Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination inventions 04/08

20080097772 - Automatic disposition of referrals in an online marketplace: A computer-implemented method and system is operable to: receive a referral, the referral including referral information identifying a referred party, obtain referred party information related to the referred party, and use the referral information and the referred party information to automatically produce a disposition for the referral.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080097775 - Drm content player and play method for portable terminal: A Digital Rights Management (DRM) content player and play method for a portable terminal are disclosed. The DRM content player includes a first memory unit for storing a license stating usage rights upon an associated DRM content, and a content list of DRM contents, a second memory unit for storing... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080097770 - Ink cartridge vending machine: A vending machine capable of refilling used ink cartridges as well as dispensing filled ink cartridges is closed. The vending machine includes at least one cartridge receptacle for receiving an ink cartridge, a user interface, a display unit, a nozzle health check module, a printhead servicing module, an ink reservoir,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080097776 - Succession success probability assessment system and associated methods: A system and method for delivering an assessment to individuals currently having an involvement in and those potentially acquiring an involvement in the management of an established business are provided. The system and method include an assessment of a plurality of factors that have been shown to influence the success... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080097771 - System and method for creating distributed applications utilizing portable devices and physical location of the portable device: A system and method for creating and deploying distributed applications. A template defines a business process by means of validation, input, permission and workflow rules. The specific business process is performed by first creating a document that is a particular instantiation of the template. The document embeds all of the... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20080097769 - Systems and methods for providing customer feedback: Methods and systems of customer feedback include collecting customer feedback while the customer is physically located in a retail environment, transmitting the customer feedback through a wireless communication facility to a data processing facility, wherein the data processing facility automatically compares the customer feedback to at least one threshold value... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097768 - Visualization of future value predictions and supporting factors for real estate by block: Methods and systems for block level visual presentation of real estate forecasts and related statistical confidence indicators and supporting factors. The visual presentations build upon a data set comprising block level future value predictions, statistical confidence indicators and supporting factors. A map of a user selected geographical area is visually... Agent: Hahn And Moodley LLP

20080097784 - Appropriateness of a medication therapy regimen: A method of determining the appropriateness of a medication therapy regimen detects and reduces gaps occurring between established standards of treatment and treatment provided to a person through a medication therapy regimen. Methods of determining the appropriateness of a medication or medication therapy regimen and intervention thereof are provided herein.... Agent: Francis C. Kowalik Walgreen Co. Law Department

20080097786 - Digital data security in healthcare enterprise: Method and system for providing services in healthcare enterprises for authentication and forensic analysis of medical and dental records of patients comprising text, image, video and speech stored and communicated in digital form are disclosed. The digital images may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional comprising, for example, photographs, x-rays, CT-scans, other... Agent: Memory Medical Systems

20080097787 - Multi-dose pharmacy label: A pharmacy label includes a patient section, a first drug section, and a second drug section. The patient section has patient-specific information printed thereon, and the first and second drug sections have first and second drug-specific information printed thereon, respectively. The patient section further contains a prescription number printed thereon.... Agent: Francis Kowalik/walgreen Co. Law Dept. M.s. 1425

20080097789 - Quality management of patient data for health care providers: A system and a method of identifying a need to modify data entries in a database containing healthcare admissions data. An exemplary data quality management system is useful for managing healthcare admissions data. According to an embodiment the system can include a first computer system comprising at least one server... Agent: Ferdinand M. Romano, Esquire Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080097785 - System and method to quantify patients clinical trends and monitoring their status progression: A system for facilitating identification of correlations over time between patient monitoring signal histories to facilitate the making and revising of healthcare decisions includes patient monitoring equipment (144), a memory (146), a computing device (148), and a display device (152). A method for facilitating identification of correlations over time between... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080097795 - Database system, program, and information processing method: A disease-symptom-combination DB storing information obtained by combining each of disease name elements indicative of diseases with one or more symptom elements each indicative of a symptom, and a disease-care-combination DB storing information obtained by combining each of the disease name elements with a plurality of care elements each indicative... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080097791 - System and method for coupling patient data with executable guideline decision support system: A system and method are provided for exchanging data between a local information storage system (26) storing first data elements associated with respective data, and an executable guideline decision support system (12) executable on at least one processor for storing a plurality of executable guidelines and executing the guidelines, including... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080097796 - System and method for salvage calculation, fraud prevention and insurance adjustment: Disclosed is a novel system and method that provides real time information to an insurance adjuster. The system obtains information related to an insured item which has an outstanding claim. Information includes the cost to repair a specific item, the salvage value of the item, and the cost to replace... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20080097798 - Method and system for creating and processing rental vehicle reservations using vouchers: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for creating and managing rental vehicle reservations. According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed for creating and managing a rental vehicle reservation, the system comprising: (a) a user computer, and (b) a reservation computer system that is in communication with the user computer... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080097799 - Method for processing data requests: A method and system of processing reservation data comprises establishing network communications between at least one user device and a check-in server, collecting information, at the check-in server, from one user device regarding at least one passenger's reservation information, establishing network communications between one or more information sources and the... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20080097806 - Social online memory systems: A system is described including the steps of receiving a set of a digital-medium from an organization; dividing the set into a free portion and a paid portion; distributing to a person, associated with the organization, the set; allowing performing of the free portion; collecting a payment from the person;... Agent: Law Office Of Andrew P. Lahser, PLC

20080097800 - System and method for marketing and developing a custom substation: A computer implemented method of marketing an electricity distribution and transmission substation to a customer by a substation vendor. The method includes collecting functional information relating to intended use and location of the substation. The method also includes identifying at least one substation configuration from a database of plural substation... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP (abbi)

