Various techniques for improving the delivery of mobile ads to devices are disclosed herein. For example, ads are matched with parameters passed to an ad source and then delivered to a publisher to be included with downloaded content. Ads may be targeted to specific devices as specified by an advertiser.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080059298 - Dynamic keyword auctioning system, method and computer program product: A system, method and computer program product for dynamic auctioning of keyword search terms, in an exemplary embodiment, may include: a) receiving a search query; b) parsing the search query into one or more keywords; c) retrieving search listings, including at least one auto-bid search listing, for each keyword, where... Agent: Venable LLP

20080059313 - Hair care compositions, methods, and articles of commerce that can increase the appearance of thicker and fuller hair: Hair care compositions, methods, and articles of commerce that can increase the appearance of thicker and fuller hair. Such compositions can be applied to any areas where a thicker and fuller hair appearance is desired, such as the scalp or face. The present invention also relates to methods of marketing... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080059307 - Loyalty program parameter collaboration: Collaborative constituents collaborate to develop a loyalty program within a transaction processing system. Transmissions addressed to the collaborative constituents are formed and received from the collaborative constituents containing suggested parameters for the loyalty program. At least one remaining parameter for the loyalty program that a set of remaining collaborative constituents... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080059304 - Method of active advertising and promotion in an online environment: The present invention provides a method of active advertising and promotion within an online environment, the method including the steps of providing an online gaming environment and providing a quest within that environment, the quest being sponsored by an advertiser or other third party. In another aspect of the present... Agent: Robert Kimsey

20080059315 - Method of creating incentives for establishing hotspot locations: A process of creating incentives for wireless hotspots by a service provider is disclosed. An access point is provided to a wireless hotspot for wireless devices to wirelessly connect to a larger network in a publicly accessible location. Use of the access point for a portable device is authenticated by... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080059316 - Post-session internet advertising system: The present invention is directed to a post-session advertising system that may be used in media such as computers, personal digital assistants, telephones, televisions, radios, and similar devices. In one preferred embodiment, a first display is viewed in a first platform in the foreground of a media by a viewer.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080059301 - Scoring quality of traffic to network sites: A software and/or hardware facility for scoring the quality of traffic to a site accessible via the Internet or other network. The facility may evaluate traffic based on multiple agent actions in order to detect bogus agent actions. The agent actions may be generic agent actions that are applicable to... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080059311 - System and method for generating advertisements utilizing a database of stock imagery: A fully automated, computerized advertisement design system and method for creating and retrieving completed advertising pieces is provided. The system and method uses a database of images or stored art pieces and provides users with the ability to edit size, text, fonts, layout and color. The final art piece is... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20080059305 - System and method for rewards-based education: A system and method for rewarding educational accomplishment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing rewards to a user, such as a child, for achievement of one or more goals within an educational activity. The rewards are preferably credit in a form that is widely accepted by merchants... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080059309 - Targeted product sample delivery method: A product sample delivery method to targeted consumers to expose a consumer to a product sample exposure media and allow the consumer to request a sample of a product by using address and message information found on the sample exposure media to send a wireless message via a portable communication... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080059300 - Targeting an ad to a mobile device: Various techniques for improving the delivery of mobile ads to devices are disclosed herein. For example, ads are matched with parameters passed to an ad source and then delivered to a publisher to be included with downloaded content. Ads may be targeted to specific devices is specified by an advertiser.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080059317 - Online credit card prescreen systems and methods: In one embodiment, prescreened credit card offers, which are associated with credit cards that a particular borrower would be accepted upon application with the respective issuer, are provided to a borrower via a prescreen provider website and/or a referrer website. In one embodiment, a referrer provides borrower information to a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080059319 - Method and apparatus for controlling the performance of a supplementary process at a point of sale terminal: According to some embodiments of the present invention, methods and apparatus are described for performing a supplementary process. In one embodiment, a method is provided for receiving an override signal. If the override signal indicates performance of a supplementary process, the method further provides for determining an upsell in dependence... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080059318 - Systems and methods to provide a product to a customer before a final transaction term value is established: A method for selling a product which allows a customer to comparison search for, and obtain as a part of a purchase transaction, the competitive terms for a product following product acquisition. The method includes conveying the product to the customer prior to at least one transaction term of the... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080059330 - Livestock management systems and methods: This invention relates to systems and methods for managing livestock, such as cattle, from conception to consumption. More particularly, this invention relates to systems and methods in which users, such as producers, feedlot managers, packers, buyers, sellers, and consumers, are brought together through shared information and improved communication. Users may... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080059329 - Systems and methods wherein a transfer code facilitates a transaction between a seller and a buyer: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate a transaction between a seller interested in selling an item and a buyer interested in making a purchase. According to one embodiment, a transfer code is transmitted to the buyer. The transfer code is then received from the seller as an indication that... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080059335 - Content enhancement for analyzing data in a database: An electronic commerce system includes a content enhancement module that analyzes the product data stored in a seller database using one or more rules and that identifies one or more potential errors in the product data according to the rules. The rules include one or more generic rules that apply... Agent: I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

