Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination inventions 06/08

20080154626 - Aggregating and sharing trust-owned media: Aggregating ownership of certain types of intellectual property and providing withdrawal privileges based at least in part on individual contribution to the common ownership is described herein. Particularly, electronic media can be received, parsed, aggregated with other media, and stored as a superset of media. The superset can be owned... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154620 - Conducting financial transactions under multiple protocols in a single user session within a self-service terminal: A self-service terminal (SST) that allows a user to conduct one or more transactions through a remote transaction host during a user session includes a display module for use in presenting information to the user and a processing module that is configured to cause the SST to progress through a... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20080154618 - Facilitated method to improve professional relationships: A behavioral contracting method wherein all parties openly discuss their obligations to and expectations of another party to form ratified explicit lists containing all the obligations the parties have to each other.... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080154616 - Lottery calculating device: A device/software for calculating lottery tickets to be used by retailers for the purpose tracking and reporting lottery scratch ticket bundles through computer systems and/or integrated information systems with the main state lottery sale programs thereof.... Agent: Hakam Madi

20080154630 - Method for generating a diverse set of travel options: A method for generating a diverse list of N travel options Rts from a larger list of travel options Ts, is described. The method includes generating a prioritized ordered list of requirements Rs and sorting the list of travel options Ts by an ordering function F to produce a best-first... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080154621 - Method for verifying defective material list: A method for verifying defective material list is provided. The final verification of the defective material list is done by determining the responsibility attribution in the last verified defective material list. The material processing situation and the responsibility attribution are thus obtained for future references of material purchases. This can... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080154622 - Method of and system for security and privacy protection in medical forms: The present invention relates to electronic medical forms and, in particular, to a method of and system for security and privacy protection in medical forms. The invention provides a medical form system and method that allows clients dealing with highly sensitive data to ensure that particular data entered is never... Agent: Anderson Gorecki & Manaras LLP

20080154631 - Method of facilitating management of service elements: A service element is defined and represented by a data structure. It includes one or more components and/or one or more other service elements. A service element providing a complete function is a service offering. Management of service elements and/or service offerings is facilitated by a Service Development Tool. In... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20080154623 - Methods and systems for access control using a networked turnstile: The present invention is related to systems and methods for providing access control to a venue or other location using a networked system. Described is a computer controlled turnstile system, comprising a turnstile, including a computer interface, and a computer system coupled to the turnstile and to user terminals. Program... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080154627 - Polling and voting methods to reach the world-wide audience through creating an on-line multi-lingual and multi-cultural community by using the internet, cell or mobile phones and regular fixed lines to get people's views on a variety of issues by either: An invention of a new business method as well as its associated mechanical and electronic devices for polling and voting methods to reach the world-wide audience through creating an on-line multi-lingual, multi-culture community by using the Internet, cell or mobile phones and regular fixed lines to get people's views on... Agent: Ralph Y Liu

20080154619 - Process control segmentation of master data: A method of controlling transactions includes segmenting master data into separate process control data for a particular business process of a business organization, such as for example, materials to be the subject of transactions. A status may be set for each process control data. The method includes controlling storing of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080154617 - Query-related object based navigation: Systems and methods are provided to enable object based navigation in a computer system. When a source application sends an object key to a target application, the object key may not match the primary key used by the target application. A data service is provided, which receives requests from the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080154632 - Services for increasing the utility of electronic wish lists: Various computer-implemented services are disclosed for increasing the utility of electronic wish lists, and for assisting users in making gift purchases. One such service automatically notifies a user when an item being accessed in an electronic catalog is on, or is similar to an item on, an electronic wish list... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080154625 - System and method for electronic commerce and other uses: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a computer implemented method, comprising: storing, at a central server; an initialize business rule associated with a vendor and a DNS associated with the vendor, wherein the DNS comprises an address of a data store of the vendor; receiving, from a user,... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080154624 - System and method for monitoring, controlling, and displaying utility information: A system and method for monitoring, controlling, and displaying utility information is provided. A collar communicatively connected to the utility meter monitors power usage and provides usage data, power quality data, and other data to the utility and the customer. The system provides for pre-pay power, and the collar relay... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.c.

20080154628 - System and method, and computer program for managing product reserve: A receiving section receives a supply request for product from a terminal set up at a shop or a terminal used by a client. A first determination processing section determines whether a product in stock can be reserved for an order. A first reserve processing section reserves the product in... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080154633 - Systems and methods for content distribution including resending data: An information receiving apparatus receives identification information and encrypted identification information and makes a comparison between them to allow prevention of illegal utilization of contents data. Also, a data storage apparatus can record contents data encrypted by a content key and the content key so that the contents data can... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080154629 - Vehicle speed control method and arrangement: Method and arrangement for setting a speed limit for vehicle travelling on a road includes monitoring conditions of the road, determining a speed limit for travel of vehicles on the road based on the monitored conditions, and transmitting the determined speed limit to the vehicles to thereby notify operators of... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080154640 - Aggregation of compartmentalized clinical trial data: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system and method of compartmentalizing some or all aspects of clinical trial data acquisition and management. Moreover, embodiments include aggregation of the compartmentalized trial data to perform business metrics, trial interaction studies, and the like.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080154639 - Bioanalytic system business methods: Business methods useful for identifying, and marketing or commercializing glycomics-related diagnostic, therapeutic and/or imaging probe products are disclosed. Patient test samples are screened for the presence of glycan-binding moieties to produce binding data. Binding data is collected into a database. One or more bioinformatic algorithms are used to process the... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20080154634 - Lien/levy inquiry system: Systems and methods for obtaining complete economic recovery for the costs of medical treatment of a person covered by Medicare or Medicaid. In the invention as described herein, a person who requires and receives medical treatment under Medicare or Medicaid, or the health care provider who provides such services, obtains... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080154635 - Method and apparatus for providing a discount plan for purchasing pharmaceutical products: A healthcare plan provider implements a method for providing a discount program to facilitate the purchase of pharmaceutical products by consumers. The plan provider enters into business relationships with companies that dispense pharmaceuticals to consumers, wherein, pursuant to the business relationships, the companies agree to provide discounts on purchases of... Agent: Brinkle Y, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny, & Crosby, LLP

20080154636 - Method and system for operation of a multifunctional toyland: A method and system for operation of a multifunctional Toyland whereby a notification is received from a toy, a child, or a parent telephonically or through the internet and an appointment is scheduled by a receptionist of a non-emergency clinic in the Toyland for various ailments of toys requiring repair,... Agent: Joseph Farzam

20080154638 - Method and system for providing cross-systems services to developmentally disabled youth: A method and a system are provided for providing family services and systems of care to developmentally disabled individuals with co-occurring disorders including mental health diagnosis and traumatic brain injury. Also provided are a method and a system for providing highly integrated, multi-systems (“cross-systems”) services to high-need developmentally disabled adolescents... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080154641 - Method for improving healthcare performance statistics: A method of enhancing the quality of medical care reporting is disclosed. In general, statistical data regarding medical procedures is gathered and organized into desired categories (e.g. mortality, length of stay, etc.). The data is then analyzed to determine exceptional cases which the healthcare provider should afford further review to... Agent: Paul Rulison Treo Solutions

20080154637 - Methods for risk-adjusted performance analysis: The present invention provides systems and methods for risk-adjusted performance analysis for a specific healthcare test, market or opportunity by evaluating patient outcomes against a real-time benchmark portfolio of patient outcomes. The risk-adjusted performance measures are based on financial methods such as CAPM, single-index model and arbitrage pricing theory methods.... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080154645 - Health data generating method, health data generation apparatus therefor, user terminal therefor, and computer-readable recording medium therefor: A health data generation system has a measuring apparatus and a user terminal. The measuring apparatus transmits to the user terminal function type information indicating function of the measuring apparatus. The user terminal selects a desired function based on the received function type information and transmits the selected function as... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP Ip Group, Columbia Square

20080154642 - Healthcare core measure tracking software and database: Software and a system created by the software with its application are applied in the healthcare setting for various patients corresponding to the CMS or JCAHO core measures. The software and its system captures necessary patient data related to future P4P initiatives designed by federal authorities, private payors or other... Agent: Johathan P. O''brien Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone, P.L.C

20080154644 - Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices: A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or table for the robot or positioned at... Agent: Orametrix, Inc.

20080154643 - System and method for patient management of personal health: The present invention relates to systems for enabling patients to maintain better health information and take greater responsibility and control of the decisions affecting their health. More specifically, the present invention relates to automated systems and methods that enable patients to more effectively take proactive and successful actions to preserve... Agent: Mauricio A. Leon E-healthcommunities

20080154646 - System and program for electronically maintaining medical information between patients and physicians: Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for maintaining electronic patient medical information. An electronic patient data structure is generated to include patient biographical information and one of medical history information, medication schedule information, and appointment schedule information. The patient data structure is electronically transmitted between a physician... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080154649 - Method and apparatus for facilitating selection of a healthcare plan from multiple healthcare plans: A server maintained by or for a healthcare plan provider facilitates selection by a consumer (e.g., a member of an organization) of a healthcare plan (e.g., discount dental plan) from multiple available healthcare plans. An application running on the server displays a series of questions in a wizard-type format preferably... Agent: Brinkle Y, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny, & Crosby, LLP

20080154648 - Method and system for healthcare plan selection and administration: A method and system for administering healthcare benefits to members of an organization includes issuing voucher codes to the organization for distribution to eligible members of the organization. Members select a healthcare plan from a pool of plans offered by different healthcare insurance providers and enroll by redeeming a voucher... Agent: Brinkle Y, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny, & Crosby, LLP

20080154647 - Method for providing single occasion liability insurance: Described herein is a method of providing liability insurance covering medical services of a limited scope which includes an insurance provider establishing criteria or guidelines. The insurance provider accepts at least one practitioner into a network wherein the practitioner accepted into the network meets the established criteria or guidelines. The... Agent: Robert E. Pershes

20080154650 - Method of managing the business of a health insurance plan and a system therefor: A method of managing the business of a health insurance plan is provided. In these types of health insurance plans, the provider of such a health insurance plan undertakes liability in return for a premium or contribution, and insures members who pay such premiums or make such contributions for covered... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, Llc

20080154652 - System and method for calculating damage as a result of natural catastrophes: To calculate expected damage as a result of natural catastrophe events (5) on a multiplicity of insured objects, a plurality of processor units (31, 31′, 31″), are respectively provided with different instruction data comprising details related to at least one portion of the insured objects and their association with a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154653 - System and method for improving the operation of a business entity and monitoring and reporting the results thereof: The present invention is a method and system for providing reduced insurance premiums to an insured entity and a reduced risk of loss to an insuring entity. A program containing certain program requirements for the insured entity is created, and procedures are designed for the insured entity to meet these... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080154651 - System and method for utilizing interrelated computerized predictive models: The invention relates to a system for handling insurance requests, such as new coverage applications, renewal applications, and insurance quote requests. The system includes at least two computerized predictive models whose outputs each serve as inputs to the other. A business logic module is included in the system to process... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080154654 - Restaurant yield management portal: A system and method to optimize the yield of a restaurant having perishable inventory is described. Through a card company, a restaurant can market incentives to make reservations during an off-peak time to enrolled card members. Offer marketing is based on stated customer preferences, and conducted via, for example, a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080154655 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for retrieving predicted weather conditions corresponding to selected travel itineraries stored in an inventory system: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for retrieving and displaying predicted weather conditions corresponding to travel destinations selected from an inventory system based on a user query. Some embodiments of the present invention further allow users to specify predicted weather conditions as criteria for searching for product... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080154659 - Apparatus and method for transportation and upselling of product: A system and method for using product profiling to maximize load capacity of a vehicle. The method comprises defining product profiles and retrieving product information associated with the product profiles. The method further includes performing cubing operations for products associated with the product information. The system includes components to perform... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080154675 - Campaign awareness management systems and methods: A campaign management system manages campaign data for one or more campaigns and geospatial data for areas in which the campaigns are directed. The system performs spatial queries, data queries, and/or geocode-based queries, generates maps geographically identifying where campaign events are occurring in the geographic area, and generates feature data... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus Pc

20080154656 - Data collection system with document production capability: A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for use in a commercial data processing environment using at least one RFID/EPC readers and antennae for data collection. The computer program is able to read and collect tag data as it is read, create business documents for the user... Agent: John S. Hale Gipple & Hale

20080154669 - Electronically implemented floorplan auditing system and method: An electronic method of auditing floorplan loans is provided. The floorplan loans are provided by a lending source to a plurality of vehicle dealers. The method includes, for each of the plurality of vehicle dealers, an entity other than the lending source or a dealer (i) retrieving the lending source's... Agent: Goodwin Procter L.l.p Attn: Patent Administrator

20080154671 - Emissions tracking, such as vehicle emissions tracking, and associated systems and methods: Vehicle emission tracking systems and associated methods can collect emission units associated with at least one vehicle. The emission units can represents (a) an amount of one or more selected pollutants, (b) an amount of thermal energy, or (c) both (a) and (b). The systems and methods can further include... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080154663 - Execution of a bpel process by simulating partners: Mechanisms allow a user to test a BPEL process by simulating partner Web services. To simulate the partner Web services, a development environment is extended to include an intermediate component that intercepts messages intended for a partner Web service and displays those messages in a testing user interface. In the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP And Sun Microsystems, Inc.

20080154660 - Generating planning-level time and capacity requirement formulas for manufacturing processes: Methods, computer program products and systems are disclosed for generating a planned time duration for a manufacturing process operation defined for planning purposes that includes an aggregation of multiple defined execution operations. Electronic information is received that specifies a production demand that requires use of the manufacturing process for fulfillment.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154678 - Internet based search engine advertising exchange: A method and system for transacting the display of advertising on the internet, the method comprising registering a user as a member of a search engine advertising exchange; monitoring a number of search inquiries initiated by the member on the internet within a predetermined time period; and assessing a cost... Agent: Stephen F. Botelho Jr.

20080154674 - Inventory management system and method: An inventory management system includes a database (40) and a server (30) connected to the database. The database is configured for storing electronic inventory documents associated with information of a raw material. The server includes a loading module (302) and a processing module (304). The loading module is configured for... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080154673 - Load-balancing store traffic: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can identify relevant features or characteristics of one or more shoppers in the vicinity of a business establishment. In addition, the architecture can monitor resources both of the business establishment as well as other remote or disparate businesses. Based upon the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154679 - Method and apparatus for a processing risk assessment and operational oversight framework: A method and apparatus providing a linkage between and a measurement of the operational risk exposure to any company within the context of how that company creates value for its customers in the marketplace is presented. That is, the operational risk exposure to an organization is evaluated by looking at... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20080154658 - Method and system for simulating an on-line credit application: A system and method for testing an electronic or on-line credit application process is provided. The system and method, which may be run in a production environment, include selecting at least one fictional credit applicant entity from an entity database. A script database then executes one or more predetermined test... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20080154677 - Method and system for supply chain management employing a visualization interface: Systems and methods for tracking various goods/services are disclosed. Status information is provided from a plurality of nodes on a supply chain to a database where it is stored in real-time. Suppliers, consumers, and intermediaries can access the information through a display that graphically and intuitively represents each of the... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080154681 - Method for facilitating and maintaining an active parts data repository: A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for facilitating database management processes for an enterprise is provided. The storage medium includes instructions for causing a computer to implement a method. The method includes extracting part data relating to a part from a data storage device, retrieving activity data... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080154665 - Method for the optimal allocation of operating means: The invention relates to a method for the optimal allocation of operating means used for accomplishing predetermined tasks. Said method comprises the following steps:—a rule is selected from the rule database that allows the operating means to be evaluated efficiently;—a question is output that relates to a requirement of the... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080154670 - Pillow certification system: The present invention is a pillow certification system and method for using the certification system. The purpose of the system is to make it easier for consumers to make choices regarding their selection of a pillow and to provide retail stores and hotels/motels with a convenient and personalized feature to... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, Llc

20080154672 - Process enablement and optimization system for workers compensation: A comprehensive, computer enabled, workers compensation case management system. The system defines a plurality of participants in the workers compensation process and provides an electronic access for the participants to the system. The system documents a plurality of predetermined event flows which define the events necessary in the workers compensation... Agent: Attn: E.j. Asbury Iii Taylor Busch, LLP

20080154661 - Product development: The present invention relates to a method and system for product development, where a test person is presented with a number of parts of the product (11), and where multiple selections of features are available for each part. The person can freely combine different features for each part (12, 13)... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080154682 - System and method for developing and implementing intellectual property marketing: The present invention relates to methods for the development and implementation of intellectual property marketing. A targeted innovation to fulfill an internal need is developed. Actions are taken to legally protect the targeted innovation as an intellectual property asset. The intellectual property asset is analyzed to determine a marketing assessment.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080154662 - System and method for generating a maximum utility slate of advertisements for online advertisement auctions: An improved system and method for generating a maximum utility slate of advertisements for online advertisement auctions is provided. Various utility factors for each advertisement that may be a candidate in a slate of advertisements may be applied within a framework in order to generate a maximum utility slate of... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080154676 - System and method for the processing of electronic coupons: A system and method are provided for reimbursing merchants for coupons used by the customers of those merchants is disclosed. Pursuant to the Present Invention, a Coupon Data File is prepared, identifying the products potentially subject to coupons and/or incentives, and the nature of the associated discount. A Transaction Log... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080154664 - System for generating scores related to interactions with a revenue generator: A system for generating scores related to interactions with a revenue generator. A historical dataset corresponding to a historical behavior of a set of revenue generators may be identified. The historical dataset may be processed to identify a feature vector. A classifier model may be generated from the historical dataset... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154666 - System for generating scores related to interactions with a service provider partner: A system is disclosed for generating scores related to interactions with a service provider partner. A historical dataset corresponding to a historical behavior of a set of service provider partners may be identified. The historical dataset may be processed to identify a feature vector. A classifier model may be generated... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154667 - System for monitoring a revenue generator: A system is disclosed for monitoring a revenue generator. A historical dataset corresponding to a historical behavior of a set of revenue generators may be identified. The historical dataset may be processed to identify a feature vector relating to detecting a fraudulent revenue generator. A classifier model may be generated... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154668 - System for monitoring a service provider partner: A system is disclosed for monitoring a service provider partner. A historical dataset corresponding to a historical behavior of a set of service provider partners may be identified. The historical dataset may be processed to identify a feature vector relating to detecting a fraudulent service provider partner. A classifier model... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154657 - System for monitoring order fulfillment of telecommunication services: A system for monitoring order fulfillment of telecommunication services is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a monitoring system having a controller element that submits a correlation ID to a service orchestration system (SOS) that manages one or more order fulfillment systems... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080154680 - Total return to shareholder analytics: A computer-implemented method for analyzing the relative performance of a business unit includes: receiving financial data about the business unit; determining NOPLAT, revenue, capital charge, and invested capital values for the business unit at a first time and a second time from the financial data; determining at least two data... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080154683 - Computer system for a commodities delivery system: This invention provides a computer system capable of jointly delivering commodities not included in delivery plan information even after the delivery plan information is generated, and each base receives the generated delivery plan information, or a transport unit has made the round of each base. The computer system for realizing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080154686 - Method for fractional sale of property: A method for assisting property owners in selling property for fractional ownership by locating a property that is already listed for sale and is a qualified candidate property, contacting the listing broker or owner about selling the property fractionally, offering the property for sale for fractional ownership concurrently with offering... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20080154685 - Print system including image-forming apparatus for providing workflow: An image-forming apparatus is capable of communicating with a server apparatus for performing a workflow. The image-forming apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive definition information of a flow defined in a workflow from the server apparatus and a control unit configured to control display of a screen of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080154684 - Targeted content request: Advertisements are selected from a plurality of advertisements and associated with an advertisement environment in a document. Document advertisement request code that is configured to issue an advertisement request for one of the selected advertisements for presentation in the advertisement environment is stored in the document.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080154689 - Automated claim access system and method for claims adjudication: A system and method for automatedly identifying an event on a financial system that may potentially impact one or more financial claims and automatedly accessing the one or more potentially impacted financial claims for processing.... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080154691 - Fleet management system: Systems of hardware and software are provided for enabling mobile assets to communicate across a wireless network environment. Systems, computer-implemented methods and computer program products are also provided for leveraging wireless communication and/or processing capabilities of mobile assets against a robust software solution to implement enterprise wide asset management functions,... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20080154688 - Groupware assistance tool providing regular appointments overview: An analytical tool for provides an organized view of user appointment data from a groupware application. The work center organizes the appointment data by categorizations that typically are most significant to the user to whom the account belongs. The work center provides views across selectable time scales. Significantly, the work... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080154687 - Method and apparatus of on-site display for showing calendar events of a conference room: An on-site display apparatus shows calendar events of a conference room on site for conference attendees to identify and locate the correct conference room. The on-site display apparatus including a calendar event processing unit, a calendar event storage unit, a display controller and a calendar event display device is installed... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080154690 - Method and system for managing an integrated worklist: A method, computer program and system for managing from a portal the worklists of server applications, each of the server applications owning one of the worklists and having at least one portlet on the portal. When a user connects to the portal, a server application worklist portlet, one for each... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080154692 - System and method for rail yard process monitoring: A system and method for planning and monitoring rail yard processes and performance including compiling historical information, real time status display of rail yard activity, the development of parameters and metrics to evaluate rail yard performance, collection of rail yard status from various sensors, and the planning and assigning of... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080154705 - Advertising risk mitigation: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate use of beneficial advertising opportunities in order to mitigate risks to a seller in connection with advertising expenses. The architecture can receive from the seller, inter alia, an indication of profits allocated to a host in exchange for advertising... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154700 - Campaign awareness management systems and methods: A campaign management system manages campaign data for one or more campaigns and geospatial data for areas in which the campaigns are directed. The system performs spatial queries, data queries, and/or geocode-based queries, generates maps geographically identifying where campaign events are occurring in the geographic area, and generates feature data... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus Pc

20080154695 - Determining readiness of an organization to utilize an information technology asset: The present invention provides a solution that determines the readiness of a target organization to utilize an IT asset. Specifically, under the present invention, baseline criteria for determining the readiness of the target organization to utilize the IT asset are first identified. The baseline criteria are then refined (e.g., via... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080154698 - Dyanmic product classification for opinion aggregation: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can utilize features of a product to facilitate organization and/or classification of products or product features as well as opinions relating to those products or product features into market identifiers. The market identifiers can aid in aggregating opinions in a more... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154699 - Evaluation information management method, evaluation information management system and medium storing evaluation information management program: A technique improves the effectiveness of evaluation (so-called word-of-mouth communication) information of users on stores and products relative to a large number of unidentifiable users. An evaluation information management system comprises a first evaluation information providing section that provides a first user qualified to evaluate an object of evaluation with... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080154704 - Feedback loop for consumer transactions: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate verification or feedback in association with consumer transactions. In particular the architecture can image a transaction receipt, translate the image into text-based data, and extract relevant transaction data there from. Such relevant transaction data can be saved to a... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154708 - Frames-based advertising service with response and activity reporting: An advertising service divides a consumer transaction at a POS location into multiple time frames. The service then determines an advertisement (ad) for display in one of the time frames and displays the ad in one of the time frames. One of the time frames spans one of the following... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080154709 - Inventory replication based upon order fulfillment rates: A load balancing technology segregates various inventory types (e.g., potatoes vs. milk, vs. pretzels, vs. tissue paper, etc.) based upon how frequently they are ordered in a distribution center. Inventory types that are ordered at the slowest rate are not “replicated” over multiple pods in the distribution center. Rather, they... Agent: Ipventure, Inc.