20080097805 - Transaction processing method: The transaction processing method is a computer-implemented method capable of logging events related to a consumer at a point of transaction. The event logging is performed at a transaction processing center. The transaction processing center can log such events as: receipts generated by a plurality of merchants doing business with... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080097812 - Method and load input device for optimizing log truck productivity: A method of optimizing log truck productivity utilizing technology allowing the entry of log truck orders from the field. The present invention generally seeks to improve productivity by (1) minimizing the distances log trucks drive with empty loads and (2) improving coordination between groups of log truck drivers and groups... Agent: John Wiley Horton, Attorney Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20080097810 - System and method of managing workflow for express creation and initialization of merchant accounts: A credit card processing system uses an express processing module to create and initialize merchant accounts. The credit card processing system includes a merchant, bank, and credit card association which are connected by electronic communication links. The express processing module uses a plurality of data entry screens to compile and... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080097811 - Systems and methods for reducing poverty: Systems and methods for generating and monitoring a plan to reduce poverty include identifying market opportunities exploitable by one or more smallholders; generating an intervention plan to assist the smallholders; establishing a supply chain to deliver supplies to the smallholders and establishing a linkage with an output market; and monitoring... Agent: Tran & Associates

20080097815 - Methods for employing temporary time zones and predictive locations and systems thereof: A method, system, and computer readable medium for enabling a user within an application to select a time zone for a temporary period of time include selecting a temporary time zone having a start time and an end time, and changing a time of events that fall within the temporary... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080097814 - Salon point of sale: A solon point of sale user interface, comprising a display operable to display point of sale information, such as hair salon information, for at least one of: a product and a service an augmentable visual presentation of client information. The visual representation augments at least one of: a client's hair... Agent: James Koustoumbardis

20080097820 - Automated clustering of records, biased by supervised classification processing: An unsupervised classification approach is improved by imposing some order into the treatment of the records and their attributes, which otherwise would be treated as random variables. A method is provided to identify particular attributes that are most associated with the “good” records within each of the plurality of groups... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/yahoo

20080097828 - Method of delivering an advertisement via related computer systems: A method of delivering an advertisement related to hyperlink printed on a substrate, said method comprising the steps of: determining, in a first computer system, a context of said hyperlink; sending the context to a second computer system; and receiving, in a third computer system, one or more advertisements that... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080097829 - Multivariate testing optimization method: An advertisement optimization approach is presented, which utilizes multivariate testing to correlate characteristics of an advertisement to favorable responses received from an environment to which the advertisement was provided. As one example, a text based webpage advertisement may be tested to optimize a variety of different characteristics of the advertisement... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080097821 - Recommendations utilizing meta-data based pair-wise lift predictions: The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for facilitating generation of item recommendations based at least in part upon pair-wise lift. Pair-wise lift is a measure of correlation between a pair of items and is generally calculated based upon past usage data. If usage data is insufficient or unavailable,... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080097836 - Advertisement presentment in an electronic device: A method including receiving at least one advertisement in a device and presenting a first information of at least one advertisement in response to the device being activated from an idle state.... Agent: Perman & Green

20080097842 - Automated merchandising network system: An automated network merchandising system provides a platform for delivering relevant retail offers to interested consumers online. A backend content pipeline analyzes and processes delivered catalog content into a merchandisable universe of products (MUP). On a user-facing end, corner stores—ad units appearing on pages of publishers' web sites—display offers from... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080097840 - Mail advertising addressing system: A method of manufacturing an advertising device comprising manufacturing an advertising device describing at least one attribute of at least one product or service is disclosed. A facility address is retrieved from a database of establishment locations the address of one or more facilities offering the product or service. In... Agent: Anthony H. Handal Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20080097841 - Mail advertising addressing system: A method of manufacturing an information bearing device comprising manufacturing an information bearing device describing at least one attribute of at least one product or service is disclosed. A facility address is retrieved from a database of establishment locations of the addresses of one or more facilities offering the product... Agent: Anthony H. Handal Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20080097837 - Method and system for printing information related to internet advertisements: A method and system for placing an excitable icon in or next to a screen Internet advertisement offering users the ability to print information related to the advertised product or service, which could consist of, but is not limited to, a marketing brochure or coupon. The method and system performs... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080097854 - Method for creating and analyzing advertisements: A method for analyzing advertisements and advertising campaigns. Important images are selected from one or more advertisements and then ranked. The most important images are then assigned to a category which preferably corresponds to a memory type, such as knowledge, emotion, or action. The relative numbers of images in each... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20080097839 - Method of motivating exposure to advertisements: A provider prepares at least one quest including a plurality of tasks; offers, preferably for sale, advertising access in association with the tasks; and presents the quest(s) (20) to participants, with respective advertisements being presented in association with the tasks (24,26). The provider also provides incentives such as prizes for... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080097843 - Method of network merchandising incorporating contextual and personalized advertising: A method of network merchandising incorporates contextual and personalized advertising with human input to deliver relevant retail offers to interested online consumers efficiently and intelligently. Catalog content from retailers is downloaded, semantically analyzed and merged. The merged content is filtered using machine- and human-generated specifications to produce a merchandisable universe... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080097835 - Rating-based sorting and displaying of reviews: A computer system receives customer reviews for a subject, for example, a product, service, or market participant. Each review includes a rating of the subject and a comment about the subject. The rating may be favorable, unfavorable, or intermediate. The system sorts the reviews in a default order, for example,... Agent: Anatoly S. Weiser