20080059333 - Generating an optimized supplier allocation plan: Generating an optimized supplier allocation plan includes identifying parts and suppliers associated with an allocation problem, where each supplier can supply at least one part. One or more objective functions are selected. Each objective function has part variables, and each part variable represents a quantity of a part to be... Agent: I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

20080059337 - Method and apparatus for product display: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a request to display at least one product. A substitute product for the at least one product is selected from a plurality of substitute products. The selection may be based on, for example, expected revenue from display of the selected substitute product, expected... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080059334 - Method and system for receiving and handling orders for commodities: An order-reception system has: an order-reception subsystem which receives, from a customer, customer order information including order-reception information and/or support request information and customer information; a business management subsystem having a customer-information database storing the customer information including information regarding a price of a commodity purchased frequently by the customer,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080059332 - Systems and methods for reviewing gift information: A method of creating an aggregated Internet accessible registry includes the :step of accepting a query from a registrant. The query contains an identifier and a search criteria, the identifier identifying one of a multitude of registry databases. Registries matching the search criteria in the selected registry database are retrieved.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/361

20080059336 - Virtual e-mall at a virtual network: A virtual network resource infrastructure for hosting and managing a plurality of e-malls and each e-mall uses the virtual network resource infrastructure for offering e-commerce solution and the hosting of: e-shops, e-distributors and web sites. Also, on-line foreign language interface translation and interface exchange. Further having satellite e-malls with e-services... Agent: John Almeida

20080059342 - Method and system for assessing, scoring, grouping and presenting nutritional value information of food products: A method and system for presenting nutritional information about food products. The method involves gathering nutritional data about food products, analyzing that data to determine a nutritional value, scoring the product, and applying a designation reflecting the nutritional score. The nutritional value score designation is then displayed at the point... Agent: Chris A. Caseiro

20080059341 - Portable intelligent shopping device: A method for selling items by a vendor in a shopping venue includes steps of: receiving a first signal from a mobile information processing device, the signal including a list of items of interest; and transmitting a second to the mobile information processing device, the second signal indicating that at... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.A.