20080154697 - Like-minded people proximity detection and interest matching system: Technologies for allowing people or other entities to detect others with common interests, particularly when proximate to one another. A user can configure a mobile device with information about his interests, such as things they wish to buy or sell, the kinds of people they would like to meet, or... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080154707 - Method and system for conducting online marketing research in a controlled manner: The invention describes a method and system for conducting online marketing research keeping in consideration the specified budget for the experiment. The invention describes a methodology for effective data collection and optimised utilisation of budget through the use of efficient sampling and grouping of users.... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080154701 - Method and system for researching sales effects of advertising using association analysis: A method and system for data mining is disclosed in which advertising/promotional events (e.g., the fact that a promotion was taking place when the transaction was recorded) are factored into association analysis of the data. Sales data is integrated with advertising data and a plurality of taxonomies are employed to... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-end) C/o Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP

20080154702 - Method for improving cash flow and directing buying decisions through the use of prepaid merchant cards: The present invention is a method for improving cash flow and directing customer buying decisions through the use of prepaid merchant cards providing specific discounts and promotions.... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.a.

20080154693 - Methods and systems for forecasting product demand using a causal methodology: An improved method for forecasting and modeling product demand for a product. The forecasting methodology employs a causal methodology, based on multiple regression techniques, to model the effects of various factors on product demand, and hence better forecast future patterns and trends, improving the efficiency and reliability of the inventory... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080154703 - Retailer competition based on published intent: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate enhanced experiences in connection with consumer shopping and/or vendor advertising. The architecture can receive an intent parameter that relates to a shopping objective of a shopper, associate the shopper with a profile, receive a set of advertisements from one... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154694 - System and method for dynamic price setting and facilitation of commercial transactions: The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation in light of these individual definitions and bundling individual components of an offer into optimized packages for presentation and sale. A data processing system in accordance with... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20080154696 - System and method for recommended events: Systems and methods have been developed for selecting and recommending events to a consumer of media content based on information known about the consumer, including the consumer's interests, consumption history and preferences. In an embodiment, a system records a history of the media content accessed, purchased, viewed or otherwise consumed... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080154706 - System for notifying the online client of a mobile vendor: Systems and techniques for notifying a potential customer of a vendor that is in geographic proximity to the potential customer. The vendor is associated with a vendor and may include available good and/or services. The potential customer may be notified of several vendors associated with different vendors. Each vendor may... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080154711 - Availability tracker: The present invention provides a system, method and computer program product for tracking the availability of an employee. Various details relating to each activity undertaken by the employee are captured. The captured details may be used to monitor the activities currently being undertaken by the employee, generating reports detailing the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080154712 - Fleet management system: Systems of hardware and software are provided for enabling mobile assets to communicate across a wireless network environment. Systems, computer-implemented methods and computer program products are also provided for leveraging wireless communication and/or processing capabilities of mobile assets against a robust software solution to implement enterprise wide asset management functions,... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20080154710 - Minimal effort prediction and minimal tooling benefit assessment for semi-automatic code porting: A method of computing effort requirements of porting issues in source code includes estimating the minimal number of code text characters needed to be read by a user when the user is searching for porting issues, estimating the minimal number of context switches needed to be made by the user... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080154718 - Ad integration and extensible themes for operating systems: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture or extension to an operating system (or component thereof) that can facilitate extensible themes for or advertising integration with a desktop that is managed by the operating system. In particular, the architecture can acquire advertisement content such as ads or advertiser skins,... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154716 - Consolidated digital direct advertising and advertisement distribution: A computer-based method and interactive system for consolidated marketing of vendors and advertising distribution over a network or interactive television that provides for consumer registration with selected advertisers (vendors) thereby enabling both updated advertiser (vendor) information for the consumer and tracking of consumer interests by the advertisers (vendors). In addition,... Agent: Steven Pinkert , Esq

20080154730 - Copyright detection and protection system and method: A method for detecting against unauthorized transmission of digital works comprises the steps of maintaining a registry of information permitting identification of digital copyrighted works, monitoring a network for transmission of at least one packet-based digital signal, extracting at least one feature from the at least one digital signal, comparing... Agent: Lewis And Roca, LLP

20080154727 - Coupon offers from multiple entities: Offers from multiple entities provide an incentive for consumers to behave in a manner that is beneficial to the offer provider. Each offer is associated with rules that establish conditions that must be met for the offer to be valid. For example, a rule may be established to promote the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080154726 - Customer reward system: A customer reward system includes at least one activity monitoring device for monitoring trading activity. A processor is associated with the, or each, activity monitoring device for receiving data from said activity monitoring device, for comparing the data with a predetermined trigger condition, the trigger condition being selected from a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080154724 - Device, system, and method of recommendation-based rewarding: Some embodiments include, for example, devices, systems, and methods of recommendation-based transaction rewarding. A method may include, for example, receiving from a cellular phone associated with a recommender of an item a request message to recommend the item to at least one addressee, wherein the request message includes item identification... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP

20080154731 - Dynamic discount card tied to price curves & group discounts: Systems and/or methods are disclosed for interacting with a multiple criteria buying and/or selling system to conduct business electronically. A dynamic discount card is disclosed according to an aspect of the present invention. The dynamic discount card comprises an information access component for receiving information and a presentation component for... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154725 - Engagement-based rewards: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide engagement-based incentives designed or intended to enrich or extent a shopping session of a shopper. In particular, the architecture can select an incentive and an engagement, each from a respective set potentially received in whole or in part from... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154719 - Market sharing incentives: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can quantify a value of a consumer transaction to a market ecosystem. The value to the ecosystem of the transaction can be based upon features of the transaction as well as dynamics unique to the ecosystem. In addition, the value can... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154721 - Method and device for automatically accepting and franking mailpieces: An exemplary method for accepting and franking mailpieces is disclosed. The exemplary method comprises accepting a mailpiece into a housing of the device, the housing being inaccessible to customers. The method further comprises determining a measured value for a weight Wt of the mailpiece and determining measured values for a... Agent: International Ip Law Group

20080154733 - Method of automatically placing discount offers into a private folder of a consumer: Disclosed is a process by which merchants are able to provide discount offers, such as coupons, incentives, or tokens to consumers. Discount offers are arranged on a web site (or delivered other wise by RF) by category and users are able to pick and choose the offers in which in... Agent: Bryan H. Opalko, Esquire Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080154732 - Method, system, and computer program product for offline advertisement servicing and cycling: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for servicing advertisements for offline display on mobile devices are provided. In a first aspect, a channel is received at a mobile device server from one or more providers, including a first web page, an advertiser web page, and an advertisement image file.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080154722 - Methods and apparatus for implementing a promotional reward program: Methods and apparatus for implementing promotional reward programs are provided. It is determined whether a user is eligible for a debit code reward; and upon determination of eligibility, a user is provided with a debit code reward, wherein the debit code reward is a debit code associated with a predetermined... Agent: Robert T. Maldonado Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080154715 - Methods for implementing a promotional reward program: Methods for implementing promotional reward programs are provided. A user with a unique promotion code associated with a predetermined product or service. The user can input the unique promotion code along with identifying information. The unique promotion code is verified, and upon verification, the user is provided with a debit... Agent: Robert T. Maldonado Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080154713 - On-demand and point-of-sale personalized product-related information: An information delivery method and system includes a first token receiving device located at the point of display of a product in a store. The first device receives a token and a request for product-related information. A second token receiving device is positioned at or after a point of sale... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080154714 - Personalized e-coupons for mobile communication devices: A technique for providing and receiving personalized e-coupons is presented. In general, the technique involves an e-coupon provider sending e-coupons to a user of a mobile communication device, such as a cellular telephone or PDA, which are personalized in various ways so as to make them attractive to the user.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080154717 - Publisher scoring: A system and method are disclosed for a publisher scoring algorithm. Various factors or variables are analyzed for publishers to determine a score associated with the publishers. The score may be a reflection of the success or value a publisher provides to an advertisement provider or an advertiser.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154720 - Shopping route optimization and personalization: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can aggregate user information in order to provide shopping route optimization. The architecture can collect data from users or business establishments, and can further make inferences about a user based upon histories, behavior, query responses, as well as from other suitable... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154728 - System and method for identifying and selling terrestrial large format advertisements viewable by air travelers and satellites in specific geographic markets: A method of identifying, cataloging, and providing advertising space for advertising indica viewable by aircraft passengers approaching airports. Planar space located along approach and departure vectors at specific airports, which is ascertained to be viewable by passengers landing and taking off from the identified airport, is cataloged for size. A... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20080154723 - Systems and methods for online advertising, sales, and information distribution: Systems and methods for providing online sales, advertising, and information distribution are disclosed. A user may provide a request for a mobile advertisement or other mobile content by capturing images or other content associated with items to be listed, and enter and transmit a description of the item or other... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080154729 - Universal comp bank and regional servers for use in multi-property casino enterprise: A multi-property comp bank allows comp points to be earned and redeemed in an aggregated manner at a plurality of affiliated casino properties. The comp bank includes a first bank account of comp points for each casino patron having a balance that is visible to the patron, accessible by the... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080154734 - Contactless payment selection criteria based on financial account status: A method (300) of selecting a financial account to be used to make a contactless payment. The method can include, during a payment transaction at a point-of-sale terminal (110), selecting at least one financial account having associated financial information, the financial account selected from a plurality of available financial accounts.... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.l.c.

20080154735 - Mobile vending purchasing: A system and a method for using a portable consumer device such as a mobile phone for payments and the like are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method comprising receiving a payment request message from a portable consumer device operated by a consumer, wherein the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080154736 - Method for determining product length for use in regulating transactions in a self-checkout conveyer system: A vertical sensor array is placed along a weighing conveyer in a self-checkout system. Successive products are scanned and then placed on the weighing conveyer. As a product traverses the sensor array, a firmware control sends a measured height of the product to processor software, and also indicates the time... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080154740 - Apparatuses, methods and systems for electronic real estate transactions: The disclosure details the implementation of an apparatuses, methods, and systems for Electronic Real Estate Transactions. In one embodiment, the disclosure details a method for providing commercial transaction services of virtual real estate using a digital map. The system creates a digital map including general Points of Interest information. The... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20080154737 - Computer-assisted sales of after-market motor vehicle products: In general, techniques are described of identifying and marketing a set of after-market motor vehicle products for a customer during a sales process using one or more computers. In some example embodiments, a computer kiosk collects a set of customer preference information regarding after-market motor vehicle products from a customer.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080154738 - Interactive marketplace infrastructure: Online marketplace experiences are substantially enhanced by employing marketplace infrastructures. A marketplace infrastructure can provide structured features desired by most customers without requiring a user to be redirected from the marketplace. Marketplace infrastructure mechanisms allow these features to be called based on intentions shown by users. In one instance, this... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154743 - Method concerning the transport of dental prostheses: The invention relates to a method, a machine-readable data carrier as well as a computer for commonly transmitting or receiving or dispatching data for dental prostheses and for product orders as well as dental prostheses or products.... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080154742 - On-line merchant authorization: Method and apparatus for on-line merchant authorization. An on-line merchant includes an authorization seal in the form of a graphic or logo on the on-line merchant's Web site. The authorization seal is granted by an unbiased third party. The third party authenticates the on-line merchant as an authorized on-line merchant... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080154744 - Radiation image radiographing system, control apparatus, radiation image detecting apparatus and management apparatus: The console selects one radiographing order information item from the radiographing order information list stored in the storing section. A step is taken to determine whether or not the one selected radiographing order information item has a predetermined relationship with the other radiographing order information, and the permission of additional... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080154739 - Social network commerce model: Rules-based commerce system or marketplace that proactively acquires and purchases, on behalf of consumers, works submitted by creators. In one implementation, the system involves a rules engine which makes current and future purchases of electronic content and code based on the positive fulfillment of specific pre-created criteria. Some particular implementations... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080154741 - Virtualizing consumer behavior as a financial instrument: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can characterize an item involved in a consumer transaction and/or a behavior of a consumer as a virtual financial instrument. The architecture can monitor the future performance of the virtual instrument in order to identify trendspotters as well as trend followers... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154746 - Gift registry system and method therfore: A gift registry system is provided. The system comprises a data store configured to store an item code and an item description associated with the item code. The item code corresponds to an item available for selection at a gift seller's establishment and is displayed in conjunction with the item.... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20080154748 - Information service method, data terminal unit, data transmitting and receiving apparatus, and data transmitting apparatus: Program data and information associated with at least one consumer commodity that appears in a program of the program data are synchronously transmitted. The program data and the associated information are received, and the program is reproduced and displayed on a display. One of a plurality of displayed consumer commodities... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080154747 - System and method of shopping by color: System and method for shopping for products based on color of the product, time of product listing, and/or location of the seller of the product. Seller submits a representation of the product to be listed with an Internet-based shopping site that may include an image of the product. The site... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080154745 - Unified retail catalog with single customer view over multiple physical catalog representations: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to catalog modeling for e-commerce systems and provide a method, system and computer program product for an adaptive unified retail catalog. In an embodiment of the invention, an e-commerce data processing system can be configured for catalog adaptation.... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080154749 - Integrated system and method for improved product substance compliance: The invention is directed to a computerized system and method to allow manufacturers to ensure that their products are free of environmentally undesirable substances, such as toxic elements and chemicals, and thus comply with government substance regulations. The computerized system allows manufacturers to integrate substance information that is relevant to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080154752 - Inventory storage and retrieval system and method with guidance for load-handling vehicle: An inventory storage and retrieval system and method are provided for a shipping or storage facility. In an embodiment, the system includes: (a) a mobile computer and radio on a load-handing vehicle; (b) sensors on the vehicle to determine the ground location and orientation of the vehicle; (c) encoders that... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080154750 - Order fulfillment and content management systems and methods: An order fulfillment and content management system and method configured to fulfill a product order for a customized adhesive cover (“skin”). In various embodiments, an order can be placed for a skin in an on-demand nature. In other words, a user can select and customize a skin over a network... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080154751 - Sortation and extraction system for item management systems and associated methods: The present invention is directed generally toward item management systems and associated methods. Aspects of the invention are directed toward a method and system for managing physical items for remote entities wherein a plurality of physical items associated with at least one of the remote entities are received in a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080154753 - Shared financial service systems and methods: A computer system is configured to execute software, where the software may include a communication application capable of sending a communication from at least one party to a financial or accounting transaction. The software may also include an accounting control application capable of modifying the communication before sending it to... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20080154754 - Methods, devices and systems for sharing and selectively overriding tax configurations: A computer-implemented method of processing taxes in an enterprise that includes a plurality of legal entities may include a step of maintaining tax content by a first legal entity of the plurality of legal entities. A second legal entity of the plurality of legal entities may then subscribe to all... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.c.

20080154755 - Commodities cost analysis database: A computer implemented method and computer program product for managing commodity data. In one or more embodiments, a commodity type and parts corresponding to the commodity are identified. A part cost analysis is generated for each part based on part history data. The part history data is obtained from a... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080154759 - Method and apparatus for arranging and displaying healthcare plans in an electronic chart format: A server maintained by or for a healthcare plan provider arranges and displays healthcare plans in an electronic chart format to a member of an organization preferably on a screen of the member's computer (e.g., via a website hosted on the server and accessed by the member). An application running... Agent: Brinkle Y, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny, & Crosby, LLP

20080154756 - Method and system for exchanging financial-transaction-related messages over a communications network: At a first functional entity, a financial-transaction-related message destined for a destination associated with a second functional entity is received. The financial-transaction-related message is assessed for compliance with a fundamental message format and, upon assessing that the financial-transaction-related message is not compliant with the fundamental message format, a translation of... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20080154757 - Method to compete for credit card business at the point of sale: A method (400) of conducting a financial transaction. The method can include receiving from each of a plurality of credit providers an offer (130) indicating an incentive (125) available to a user for using an established credit account to make payment for the financial transaction at a point-of-sale terminal (110),... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.l.c.

20080154760 - Mobile phone charge card notification and authorization method: An added level of security is provided for charge card transactions. Upon presenting a charge card number for a purchase, for example, the cardholder receives a message on his cell phone or PDA that a charge authorization request has been received. The cardholder may also be prompted to reply with... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080154758 - Systems and methods for maintaining credit information about an entity: Systems and methods are provided for maintaining credit information that relates to one or more entities. In one implementation, a credit report is received from a credit-information provider to establish one or more units of credit information, each of the units of credit information relating to an entity. Further, a... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20080154795 - Auction platform and applications: A method based on a platform of a variety of versions and applications of auctions having a plurality of participants and configured to progress from one auction to the next according to game theory. The method includes offering money as the sole auction product, paying of fees by the participant... Agent: Naomi Assia Law Offices C/o Landon Ip Inc.

20080154791 - Dealer ready calculator for analyzing loan parameters: A calculator front-end to a deal financing system that enables a dealer to enter parameters regarding the pending transaction and calculate the values of an advance needed to break even and/or attain a profit goal.... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, Llc

20080154787 - Managing security holdings risk during porfolio trading: The present invention provides methods and systems for managing short-term risk to a portfolio of securities holdings while executing an outstanding trade list. The methods and systems may include steps of determining covariances between securities in the outstanding trade list and securities in the portfolio of holdings; receiving a risk... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080154790 - Method and system for generating and trading derivative investment instruments based on a volatility arbitrage benchmark index: A system and method for creating a volatility arbitrage bench mark index is disclosed. The method includes obtaining closing prices of an underlying instrument, such as a derivative investment instrument, and calculating a value representing a volatility arbitrage benchmark. The value may be displayed at a trading facility and volatility... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080154793 - Method and system for improved outsourcing: The cost savings of outsourcing may be thought of as a predictable but illiquid cash flow. The illiquid cash flow is monetized by way of securitization. A method of monetizing a cash flow asset obtainable from the difference between the costs of an in-house business component of a client and... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080154789 - Method for executing a single tranche synthetic abs derivative transaction: A Single Tranche Synthetic ABS product is designed to replicate economics returns of structured finance collateralized debt obligations (SF CDO) securities and allow parties to express a leveraged and/or correlation view on a custom ABS portfolio by transferring a credit risk of a particular transacted tranche of a portfolio in... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080154788 - Method for originating a bank deposit: A method for originating a bank deposit with the use of a computer is suggested, which implies entering the deposit characteristics into a computer. Use of the method makes it possible to achieve a technical result in the form of increase of the effectiveness of the origination of a bank... Agent: Conley Rose, P.c. David A. Rose

20080154785 - Real estate web platform providing intelligent guidance to investors to maximize their returns by enabling them to use tiny- simple applications that can be used standalone or mixed and matched: The current invention is a system and a destination web site that will serve the needs of Real Estate investors in a unique way. The system will create and have Tiny Simple Applications (T-saps) that serve unique functions that solve the pain points of real estate investors. A user can... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20080154786 - Single party platform for sale and settlement of otc derivatives: Exemplary systems and methods for selling and settling an over-the-counter (OTC) derivative on a single party platform is provided. In exemplary embodiments, terms for the OTC derivative are received from a purchaser by a derivative seller system. Based on the terms, a pricing analysis is performed in an automated manner... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080154796 - System and method for automated auctioning of web services: An automated auctioning system includes a customer, a web services register server (such as an Extended Markup Language (XML)-based registry server like an Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) registry) and a number of web service providers. Automated auctioning processes of a web service desired by the customer are undertaken... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080154794 - System and method for determining profitability of stock investments: A system and method for determining profitability on stock investments. The method includes determining or calculating a fair value of a particular stock (which may further include taking into account risk), determining or calculating the annual compounding intrinsic growth of the company, determining or calculating the consistency of the intrinsic... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20080154792 - User interface for a financial advisory system: A financial advisory system and a user interface for such a system are provided. According to one embodiment, information regarding a retirement income goal of an individual is received. Multiple input values for corresponding decision variables are also received. The decision variables include an indication regarding a target retirement age... Agent: Michael A Desanctis Hamilton Desanctis & Cha LLP

20080154761 - Commoditization of products and product market: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate the commoditization of both products and product markets in resale domains in order to aid in quantifying a value of used product as well as to enhance efficiencies and/or profits in resale markets. In one aspect, the architecture can... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154763 - Method and system for dynamically controlling overtime in electronic auctions: A first lot and a second lot are presented to a plurality of bidders in a multi-lot electronic auction between an originator and the plurality of bidders. A closing time of the first lot precedes a closing time of the second lot. Bids are received from the plurality of bidders... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080154764 - Method and system for providing a simplified graphical user interface and integrated trading system for electronic trading: A method and system for a simplified graphical user interface (GUI) and integrated trading system for electronic trading is provided. The simplified GUI and integrated trading system include a simplified GUI that can be used via web-browser on the Internet and allows traders to execute electronic trades via a simplified... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.c.