20080097838 - Revenue-based advertising auction: Implementations of a revenue-based advertising auction are described. Bidders submit advertisements to be assigned to ad slots such that each advertisement has an associated bid vector that indicates a value known to the auctioneer that the bidder is offering to pay for placement of the advertisement in each of the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080097853 - System and method for supplying integrated mileage service: Provided are a system and method for supplying an integrated mileage service. The system includes: a member store point of sale (POS) terminal for receiving mileage accumulation or spending request data including a card number of an integrated mileage card into which a plurality of membership cards are integrated, a... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080097849 - Systems and methods for using personas: The present invention provides systems and methods for increasing 3rd party advertising on an interactive site, by assigning characteristics to portions of a website, and using those characteristics to personalize presentation of the website by according to personas of visitors. Persona characteristics can represent any distinguishing feature of interest, including... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080097845 - Systems and methods to provide voice connections via local telephone numbers: Methods and apparatuses to dynamically allocate location dependent telephone numbers to facilitate voice connections between people. One embodiment includes: responsive to a request from a user, selecting a telephone number from a plurality of telephone numbers of a connection server to match a location indicator of the request; embedding the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080097866 - Guarantying payment for transactions: Techniques for guaranteeing payment to a seller of a commodity purchased by a buyer are described. A selection of a sales proposal for purchasing the commodity from the seller is received. The sales proposal specifies the conditions under which the commodity will be delivered to the buyer. The seller is... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080097865 - Method to manage an automatic and interactive e-commerce site: Method to operate an Internet e-commerce site for the sale of complex systems. Price and delivery time are automatically calculated as soon as the buyer makes every single choice between options that are automatically enabled by the system based on previous choices. A printable quote is automatically generated and can... Agent: Paolo Forlani

20080097867 - System and method of collaborative filtering based on attribute profiling: A system and/or a method of collaborative filtering based on attribute profiling is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a product profile of a content-based product through applying any number of value data assigned by a user to a set of attributes embodying possible reasons as to why... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080097864 - Systems and methods for an intelligent toolbar that provides contextual bidding opportunities: Online bidding opportunities on goods and/or services are targeted to an individual user based, in part, on the user's navigation history. User navigation (e.g., Web browsing, search requests, etc.) may be tracked, recorded and maintained. User navigation information may be used to determine content-relevant and personalized bidding opportunities for goods... Agent: Parag Patel

20080097863 - Systems and methods for receiving and sponsoring media content: A method and system of sponsoring a media item is disclosed herein. A media item is received from a submitter. The media item is published for consumer access. Requests for the media item are received from media consumers. A number of consumer requests for the media item is counted. A... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080097876 - Programmable expiration date verification system: A programmable expiration date verification system is disclosed. According to one aspect, a programmable expiration date verification system including a programmable expiration date module is provided. The programmable expiration date module includes a memory device operable to store an expiration date and a communication port operable to receive a communication... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20080097878 - System and method for automatic payment of estimated tax due: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a method and system for accepting financial information from a customer for generating an estimated tax due to the taxing authority and a date by which the estimated tax is due, and periodically impounding an amount of money from an account held by... Agent: Sabety+associates

20080097879 - System and method of interfacing web services to express creation and initialization of merchant accounts: A credit card processing system uses an express processing module to create and initialize merchant accounts. The credit card processing system includes a merchant, bank, and credit card association which are connected by electronic communication links. The express processing module uses a plurality of data entry screens to compile and... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080097881 - Wealth management education system and method: A wealth management education system and method thereof includes a storage unit, an input unit, an event selection unit and an ROI computation unit. The storage unit containing historical data of multiple capital markets, correlation matrices among those market, and multiple economic events. A user uses the input unit to... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai & Associates, P.C.

20080097931 - Computer assisted process for providing liquidity to an enterprise by utilizing intellectual property assets: A computer program storing computer instructions therein for instructing a computer to perform analytical steps for the aggregation and securitization of intellectual property assets, the securitization initiated by an analytical entity and managed by a management company, the program comprising: a recording medium readable by the computer; and the computer... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

20080097894 - Real-time live and remote integrated auction method: The present invention relates to an auction method with mixed live and remote participation that seeks to avoid unfavorable conditions for both live bidders at the auction site and remote bidders who access the auction by computerized means. Particularly, the present invention relates to auctions in which some of the... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080097886 - Reference price framework: A method of computer-assisted price modeling is provided, which uses a reference price to assist in evaluating discretionary pricing of transactional services provided (i) by a professional among his own transactions or (ii) by a target professional among others' transactions. A universe of pricing episode data is segmented into groupings... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080097889 - System and method for calculating optimal rates in a multi-source price engine in over the counter markets: A system and method calculate an optimal rates in a multi-source price engine in over the counter (OTC) markets. The system and method integrate rates from multiple liquidity sources to generate an output rate that can be transacted upon. Specifically, the system and method calculate a best bid/offer rate from... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080097887 - System and method for prioritized data delivery in an electronic trading environment: A system and method for prioritized data delivery in an electronic trading environment are described herein. According to one example embodiment, by prioritizing the messages associated with a tradeable object, the bandwidth and system resource usage may be optimally reduced, and any loss of priority content in the messages sent... Agent: Mbhb/trading Technologies

20080097890 - System and method for providing price validation for market makers in over the counter markets: A system and method provide price validation for market makers in over the counter (OTC) markets. Specifically, the system compares a new or existing price provided by a market maker with a base rate. If the unilateral difference is less than or equal to a configurable tolerance, the price may... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080097892 - Trading system and method: The present invention provides an on-line trading system and method for ordering and executing trades in financial markets, such as foreign exchange markets. The system and method permit account holders to automatically trade in one or more markets based on recommendations provided by signal providers, without the need for the... Agent: Latimer, Mayberry & MatthewsIPLaw, LLP

20080097891 - Virtual stock market service based on search index: The present application provides a method and system which provide a virtual stock exchange service. In one particular implementation, the system includes a resource locator database, a resource locator search server, a listed resource domain database, a user database, and a virtual stock trading management server. The resource locator database... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080097897 - System and method of express creation and initialization of merchant accounts: A credit card processing system uses an express processing module to create and initialize merchant accounts. The credit card processing system includes a merchant, bank, and credit card association which are connected by electronic communication links. The express processing module uses a plurality of data entry screens to compile and... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080097900 - Method, system and apparatus for increasing the deposit-based assets of banking institutions subject to fractional-reserve banking: A system, method and apparatus for increasing the asset base of a banking institution having a first and second account captive therein for fractional-reserve banking, having a portable device for encrypted containment of currency amounts linked to the first account at the banking institution and enabled to perform commercial transactions... Agent: Mitchell A. Stein, Esq. Stein Law, P.C.

20080097903 - Methods and systems for substantiation of healthcare expenses: Methods and systems are disclosed for processing a request to fund a purchase from a provider with a medical expense account. The request identifies expenses incurred with the purchase is received at a substantiation system and used to identify the provider. A determination is made whether the provider is included... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080097907 - Methods of operating a self-service check depositing terminal to deposit a plurality of checks in a single deposit transaction: A method is provided of operating a self-service check depositing terminal having a single-check acceptor. The method comprises receiving a request from a depositor to conduct a check deposit transaction to deposit a plurality of checks, after receiving the request, obtaining an authorization to allow the depositor to conduct the... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20080097915 - Method and system for dynamic, real-time addition of advertisement to downloaded static content: A method and system for dynamic, real-time addition of advertisements to downloaded static content. The method comprises seamlessly combining a downloaded original content file with personalized information on a user device, and allowing the user either to use the combined original content and personalized information without possibility of personalized information... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080097919 - Method for providing protected audio/video content: A method for providing protected content, wherein content usage rights information and/or usage state information is embedded into obtained primary data that serves as a basis for a content item to be provided thereby providing the primary data with the embedded content usage rights information and/or usage state information as... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080097920 - On-line website at which original artistic works are published, reviewed for content, sampled and purchased: A website is disclosed for enabling an artist to publish a plurality of his original works as (e.g., audio, video, and the like) digital files at a channel that is personal to the artist. Provided that the content of the artist's work is acceptable for publication as determined by a... Agent: Law Offices Of Morland C Fischer

20080097921 - Digital distribution management system and contents distribution management method using the same: A digital distribution management system and a contents distribution management method using the same are provided. The system is formed of a contents-user, a broker, a contents-owner, and a contents distributor. The broker receives a contents use fee from the contents-user, transmits a contract document for contents use to the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080097922 - System and method for adjusting the behavior of an application based on the drm status of the application: A system and method by which an application is capable of accessing its own DRM information stored in a content-agnostic DRM system. By being able to access its own DRM information, the application is able to improve the overall user experience by, among other things, making DRM-related information available to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080097923 - Method and apparatus for providing digital rights management content and license, and method and apparatus for using digital rights management content: A method and apparatus for providing digital rights management (DRM) content and a license, and a method and apparatus for using DRM content are provided. The method of providing DRM content and a license includes selecting usage conditions for content; transforming the usage conditions into a secure database (DB); and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080097927 - Method and system for allowing a user to make a plurality of offers to a plurality of advertisers: An electronic trading system (100) for allowing a user (101) to make a plurality of offers (102) to a plurality of advertisers (103, 104), each offer being for an advertised item (105, 106). The system (100) includes a memory device for storing information related to the offers (102). A processor,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080097926 - Method and system for campaign management: Campaign-production management is performed for a plurality of campaigns on at least a primary server or a secondary server. The plurality of campaigns is processed on the primary server. The contents of the plurality of campaigns are synchronized between the primary server and the secondary server. On failure of the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080097928 - Method and system of publishing campaign data: One embodiment of the invention provides a method of publishing campaign metadata from a database to a plurality of channel systems, the method includes: querying the database to select campaign metadata ready for publishing to a target channel system; selecting the target channel system from a plurality of channel systems... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080097777 - Electronic document execution: An electronic document execution system is provided. In one implementation, a method of executing a transaction includes creating a transaction document object populated with transaction document data and incorporating a signature image capture component; capturing a signature image via the signature image capture component of a party to the transaction... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20080097781 - Employment sourcing system: An automated system and method for storing information from employment seeking candidates, evaluating each candidate's job-related qualifications based on criteria set by the employer, quickly eliminating unqualified candidates, and tracking the source that referred the candidate.... Agent: Roger Pitt Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080097767 - Method and system for providing real estate information using a computer network, such as the internet: The present invention provides methods and systems for providing real-estate information using a computer network, such as the Internet. A buyer information web page showing relevant buyer list information in an easy-to-read, summary format is created and displayed to a real estate agent. Buyer information provided includes summaries of various... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080097782 - Multi-utility energy control and facility automation system with dashboard having a plurality of interface gateways: A multi-utility energy and facility automation control system has control center computer(s) connected to various utility consuming systems and software that formats pertinent systems' energy data, stores, retrieves, diagnoses and acts in response to changes and includes a multi-utility master meter device and a plurality of sensors for utilities and... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080097773 - Non-disclosure bond for deterring unauthorized disclosure and other misuse of intellectual property: The invention in some embodiments comprises a non-disclosure bond that deters a receiving party from disclosing confidential information and/or compensates a disclosing party in the event the receiving party discloses the confidential information.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080097783 - System and method for preference-based account enrollment: The present invention relates to an on-line, interactive, and fully integrated feature-based account enrollment management program that monitors, evaluates, acquires, activates, and manages accounts and executes functions to acquire, activate, and make available account structures for users by discovering, applying, managing, and automating appropriate acquisition and administration actions.... Agent: Gregory Fx Iannacci

20080097780 - Systems, methods and computer program products for automatically sending a status change message as a result of repair services that are performed on a network: A network administration system includes an Internet-based repair (eRepair) subsystem that is configured to accept customer trouble reports related to a network and to provide customer trouble report status information to customers. The administration system also includes a Work Force and Administration-Control (WFA/C) subsystem that is configured to manage repair... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080097774 - Using a software application to configure a foam spring mattress: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097778 - Using a software application to configure a foam spring mattress: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097779 - Using a software application to configure a foam spring mattress: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097788 - 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

20080097790 - Methods for collecting fees for healthcare management group: Methods are provided for collecting fees for managing and optimizing the profitability of a plurality of physicians in a healthcare practice participating in an insurance network. The methods can include establishing a relationship between a healthcare consultation group and the healthcare practice participating in the insurance network to increase the... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080097794 - System and method for building and manipulating a centralized measurement value database: A system and method for building and/or manipulating a centralized medical image quantitative information database aid in diagnosing diseases, identifying prevalence of diseases, and analyzing market penetration data and efficacy of different drugs. In one embodiment, the diseases are bone-related, such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Subjects' medical images, personal and... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080097793 - Systems and methods for remote patient monitoring and user interface: A method according to one aspect of the present invention includes receiving patient information, analyzing the patient information to identify a condition for the patient, and formatting a report based on the patient information and the patient condition. Embodiments of the present invention may be used to monitor any appropriate... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097792 - Treatment decision support system and user interface: A system provides clinicians with realtime medication suggestions. A treatment decision support system comprises at least one repository including information associating candidate treatment items, treatment costs, treatment supply availability, patient specific medical information and corresponding related treatment parameters. An individual treatment item is associated with multiple related treatment parameters. A... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080097797 - Retirement compensation agreement financing system and method: A retirement compensation arrangement (RCA) leveraged loan portfolio is created and debt instruments secured by the RCA leveraged loan portfolio are sold in a public or private offering. The fixed rate or floating rate debt instruments secured by the RCA leveraged loan portfolio provide investment access to high quality insurance... Agent: Jonathan S. Caplan, Esq. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20080097808 - Device and method for efficient delivery of redundant national television signals: A method and apparatus of broadcasting is provided that has a geographic identifier memory, an overlay memory storing an overlay, a receiver circuit for receiving a broadcast signal and a control circuit. The control circuit displays the overlay on the broadcast signal in response to the geographic identifier.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080097803 - Inventory monitor for an article dispenser: A monitoring system for developing information data, for use in association with an opening that provides access for removal by a customer of articles stored in an article storage area. In one embodiment, the monitoring system includes a beam forming device adapted to be arranged about the perimeter of the... Agent: Lawrence C. Edelman,IPCounsel Fastcorp

20080097809 - 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

20080097801 - Method and system for monitoring transaction based system: 1. A method for monitoring transaction based systems monitoring their system resource and transaction performance data with thresholds on metrics, said method comprising the steps of collecting system resource data and transaction performance data on a period basis and each time a transaction performance metric is passed, triggering the collection... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080097804 - System and method for developing and managing a manufacturing process: A method for developing and managing a manufacturing process may include presenting a graphical user interface to define a project for developing and managing the manufacturing process for a product and storing the data entered to define the project in a database. The method may also include presenting a graphical... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080097807 - Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling business level service level agreements: Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling business level SLAs (Service level Agreements), and more particularly, systems and method for monitoring and controlling business level SLAs using probe points, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and business commitments. An XML (extensible Markup Language)-based specification referred to as BPCL (Business Process Commitment Language)... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080097802 - Time-series forecasting: A forecasting system is regulated with time-series data. The context of the time-series data is determined by one or more parameters encapsulated within a forecast data type, the forecast data type being arranged to present the time-series data in a generic form (independent of any context information) to a forecasting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080097813 - System and method for optimizing advertisement campaigns according to advertiser specified business objectives: The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media comprising instructions for generating a media plan for distributing one or more advertisements comprising an advertisement campaign. The method of the present invention comprises retrieving one or more advertiser specified business objectives for the advertisement campaign and retrieving an... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080097816 - Analogy based updates for rapid development of data processing results: A method of creating an analogous workflow is provided. A first workflow is received at a first device, the first workflow including a plurality of first modules that are connected. A second workflow is received at the first device, the second workflow including a plurality of second modules that are... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080097818 - Client account and information management system and method: An information repository and management system for data regarding a client base which integrates a plurality of information types including database records, word processor files, e-mail, other hyperlinked documents, web pages and web sites. Implemented as a database application on a web-enabled database server, sales and marketing team members may... Agent: Robert H. Frantz

20080097819 - Dynamic force management system: Systems and methods for dynamic allocation of agents for a network, which in one embodiment among many, can be broadly summarized by a representative method of receiving network data for a given time interval, where the network data is related to calls between users of the network and agents having... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080097817 - Invitee-participant matching method for meeting scheduling: A method that schedules a meeting with a meeting invitee includes populating a database with potential meeting participants. A meeting notice is provides that notifies potential meeting participants of a future meeting with the invitee. One or more responding potential meeting participants and their associated records are identified. The identified... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080097824 - Campaign performance report: A system and method for efficiently estimating and reporting the rendition of digital advertising messages in a network of electronic displays in which advertising message blocks, supporting loop undersaturation and loop oversaturation, are formed, wherein the resulting advertising message block is constrained to a preexisting length specified by a loop... Agent: Technology Law Group, LLC

20080097827 - Demand aggregation for future item planning contingent upon threshold demand: The present invention relates to predicting, measuring, and/or guaranteeing demand for a contingent or hypothetical future item and, based upon that demand, determining whether or not to actually produce the future item. In particular, the present invention measures such demand via contingent event certificates and associated marketplaces.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097826 - Demand aggregation for future items contingent upon threshold demand: The present invention relates to predicting, measuring, and/or guaranteeing demand for a contingent or hypothetical future item and, based upon that demand, determining whether or not to actually produce the future item. In particular, the present invention measures such demand via contingent event certificates and associated marketplaces.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097834 - Method for optimum placement of advertisements on a webpage: A method for the placement of advertisements on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such advertisements. The advertisements might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on an advertisement. Data regarding the past performance of the advertisements... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080097831 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a reusable new product planning model: A system for implementing a reusable new product planning model includes a processor executing a new product forecast application. The new product forecast application implements a method. The method includes gathering historical demand data for products in a product set and determining a launch period for the products, the historical... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20080097832 - Online system and method for dynamic segmentation and content presentation: An on-line system and method assembles, stores, and administers all of a company's merchandising content in a single location, and optimizes the effectiveness of the content by determining the content and format most likely to be of interest to the consumer. Generally, a merchant sets up at least one campaign... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080097833 - Rendering advertisements with documents having one or more topics using user topic interest information: Ambiguities with respect to a user topic interest may be resolved so that useful topic-relevant ads can be presented. Such ambiguities may be resolved by monitoring user behavior, determining a user topic interest (e.g., from a plurality of different candidate topics) based on the monitored behavior, and serving ads relevant... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080097822 - System and method for facilitating network connectivity based on user characteristics: A computer system for facilitating user connectivity in a computer network includes an attention manager, an identity manager, and an introduction manager. The attention manager generates data indicative of the current interests of the user. The identity manager manages data indicative of the interests of the user. The introduction manager... Agent: Jones Day

20080097825 - System and methods for proposing future items contingent upon threshold demand: The present invention relates to predicting, measuring, and/or guaranteeing demand for a contingent or hypothetical future item and, based upon that demand, determining whether or not to actually produce the future item. In particular, the present invention measures such demand via contingent event certificates and associated marketplaces.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097830 - Systems and methods for interactively delivering self-contained advertisement units to a web browser: A system for interactive delivery of self-contained advertisement units is disclosed. The system includes a client web browser, an advertisement unit database element, and an advertisement unit server element. The client web browser is configured to render a web page having a designated location for a first self-contained advertisement unit,... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080097823 - User interaction causing click facilitator to collect ad click-through fee: A method of causing a proportion of a click-through fee to be credited to a facilitator of a user interaction with a printed substrate, said substrate comprising user information and coded data enabling the user interaction, said method comprising the steps of: (a) a user performing the user interaction with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080097848 - Day part frame criteria: A system and method for distributing target advertising content to various electronic displays in a network of electronic displays. The invention discloses the technique of partitioning the electronic displays, partitioned both by geography and time, and providing an associated loop policy and frame criteria rules for each frame. The loop... Agent: Technology Law Group, LLC

20080097844 - E-couponing: Handling electronic coupons includes accessing information indicating association of an electronic coupon with an account of a user that identifies multiple retail entities associated with the user. Information indicating association of electronic coupons with the user's account may be transmitted to respective computer systems associated with the multiple retail entities.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080097859 - Graphical internet search system and methods: A system and methods for web based graphical internet searching for locating unique items sought by buyers of designs, furnishings and accessories through use of the internet. The invention includes a search interface where both a seller and buyer will use the same graphical alphabet, which divides an item into... Agent: Altera Law Group

20080097846 - Information management system, information management server, portable terminal, and portable terminal control program: An information management system 200 including a portable telephone 100 having a settlement unit 107 which performs electronic settlement and an information management server 50 which gathers and manages settlement information, wherein the portable telephone 100 includes a settlement information transmission unit 117 which transmits the settlement information to the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080097847 - Internet-based brand marketing communication network for managing and delivering choreographed brand marketing communications to consumers using mutli-mode virtual kiosks (mmvks): An Internet-based brand marketing communication network for managing and delivering brand marketing communications to consumers using server-side driven multi-mode virtual kiosks (MMVKs) that are created, deployed, and managed using a novel suite of Web-based marketing communication services. For each consumer product registered on the network, a MMVK is created, deployed... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20080097852 - Method and system for providing interactive cardholder rewards image replacement: A system for facilitating image management for portable devices is disclosed. The system includes a host configured to maintain information relating to a first portable device and a second portable device and an interface device configured to communicate with the host and the first and second portable devices. The interface... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080097851 - Method of distributing information via mobile devices and enabling its use at a point of transaction: Methods and systems for utilizing promotion data accessible via a mobile device are disclosed. A digital record of promotion data from a product provider may be stored in a database. A plurality of such digital records may be aggregated for one or more providers. A digital record may be associated... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080097857 - Multiple party reward system utilizing single account: A method enabling a frequent shopper reward system capable of tracking performance data of a plurality of members or account holders linked to a single frequent shopper account.... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080097850 - System and method for administering customized affinity and rewards programs: A system and method for administering customized affinity and rewards programs enables businesses to consolidate, deploy and administer a variety of customizable and integrated affinity programs and reward points programs for their customers and/or employees. Using the system, businesses and other entities (“business partners”) may design, implement and manage both... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080097858 - System, method and program product for delivery of digital content offerings at a retail establishment: A method and system for providing distributed network access point installation and management. A network provider installs and/or operates a plurality of access points at locations of a retail entity. Each access point may provide services such as Internet access, and/or content such as audio, video, text, and/or graphics, among... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080097860 - Systems and methods for advertising: Systems and methods for advertising on a computing device are described.... Agent: Daryl D. Coutts

20080097856 - Systems and methods for redeeming rewards associated with accounts: Among other things, the present invention provides systems and methods for fulfilling reward redemptions. In some cases, the systems and methods receive redemption requests associated with an account. The redemption request can be satisfied from a reward associated with the account, or by accessing a reward associated with another account.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080097855 - Wireless electronic couponing technique: An electronic couponing technique includes transferring coupon information, which may include a coupon ID (identification) to a first portable terminal and storing same therein. The portable terminal displays a representation of the transferred coupon information on a display thereof. The stored coupon information may be transferred from the portable terminal... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080097861 - System and method providing backup local ordering for establishment using a remote ordering system: An order taking system and method for an establishment, or a plurality of establishments, each having an order taking facility associated with the establishment enabling a customer to place an order for an item from the establishment. Order placing equipment is located near the order taking facility being capable of... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20080097862 - System and method for automated management of purchase in self-service-type sales point: In a system for automated management of purchase in a self-service-type sales point, a system management host, at least one trolley, and a plurality of different products are provided in the sales point. The products are individually provided with a barcode, and the trolley is assigned a specific certification number.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080097868 - Contingency-based options and futures for contingent travel accommodations: Disclosed herein is a system for allowing a remote user to purchase, over a distributed computer network (e.g., the Internet), an option for a ticket and/or accommodations for a “contingent event”, e.g., an event which is certain to occur but for which the participants, content and/or location(s) are not predetermined.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097869 - Contingency-based options and futures for contingent travel accommodations: Disclosed herein is a system for allowing a remote user to purchase, over a distributed computer network (e.g., the Internet), an option for a ticket and/or accommodations for a ‘contingent event”, e.g., an event which is certain to occur but for which the participants, content and/or location(s) are not predetermined.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097870 - Contingency-based options and futures for contingent travel accommodations: Disclosed herein is a system for allowing a remote user to purchase, over a distributed computer network (e.g., the Internet), an option for a ticket and/or accommodations for a ‘contingent event”, e.g., an event which is certain to occur but for which the participants, content and/or location(s) are not predetermined.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080097872 - Intelligent agents for electronic commerce: A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer and are capable of creating decision agents (14) that shop for products and assist consumers in comparing and ranking... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080097871 - Method and system for providing a widget usable in affiliate marketing: A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget are described. The method and system include rendering the widget on a site. The widget dynamically displays multimedia content associated with a campaign. The widget is also embeddable, copyable, and allows for at least one user action. The method and... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20080097874 - System and method for distributing information: A system for marketing real estate includes a property data device and a personal data device. The property data device is to be located in the vicinity of a real estate property, and the personal data device is to be provided to a user. The property data device is operable... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080097875 - System and method for providing absorbent paper products and packaging therefor having coordinated consumer-specified features: Methods and systems by which a consumer may select or specify coordinated features of an absorbent paper product and its packaging, such as a facial tissue or paper towel product, and then receive an absorbent paper product and packaging having the coordinated features selected or specified by the consumer.... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080097873 - System for online travel planning and hotel selection: A method for travel planning employing a computerized database query system, the method including user designation of at least one desired travel destination and system presentation to user of at least one proposed hotel, based on the user designation, the at least one proposed hotel in geographical proximity to or... Agent: Debra Hakimian

20080097877 - Method and system for investing in commodity futures contracts: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a commodities index trading investment system may include selecting (110) a plurality of commodity groupings for an index; selecting (120) one or more commodities in each of the plurality of commodity groupings; and buying (130) highly collateralized... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080097883 - Conducting assisted self-service transactions: A system for use in assisting a self-service transaction at a service facility includes one or more self-service terminals, each configured to gather transaction information associated with a customer who is engaged in a business transaction with the service facility through the self-service terminal. The system also includes a teller... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20080097880 - Remote electronic transactions: Embodiments of the invention relate to a list of entries, each of which is associated with a potential electronic transaction such as a gift purchase. Each entry comprises a plurality of displayable fields including a first field which is selectable to access a remote location, such as a web-server, —for... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080097882 - System and method for optimizing the use of credit resources: A system and method is provided for optimizing the use of credit resources. A financial system includes a database which stores customer credit/debit account information and use-consequence preference information. A master financial card is issued to the customer for all credit transactions. A host server receives information regarding the use... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080097885 - Computerized method and system for score based evaluation of capital market investment decisions and strategies: The disclosed computer-implemented investment management process particularly in the field of high yield corporate bond financial market consists of five distinct process phases. In a first phase, the financial market under evaluation is researched in order to obtain all the market business information necessary for the following market evaluation phases.... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080097884 - Method of lowering the computational overhead involved in money management for systematic multi-strategy hedge funds: A data representation is deployed that comprises instances of a software object implementing a particular systematic trading strategy; there are multiple such instances (‘strategy instances’), each corresponding to a different trading strategy, with a strategy instance being paired with a tradable instrument. The method comprises the steps of: (a) each... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20080097895 - Method and system for interactive initial offering of multi-class financial instruments: A method and system for underwriter offering of multi-class instruments including a central processing unit (CPU), a program memory, a structure database and an investor database. The structure database stores a structure representative of a plurality of classes of a multi-class instrument, and the system operates to (i) inform investors... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080097888 - Method for managing markets for commodities using fractional forward derivative: A fractional forward contract provides a financial instrument for managing trading of commodities that have variable and unpredictable availability at future dates by apportioning risk between parties (100, 170) by providing for parties (100, 170) to buy and sell a specified fraction of a commodity that the supplier (100) has... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080097896 - System and method for creating a customer account: An electronic auction system may include a bid validator connected between a network and a customer database. The example bid validator may receive bid information from a customer over the network. The example bid validator may use the bid information to detect whether the customer database includes a customer record... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080097893 - Trading system with internal order matching: Presented is a computer-based system for exchange order routing over a communication network which includes a client terminal configured to provide an end-user interface between the client terminal and a first server, the interface providing a template for building an order routing strategy including a stipulation string, and to submit... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080097898 - Transaction management system: The present invention is directed towards methods, apparatuses, and systems for facilitating and enhancing processes associated with financial transactions. The present invention monitors and manages transaction-level work flows, and facilitates coordination of the tasks and operations associated with financial transactions. Embodiments of the present invention also allow for automation of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080097902 - Management system for handling transactions between customer terminals and operator terminals: A reception management system for handling transactions includes a plurality of ACMs (Automated Contract/Consulting Terminals) for receiving procedure requests for predetermined transactions from customers, a plurality of ROTs (Remote Operation Terminals) to be employed by an operator for handling the procedure requests, a server for storing information for managing the... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080097899 - Method and system for electronic settlement of checks: A system is provided for settling cash letters containing check images that are exchanged by banks connected to an image exchange system (IEX). Settlement amounts are computed and sent to the Federal Reserve Banks' National Settlement Service (FRBNSS) for settlement based upon business rules. Further, a method is provided for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080097901 - Transaction monitoring system: A system for exchanging transaction messages between different computer systems includes a data processor for monitoring transaction messages. The data processor has a transaction processor for assigning identifiers to both inbound transaction messages from source executable applications and outbound transaction messages for communication to destination executable applications, to individually identify... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080097904 - Methods of delivering payments to multiple parties: The disclosed subject matter includes a method of distributing a payment of funds made payable to two or more payees. In some embodiments, the method includes the following: receiving a payment of funds made payable to two or more payees; inviting each of the two or more payees to electronically... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20080097905 - Method for providing a money transfer service through a payment enabler system: A method for processing person-to-person payments and money requests using a computer network. A payment enabler linked to the Internet enables an individual to register for an account through which the individual can make payments to other individuals, request money from other individuals, and access other functionality to facilitate the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080097906 - Method and system for providing a widget usable in financial transactions: A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget are described. The method and system include receiving a configuration of the widget and rendering the widget on a site. The widget is for dynamically displaying multimedia content, is embeddable, and is copyable. The configuration includes an event with which... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20080097911 - Systems and methods for adapter-based communication with a medical device: A system according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a processor, a device interface, a data relay transceiver, and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions. The processor executes the instructions in the memory to receive data from a medical device through a wired connection using... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097909 - Systems and methods for processing and transmittal of data from a plurality of medical devices: A method according to an aspect of the present invention includes receiving data from a plurality of medical devices through a wired connection, transmitting the data to an intermediary device, and formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data server. This method can be practiced... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097908 - Systems and methods for processing and transmittal of medical data through an intermediary device: A method according to an aspect of the present invention includes receiving data through a wired connection from a medical device, transmitting the data to an intermediary device, and formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data server. The intermediary device includes a software program... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097910 - Systems and methods for processing and transmittal of medical data through multiple interfaces: A system according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a processor, a plurality of device interfaces, a data relay transceiver, and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions. The processor executes the instructions in the memory to receive data from one or more medical devices through... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097913 - Systems and methods for wireless processing and transmittal of data from a plurality of medical devices: One method according to the present invention includes receiving data wirelessly from a plurality of medical devices, transmitting the data to an intermediary device (such as a properly equipped mobile telephone or personal digital assistant), and formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data server.... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097912 - Systems and methods for wireless processing and transmittal of medical data through an intermediary device: One method according to the present invention includes receiving data wirelessly from a medical device, transmitting the data to an intermediary device (such as a properly equipped mobile telephone or personal digital assistant), and formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data server. The intermediary... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097914 - Systems and methods for wireless processing and transmittal of medical data through multiple interfaces: A system according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a processor, a plurality of medical device transceivers, a data relay transceiver, and a memory coupled to the processor, and storing instructions. Each medical data transceiver is configured to receive data wirelessly from one or more medical devices. The... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097918 - Internet-based, customizable clinical information system: An Internet-based, or Web-based, customizable clinical (patients' records and care) information system (“CIS”) is provided. More specifically, the clinical information system is Web/Internet based, whether it utilizes a browser-type user interface or a distributed application-type user interface; the clinical information system may include automatic disease staging and associated treatment planning... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080097916 - Method of collecting and distributing information and sorting by bid price using wireless communication terminal: The present invention relates to a method of collecting and distributing information and sorting by bid price using wireless communication terminal, to resolve a problem of the prior art that the process of learning information related to advertisements or commodities for a user is cumbersome. The system of the present... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080097917 - Systems and methods for wireless processing and medical device monitoring via remote command execution: A method according to the present invention includes receiving data wirelessly from a medical device, transmitting the data to an intermediary device, formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data server, and receiving a command from the medical data server. Commands from the medical data... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080097924 - Decentralized secure transaction system: A secure transaction system in accordance with one exemplary embodiment comprising a terminal; a secure access module coupled to the terminal; and a secure embedded device coupled to the secure access module during a transaction; wherein the business logic for controlling flow of the transaction is contained within the secure... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080097925 - Method of and system for authorizing purchases made over a computer network: A method of and system for authorizing purchases made over a computer network is provided. In accordance with the present invention, a consumer electronically transmits an ATM card number over the network to an on-line merchant from which the consumer desires to make a purchase. The on-line merchant then electronically... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080097930 - Electronic bartering system: 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

20080097929 - Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receiving at a service provider a user's request for communications service. The user is permitted to negotiate with other service providers to fulfill the request for communications service.... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20080097932 - Service utility pricing model: In one embodiment a method comprises a method of determining a price level for a computer-based service utility comprises determining a base price for the service utility, determining a loss premium for the service utility, and adding the loss premium to the base price level.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080097934 - Method and apparatus for pricing products in multi-level product and organizational groups: The invention organizes various pricing tables and price adjustment tables and various products and purchasing organizations based on “who” (i.e. which purchasing organization) is purchasing “what” (i.e. which product). The invention utilizes a denormalized table to relate the “who” to the “what” using denormalized numbers. The invention further organizes various... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080097933 - System and method for calculating real-time costing information: Real-time costing information is provided by a central knowledge base in communication with a database. The central knowledge base provides an application programming interface (API) through which queries are run on the content in the database. The database content includes a harmonized system (HS) module holding an HS tree unified... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080097935 - Access housing: The Applicant has invented a business model to supply housing with telecommunication and internet services supplemented with education and career training.... Agent: Mildred E. Boyer

20080091450 - Act support program, method, and apparatus: In a display area of a display, a KPT screen in which a theme area, a keep area (Keep), a problem area (Problem), and a try area (Try) are disposed is displayed. When a click of the area is detected, a new generation menu of an article corresponding to the... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080091458 - Apparatus and method for generating title products: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for generating title products. A device accepts a title product search request for a title product for a property. The device initiates a search of databases that contain information about the property such as data or evidence of title. A rule engine... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)