20080059343 - Intelligent multimedia e-catalog: An intelligent product catalog system provides for electronic creation, management and viewing of product information using a multimedia display system. A central database repository stores the product information and provides for an unlimited number of product attributes and dynamic reconfiguration of the product information. The central database repository comprises a... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080059346 - Enhancement of network accounting records: A system and method are provided for processing network accounting information. A first network accounting record is received from a first source. Thereafter, the first network accounting record is correlated with accounting information available from a second source. The accounting information with which the first network accounting record is correlated... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20080059347 - Systems and methods for interfacing location-base devices: Systems and methods for electronically processing accounts receivable (AR) check transactions via a location-base device associated with a merchant. The location-base device, such as a point-of-sale (POS) device, can be configured to perform various functions that facilitate processing of AR checks. Such functions may include improved user interface, an ability... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080059351 - Method and system for facilitating electronic dispute resolution: A system for facilitating payment transaction disputes is provided. According to one aspect of the system, a user, such as an issuer, is allowed to use the system to resolve a disputed transaction. Based on information provided by a cardholder, the issuer is able to use the system to retrieve... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080059350 - Method and system for identifying and processing currency conversion in a financial transaction: A method and a system for processing cross-border transactions in a multiple party payment card processing network is disclosed. A party evaluates an inbound transaction message received from a downstream party to determine if the corresponding payment transaction is a cross-border transaction and if it requires currency conversion processing. Based... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080059353 - System and method for retrieving and analyzing information on securities and trading securities: A system and method for retrieving and analyzing information on investment securities from various exchanges, organizing that information, analyzing the information and making investment decisions based on this analysis is provided. The system provides for collection of short sale time and sales data from multiple, dissimilar and disparate sources having... Agent: Thomas C. Ronk

20080059352 - Systems and methods of ranking a plurality of credit card offers: Prescreened credit card offers, such as offers for credit cards that a particular potential borrower is likely to be granted upon completion of a full application, are ranked based on expected values of respective prescreened offers. The expected value of a prescreened credit card offer may represent an expected monetary... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080059354 - Business development company for (healthcare) technology investment: A business development corporation (BDC) is formed according to novel selection methods which organize investment according to investor definitions of technology application. For example, healthcare companies can be organized according to their involvement with particular therapeutic and diagnostic areas.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080059355 - Graphical user interface for financial activity concerning tropical weather events: A graphical user interface for a financial activity network that includes a central managing system connected to a plurality of participant terminals. Rules governing operation of the financial activity are stored for future reference. A participant provides investment information such as a map location for the predicted strike by the... Agent: Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.

20080059359 - Computer method and system for intermediated exchanges: In a preferred embodiment, this invention includes software processes distributed on one or more computer systems that exchange messages in order to facilitate an intermediated exchange of financial commodities between a plurality of participants. The messages are exchanged according to a preferred protocol that leads to a satisfactory exchange that... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080059360 - Selectable market transaction over a network: A trading network (102) composed of client devices (108, 110) and at least one clearinghouse device (104) associated with at least one exchange (106) and enables a transaction that is started on a first market type, such as a credit type market exchange to be concluded on a second market... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080059361 - System and method for real-time bidding for internet advertising space: A method implemented in a computer system for determining an advertisement in response to an advertising opportunity, wherein the advertising opportunity is an opportunity to place the advertisement on a web page subsequent to a request for the web page by a browser. The computer system receives an indication of... Agent: Beh Investments LLC

20080059362 - System and method for real-time bidding for internet advertising space: A method implemented in a computer system for determining an advertisement in response to an advertising opportunity, wherein the advertising opportunity is an opportunity to place the advertisement on a web page subsequent to a request for the web page by a browser. The computer system receives an indication of... Agent: Beh Investments LLC

20080059369 - Credit card with reduced points of contact: A non-rectangular or asymmetrically shaped credit card or phone card with an associated case or holder. The card has a configuration that complements the configuration of the case so that the card is easily removed from the holder for access, yet is maintained inside the case in a covered position... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080059368 - Direct passthrough system for financial contributions: A system for direct donation utilizes an Internet-connected server accessible by potential donors using an Internet browser and a data store accessible to the server and storing information about potential recipients pre-qualified for donations. A software suite executing on the server has at least a first facility enabling a potential... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080059366 - Method and system for secure transactions: As an alternative to paper check processing, the methods and systems now introduced include processing transactions from bank account to bank account while providing the parties involved with greater privacy and protections against identity theft, check fraud, and other types of potential fraud. Each party is provided with a unique... Agent: Charles A. Rattner