20080154765 - Method for the bidding for the placement of discount offers: Disclosed is a process by which merchants are able to provide discount offers, such as coupons, incentives, or tokens to consumers. Discount offers are arranged on a web site (or delivered other wise by RF) by category and users are able to pick and choose the offers in which in... Agent: Bryan H. Opalko, Esquire Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080154762 - Method of trading client leads: A system and method of trading of leads may include an automated exchange where leads are traded at market value. In the exchange, buyers and sellers may agree to be bound by uniform trading rules, so that sales may be quickly and efficiently made. Sellers of leads deliver lead information... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080154766 - Method and system for providing financing: Methods for financing dealer debt instruments for customers of a dealer are disclosed. One method, among others, an underwriter system that finances a dealer debt instrument based upon at least one of customer information, product information, and transaction information for the dealer debt instrument. The underwriter system may calculate an... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, Llc

20080154767 - Method for assessing the strength of patent portfolios and valuating them for purposes of monetization: Provided herein are methods of assessing patent portfolios to determine if they are loan-worthy assets and if they are found to be loan worthy, valuating the portfolios for purposes of monetizing them. Monetization of the patent portfolios will permit lending institutions to make loans using only the patent portfolios as... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080154768 - Automated appraisal fee processing software for real estate transactions: Software for use in securing payment of an appraisal fee in a real estate transaction wherein the software receives initial input requesting that a pre-authorization for the appraisal fee be obtained, obtains a pre-authorization for payment, receives final input once the appraisal has been completed, and ensures payment to the... Agent: Zuber & Taillieu LLP

20080154769 - Computer system and computer-implemented method for selecting invoice settlement options: A method of operating a computer system includes storing attributes of a buying organization, vendors, invoices and/or line-item details from invoices in one or more databases. Rules are established for selecting settlement options for the invoices. The rules are applied such that the computer system selects a first one of... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080154770 - Customer authentication in e-commerce transactions: A Chip Authentication Program based on 3-D Secure protocols is provided for authenticating customers' on-line transactions. An issuer, who may be a payment card issuer, operates Access Control and Authentication Request Servers for authenticating transactions by individual customers who are identified by their personal EMV-complaint smart cards. An authentication token... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080154772 - Mobile payment system and method using alias: Methods and systems are disclosed for allowing financial transactions to be conducted using mobile phones. A payer initiates a transaction by sending a payment request message from a mobile phone which specifies the payee and amount to be paid. Payees are identified by unique aliases, which are maintained in a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080154771 - System and method for processing and settling payment instructions relating to various financial instruments: Systems and methods are provided for processing instructions relating respectively to different forms of financial instruments. In one example, a system comprises an interface configured to receive instructions relating to at least two different forms of financial instruments. The system also comprises a plurality of processors each configured to apply... Agent: Brandon N. Sklar. Esq. (patent Prosecution) Kaye Scholer, LLP

20080154773 - System and method for secure data and funds transfer: Embodiments of the present invention offer systems and methods for the transfer of persistently secure electronic representations of funds and/or descriptive data through the use of digital rights management (DRM) containers transmitted as e-mail attachments. Further embodiments of the invention provide authentication services and customer support.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080154778 - Method and apparatus for decoding right object and method and apparatus for sharing contents using the same: A method and apparatus for decoding a right object and a method and apparatus for sharing contents using the same, the method of sharing contents including: receiving a Digital Rights Management (DRM) agent to interpret a right object corresponding to the contents; operating the received DRM agent to generate a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080154775 - Re-encrypting encrypted content on a video-on-demand system: The present invention re-encrypts encrypted content on a Video-on Demand (VoD) system. A device on the VoD system, such as a server, obtains the encrypted version of the content on the VoD system and the key, the first key, that was used to encrypt that version. The server decrypts the... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20080154777 - Storage control device for protecting an electronic protection object with protection capability required by the protection object: A storage control device is equipped with a protection controller, and storage device management information, which is information that includes a plurality of different protection capability values respectively associated with a plurality of storage devices having different protection capabilities, is stored in a storage resource of the storage control device.... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080154776 - System and method of automatically maintaining and recycling software components: In one aspect of the disclosure, a computer program product, system and method for maintaining and recycling software components is disclosed. A first set of usage data for one or more software components is recorded. At least one of the plurity of software components is automatically removed if the first... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, Pc

20080154774 - Systems and methods for managing access to real estate content: A system, method, and computer program product for providing a real estate lockbox. The real estate lockbox manages access over a network to real estate data by restricting access to certain real estate data while providing free access to other real estate data. Access to the restricted, private real estate... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080154779 - Electric comic book delivering server, system for delivering electric comic book and method of delivering electric comic book: An electric comic book delivering server delivers translated electric comic book by transmitting original electric comic book data, mask data and translation data to a client terminal via a communication network. The mask data is used to mask a display portion of first language. The translation data is used to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154780 - Sharing usage rights: A rights management technique allows user terminals to share usage rights that are necessary for accessing associated media content, while ensuring that the media content is not accessed in violation of the usage rights. A content provider may deliver the media content and the associated usage rights to a first... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20080154781 - Method and system for generating shipping labels: A system generates an encoded identifier representing shipping data associated with the first party, wherein the shipping data is associated with a transaction between the first party and a second party. The system then communicates the encoded identifier to the second party and the second party creates a shipping label... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080154782 - Apparatus, method and system for protecting personal information: A method, apparatus, and system for protecting personal information are provided. The personal-information-protecting apparatus is a device for protecting personal information using a pseudonym, and includes a pseudonym-generating unit that generates a pseudonym, a pseudo-public key corresponding to the pseudonym, and a pseudo-secret key, and a verifying unit that verifies... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080154784 - System and method for providing a futures/forward tradable market and bidded price negotiation for internet advertising: A system of advertising on the Internet, including: an on-line system for sellers of future advertising space to create advertising contracts; an on-line system for presenting the advertising contracts to purchasers of advertising space; an on-line system for the purchasers of future advertising space to select the sellers' advertising contracts;... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20080154783 - System and method for unified dispute resolution: In an embodiment, a system includes a network-based resolution module. The network-based resolution module is configured to receive information relating to a plurality of disputes relating to transactions involving a common entity. The disputes are associated with two or more payment processing systems. The system further includes a unified interface.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080154798 - Dynamic pricing models for digital content: Dynamic pricing models which facilitate efficient distribution of digital content online. Particular implementations of the invention dynamically base pricing for digital content on relatively current, aggregated information regarding Internet user behavior and preferences, such as search query and/or page hit logs. Some implementations of the present invention are directed to... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080154797 - Hybrid advertisement pricing system and method: A hybrid advertisement pricing system and method for determining the price of an advertisement on the Internet is disclosed. The system includes a CPM (Cost-Per-Million impressions) module, a CPC (Cost-Per-Click) module, a price accounting module and a controller. The CPM module is configured to compute a CPM price for an... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080154799 - Ensuring print quality for postage meter systems: Print quality is ensured in a postage meter system employing an ink system and having settable modes of printing operation by detecting the type of ink system employed in the postage meter system, setting a first mode of printing operation for the postage meter system when the detected ink system... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080154800 - Reporting and billing system for clean energy infrastructure: Disclosed is a method and system for providing reporting and billing information in an installed energy roadway system. Newer alternative energy gathering systems will need state of the art reporting systems to generate accurate accounting, power distribution, efficiency, maintenance, billing and third party royalty information. The invention method provides at... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080154801 - System and method for creating a geothermal roadway utility with alternative energy pumping billing system: Disclosed is a method and system for providing reporting and billing information in an installed energy roadway system tied in with a geothermal infrastructure. Newer alternative energy gathering systems will need state of the art reporting systems to generate accurate accounting, power distribution, efficiency, maintenance, billing and third party royalty... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080154802 - Utility product usage internet access: A method for providing additional information to utility product users based on an assemblage of utility product consumption data and utility product consumption billing of users data supplied to obtain corresponding billing payments by obtaining current utility product consumption data and determining current user charges to be billed to users... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080147427 - Complaint processing method and apparatus: A complaint processing method includes: receiving a complaint input instruction from a user terminal; obtaining position information of the user terminal; searching, based on the position information of the user terminal, a first data storage storing items of complaints that may occur in association with position information to identify items... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080147434 - Content delivery: A system for delivering content to a terminal includes a secure content server. The server includes a database in which content delivery conditions are defined. At least one of the delivery conditions relates to a location at which it is permissible to render content. A request from a terminal to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080147428 - Method and arrangement for provisioning remote service equipment with postage fee tables from a databank: In a method and arrangement for data processing to provision a service apparatus with postage fee tables, and for selection of the tables from a databank of a data center that accepts a communication connection to the service apparatus after the service apparatus calls in, the databank is automatically provisioned... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080147429 - Method and server for transferring an ownership of a product via the internet: A method for transferring an ownership of a product through the Internet and a server is provided. The ownership originally belongs to an abandoner. The method comprises steps of: receiving a request of abandoning the product from the abandoner through the Internet; storing information of the product in response to... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080147423 - Method and system for confirming/verifying receipt of a mailpiece using radio frequency identification (rfid): A method and system is provided for confirming and/or verifying receipt of a mailpiece by an intended mail recipient. The method includes the step of establishing a relationship between the intended mail recipient and an RFID tag affixed to the mailpiece. Upon delivery of the mailpiece, the actual mail recipient... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080147431 - Methods and apparatus for providing equipment on a pay-per-use basis: Methods and apparatus for providing a device, such as a treatment device, on a pay-per-use basis are disclosed. Generally, a wholesaler supplies a treatment device to a retailer. The retailer pays the wholesaler on a per use basis, which is regulated by a digital key, such as a smart card... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080147421 - On-request views of business object types: A request is received to initiate an operation (e.g., a query, etc.) on a view on a business object type. Such a request contains data characterizing the view which in turn characterizes a plurality of hierarchically arranged elements. Such elements characterized are associated with elements characterized by one or more... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c. Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64280

20080147432 - Request type grid computing: Methods, articles of manufacture, and systems for providing access to a grid computing environment. In one environment, requests include resource specific criteria used to identify a particular grid resource to perform the request. In another embodiment, a request includes a queue criterion used to identify one of a plurality of... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080147418 - Service endpoint visualization and dynamic dependency management: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to SOA virtualization and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for service endpoint virtualization and dynamic dependency management. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for service endpoint visualization and dynamic dependency... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080147425 - Strategic partner recognition: Systems and methods that identify and manage partner relationships. The systems and methods presented herein provide that a third-party trustee collect and process confidential customer information from a plurality of interested parties. The third-party trustee acts as a neutral intermediary between the parties. The third-party trustee processes and analyzes the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080147426 - System and method for managing receipts of an e-filing patent application: A method for managing receipts of an e-filing patent application is disclosed. The method includes: receiving one or more receipts from a patent office website via the Internet when a patent application is filed in the patent office electronically; uploading the one or more receipts to a file server; obtaining... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080147424 - System and method for multiplayer computerized game environment with non-intrusive, co-presented computerized ratings: A system and method for multiplayer computerized game environment with non-intrusive, co-presented computerized ratings. A plurality of users of the multiplayer gaming environment is identified. Users may interact with a computerized entity via a display and computerized controls associated with that display. Ratable computerized entities in the game environment and... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080147420 - System and method for participation in a cross platform and cross computerized-eco-system rating service: A system and method for participation in a cross platform and cross computerized-eco-system rating service. A computerized rating service identifies a plurality of users of the computerized rating service. Each user may interact with a computerized entity via a user display and computerized user controls associated with that display. Ratable... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080147433 - System and method to provide integrated device, user, and account information to users: A system and method for managing and servicing a device communicatively coupled to a network, including: receiving device information, including alert information and status information, from the device over the network; storing the received device information; storing business context information, including contract management information, billing management information, and order management... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080147417 - Systems and methods for automated weather risk assessment: A system and method for automated weather risk assessment is provided. A user is queried for business specific data. The business specific data is received from the user. A weather risk is then automatically assessed utilizing historical weather data over a period of time based on the business specific data.... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080147422 - Systems and methods for integrating sports data and processes of sports activities and organizations on a computer network: A system and methods are described for integrating enterprise resource planning tools in sports activities and organizations. More specifically, the system and methods provide systems and methods for integrating all data and processes of a sports organization and of member players or athletes engaged in physical activities into a unified... Agent: Manatt Phelps And Phillips Robert D. Becker

20080147416 - Ui behaviors: Implementing desired business logic functionality. The desired business logic functionality may include a number of individual functions. A number of computer implemented modules are selected. Each module is configured to perform at least a portion of one of the individual functions. Additionally, each module includes a computer implemented interface for... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080147435 - Universal point of contact identifier system and method: A subscriber to a universal point of contact service designates a preferred point of contact at which a communication initiator, such as a telephone caller, can contact the subscriber. Such an initiator desiring to contact the subscriber uses the subscriber's email address to establish a communication session with a device... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080147430 - Virtual event attendance systems: Virtual attendance at a life event is accomplished by inviting guests to attend the life event, providing an event hall for attendance by a first group of invited guests, and providing remote access to at least one portion of the life event for a second group of invited guests. The... Agent: Stoneman Law Offices, Ltd

20080147419 - Website for recording/registering real estate buyer/agency agreements or contracts: Currently there is no one source of electronic database information, no internet website dedicated for buyer/agency information of buyers and agents/brokers representing them. This innovative invention will enable an online electronic database for all buyers in the real estate market holding or engaged in exclusive buyer/agency relationship with real estate... Agent: Moses Bliss Chukwuemeka Odinachi

20080147440 - Evidence-based medicine supercharger: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for supporting health needs of a consumer by processing input data. An integrated health management platform supports the management of healthcare by obtaining multi-dimensional input data for a consumer, determining a health-trajectory predictor from the multi-dimensional input data, identifying a target of opportunity for the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 005222

20080147436 - Healthcare related claim reconciliation: Systems and methods for auditing and/or reconciling medical and financial data in a health record management software environment.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080147438 - Integrated health management platform: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for supporting health needs of a consumer by processing input data. An integrated health management platform supports the management of healthcare by obtaining multi-dimensional input data for a consumer, determining a health-trajectory predictor from the multi-dimensional input data, identifying a target of opportunity for the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 005222

20080147437 - Intelligent guided registration within a health information system: A method of intelligently guiding a registrar through a patient registration within a health information system. The method utilizes an inverted tree-type decision structure in which a question path is dependent on and determined by the responses to prior questions. A registrar is guided through the decision structure by responding... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt Llc

20080147441 - Intelligent health benefit design system: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for supporting health needs of a consumer by processing input data. An integrated health management platform supports the management of healthcare by obtaining multi-dimensional input data for a consumer, determining a health-trajectory predictor from the multi-dimensional input data, identifying a target of opportunity for the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 005222

20080147439 - User recognition/identification via speech for a personal health system: Speaker recognition/identification technology may be used to recognize/identify a patient who intends to use a personal health system (“PHS”) and to match collected data to the profile of a right patient. The PHS may be used by multiple patients simultaneously at different locations via a center console or a remote... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080147444 - Blood product utilization system and methods: A method and system is provided featuring a computer database containing select clinical observations and laboratory data for each of a number of patients in conjunction with healthcare provided such as blood product transfusion utilization for each patient. Particularly, the database is accessible remotely such as via the worldwide web.... Agent: Lauson & Schewe LLP

20080147445 - Computer instructions for guiding differential diagnosis through information maximization: A system and method for diagnosis and treatment decisions based on information maximization is disclosed. Utilizing patient information as well as clinical records from other patients can reduce the uncertainty in both diagnosis and treatment options. The information maximization may consider additional data such as risk, cost, and comfort in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080147443 - Infection control management and workflow system: A system identifies multiple medical conditions, observations, and laboratory test results using active sensors and predetermined rules to identify infected patients. An infection control and workflow management system includes a repository of worker information identifying healthcare workers for performing infection control tasks as well as worker associated communication data for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080147442 - Smart bed system and apparatus: A mobile smart bed adapted for use outside a hospital environment is disclosed herein. The mobile smart bed includes a smart bed computer, and a patient monitoring device operatively connected to the smart bed computer. The smart bed computer is remotely accessible such that a remotely located caregiver can control... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080147447 - Accelerated benefit insurance product management and distribution system and method: Disclosed is a novel insurance product that provides an accelerated death benefit to the insured individual. The insurance product contains a lifeaccess accelerated benefit feature that allows the insured individual to file a claim and receive benefits under a life insurance product if the insured individual becomes chronically or terminally... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20080147446 - Government fund raising through insurance underwriting: The current invention is a system, method and program product that uses assets held by Governments—i.e. land, mineral rights, etc. to underwrite insurance and generate revenues. The Government pledges assets it does not use and produce no income. The Government retains the right to use the assets. The Government receives... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20080147449 - Method for insurance portfolio analysis: A method for insurance portfolio analysis is provided. More specifically, a web based system is disclosed for managing user sessions over the Internet. The user can provide data relating to present and proposed insurance policies and receive access to a summary and various comparison graphs.... Agent: Susan B. Fentress Suite 440

20080147448 - System and method for predicting and responding to likelihood of volatility: The invention relates generally to data analysis, and to systems and methods for the computation of the volatility of a loss. The system comprises a module for receiving a data parameter, a database for storing the parameter, a computerized predictive model, and a business logic processor for executing the predictive... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080147450 - System and method for contextualized, interactive maps for finding and booking services: In one embodiment, a method that can be performed on a system, is provided for contextualized interactive maps for finding and booking services. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a user's request for one or more services related to an identified location; presenting a map to the user, the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv) Ip Docketing

20080147458 - Breeding support system: A breeding support system including at least one information terminal for processing breeding information associated with breeding work of at least one individual breeding object, the system comprising: individual information collecting means for collecting individual information indicating a time-variable change of an individual condition of the individual breeding object; specified... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080147460 - Computer-implemented method, system and program product for quoting a business service: The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for quoting a business service wherein a large variety of predefined scenario may be exercised to assess a business quotation in real time. The invention allows to establish relationships between an infrastructure design and the various components of the... Agent: Bond Schoeneck & King, Pllc

20080147452 - Enterprise resource tracking of knowledge: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates utilizing data within a network including numerous data communications. An interface that can receive data associated with a data communication within a network. An enterprise resource track (ERT) component that can generate context associated with the data communication... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080147455 - Enterprise verification and certification framework: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for verifying business objects. In one exemplary aspect, the business object and a predetermined contract defining the business object are received. The received business object is verified based on one or more tests defined by the predetermined contract. Based on the... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c. Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64280

20080147451 - Identifying technological solutions for user-centric product designs: A method to identify technological solutions for user-centric product designs is disclosed. The method includes acquiring knowledge of a user-centric product goal and a user outcome, identifying actions that may achieve the desired user outcome, and identifying tasks pertaining to each action. Upon identifying actions that may be necessary to... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080147465 - Measurement and verification protocol for tradable residential emissions reductions: The present invention is directed to a system and method for quantifying residential emissions reductions. In particular, the system and method may comprise the steps of: measuring an energy savings resulting from an energy savings opportunity in a residential property, calculating an emissions reduction resulting from the energy savings, aggregating... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080147454 - Method and apparatus for detecting fraudulent loans: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting fraudulent activity by preventing the rapid funding of multiple loans on the same property, by providing a collective database where real estate property information is examined and the apparatus detects whether at least two mortgage applications are the same... Agent: First American Real Estate C/o Snell & Wilmer, LLP

20080147466 - Method of empowering owners of health-care resources: A system of distributing and accounting funds, disbursements and credits of the health-care buyers, consumers and providers wherein the buyers and consumers pay the providers for the medical services and surgical services provided wherein the consumers, buyers and providers and the data and information on the services generated by the... Agent: Anuthep Benja-athon

20080147462 - Method of managing human resource cases: The invention describes a computer implemented or assisted method of managing human resource cases including the steps of receiving case data relating a particular case, inputting the case data into a database, allowing a user or an advisor to review the case data to determine if an investigation should be... Agent: Richard Gearhart, Esq.

20080147463 - Methodology, processes, and system for selection and optimization of collaborative management opportunities between internal and external organizations so that return on investments can be maximized: A business process, “Developing Robust Roadmaps Integrating Value Enterprises” (DR2IVE), for maximizing the efficiency of project and resource management and expanding a firm's Efficient Frontier, a model by which project portfolios can be evaluated and selected for most favorable impact. DR2IVE embodies five core processes; Design, Score, Audit, Roadmap, and... Agent: Attorney Richard S Missimer

20080147461 - Methods and apparatus to monitor consumer activity: Methods and apparatus to monitor consumer activity are disclosed herein. In a disclosed example method, a first signal is received via a portable device from a first one of a plurality of stationary devices positioned throughout a monitored environment. A first stationary device location of the first stationary device is... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20080147456 - Methods of detecting and avoiding fraudulent internet-based advertisement viewings: Non human entities such as automated web crawlers or malicious click-fraud programs can skew the tracking of clicks on web site advertisements. Thus, it is desirable to filter out page views caused by such automated entities. To achieve this goal, a web site may interject an intermediate web page after... Agent: Stattler - Suh Pc

20080147464 - Purchase and selling of exchange-traded shares in an investment company that issues a class of conventional shares and a class of exchange-traded shares in the same fund: A computer-implemented method of purchasing or selling exchange-traded shares is performed by entering into a computer an order to purchase or sell exchange-traded shares on behalf of an investor on the secondary market through a broker, executing the order on the secondary market via one or computers, and updating account... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080147459 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080147453 - System and method for end users to create a workflow from unstructured work: A workflow automating system provides a solution to allow users to create a workflow process from work they have done or work they plan to do and integrate it into their work environment. The system of the present invention allows a user to automatically record the steps of a process,... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080147457 - Systems and methods for handling attributes used for assignment generation in a value flow environment: Systems and methods are provided for handling data to generate an assignment between a base business object and a partner business object in a value flow environment. In one implementation, a function of an assignment creation definition is read to identify an attribute of the base business object, a value... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20080147467 - Configuration process scheduling: A method and system of configuring a business process for scheduling the business process comprising a plurality of activities, each activity comprising at least one of a start date type and a stop date type; the activities being in a time relationship to each other; wherein the business process is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147468 - Construction payment management system and method with automated electronic document generation features: A system and method for managing a construction payment process. One method embodying the invention can include generating a budget for a construction project, receiving an invoice amount from at least one participant in the construction project, generating at least one of an automated invoice and an automated sworn statement... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080147473 - Core area territory planning for optimizing driver familiarity and route flexibility: Route planning methods for use by a package delivery service provider are disclosed that satisfy a stochastic daily demand while taking advantage of drivers' route familiarity over time. A model for estimating the value of driver familiarity is disclosed along with both an empirical and a mathematical model for estimating... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080147470 - Method and system for multimedia contact routing: A system and method may include processing a task assignment request comprising a task type corresponding to a task and querying a database based on the task assignment request and on the task type to identify an agent profile and agent status information for the identified agent profile, the agent... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080147469 - Method to enhance calendar event management by automating the selection of attendees based on grouping and response: An electronic calendar management system for managing a plurality of meeting invitees to limit meeting attendance to a predetermined number of attendees. A meeting planner schedules a meeting using an electronic calendar. A meeting attendee profile (MAP) is defined, comprising parameters that determine the criteria for selecting meeting invitees. The... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP Ibm Austin

20080147472 - System and method for computer network scheduling and communication: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for computer network scheduling and communication. In an embodiment, a computer network scheduling and communication system includes a settings module for selecting one or more preferences. The system also includes a calendar module adapted to generate one or... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080147474 - System and method for electronic business transaction reliability: A system and method for performing a business transaction including delivering a business message, comprising providing in a first transaction the business message to a first workflow process; transferring the business message from the first workflow process to a second process wherein the transfer is not part of the first... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080147471 - Topic based meeting scheduler: The present invention discloses a method and system for scheduling topic based meetings. The method allows users to update their interests, profile, role etc., and the organizer of the meeting to define objective and agenda of the meeting, based on which the system intelligently assembles the set of users among... Agent: Evergreen Valley Law Group, P.c. And Oracle International Corporation

20080147478 - Adaptive sales assistant: A computer-implemented method includes providing one or more initial questions, including a first question, selected from a database of possible questions, where the one or more provided questions are selected based on a sales phase of a sales opportunity. A first response to the first question is received, and one... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20080147482 - Advertisement selection and propagation of advertisements within a social network: In various embodiments, direct or indirect specification of an advertisement to be displayed on a web page or other medium being published or administered by a user is received by a computing device. In response, the computing device provides or enables provision of the advertisement to be delivered and displayed... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080147485 - Customer segment estimation apparatus: In order to obtain customer state transition probabilities and short-term rewards conditioned by actions, customer behaviors are modeled with a hidden Markov model (HMM) using composite states each composed of a pair of a customer sate and a marketing action. Parameters of the estimated hidden Markov model (the composite state... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080147484 - High speed advertising to mobile transceivers: The disclosed method includes collecting and monitoring customer preferences; performing calculations based on the collected and monitored preferences, the calculations being for determining at least a target audience of the advertisement campaign, an advertisement media presentation, an advertisement media delivery time and an expense minimizing advertisement media delivery route for... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080147483 - Method and system for online collaborative ranking and reviewing of classified goods or services: A method to enable online collaboration to rank and review goods and services wherein, at a controller: all of the goods and services are classified according to a hierarchical structure of categories and sub-categories, each of the goods and services being able to be in more than one of the... Agent: Hunton & Williams/new York Intellectual Property Dept.

20080147487 - Methods and apparatus for conversational advertising: Disclosed are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for conversational advertising. Online commentary data representing comments and/or conversation is published on a data network. Relevant commentary data associated with an electronic advertisement can be identified on one or more electronic forums accessible over the data... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080147490 - Optimized deployment of parts in a supply chain network: Locations that include supply, manufacturing, demand locations, and channels are defined. A demand is computed for each part at each location. An availability lead-time is estimated for each part at each location and for each part at each channel. A total landed cost is calculated for each part at each... Agent: I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

20080147486 - Prediction method and system: A method and apparatus for predicting future data values based on past data values. Past data values such as past product demand values are received. Leading indicators are identified based on the past data values. The future data values are generated based on the leading indicators.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080147489 - Promotional packaging and method for producing same: A method of delivering preferred consumable products to a first person is provided. The method includes the steps of providing the first person with a preference worksheet that includes at least two preference choices, directing the first person to choose at least two preference choices on the preference worksheet, determining... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080147476 - Propensity-to-click targeting and modeling: In an embodiment of the present invention, two or more metrics may be measured from the group consisting of: the user's age, the user's gender, the user's race, the user's geographic location, the user's annual income, the user's profession, types of areas of the search engine that the user frequents,... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080147479 - Proprietor currency assignment system and method: A method and a system assign a proprietary currency value to goods to be bartered, the proprietary currency value linked to the current pricing of the goods. For example, an offered listing of goods to be bartered may be received from a first user. A currency converter module may access... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080147475 - State of the shelf analysis with virtual reality tools: A method and apparatus for performing a state-of-the-shelf analysis using virtual reality tools is disclosed. A state-of-the-shelf virtual reality simulation may be generated by specifying a layout for the shelf-space and a time period for the virtual reality simulation, obtaining sales data for the items stored in the shelf-space. The... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p. Attn: Gero G. Mcclellan / Kimberly-clark

20080147481 - System and method for encouraging use of a biometric authorization system: A system and method of providing an incentive to encourage those offering a biometric authorization system to promote its use. A biometric authorization system operator receives a reward, such as a dividend, when an individual he enrolled conducts a transaction via the biometric authorization system.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080147477 - System and method for managing a collection of stock replenishment systems: The present invention provides a method of managing a stock replenishment system in a way that explicitly controls the in-stock rate. Also provided by the present invention is a method of managing a collection of stock replenishment systems in a way that the combined in-stock rate of the collection is... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080147488 - System and method for monitoring viewer attention with respect to a display and determining associated charges: In an example of an embodiment of the invention, data relating to at least one impression of at least one person with respect to a display is detected, and a party associated with the display is charged an amount based at least in part on the data. The at least... Agent: Brandon N. Sklar. Esq. (patent Prosecution) Kaye Scholer, LLP

20080147480 - Transferring behavioral profiles anonymously across domains for behavioral targeting: A system and method are disclosed for transferring a behavior profile anonymously across multiple domains. The behavior profile may be established from a first domain, but transferred anonymously such that it is accessible by other domains. The behavior profile may be used for generating targeted advertisements.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080147491 - Transferring toll data from a third party operated transport to a user account: A system, method, and computer readable medium for transferring toll data from a third party operated transport to a user account comprises, performing a verification of the user account, receiving a service request to transfer tolls incurred by the third party operated transport, receiving toll data, and sending information related... Agent: Winstead Pc

20080147493 - Ad presentment in a mobile device: A method including displaying at least one user interface feature on a display, receiving at least a first information related to at least one advertisement and displaying the at least first information related to the at least one advertisement in place of at least one of the at least one... Agent: Perman & Green

20080147497 - Advertising and content management systems and methods: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing an advertisement time slot. The time slot is associated to an advertisement. Ratings information is sent to advertisers that describes a popularity of content associated with the time slot. An auction is conducted for a first alternate advertisement that will be associated... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, Pllc

20080147501 - Conditional advertising for instant messaging: An instant message sender user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving an instant message sender and an instant message recipient is rendered, the user interface including a conversation window. User input is entered by the instant message sender through manipulation of the user interface, the user input including... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080147502 - Exercise incenting methods and devices: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for receiving or sending verification that an incentee user has performed a physical exercise prescribed by an incenting arrangement, with an incentee user agreeing to perform the physical exercise in order to obtain a reward for a reward recipient, and initiating—upon receipt of said verification—a providing... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080147507 - Merchant-affiliated direct wholesale marketing and fulfillment system: A merchant-affiliated direct wholesale marketing and fulfillment system. A computer server receives information from a consumer and from this information assigns the consumer to one of a plurality of independent retail merchants. The server then provides the consumer's remote computer with identifying information for the assigned retail merchant, to be... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080147506 - Method and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce transactions using electronic tokens: Methods and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce using electronic tokens are described. The electronic tokens are issued and maintained by a vendor, who also provides products and services that can be purchased or rented using the electronic tokens. The electronic tokens may be purchased from the vendor either on-line, using... Agent: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

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20080147503 - Movie distribution method: A method for movie (or other content) distribution that relies on a pre-paid “film card” and/or download certificate distributed by studios to retailers for purchase by consumers. A customer buys a generic film card from a retailer (or downloads a certificate at home), emblazoned with the graphics of an upcoming... Agent: Royal W. Craig Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver

20080147499 - Network interaction correlation: Correlating a network interaction is disclosed. A network interaction is detected at an advertising network. A network interaction is detected at an advertiser. The network interaction at the advertising network is correlated with the network interaction at the advertiser. The network interaction correlation is performed by a third party that... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080147504 - Point-of-sale system implementing criteria-based transaction totals: The Present Invention comprises the steps of determining a first transaction total price and a second transaction total price, for which the consumer is eligible upon the satisfaction of certain criteria. The first total transaction price is sent from a cashier terminal to a payment interface. Further information, such as... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080147500 - Serving advertisements using entertainment ratings in a collaborative-filtering system: A collaborative-filtering based combination model is used to select advertisements to serve to a current network user. The combination model comprises a plurality of vectors, each vector comprising ratings for entertainment items and ratings for advertisements (or advertisement categories) from a previous network user. A vector may also include ratings... Agent: Stattler - Suh Pc

20080147505 - Streaming mobile advertising: The disclosed method includes collecting and monitoring customer preferences; performing calculations based on the collected and monitored preferences, the calculations being for determining at least a target audience of the advertisement campaign, an advertisement media presentation, an advertisement media delivery time and an expense minimizing advertisement media delivery route for... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080147498 - System and method for adjusting parameters of a digital ad and third-party traffic based on a difference in time between geographic regions: Systems and methods for adjusting parameters of a digital ad and third-party traffic based on a difference in time between geographic regions are disclosed. Generally, a monitoring module of an online advertisement service provider monitors performance information associated with a digital ad directed to potential customers in a first region... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080147494 - System and method for efficient return preparation for newly-independent filers: A system and method for facilitating a transition from being a dependent of a parent tax filer to being a newly independent tax filer may include determining if a prior-year dependent will be responsible for filing his or her own tax return. The system and method may include obtaining permission... Agent: Robert C. Kowert Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20080147495 - System and method for providing promotions: A technique is provided for delivering promotions to a consumer. The technique includes receiving a promotional data containing one or more promotions from a transaction bank server over a communication channel, and writing the promotional data on a transaction card via a card read/write device.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080147496 - System and method for providing promotions: A technique is provided for delivering promotions to a consumer. The technique includes receiving a transaction card data from a terminal over a communication channel on presentation of a transaction card at the terminal, performing an authentication of the transaction card data, sending a promotional data containing one or more... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080147509 - Emv transaction in mobile terminals: A mobile terminal is enabled to conduct an EMV transaction. A wireless access node in the EMV card-reader terminal is provided for connecting a mobile terminal to the card-reader terminal. An EMV-proxy module executing in the card-reader terminal facilitates communication between the mobile terminal and the card-reader terminal. The EMV-proxy... Agent: Coats & Bennett, Pllc

20080147508 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for supporting multiple applications and multiple instances of the same application on a wireless smart device: Systems, methods, and computer program products for supporting multiple applications and multiple instances of the same application on a wireless smart device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a system for supporting multiple instances of the same application. The system includes a wireless smart... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080147510 - Method and system for managing digital content stored in an electronic device: The present invention provides a method for managing a digital content stored in an electronic device (102). The electronic device is capable of storing and retrieving the digital content. The method includes storing (304) a plurality of user profiles at the electronic device. Each user profile of the plurality of... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080147511 - Personalization of self-checkout security: A method is provided for personalizing security conditions for each customer using a self-service checkout terminal to conduct a transaction on the terminal. A trust level is assigned to each customer based on a selection of factors, which may include personal information provided by the customer, factors independent of the... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080147513 - Electronic embedded proceeds allocation system: An electronic commerce system is provided that automatically allocates the transactional proceeds to predetermined registered beneficiaries, particularly nonprofit or charitable organizations.... Agent: Dewey & Leboeuf LLP (previously Dewey Ballantine LLP)

20080147514 - Instant or text message ordering and purchasing system: A system and method which enables almost any device with text messaging capability to function as a consumer oriented remote shopping device. The consumer can make purchases using existing mobile services and devices. Using Short Message Service (SMS) or Instant Message (IM) or similar technology an order is placed and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147512 - Systems, methods and computer implemented appratuses for the customization and purchasing of boards: Systems, methods and computer enabled apparatuses for customizing boards such as surfboards programs are embodiments of the claimed subject matter. One aspect of the claimed subject matter includes a system for fabricating a customized board comprised of an input device for allowing a user to input information about the customized... Agent: Law Office Of Michael P. Eddy Michael P. Eddy

20080147515 - Integrating touch, taste, and/or scent with a visual interface of an automated system for an enhanced user experience: The present invention includes a method for providing a robust user experience with an automated system that includes sensory output, such as touch, taste, and/or smell as well as visual output. The automated system can be an e-commerce or automated shopping system. The method can visually present a user selected... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.a.

20080147516 - Systems, methods and apparatuses for a payment facilitation engine: The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a cross-border Payment Facilitation Engine. Through its various components, the cross-border Payment Facilitation Engine creates new markets by generating and facilitating payment. In one embodiment, the Engine manages the transaction by: creating a transaction “template” based on transaction information,... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20080147517 - Change aggregation via timestamps: A method of aggregating changes in an order status database system teaching the method steps of identifying the order and the order status, where the order status includes an insert timestamp and an update timestamp; identifying individual line items (products) that together form the order, each line item identifying the... Agent: Delio & Peterson, Llc

20080147518 - Method and apparatus for pharmacy inventory management and trend detection: A method and system for inventory management of pharmacies and for detecting trends includes a pharmacy search and order service that receives information on prescriptions and communicates the prescription information to the pharmacies. The pharmacy search and order service also receives patient information, such as patient demographic data. The prescription... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080147520 - Method and apparatus for providing electronic inventory service: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing an electronic inventory service. An electronic inventory service providing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores product information regarding at least one product; and a control unit which executes at least one service application using the product information, wherein the product information... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080147519 - Method and system for conducting inventories and appraisals: A system and method for conducting an inventory and/or appraisal is disclosed. A grid marked along one direction with increments of one characteristic and along a second direction with increments of another characteristic is electronically displayed by an electronic device. An item is assayed with respect to the two characteristics... Agent: Robert R. Waters, Esq. Waters Law Office, Pllc

20080147521 - Methods, apparatus and products relating to payment of homeowner community assocation fees: A computer implemented method for handling community association fees comprising all, or any combination of: (A) receiving payment relating to community association fees for a property within the community association; (B) accessing a database having information relating to the community association and the property; (C) verifying the payment information, parties... Agent: Gilbreth & Associates, P.c.

20080147526 - Computer-facilitated account-transaction system and method with multi-entity control logic: Systems and methods for use with accounts held at financial institutions and educational institutions are implemented according to a variety of embodiments. According to one such embodiment, a computer-facilitated system is implemented for use with a first set of accounts held at a financial institution and a second set of... Agent: Crawford Maunu Pllc

20080147525 - Cpu banking approach for transactions involving educational entities: In an example embodiment, an approach for financial transaction processing involves using regulatory type rules at a banking institution for processing financial transactions involving a non-banking financial institution, such as a funds transfer service. An assimilation processing module and underlying processing modules determine whether the funds-transfer request should be reported... Agent: Crawford Maunu Pllc

20080147523 - Method and apparatus for transaction management: A system, method, apparatus, means and computer program products for establishing, monitoring and maintaining spending controls in a payment system are provided.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080147522 - Method and system for generating check confirmation data from check printing data file: An intermediary program obtains check printing data generated by an application program. The intermediary program collects check attribute data from the check printing data and then can pass the check printing data on to the print driver. The intermediary program transmits the check attribute data as a “positive pay” data... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080147524 - System and method for a sip server with offline charging: The SIP server can be comprised of an engine tier that is designed for high throughput processing of SIP communications and a state tier that maintains state information for access by the engine tier. A Java-based offline charging application can be deployed on the SIP server engine tier in order... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080147528 - Method and apparatus for automatically mapping account-data to tax-forms: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that automatically inserts account-data into a tax-form. During operation, the system receives account-data at a server from a data-provider. The system also receives a tax-form at the server from an application. Next, the system automatically analyzes the account-data to determine a... Agent: Pvf -- Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080147527 - Method and system to determine state income tax liability: A system to determine the tax consequences for one or several special apportionment accounts is described. The example system may include a data collector and an optimizer. The data collector may be configured to obtain information associated with one or more accounts, and a selection of one or more jurisdictions.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080147530 - Programmatically transferring applications between handsets based on license information: Transfer management of licensed applications from an original user equipment (UE) device to a destination UE device is facilitated by a communication network that tracks the inventory of software application that has been previously licensed, and suggests a suite of applications equivalent to, an upgraded version of, or an appropriate... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080147529 - Surgical suite radio frequency identification methods and systems: Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by providing the ability to accurately track all equipment used in a surgical suite through the used of RFID tags.... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, Pllc

20080147531 - Methods and systems for documenting and perfecting real estate security interests by separating mortgage content into recordable and non-recordable sections: Computer implemented systems and methods for creating a multiple-part mortgage document. The multiple-part mortgage document includes a recordable legal instrument and a non-recordable legal instrument. The systems and methods are configured to select content to be included and determine whether the content is placed in the recordable portion or the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080147570 - Automatic mapping and allocation of beneficial interests in trusts for portfolio analysis: The present invention relates to analysis of trusts that have multiple beneficiaries whose interests mature in different time periods or under different conditions. In particular, we disclose automatic mapping of interests in one or more trusts, optionally subject to user confirmation, to long and short positions in financial or derivative... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080147568 - Computer system and method for pricing financial and insurance risks with historically- known or computer-generated probability distributions: A computer-implemented system and method for pricing financial and insurance risks with historically-known or computer-generated probability distributions is disclosed. The method is also used to quantify uncertainty of a variable within any historically known or computer-generated distribution of outcomes.... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080147567 - Method for providing a wealth management service: A method for providing wealth management services to a family is provided. This wealth management method comprises the steps of collecting family information, collecting information about legal entities where family members are involved, performing a plurality of wealth management reviews, surveying a plurality of considerations related to wealth management, establishing... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20080147566 - Online auction analysis and recommendation tool: In a computer system, online auction data is retrieved by an auction analysis application program to generate recommendations for buying and selling auction items to auction participants. The auction participants may be either auction buyers or auction sellers. Profile data and auction item historical data associated with one or more... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080147569 - Real time trading of foreign financial instruments in local currency: A method for producing quotes in a first currency for a financial instrument traded in a second currency. At least one substantially real time series of currency conversion quotes for converting the second currency to the first currency is received. This series of currency conversion quotes is applied to a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080147534 - Electronic multilateral negotiation system: A system and method for managing multilateral negotiations are disclosed. The method generally includes sending a negotiation initiating offer object to a first negotiating party for specifying rules of the negotiation and for forming a negotiation initiating offer including specification of at least one attribute. The method also includes receiving... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080147533 - Method and system for controlling an electronic auction during the transition to a closed state: A method and system for conducting electronic auctions is described. A dynamic lot closing extension feature avoids collisions in closing times of multiple lots by dynamically extending the closing time of a subsequent lot if a preceding lot's closing time is extended to be too close to the subsequent lot's... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080147532 - System and methods for transferring tax credits: A system and methods for transferring tax credits from one party to another are disclosed. A system for transferring tax credits includes a system layer receiving at least one bid from at least one bidder for a plurality of tax credits, the system layer connecting the at least one bidder... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080147535 - Trading system and method for institutional athletic and education programs: A device and method for trading commodity options and futures related to an educational institution's non-rival athletic program to manage risks associated with producing collegiate athletic programs. In one version, the underlying asset of the options and futures contracts is an athletic prospect's obligation to participate in a non-rival athletic... Agent: John D. Reed

20080147538 - Mortgage loan data collection method and apparatus for a financial planning originator and/or financial institution originator of a mortgage loan: The present invention includes a data processing system and method for managing the origination of a mortgage loan by a loan originator in coordination with a loan broker for a loan customer. The loan originator is not the loan broker. The loan originator provides services necessary for the origination of... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20080147537 - On-demand assembly of buyer simulacra: Methods, systems, and computer program for interacting with simulacrum members of a buyer simulacrum. Persistent storage is configured to store collective qualifications of the simulacrum based on the individual qualifications of the simulacrum members, while a simulacrum broker is configured to present the collective qualifications to third parties. Thus, the... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080147536 - System and method for providing funding: Systems and methods of providing funding from a funds provider to a worker of a client, for example payroll obligations of an employer to an employee. Worker information identifying at least one worker of the client is received, as is pay information. A request for payment of a worker payment... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080147540 - Reputation integration into remittance delivery: One embodiment provides a method of delivering a remittance from a first party to a third party via an intermediary party, in which an intermediary fee is chargeable by the intermediary party. The method includes: receiving, at a payment system, a request to conduct a remittance transaction including a transfer... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080147539 - System and method for automating a purchase of fuel, goods, or services (fgs) within a retail fueling environment: Methods and systems for automating a purchase of fuel, goods, or services (FGS) for a customer within a retail fueling environment are disclosed. According to one method, an automated transaction is created for the purchase of a first item of the FGS at a first node of the retail fueling... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080147542 - System and method for efficient allocation of charitable donations: A system and method for efficient allocation of charitable contributions comprises client system 100 having web browser 110; server system 200 having web pages 210, server engine 220, and databases 230; whereby a user purchases product 300 and thereafter logs on to server system 310 which receives input of product... Agent: Ronald J. Koch

20080147541 - System of fractional ownership of intellectual property: A system of fractional ownership of intellectual property, allowing individuals or entities to contribute for the benefit of an entity owning intellectual property, and in return, granting these individuals or entities certain rights to the intellectual property. Use of the present invention creates an accurate valuation of the intellectual property,... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080147543 - Billing and payment methods for a transaction between a retail merchant and a retail consumer: A method is provided of a retail merchant in a transaction conducted between the retail merchant and a retail consumer. The method comprises receiving an on-line request from the retail consumer to make payment for the transaction, prompting the retail consumer to key in details associated with a check to... Agent: Intellectual Property Section Law Department

20080147545 - Information processing device dealing with settlement information on a commercial transaction: An information processing device communicates with a first server that provides transaction settlement information, communicates with a second server that converts the transaction settlement information into a predetermined format, receives the transaction settlement information from the first server, records the received transaction settlement information, records identifying information for identifying the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080147544 - System and method for processing payments: A method for processing payments is provided that includes receiving with at least one server data representative of a plurality of payments. For at least one of the payments, the at least one server causes data representative of at least one third party offer to be mailed to the payee... Agent: Walker & Jocke, L.p.a.

20080147546 - Wireless device electronic wallet transaction validation: A wireless phone electronic wallet transaction is associated with a current location of the wireless device at the time of the transaction. The current location is compared to an entry in a database of associated merchants accepting electronic wallet transactions to the locations that they handle such transactions. If a... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter Pllc

20080147547 - Automated banking machine and system: An automated banking machine includes at least one browser and transaction function devices, including a currency dispenser device. The machine can be operated in a modified mode in response to transactions that are no longer available. A browser can be used to communicate with one or more servers. Data indicative... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20080147550 - Electronic payment processing system: In general, in one aspect, an electronic payment transaction can be processed at a merchant location without the need for configuring the equipment used to include parameters related to a merchant account (merchant profile). The electronic payment transactions processed from the merchant location simply include a unique identification for the... Agent: Ryder Ip Law, Pc

20080147552 - Electronic payment processing system: In general, in one aspect, parties associated with a merchant profile may be provided access to a system utilized to create merchant profiles. The system may accept data related to a merchant account from the parties and may validate the data. If any required information is missing or invalid the... Agent: Ryder Ip Law, Pc

20080147549 - Method and system for performing monetary transactions from multiple source accounts: A method and system for performing monetary transactions across multiple source accounts. The method includes the steps of: determining whether a multi-source transaction is desired or required to complete a monetary transaction; selecting the specific source accounts to be accessed and debited to perform the monetary transaction; determining the amount... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080147548 - Online third party payment system as a guarantor for business transaction safety: An online third party payment system is for business transaction, where the system functions as a guaranty between the seller and the buyer. The buyer pays money to the said system, and the money will not be released to any party until the business transaction is fulfilled. The said system... Agent: Lixian Jiang

20080147551 - System and method for a sip server with online charging: The SIP server can be comprised of an engine tier that is designed for high throughput processing of SIP communications and a state tier that maintains state information for access by the engine tier. A Java-based online charging application can be deployed on the SIP server and can enable various... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080147553 - Automated on-line generation and distribution of advertisement and promotional materials: Print advertising is distributed by generating an ad-template and importing the ad-template into an online library via an Internet connection. The ad-template is modified via the Internet connection and the ads are automatically delivered to publications from the online library via the Internet connection. A server manages the distribution of... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080147554 - System and method for the protection and de-identification of health care data: A system for protecting and de-identifying healthcare data includes a storage device for storing the healthcare data and personally identifiable information for a person and a processor in communication with the database. The processor generates an anonymous linking code using a keyed hash function and a second hash function. The... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080147555 - System and method for using a hypervisor to control access to a rental computer: A system, method, and program product is provided that executes a hypervisor in order to control access to a rental computer system. The hypervisor performs steps that include: reading a rental metric from a nonvolatile storage area, comparing the rental metric with a rental limit, allowing use of one or... Agent: Lenovo - Jvl C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20080147556 - Digital rights management flexible continued usage system and method: A digital rights management (DRM) scheme enables a user having a valid license to digital content to create one or more copies of the content. The number of copies is limited by the DRM scheme. However, if the user is not connected or connectable to the content provider or licensing... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080147557 - Display based purchase opportunity originating from in-store identification of sound recordings: An automated system that facilitates the real time identification of sound recordings in a retail environment and concurrent correlation and display for listeners of information such as the title and artist for the sound recording, as well as an accommodation of a purchase opportunity of or related to the sound... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080147559 - Data services outsourcing verification: A method and system for verifying outsource data and providing a certification system includes but is not limited to a method including receiving one or more deposits of one or more data elements in connection with an outsourcing transaction from or on behalf of a third party, verifying an identification... Agent: Anderson Law Group, Pllc

20080147558 - Method and system for providing prospective licensees and/or purchasers with access to licensable media content: Techniques and technologies are provided to facilitate licensing/purchasing of licensable media content, such as, copyrighted musical composition(s) and sound recording(s). In one exemplary implementation of these techniques and technologies, a web-based method is provided which helps a prospective licensee/purchaser in finding and licensing/purchasing licensable media content can, such as, copyrighted... Agent: Robert Korbin Kraus

20080147560 - Provision of protected content files via payment system: A method on a computer for providing content files to users is disclosed. The method includes establishing a connection with a licensing authority and a payment authority and accepting a connection with a portable data storage apparatus provided by a user. The method further includes providing a catalog of content... Agent: Mark Terry

20080147562 - Computer-facilitated secure account-transaction: The handling of accounts and account transactions are implemented using a variety of different systems and methods. According to one embodiment a computer-facilitated system is implemented for handling accounts held by a user a financial institution and an educational institution. A first database stores account balance information associated with a... Agent: Crawford Maunu Pllc

20080147561 - Image based invoice payment with digital signature verification: A method of processing the payment of an invoice received by a billee includes receiving an electronic image of the invoice and payment information, including a payment amount, relating to the invoice from the billee, and generating a signed payment data element that includes a first portion including the electronic... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080147563 - System, method, and computer readable medium for micropayment with varying denomination: A system, a method, and a computer readable medium for micropayment with varying denomination are disclosed. The method utilizes a secret value, a public information, a number base parameter, a bit parameter, and merged one-way hash chains to calculate a root for providing a certificate of a transaction among a... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080147564 - Security in use of bankcards that protects bankcard data from merchant systems in a payment card system: A method and apparatus for security that protects bankcard data from merchant systems and uses a payment card (30) and payment system (12) that can be used by a customer (20) to perform a transaction with a merchant (22) using an existing bankcard (31) of the customer (20). In some... Agent: Tara Chand Singhal

20080147565 - Method and system for facilitating payment transactions using access devices: A payment system for facilitating a payment transaction between a payer and a payee is disclosed. The payment system includes a payer access device, a payee access device, and a services hub. The services hub is configured to communicate with the payer device and the payee device; maintain information relating... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080147571 - System and method for analyzing machine customization costs: A method for analyzing machine customization costs includes receiving one or more specifications associated with a machine and identifying a machine type based on the one or more specifications. Prognostic data associated with the machine type is analyzed based on the specifications, and costs associated with operating a stock machine... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080147572 - Hedging employee stock options: The present disclosure creates an efficient process, from both a regulatory and tax perspective, for individuals to hedge employee stock options. First, the present disclosure provides that no margin is required for a listed call option written on an equity security when the account holds a “long” position in a... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080140429 - Business method for promoting sales, satisfying customers with little cost: The detailed information about a product is made accessible to buyers. The information helps buyers or end users to properly use, maintain, and repair the product. For example, the information about an automobile in DVD disk can be played via a built-in automobile DVD player, showing users features of the... Agent: Yuming Huang

20080140439 - Method and apparatus for analyzing the variable operating rate of a manufacturing process: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for analyzing the variable operating rate of a manufacturing process. The system contains information relating to procurement activity, manufacturing activity and sales and marketing activity.... Agent: Weiss & Weiss

20080140436 - Method and system for a reachability management: A user of a management system, with which the user's reachability is managed, is assigned a reachability matrix in the system. This reachability matrix stores, in the form of reachability records, the respective reachability of the user via the communications media available to him in relation to a plurality of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080140437 - Method for dispensing and selling frozen confection products: Methods for selling or dispensing frozen confections to a consumer are provided, the method can comprise the steps of producing a frozen confection in a consumer's view using a batch freezer, selling the frozen confection to the consumer, and cleaning the batch freezer while it is in the consumer's view.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080140431 - Method of performing an agricultural work operation using real time prescription adjustment: A method of performing an agricultural work operation includes the steps of: creating a prescription for a work operation in a geographic area; determining an estimated state for the geographic area; collecting real time data corresponding to an actual state for the geographic area; comparing the estimated state with the... Agent: Deere & Company

20080140434 - Methods and apparatus for enhancing en route service to passengers in transportation systems: A mobile device carried by service personnel is automatically loaded from one or more external databases with detailed information about specific customers relevant to the intended location such as, for example, passengers aboard a specific airplane flight, participants on a specific cruise, or convention attendees congregated in a specific meeting... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20080140440 - Mobile asset data management system: A system and method for gathering information from an operator of an asset is provided. The system interfaces with a management computer to provide a list of questions for response by the operator. A wireless infrastructure operates to distribute the list of questions from the management computer to the operator.... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080140441 - Rating e-commerce transactions: Methods of the present invention allow for rating eCommerce transactions. An exemplary method for rating an eCommerce transaction may comprise the steps of identifying a plurality of data indicating the trustworthiness of a Hosting Provider, a Merchant, and/or a Customer, collecting the data, and generating a Transaction Trust Rating for... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080140433 - Rights management systems and methods using content identifiers: The present invention relates to a variety of content identifiers (e.g., fingerprinting and watermarking) and related methods. One method recites: associating a digital rights management (DRM) identifier with content; populating a first rights registry with usage rights associated with the content, wherein the usage rights are indexed in the first... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080140438 - Risk management tool: A risk management tool allows a user to enter information about a company of interest to determine if the company demonstrates fraudulent characteristics. The risk management tool contains a fraud radar, a credit velocity indicator, and a fraud database lookup. The credit velocity indicator is a measure of the number... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080140430 - Systems and methods for recruiter rating: Methods and systems of providing a rating of a recruiter are disclosed herein. A plurality of job listings to be posed is received from a recruiter. One or more modifications of at least one of the plurality of job listings are received within a period of time. A modification rate... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080140442 - Validating e-commerce transactions: Methods of the present invention allow for validating eCommerce transactions. An exemplary method for validating an eCommerce transaction may comprise the steps of validating a Hosting Provider, validating a Merchant using the Hosting Provider to host an eCommerce website, and validating a Customer who may purchase goods or services from... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080140432 - Verification and data-tracking systems, methods, and devices: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system and method for registering and verifying wine or other or other items, such as collectibles. In an embodiment, a collectible item receives a label containing a unique identifier, which may be used to register information about the item with a computer system... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080140435 - Working machine failure information centralized managing system: With a system and a method of providing information on a working machine, it is allowed to promptly handle a failure that has not been initially predicted by its designer. Failure occurrence information is transmitted from the working machine 1 side to the communication server 12 (S201). The communication server... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080140445 - Customized health advertising: Systems, methods and computer-executable instructions for customizing health-related ads are described herein. By way of example, a system stored on computer-readable media can customize health-related advertising content. The system can comprise a collection component to aggregate data relating to a patient's health, a decision component to decide whether the patient... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080140449 - Information management and communications system for communication between patients and healthcare providers: An information management and communications system for communication between patients and healthcare providers, including an automated interactive patient response system, and apparatus and software to create, configure, and manage the content and structure of the patient response system to provide secure standards-based outpatient health assessment monitoring, to include disease management,... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080140443 - Method and apparatus for automatically providing dental patients with a fresh toothbrush in a timely manner: A system is disclosed for automatically providing a dental patient with a fresh toothbrush, the system comprising data collection means for collecting the patient name together with a previous hygiene appointment date, packaging means for preparing a mailing package containing the fresh toothbrush, and calculating means for determining a given... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.c.

20080140444 - Patient monitoring via image capture: A system that can enable clinical trial compliance determination by viewing sequences of images captured during an event is disclosed. For example, the innovation can employ captured event sequences to enable a subject or third party to assess a subject's actions related to a medical trial. The capture of event... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080140446 - System and method for managing medical records: A method of managing medical records includes preparing, on behalf of a second medical services provider, a request for one or more medical records from a first medical services provider. The request is provided to the first medical services provider. The one or more medical records are obtained from the... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080140447 - System and method using extended authorization hold period: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses serving to provide assurance that healthcare providers will receive payment for services rendered. In one embodiment, a payment card (or other portable consumer device) provides an extended authorization hold period (for example up to 21 days). This hold period allows... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080140448 - System management dashboard: A system and method for acquiring, compiling and displaying data indicative of healthcare data workflow within an integrated healthcare enterprise simplifies the monitoring and identification of inefficiencies such as bottlenecks in the enterprise. Information gathered from enterprise system components and data files are used to measure individual component performance. System... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP

20080140450 - Treatment of metabolic syndrome with norfluoxetine: The invention relates to methods of treating metabolic syndrome, or the specific disorders associated with metabolic syndrome, comprising the administration of norfluoxetine enriched for the (R) or (S) enantiomer conjointly with a statin, a calcium channel blocker, halofenate, captopril, or an imidazoline receptor agonist (e.g., an I1, I2, or I3... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080140451 - Devices and methods for monitoring, managing, and servicing medical devices: A method and apparatus for billing entities for use of a medical device, which relates to the processing of regenerative cells to facilitate at least one of hard and soft tissue formation, are described. When an operator uses the medical device, a corresponding charge is determined. Billing for usage of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080140455 - Filing of health and health-care data: A system of using, assigning, identifying, searching and locating words and terms in health and health-care data and information in the text files for effecting the organization of the data and information on patients generated by physicians, the displays, manipulations and editions of the data and information, the incorporations, associations... Agent: Anuthep Benja-athon

20080140453 - Speech therapy clinical progress tracking and caseload management: System and method are disclosed for speech therapy clinical progress tracking and caseload management. In some embodiments, computerized data collection and organization are used in order to meet federally mandated guidelines, efficiently document and follow client progress, and track various administrative actions associated with client care. In some embodiments, evaluation,... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Ip Docketing

20080140452 - Transfusion registry network for genetically characterized blood products: Disclosed is a registry system, including member institutions, in which transfusion donors and recipients are registered following genotyping, which would typically take place in a member institution, or a member institution would have access to the genotyping information, if performed outside. The registry database can be accessed and searched by... Agent: Eric P. Mirabez

20080140454 - Virtual worklist for analyzing medical images: Methods and systems for automating and managing efficient workflow for the viewing and analysis of diagnostic images within a healthcare enterprise network generate virtual worklists listing of healthcare data orders allocated to a specific destination. The methods and systems can provide flexible worklist viewing, system administration, and maximized diagnostic throughput.... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP

20080140456 - Evaluating susceptibility to a claim occurring infrequently: Methods and systems are provided for producing a report for an insurable entity providing an evaluation of the insurable entity's susceptibility to an insurable claim of a kind occurring infrequently. Methods and systems are provided for producing a database for producing a report to an insurable entity providing an evaluation... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.c.

20080140457 - Risk shifting method for investments in wind power generation: Systems and methods for shifting risk in investments in wind power generation are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, methods for shifting at least a portion of an investment risk in a wind power generation project include calculating a return floor amount associated with the wind power generation project, accepting a... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080140459 - Automated solution for loading user-entered navigational data into the navigation system of a rental vehicle: The present solution can include a method for automatically loading navigational information into a rental vehicle's navigation system. A rental agency's system can acquire navigational information from a user that is associated with a particular rental occurrence prior to a rental vehicle being assigned to that user's rental request. The... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.a.

20080140461 - Method and device for reserving tickets and/or extra charges for utilizing chargeable means of transport conveying passengers: Disclosed is a method for reserving tickets and/or extra charges for utilizing chargeable means of transport conveying persons with the aid of a display unit (10) and at least one user terminal (26). According to said method, the user terminal (26) is advanced to a display field (14; 16; 18;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080140458 - Online booking method and system: An online booking method for providing bookings for a plurality of service providers (140, 144, 146) which involves providing a plurality of booking links (130, 131) to a plurality of bookable service provider entries (125, 126, 127) for display on a search engine results interface or a directory listing interface,... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080140460 - System and method for improved rental vehicle reservation management: A method and system are disclosed for managing a rental vehicle reservation based at least in part on automated processing of vehicle repair data corresponding to a disabled vehicle that is related to the rental vehicle reservation. For example, a preferred method and system can automatically compute from the vehicle... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080140464 - Travel planning system that produces answers involving mulitple sales channels/pnrs/tickets per answer: Techniques for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units are disclosed. The techniques include sending a travel planning query having a partition specification to a travel planning system. The travel planning system processes the travel query to produce solutions based on partitions. Possible partitions can include passenger name... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080140463 - Travel planning system that produces answers involving multiple sales channels/pnrs/tickets per answer: Techniques for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units are disclosed. The techniques include sending a travel planning query having a partition specification to a travel planning system. The travel planning system processes the travel query to produce solutions based on partitions. Possible partitions can include passenger name... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080140466 - Travel planning system that re-prices travel options to produce answers involving multiple sales channels/pnrs/tickets per answer: Techniques for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units are disclosed. The techniques include sending a travel planning query having a partition specification to a travel planning system. The travel planning system processes the travel query to produce solutions based on partitions. Possible partitions can include passenger name... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080140462 - Travel planning system that relaxes constraints to produce answers involving multiple sales channels/pnrs/tickets per answer: Techniques for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units are disclosed. The techniques include sending a travel planning query having a partition specification to a travel planning system. The travel planning system processes the travel query to produce solutions based on partitions. Possible partitions can include passenger name... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080140465 - Travel planning system that shares work across itineraries and produces answers involving multiple sales channels/pnrs/tickets per answer: Techniques for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units are disclosed. The techniques include sending a travel planning query having a partition specification to a travel planning system. The travel planning system processes the travel query to produce solutions based on partitions. Possible partitions can include passenger name... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080140468 - Complex exponential smoothing for identifying patterns in business data: A system, method and program product for detecting patterns. A system is provided that includes: a monitor for capturing event values from an entity; a running value calculation system that calculates a new running value based on a previous running value using complex exponential smoothing, wherein both the new running... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080140471 - Detecting trends in real time analytics: A system, method and program product for processing a stream of data to detect trends in real time. A system is provided comprising: a real time statistical processing system for updating a running value each time a new data event is obtained, wherein the running value is calculated based on... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080140486 - Infrared inspection and reporting process: An infrared inspection and reporting process and system obtains inspection data on site via a portable computer. An actual temperature of a component derived from an infrared image and a temperature delta between the temperature of the component and the maximum temperature for the component is calculated to determine if... Agent: Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP Attn: Intellectual Property Department

20080140478 - Inventory or asset management system: A network sensor system and protocol is provided. The network sensor system includes a sensor node that has a sensor for collecting high-resolution data, and a radio for transmitting that data to a central hub. The sensor node communicates to the hub with a wireless data link, and operators solely... Agent: William J. Kolegraff

20080140472 - Method and computer program product for modeling an organization: A method and computer program product for modeling an organization, the method includes: defining a set of component business modeling (CBM) templates, each includes multiple components, wherein the set of CBM templates includes at least one first level CBM template, multiple second level CBM templates and multiple third level CBM... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman Ibm Corporation

20080140474 - Method and system for automatically configuring an information system: An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system maintains a plurality of business elements. Each of the business elements represents a business function that may or may not be needed depending on a customer's business requirement. A scoping process is a process which determines what business elements are required according to the... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080140475 - Method and system for automatically maintaining the consistency of an information system: An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system maintains a plurality of business elements. Each of the business elements represents a business function that may or may not be needed depending on a customer's business requirement. A scoping process is a process which determines what business elements are required according to the... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080140467 - Method and system for developing and managing interpersonal relationships: The present invention is directed to a method that combines self-perception testing and personnel distribution to more effectively manage employees internally and clients externally. In particular, the present invention provides a method for developing and managing personnel that include providing a user interface, logging on to a central controller from... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080140481 - Method and system for generating advertisement: Systems and methods for automated management and compilation of advertising for a real world event depiction are provided. The system includes utilizing a presentation content production pipeline, where during the event presentation operation a set of rules for the determination of aspects of the available managed advertising is established. Additionally,... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080140469 - Method, system and program product for determining an optimal configuration and operational costs for implementing a capacity management service: A method, system and program product for determining an optimal configuration and operational costs for implementing a capacity management service. The method includes storing in a knowledge management system factual data and business rules for determining an optimal configuration for implementing the capacity management service, and inputting into the knowledge... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20080140479 - Methods and apparatus to monitor consumer behavior associated with location-based web services: Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor consumer behavior associated with location-based web services are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a query from a mobile device including a query criterion and a first location identifier. A second location identifier is retrieved from a database that... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20080140482 - Mobile asset data management system: Methods and systems for preventing unauthorized use of a mobile asset are described. The method for providing access to the mobile asset can include providing a control device on the mobile asset. The control device is in communication with the mobile asset to selectively control whether the mobile asset is... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080140483 - Mobile asset data management system: A vehicle control device is provided to analyze data associated with assets monitored by an asset management system. The system includes a database, a computing unit, software executable by the computing unit, and a display device. The database contains data associated with the monitored assets. The computing unit is in... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080140477 - Online community-based vote security performance predictor: An Internet based community predictor for equities and other assets collects and compiles member votes and makes predictions based on overall community statistics. Individual votes are cast by members representing price predictions for particular equities over a target period. By relying on aggregated data it is possible to make more... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20080140485 - Project management and assessment method: The present invention relates to a project assessment method and software featuring processes and tools for the implementation and assessment of large, business critical, and high risk business programs and projects. The method provides a work breakdown structure life cycle; a set of work breakdown structure milestones, selected from health... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080140476 - Smart advertisement generating system: A system is described for generating smart advertisements to display to a user over a network. The smart advertisements may adapt to specific user profile information and available advertising campaign information. The system may select a smart advertisement campaign and one or more deals associated with the smart advertisement campaign... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080140480 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080140484 - System and method for creating and managing intelligence events for organizations: A system and method for creating and managing intelligence events for organizations. An enterprise intelligence management system (EIMS) is provided for consolidating information, experience, and interpretations into intelligence events. An intelligence trading platform (ITP), operatively connected to the EIMS, converts intelligence events into intelligence assets and provides a venue for... Agent: Mark Levy Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20080140473 - System and method for determining composite indicators: A method for determining a composite indicator value associated with a number of indicators. Indicator representations, each associated with an indicator and based on its indicator values, are determined. A current indicator value is provided for each indicator. A T-value function associated with each indicator representation is established. Each T-value... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080140470 - Using percentile data in business analysis of time series data: A real time data processing system, method and program product for processing a stream of data events. A system is provided that includes: a running profile processing system for updating a running profile each time a new data event value is inputted, wherein the running profile includes percentile data; and... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080140491 - Advertiser backed compensation for end users: The claimed subject invention presents systems and methods to compensate directly a user of a service platform through advertising spending in exchange for knowledge of the user intent. Advertising spending contributions are allocated to a compensation account that can be accessed by an advertising platform, affiliated with the service platform... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080140489 - Bid optimization in search engine marketing: Methods and apparatus are described for optimally allocating an online advertising budget for a search engine marketing (SEM) campaign among a fixed set of keywords.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/yahoo

20080140487 - Computer system and method for handling encounters: A method of computing to produce a schedule of meetings, the method including: entering into a computer parameters defining an event of meetings of members; entering into the computer a data set for each of the members, the set including: at least one classification characterizing the member, at least one... Agent: Peter K. Trzyna, Esq.

20080140488 - Event scheduling conflict management and resolution for unprocessed events in a collaborative computing environment: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to meeting time conflict management and resolution in a C&S system and provide a method, system and computer program product for event scheduling conflict management and resolution for unprocessed events in a collaborative computing environment. In one embodiment... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080140490 - Method and system for managing an enterprise resource planning project: A project management server automatically monitors the progress of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project represented by developing business configuration content for the ERP system. The project management server maintains a set of data representing a previous status of the development of business configuration content for the ERP system. The... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080140494 - Method and system for managing real property transactions having internet access and control: The invention relates to a system for managing real estate transactions that includes a database and an application server. The database is configured to store property data for properties listed as for sale by a broker, store a search criteria for a buyer, and store an address of a property... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080140493 - Systems and methods for real-time allocation of digital content: Systems, methods, and software products allocate digital content in real time. Real-time digital content allocation includes processing sign, sales and buying parameters for a digital sign in a sign database. Real-time digital content allocation also includes processing digital content in a submitted database; permitting access to the submitted database by... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080140492 - Systems, methods and apparatuses for importation and exportation transaction facilitation: The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for market generation and matches of importation and exportation transactions; i.e., a cross-border Facilitator (hereinafter “Facilitator”). Through its various components, the cross-border Facilitator creates new markets by generating and facilitating three stages of a cross-border trade transaction: identification, selection and... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20080140497 - Electronic profile creation: A method is implementable in an electronic system coupled to an electronic device, which is, in turn, coupled to a display device. A web page displayable on the display device is served to the electronic device. The displayed web page includes a user interface, which, in turn, includes a selection... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20080140498 - Managing schedules using shared web calendars: A method of managing schedules using shared web calendars is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes publishing an availability status of a user in a web calendar and selectively sharing portions of the web calendar with one or more recipients. The method also includes proposing schedules for one or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080140499 - System and method for ongoing supporting a procurement and accounts payable system: A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application,... Agent: Shelley M Beckstrand Patent Attorney

20080140495 - System and method for resiliency planning: A method and a system for efficiently planning resiliency in a work environment based on resiliency parameters for a given definition of service, determining a best allocation plan with resources allocated, and allocating a resource request in a best allocation plan to the requesting source to perform the definition of... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080140496 - Upboard customer relationship management system: A system for tracking sales activity and enhancing customer relationships comprising at least one processor, data storage connected to the processor, at least one input device connected to the data storage and processor, a clock means for generating a time record, and computer instructions for: receiving and tracking sales commitments... Agent: Mink, Inc./traxsales.com

20080140513 - Consumer driven product analysis and production system: A system and computer implemented method for promoting the work of authorship of an artist (FIG. 1) is disclosed as including providing the work of authorship (FIG. 1) in response to a request for access from a requester (FIG. 1) to whom said work of authorship (FIG. 1) is released;... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080140507 - Identifying industry segments with highest potential for new customers or new spending for current customers: A method and system are used to identify industry segments with highest potential for new customers or new spending for current customers. This includes receiving data, segregated into each of a plurality of industries, relating to a number of small businesses, cost of goods sold for each of the small... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080140510 - Internet contextual communication system: This invention relates to a system and method for presenting to a user relevant areas of distributed computer network sites. In particular, the invention disclosed infers and cross reference user mind sets with data store's of potential user goals. The user mind sets indicate a navigational goal of a user... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080140502 - Method and system for creating advertisements on behalf of advertisers by consumer-creators: A method (10) and system (200) for enabling consumer-creators to create advertisements on behalf of advertisers on an electronic network includes the uploading or creating (11) of an ad on a given website by a consumer-creator and offering (12) the ad to advertisers or publishers or visitors for presentation on... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080140515 - Method and system for evaluating consumer demand for multiple products and services at remotely located equipment: A method and system are provided for estimating consumer demand at remotely located equipment and establishing dispatch schedules for servicing the remotely located equipment. Data from the remotely located equipment may be classified into a hierarchy or various levels of reliability for use in calculating a consumer demand estimate for... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080140514 - Method and system for risk evaluation and management: A method and system for assessing the risk that an entity (50) will not meet performance expectations wherein dependencies (52, 54) of the entity are identified and external factors (56, 60, 62, 64) that reflect changes in such dependencies are determined. Indicators (58, 68, 70, 72) that affect the external... Agent: Cohen & Grigsby, P.c.

20080140503 - Method, system, and computer program product for spend mapping tool: A spend mapping tool provides a system, method, and computer program product for analyzing transactions between merchants and cardmembers. The tool groups a merchant by industry in a merchant industry group. The tool also groups a cardmember by industry in a cardmember industry group. Further, the tool analyzes transaction data... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080140511 - Real-time demand prediction in a fast service restaurant environment: Predicting future sales of a product includes determining a first, historical sales rate curve of historical sales of the product and determining a second sales rate curve for a time t from sales of the product occurring up to a time t−1. The second sales rate curve is determined for... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080140501 - Reward based information gathering system: A set of forms and information gathering system comprising a questionnaire check having a place to insert answers to questions that are sent to a person along with the check is provided. Once the answers to the question from the questionnaire have been inserted in the supplied area the person... Agent: Law Office Of Leo G. Lenna

20080140505 - Spend diagnostics and lead management: A method and system are used to optimize utilization of a transaction card by a card member. The system and method including generating a first data set based on data stored in a database representing industries of the card members. Generating a second data set representing an average amount charged... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080140509 - System and method for providing secure electronic coupons to wireless access point users: A system and method may provide secure electronic incentives to users of a wireless access point (WAP). Retailers, merchants, or other marketers of goods or services may submit incentives, such as coupons or promotions, to a server. The server may categorize and catalog the incentives based on various characteristics of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080140500 - System and method of targeting and personalizing advertisements and generating advertising revenue: Systems and methods for advertising improve upon the prevalent methods of contextual and search-keyword advertising by analyzing documents that a user has selected to print. The system and methods incorporate a new technique of temporal advertising that uses the time of day at which print request is submitted. It also... Agent: Uday Kurkure

20080140508 - System for optimizing the performance of a smart advertisement: A system is described for optimizing the performance of smart advertisements generated over a network for display to a user. The smart advertisements may adapt to specific user profile information and available advertising campaign information. The system may consume log data relating to previously displayed smart advertisements and compare the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080140504 - Systems and methods for providing a relevant link destination: Methods and systems of providing advertisements to a user are disclosed. A user indication of preference for an item is received. A first hyperlink that references a first webpage of an advertiser is associated with an advertisement of the item if the user indication of preference for the item is... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080140506 - Systems and methods for the identification, recruitment, and enrollment of influential members of social groups: Systems and methods for the identification, recruitment, enrollment, and scoring of influential members of social groups are provided. One or more consumer events is monitored and analyzed by an event server. Data from these consumer events is then passed through standard and custom event models. Using these event models, a... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080140512 - Website contest and method: A method for conducting a contest over a network, the method that comprises displaying a plurality of spaces on a screen of a computer of a user, wherein the spaces are pre-designated for a contest answer that comprises a phrase, wherein the phrase comprises a plurality of letters, each letter... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.l.p.

20080140516 - Learning fare collection system for mass transit: An implementation of a system and method for gating entry in a transit system using information from a bankcard, such as a credit card or debit card is provided.... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP Attn: Bryan H. Wyman

20080140517 - Vehicle parking validation system and method: A system and method for performing vehicle payment transactions. The system includes a vehicle with a location determining component and a communication component, and a server with a communication component, a vehicle location identifying component, and a transaction completing component. The location determining component determines the location of the vehicle,... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20080140519 - Advertising based on simplified input expansion: Match criteria are provided to specify when advertisements will be shown, for instance in a search environment. Input such as search queries can be represented in a simplified form such as an implicit and/or explicit wildcard expression. Advertisers or other entities can bid on terms such that advertisements or similar... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080140523 - Association of media interaction with complementary data: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, related to association of media with complementary information (e.g., resources). A message characterizing selections of areas of video may be generated and be caused to be sent to a recipient, where the selections were generated by a media player that captures user interaction... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20080140530 - Automated inventory interface to advertisement campaigns: A system and method to allow advertisers to create targeted advertisements which display the current availability of particular inventory based on the search criteria of a consumer. Such systems and methods also allow the transfer of search terms to the website of the vendor, minimizing the efforts required by the... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20080140521 - Dynamic modification of advertisements displayed in response to a search engine query: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying advertisements. A set of keywords is received from a user. A query is performed in a search engine with the set of keywords. A set of websites comprising ranked search results and ranked advertisements is displayed. Responsive to detecting... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080140531 - Electronic identifier payment systems and methods: A payment service method and system involve a payment service provider, a customer/payor and a consumer provider/payee. The customer/payor enrolls in the service and is provided a unique identifier that enables the customer to conduct transactions with the payment service provider. The customer/payor interfaces with the payment service provider through... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080140527 - Media network: A media network is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the media network includes a plurality of media elements such as, for example, a plurality of display elements.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080140533 - Method and apparatus for internet sale using sale contents: There is provided a method of selling in a shopping mall server. The method includes: displaying at least one sale content as sale information of a product selected to be sold; displaying a interested sale content selected by consumer among the sale contents; performing a payment transaction via a payment... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080140532 - Method and system for improved interactive television processing: A method and system for providing a transactional environment including a server and one or more set-top boxes in communication with the server. The server stores product information data, which is updated in the server as soon as the product information data changes. The set-top boxes receive the product information... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080140534 - Method and system that provides an incentive for a consumer to participate in a marketing program: There is provided a method that includes (A) receiving a communication from a person, indicating that the person agrees to participate in the method in exchange for compensation, (B) obtaining, via a communication device being employed by the person, data indicative of a geographic location, (C) selecting information for presentation... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080140522 - Methods and systems for offering and selling advertising: A method (22) for coordinating information for use in advertising. The method (22) comprises receiving sets of advertisement information (26) associated with advertisements for distressed advertising space (28). The sets of advertisement information (26) are stored and the method (22) includes searching the stored sets of advertisement information (22) to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080140529 - Mobile advertising and content caching mechanism for mobile devices and method for use thereof: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for a mobile advertising and content caching mechanism for mobile devices and a method for using such a mechanism. In one example, the method includes monitoring a mobile device for activity indicating user interest in an advertising area. The method detects... Agent: Timothy F. Bliss

20080140526 - Publication distribution system: A system of distributing publications including collecting information from a person, selecting a publication, customizing the publication through the addition of at least one advertisement and/or promotional material based upon the collected information, and distributing the publication to the person.... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.a.

20080140518 - System and method for enhancing the absorption and retention of advertising material: A system and method for enhancing the absorption and retention of advertising material includes a display structure configured to be located in a place having pedestrian traffic, a remote advertising server containing secondary advertising material related to the primary advertising material, and an interactive terminal situated in proximity to the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080140528 - System and method for tiered website access: A method of delivering interactive content using an entertainment system. The method includes a step of providing access to interactive content to a user at a first level of access over a computer network including first access privileges. The method also includes a step of providing access to the content... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080140524 - System for generating a smart advertisement based on a dynamic file and a configuration file: A system is described for generating smart advertisements based on a dynamic file and a configuration file over a network. The smart advertisements may adapt to a specific user profile information and available advertising campaign information. The system may select a deal associated with a smart advertisement campaign based on... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080140520 - Systems and methods for providing coupons: Methods and systems of distributing coupons to a consumer are disclosed herein. A geographical location of the consumer is received. A set of merchants located within a predetermined distance from the geographical location is identified so that the merchants in the set of merchants are located within the vicinity of... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080140535 - Selection of beverage mixtures: Methods are disclosed of providing a beverage serving to a customer. An indication of a color selected by the customer from a chart is received. The beverage serving is produced with a base beverage and at least one additive in a proportion that causes the beverage serving to have a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080140539 - Medical sales representative listing service and system: The method and system provides sales leads and lead communications between medical sales reps (SR), medical pharmaceutical or equipment companies and medical providers (doctors, clinics). Each sales rep (SR) has a computer, email device or cell phone, linked to suppliers' computers and providers' computers. Data compilations of (i) SR profiles... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20080140537 - Method for selling custom business software and software exchange marketplace: A method of selling custom business software and a software exchange marketplace enables a software seller to offer a custom software application for sale. The method includes receiving the custom software application from the software seller. The marketplace includes a qualified application inventory and a custom software application submission log.... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20080140540 - Price submission system and method: According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is described a price submission method comprising: a user entering a search query to obtain a list of at least one retailer's website; gathering an email address from the listed retailer's website using a recuperation module; sending a price query to... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080140538 - System and method to associate broadcast radio content with a transaction via an internet server: A system and method for providing services to users in vehicles based on radio broadcasts received by a vehicle's radio receiver. The system includes a computer-based vehicle unit located in a vehicle, a gateway configured to wirelessly send and receive information to and from the vehicle unit, and a computer-based... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20080140536 - Systems and methods for purchasing videogames access using mobile communications devices: Systems and methods for purchasing video games access using a mobile communication device are disclosed. The video games can be purchased for a predetermined number of game plays; for a fixed period of time, for example allowing the user to play the game for three days; for a fixed period... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080140542 - In application url re-direction system and method: An online web store to direct customers to a geographically appropriate e-commerce store front is described. The web store redirects customers based upon the customer's internet protocol (IP) address. For example, company “X” has two sites. One of the sites is for the Asian Pacific (APAC) region while another handles... Agent: North Oaks Patent Agency

20080140541 - Method and system for reselling of assets through communication network: The present invention is a method for supporting resale of assets and properties, such as cars, real-estate properties etc, via a single website, that enables easy access, viewing and updating of assets related information. Furthermore, the present invention enables access to formal asset-related institutes, prophesized in related areas, for the... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080140544 - Mobile asset data management system: Location tracking devices and methods are provided to determine the position of a mobile asset. The method provides a processing system to calculate the location of the mobile asset, based on the information provided by a position determining device. The method for tracking the location of an asset utilizes a... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080140543 - Systems and methods for vehicle lifecycle management: A computerized system for vehicle management and purchase. The system may include a database including information regarding vehicles in a set of vehicles, wherein a plurality of the vehicles in the set of vehicles are in arrangements wherein third parties use the vehicles, wherein the information includes configuration of respective... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20080140546 - Devices, systems, and/or methods for producing an electric motor termination box: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise, responsive to and/or based upon a plurality of user inputs obtained via an automatically generated graphical user interface, automatically rendering a specification of a terminal box adapted for use with each of a plurality of electric motors. The plurality of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080140545 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for tracking inventory values within a plant: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed in a computer system for tracking inventory values. Multiple physical storage locations, within a plant, are defined where inventory items can be stored. An indication that an inventory item is being physically moved from a first storage location to a second... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080140547 - Methodologies and systems for trade execution and recordkeeping in a fund of hedge funds environment: A system provides automation or semi-automation of trade execution and recordkeeping services for a fund of funds, in particular, a fund of hedge funds. In providing such features for trade execution and recordkeeping, various transaction processes may be automated or semi-automated, thus, reducing an amount of human operator action and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080140548 - Systems and methods for transferring funds from a sending account: Provided herein are methods and systems for transferring funds from a sending account to a payee. In embodiments, the sending account may be a pre-paid wireless telephone account. The methods and systems may involve a transaction management system, an account setup module, a funds transfer module and a reporting module.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080140549 - Automated method of and system for identifying, measuring and enhancing categories of value for a value chain: An automated method and system (100) for identifying, measuring and enhancing categories of value for the different levels of a value chain on a continual basis. The categories of value are analyzed at each level in the value chain using predictive models and vector creation algorithms to define the enterprise... Agent: Asset Trust, Inc.

20080140551 - Conducting multiple financial transactions on a self-service terminal: A self-service terminal (SST) for use in conducting multiple financial transactions between a user of the SST and a financial institution includes one or more user-interface devices and a processing module. The user interface devices are configured to receive information from and provide information to the user. The processing module... Agent: Michael Chan Intellectual Property Section

20080140550 - Generating a global system configuration for a financial market data system: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for generating a global system configuration for a financial market data system that include: establishing, by a configuration device, a component ruleset, the component ruleset specifying rules for component characteristics of one or more components capable of being used in financial market data systems;... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080140553 - Method of capitalizing a bank or bank holding company: The present invention is directed to a method of capitalizing a bank holding company by, for example, providing a capital structure for the bank holding company that includes multiple tranches of one or more series of common stock, each tranche corresponding to one of a number of classes of ownership... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP Attn: Ip Docketing Dept.

20080140552 - Methods of processing a check in an automatic signature verification system: A method is provided of a bank processing a check in an automatic signature verification system. The method comprises receiving a check image having a payor's signature, extracting the payor's signature from the check image, comparing the extracted payor's signature with a reference signature, providing a confidence value based upon... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20080140555 - System and method for deal management of syndicated loans by multiple bookrunners: Systems, and programming for improved arrangement and administration of syndicated loans using computer networks. Each of a plurality of bookrunners is authorized to invite any number of other bookrunners, as well as any number of loan participants, or underwriters (i.e. investors or lenders), to participate in offering and administering a... Agent: Torys LLP

20080140554 - Wireless advisor support and data integration system: In one general aspect, a financial advisor support system is disclosed that includes a disparate financial feed interface to a plurality of different kinds of third-party financial information feeds and an enterprise system interface to a centrally located enterprise system. Many-to-many relationship logic defines many-to-many relationships between data elements from... Agent: Kristofer E. Elbing

20080140584 - Estimating expected multi-period performance of discrete-period rules-based dynamic investments: Several methods are applied for providing an investor performance evaluation analysis of certain investments. A Continuous-Time method, Taylor Series expanding and compounding method and a Monte Carlo with Brownian Bridges simulation method produce useful statistical answers per each investment during a multitude of periods, including the expected performance, standard deviation... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 35437

20080140587 - Method and system for building and maintenance watch lists: A method and apparatus for monitoring a items such as stocks and other securities, suitable for use in portable devices, such as personal organizers, wherein instead of separate watch lists, a pool of items being watched is maintained, and the total number of items which can be contained in the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080140585 - Method for improving performance of constant leverage assets based on approximate payoffs: A method is applied for improving performance of constant leverage assets (CLAs) by establishing a CLA approximated portfolio of assets having investment options in relation to an original portfolio. The investment options are allocated to predetermined increments whereby they are subsequently monitored in view of the CLA approximated portfolio. The... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 35437

20080140588 - Method, system, and product for providing a graphical and interactive financial planning tool: A system, method, and product are disclosed in a data processing system for providing a financial planning tool. A two-dimensional coordinate system having time depicted along a first axis and value depicted along a second axis is displayed. The first axis is divided into multiple time periods. A different investment... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080140586 - System and method for administering a lifetime income share plan: The present invention provides a system and method for administering an investment option known as a lifetime income share. Lifetime income shares mitigate survival risk, the risk that an individual will outlive his or her assets. More specifically, the purchase of a plurality of lifetime income shares guarantees an individual... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20080140583 - Systems and methods for managing investment supply and demand: The invention relates to methods and systems for allocating investment opportunities generated by a financial services company among liability segments within the financial services company, for predicting future gaps between forecasted supply of investment opportunities and demand for them, for providing originators of investment opportunities with information to help determine... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080140558 - Foreign exchange trading system: Computer-implemented trading of financial products can include using a first communication channel to stream offering data for a plurality of different financial products from a server to a trading terminal. A second communication channel can be used to receive request for offers about ones of the financial products from the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20080140559 - Interactive grid-based graphical trading system for real time security trading: An interactive grid-based graphical trading system for use in securities trading provides a dynamic, visual display of trading data consisting of orders, quotes and indices, for any security and for any number of market participants. The trading data are plotted on a grid consisting of cells arranged in rows and... Agent: Mr. Pranil Ram

20080140556 - Market-based method and system for producing a reserve price for an auction: An interactive auction system allows a Seller to automatically establish the reserve price of an item being sold. The reserve price is established by means of a preliminary auction, in which bidders place standing bids based upon a general description of the quantity and quality of items that may be... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080140560 - Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. Multiple communications networks are discovered that are available to a client device. A request is communicated from the client device. A bid from a service provider is received at the client device.... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, Pllc

20080140557 - On-line auction system and method: A method and exchange for buying and selling rights in a legal contract or patent through an on-line exchange are disclosed. After obtaining a transfer of certain rights from the owner, and setting a transaction period during which the transferred rights can be bought and sold, the transferred rights are... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080140561 - Debit card method of making loan proceeds available quickly to a borrower: Immediate use of a borrower's loan proceeds is obtained by establishing a bank account in a lending institution, the account dedicated exclusively to a debit card program, executing a monetary lending proceeding resulting in availability of the loan proceeds to the borrower, issuing a first financial instrument representing a first... Agent: Gerald A. Neel

20080140562 - Invoice financing: An electronic invoice financing system (10) includes a supplier invoice transmitter (12) to transmit details of a supplier invoice to a debtor approval manager (16) operable by, or operable to assist, at least one financial institution which finances invoices issued by the supplier, and a debtor accounts payable transmitter (14)... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080140567 - Content reproducing apparatus, settlement method, and program for settlement: A settlement method includes the steps of, upon detecting an operation for purchasing a product advertised on reproduced information, the product being an article, a content item, or a service, deducting a purchase amount of the product from an electronic money balance recorded as data in an electronic money medium;... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080140565 - Intelligent power port: An intelligent power port device comprising an outlet providing power and a controller located adjacent the outlet which monitors current and voltage at the outlet, and which is programmable to control power supplied by the outlet. The controller is in electrical communication with controllers of other intelligent power port devices,... Agent: Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone Marjory G. Basile, Esq.

20080140563 - Method and system for automatic control of chattel and administration of payment on chattel: A loan payment system for chattel includes a disabling unit that can disable the chattel. Receipt of an authorization code prevents the disabling unit from disabling the chattel. A debit server maintains data for users in possession of chattel that includes a communication address, an identifier for a lienholder, and... Agent: Francissen Patent Law, P.c.

20080140566 - Method and system for network generating ranked referrals: A system and method for using a computer database system to provide a consumer with a recommended business provider listing which includes receiving consumer criteria with consumer preferences from a consumer and business provider criteria with business preferences and providing the consumer with one or more business listings where the... Agent: Arthur Shaffer Intellectual Property Center

20080140564 - System and method for payment transfer: A system and method for payment transfer between a paying party and a recipient party. Optionally and preferably, payment transfer is made by using a prepaid card, which has many security and administrative advantages. Other payment methods may also optionally be used. Also, optionally a plurality of micropayments are provided... Agent: Dr. D. Graeser Ltd. C/o The Discovery Dispatch

20080140568 - Method and apparatus for distribution of money transfers: A method of performing money transfer send transactions begins with receiving registration information from a customer, including customer identification and qualification information and payment source identification and performing verification of at least a portion of the identification and qualification information and the payment source identification and upon sufficient verification building... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080140569 - Method, system, and apparatus for approval of an e-commerce transaction, using one or more approving agents: In one of the examples of current application, the general business process described here requires utilization of a third party to approve an e-commerce transaction, before it can be finalized. Most typically, the third party, hereinafter called the authorizer or approver is a parent or legal guardian of the person,... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting

20080140570 - Method and system for renting vehicles: Disclosed are a method and system for supporting self-service vehicle rental. An auto renter creates and manages a profile on-line and makes a reservation on-line. When the reservation is made, a confirmation code is e-mailed to the renter. In one embodiment of the present invention, a device is installed in... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.c.

20080140571 - Method for controlling the distribution of vehicle-related data: A method for controlling the wireless distribution of vehicle-related data that is collected from a vehicle and is distributed to one or more authorized recipients in a confidential manner. This method uses predetermined business rules, which can be maintained and/or applied at the vehicle, at the telematics service provider, or... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080140572 - System and method for portable medical records: The system and method for portable medical records provides an electronic medical record that is stored in a key fob-sized portable device. A user can purchase the portable device and upload his/her medical record to the device over the Internet, after which the device is sent to the user. The... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080140573 - Connected audio and other media objects: Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. A decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context information and forwards it to a server. The server, in turn, maps the identifier to an action, such as returning... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080140574 - Enabling an enhanced function of an electronic device: An electronic device (for example, a NIC card) can perform a base function (for example, “dumb” NIC functionality) and also has specialized hardware for performing an enhanced function (for example, TCP offload functionality). Initially, the electronic device is capable of performing the base function but the enhanced function is disabled.... Agent: Mark A Lauer

20080140575 - Apparatus, system, and method for securely authorizing changes to a transaction restriction: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for securely authorizing changes to a transaction restriction. A security module securely stores encryption keys for a payment instrument. The payment instrument electronically transacts payments and includes a transaction restriction. An authentication module receives an authentication from a user of the payment instrument.... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080140576 - Method and apparatus for evaluating fraud risk in an electronic commerce transaction: A method and system for evaluating fraud risk in an electronic commerce transaction between consumer and a merchant over a network is disclosed. The merchant requests service from the system over the network using a secure, open messaging protocol. An e-commerce transaction or electronic purchase order is received from the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080140577 - search and comparison shopping engine: In an example embodiment, an apparatus configured as a comparison shopping engines (CSE) and a shopping search engines (SSE). The apparatus enables a user to enter data about one or more products to purchase. The apparatus enables a user to purchase products from a plurality of vendors in a single... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080140578 - System for message encryption and signing in a transaction processing system: The invention herein provides a system for message encryption and signing within a transaction processing system. As disclosed herein the invention applies the operation of public key technology to transactional server security. Embodiments of the invention utilize a combination of message-based encryption and message-based digital signing, to ensure the security... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080140580 - Hand geometry recognition biometrics on a fob: The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using hand geometry recognition biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a hand geometry scan sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric samples. In one embodiment, the biometric security system includes... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (main)

20080140579 - Payment system for travelers and other checks and a debit cum credit card: A merchant discount is levied on receiving payments through Traveler's and other checks, from which a consumer reward is funded. A line of credit is extended in a conventional bank deposit account with checking option. When a check payable from such an account is presented, it is processed as a... Agent: Sanjiv Agarwal

20080140581 - System and method for automatic selection of a good buy in price-comparison sites when the user buys more than one product at the same time: Price comparison sites on the Internet, which allow users to compare prices across multiple shops (or in other words allow shopping meta-search), are very popular today. However, these price comparison sites perform optimizations for only one item at a time but not for combinations of more than one item which... Agent: Yaron Mayer

20080140582 - System and method for automatic selection of a good buy in price-comparison sites when the user buys more than one product at the same time: A computer executable system and method for dispute resolution which includes the ability to resolve claims between or among multiple parties.... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080140525 - Method for targeting control of online advertising and associated method and system: A method, a device and a system are proposed for controlling advertising in an information network, in particular the Worldwide Web (WWW), via which several users have access to information. The system has a data-processing device formed as a profiler which allocates a user identity to every user and which... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20080133257 - Donating through affiliate marketing: Donations are dispersed to a regulated organization by receiving value derived from activities of a user, automatically placing the value in an escrow account, providing the user an opportunity to control dispersal of the value, and if the user does not prevent dispersal of the value to the organization, delivering... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080133253 - Financial product pricing system: The invention relates to a financial pricing system. More specifically, the invention relates to a system consisting of interface means for inputting data which identify and describe the aforementioned product, and data-processing means which are used to generate the following elements from said identification and description data: (i) a planned... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080133260 - Information communication system, information communication method, and storage medium: An information communication system having a location information acquisition part and storage part which acquires and stores respectively, mobile terminal location information indicating a location of a mobile terminal; a location information updating part which updates mobile terminal location information stored in the location information storage part; a facility information... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080133259 - Information technology enterprise manager: This document discusses, among other things, an information technology (IT) enterprise manager system. In one example, the system includes data groups organized into IT Services, IT Resources, and IT Consumers data groups. The IT Resources data group may include one or more of an IT Applications data group, an IT... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.a.

20080133254 - Management system for game arcade: A transmitting side includes money identification units, a slave processing unit connected to each money identification unit, and a slave wireless communication unit connected to each slave processing unit. A receiving side includes a master processing unit, and a master wireless communication unit connected to the master processing unit and... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, Pc

20080133258 - Method of fund raising for a predetermined cause utilizing a photo-mosaic composition: A method of fund raising for a predetermined cause utilizing a photo-mosaic composition with an appearance approximating a target image that is representative of the cause, the target image being compiled from source images contributed by participant individuals wishful of advancing the cause, wherein a web site is set to... Agent: Leandros Kontogouris

20080133256 - My pet id collar: The invention sole purpose is to act first as a method of identification and recovery system and as a collar second. There is a unique 12-digit sequence ID number, along with a 24 hours a day 365 day toll-free number which accesses live operators to assist in the recovery effort.... Agent: Lisa Speroni

20080133264 - Networked waste processing apparatus: The present invention is related to methods and systems for waste disposal. In one embodiment, a waste pickup apparatus comprises a network interface configured to communicate with a networked waste disposal unit associated with a first user, a data store containing user rules, processor executable instructions configured to read a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080133255 - Self-service sleeping unit: A method of operating a self-service sleeping chamber includes receiving a payment input, releasing a chamber door lock based on the received payment input, dispensing at least one resting surface cover based on the payment input and releasing the chamber door lock based on a predetermined length of time. A... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080133262 - System and method for calculating and displaying estimated wait times for transaction request based on the skill required to process the transaction request: 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.

20080133261 - Systems and methods for providing item delivery notification: A method and system for providing item delivery notification consistent with the invention includes sending a first notification to a recipient at a recipient notification address, the first notification indicating that an item has been placed in a delivery system directed to the recipient at a first address. Next, the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080133263 - Transaction control systems and methods: A transaction control system generates presentation objects which reside on front-end terminals. The control system also comprises a business rules layer, a transaction layer, and an external interface layer. A transaction processing module is created by a control system generating a presentation object and transferring it to a relevant front-end... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080133269 - Apparatus and methods for collecting, sharing, managing and analyzing data: Apparatus and methods for collecting, managing and analyzing data having a related focus, point of tangency or theme, and sharing that information between multiple entities. In one embodiment, the improvements are applied in the healthcare industry including, inter alia, healthcare product and service providers such as doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and... Agent: Robert F. Gazdzinski

20080133266 - Medical benefits payment system: A method of facilitating payment of health care benefits to on behalf of a payer comprising the step of electronically transmitting a stored-value card account payment of the authorized benefit amount concurrently with an explanation of benefits.... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080133265 - Medication management system: A medication management system (MMS) includes a medication management unit (MMU) associated with a medical device. The MMU downloads a medication order to the medical device only if information from a first input matches information from a second input. The medical device receives delivery information only from the MMU. The... Agent: Brian R. Woodworth

20080133268 - Methods and systems related to receiving nutraceutical associated information: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems related to receiving nutraceutical associated information.... Agent: Searete Llc

20080133267 - System and method for individualized patient care: A system for individualized patient care, including: a microfluidic bodily fluid reader, programmable to search for different species or components in a bodily fluid inserted in the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; a local computer analysis unit configured to receive data from the microfluidic reader; and a centralized server connectable to... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20080133270 - Systems and methods for selecting and recruiting investigators and subjects for clinical studies: The present invention is directed to an integrated on-line interactive forum that promotes exchange of information among clinical study sponsors, clinical study investigators, and potential clinical study subjects. The forum includes an investigator database that contains information suitable for identification of qualified investigators for clinical studies and a subject database... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP Attn: Ip Docketing Dept.

20080133276 - Artificial bone information managing system: An artificial bone information managing system that performs the management of information on an artificial bone which is ordered to a designing and manufacturing institution by a medical institution and which is designed and manufactured on a user-by-user basis by the designing and manufacturing institution is provided. The system includes:... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080133274 - Electronically documented medical record and medicare billing forms generation system: A medical billing and records generating system is provided having a client/server communications system using a dedicated host/server to control a network and nodes, including client nodes, connected to the network, and server resident software and applications. The system produces completed billing and medical records forms, the substantive content of... Agent: Karen A. Rex

20080133277 - Fall detecting apparatus and method, and emergency aid system and method using the same: Provided are a fall detecting apparatus and method and an emergency aid system and method using the same. The fall detecting apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store fall data vectors; an angular velocity measuring unit configured to measure an angular velocity value; an acceleration measuring unit configured to... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080133271 - Job dispatcher for medical intelligent server architecture: A dispatcher in a system for providing computer aided detection services for patient cases is disclosed. The dispatcher dynamically accepts cases from external devices and manages distribution of the cases among one or more image processing servers. The dispatcher includes a job dispatcher process, which creates a child dispatcher process... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080133272 - Method and system for use of a health profile with health-related information tools: The invention features a computer-implemented method that stores a patient profile in electronic storage; the patient profile includes personal and medical information about the patient. The method provides access to a set of different health-related information tools. Each tool is a corresponding computer program which when executed uses information from... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080133273 - System and method for sharing medical information: Systems and methods for sharing medical information are provided. More particularly, collection and exchange of medical information across disparate health care systems into a personal health record is provided. Access to and data exchange with the personal health records is provided through a health record access ID. The health care... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080133275 - Systems and methods for exploiting missing clinical data: A method for providing information to a clinician regarding a patient's medical problems based upon a combination of the information recorded in the medical record and information omitted from the medical record is described. A patient's medical record is obtained. The medical record may include information regarding the medical conditions... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080133280 - Asset pool withdrawal guarantee: A method for administering a withdrawal guarantee that insures against the loss an individual would incur in the event that a pool of assets is depleted due to withdrawals, investment performance, charges, expenses, or a combination thereof.... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20080133278 - Method and system for providing multi-credit card insurance: A method and system for multi-credit card insurance risk measurement is provided. The amount of risk an underwriter undertakes in issuing a credit card insurance policy covering credit cards issued by different issuers can be determined utilizing the invention. Additionally, the invention can be used to determine various parameters of... Agent: Venable LLP

20080133279 - System and method for financing other post employment benefit (opeb) plans: A method of financing a post employment benefit plan includes obtaining funds to fund the benefit plan which creates a debt, obtaining life insurance policies for selected employees, and creating a plan trust. The life insurance policies are single-premium private placement variable universal life type life insurance policies and have... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080133282 - Meeting resource scheduling based upon attendee participation types: m

20080133281 - Method and system for creating rental vehicle reservations from facsimile communications: A system and method are disclosed for creating vehicle rental reservations from electronic communications. In an embodiment wherein the electronic communications comprise facsimile communications, optical character recognition (OCR) is employed to automatically extract the relevant data for a rental vehicle reservation from the received facsimiles. This automatically extracted reservation data... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080133285 - Novel method to secure airline travel: Our invention is a secure air travel system and method that eliminates security risks associated with passenger baggage by not allowing checked baggage and most carry-on baggage on the airliners that carry passengers. This method creates a two separate classes of air carriers or two classes of air carrier flights.... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080133284 - Travel forecasting and allocating system and method: A travel forecast and allocation computing system and method for prospective and other travel purchasers to access for requesting, receiving, and re-allocating rights to travel on passenger transportation vehicles, whereby a travel purchaser may have an opportunity of re-allocating its purchased right to travel to one or another of travel... Agent: G. Birch

20080133286 - Web-based integrated event planning and management system and method: A web-based or computer-implemented system for planning and managing events such as weddings, bar mitzvahs, parties, and any other events involving multiple service providers or vendors including, but not limited to, caterers, entertainers, limousine drivers, and so forth, by means of a single website or portal and forms or contracts... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080133283 - Wireless remote queuing system and method: The disclosure describes methods and systems of allowing people to virtually queue in a line via text messaging or mobile phone calls. The person wishing to get in the line sends a text message or cell phone call to a queuing system. Alternatively, the person can register via a computer... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080133287 - Automatic time tracking based on user interface events: In various embodiments, an application may automatically track the amount of time a user spends performing activities on one or more computer applications. The tracked time may be used, for example, to bill a client for the activities performed. To automatically track time for a user, a time tracking application... Agent: Robert C. Kowert Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20080133295 - Document processing systems and methods for regulatory certifications: A processing system is provided for regulatory or tax status certification of investors. Certificates are generated and synchronized with data. The certificates are indicative of entitlements to own or receive income on securities in accord with various governmental, tax or contractually determined constraints. Interest or dividend income can be paid... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, Llc

20080133288 - Grouping failures to infer common causes: Systems and methods establish groups among numerous indications of failure in order to infer a cause of failure common to each group. In one implementation, a system computes the groups such that each group has the maximum likelihood of resulting from a common failure. Indications of failure are grouped by... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080133296 - Method and system for managing reliability of identification management apparatus for user centric identity management: s

20080133293 - Method for producing on-time, on-budget, on-spec outcomes for it software projects: My invention consists of a method for preventing undesirable outcomes in the software development process by: identifying the potential breakpoints within a specific instance of a business process; applying a set of procedures to detect the existence and severity of actual breakpoints; and applying curative measures to remove detected breakpoints... Agent: Dr. K. Scott Gordon

20080133291 - Methods and apparatus for improving the accuracy and reach of electronic media exposure measurement systems: Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing product randomization and analysis in a manufacturing environment are provided. A method includes processing products for a plurality of lots, at process equipment, using a randomization technique for selecting each product in the lots. The method further including generating an operation identification... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20080133289 - Model based license counting: In a network, such as an enterprise network, license related data of products of client devices are collected, aggregated, and reported uniformly. The client devices may be part of a managed node, and the license data may be sent (collected) by a central device, such as a server. Furthermore, administration... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080133292 - Network-based delivery of technical service to automotive manufacturers: A network-based technical service delivery (TSD) system delivers technical service for automotive components. The system includes a customer interface module for network-based communication with a client device associated with a manufacturer of an automotive product, and a service technician interface module for network-based communication with a client device associated with... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080133297 - Occupational therapy and ergonomic system: A system for preventing on the job injuries comprising identifying a company which will benefit from the system and approaching the same with a business proposal. Once hired, a therapist evaluates the company's workplace environment and an initial physical state of a group of employees employed by the company; assesses... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080133298 - Personalization using multiple personalized selection algorithms: 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

20080133299 - Planning a response to an unplanned event: Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with planning a response to an unplanned event are described. One example computer implemented method includes solving a model with no unplanned events applied, modifying the model by applying an unplanned event to the model, freezing a plan up to the unplanned event... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay, Llc

20080133301 - Resource reduction financial impact analysis: Estimating the financial impact, in terms of savings and costs, is performed for a resource reduction. Financial impact estimates are determined before the surplus action is initiated in order to estimate the savings of a planned surplus action and in order to estimate the costs of paying severance payments to... Agent: Joseph T. Van Leeuwen

20080133300 - System and apparatus for enterprise resilience: A system and apparatus for the creation of a comprehensive process that diagnoses the risk factors threatening an enterprise and, it mitigates the risks by prevention or preparedness to respond and recover to incidents. In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, the system may continuously monitor... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080133290 - System and method for analyzing and presenting physician quality information: Systems and methods for compiling and presenting physician quality information to consumers are provided. The physician quality information system aggregates data from data sources such as claims data, patient satisfaction data, and public discharge data and computes metrics based on definitions. These metrics can be things such as mortality rate,... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080133294 - Systems and methods for managing the development and manufacturing of a beverage: A system and method for managing the development and manufacturing process of a pharmaceutical is disclosed. The method comprises capturing and recording the development and manufacturing history of the pharmaceutical drug in order to generate a product history. The product history is stored on a computer and is searchable in... Agent: Jones Day

20080133304 - Methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles: The present invention relates to methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles under maintenance and operational constraints. In the case of aircraft, the methods and systems may generate an aircraft routing proposal based on information describing a possible flight of an aircraft, determine a proposed flight assignment for the aircraft... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080133302 - Out of office message improvements: Embodiments of the present invention relate to set of improvements to the out of office assistant that send out of office messages to senders of messages while a recipient is out of the office. One embodiment of the out of office assistant associates an out of office message with a... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080133305 - System and method for facilitating resale activity of items: A system and method that facilitates the resale activity of items is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system enables sellers to generate “for sale” record data using standardized item descriptions, individual item information, and/or seller-provided information. The generated “for sale” records are distributed by the system to online auctions and/or... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080133307 - Administering a contract over a data network: A method implements change orders over a data communications network for a construction contract. The method includes entering a new change order request at a user interface connected to the data communications network, the new change order request includes a description of at least one of additional work or additional... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080133308 - Leakage location methods: A method is provided for locating the source of a leak from a CATV system. The method comprises providing at least one instrument adapted to measure the strength of a signal carried by the CATV system, moving the at least one instrument along a route, measuring the signal strength using... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080133306 - System and method for assisting individuals to general contract a home: A method for assisting individuals in general contracting the construction of a home. The method includes providing a computer program remotely accessible by users over a computer network through which the individual desiring to build the home can access databases comprising a pool of Providers of services and materials from... Agent: Patent Department Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.

20080133309 - System and method for monitoring and controlling a shop floor: A system and method for monitoring and controlling a process workflow, e.g., a shop floor, are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure enable, for example, a manufacturing facility to monitor a workflow process to afford better control over the workflow process and avoid duplication of efforts, e.g.,... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080133312 - Automated systems for aggregating, identifying, and analyzing real estate wealth: The invention is business intelligence system and method for multi-faceted aggregation and analysis of property ownership which enables the identification and classification of individuals and corporate entities for use in generating product and service marketing lists/groups. The inventions application provides its users with a knowledge base about clients and potential... Agent: Jennifer Marston

20080133314 - Determining advertisement placement on search results page to improve revenue generation: Placement of advertisements on a display is determined. For example, the advertisements may correspond to a search term and may be displayed in conjunction with search results for that search term. An indication of the advertisements to display is received. An iterative optimization algorithm is applied to metadata regarding revenue-generating... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080133323 - Generating revenue stream by providing advertisement to targeted populated geographical region: A method for generating revenue stream by providing an advertisement (ad) to a targeted populated geographical region (PGR), wherein an ad is placed on a mobile carrier. The method comprises: (A) selecting the PGR; (B) selecting a route; (C) selecting an ad; (D) selecting a mobile carrier of the selected... Agent: The Law Offices Of Boris G. Tankhilevich

20080133313 - Improved methods and systems for forecasting product demand using price elasticity: An improved method for forecasting and modeling product demand for a product. The forecasting methodology blends information about the future price of a product with historical sales data to better forecast the future product demand. This forecasting methodoloy takes into account three main parameters that may affect the future demand... Agent: James M. Stover Intellectual Property Section

20080133322 - Industry size of wallet: Consumer spend by industry is modeled based on the industry sizes of wallet of consumers having a high share of wallet with a financial institution. A size of wallet is calculated for each consumer in a plurality of consumers. A share of wallet for each consumer is also calculated. A... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080133315 - Intelligent collections models: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for analyzing credit and tax form data and determining a collections treatment type to collect revenue. A collections model is constructed to determine a collections score that is based on raw credit data and tax form data and is indicative of a debtor's propensity to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 005222

20080133336 - Location-based advertising message serving for mobile communication devices: Embodiments of a location sharing network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of mobile communication devices over a wireless network. Each mobile device is a location-aware mobile communication device. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080133319 - Method and apparatus of determining effect of price on distribution of time to sell real property: A method and/or an apparatus of determining effect of offer price on distribution of time to sell real property are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of helping price a first real property on a computer includes determining a characteristic of a probability distribution on a first length of time... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Intellevate

20080133316 - Method and software application which evaluates the position of a firm in the market: The present invention provides a firm's diagnosis which evaluates the position of a product or single product firm in the market according to its strategy of differentiation. Based on an Integrated Innovation Model (IIM), a system of data recovery (for example, a questionnaire) allows making a diagnosis of firms. Based... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080133337 - Method, apparatus and computer program for controlling retention of publications: For managing the retention of publications in a publish/subscribe system, a publisher sends a new publication to a publish/subscribe broker with an indication of whether the new publication should be retained in association with a previous retained publication. The publish/subscribe broker responds to such indications by retaining the new publication... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080133324 - Method, system and software for managing software license annuities: The present invention relates to methods, systems and software for managing software license annuities. The method relates to monitoring renewal revenue, including developing a forecast of renewal revenue, for each of one or more customers, using a customer database; contacting some of the customers to obtain customer profile data; assisting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080133310 - Methods and systems for forecasting product demand for slow moving products: An improved method for forecasting and modeling product demand for a slow moving product. The method includes the steps of maintaining a database of historical product demand information, calculating the average rate of sales (ARS) for a product from the historical demand information corresponding to the product, determining if the... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080133327 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133328 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133329 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133330 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133331 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133332 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133333 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133334 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133335 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133320 - Modeling customer behavior in a multi-choice service environment: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that models customer behavior in a multi-choice service environment. The system constructs a probability density function f to represent probabilities of service-level choices made by customers, wherein the probability density function is a function of functional variables uθ(d) and p(d); uθ(d)... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080133317 - Retail production guide for store-prepared food items: A computer-assisted method of determining and producing quantities of perishable, store-prepared food items that should be displayed for consumer selection and purchase on a daily basis is provided. The method includes collecting daily sales data for the perishable, store-prepared food items and saving the daily sales data in memory. For... Agent: Thompson Hine L.l.p. Intellectual Property Group

20080133326 - System and method for collaborative event defining, voting and funding: System and method for collaborative defining of, voting on, and funding of events. An administrator sets up a system (1) which allows users to first define voting options (2,3) and then to vote on and donate for an option (4,5). As soon as the necessary funds for carrying out an... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, Llc

20080133338 - System and method for determining the marketability of intellectual property assets: The present invention relates to methods and systems for determining whether to market an intellectual property asset, where the intellectual property asset is based at least in part on an innovation developed for an internal need. In an embodiment, a description of an intellectual property asset is received, and an... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080133311 - System and method for managing content consumption using a content licensing platform: A centralized content management system is provided. The system may balance interests among content creators, content owners, advertisers, consumers, and/or others in a content transaction chain. Media, advertising, or other types of content may have a content licensing platform embedded therein. The platform may enable a centralized clearinghouse to automatically... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080133321 - System and method for measuring awareness of online advertising using captchas: An improved system and method for providing and using captchas for online advertising is provided. An advertisement may be received, embedded in a captcha and stored for use in online advertising. A question about the advertisement may also be stored along with a valid answer for use in verifying a... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080133325 - Systems and methods for segment-based payment card solutions: A payment card product targeted to specific consumer market segments is provided. The payment card product has features, benefits and functions that are responsive to consumer needs, aspirations and habits, which evolve over time and across consumer market segments. The consumer market segments are comprehensively characterized using a combination of... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080133318 - Value analysis and value added concoction of a beverage in a network environment of the beverage: A method and/or a system for value analysis and value added concoction of a beverage in a network environment of the beverage is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring a set of opinion data corresponding to a set of attributes defining a beverage through users of a network... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Intellevate

20080133367 - Advertisement for a mobile terminal device in connection with a service and a server for implementing the same: This invention relates to displaying advertisements in mobile terminal devices in connection with other services. In particular, this invention relates to displaying browser-based advertisements in terminal devices with small screens. Further, the invention relates to displaying advertisements in connection with a service initiated by sending a link to a browser... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080133339 - Apparatus and method for reward points issuance, accumulation management and redemption using product coded wireless, communication protocols: A method and apparatus for operating a reward points issuance, accumulation management and redemption program in which a wireless device user accumulates reward points by messaging a reward code to a wireless communications gateway associated with a plurality of independent product entities or location-based proximity services. Earned reward points are... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20080133369 - Automated business process: A method of operating a business to insure accurate order entry and provide increased efficiency and satisfaction to a customer of the business. The method includes providing a system having a predetermined number of specific job based touch screen interfaces with a computer having a server. The touch screen interfaces... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080133341 - Balance rewards account system and method: A method for operating an account includes several steps. The account is provided for holding assets of a customer, the account having a variable value controlled by the customer. At least a portion of the assets are held in the account for a time period that includes a plurality of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007131

20080133342 - Determining advertising effectiveness: Systems, methods, and apparatus including computer program products are provided for determining advertisement effectiveness. In some implementations a method is provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of user events, where each user event is a tracked online activity or action and identifying information associated with each identified user event,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080133368 - Entertainment, business transaction, information, telecommunications package: A method for acquiring and distributing entertainment content and telecommunications time in a single package. Entertainment content is first acquired by purchase, license or assignment. Telecommunications time is also acquired by means of an appropriate agreement with a provider of telecommunications services. Both the acquired entertainment content and the acquired... Agent: Mark Levy Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20080133346 - Human responses and rewards for requests at web scale: A system and method are disclosed for receiving human responses to various requests that may require a human review. A request may be submitted for completion by at least one of a plurality of available users. Upon completion of the request, the user may be eligible for a reward if... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080133371 - Method and apparatus for dynamically tuning radio stations with user-defined play lists: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for dynamic radio station tuning in a data processing system. A play list is identified. The play list is a user-defined list and includes an identification of a number of songs. Music information is obtained from a plurality of radio stations. This music information... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080133351 - Method and apparatus for reward messaging, discounting and redemption at the point of interaction: Systems, methods, apparatus, means and computer program code are provided including receiving, from a point of interaction, an authorization request message identifying a requested purchase transaction, the authorization request message including data identifying a payment account identifier and a purchase amount; determining that the payment account identifier is eligible for... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080133350 - Method and apparatus for reward redemption at the point of interaction: Systems, methods, apparatus, means and computer program code for points redemption are provided, including receiving, from a point of interaction, an authorization request message identifying a requested purchase transaction, the authorization request message including data identifying a payment account identifier, a purchase amount, and a request from a customer to... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080133340 - Method and apparatus for varying the amount of advertising content: The illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, an apparatus, and a computer usable program product for varying the amount of received advertising content. A content editor provides a portion of a plurality of levels of advertising to a user, wherein the portion of the plurality of levels indicates an... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080133352 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133353 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133354 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133355 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133356 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133357 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133358 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133359 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133360 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133361 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133362 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133363 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133364 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133349 - Online abandonment recovery: A seller of online merchandise reduces the number of incomplete transactions by offering incentives to consumers to complete transactions. When a consumer adds an item to an online shopping cart, a monitoring page is opened in the consumer's browser. If the consumer abandons the shopping cart, for example by closing... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080133366 - Rendering barcodes on mobile device screens for use at retailer point of sale locations to obtain discounts: A coupon distribution and redemption system obtains coupons from retail product manufacturers or retailers, and also obtains customer relations management data that indicates the buying patterns or preferences of retail customers. A coupon management system generates targeted offers that can be targeted at individual groups of customers or individual customers,... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080133345 - System and method for creating customized direct mail offers: A system for generating direct offers includes a computer system adapted to generate a group of offers, a list of targeted recipients that may be potential customers, and a set of business rules for selecting appropriate ones of the offers based at least in part on certain personal recipient information.... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080133348 - System and method for delivering online advertisements using captchas: An improved system and method for providing and using captchas for online advertising is provided. An advertisement may be received, embedded in a captcha and stored for use in online advertising. A question about the advertisement may also be stored along with a valid answer for use in verifying a... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080133370 - System and method for identifying and offering advertising over the internet according to a generated recipient profile: The current invention provides that data sent from a source computer to a recipients computer can be selected in real time according to at least one characteristic of the recipient which can be kept in a profile. Information such as the recipient's position, preferred websites, browsing history, content a visited... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 2f-192

20080133347 - System and method for providing semantic captchas for online advertising: An improved system and method for providing and using captchas for online advertising is provided. An advertisement may be received, embedded in a captcha and stored for use in online advertising. A question about the advertisement may also be stored along with a valid answer for use in verifying a... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080133343 - Systems and methods for providing contact information of recommended jobseekers: Methods and systems of providing contact information to recruiters is disclosed. A set of requisites is received from a recruiter. The set of requisites can be associated with a job listing posted by the recruiter. A set of qualifications are received from a jobseeker. The jobseeker can be automatically identified... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080133344 - Systems and methods for providing cross-vertical advertisement: Methods and systems of providing advertisements for multiple verticals are disclosed herein. A first vertical weight for a first vertical is calculated according to user activity patterns of a user in the first vertical. A second vertical weight for a second vertical is calculated according to user activity patterns of... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080133365 - Targeted marketing system: Targeted marketing system. A marketing portal is provided to create and maintain offer campaigns having specific consumer targeting rules. An offer optimization module determines specific offers for each eligible consumer, the offers are distributed to specific consumers through one or more distribution channels, and the system is updated with information... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080133372 - Automated package shipping machine: A system for accepting and storing items for subsequent pickup by a commercial carrier includes a storage area which is defined by an outer housing, and a customer interface area that includes a weighing unit and a unit, such as a magnetic card reader, for accepting payment from a customer.... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080133373 - Method to select payment when using a wireless communication device: A method (400) of selecting a financial account to be used to make a payment and a mobile station (105) that may implement the method. The method can include identifying at least one of a plurality of user profiles during a payment transaction at a point-of-sale terminal (110). The method... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.l.c.

20080133374 - Pos system, input/output control apparatus for use in a pos system, and method: A POS system and method having a POS terminal, at least one input device for providing input data such as product sale information to said POS terminal, a POS server to enable the POS terminal to complete a POS transaction based upon such product sale information, a display device and... Agent: Anderson Kill & Olick P.c.

20080133379 - Method and apparatus for utilizing accounts to obtain music and promote music purchases: The invention comprises methods and apparatus for the sale of music using electronic accounts. In accordance with the method, an allowance account is established with funds from a first party. The allowance account allows authorized parties, including the first party, to maintain and use the account to purchase various selections... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080133377 - Method and system for controlling the initiation and duration of overtime interval in electronic auctions: A method and system for conducting electronic auctions is described. A dynamic lot closing extension feature avoids collisions in closing times of multiple lots by dynamically extending the closing time of a subsequent lot if a preceding lot's closing time is extended to be too close to the subsequent lot's... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080133378 - Method and system for customizing marketing services on networks communicating with hypertext tagging conventions: The present server based communications system provides dynamic customization of hypertext tagged documents presented to clients accessing the system. The customization, which pertains to the content of the documents, is based on the specific requirements of a class to which the client belongs to. The class may be defined by... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080133375 - Method, system and apparatus for facilitating selection of sellers in an electronic commerce system: An improved system and method for facilitating a transaction between a buyer and one of a number of sellers is provided. The transaction is related to a project specified by the buyer. A set of invited sellers suitable for the project are identified. Such invited sellers can be identified by... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.c.

20080133376 - Systems and methods for single step purchasing of content: A user may select a purchase content button input on a broadcast receiver. Upon selecting the input, the broadcast receiver may generate a content purchase request comprising a user identifier and a content item identifier. The user identifier and the content item identifier may be automatically obtained by the broadcast... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080133380 - Pre-qualifying sellers during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction: A system providing seller pre-qualification during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction includes a directory structure comprising multiple hierarchically organized product classes, each product class categorizing multiple products and defining one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The system also includes one or... Agent: I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

20080133381 - Process for data driven application integration for b2b: Aspects of the present embodiments provide an eCommerce environment adapted to accept and process various message types (e.g., cXML and mXML). In general, requests are provided from a requesting entity to an application hosting entity. Data from incoming requests are mapped to a format understandable to an appropriate application(s). Responses... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080133382 - Merchandise management system for merchandise discharge device: A merchandise discharge device body has a detection means for directly or indirectly detecting discharge of merchandise and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), where the merchandise discharge device body transmits power of an operation member operated by a user to a discharge member, operating the discharge member to discharge the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080133383 - Parts marking system and method: A parts marking system having memory is configured to store algorithm data indicative of at least one algorithm associated with an object material. The algorithm data comprises technical limitation data defining at least one marking technique and logic for displaying the at least one algorithm based upon an input indicating... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.c.

20080133384 - Service management method, product-in-circulation to which the same is applied,service management device, service management network system, service management program, and computer readable program product with the program stored thereon: According to a service management method to supply products-in-circulation to service receivers, a service management system is built that enables the service provider to manage whether the service receivers are using those products-in-circulation delivered from the service provider in an authorized manner. This provides a reasonable service whereby the service... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080133385 - Internet clearinghouse for homeowner association information: Generally, a computer-implemented portal through which a plurality of user computers access homeowner association data over the internet. Specifically, a homeowner association database which allows access to homeowner association data by a plurality of remote computer users through a graphic user interface which allows activation of a plurality of homeowner... Agent: Cr Miles, P.c. Craig R. Miles

20080133386 - System for managing gas expenditures: The present invention is a system for providing automobile dealerships and fleet businesses with comprehensive gas book management capabilities, inclusive of a process for authorizing and tracking gas book expenditures, as well as software for accounting, reconciling and reporting on them. An overseer (clerical staff) runs the present software and... Agent: Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Royal W. Craig

20080133387 - System and method for defining fees by setting profit: The present invention provides an innovative and powerful system and method for establishing profitable pricing for a business where the owner will know the exact profit in every fee charged. The present invention provides a business with the ability to project value-added inventory fees based on any desired profit level... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080133388 - Invoice exception management: The disclosure provides a system, method, and software for facilitating invoice exception management. Particularly, this disclosure describes systems, method, and software for facilitating invoice exception management. The software comprises computer readable instructions. When executed, the software is operable to receive an invoice into a distributed business application. The software can... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080133389 - Method, apparatus, and article to facilitate distributed evaluation of objects using electromagnetic energy: Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080133392 - Security arrangements for virtual world obligations: A method and system provides transactions and arrangements in virtual world environments. A user can participate in transactions to acquire virtual property and related virtual rights. In some implementations, real-world and virtual parties can be involved in virtual collateral transactions as well as conditional transfers and/or revocations involving various types... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20080133390 - System and method for authorizing a transaction: A system and method of authorizing a transaction includes receiving a transaction request including transaction information. In response to receiving the transaction information, a voice communication session with the user is initiated and a voice message played over the communications session to the user. The voice message includes authentication information.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080133391 - User interface for sociofinancial systems and methods: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved ways for lenders, creditors, and intermediaries to extend credit to borrowers, debtors, and intermediaries. A sociofinancial graph that encodes financial trust relationships between lenders, creditors, borrower, debtors, and intermediaries. Social networking websites can be used to construct the sociofinancial graph, with or without... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133427 - Collateralized debt obligation evaluation system and method: A computerized system and method for evaluating collateralized debt obligations receives user input selecting a scenario or feature, loads data related to a portfolio of securitized assets on to the computer storage medium, determines a scenario default rate using at least one of a beta distributed recovery, a counterparty risk,... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080133430 - 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.

20080133429 - Financial activity with graphical user interface 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.

20080133428 - Method for managing retirement and other investments that use an asset accumulation strategy: An article of manufacture is provided to make decisions regarding funding additional contributions to an investment that is funded using an asset accumulation strategy. A data processor automatically determines an absolute value of a compound average annual rate of return of the investment for a plurality of successive time instances,... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080133395 - Efficient data dissemination for financial instruments: An efficient data dissemination method and system for disseminating financial information is disclosed. The system and method designate instruments listed on a reporting market center that have not traded within a pre-defined time period as “dark.” The information for instruments designated as “dark” is suppressed and not reported to the... Agent: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy

20080133399 - Method and apparatus for multiple variable bidding in an online auction: A method and apparatus for automatically updating the value of a bid variable or the total bid for a multi-variable bid in an online auction is disclosed. The method includes displaying an automatically adjustable mechanism interfaced to a bidder. Thereafter, the automatic bid adjustments are calculated using the mechanism.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080133398 - Method and system for disguised price bidding in online auctions: A method and system for conducting electronic online auctions having disguised bidding is disclosed. Submitted bids are ordered on a basis of a comparative bid parameter used by an originator of an auction. The ordinal rank of a bid is reported to the bidder.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080133394 - Method for setting prices and accepting bid amounts in time deterministic sales transactions: The invention is an auction method for setting prices and accepting bid amounts in time deterministic sales transactions such that a number of bidding slots are available each day of the auction term, each bidding slot with a reserve bid amount, allowing a bidder to make a bid at one... Agent: Gary L. Huusko Suite 600

20080133397 - Method of transformational bidding with rebates and discounts: A method of transforming bidding with rebates and discounts in an electronic auction using a system and machine readable medium, the method including receiving a first bid from a first bidder and a second bid from a second bidder, wherein at least one of a rebate and discount is offered... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080133400 - Synthetic continuous double actions: Methods, systems and data structures are described for conducting synthetic continuous double auctions. A method includes participating in a synthetic continuous double auction having contingent bidding on a plurality of heterogeneous item auctions. A composite reverse auction, defined by a bid set including a first contingent bid on a first... Agent: John Bruckner, P.c.

20080133396 - System and method for executing secure exchange transactions: Embodiments of methods and/or systems for executing a secure exchange transaction are disclosed.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080133401 - Systems and methods for controlling traders from manipulating electronic trading markets: Systems and methods are provided to control gaming in electronic trading markets. These systems and methods alleviate the problem of a seller or buyer trying to act on a trader's original bid or offer only to trade at an unfavorable level after the trader changes the bid or offer. A... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080133393 - Transaction system for employee stock options and other compensation programs: Systems and methods of selling employee stock options (ESOs) and other compensation instruments. The method may comprise the steps of receiving a sale order for the employee stock options from a seller, where the sale order indicates the price of the employee stock options to be sold and the number... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080133402 - Sociofinancial systems and methods: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved ways for lenders, creditors, and intermediaries to extend credit to borrowers, debtors, and intermediaries. A sociofinancial graph that encodes financial trust relationships between lenders, creditors, borrower, debtors, and intermediaries. Social networking websites can be used to construct the sociofinancial graph, with or without... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133404 - Method for users of a network to provide other users with access to link relationships between documents: Providing improvements in searching, identifying, and publishing information over computer networks, and on individual computers or other information access devices, by creating and sharing link relationships between documents distributed on the network, computers, or other devices. Further providing methods for billing for the use of link relationships to relate and... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20080133403 - Mobile-to-mobile payment system and method: A mobile-to-mobile payment method and system are presented. One or more payor messages are received at a payment server from a mobile device associated with a payor. The one or more payor messages include an identifier of a payee and an amount. The identifier of the payee is associated with... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20080133406 - Mass billing systems and methods: Methods and systems, including computer program products, consistent with the invention may manage invoices for a customer. For example, methods consistent with the invention may obtain customer transaction data reflecting transactions made by the customer. The method may then generate, from the obtained customer transaction data, compressed transaction data and... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20080133410 - Method and system for selecting electronic payment of vendors through an automated remittance delivery system: An electronic payment system and method for determining which payment method is to be employed for each vendor specified in the output of a commercial accounting software application. The system retrieves from the accounting software application payment information specifying specific vendors to be paid and consults with an electronic payment-capable... Agent: Michael F. Krieger Kirton & Mcconkie

20080133407 - Methods and systems for determining and displaying payment options in an electronic payment system: A system and method for determining and displaying payment options in an electronic payment system is disclosed. A payee for a payor is identified. Prior to receiving a payment request to submit a payment to the payee on behalf of the payor, at least one funding method is identified from... Agent: Sutherland Ii

20080133405 - Methods and systems for the determination and display of payment lead time in an electronic payment system: A system and method for determining and displaying a payment lead time or expected payment delivery time in an electronic payment system is disclosed. A payee associated with a payor is identified. Prior to receiving a payment request to pay the payee on behalf of the payor, an expected payment... Agent: Sutherland Ii

20080133409 - Payment processing system debt conversion notification: When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080133408 - Systems and methods for user authorized customer-merchant transactions: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for user authorized transactions. Certain embodiments provide a method for facilitating user authorized transactions between a customer and a merchant. The method includes generating account information for a merchant for a transaction, the account information relating to payment of funds... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080133411 - Image processing network: An image processing network for processing image files and coupled to an outside data communication network comprising a plurality of remote image capture units, the units scanning documents and creating a plurality of image files of said documents; the image processing means is coupled to said plurality of remote image... Agent: Paul R. Kitch Nixon Peabody LLP

20080133413 - Financial information portal: In a system for a financial institution or other information maintainer, has a list of its account holders that also have accounts with a portal and have agreed to link their portal account and user account with the financial institution or other information maintainer. When a user logs onto the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080133412 - Wireless payment method and systems: A method for conducting a transaction is disclosed. The method includes using a first portable electronic device, and directly transmitting a request for payment to a second portable electronic device through a wireless link. Then, the second portable electronic device transmits an approval of the request for payment to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080133414 - System and method for providing extended domain management when a primary device is unavailable: A system and method for providing extended domain management when a primary device is unavailable. In the absence of a primary domain manager device, an extended device domain is created to allow a consumer electronics device to be temporarily authenticated to a device domain.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP

20080133415 - Trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce electronic transaction and rights management: An integrated, modular array of administrative and support services are provided for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting transaction-related capabilities over electronic networks, and can also be adapted to the specific needs of electronic commerce value chains.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080133416 - Content protection arrangements: Content protection arrangements govern use of particular electronic content in a consumer electronic device. An exemplary arrangement authorizes use based not just on usage control data corresponding to the content, but also based on an attribute of the consumer electronic device. Thus, for example, playback of a song (or video)... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080133418 - Licensing system and process for transferring license information: A licensing system is provided for transferring license information for at least one license-requiring software component of software-controlled devices. The licensing system comprises a first, portable license data storage medium (3), which is provided with a processor unit (8) and on which at least one license information for the at... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, Pc

20080133419 - Secure financial transaction system and method: A method for performing secure financial transactions using a secure computing device enables consumers to make purchase on or offline without transmitting sensitive financial data to sellers. A buyer can pay a seller by associating a financial account with a secure computing device and transmitting a digitally signed payment record... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080133420 - Online machine data collection and archiving process: An online machine data collection and archiving process generates a machine data profile of a customer computer accessing a transaction form of a merchant web site and links the machine data profile and a transaction record with customer identifying information using a unique transaction identification string. The process preferably captures... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080133421 - Wireless payment method and systems: A method for conducting a transaction is disclosed. The method includes using a first portable electronic device, and directly transmitting a request for payment to a second portable electronic device through a wireless link. Then, the second portable electronic device transmits an approval of the request for payment to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080133422 - Wireless payment method and systems: A method for conducting a transaction is disclosed. The method includes using a first portable electronic device, and directly transmitting a request for payment to a second portable electronic device through a wireless link. Then, the second portable electronic device transmits an approval of the request for payment to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20080133425 - Method for road use credit tracking and exchange: The invention provides a method of administering a road use credit system. The method allows motorists to buy and sell road use credits. The road-use credits are redeemable for road use in a chargeable area. Motorists may be tracked by satellite using an on-board device to determine and calculate chargeable... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20080133426 - Method, sytem and business model for a buyer's auction with near perfect information using the internet: A methodology, system and business model are disclosed for facilitating a fully automated buyer's auction in which the major types of transaction costs are significantly reduced by providing the buyer and the sellers with near-perfect information about one another, including information about buyer preferences and competing sellers' offers. The system... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080133423 - Multimode negotiation in a networking environment: The invention provides a technique for computerized multi-variable negotiation in networking environment. A user initiates a transaction by identifying a variety of parameters, specifying which parameters may be modified, and indicating limits of acceptable modification. This latter feature is particularly important with respect to entertaining counteroffers. The initiator of a... Agent: Intellevate

20080133424 - System and method for negotiating a contract: A system for negotiating a contract may include one or more computer assemblies configured to run a contract negotiation tool program. The contract negotiation tool program may include an analysis section including potential contract terms, and contract term data corresponding to the potential contract terms. The contract negotiation tool program... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080133303 - Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080133417 - System to determine quality through reselling of items: A system for determining a market value of items includes establishment of a sequence of items to be sold or licensed and a sale of income rights to the sale or licensure. A table of income rights corresponding to the sale to consumers is established, and speculators are able to... Agent: Elman Technology Law, P.c.

20080133432 - Automated rental vehicle check-in system: A method of checking in a rental vehicle in a rental lot in which a handheld unit is connected to the diagnostic port for the vehicle. The handheld unit interrogates the ECU for the vehicle to determine the type of vehicle, and thus the data protocol, and, once determined, downloads... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080133431 - Method and apparatus to facilitate determining a monetary cost associated with supporting a communication session using heterogeneous network communication resources: A network server (200) (prior to initiation of a communication session by a particular mobile device (205), which mobile device will be moving from a first location to a second location and thereby traversing heterogeneous network communication resources (204)) is able to automatically determine (103) a monetary cost associated with... Agent: Motorola, Inc.