20080059367 - Method and system for transferring money in business-to-business internet transactions: A method for enabling two businesses to complete a transaction that includes payment from one business (the buyer) to another business (the seller). A payment enabler operates the money transfer service over a computer network of nodes, such as the Internet. Typically, the buyer and the seller use the money... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080059371 - Rule based system and method for charging student accounts: A system for charging one ore learning session to one or more student accounts comprises an online learning system having one or more nodes that creates one or more online learning sessions. An enrollment node receives student enrollment information, including responsible authority information. A scheduling node schedules the online learning... Agent: Venable LLP

20080059373 - Debit purchasing of stored value card for use by and/or delivery to others: A method of issuing a purchase card is provided. The method includes the steps of presenting a purchaser with the opportunity to buy the purchase card, determining whether the purchaser has sufficient funds to pay for the purchase card, creating a purchase card account for a recipient designated by the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080059372 - Method, apparatus and system for providing financial service by using mobile station in packet data system: Disclosed is a method, apparatus and system for providing a financial service through a mobile station in a mobile communication network. The system includes the mobile station for reading a barcode, transmitting user authentication data and the barcode, receiving passbook data, and storing and managing the passbook data; the mobile... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080059374 - Wallet consolidator and related methods of processing a transaction using a wallet consolidator: A wallet consolidator to process a transaction and related methods, are provided. An embodiment of a wallet consolidator can include a controller to control operation of the wallet consolidator, and an input device connected to the controller and positioned to receive a copy of information. The input device, for example,... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080059376 - System and method for remote deposit system: Described is a method and system for a remote deposit system. The method comprises receiving facsimile data corresponding to facsimile of a plurality of checks, constructing digitized images of the checks as a function of the facsimile data, gathering check data from each of the digitized images, and processing the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080059377 - Method for managing copy protection information of recording medium: A method for managing copy protection information of a recording medium is disclosed. Copy protection information for decrypting A/V data encrypted and recorded in a data area of an optical disc is recorded in a key locker of the disc. Information of makers that have manufactured optical disc drives, drive... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080059379 - Method and apparatus for biometrically secured encrypted data storage and retrieval: An electronic wallet which is biometrically secured stores credit card and other information. A biometric sensor prevents the electronic wallet from being used by the user who does not have permission to use the wallet. A rewriteable card is inserted into a slot of the wallet in order to have... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080059380 - Method and apparatus for secure purchase and banking transactions: A system and method for processing a purchase transaction or banking transaction whereby a customer at a point of sale (POS) or automatic teller machine (ATM) can use a securely configured program to sign a purchase order issued by a sales assistant or a withdrawal form issued by an ATM.... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080059383 - Comprehensive healthcare waste assessment system: A computer implemented method, apparatus and program product analyzes medical waste processes by determining waste cost information for a number of waste streams. The waste cost pricing information is organized, formatted, associated or otherwise processed for presentation in a manner that facilitates waste cost analysis.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080059384 - Digital online exchange for pricing items to exhaust inventory by an expiration time: A dynamic pricing system for pricing items for sale by a seller which items are available in a limited quantity comprises a pricing server and various types of data stored in memory. The pricing server includes memory, a processor and a clock. One type of data stored in memory is... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080059385 - High-throughput envelope stuffer line incorporating a postage meter: A facility made up of a high-throughput envelope stuffer line for stuffing envelopes, at the end of which line an inkjet postage meter is disposed that is designed to co-operate with said high-throughput envelope stuffer line, the inkjet postage meter being provided with a visual signaling device comprising, fixed to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080059386 - System and method for contact device dynamic downloads: Modeled contact results for contact attempts to plural accounts using plural contact treatments are applied to optimize the contact treatments used to contact the accounts. Plural objective functions solved by a goals programming formulation include the number of accounts to manage through a predetermined contact treatment, such as telephone communication... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080059387 - System and method for determining outsourcing suitability of a buisness process in an enterprise: A system and method for determining outsourcing suitability of at least one business process in an enterprise. The method comprising screening at least one business process in the enterprise to obtain a first set of business processes, wherein the first set of business processes can potentially be outsourced. The method... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC