Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination inventions 05/09

20090138274 - Adaptor for soft earning unit: Current systems and business processes transactions deal in hard currencies. In the complete digital world, the common denominator further referred as Soft Earning Unit(s) with acronym SEU to value the products and services will be dealt only in computing devices. The invention pertains to adopt the existing application (s) including... Agent: Samir Srivastava

20090138276 - Privacy management system using user's policy and preference matching: By applying a privacy policy, which describes and manages a policy for disclosure of preference information, to the preference information, it is determined whether or not to disclose some or all of the information to a third party based on classification as a result of matching by a matching system.... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20090138275 - System for product authentication powered by phone transmission: An authentication system enabling a customer to verify the authenticity of a product in a foolproof, secure and simple manner plurality of secret sets of numbers is generated, each set comprising a challenge portion and a response portion. These sets are stored on a remote server. Each set is associated... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20090138273 - Systems and methods for transforming a business process into reusable services: In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method for establishing a service-oriented architecture-based business system incorporating service-oriented components based on a business process. The method involves selecting groups of business process model elements for exposure as services, preferably using a graphical user interface, and generating, using automated means,... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090138278 - Generating and managing medication tapers: Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for generating and/or managing medication tapers are provided. Medication tapers are generated by receiving medication taper data and calculating a planned regimen that includes a set of orders based upon the received medication taper data. Each order of the set of orders... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20090138277 - Healthcare transactions management solution: Healthcare service providers and others may send claims for payment requesting remittance from insurance companies or patients. Such payments may be remitted through paper or electronic transactions. A financial institution may receive the payment and associated information and process the remittance depending on the remittance source and type. In addition,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007131

20090138283 - Appointment scheduling system and method: A scheduling program and system includes a database of client information including a field relating to an appointment date. Within a range of the appointment date, preferably one week, the program cues a user to contact a patient to schedule an appointment within the next week. Three attempts are made... Agent: L. Ann Brown

20090138288 - Best system of health & health-care data management: A method of using interactive and related electronic templates created, maintain and operate by an innovative computer program for generating, storing, relating, manipulating, updating and expanding health, health-care and health-care service information and data on patients by patients, physicians and pharmacists.... Agent: Anuthep Benja-athon, M.d.

20090138285 - Health promotion outreach system: Patient receipt of recommended preventive and chronic disease care is suboptimal, partly because of poorly organized clinical information and time-limited and sporadic appointments with medical providers. To overcome these problems, we provide a Health Promotion Outreach System (HPOS) based on electronic data queries, active patient-centered outreach, and minimizing patient barriers... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20090138284 - Integrated record system and method: An integrated records system and method is provided that permits rapid encounter recording via a simplified, customized, flexible encounter form uniquely generated on a per-customer basis, and additionally providing unique hand-written and/or dictated impressions. In the case of medical records, the system can be used to generate patient specific encounter... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090138289 - Method and system for identifying and anticipating adverse drug events: The present invention is a system and method for anticipating potential Adverse Drug Events (ADE) in a patient's medication regimen by integrating data typically located in laboratory and pharmacy information systems and filtering the data using predefined criteria. The present invention includes a system for anticipating a possible ADE through... Agent: Min (amy) S. Xu Dorsey & Whiteney LLP

20090138280 - Multi-stepped default display protocols: A multi-stepped default display protocol for diagnostic image review may be implemented using a computer readable medium coupled to a computer which is in turn coupled to a graphical display. The multi-stepped default display protocol may be stored on the computer readable medium from which the computer may read the... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090138281 - Patient-controlled medical information system and method: An electronic medical record system and service is disclosed for centrally storing patients' medical records electronically on a database for patient-controlled remote access by both patients and medical providers. The system stores a plurality of patient medical records on a medical information database via a medical information server connected to... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090138286 - Personalized medicine management software: The invention provides personalized medicine management software for determining a series of recommended doses of a medication for a patient. The software contains code to receive information regarding a combination of at least one genetic factor and personal attributes for the patient that are predictive of the patient's reaction to... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090138287 - System and method for assigning, recording and monitoring ms-drg codes in a patient treatment facility: A computer controlled system and method for assigning, recording and managing the additions to MS-DRG codes to patient administrative records in a patient treatment facility includes a coding information recording function and a coding communication tracking function. The coding information recording function both stores and facilitates communication between a patient... Agent: Strasburger & Price, LLP

20090138282 - System and method for tracking and maintaining vascular access medical records: The present invention describes a system and method for tracking and maintaining vascular access medical records. Specifically, the invention allows records to be maintained concerning a vascular access patient regardless of where or from whom the vascular access services were performed or requested, respectively.... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20090138279 - Systems, methods and apparatus for analysis and visualization of metadata information: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments a normal database of metadata information is created from a standardization/normalization transformation of individual data values pertaining to all the labels in all axes of normal data. In some additional embodiments, a statistical metric is established from which is... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20090138290 - Insurance adjustment through digital imaging system and method: This invention relates generally to insurance adjusting and damage appraisal, and more specifically, to systems and methods for insurance adjustment and damage appraisal through digital imaging. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method for providing an insurance adjustment or damage appraisal, which includes the steps of a user generating... Agent: Axios Law Group. PLLC

20090138291 - Systems, methods and devices for online reservation inquiries: The present invention pertains to systems, methods and devices for online reservation inquiries of individual shares of an item. The system has a server that makes available a 3D graphic model of the item as well as reservation statuses of the shares of the item for inquiries, and a client... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090138303 - Activity inference and reactive feedback: Disclosed herein is a method of processing physical information collected from a plurality of sensors and deducing object attributes and actions over a facility. RFID tags are applied to determine position coordinates. A plurality of sensors related to activities or objects are applied for capturing a plurality of physical variables... Agent: Ashok Tankha

20090138307 - Automated financial scenario modeling and analysis tool having an intelligent graphical user interface: A financial scenario modeling and analysis tool, including a graphical user interface which enables a user of the tool to create a graphical model of a financial scenario, generally including at least one financial transaction, on a display screen, and an engine operable, in response to creation of the graphical... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090138294 - Automatic generation of executable components from business process models: Exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for automatically generating executable components from a process model. An input is received, wherein the input comprises a model that describes activities that needs to be performed as part of a business operation, a sequencing of the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090138296 - Context-based realtime advertising: A method and a system for context-based real-time advertising are provided. In example embodiments, a document content that is displayed to a user may be analyzed and keywords may be identified. Selected listings from a publication system may be received; the selected listings may be selected using the keywords. The... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20090138304 - Data mining: Data mining techniques are described. In an implementation, one or more segments are extracted from a multivariate distribution, each of the segments describing intra-dependencies of a set of input variables. A list is output in a user interface referencing each of the one or more segments and a respective score... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090138292 - Driving software product changes based on usage patterns gathered from users of previous product releases: The present invention discloses an end-to-end software development system that includes multiple computing devices, a network data store, and a usage reporting engine. Each of the computing devices can execute a software product that is configured to automatically log usage information on a feature-by-feature basis. The network data store can... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. - IBM Cha

20090138297 - Electronic systems and methods to facilitate constructive associations between vendors and customers: Electronic systems for facilitating a vendor-customer association are described herein where contemplated systems comprise: a computer comprising a processor, an executable code, wherein the code is accessed and run on the processor and wherein the code comprises: an information-gathering function that processes information about the vendor and the customer, a... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20090138306 - Facility risk assessment systems and methods: A method for evaluating risk associated with a facility includes determining environmental requirements necessary for successful achievement of a function of the facility and determining consequences for failing to maintain the environmental requirements. The method further includes identifying facility systems necessary to maintain the environmental requirements and calculating risk based... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090138295 - Generating a single billing record for multiple sessions in a network environment: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of communication sessions of a transaction associated with a postpaid end user. The method includes associating the plurality of communication sessions with the transaction and extracting data from the plurality of communication sessions associated with the transaction. The method includes generating... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090138305 - Management of a service performing structure: In a method of managing a structure configured to perform a service a net power value for implementing the structure is determined. A structure available energy value is calculated from the net power value and a fuel available energy value is calculated from the structure available energy value. The fuel... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090138302 - Method and system for collecting, receiving, and transferring transaction information for use by a bonus or loyalty program and electronic vouchers: The present invention provides methods and systems for managing mobile virtual network operations. According to some embodiments, purchasing information, e.g., item, price, quantity, location, etc., may be collected using a mobile phone. The collected information may be used as part of a bonus or loyalty program. Collected information might be... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090138299 - Method for providing dynamic phone advertisements: A method of operating a communications service, including detecting that a user dials a phone number to initiate a current phone call, querying a dynamic advertising service which analyzes available data regarding the dialed phone number, receiving an advertisement from the dynamic advertising service that is selected based on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP IBM Svl

20090138300 - Optimizing managed business processes: The invention generally relates to systems and methods for optimizing managed business processes, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for optimizing vendor payroll services. A method for allocating outsourced business processes among a plurality of performing entities includes defining a hierarchy of goals from a subset of data input... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090138293 - Solution that automatically recommends design assets when making architectural design decisions for information services: The present invention discloses a system that provides automated guidance for making architectural decisions when designing information services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Such a system can include a requirements manager, a reusable asset repository, and an asset advisory tool. The requirements manager can be configured to capture non-functional requirements... Agent: Patents On Demand - Lockheed Martin

20090138298 - System and method for generating a fact sheet used for managing the business configuration views: Disclosed is a system and a method for generating a fact sheet for managing the business configuration views. A business configuration view is the user interface for maintaining business configuration sets, the business configuration view which consists of one or more screens. The business configuration set is a set of... Agent: Sap Ag

20090138309 - System and method for measuring and managing operational risk: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of modeling operational risk comprising the steps of: defining one or more reporting hierarchies, wherein said reporting hierarchies are composed of operational units; associating operational risk data to one or more of said operational units, wherein said operational... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090138301 - System and method to facilitate inventory forecasting for network-based entities: A system and method to facilitate inventory forecasting of network traffic for a network-based entity are described. In one example, the method includes preprocessing historical data to obtain processed average data, applying modeling and forecasting techniques to the processed average data using a seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average process, and... Agent: Stattler - Suh PC

20090138308 - Technology benefits realization for public sector: The present invention provides a public sector technology expenditure benefits realization framework that offers an unparalleled approach for addressing the very specific needs of public sector organizations combining the development of the business case with technology implementation program and integrating a sustainable long-term benefits realizations program. Specifically, in one embodiment,... Agent: Accenture/finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

20090138315 - Method and system for assessing process conformance in the production of products: A method for assessing conformance to principles in the production of products within an organization having at least two hierarchical levels is provided. The method includes defining a plurality of organizational principles that apply to the organization as a whole. The method also includes sending a request to a plurality... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090138314 - Method and system for locating a workforce: The present invention generally relates to a computer-implemented method and system that helps a user or any other person to organization that needs to choose or allocate resources between or among geographical areas on the basis of key demographic variables. More specifically, the present invention uses computer automated SQL statements... Agent: Benjamin L. Davis

20090138310 - Method for accessing veterinary health care information and financing veterinary health care services: A method for accessing veterinary health care information via an Internet website, wherein subscribers to the website are able to search and review a library of veterinary health care information, ask questions of a qualified veterinarian, schedule one-on-one consultations as well as office visits with a qualified veterinarian, and purchase... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20090138312 - Method for allocating resources to jobs using network flow algorithms: A resource allocation system is described in which resources and jobs are arranged as a network flow graph. In the system, resources are allocated to jobs using a network flow algorithm applied to the graph. The algorithm is applied from a graph source to a graph sink by finding a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138313 - Methods and systems for managing facility power and cooling: Systems and methods are provided for determining data center resource requirements, such as cooling and power requirements, and for monitoring performance of data center resource systems, such as cooling and power systems, in data centers. At least one aspect provides a system and method that enables a data center operator... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP A2000

20090138311 - System and method for computer aided work order scheduling: Disclosed is a method for scheduling work orders where a user receives a request to schedule a work order, and then a labor amount value is assigned to the work order request. The work order is assigned a labor amount requirement, and the labor amount requirement is compared to a... Agent: Masco Corporation

20090138323 - Automated sales support system: A system and method for notifying salespersons of customer communications including a target item is provided. Individual customers are mapped to one or more salespersons. Target items of interest to a salesperson are defined and a salesperson is associated with a customer. For each salesperson, on-line communication channels are monitored... Agent: At& T Legal Department - Monka Attn: Patent Docketing

20090138317 - Connecting providers of financial services: In general, in one aspect, a real-time communication between a consumer of services and a provider of financial services is brokered using a brokerage system on a computer by: receiving a request from the consumer of services to consult with a provider of financial services; identifying an available provider of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090138322 - Method and system for continuous improvement in the production of products: A method of continuous improvement in the production of products within an organization is provided. The method includes defining a plurality of organizational principles that apply to the organization. The method also includes defining a plurality of practices to enable the plurality of organizational principles. Each of the practices is... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090138321 - Method and system for process improvement in the production of products: A method of achieving improvement in the production of products in an organization is provided. The method includes defining a plurality of organizational principles that apply to the organization. The method also includes defining a plurality of practices to enable the plurality of organizational principles. The method also includes developing... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090138324 - Power plant operation control system and a power plant maintaining and managing method: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between the power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090138320 - Product catalog management system and method: A product catalog management system and method is provided for managing product data associated with a plurality of products. In one embodiment, the system comprises a processor, a product information database for storing product data associated with a plurality of products therein, a workflow design module for allowing creation of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090138316 - System and method for evaluating initiatives adapted to deliver value to a customer: A value data system, including a database component, including: initiative data representing at least one initiative, said at least one initiative being adapted to deliver value to a customer of an organisation; risk data associated with said initiative data, said risk data representing risks corresponding to said at least one... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090138318 - Systems and methods for adaptive workflow and resource prioritization: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for adaptive workflow management in a clinical enterprise. Certain embodiments provide an adaptive clinical workflow management system. The system includes a workflow engine establishing a workflow based on a worklist including a plurality of tasks to be performed. The plurality... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090138319 - Task registration methods and systems: Embodiments of the invention comprise a method of registering a task in respect of a user, the method comprising determining if the user would conform to at least one of delegation and separation of duty (SoD) policies if the user carried out the task; and selectively registering the task in... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090138325 - Apparatus and method for identifying and surveying subscribers: A method for surveying and gathering user and status information from data processing devices coupled to a network. Data processing devices, such as cellular phones and handheld devices, may be coupled to a network manager through phone lines or RF networks. The network manager transmits survey inquiries and receives survey... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090138326 - Apparatus and method for updating user profile: The present invention provided a method for updating user profile, and the user profile includes like-degree of the user for at least one content feature. The method includes the following steps of: (a).monitoring the user's behavior to a playing program; (b).acquiring a interest degree of the user for the program... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090138329 - Application of query weights input to an electronic commerce information system to target advertising: An online commerce information system (OCIS) receives from a consumer a query in relation to a potential consumer transaction and also receives a set of weighting factors that correspond to the query, where the weighting factors pertain to stored data relevant to the potential consumer transaction. The OCIS causes a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090138327 - Delivery date answering program, delivery date answering method, and system for implementing the method: This invention relates to a technique for enhancing the accuracy of sale quota information used in allocation for reservation of a delivery date reply to thereby shorten a sale-quota reply response time. Disclosed herein is a delivery date reply system which permits preallotment of a sales quota of a sellable... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090138333 - Follow-up contacts with virtual world participants: A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A participant or player can participate in various virtual world activities including transactions to acquire virtual products, virtual services, and/or virtual items of value. Feedback may be provided and records kept regarding... Agent: Searete LLC Suite 110

20090138336 - Messaging in a multi-dimensional space: Information from location nodes is downloaded to a control center. A mobile device associated with a user located in a specific area at a geographical location is in communication at least one node, which is, in turn, in communication with at least one control center. The nodes communicate with each... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090138334 - Method and system for production of products: A method of improvement in the production of products within an organization is provided. The method includes identifying at least one waste within the organization. The method also includes defining at least one organizational principle. The method also includes defining at least one practice to enable the at least one... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090138335 - Method and system for providing identity template management as a part of a marketing and sales program for universal life stage decision support: A method for dynamic identity template management as a part of a marketing and sales program for universal life stage decision support. A user-defined template can be shared (pushed) to other networks, and template fields can be dynamically populated (pulled) from other networks; thus a template can grow in extensible... Agent: Patent Crafters

20090138337 - Mobile device marketing and advertising platforms, methods, and systems: A mobile marketing campaign platform and method including: a planning module including: a definition module for setting budget and objectives; and a design module for designing the campaign utilizing a plurality of templates; an execution module including: design tools for designing an executable campaign from the campaign design made from... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090138338 - Mobile device marketing and advertising platforms, methods, and systems: A mobile marketing campaign platform and method including: a planning module including: a definition module for setting budget and objectives; and a design module for designing the campaign utilizing a plurality of templates; an execution module including: design tools for designing an executable campaign from the campaign design made from... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090138339 - Mobile device marketing and advertising platforms, methods, and systems: A mobile marketing campaign platform and method including: a planning module including: a definition module for setting budget and objectives; and a design module for designing the campaign utilizing a plurality of templates; an execution module including: design tools for designing an executable campaign from the campaign design made from... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090138332 - System and method for dynamically adapting a user slide show presentation to audience behavior: The invention is directed to a system and method for dynamically adapting a computer implemented user presentation to an audience behavior reaction. The system senses biometrics information in real-time, compares it to a reference audience behavior, and adjusts the show accordingly by modifying parameters of the presentation.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090138331 - System and method for sponsorship sourcing system: A system and method are disclosed for automating the interaction between the producers of festivals and events and potential festival and event sponsors for the purpose of selling, sourcing and exchanging sponsorship assets. The system receives data input from producers regarding sponsorship assets and from potential event sponsors about their... Agent: Patrick M Dwyer PC

20090138328 - Targeted distribution of commercial incentives: A system, method and computer program product is described that matches commercial incentives to consumers based on targeting data associated with the commercial incentive and user data associated with consumers in a manner that advantageously allows for highly-targeted delivery of commercial incentives to the consumers that are most likely to... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Cpa Global

20090138330 - Time-varying media object sponsorship: A service provider facilitates contractual sponsorship of media objects on an interactive network, by monitoring market activity and media object related reactions, and providing time-varying estimates of media object market value and advertising utility value. The service provider determines the best market-supported transactions for both media object owner and sponsor,... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090138342 - Method and system for providing an employee award using artificial intelligence: A system for providing an incentive for an employee, including: an interface element for at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer; a memory unit for the at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer; and a processor for the at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer for: generating, using an artificial... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090138340 - Method, apparatus and computer program code for evaluating performance based on projected return and estimated cost: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for assessing the overall performance of a pharmacy, or similar institution or entity, based on its current implementation of various performance measures. The method, apparatus and computer program product may further provide recommendations for performance measures on which to focus based... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090138341 - Web enabled method for managing life cycle of human capital related dynamic requirement of organization: A web enabled method for managing a life cycle of human capital-related dynamic requirements of an organization by capturing existing goals and/or ethos and/or values of the organization across various business processes and thereby defining required competencies within and across various job families; setting role based performance measures and career... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090138343 - Voting system: An apparatus is disclosed for conducting a ballot in which at least one vote is cast by a voting input device (8), the apparatus comprising means (2) for receiving voting preference data for the or each vote; wireless communication means (22) for receiving a voting input from the voting input... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090138344 - Time monitoring system: A system, a method, and a service that monitors the time a space is occupied. The time period for occupation of the space may be prepaid or the fees may accumulate while the space is occupied. The system detects when an occupant enters the space and starts a timer. The... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c

20090138345 - Time monitoring system: A system, a method, and a service that monitors the time a space is occupied. The time period for occupation of the space may be prepaid or the fees may accumulate while the space is occupied. The system detects when an occupant enters the space and starts a timer. The... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c

20090138352 - Advertisement distribution system, device and method, and advertisement distribution program: An advertisement transmitted from an advertisement distributor terminal and advertisement distribution request information are mutually associated and stored in an advertisement distribution management device. Further, user information transmitted from the user terminal is added with identification information, and stored in the advertisement distribution management device. Thereafter, the advertisement distribution management... Agent: Cermak Kenealy Vaidya & Nakajima LLP

20090138351 - Advertisement selection systems and methods for internet articles: Advertisement selection systems and methods for internet articles are provided. A personal advertisement agent generates an article characteristic value according to an internet article edited by a content editor. An advertisement server selects at least one of the advertisements according to the article characteristic value, a specialty characteristic value, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090138350 - Application of printed and graphic media onto a payment check stub & method of use thereof: The invention is a unique, novel, and nonobvious process for dynamically applying communicating information, alerts, and advertising on a plurality of paper check payments and/or the employee payroll payment on the check stub and direct deposit advice as an integral part of the check payments and the employee payroll check... Agent: Donald Neumann

20090138349 - Artist sponsorship: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate sponsorship of authors as well as the material or original work produced by those authors. The architecture can issue a virtual share by which participants can personally invest in an author or his or her content to receive ownership... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090138347 - Dynamic augmentation of commercial incentives: A commercial incentive engine and network is described that advantageously allows content and/or terms associated with a commercial incentive that has already been distributed to a consumer over a network to be dynamically augmented. The dynamic augmentation may occur responsive to one or more of revisions to the content and/or... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Cpa Global

20090138363 - Managing advertising devices: In one general aspect, a request to determine a status of a first of a plurality of advertising devices is received. The advertising devices are spatially separated. Operating conditions of the first advertising device are identified. The status of the first advertising device is determined based, at least in part,... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090138365 - Method and apparatus for selecting a supplemental product to offer for sale during a transaction: According to some embodiments, a supplemental product or service may be offered to a user during a transaction, either in addition to products and/or services the user is purchasing, or as a replacement to one or more of the products and/or services that the user is purchasing. The functionality may... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090138357 - Method and apparatus for system communications application between digital magazines, catalogs, and/or books and digital advertising brokers: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a Software Communications Application associated with a digital magazine, catalog, book, or other digital media item will request a digital ad from a Digital Advertising Broker. The Digital Advertising Broker will analyze the metadata contained within the data request and send... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20090138346 - Method and system for media promotion: Systems and methods have been developed for promoting media objects to users. More specifically, systems and methods have been developed for profiling a user media repository and delivering promotional media objects to the user's media repository based upon the profile.... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090138360 - Method for verifying access based on a determined geographic location of a subscriber of a service provided via a computer network: A method of limiting presentation of rules based events includes receiving a request to view a rules based event at a computer. A first estimate of a first geographic location of the computer is obtained. The first estimate includes a first confidence determination. If the first confidence determination is less... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090138354 - Methods of storing and providing samples of cells and tissue: A cell or tissue sample from a donor is stored in bank wherein the donor can initially determine the sample status to (a) exclusively retain, (b) make public, or (c) optionally make public his cells or tissue. Where the donor opts for optional public storage, the donor may in response... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090138361 - Mobile device marketing and advertising platforms, methods, and systems: A mobile marketing campaign platform and method including: a planning module including: a definition module for setting budget and objectives; and a design module for designing the campaign utilizing a plurality of templates; an execution module including: design tools for designing an executable campaign from the campaign design made from... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090138364 - Product marketing system and method: Computer-implemented systems and method for generating personalized email communications soliciting orders of custom products. Product reorder candidates are identified from customer records and a personalized email order solicitation is sent to the customer. The email is adapted to display an image of the customer's previously designed custom product either exactly... Agent: Vista Print Usa, Inc. Attn: Patent Counsel

20090138359 - Promotion processor and management system: A data processing system employs a unique coded promotional vehicle to attract customers into retail establishments for the purchase of discounted goods. The promotional vehicle includes coupon styled graphics integrated with a code to allow data tracking by the store pursuant to purchases by that customer. The promotional vehicle is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090138355 - Real-world profile data for making virtual world contacts: A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A virtual world patron can participate in various virtual world activities and transactions. Feedback may be provided and records kept regarding the virtual world activities and transactions. The virtual world patron may... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090138348 - Redistribution and redemption of commercial incentives: Systems and methods are described for permitting commercial incentives received by a consumer device to be redistributed to other consumer devices, thereby facilitating the sharing and/or transport of commercial incentives between and among consumers. Systems and methods for distributing and/or redistributing commercial incentives from a node to consumer devices within... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Cpa Global

20090138362 - System and method for context-adaptive shaping of relevance scores for position auctions: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for ranking and providing advertisements in a position auction. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a search query and selecting at least one keyword based upon the search query. A list containing at least one keyword based upon the... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Ostrow Kaufman & Frankl LLP

20090138358 - System and method for managing an incentive-based recycling program: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method for managing an incentive-based recycling program. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to managing an incentive-based recycling program through administering a dynamic customer loyalty rewards program associated therewith. In one embodiment of the present invention, a... Agent: Maldjian & Fallon LLC

20090138353 - System and method for providing alarming notification and real-time, critical emergency information to occupants in a building or emergency designed area and evacuation guidance system to and in the emergency exit route: The system method described herein could guide people around urban environments indoor and outdoor, provide accurate update and real time emergency notification and information to the building occupants or to the emergency designated area to his cellular phone, We have focused on the task of providing a real time emergency... Agent: Ehud Mendelson Gamba Group LLC

20090138356 - Systems and methods for content delivery: A method is provided of determining the how information from any information system changes over time. WebPages A through WebPages Z with nodes A through Z, are located, where A through Z are integers. Timestamp values for each of a node from A through Z are retrieved. Timestamp values from... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090138366 - Method and system for providing biometric authentication at a point-of-sale via a moble device: A system and method is provided for authorizing a payment for a point of sale transaction by authenticating the user of a mobile device, such as a mobile phone. The present invention authenticates the consumer and verifies that he is authorized to conduct a transaction at the point of sale... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090138368 - Cost - adjusting order/quote engine: Methods and systems are provided that include an order and/or quote engine that automatically adjusts bid, ask, or any other type of order prices to reflect some or all of the costs associated with a trade in an underlying item between a particular party receiving the order or orders accounting... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20090138374 - Distributed fulfilment system: A distributed fulfilment system is disclosed. A provider facilitates a matching service between a sender of goods and a set of potential couriers. In some embodiments a reverse auction is conducted between eligible couriers, with the lowest bidder being awarded the job at the second lowest price.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090138369 - Electronic bearer bond online transaction system: An electronic transaction system, comprising bearer bond means for providing an online electronic bearer bond having a monetary value, transaction means for performing monetary transactions with said bearer bond means, and network means for providing user access to said bearer bond means and said transaction means.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090138372 - Electronic netting system for bilateral trades: An electronic netting system. The system includes: a plurality of individual, segregated counterparties for providing bilateral trades; and a multi-lateral transaction hub for providing an aggregation of trades between the counterparties and providing for multi-lateral netting of selected and authorized bilateral trades. In the preferred embodiment, the transaction hub includes:... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20090138373 - Electronic netting system for bilateral trades: An electronic netting system. The system includes: a plurality of individual, segregated counterparties for providing bilateral trades; and a multi-lateral transaction hub for providing an aggregation of trades between the counterparties and providing for multi-lateral netting of selected and authorized bilateral trades. In the preferred embodiment, the transaction hub includes:... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20090138370 - Methods and systems for controlling the replay of contents stored in a recording medium: Upon receipt of a replay request for a content to be replayed from a video replay apparatus, a content replay control system searches a content information storage for billing information corresponding to a content ID included in the replay request, searches a user information storage for a URL corresponding to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090138367 - Network settling card, network settling program, authentication server, and shopping system and settling method: There are provided a network settling card and a network settling program, which can perform a settling procedure on a commodity selected by a user, in a shopping system through a network or in an actual shop, even if the card information and the personal information of the user and... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090138371 - Smart multi-search method: The present invention is a method for providing, in response to a single search multiple product/service item query, search results for multiple products/services that are grouped and ranked by supplier based on which supplier(s) have inventory with respect to the greatest number of the queried products/services. The user can identify... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

20090138378 - Apparatus, system and method for exchanging lead information: An apparatus, system and method is described for exchanging lead information in a bid process that provides end users, consumers, lead buyers, aggregators and sellers that aggregate the leads through marketing a platform to bid on the leads based on pre-determined criteria such as zip code, buy price field, etc... Agent: The Law Offices Of Anthony L. Meola

20090138377 - Clothes fitting service method of providing information about fitting of clothes: Disclosed herein is a method of providing a clothes fitting service to a plurality of clients having respective terminals. The terminals are capable of accessing a network via a wireless or wired connection. In the method, body information is received via the network, a 3D user avatar corresponding to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090138382 - Computer operation control and item selection and vending methods and systems: A signal is transmitted into a computer in response to an image on a display screen of the computer such that the computer operates in response to the signal; this includes moving a scanner in optical communication with the display screen such that the scanner detects an image (for example,... Agent: Mcafee & Taft Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

20090138380 - Marketplace system that supports user-to-user sales via a definitive product catalog: An electronic marketplace system embodies various inventions for assisting users in listing products for sale, locating the listings for a product, and performing related actions. A user wishing to sell a product can browse to an existing description of the product in an electronic catalog and then select an option... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090138381 - Methods and systems for electronic commerce facility client-based presentation offer management: A method, system and computer readable medium for facilitating interactive electronic commerce transactions over an electronic commerce network between a plurality of sellers and a plurality of buyers via an independent service provider. A request is received from a seller over the electronic commerce network to generate an auction program... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090138379 - System and method for international internet shopping: A method and system for providing international consumers without bank accounts, or recognizable addresses the ability to shop and purchase goods in a language and currency recognized by the consumer with foreknowledge of the full landed costs to remote locations.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20090138376 - Virtual shopping center: In one embodiment, a method of controlling a virtual shopping center can include: receiving a user input at a query input engine; aggregating an output from the query input engine with a user preference, such as a purchase history or other expressed interest, to form a search criteria; searching a... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20090138375 - Virtual web store with product images: A three dimensional web store having product images is created. Three dimensional product images are rendered from manufacturing information instead of the products themselves. The location of all products, advertisements, aisles, signs, and displays is determined for a real world store. The web store is then created using three dimensional... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090138385 - Crate tool: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing aircraft software parts. A crate containing an aircraft software part is received from a source. Signatures are validated for the crate and the aircraft software part. If the signatures are valid, the crate is unpacked. The contents of the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090138383 - Inventory location management: An inventory management method and system may be capable of monitoring an inventory by compiling historical data relating to the inventory, defining net inventory needs, and calculating the quantity and/or types of inventory that may be needed to maintain a suitable level of inventory. More than one inventory and respective... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007131

20090138384 - Leveled-flow replenishment using deadband limits: Inventory replenishment that levels the flow of products from a collection of supplying distribution centers (DCs) to a receiving DC. Products are shipped in calculated, predetermined quantities at calculated, predetermined intervals to match the outflow rates at the receiving DC. Inventory levels at the receiving DC are monitored daily, and... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090138386 - Interactive statement: Systems and methodologies for generating and utilizing an interactive financial statement are provided herein. An interactive statement can initially be generated for a user based on properties relating to a device on which the user will access the statement, such as display size, available memory, and other factors relating to... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090138387 - System and method for centralized automated reconciliation of custody accounts: A method and system for centralized automated reconciliation of investment manager and related custody accounts makes use of computer hardware and software in a service bureau environment to receive information and records electronically from fund managers and custodian banks in different formats, to reformat the files for inputting to the... Agent: King & Spalding LLP (citi Customer Number) Attn: George T. Marcou

20090138388 - Systems and methods for receiving an allocation of an amount between transaction accounts: A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also enables the allocation of a portion or all of a charge or... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20090138389 - Determining the occurrence of events using decision trees: The determination of whether an event, such as a taxable event for a commercial transaction, has occurred uses an executable decision tree. The decision tree includes a number of test nodes that each include a comparison field and at least one allowed value. A data value associated with the comparison... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20090138390 - Financial transaction message exchange system: A system for conducting financial transactions which includes a message exchange service is disclosed. The message exchange can occur via a payment terminal and can be 1) payment device-to-payment device, 2) payment device-to-merchant, 3) merchant-to-payment device(s), 4) merchant-to-merchant, 5) anyone to/from financial institutions. The invention can enhance the paying experience,... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090138394 - Remittance payment processing with account scheming and/or validation: Systems and methods of remittance processing where a merchant database is provided that includes one or more alteration rules that are associated with a particular payee. A consumer account number associated with a payor is received and altered into a modified consumer account number, where the alteration is performed in... Agent: Sutherland Ii

20090138393 - System and method for delivering financial services: A delivery system and method allow a financial institution to provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices, such as personal computers, personal data assistants, and screen phones. In addition to providing services to these remote devices, the system and method provide services to automatic teller machines (ATMs), external... Agent: King & Spalding LLP (citi Customer Number) Attn: George T. Marcou

20090138391 - System and method for enhanced transaction security: As individuals increasingly engage in different types of transactions they face a growing threat from, possibly among other things, identity theft, financial fraud, information misuse, etc. and the serious consequences or repercussions of same. Leveraging the ubiquitous nature of wireless devices and the popularity of (SMS, MMS, etc.) messaging, an... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090138392 - System for settling model options: A computer implemented system for calculating a settlement price for a Model Option contract, a new type of option that contains a settlement right at a price that is determined by a specified valuation methodology comprising an option pricing model and input values necessary to run the option pricing model.... Agent: Bruce Bradford Thomas

20090138409 - Access for non-accredited investor to simulated hedged and leveraged investments through exempt variable rate term deposit vehicles: An online investment system includes an entry module programmed to receive information about an investor, retrieve the investor's credit score, and value one or more assets pledged by the investor to fund the investor's investment. The system also includes an investment options module programmed to offer the investor a plurality... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090138408 - Automated renewable scholarship: A computerized method and system for facilitating and brokering investment in a scholarship candidate is disclosed. A vehicle is provided for modeling an expected return on investment made in a scholarship candidate based upon historical, demographic and other related data. The return on the investment is commensurate with the success... Agent: Joseph P. Kincart, Esq.

20090138412 - Computer-implemented method for fully insuring large bank deposits: A computer-implemented method of processing large deposits that exceed an established deposit insurance limit is provided so that the large deposits are fully insured. The large deposits are received by a plurality of unaffiliated banks from their depositors. A processor receives orders placed by the plurality of unaffiliated banks to... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090138413 - Method and systems of structuring a derivative financial instrument: The invention provides methods of extrapolating at least one future mortality rate by calculating a current year mortality rate for a particular age cohort, and applying a series of improvement factors to the current year mortality rate. The invention further provides methods of structuring a derivative financial instrument by providing... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090138411 - Method of trading derivative investment products based on an index adapted to reflect the relative performance of two different investment assets: Methods of creating indexes to reflect the relative performance of a pair of investment assets are provided. Also provided are methods of trading derivative investment products based on such an indexes. According to embodiments the invention index values are calculated based on the single day percentage change in the value... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090138407 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing low risk portable alpha investment instruments: Provided are methods of providing a portable alpha investment instrument. Some embodiments of such methods include allocating a first portion of a financial asset to a first asset class, allocating a second portion of the financial asset to a second asset class, establishing a swap transaction corresponding to the first... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090138410 - System and method for hedging dividend risk: The present invention provides a method and system for determining hedging transactions to meet required characteristics of risks associated with an insurance instrument, and mitigating the risks associated with the insurance instrument by executing hedging transactions. The hedging transactions utilize dividend swap agreements to hedge first order dividend risk. In... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20090138406 - System and method for providing a target spending portfolio: A system or method for administering an investment portfolio which assists investors in managing their assets and converting those assets to income. The investment portfolio of the present disclosure is designed to pay back the investor's principal and earnings over the portfolio's term. In this manner, the investment portfolio provides... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090138395 - Systems and methods for an online credit derivative trading system: A credit derivative trading system comprises a credit derivative authority configured to receive defined positions for credit derivatives and update a plurality of trade clients in real-time whenever there is movement in the market for a particular credit derivative.... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20090138396 - Pre-paid payment instrument processing: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which a method includes attributing a value to a pre-paid payment instrument, determining an expiration time associated with the pre-paid payment instrument, and automatically return an un-used portion of value associated with the pre-paid payment instrument at the expiration time to... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090138397 - Credit card payment system and method: A credit card payment system and method includes a zero-LOC card having a unique identification number and a zero line of credit issued to an individual or a small business. The zero-LOC card is appointed to be funded by at least one transfer from a funding card account to provide... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20090138398 - Method and system for multi-currency escrow service for web-based transactions: A method and system for escrow service for web-based transactions, such as multi-currency web-based transactions, is web-accessible and accepts registrations from exchanges and/or portal partners. The completion of registration and transactions is allowed to entitled users who access the system via the web. The system maintains an internal banking engine... Agent: King & Spalding LLP (citi Customer Number) Attn: George T. Marcou

20090138399 - Pin-less atm processing system: A system and method are provided for processing transactions across an ATM network without requiring the use of a PIN or a signature. The transactions can be aggregated to allow multiple purchases to be processed in a single transaction.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090138400 - Electronic traveler's check: The electronic traveler's check system and method includes an electronic traveler' check card that is usable to retrieve money from point of service locations and banks. The system has a database of user information, such as a pin number and the user's passport number, which is used to verify the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090138401 - Electronic traveler's check: The electronic traveler's check system and method includes an electronic traveler' check card that is usable to retrieve money from point of service locations and banks. The system has a database of user information, such as a pin number and the user's passport number, which is used to verify the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090138402 - Presenting protected content in a virtual world: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for protecting content in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for securing confidential data in a virtual world can include generating a virtual world for different participants over a computer communications network... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP

20090138404 - Apparatus and method for rendering digital content: An apparatus for rendering a digital content having license information defining specifics of permission of a rendering operation includes a license processor that acquires, from the license information of the digital content, a constraint defining conditions for rendering between the digital content and other digital content; an operation execution command... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090138403 - Right objects acquisition method and apparatus: A license acquisition method and apparatus for a DRM-enabled mobile terminal is provided for acquiring licenses for multiple right-protected content items in a batch processing manner. The rights objects acquisition method for a mobile terminal supporting digital rights management according to the present invention includes attempting download of at least... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090138405 - System and method for performing secure online transactions: l

20090138414 - Limited liability banking structure involving member banking and method of use: A limited liability banking structure and method of use, wherein individual depositors or customer/owners, collectively referred to as “members,” may share in the profits and losses of the bank in order to stimulate deposits or capital raising, and still enjoy the benefits of limited individual liability and partnership taxation. Various... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090132273 - E-mail invoked electronic commerce: A system and method for merchant invoked electronic commerce allowing consumers to purchase items over a network and merchants to receive payment information relating to the purchases. The system includes a server having software which gathers the purchasing information from a consumer to complete a purchasing transaction over a network.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090132272 - Electronic commerce transaction audit system, electronic commerce transaction audit method, and storage medium recording electronic commerce transaction audit program thereon: The present invention comprises agent for gathering transaction log means for automatically collecting all exchange messages notarized and recorded depressively by a plurality of electronic notarize means in connection with the electronic commerce transaction so as to reproduce them as an event of the entire wide network area, agent for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090132264 - Media asset evaluation based on social relationships: A method for evaluating media assets in a set of media assets including the step of obtaining information defining at least social relationships of an audience. The social relationships include relationships between a member of the audience and someone recorded in at least one of the media assets. For each... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20090132265 - Method and structure for raising charitable funds: A method and system for raising charitable donations in perpetuity, including the steps of: (a) having a digital memorial of an individual created and electronically stored, the memorial having a request for donations going to one or more charitable organizations; (b) having the television, radio, publication and web site rights... Agent: John K. Mccormick

20090132271 - Methods and systems for implementing and using an electronic network-based voluntary contribution system: The electronic network-based voluntary contribution system according to embodiments of the present invention implement a new business model for these sites that can coexist with, complement, or in some cases, replace advertising. The electronic network-based voluntary contribution system provides online content and service providers with a simple “hands-free” user-centric monetization... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090132269 - Permit application and issuance system: A method and system for issuing permits may include a computer network which may include a plurality of user computer access points. The access points may include an applicant access point accessible by an applicant for selecting a type of permit desired by an applicant, submitting project information relating to... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090132268 - Presence-based, heterogeneous device utilization analytics: The present invention uses the information gleaned from communications set-up signaling to provide business enterprises computer displays of utilization rates of presence-enabled computers, telephones, and/or other business machines. Further the present invention provides comparisons and correlations of this data to business enterprise financial data, business enterprise human resources data and... Agent: Christopher J. Vitek

20090132262 - Proactively determining evidence issues on legal matters involving employee status changes: Exemplary systems and methods for determining potential evidence issues for employees having changing status. In exemplary embodiments, employee status information is accessed. Employee status information may comprise employee status change information or current employee status information. Information associated with one or more legal matters is also accessed. A status check... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090132270 - Quote system: Methods, computer executable program instructions, and systems including program instructions are provided for use with quotes. A method embodiment includes providing a website that receives a request for quotes (RFQ) from a buyer-business. The method also includes providing control to a seller-business via the website to authorize the buyer-business to... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC

20090132263 - Residential race course: A private development is described. It includes at least two residences each located on a separate parcel of private land. The residences are owned by different residents. The development also includes a private automobile racetrack. The private automobile racetrack is at least partially surrounded by each parcel of private land,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090132267 - Transfer of rewards between websites: A first website earns rewards, e.g. points and items, for carrying out activities. Those rewards can be transferred to a second website. For example, a parent's website allows the parent to carry more adult tasks and also earn points. The points can be transferred to the child's website. A center... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090132266 - Weighted condition primitive for descriptive business policy: A method, system, and computer program product for using weighted condition primitives to facilitate the description of a business policy for providing a web service to a user. When a set of facts associated with a user requesting a web service is obtained, an evaluation of each weighted condition primitive... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090132275 - Determining a demographic characteristic of a user based on computational user-health testing: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one output of at least one of a plurality of user-health test functions, the at least one output at least partly based on an interaction between a user and at least one device-implemented application... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090132278 - Integrated biomedical information portal system and method: A computer-implemented system and method for integrating data from a plurality of biomedical development phases. The system and method include a database that stores data collected from the biomedical development phases. The database further includes a metadata data structure that describes the data collected during a biomedical development phase. At... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20090132276 - Methods and systems for clinical documents management by vocal interaction: This invention relates to methods and systems for medical document management of emergency medical and health care facilities. A system may comprise a portable voice prompted/activated input/output unit, a patient encounter transaction support facility, a clinical documents database, and an application development environment. The system may comprise methods, by a... Agent: The Noblitt Group, PLLC

20090132277 - System and method for medical procedure code scheduling: A method for scheduling procedure codes for a healthcare provider, the method including tracking over time prioritization data for each procedure code of a plurality of procedure codes, selecting a part of a body for which one or more procedure codes of the plurality of procedure codes are desired to... Agent: Carestream Health, Inc.

20090132274 - Systems and methods for image and report preview in a healthcare worklist: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a healthcare worklist including a user interface adapted to display a worklist entry to a user. The user interface is further adapted to display a preview of the contents of the worklist entry to the user.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090132284 - Customizable prevention plan platform, expert system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for assisting users in developing a customized health, wellness and prevention plan and making health related decisions. A health assessment-intervention component collects and screens diagnostic and demographic data from clients and assists in forming health-care related decisions, action plans and treatment plans.... Agent: Williams Mullen

20090132283 - Dental treatment support system and x-ray sensor for the same: The objective of the present invention is provision of a dental treatment support system and X-ray sensor for the same, which enable a user to take X-ray photograph available to the diagnostic, the treatment, and the like in dental facilities easily. The support system comprises: a dental clinic side terminals... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090132286 - Frequently used and modified electronic medical records system and associated methods: The present invention is directed to a system and methods for creating and maintaining electronic medical records in an environment where the records are frequently used and modified. The system is envisioned for use with medical records that particularly, but not necessarily wholly, pertain to physical therapy, occupational therapy, and... Agent: Herbert L. Allen Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20090132282 - Medical data management: For exchanging medical data in a healthcare system having multiple patient domains, with at least one of these domains being isolated from the other domains by virtue of a patient identifier for the other domains not having access to patient identifiers used by the isolated domain, patient-related data for a... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090132279 - Method and apparatus for significant and key image navigation: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for navigation and review of significant and/or key images in an image series. Certain embodiments provide a method for image navigation and review. The method includes facilitating graphical user navigation through images in an image series for a patient, the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090132285 - Methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems for interacting with medical data objects: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for interacting with medical data objects. An apparatus may include a processor configured to map a DICOM object comprising medical data content to a hierarchy of one or more containers. The processor may be further configured to provide a user interface... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090132280 - System and method for a worklist search and creation tool in a healthcare environment: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for a worklist search and creation tool in a healthcare environment. In an embodiment, the worklist search and creation system includes a worklist user interface, which includes an input search field adapted to receive inputted search data. The system... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090132288 - System and method for facilitating centralized candidate selection and monitoring subject participation in clinical trial studies: A system and method of facilitating centralized and standardized remote ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies includes providing training to raters located at one or more central rating sites such that the raters are trained to apply substantially similar criteria in determining whether a candidate is a qualified subject... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090132287 - System and method for providing automated medical analysis: An approach is provided for automated medical analysis. A request is received over a data network from a physician to schedule a urodynamic study on a patient as part of a managed service. The request is stored in a repository configured to store a plurality of requests corresponding to a... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090132281 - Use of a mobile communications device for the secure real time alerting of patient health information: This invention provides a mobile communications device based process by which healthcare workers are alerted in real time to the availability or change in status of patient information stored at one or more local or remote repositories of DICOM or HL7 based medical information, including PACS, HIS, and RIS repositories.... Agent: Wendell Ray Guffey

20090132291 - Method and system for management of selling and buying items: An online system and method where a user can post items for selling and where the payment the user receives is depositable in a plurality of saving options that include insurance policies, financial accounts, investment plans, accounts with investment groups and banks. The invention comprises steps of: (1) allowing users... Agent: Feldman Law Group, PC

20090132300 - Method and system for providing minimum contract values in an annuity with lifetime benefit payments: A data processing method administers a deferred annuity contract during the accumulation phase for a relevant life. The annuity contract has a contract value, a guarantee of lifetime benefit payments and a minimum contract value. Administration of the contract determines a minimum contract value, while paying a lifetime benefit payment... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20090132294 - Method for ranking driver's relative risk based on reported driving incidents: The present invention relates generally to the field of improvement in the driving risk assessment arts. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the present invention generally relates to a method of rating the driving risks of individuals based on that driver's actual driving record as obtained from his... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20090132295 - Method of reducing malpractice premiums for physicians: Methods of reducing medical malpractice insurance premiums for physicians or hospitals and reducing health care costs for employees covered by an employer's health plan. Employees waive their rights to litigate any potential medical malpractice claims. The reduction of risk of potential malpractice claims reduces the cost of insuring medical malpractice... Agent: Daniel N. Smith

20090132298 - Mortgage foreclosure insurance product and method for hedging and calculating premiums: A method and means produce a value of a premium for an insurance product which make a homeowner's mortgage payment in the event of default. A computer program uses financial data that has been entered into an insurer's database to generate a value for the premium for the insurance product.... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090132297 - Probability adjustment of a virtual world loss event: Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented system includes a virtual world in which a participant may participate and that includes a loss event having a likelihood of occurrence. The computer-implemented system also includes a record of a protected loss corresponding to... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090132301 - Randomized competitive insurance pricing system and method: A system and method of generating insurance risk samples and for comparing hypothetical and real insurance premiums of different insurance companies is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more rating factors are defined and have a plurality of possible values at least partially defining an insurance risk. Values for the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090132292 - System and method for community based insurance: A system and method for community-based insurance. According to one embodiment, a device may receive one or more attributes of a residential community in which a homeowner owns a residence, determine whether the attributes satisfy criteria to qualify the homeowner for an insurance policy, calculate, if the criteria is satisfied,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090132289 - System and method for facilitating health savings account payments: Ways are provided for a health care organization (HCO) to facilitate payments from a tax-advantaged medical savings account, such as an HSA account, in conjunction with claim processing, by way of automatically debiting an HSA account and providing an integrated claim payment adjustment functionality to eliminate underpayments and/or overpayments for... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090132290 - System and method for identifying and evaluating nanomaterial-related risk: A system, method, and processor-readable medium are provided for quantitatively evaluating risk associated with nanotechnology. An insurance company computing system obtains nanomaterial-related data from a variety of sources, including nanomaterial sensors such as differential mobility analyzers located on-site at an insured facility. The insurance computing system uses the obtained data... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090132293 - System and method for identifying and evaluating nanomaterial-related risk: A system, method, and processor-readable medium are provided for quantitatively evaluating risk associated with nanotechnology. An insurance company computing system obtains nanomaterial-related data from a variety of sources, including nanomaterial sensors such as differential mobility analyzers located on-site at an insured facility. The insurance computing system uses the obtained data... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090132299 - System and method for identifying and evaluating nanomaterial-related risk: A system, method, and processor-readable medium are provided for quantitatively evaluating risk associated with nanotechnology. An insurance company computing system obtains nanomaterial-related data from a variety of sources, including nanomaterial sensors such as differential mobility analyzers located on-site at an insured facility. The insurance computing system uses the obtained data... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090132296 - Tracking a participant loss in a virtual world: Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a system includes a virtual world in which a participant may participate. The system also includes a covered-loss detection module operable to identify an occurrence of a defined loss in the virtual world suffered by the participant.... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090132302 - Computer implemented systems and methods for improving renewable energy systems performance guarantees: Systems and methods are provided for collecting, aggregating, and analyzing data associated with the installation and deployment of systems. Energy systems, (300) specifically renewable energy generation systems, are used as examples. The aggregated data serve as the basis for a variety of services that facilitate the adoption and deployment of... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20090132306 - Confidence rating system: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for matching employer job requirements. Job requirements are expressed as assertions, and candidate qualifications are expressed as proofs. A language syntax is provided that allows at least one assertion to be expressed. The language syntax has grammar for representing a skill, an object of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132315 - Credit card transaction tracking systems and methods: A method of monitoring financial transactions includes periodically receiving a list of target account identifiers at a processing server and periodically transmitting the list to each of a plurality of platform servers. The platform servers are each configured to receive transaction information that includes transaction records of financial transactions. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090132304 - Determining a value for an indicator: Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for determining a value for an indicator includes identifying an indicator for which a value is to be determined. The method includes identifying parameters to be used in determining a specific time interval for determining the value, the identified parameters including at... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20090132309 - Generation of a three-dimensional virtual reality environment from a business process model: A method and computer program product for generating a three-dimensional virtual reality environment from a business process model in a computer system are provided. The method includes analyzing a business process model to identify a plurality of activities and at least one transition criterion between the plurality of activities, where... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP IBM Svl

20090132313 - Human resource management system: This invention concerns a human resource management system, designed in particular, for recruitment selection, personnel management and career guidance. In a first aspect the invention is a computer system, in a second aspect a computer operated method, and in a third aspect software for performing the method. The invention involves... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20090132303 - Marketing allocation request systems: A computerized method and a system for marketing planning and marketing program development are provided. In example embodiments, the method may include receiving a marketing program proposal including program information. The method may also include facilitating a strategic review process of the marketing program proposal. The method may further include... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20090132311 - Method and system for monetizing user-generated content: An e-commerce system includes software executing on a network-connected server and displayable promotional material provided by individual businesses, stored in a data repository accessible to the software. The software enables a first member of a virtual community to select promotional material from a specific business, and to incorporate that material... Agent: Brian R. Galvin

20090132318 - Project management system and method: A program management structure that includes a plurality of projects, where each project is staffed with a project manager and wherein each project includes a plurality of tasks which can have multiple interdependencies and at least one position reporting up to the project manager. A plurality of organizations is also... Agent: Raman N. Dewan Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090132305 - Regulatory compliance system and methodology for payday loans: A computer-implemented method for deferred presentment transaction legal compliance includes creating a user account for a user; providing a source of law data applicable to deferred presentment transactions by the user; receiving deferred presentment transaction data for a transaction by the user; automatically comparing the deferred presentment transaction data for... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20090132312 - Regulatory compliance system and methodology for payday loans to military service members and their dependents: A computer-implemented method for credit transaction legal compliance includes creating a user account for a user; providing a source of law data applicable to credit transactions by the user; receiving credit transaction data for a transaction by the user; automatically comparing the credit transaction data for the transaction by the... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20090132308 - Solution for managed personal computing: Solutions for managed personal computing (SMPC) described herein involve providing multiple services to users in a bundled fashion. In one aspect, SMPC are implemented by a system including a service delivery platform configured to deliver a plurality of services provided by a plurality of entities to a client computer. Service... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090132316 - System and method for associating aerial images, map features, and information: Systems and methods for creating a unified commercial real estate data model through collection, distribution and use of information in connection with commercial real estate and for creating a web-based marketplace that facilitates the efficient and secure buying, selling, and leasing of commercial properties. The invention facilitates a digital marketplace... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090132317 - System and method for identifying functions and data with respect to a service and a subscriber and service management system employing the same: Various systems and methods for identifying functions and data with respect to a service. One aspect provides a method of exposing a service-specific function associated with a subscriber. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) determining services to which the subscriber has subscriptions, (2) retrieving service descriptions associated with the... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20090132314 - System and method for increasing usage of recycling in manufacturing processes: A system and method for optimizing manufacturing processes to increase usage of recycling in a manufacturing process. In an embodiment, the method comprises: describing a manufacturing process using a plurality of nodes, each node representing a component or a process; connecting the plurality of nodes with directed edges to form... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090132310 - System and method for online content licensing and distribution: A system and method for online content licensing and distribution is provided. A central website is accessible by content providers and content licensees via the Internet, and allows content providers to upload content to the central website. Licenses can be associated with uploaded content, and one or more licensees for... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Newark

20090132307 - Systems and methods for providing visibility in a technical support resolution process: An embodiment relates generally to a method of providing visibility in technical support. The method includes providing for a plurality of technical groups, each group specializing in a technical area and is comprised of a plurality of senior and junior members. The method also includes receiving a technical issue from... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20090132323 - Customer service representative support application for a service management system and method of operation thereof: A service management system and method. In one embodiment, the service management system includes: (1) a service description repository configured to contain service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of end points that assume roles in the services and (2) a customer service representative support application configured... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20090132321 - Maintenance planning system and maintenance planning method: A maintenance planning system comprises a counter value acquiring unit to acquire a counter value indicating use results of consumable parts of a plurality of apparatuses that are maintenance targets; an interval information acquiring unit, among information related to a combination of a visit interval to specify a time interval... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132322 - Method and apparatus for planning, monitoring and illustrating multiple tasks based on user defined criteria and predictive ability: Individual employees are permitted to be individuals and plan their work as individuals. Individuals are only asked to plan their work within a limited tasking horizon. Employees track their progress using verbs that are designed to capture the reasons behind positive and negative predictive ability. Verbs are analyzed and expected... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090132320 - Method for generating a constraint loading plan: A method for generating a constraint loading plan. The method determines at high accuracy which products and sales orders to load on which constraints in order to gain a maximum profit. The constraints include, but are not limited to, an assets-based constraint, emissions limits, a resource-based constraint, a market-based constraint,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090132319 - Method for generating an asset loading plan: A method for generating an asset loading plan is provided. The method determines at high accuracy which products and sales orders to load on which assets (e.g., machines) in order to gain a maximum profit. Specifically, the method generates an optimized loading plan of sales orders that were produced and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090132325 - Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. A request for data is processed, and a data stream is received to fulfill the request. A determination is made that a subcontracted processing service is required. At least a portion of the data stream is subcontracted to a different... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Sz Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132324 - System and method for remotely repairing and maintaining a telecommunication service using service relationships and service management system employing the same: A service management system and method. In one embodiment, the service management system includes: (1) a service description repository configured to contain service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of systems and devices that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof and... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20090132330 - Alert distribution and management system and interface components: A method for distributing product alerts among a plurality of facilities is provided. The method includes receiving alerts, processing the alerts into an alert repository, providing an interface to an external system, receiving, via the interface, a request from the external system for an alert related to a product at... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090132332 - Computer implemented scheduling systems and associated methods: Computer implemented scheduling systems and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for deriving a roster includes generating a roster within the operational constraint by assigning a plurality of workers to a plurality of individual shifts; calculating a value of the operational outcome based on the assigned shifts... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090132326 - Integrating ads with media: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can utilize special metadata to facilitate an improved advertising model in connection with media content delivery. The architecture can monitor a media player device and can launch a metadata interface on the media player device upon detection that a pause feature... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132329 - Meeting scheduling to minimize inconvenience of meeting participants: A computer-implemented method of automatically scheduling meetings can include determining that no timeslot is available for scheduling a proposed meeting involving a plurality of participants and selecting a plurality of candidate times for the proposed meeting. An inconvenience metric for each participant of the proposed meeting can be calculated. A... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20090132328 - Method, system, and computer program product for managing trouble tickets of a network: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for managing the trouble tickets of a network. One or more problems within the network along a plurality of lines of the network may be identified and trouble tickets may be opened for the problems. Each trouble ticket may be for dispatching... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090132327 - System and method for selling communication services: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to receive from a service center a request directing a field service agent utilizing the communication device to fulfill a service order of a customer, receive from the service center information... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132331 - System and method for workflow management: A system includes a data storage medium to store a plurality of user profiles and at least one work project, each of the work project including at least one task that is characterized by a task definition, and a processor to receive a request for work from a user, the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090132340 - Advertisement display depth optimization: A method for maximizing page yield in advertisement display to Web users includes tracking click activity associated with advertisements displayed to users through a hierarchal set of search results pages associated with a keyword; tracking bidding activity by advertisers related to the keyword and corresponding advertisements of the advertisements; applying... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20090132350 - Idea management: A system, method and computer program product for idea management and development of a structured idea. The methodology includes obtaining a structured response over a computer network from an employee of a business. In certain embodiments of the invention the system and method may be employed without the use of... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090132345 - Method and system for determining relevant matches based on attributes: A method and system are disclosed for generating content relevant to at least one participant based on data associated with the at least one participant. Profile data and behavior data may be captured in a database for the at least one participant. A processor may be employed to determine matches... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090132335 - Method and system for developing and applying market data scenarios: A method and system for developing and applying market data scenarios in which market data is received from a market data distribution platform, the market data is stored, the stored market data is replayed, the replayed stored market data is changed with respect to a specific asset included in the... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20090132338 - Method and system for improvements in or relating to sales and marketing practices: A method of identifying whether a first product should be sold or marketed, associated with a predetermined diagnostic, based on the impact of the predetermined diagnostic on one or more other products which are similar to the first product in one or more respect, and where not all the other... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090132337 - Method and system for improvements in or relating to the provision of personalized therapy: A method of comparing a first brand with one or more second brands by identifying a differentiation factor between the first and second brands, the method comprising the following steps. The first step entails identifying a plurality of elements which can differentiate between one brand and another. Secondly, a consensus... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090132342 - Method and system for linking eprocurement to virtual communities: An e-commerce system includes a master console software application executing on a first network-connected server and accessible to a merchant, a shopping cart software application executing on a second network-connected server and coupled to the first server, and interface software executing on the second server for interacting with content associated... Agent: Brian R. Galvin

20090132341 - Method and system for monetizing user-generated content: An e-commerce system, comprising a shopping cart executing on a network-connected server, product information available at the shopping cart, and software executing on the server for interacting with user-generated content associated with a first user, is disclosed. In the system, the software provides product information and code related to a... Agent: Brian R. Galvin

20090132348 - Method for deal-based pricing and estimation of deal winning probability using multiple prospective models: A system and method for determining an expected profit obtained through financing or selling a commodity is disclosed. Financial information from a selected customer is obtained and entered into a computer. Historical data from a remote database is requested. The requested data is a subset of the historical data in... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090132346 - Modifying broadcast media ad campaigns: Among other things, methods, computer program products, and systems can be used to modify a previously booked broadcast media ad campaign. For example, an previously booked broadcast media ad campaign can be modified by selecting one or more parameters from among multiple parameters associated with the previously booked broadcast media... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090132336 - Online advertiser acquisition and valuation: A method for valuating an advertiser considered for acquisition includes capturing click-related data by users with reference to a plurality of advertisements owned by a plurality of advertisers in a keyword market; calculating a marginal value of each of the plurality of advertisers as a function of a plurality of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20090132333 - Option exchange for components: An application runs on a computer system of a computer network operative between a supplier and a customer. The supplier provides components used for manufacturing or resale by the customer. The application includes an interface to an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system of the supplier and receives as input from... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090132339 - Signature-based advertisement scheduling: Signature-based advertisement scheduling techniques are described. In an implementation, a signature for each of a plurality of advertisements is computed that describes characteristics of the respective advertisements. The signatures are compared to determine similarities of the plurality of advertisements, one to another. The plurality of advertisements is then scheduled for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132334 - System and method for estimating an amount of traffic associated with a digital advertisement: Systems and methods for estimating an amount of traffic associated with a digital ad are disclosed. Generally, a forecasting module identifies a set of candidate webpages on which a digital ad may be displayed and estimates a click through rate associated with the digital ad and a webpage of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20090132343 - System and method for product level projections of pharmacy prescriptions within product therapy classes: Systems and methods for product level projections of pharmacy prescriptions within product therapy classes are provided. Average wholesale dollar sales amounts are obtained or estimated at channel/outlet/product-therapy levels. All of the average wholesale dollar sales amounts are converted to prescription data at channel/outlet/product-therapy levels using a correlation function. The correlation... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090132344 - System and method for scanning a coupon to initiate an order: A system for initiating an order by scanning a coupon, including: a processor for at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer; an interface element for the at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer; and, an offer element, in the processor for: generating barcode data including information regarding items or services... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090132347 - Systems and methods for aggregating and utilizing retail transaction records at the customer level: A method and system is provided for storing and manipulating customer purchase information received from a plurality of sources. A computer system may be used comprising a storage device for storing the customer purchase information and a processor for processing the customer purchase information. The method may include receiving the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090132349 - Targeted-demographic rich-media content, branding, and syndicated user-node distribution: A rich-media content and branding method and system enable interactive creation of an exciting environment in which branded advertising subtly influences consumers who are enjoying a high-quality, entertaining, rich-media experience. Embedded rich-media players are bordered by branding information such as identification of source and e-mail click-on buttons to facilitate communications... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

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20090132364 - Advertisement tunes and messages: Disclosed herein is a method and system for generating revenue by a telecom company and sharing the generated revenue with a subscriber. The telecom company acquires advertisements from one or more of a plurality of advertisers. The advertisements comprise advertisement tunes, text messages, audio messages, or video messages. The telecom... Agent: Ashok Tankha Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20090132359 - Advertisement-controlled web page customization: In accordance with one or more aspects of the advertisement-controlled Web page customization discussed herein, functionality allowing an advertisement to set various presentation properties of a Web page is exposed. The advertisement invokes the functionality to set a particular presentation property of the Web page to a corresponding property value... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132361 - Consumable advertising in a virtual world: Technologies are described herein for delivering advertising in a virtual world. A virtual object containing an advertisement is provided to an avatar. Whether the avatar has utilized the virtual object is determined. In response to determining that the avatar has utilized the virtual object, compensation is provided to a participant... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132378 - Displaying location-based content in a ticker of a handheld mobile communication device: Tickers are populated with location-based information that is selected according to the geographic location of communication devices. The location of a communication device is identified based on a GPS system, proximity to transmitters in a wireless network, user input, or using other techniques. Location-appropriate content is obtained either in real-time... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090132367 - Electronic advertisement system: There is disclosed an electronic advertisement system including: an advertisement displaying device; a local area network that transmits a summary of a content to a terminal; a wide area network that has at least one local area network and gains access to a detail of the content corresponding to receiving... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090132377 - Internet protocol-based interstitial advertising: The present invention delivers interstitial media content, such as advertisements during a user's navigation of an Internet protocol-based product, for example, a graphical user interface. The present invention may display advertisement content positioned within a web page or may display a full screen advertisement before a new web page is... Agent: Martin & Ferraro, LLP

20090132362 - Method and system for delivering information to a mobile communication device based on consumer transactions: A method and system for sending an artifact to a mobile communication device of a user. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a request from an application to send an artifact to a mobile communication device of a user; retrieving personal information from a user profile of the user;... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090132372 - Method for calculating predicted charge amount of advertisement for each keyword and system for executing the method: A method of calculating a predicted charge amount of an advertisement of a keyword or keywords that an advertiser can purchase for keyword advertising and a system for executing method are provided. The method includes: calculating a first variable based on a standard deviation of daily charge amounts of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090132374 - Method for targeting advertising in conjunction with a network: A method for targeting advertising in conjunction with a network is provided. The method comprises (a) providing a product which can be subscribed to by members of the network, wherein subscription to the product requires the provision of authenticated demographic data pertaining to the subscribing member; and (b) utilizing the... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20090132376 - Method for using visible surfaces as advertising surfaces for aerial image and satellite recordings: A method utilizes visible surfaces as an advertising surface for aerial image and satellite recordings and is inexpensive while ensuring a representation that is close to reality. This is achieved by a method for utilizing visible surfaces as advertising surfaces for aerial and satellite recordings wherein a virtual advertising carrier... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20090132354 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically managing procurement of advertised products, services, and events: Automatically managing procurement of advertised products, services, and events is performed by transmitting content that includes an advertisement and an information matrix. The information matrix includes at least one of an advertisement identifier indicative of the product, service, or event; a date identifier; or a set of rule parameters specifying... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132360 - Platform / method for evaluating, aggregating and placing of renewable energy generating assets: A computerized method and a system for evaluating, aggregating, and placing of renewable energy generating assets are provided. Example embodiments may include reallocating incentives from an investment entity to a property owner to install an energy system on a property associated with the property owner by procuring the energy system... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC

20090132369 - Portable rechargeable multimedia device (protean): A digital signage system and method for centralized management of digital media content with distributed display of the digital media content. The system includes a centralized data processing system having a database containing digital media content, the digital media content implementing a retail promotion having a specific start date, a... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20090132363 - Process enablement and optimization system for web advertising placement and pricing: The present invention provides an enablement and optimization system and method for web advertisement placement and pricing. The invention provides an open advertising network that incorporates both the advertisers and content publishers into the advertising decision process to create an open marketplace. Similar to a greedy algorithm in Computer Science,... Agent: Attn: E.j. Asbury Iii Taylor Busch, LLP

20090132366 - Recognizing and crediting offline realization of online behavior: The subject disclosure relates to an improved electronic commerce and advertising platform that aggregates transaction data from merchants and consumers. A set of enhanced scenarios built on the platform span both the online and offline transactional and advertising universe to the benefit of all participants of the electronic commerce and... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132373 - Revenue sharing system that optimizes ad revenue with preformatted page generator and preview distribution system: The method and system of merges user-supplied electronic content with relevant ads based upon relevancy factors discerned form the ads and the content. Further, profiles and session histories of user-visitors are monitored and ad relevancy factors discerned form the profiles and session histories are employed to obtain user-relevant ads. The... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20090132365 - Search, advertising and social networking applications and services: The subject disclosure relates to an improved electronic commerce and advertising platform that aggregates transaction data from merchants and consumers. A set of enhanced scenarios built on the platform span both the online and offline transactional and advertising universe to the benefit of all participants of the electronic commerce and... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132358 - System and method for automatically selecting advertising data for stored content: A method for delivering advertising data, comprising receiving end user data at a server, the data indicating available advertising spots in content data stored at an end user device; and updating from the server advertising data in the available advertising spots for presentation of the advertising data during replay of... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Roebuck Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132355 - System and method for automatically selecting advertising for video data: A method is disclosed for selecting advertising data, comprising detecting a plurality of different scenes in a video data stream; correlating each of the scenes with a plurality of advertising data classes; and selecting advertising data for one of the scenes based on the correlation. A system is disclosed for... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Roebuck Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132370 - System and method for internet marketing and branding: A system, method and computer program product for online advertising, including providing a branded prefix have a secondary meaning; appending the branded prefix to a dictionary word suffix to form a domain name; and displaying a web page based on the domain name and including one or more web page... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090132356 - System and method for profile based advertisement insertion into content for single and multi-user scenarios: A system and method for profile based advertisement insertion into content for single and multi-user scenarios are described. Various embodiments allow a content service or channel provider to sell advertising space not only when content is broadcast or downloaded but also when the content is shared or recommended. Here, the... Agent: Molly A. Mccall, Intel Corporation Intel Corporation, C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090132375 - System for allocating rebates in conjunction with a product: A system is provided for allocating rebates in conjunction with a product. The system comprises (a) a network which includes sets of members Mn, Mn+1 and Mn+2, wherein each member of Mn+1 has subscribed to the product through a member of Mn, and wherein each member of Mn+2 has subscribed... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20090132353 - Systems and methods for a biddable multidimensional marketplace for advertising on a wireless communication device: Systems, methods and apparatus for a multidimensional bidding marketplace for providing advertising content to wireless devices. In particular, aspects allows advertising providers, to define and/or identify a one or more wireless device-based transient factors from a plurality of factors, which serve to define a targeted advertising audience and to bid... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090132371 - Systems and methods for interactive advertising using personalized head models: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating dynamic interactive advertisements using individualized three-dimensional (3D) human models. The interactive advertisements may be automatically generated based on a user profile associated with the viewer or may be created from an advertisement template by the viewer. Once generated, the viewer can alter the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090132368 - Systems and methods for providing personalized advertisement: A method for providing personalized advertisement to a first user. The method includes the steps of: displaying a first advertisement to users; defining segments for a user community preference; assigning each of the users to one of the segments in response to the user's level of interest in the user... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090132357 - Transfer of rewards from a central website to other websites: A first website earns rewards, e.g. points and items, for carrying out activities. Those rewards can be transferred to a second website. For example, a parent's website allows the parent to carry more adult tasks and also earn points. The points can be transferred to the child's website. A center... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090132352 - Viewing incentive: The provision of a viewing incentive comprises determining a set of unique identifiers (13). The identifiers (13) may be generated for this purpose or a set of pre-existing unique identifiers, such as telephone numbers, customer reference numbers etc. A selected identifier (19) is presented in conjunction with a programme, advertisements... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090132379 - Remote ordering system: A remote ordering system is provided using an electronic menu having a series of input devices corresponding to various menu items aligned with the input devices, and a wireless transmitter to send selected menu items to a receiving device for processing. A display to show selected menu items, an alpha-numeric... Agent: Baril Corp./gtpp

20090132380 - Electronic vouchers: A method for distributing and reliably redeeming electronic cash value vouchers that uses existing POS terminals. The vouchers may be distributed via mobile telephones. The voucher comprises an alphanumeric code which is entered into the standards compliant POS terminal. The system checks that the voucher is valid and provides a... Agent: Stites & Harbison, PLLC

20090132381 - Retail point-of-sale system to provide a customized set of identification data to facilitate a retail sales point-of-sale transaction: A retail point-of-sale system to provide a customized set of identification data to facilitate a retail sales point-of-sale transaction is provided. The retail point-of-sale system, for example, can include a plurality of retail sales point-of-sale terminals, one or more retail system computers, a database accessible by the one or more... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090132386 - Integrated system, device and use thereof: The invention describes a novel integrated data-system, a personal device for the system, and methods for operating the system. The invention produces means and technology for providing quantitative information about products. A key function of the system is to provide information about product-based emissions, such as carbon dioxide emissions.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090132385 - Method and system for matching user-generated text content: Although the invention essentially lies in the ability to match raw user-generated texts—that fall out of system-provided categories—to achieve any desired purpose of an embodiment, the invention has applicability in sundry areas where utility may be derived. In an embodiment of the invention, for example, when a match is found,... Agent: Techtain Inc.

20090132384 - Production of documents: A method of supplying a book to a library involves receiving a request for the book over an electronic network, the request including formatting information and information specific to the library; applying the formatting information and the library-specific information of the request to a marked-up document representing the book to... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Pdx

20090132383 - Purchasing a gift using a service provider network: A system facilitates a first user providing a second user with a gift through a service provider network. A first user may provide an asset such as a ring tone for use on the second user's mobile device. Alternatively, the first user may provide a monetary credit to the second... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132382 - System and method of virtual property trading: A domain name provisioning system and method are provided. The system comprises a domain name repository for storing an association between a virtual domain name and an Internet domain name, and a user interface for allowing Internet users to visit a website associated with the Internet domain name website in... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090132389 - Method and system for linking eprocurement to virtual communities: An e-commerce system, comprising a master console software application executing on a first network-connected server and accessible to a plurality of external systems used by merchants, a shopping cart software application executing on a second network-connected server and coupled to the first server, and interface software executing on the second... Agent: Brian R. Galvin

20090132387 - Online gifting: The computer implemented method and system disclosed herein enables gifting a recipient on a social occasion in an online gifting environment of a provider. A user creates a virtual session for the social occasion in the online gifting environment. A business relation exists between the online stores and the provider,... Agent: Ashok Tankha Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20090132388 - Product search system, product search method, and product search program: The present invention makes it possible to narrow down desired products comfortably and efficiently while comparing products and checking a combination of products for compatibility on an EC site. An EC site screen containing a list screen of a product group, fitting platform, keep box, and the like is displayed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090132390 - Providing electronic access to consumer-customized nonverbal information regarding products and services: Generic information provided by printed and online catalogs may be supplemented or replaced by information that is customized for and/or related to the consumer, enabling a third party to more fully understand the purchase decision and thus offer more informed feedback. A party accessing a merchant system may be provided... Agent: Sadler, Breen, Morasch & Colby, Ps

20090132391 - System and method for extracting, decoding, and utilizing hidden data embedded in audio signals: A system and method for enabling a user to retrieve, decode, and utilize hidden data embedded in audio signals. An exemplary implementation includes a microphone structured to receive sound waves representative of an audio signal and hidden data embedded in the audio signal. The then microphone converts the received sound... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090132392 - Mobile electronic wallet: Association of personal, financial, and/or business-related identification information with a mobile communication device (MCD) is provided for herein. For example, an MCD can be associated with a financial account and can further include an identification component that verifies an identity of a user of the MCD. Identity can be verified... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132397 - Communication methods and systems: A system arranged to receive an authorization request from an application server using a first communication protocol; identify a charging server associated with the authorization request from a plurality of charging servers, each charging server associated with a respective charging server communication protocol; and communicate with the identified charging server... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090132394 - Delivering product impact information at the point of sale: Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing a consumer with information on lifecycle of a product at the point of sale. The product lifecycle information comprises lifecycle assessment data on the product with a specific focus on social, environmental, and energy impact attributes of the product. The product... Agent: Ashok Tankha

20090132398 - Media access monitoring system and method: Provided is a sealed cartridge for housing audio video media, the cartridge comprising an electrical counter displaying at least two different counting languages. The electrical counter configured to increment a count when the cartridge is in an audio video player device and the housed audio video media is accessed. An... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP Princeton Pike Corporate Center

20090132396 - Revenue cycle charge capture system and method: A method for identifying charge capture opportunities comprises steps of receiving and storing in a server computer at least one itemized bill and at least one final bill, comparing the final bill to the itemized bill to identify line item discrepancies between the bills, comparing either or both bills to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090132393 - System and method for expedited release of held items: A system for identifying and expediting the release of held items, such as checks. Paying banks (having accounts against which the checks are drawn) provide paid item files to the system, and depository banks (where checks have been deposited) provide held item files to the system. If there is a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090132395 - User profiling in a transaction and advertising electronic commerce platform: The subject disclosure relates to electronic commerce and advertising platforms that aggregate transaction data from merchants and consumers. A set of enhanced scenarios built on the platform span both the online and offline transactional and advertising universe to the benefit of all participants of the electronic commerce and advertising platform.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132399 - System and method for preparing multi-level tax returns: A system for calculating and preparing state and local sales and use tax returns suitable for filing with state and local municipal taxing authorities is disclosed. The system in accordance with the present invention provides a total solution for sales and use taxes and is configured to not only determine... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090132400 - Data metering: A charging factor is determined applicable to each time interval in a period of time during which at least one data transfer was conducted. An amount of data transferred during each time interval is determined. A total charge applicable to the at least one data transfer is computed based at... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090132401 - Generating a single advice of charge request for multiple sessions in a network environment: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a selected communication session of a transaction associated with a prepaid end user, such that the transaction comprises a plurality of communication sessions. The method includes associating the selected communication session with the transaction and extracting data from the selected communication session associated... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090132404 - Apportioning fraud liability: After receiving a notice as to the occurrence of an unauthorized access to financial account information for one or more accounts sufficient for completing one or more financial transactions using the financial account information, a financial service provider assesses the liability for the particular compromise event by analyzing the industry-wide... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090132403 - Licensing interface for user generated content: Technologies are described herein for providing a licensing interface for user-generated content. A first interface and a second interface are provided. The first interface enables a user to upload a content item generated by the user. The second interface enables the user to associate a license with the uploaded content... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132407 - Mobile banking vehicle: A mobile banking vehicle that includes an enclosure having a floor, walls and a roof. A door is provided in one of the walls and wheels provide support and mobility to the enclosure. The vehicle includes a conveyance system wherein financial documents are selectively conveyable between first and second ports... Agent: George Pappas

20090132402 - Settling over-the-counter derivatives using synthetic spot benchmark rates: Techniques and systems for settling over-the-counter financial instruments includes sampling over a periodic interval are disclosed. A volume weighted average price of the sampled process may be calculated and forward points may be applied to the volume weighted average priced to determine an associated spot exchange rate. Such a synthetic... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Attorneys For Client No. 006119

20090132405 - System and method for auto-filling information: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a plug-in feature for a browser that allows for secure financial transactions on a communication network. The plug-in feature auto-fills transaction information including user-generated information, such as billing and/or shipping information of a user. The plug-in feature allows a user to store receipts in... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090132406 - System and method for paperless loan applications: In one embodiment, a system for modifying loan documents may comprise a first computer to receive loan documents, transmit the loan documents to an auto-indexing device, receive an indexed set of loan documents, store the loan documents, and enable modification of the loan documents. In another embodiment, the first computer... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090132432 - Commodity, price and volume data sharing system for non-publicly traded commodities: A system and a method are disclosed for gathering non-publicly available commodity data, processing the data, and distributing the processed information over the Internet or similar backbone in a delayed or real time manner. In particular, such a system provides technology and a process that gathers data from multiple operating... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090132433 - Matched filter approach to portfolio optimization: Given a fixed amount of capital, how to invest it optimally by distributing it among a set of stocks and securities so as to maximize the return while minimizing the overall risk is addressed here. Given that one has full freedom in selecting the type of stocks, a new strategy... Agent: Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20090132430 - Method and system for providing a deferred variable annuity with lifetime benefit payments related to a withdrawal percent and a deferral bonus percent: A computer implemented data processing system and method administers a deferred variable annuity contract during the accumulation phase for a relevant life. The annuity contract has a payment base value, a contract value, and a step-up provision. Administration of the product determines whether a step-up of the payment base value... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20090132428 - Method for creating and marketing a modifiable debt product: This invention relates to a method for creating and marketing a modifiable debt product wherein a debtor who issues the debt note has the ability to modify the type of the note coupon multiple times throughout the life of the note while continuously providing fixed coupons to respective investors. The... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20090132434 - Methods and systems for determining composition of a commodity index: Methods and systems provide a commodity index for investing. In one implementation, a method selects a commodity component for inclusion in the commodity index and calculates a target weight of the commodity component. The method further selects a time interval for maturity of the commodity component to be fixed at... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090132429 - Programmable financial instruments: A method and system is disclosed for creating and using programmable financial instruments. The method and system addresses the problems caused by limiting the scope of financial instruments to inert objects, whether considered as abstract data or in a physical embodiment such as a paper certificate. Applications of the method... Agent: Mark S. Nowotarski

20090132431 - System for mapping financial disclosure data into compliance information: A system for creating tagged financial documents which are computer readable. The system extracts compliance information and inserts tags related to particular financial data. The tags may be computer readable so the tagged information may be easily found and manipulated.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090132408 - Auction for financially settled contracts: Various embodiments show a system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts: The system may comprise at least one processor. The at least one processor may be programmed to receive a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant and a plurality of second participant... Agent: Stephen C. Glazier K&l Gates LLP

20090132410 - Method and apparatus for prime brokering financial transactions: Method and apparatus for managing financial transactions for multiple counterparties that allows traders, market makers, dealers, and prime brokers to negotiate with multiple liquidity providers simultaneously, and to receive and respond to transaction processing directives and settlement instructions in real time. The invention, which may be accessed over an interconnected... Agent: Law Offices Of Grady L. White, LLC

20090132411 - Methods and systems for providing a constant maturity commodity index: Methods and systems provide a commodity index for investing. In one implementation, a method selects a commodity component for inclusion in the commodity index and calculates a target weight of the commodity component. The method further selects a time interval for maturity of the commodity component to be fixed at... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090132412 - Price improvement crossing system: A method provided for matching a buy order having a buy order price and a sell order having a sell order price that includes the step of determining if the buy order price is not less than the sell order price. Next, an NBBO price range is identified and it... Agent: Clifford Chance US LLP

20090132409 - Trading system products and processes: A trading platform and trading method that allows access to additional pools of liquidity is described. Other embodiments are also described.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20090132413 - Apparatus and method for secure credit card processing infrastructure: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for secure value transactions between a customer and a merchant in a computerised environment being part of a global interconnecting network, such as the Internet. The method is adapted for utilising existing credit card processing infrastructure and includes the steps... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20090132414 - System and method for integrated electronic invoice presentment and payment: A system and method is provided for an electronic invoice presentment and payment management service. The system and method automatically link electronic purchase orders, invoices, receipt-of-goods documents, and other transaction-related information to a payment card transaction, such as a purchasing card transaction. The system may be used in conjunction with... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090132415 - Mobile device credit account: Providing for a mobile communication device (MCD) credit account and credit transactions by way of such an MCD is described herein. As an example, a credit account sponsored by a financial or commercial entity can be associated with a unique ID of an MCD. The MCD can interface with another... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090132418 - 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: RyderIPLaw, PC

20090132417 - System and method for selecting secure card numbers: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a plug-in feature for a browser that allows for secure financial transactions on a communication network. The plug-in feature generates secure card numbers (e.g., single and multi-use credit card numbers) to pay for purchases. The plug-in feature auto-fills billing and shipping information. The plug-in... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090132416 - Tagging virtual currency: Technologies are described herein for providing tagging virtual currency and processing payments made by the virtual currency. In an example, a virtual currency unit is received as payment for a good or service. Whether the virtual currency unit is associated with a tag is determined. Upon determining that the virtual... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132420 - Computer program for a currency tracking system: A set of instructions for causing a computer system to monitor transactions involving security documents. Each security document has disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of at least an identity of the security document. The set of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090132419 - Obfuscating sensitive data while preserving data usability: A method and system for obfuscating sensitive data while preserving data usability. The in-scope data files of an application are identified. The in-scope data files include sensitive data that must be masked to preserve its confidentiality. Data definitions are collected. Primary sensitive data fields are identified. Data names for the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090132421 - Secured disc: A secured disc.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20090132422 - Machine-readable and enforceable license: Technologies are described herein for providing a machine-readable and enforceable license. A first interface and a second interface are provided. A first set of input and a second set of input are received. The first set of input defines a range of allowable uses for a content item generated by... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132423 - Send money plug in for web mails: In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown as including receiving an email address selection displayed as part of a screen widget, the screen widget included within the display of an interface associated with an Internet-utilizing application. Further, this method may, for example, include executing a plug in... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20090132424 - Secure payment capture processes: Methods and processes for securely capturing payment device information and conveying the securely captured payment device information to a client application on a merchant's client device in a manner that does not require that the payment device information to be displayed to the merchant. The client application generates and submits... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090132425 - Methods and systems for financial transaction card security: A financial transaction card having a front side and a back side is provided and further includes a magnetic strip configured to retain data associated with a financial transaction card account, where the account is associated with the card, and a character grid printed on one of the front side... Agent: Daniel M. Fitzgerald (21652) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090132426 - Arrangement for reducing risk in the sale of property: Disclosed are arrangements for selling property off the plan, involving issuing (in a step ‘8’ in FIG. 6) an undertaking from a bank of a purchaser in favour of the developer from whom the property is to be purchased. The undertaking may be assigned (in a step ‘12’ in FIG.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090132427 - Methods and systems for providing multiple real estate offers: The present disclosure is a real estate offer system and method for providing multiple offers to buy a property for a buyer. The present invention can be implemented through a Web site or the like. The systems and methods are utilized by realtors, real estate investors, and the like to... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20090132436 - Aerial roof estimation systems and methods: Methods and systems for roof estimation are described. Example embodiments include a roof estimation system, which generates and provides roof estimate reports annotated with indications of the size, geometry, pitch and/or orientation of the roof sections of a building. Generating a roof estimate report may be based on one or... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090132435 - Popularity based licensing of user generated content: Technologies are described herein for providing popularity-based licensing of user-generated content. A selection of a popularity measure is received. A value of the popularity measure is determined. A price of a user-generated content item is determined based on the value of the popularity measure. A license including the price of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090132437 - Methods, systems, and computer readable media containing instructions for evaluating the return on direct mail marketing and for evaluating shipping services: A method, system, and computer readable medium including instructions for evaluating and promoting a direct mail marketing campaign includes receiving the cost associated with the campaign and financial information for the campaign. The return on investment is calculated for the direct mail marketing campaign based on the cost and financial... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090132438 - Parcel carrier billing service: A parcel carrier billing service includes a mobile unit for processing received parcels. Shipment parameters are received and used in calculating a postage that is assessed to a user account. The user account may be for a service provider network account that provides multimedia content such as Internet protocol based... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090132440 - Compensation model for network services: A compensation model is disclosed for compensating a network service provider.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090132439 - Method of storing and distributing regulated goods: A segregated area for the storage of regulated goods is subleased or otherwise acquired from the operator of a warehouse that is used to store unregulated goods. The segregated area can be manned with support personnel, and appropriately isolated or otherwise separated from the remainder of the host warehouse in... Agent: Ted M. Anthony Babineaux, Poche, Anthony & Slavich, L.l.c

20090125317 - Automated printing of return labels: Embodiments herein provide for the automated printing of a shipping label as part of the software/memory of the customer replaceable unit (CRU). Such printing is controlled by information carried in the module itself. Thus, the embodiments work with exhaustible modules that include their own memory and potentially include their own... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090125320 - Method and system for displaying business information: The method begins by storing a set of business information in a database. The database contemplates storing business information for a plurality of businesses. The method continues with collecting customer satisfaction information related to the plurality of businesses. The collected customer satisfaction information is inputted into the database. Additionally, the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090125321 - Methods and systems for determining a geographic user profile to determine suitability of targeted content messages based on the profile: Methods and systems for determining the suitability of information to be received by a mobile client are disclosed. For example, an exemplary method may includes identifying a set of location history information by the mobile client, updating a user profile by the mobile client based on the location history information,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090125316 - Rescue container method and apparatus: At least one human-transport rescue container (200) is provided (103) atop a building. This human-transport rescue container comprises, at least in part, interior travel accommodations (201) configured and arranged to safely accommodate at least one person in need of rescue. This human-transport rescue container also comprises, at least in part,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090125318 - System and method of providing marketing production: A method of providing marketing products to a user includes storing the marketing products in a data storage device. The marketing products are categorized such that each marketing product is associated with at least one category. A graphic is divided into a plurality of categories and displayed to the user... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Basf Corporation

20090125319 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for allocating credit based upon distribution of electronic content: Systems, methods, and computer program products are described for allocating credit based upon distribution of electronic content. The methods include distributing an item of electronic content from a distributor to a first recipient; generating a credit tracking message corresponding to the item of electronic content that includes a distributor identifier... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090125325 - Medical equipment allocation and utilization system and method: A data processing system for assigning patients to providers of medical services and/or equipment is disclosed. The system comprises a database of providers of medical services and equipment for patients, the database comprising records which comprise provider, medical service, medical equipment, instrumentation, location, and time slot data, means to receive... Agent: Cozen O'connor, P.C.

20090125324 - Medical product dispensing systems and methods: Methods and systems for transferring restricted distribution medical products to an over-the-counter general sales environment are provided. Methods and systems of dispensing non-prescription, behind-the-counter medical products from a vending machine in a general sales location are also provided. In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for dispensing a medical... Agent: Smithkline Beecham Corporation Corporate Intellectual Property-us, Uw2220

20090125326 - Method and apparatus for indirect medical consultation: A method and apparatus is provided comprising a technology engine designed to facilitate indirect medical consultation with health care providers and create a medical record of this indirect consultation event. In one embodiment is provided a method and apparatus for capturing electronically one or more of the following: (a) patient... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20090125323 - Obtainment of products and services using non-financial transactions conducted over a financial network: Methods and systems for facilitating obtaining products and/or services using non-financial transactions over a financial transaction network are provided. Example embodiments provide a Single Swipe Obtainment System, which initiates providing requested product(s) in response to a non-financial transaction via a financial network. A non-financial entity supplies a card to each... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090125332 - Automated execution of health care protocols in an integrated communications infrastructure: Automated execution of health care protocols in an integrated communications infrastructure is described. In one aspect, a computing device receives data from one or more of the remote computing devices, telecom devices, or executing health care protocols. The computing device then determines if the received data is a health care... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20090125329 - Clinical data file: Clinical data file embodiments and methods for creating the same are provided. One embodiment includes treatment professional information in at least one of a number of treatment professional information data fields in a treatment professional section of the file, patient personal information in at least one of a number of... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC

20090125328 - Method and system for active patient management: Methods and systems for active patient management are provided. A central system can receive data about one or more patients from sources such as implantable medical devices within the patient, healthcare providers, pharmacies, and insurance entities. The system may automatically identify anomalous data or trends in the data, and automatically... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20090125337 - Method and system for management of operating-room resources: A computer-implemented method for managing operating-room resources in a hospital includes the steps of receiving at least one surgery request, identifying the resources required for surgery associated with the surgery request, capturing initial data on availability of the resources, capturing initial patient data, and establishing a pre-scheduled operating-room plan based... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090125334 - Method and system for radiation oncology automatic decision support: A method for providing automatic decision support for the selection of a treatment protocol includes receiving information pertaining to the patient, the condition and the preferences partially or wholly by automatically parsing patient records. The information pertaining to the patient, the condition and the preferences may be partially or wholly... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090125331 - Methods and systems for treating illnesses: The present invention provides systems comprising two main components—a static and a dynamic component—that coupled with at least one interactive element of the systems permit providing information and support to a patient having a disease or disorder, responding to potential treatment issues of the patient, tracking a patient's treatment, and... Agent: Lundbeck Research Usa, Inc. Attention: Stephen G. Kalinchak, Legal

20090125330 - Non-invasive medical data collecting assembly: An assembly structured to collect medical data from at least one but more practically a plurality of patients, wherein the medical data collected includes, but is not limited to, temperature readings. A hand-held device or housing is disposable in an operative position in spaced relation to a predetermined target of... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A. Historic Coral Way

20090125335 - Patient treatment planning system: A patient treatment planning system includes at least one repository of medical information of a plurality of different patients. A data processor acquires patient data from the at least one repository for presentation in a user interface display and storing patient data acquired into the at least one repository. A... Agent: Jack Schwartz & Associates

20090125333 - Personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on profiles of community patients: The invention can be directed toward a method for personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on patient profiles of a community of patients. The method can include the steps of providing a database of patient profiles, providing a user interface for inputting a query of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090125336 - System and method for synchronizing medication configuration information among systems containing medication configuration information: A method and system for synchronizing medication configuration information. A primary medication configuration computer is adapted to receive medication configuration content from a medication configuration content source. The primary medication configuration computer is also adapted to generate medication configuration change information and transmit the medication configuration change information to an... Agent: Brian R. Woodworth

20090125327 - Systems and methods for voice driven health data tracker: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a health data tracker system including a schedule component, a voice driven component, a data processor component, and a health data storage component. The schedule component is adapted to prompt a patient to input health data. The voice driven component is adapted to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090125339 - Insurance policy management system with wireless pen: The present invention relates to a computer system for managing an insurance policy. The system includes a printer configured to print visible policy information and invisible coded data tags on print media. The printer is further configured to receive transmitted sensed data associated with the data tags. A pen-type device... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090125338 - Method of insuring a lottery ticket: A method of insuring a lottery ticket. The method includes providing an option on a lottery ticket to purchase insurance to use the same numbers presented on the ticket in future drawings. Specifically, with the purchase of the insurance if you would forget to purchase a ticket for a subsequent... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20090125340 - Booking a chauffeured vehicle: m

20090125341 - Coordinating and managing the rental of parking spaces: An internet-based parking space reservation and transaction method is provided that includes an internet platform having a server to provide a computer program to operate a virtual marketplace for parking transactions. At least one parking space lessor contacts the virtual marketplace to place a parking space in an available state... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090125343 - Advertising via mobile devices: A method, article and apparatus for advertising via a mobile device. A communication request is received from the mobile device that includes a screen for displaying an ad. One more ad selection criteria are then determined. Such criteria may include a visibility of the ad on the screen; a target... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20090125356 - Cellsite budgetmaster: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for cell site planning and for vendor selection. According to embodiments of this invention, a cell site planning information system receives initial cell site information, accesses historical cell site information and/or vendor information, and integrates the information to provide a proposed cell site design plan,... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Pk Attn: Patent Docketing

20090125347 - Determining lease quality: Leases and other types of agreements may be evaluated based on factors including time to delivery, cost of the agreement and/or quality of agreement. According to one or more aspects, the quality of an agreement may be judged based on the rights and/or provisions obtained in the lease. In one... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007131

20090125342 - Disposition method and disposition module: a

20090125354 - Financial management system and method: A system and method of performing financial management tracking comprising entering, on a mobile control device, data associated with a financial transaction; storing said entered financial transaction data in a database within said mobile control device; periodically synchronizing said mobile control device database with a base station database via a... Agent: Wall & Tong, LLP/ Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc.

20090125349 - Global conduct score and attribute data utilization: In one embodiment, a system and method is illustrated as including generating a model using at least one of a global conduct score and attribute data. A range of numeric values may be retrieved, based upon which, a better term is granted in a transaction than would otherwise be granted... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20090125345 - Method of deriving a business process from a set of paths: A method of deriving a business process from a set of paths including modeling a set of discrete paths within a set of activities, building a matrix including first through i columns, i being equal to a number of discrete paths within the set of identified discrete paths, and first... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20090125348 - Methods for generating healthcare provider quality and cost rating data: A computer-implemented method for generating healthcare provider cost rating data from healthcare claim records representing services provided by a plurality of healthcare providers to one or more patients includes grouping the claim records into one or more claim groups, each representing services provided to a patient by one or more... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090125346 - Performance reconciliation tools: Apparatus, a method, or one or more subparts thereof may be provided. A reconciliation process invoker may be provided which is configured to cause a given state change intended to invoke a given reconciliation process. Media-stored reconciliation processes may be provided, including the given reconciliation process, executable by a reconciliation... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090125352 - Progress status management method, program, and progress status management device: A progress status management device and a method for managing a progress status are provided so that a progress status of respective processes in a project is visually and swiftly confirmed. By using the device and method, it is possible to prevent a delay of the project progress because the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090125350 - System and method for capturing and storing supply chain and logistics support information in a relational database system: A computer implemented method of and system for capturing, storing and organizing supply chain and logistics support information for a retail enterprise. Supply chain and logistics support information is stored and organized within a relational database in accordance with a logical data model comprising a plurality subject areas, and entities... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20090125351 - System and method for establishing communications with an electronic meter: A system, device, and method of using a power line communication device that is communicatively connected to a low voltage power line to establish communications with one or more electronic utility meters is provided. In one embodiment the method includes setting an encryption key parameter to a first encryption key... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20090125344 - System and method for fusion between incompatible data models: Disclosed is a system and a method for fusion between incompatible data models. The system generates a product data structure of a first data model and a product data structure of a second data model. Using a business Add-in method, this product data structure of the first data model is... Agent: Sap Ag

20090125353 - System and method for matching human resources to human resource needs: A system for matching entities having needs to entities having capability to meet the needs. A plurality of needs profiles are created, where each need profile comprises a data record specifying attributes about a need. A plurality of capability profiles are also created, where each capability profile comprises a data... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20090125355 - System and method for optimization of group shipments to reduce shipping costs: Described herein is a method and system to provide optimizing shipping costs that can help arbitrate between a precise solution at an unreasonable cost and a reasonable solution at a very reasonable cost.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20090125358 - Integrated appointment scheduling and targeted advertising: Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for integrated appointment scheduling and targeted advertising. A host website provides an appointment scheduling application for scheduling an appointment. A user searches for a service provider on the host website to make an appointment. The user makes the appointment with the... Agent: Ashok Tanka Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20090125359 - Integrating a methodology management system with project tasks in a project management system: Systems and methods are described for integrating a methodology management system with a project management system (“the system”). In some embodiments, the system can generate a project plan based on a project template. A project template can include a project task, an education component corresponding to the project task, a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090125361 - Method and system for providing protective services: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing assistance to protective teams in planning, detailing, and organizing protective services. The method and system guides users through the process of capturing relative data and providing a comprehensive set of guidelines to assist protective teams in their duties for... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090125363 - Method, apparatus and computer program for employing a frame structure in wireless communication: A frame structure for scheduling radio resources includes a first time slot, followed by a plurality of other time slots each having either a second length, or a first length that is approximately double the second length. Transmissions are sent in downlink ones of the other time slots and received... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090125357 - Scheduling procedure to smooth the flow of air traffic and extend the minimum connect time to a greater number of passengers: A method for scheduling airplanes. Eastbound and westbound flights are scheduled to arrive to and depart from an airport within a small period of time (e.g., 5 minutes). By now scheduling both eastbound and westbound flights to arrive to and depart from an airport within a small block of time,... Agent: Winstead PC

20090125362 - Systems and methods for workflow automation, adaptation and integration: Systems and methods for implementing complex and disparate workflows, wherein a flexible framework (system architecture) is used for workflow automation, adaptation and integration.... Agent: Crain, Caton & James

20090125360 - Workflow support apparatus, method of controlling the same, workflow support system, and program: A user who instructs execution of reading of a paper document in which workflow information is embedded is authenticated. The workflow information contains responsible person information and the process order of the steps of a workflow. The workflow information is extracted from the obtained read image. Based on the responsible... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090125365 - Autonomic time management calendar system: A method, system, and computer program product for autonomically managing a meeting calendar. An Autonomic Meeting Scheduling (AMS) utility detects a set of pre-scheduling data. The AMS utility generates an optimal meeting schedule based upon the set of pre-scheduling data. A meeting invitation is communicated to at least one meeting... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090125370 - Distributed network for performing complex algorithms: The cost of performing sophisticated software-based financial trend and pattern analysis is significantly reduced by distributing the processing power required to carry out the analysis and computational task across a large number of networked individual or cluster of computing nodes. To achieve this, the computational task is divided into a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090125364 - Framework for achieving a rewarding relationship: A framework for achieving a rewarding relationship is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a customer service hierarchy including customer service levels, each customer service level having associated demands, determining if the demands of an initial customer service level in the customer service hierarchy are met, upon a... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC

20090125366 - Method and system for dynamic adaptation of workflows: A workflow management method for a workflow system comprises registering events recognized by one or more workflows in a workflow event registry, registering new dependency information in an event dependency registry, and registering corrective actions in an event handling directives module. Further, upon receipt of an event, the method comprises... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090125369 - System and method for analyzing and dispositioning money laundering suspicious activity alerts: A system and method for analyzing, dispositioning, recording, reviewing, and managing potentially suspicious financial transactions. In some cases, the system models the steps taken by a subject matter expert to reach a conclusion so that a novice can follow similar steps and have the system generate a narrative of the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090125368 - System and method for scheduling work orders: A method of scheduling work orders maintained within an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system comprises maintains key performance indicator (KPI) information associated in real-time with the work orders. The KPI information is present to facilitate decisions related to the scheduling. In response to user input scheduling selected work orders, changes... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20090125367 - Systems and methods for diagnosing production problems in oil field operations: Systems and methods for diagnosing production problems in oil field operations are provided. A first video monitor displays an oil field diagnosis process flow chart that includes selectable objects such as Review Well Test Differences, Review Sliders, Review Bad Actors, and Perform Steam Flood Performance Check. Each selectable object is... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20090125376 - Advertisements on mobile devices using integrations with mobile applications: A method for delivering advertisements to mobile devices includes integrating an ad position within an application executable from a mobile device, wherein the ad position remains substantially constant in a location on a screen of the mobile device as viewed by a user throughout use of the application; including an... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20090125372 - Contextual ad matching strategies that incorporate author feedback: An ad matching system that includes an interactive client permits a triggering Web page author to provide feedback on a candidate advertisement for the page. Author feedback is used to rank ads for display on the triggering page. Preferably author feedback is also incorporated into ad clustering and/or ad ranking... Agent: Stattler - Suh PC

20090125373 - Data validation within materials requirements planning: A method and system for validating data and providing on-time updates within a multi-enterprise material requirements planning environment. A method of validating materials requirements planning (MRP) results includes determining when a current aggregate demand of a part number is greater than or less than a previous aggregate demand of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090125371 - Domain-specific sentiment classification: A domain-specific sentiment classifier that can be used to score the polarity and magnitude of sentiment expressed by domain-specific documents is created. A domain-independent sentiment lexicon is established and a classifier uses the lexicon to score sentiment of domain-specific documents. Sets of high-sentiment documents having positive and negative polarities are... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20090125374 - Intelligent advertising based on mobile content: A method (200, 300) of managing mobile context and advertising over a communications network based on the context. The method includes identifying (204) a context (146, 152) associated with a communication sent to or received by a remote unit belonging to the user group of remote units. The method also... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090125385 - Method and system for determining time-phased product sales forecasts and projected replenishment shipments for a retail store supply chain: A time phased forecasting and replenishment system (20) for retail organizations which can be used for inventory management and financial management. One or more computers (28) create time phased plans for one or more retail facilities, such as various types of retail stores (23) and/or various types of suppliers (24).... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20090125379 - Method to facilitate engagement and communication between a company and a recruiter including a bounty: The present invention includes a method to facilitate engagement and communication between a company with an available position and a recruiter. The method includes the steps of posting information about the available position for the company, and receiving information about a candidate for the available position of the company from... Agent: Schox PLC

20090125375 - Methods and systems for forecasting product demand during promotional events using a causal methodology: An improved method for forecasting and modeling product demand for a product during promotional periods. The forecasting methodology employs a multivariable regression model to model the causal relationship between product demand and the attributes of past promotional activities. The model is utilized to calculate the promotional uplift from the coefficients... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20090125381 - Methods for identifying documents relating to a market: Methods of identifying web documents as relating to a market domain that would ordinarily be considered unrelated are presented. Market domain criteria can be defined that provide for classifying web documents as being related to the domain. The documents classified as related to the market domain form a training sample... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090125383 - Participation profiles of virtual world players: A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A participant or player can participate in various virtual world activities including transactions to acquire virtual products, virtual services, and/or virtual items of value. Feedback may be provided and records kept regarding... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090125377 - Profiling system for online marketplace: A profiling system provides customized, relevant, and targeted experience to customers of its clients throughout various touch points in an online marketplace. The profiling system utilizes gathered data on customers such as online marketplace behavior, subscriber information, usage, and the like to determine relevant segments for the customers. The segments... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20090125382 - Quantifying a data source's reputation: Methods of quantifying a reputation for a data source are presented. Historical documents having opinions and that are attributed to a data source are identified. The opinions preferably are quantifiable and can be converted into a predication. As the predications are verified, the data source is assigned one or more... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090125378 - System and method for eliciting subjective probabilities: A system and method for dynamically interacting with a human expert by means of a graphical user interface to elicit subjective probabilities that can subsequently be utilized in a probabilistic network. After the qualifications of an expert are obtained, the graphical user interface presents the expert with a series of... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090125380 - System and method for location based suggestive selling: A system for providing a location based offer, including: an offer element, in a processor for at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer; and a memory unit for the computer. The offer element: generates, using the processor and a first set of rules or a first artificial intelligence program stored... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090125384 - System for leveraging social networks to market products: A method for marketing financial instruments, goods or services is provided which comprises (a) providing a financial instrument; (b) providing a network which includes sets of network members Mn, Mn+1 and Mn+2, wherein each member of Mn+1 subscribes to the financial instrument through a member of Mn, and wherein each... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20090125401 - Biometric authorization of an rf transaction: A method and system for biometric authorization to facilitate a radio frequency transaction is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a system and method is provided for using biometric sample and biometric sample data to authorize completion of an RF transaction. Authorization of biometric sample data may authorize increasing a preloaded... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090125387 - Electronic commerce system, method and apparatus: An electronic commerce method that includes publishing an offer for a product or service, receiving the published offer and conditionally accepting the offer, and forwarding the conditional acceptance to a matching processor to request the product or service. The matching processor receives the conditional acceptance by the matching processor, determines... Agent: Jones Day

20090125390 - Establishment of payment accounts prior to installation or activation of an institutional phone system: A method of establishing inmate telephone system payment accounts generally includes: identifying an institution in which a new inmate telephone system will be activated; notifying potential customers regarding the activation of the new inmate telephone system prior to installation and/or activation of the new inmate telephone system; and establishing a... Agent: Wiley Rein LLP

20090125395 - Method and system for delivery of targeted commercial messages: A method for delivery of targeted commercial messages. The method comprises assembling a plurality of potential purchaser profiles in an electronic file for presentation to at least one potential advertiser of goods or services applicable to a substantial portion of the plurality of potential purchasers, developing commercial message selection criteria... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090125397 - Method and system for integrating rankings of journaled internet content and consumer media preferences for use in marketing profiles: A method and system for integrating data-source consumer-preference data and internet-medium consumer-preference data for use in targeted advertising and ranking content. Consumer-preference data is determined based on user-interactions with a data source, such as a set-top-box. The data source is classified based on a monitoring taxonomy that specifies content categories... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090125392 - Method of displaying auction listing information on auction calendar using asynchronous web service: A method was designed to facilitate the advertisement of land auction listings for an online audience. The method includes displaying auction listing information on the Auction Calendar using Asynchronous Web Service. Wherein the advertised auction events are displayed according to the advertisement period on the graphically presented calendar. An Asynchronous... Agent: Paul Chay

20090125398 - Methods of computing advertising value through real-time auction: A method of soliciting and receiving a bid for placement of an ad on a web browser. The method includes receiving a request from the browser to serve an ad, the request from the browser including information describing browsing activity of the browser. The method also includes soliciting a bid... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090125400 - Post-session internet advertising system: The present invention is directed to a post-session advertising system that may be used in media such as computers, personal digital assistants, telephones, televisions, radios, and similar devices. In one preferred embodiment, a first display is viewed in a first platform in the foreground of a media by a viewer.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20090125388 - Process and system of performing a sales and process and system of implementing a software: The present invention refers to methods and systems to carry out a cycle of sales and the implementation of a software. According to a first aspect of the invention, the sales process comprises the steps of disclosing a product or service; carrying out a demonstration of said product or service;... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090125403 - Rewarding contributors to an open knowledge system: A method for an open knowledge system accessible via the Internet includes: managing, by a server, access to informational content of the open knowledge system; communicating, from the server to user devices, computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a user device, generate an interface enabling users to contribute to the... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090125391 - Sharing and monetization of content: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, comprising hosting content on behalf of content owners who own the content; enabling content sharers to share the content through the creation of links to the content; generating revenue through the use of the content; and sharing said revenue with the content owners... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20090125396 - System and method for generating and transmitting location based promotional offer reminders: A computer-based system for generating and transmitting a location based offer reminder, including: an interface element for at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer; a memory element for the computer, the memory element storing a record of at least one communication sent to at least one wireless communications device (WCD);... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090125402 - System and method for networked loyalty program: The present invention provides a system for implementing a loyalty program on a network-wide level. The system associates UPC and SKU data on a network level to reward consumers and/or to analyze the data for a variety of business purposes, such as market segmentation analyses and/or analyses relating to consumer... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20090125389 - System and method for opportunistically distributing promotional objects: User devices are used to opportunistically distribute promotional objects for advertisers and producers. A promotional object is received by a user device from a source device, which may comprise a distribution system or another user device. The user device adds address information to the promotional object and stores the promotional... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20090125393 - System and method for utilizing account tiers in an electronic network: A system and method for utilizing account tiers in an electronic network includes a peer-to-peer network of client devices. The client devices are configured to perform content transfers for obtaining desired content items directly over the peer-to-peer network, or from a CDN server device. The client devices generate account-tier selections... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20090125386 - System and method of operating a customer loyalty program: A system and method for operating a customer loyalty program including a computer system accessible on-line by various institutions participating in the customer loyalty program. The computer system includes a data-processing facility for processing inter alia, information relating to participating customers and their loyalty accounts, and information relating to participating... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090125399 - System for targeting advertising to users of a network: A system for targeting advertisements to users of a network is provided. The system comprises (a) a first database having a plurality of advertisements associated therewith, wherein the plurality of advertisements includes a first advertisement which is targeted to a first demographic group; (b) a second database having a plurality... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20090125394 - Wireless communications device as in-store assistant: A method for using a wireless communications device, including the steps of: determining, using an interface element and a processor in at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer, that at least one wireless communications device (WCD) is located in a retail location; generating, using the processor, a query; outputting, using... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090125404 - Interactive electronic menu system supported by dynamic software package: A software supported dynamic interactive electronic menu system for restaurant/bar and coffee shop related businesses which is intended to replace traditional paper menus is hereby invented. This programmable lightweight menu provides customers with graphic view of menu items on the available screen to simplify the process of placing their orders.... Agent: Abeba Abraham

20090125405 - Point of sale (pos) system and method for controlling the same: A point of sale (POS) system and a control method thereof are provided. The POS system comprises a bar code scanner scanning a bar code attached to the goods, a key input unit for selectively cancelling or shelving the scanned goods, a POS terminal receiving goods information from the bar... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20090125406 - Method and apparatus for automated shopper checkout using radio frequency identification technology: A method and apparatus involve: providing a plurality of products that are each associated with a respective radio frequency identification tag; using radio frequency identification technology to automatically identify specific products in a group of products collected by a shopper; and evaluating whether or not to obtain payment from the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090125418 - Automated quoting of molds and molded parts: A customer sends a CAD file for the part to be molded to the system. The system assesses the CAD file to determine various pieces of mold manufacturing information. One or more acceptability criteria are applied to the part, such as whether the part can be manufactured in a two-piece,... Agent: ShewchukIPServices

20090125409 - End-to-end management of carrier services for enterprises and resellers: The present invention provides a software based system for end-to-end handling of communication services that includes a set of Web based interfaces. The set of Web interfaces can permit a user to view, search and select a set of communication services of different providers, each service being presented with a... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.-general

20090125417 - Method for conducting an electronic commercial transaction: A method for conducting an e-commerce transaction between a user and a merchant is disclosed. The user has a customer account with a communication provider operating a first communication network. The customer account includes personal information about the user. The method includes the steps of: a) establishing communication between the... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20090125408 - Method of buying and selling goods and/or services: A method of buying and selling goods. A system administrator maintains an inventory of goods offered by participating merchants. A purchaser selects an item from the inventory and places an order for the selected item with an agent. The agent reports the order to the administrator and a unique transaction... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090125407 - Method of publishing a ticket on demand and apparatus thereof: The present invention relates to ticket-on-demand issuing method and apparatus capable of purchasing a predetermined performance ticket in advance over a communication network, such as the Internet, and of allowing a user to edit and manufacture the ticket. In the invention, the user purchases the performance ticket in advance, edits... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090125414 - Pricing and auctioning of bundled items among multiple sellers and buyers: A number of sets of methods and apparatuses applicable to online shopping are disclosed. One set, “Bin Packing Methods with Approximate Membership”, includes methods in pricing and auctioning a bundle of items, some of which could belong to another bundle. Significantly, the membership of a bundle, during pricing and auction,... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090125410 - Shared calendar system with automated gift giving: An electronic calendaring system which allows for one universal calendar to be shared over a wide area network—such as the Internet—between multiple users wherein events are placed on the calendar by individual users and are assigned privacy settings which control whom may view the event. Events placed on the shared... Agent: John Carr Carr & Associates

20090125415 - System and method for competitive pricing and procurement of customized goods and services: An apparatus and method for selecting a lowest bidding vendor from a plurality of vendors of a customized good or service, including receiving a set of vendor's attributes from each of the plurality of vendors representing their respective capabilities, and receiving an invitation-for-bid data from the buyer defining a custom... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20090125416 - System and method of managing a ticket order: A system for managing the production of retail tickets in accordance with a ticket order includes a ticketing services bureau adapted to receive the ticket order and a print center to print tickets in accordance with the ticket order. The system additionally includes a client connected to the ticketing services... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20090125413 - Systems, methods and apparatus for content distribution: A system for and method of electronic content distribution is disclosed. Such content may be electronic book content, newspaper content, magazine content, and other types of content. The system includes: a processor having logic configured for filtering electronic content to remove incorrect information. The electronic content is automatically gathered from... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090125412 - Token trading: The invention concerns trading tokens, such as but not limited to, the trading of virtual trading cards. The invention also concerns a computer system (104) to facilitate the trading of tokens, a set of messages exchanged in order to trade tokens, a method of trading tokens by a token owner,... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090125411 - Wireless communications device configured to order out of stock items: A method for querying an end user, including the steps of generating, in a processor of a specially programmed general-purpose computer, a query as to whether an item is out of stock at a retail location or missing at the retail location and transmitting the query from an interface element... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090125419 - Method and system for selling complex products on a distributed network using syndicated services: A software object representing a product to be sold on an Internet-based web site is automatically transmitted from a central computer system to a requesting browser at the direction of a remote user. Upon receipt, the browser executes the object, rendering sufficient structure, style and descriptive attributes such that the... Agent: Clifford Barney

20090125421 - Methods and systems for selling picture frame products through retailers: A method of increasing sales for a retailer of framing products is disclosed. The method includes providing a software application to the retailer of framing products. The retailer has a line of framing products including retail framing products for offering to consumers. The software application includes a database of wholesale... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090125422 - Methods and systems for selling picture frame products through retailers: A method of increasing sales for a retailer of framing products through a retail website is disclosed. The retailer has a line of framing products including retailer framing products. The method includes providing a back-end database including wholesale framing products not included in said retail framing products. The database is... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090125423 - System for selling, buying, lending, and renting virtual region and method thereof: The right for correlating a region or an existence with a virtual region in a virtual world structured in for example the Internet is sold, bought, lent, or rented. For example, when a buyer bought a virtual region from a seller, the virtual region of the seller is correlated with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090125420 - Web-based information delivery method, system, and apparatus: A method and system based on an enhanced publish-subscribe information delivery model for delivering information from information publishers to information subscribers on an Intranet or the Internet is disclosed. The invented system includes a centralized subject catalog that contains a hierarchy of categories with built-in functionality of browsing, searching, and... Agent: Xuefu Zhang

20090125424 - Method and device for indicating future need for product replacement of random use dispensing: A method is presented for indicating whether a dispensable product will require refilling prior to the next scheduled service interval. The inventive method includes tracking the amount of use over a first interval, calculating a frequency based from the use over the first interval; comparing the quantity remaining with the... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090125425 - Auditable merchandise delivery using an electronic bill of lading: A method for auditable tracking of a shipment is described. The method includes providing instructions for execution on a server and for execution on a mobile device. The instructions for execution on the server include at least one code segment configured to: receive a request from a shipper to ship... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090125426 - Systems and methods for settling an allocation of an amount between transaction accounts: A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also enables the allocation of a portion or all of a charge or... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20090125428 - Method and system for enhanced distribution of financial instruments: An issuer models financial instruments (e.g., proposed securities) with initial financial parameters to facilitate defining a financial instrument with final financial parameters for actual issuance in the primary offering. The issuer models the initial financial parameter data associated with a corresponding proposed financial instrument based on at least market data... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090125427 - Methods and systems for providing risk ratings for use in person-to-person transactions: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for determining a risk rating associated with a subject to support a person-to-person transaction. The system includes a profile device in communication with a database that includes personal information and history information associated with the subject. The profile device includes a profile... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090125429 - Mobile electronic commerce system: The objective of the present invention is to provide a mobile electronic commerce system that is superior in safety and usability. The mobile electronic commerce system comprises an electronic wallet 100, supply sides 101, 102, 103, 104 and 105, and a service providing means 110 that is connected by communication... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090125430 - Secure networked transaction system: A method and system for approving a transaction between a customer and a merchant including the steps of transmitting a transaction request from a customer to a merchant; transmitting a verification request from the merchant to a verification entity, the verification request comprising first data; the customer device transmitting second... Agent: Anthony R. Barkume Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090125452 - Currency strength indexes: Systems, methods and computer instructions for creating and/or determining the present value of currency strength indexes are provided. Certain methods of using a computer to create a currency index include: selecting a basis currency; selecting a plurality of non-basis currencies; assigning an allocation to each non-basis currency; and making an... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090125450 - Method and system for measuring investment volatility and/or investment performance: The present invention relates to a method and system for measuring investment volatility (e.g., total portfolio volatility of individuals) and/or investment performance (e.g., total portfolio performance of individuals). In one example (which example is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive), the method and system may be used for measuring... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090125447 - Method, system and machine readable program for mitigating effects of data spikes: The invention provides, among other things: methods, systems, machine readable programs and associated graphical user interfaces for identifying a financial instrument and a time interval associated therewith. The financial instrument has a first set of data associated therewith, which includes a plurality of values. The values may include a first... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090125453 - Stock name search device, stock name search method, and information storage medium: In order to allow a user to quickly select a stock name with a stock price transition of a desired pattern from among a large number of stock names, a stock name search device includes: a similarity calculation unit (60) for calculating a similarity between a stock price transition handwritten-inputted... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090125448 - System, method and program for agency cost estimation: A method, system and computer program product for forecasting the transaction cost of a portfolio trade execution that may be applied to any given trading strategy or an optimal trading strategy that minimizes transaction costs. The system accepts user-defined input variables from customers and generates a transaction cost estimation report... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090125449 - Systems and methods for determining investment product suitability: Techniques and systems are disclosed for determining the suitability of one or more investment products for an investor. One embodiment provides a method which includes receiving (e.g., via a graphical user interface, or GUI) information defining one or more characteristics of the investor, receiving (e.g., retrieving from an electronic file... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090125451 - Techniques for reducing delta values of credit risk positions in online trading of credit derivatives: Techniques for reducing delta values of credit risk positions in online trading of credit derivatives are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a method for reducing delta values may comprise: receiving, in an online trading system of credit derivatives, a plurality of credit risk positions submitted by a plurality of... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20090125433 - Best pre-match routing (of foreign exchange orders): This invention relates to a method of matching Foreign Exchange orders in a system comprising a market taker, a third party system and a matching host system. The method comprises the steps of the market taker sending an order to the matching host system and the matching host determining whether... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090125437 - Direct on-line mortgage auction network: The present invention provides a computerized (Internet, online) network for home mortgage borrowers to compete against each other and other mortgage companies (brokers) in an auction format for certain pools of funds. These funds are provided to the auction from the secondary mortgage market in pools on a daily (hourly)... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20090125431 - Displayed and dark equity options electronic order book with market maker participation: An enhanced system and method for executing options trades are disclosed. The lead market maker entitlements are integrated with sophisticated order types, including dark order types, so that the lead marker maker is guaranteed an allocation of the trade if the lead market maker is at the NBBO when an... Agent: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy

20090125434 - Method of handling efp transactions: This invention relates to a method of handling exchange for physical (EFP) transactions in a system comprising a matching host, at least one customer and at least one market maker. The method comprises the steps of the customer sending an order to the matching host, the matching host normalising the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090125436 - Renewable energy trust system and method: A renewable energy trust system and methods of using same are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a renewable energy trust is funded and the trust funds or a portion thereof are used to develop renewable energy.... Agent: Feldmangale, P.A.

20090125432 - Reverse auction based pull model framework for workload allocation problems in it service delivery industry: A call center system for allocating problem tickets for technical services by using a pull model auction to select an agent to work on the problem ticket. When the call center receives an order for a technical service, it develops a complexity estimate for the tasks specified in the problem... Agent: The Brevetto Law Group, LLC

20090125435 - Trading plaftorm system and method for diamond and precious stone transactions: The transaction method and system facilitates sales of diamonds or stones. A searchable database of stones includes, for each stone, an offer to sell, a weight-carat, other stone characteristics and an electronic copy of a grading lab certificate which uniquely identifies each stone from all other stones in the database.... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20090125438 - Trading tool to enhance stock and commodity index execution: The invention provides systems and methods for providing replicable financial instrument orders, and establishing a fill price that is better than the theoretical upper limit of the industries' best order execution. The system has the capability of transforming a client's index order into a replicable product, such as index futures... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090125439 - Macroeconomic-adjusted credit risk score systems and methods: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatically compensating an individual's credit risk score for macroeconomic data. In particular, various embodiments provide systems and methods to determine a macroeconomic risk score. In addition, various embodiments provide systems and methods to determine an adjusted credit risk score... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090125440 - Method and system for approving credit card transactions: This invention relates generally to software, and more specifically, to methods and systems for approving credit card transactions when the purchaser is different from the credit card owner. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method having the steps of receiving an identification of a ware for purchase from a... Agent: Ruttler Law PLLC One Union Square

20090125443 - Method to facilitate engagement and communication between a company and a recruiter: The present invention includes a method to facilitate engagement and communication between a company with an available position and a recruiter. The method includes the steps of posting information about the available position for the company, and receiving information about a candidate for the available position of the company from... Agent: Schox PLC

20090125441 - Monetary account management: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed that may use a float account to manage monetary accounts associated with an account holder. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a transaction for the float account that has an associated monetary amount. The method may also include holding the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090125442 - Wireless communications device configured for automated returns: A method for automated return of an item, including the steps of: automatically identifying, with a processor and an interface element in a specially programmed general-purpose computer, an item brought within a predetermined proximity of a retail location operated by a business entity; determining, via the processor and a memory... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090125444 - Graphical user interface and methods of ensuring legitimate pay-per-click advertising: A graphical user interface for setting parameters related to ad delivery, including a first window for logging into a web interface; a second window for setting at least one of a basic or advanced configuration policies; a third window for displaying at least one of a case study, a budget... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090125445 - System and method for capturing and certifying digital content pedigree: A method of automatically tracking the introduction of external digital content into digital content under development is provided. First digital content of a digital content developer is provided. Into the first digital content is inserted from a system external to systems of the digital content developer external digital content of... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20090125446 - System and method for secure transactions manageable by a transaction account provider: A system and method for securing a financial transaction using a proxy code, which is assigned a transaction account number. An account issuer permanently assigns the proxy code to a transaction account correlated to the transaction device. The proxy code is uploaded onto the transaction device for later use in... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20090125322 - Integrated virtual consultant: In one particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to method of providing a workflow interface. The method includes receiving template data associated with a medical workflow step, receiving automated decision support data associated with the medical workflow step, integrating the template data and the automated decision support data into an... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky, LLP

20090125455 - Method for aligning investor and portfolio manager financial interests: A method for aligning investor and portfolio manager interest comprising a polyfunctional fee algorithm. wherein said algorithm charges higher fees to the investor when returns are favorable and charges a lower fees to the investor when returns are not favorable.... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20090125454 - Software for automatically providing quotes: A method for automatically generating a price quote by inputting information relevant to the price quote into software and automatically generating the quote using the software. Automatic quoting means for automatically creating quotes.... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20090125456 - System and method for printing postage indicia with mail-by date: An envelope having a window for allowing a printed postage indicia to show through is shown. According to a preferred embodiment, the postage indicia window may be provided with a glassine covering. Preferably the postage indicia may be put in a corner of a document to be mailed and the... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090125457 - Self-service, monitored and controlled beverage distribution and dispensing system: A beverage distribution system is offered for the purpose of self-service beverage dispensing, capable of providing customers real-time feedback on beverage consumption levels. The system includes a network of control stations and patron stations which are in constant communication via a wired or wireless network. The system is capable of... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20090125458 - Auction systems and methods for selecting inserts for direct mailings: A method of allocating excess space associated with a primary component includes determining the excess space associated with the primary component, identifying at least one information insert compatible with the excess space, providing an output advertising the excess space, and receiving a request in response to the output. The request... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090119120 - Automatically determining and applying overage for a customer print job: A print shop management system for automatically handling overage for customer print or copy jobs is described. An overage refers to extra copies of a customer job produced for internal use at the print shop. The print shop management system allows the operator to create overage formulas, each formula specifying... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090119115 - Customizing a target using an endpoint: In one embodiment, customizing a target using an endpoint includes receiving customization parameters through a wireless link, where a customization parameter designating a setting for a feature of a target. The customization parameters are stored at the endpoint. A customization request comprising the customization parameters is generated. The customization request... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090119116 - Method and system for credit report reminder service: Methods and systems are described for a credit report reminding service. A reminder service receives credit report reminder requests and credit report retrieval history from one or more consumers, such that one or more servers, software applications and databases are used to store and generate one or more consumer credit... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090119118 - Method for providing tissue products having coordinated decor features: A method of customizing a tissue product, having the steps of: selecting a plurality of different architectural décor or home décor styles; categorizing the architectural décor or home décor styles into style groups; selecting a plurality of style groups; selecting at least one design that is representative of each style... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20090119121 - Peer-to-peer service providing system and method for preventing contents from being illegally distributed: A peer-to-peer (P2P) service providing system and method for preventing contents from being illegally distributed are disclosed. An electronic tag is assigned to digital contents after generating the contents. Information regarding the electronic tag is provided in response to a content request. A determination is made as to whether a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090119112 - Recording medium storing car seat fabric simulation program, car seat fabric simulation method, car seat fabric simulation device, car seat fabric manufacturing method, and car seat fabric trading method: A car seat fabric is simulated with a feeling of reality. A fabric texture information input acceptance portion (101) accepts texture information about the fabric used for the car seat fabric. A thread information input acceptance portion (102) accepts thread information about threads used for the fabric. A 3-D fabric... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090119122 - Retail item - offset pairing for neutral environmental impact: Systems and methods for pairing negative and positive environmental impacts are disclosed. The system and methods include pairing negative environmental impacts from retail item production and manufacturing with positive environmental impacts from projects, resulting in retail items that are neutral with respect to environmental effects. The systems and methods offset... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090119117 - Supplying pre-sort discount rate data to postage meter: A method includes receiving, in a postage meter, input from a user to select a rate option in the postage meter for mail that is to be pre-sorted at a remote location. If the selected pre-sort rate option has been programmed into the postage meter, the postage meter is set... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090119119 - System and method for creating and managing a personalized web interface for monitoring location information on individuals and objects using tracking devices: A personalized format webpage is generated to monitor location information. A management dashboard module is disclosed to provide a user access to location information of a tracking device associated with an object or an individual. An account services module provides menu options to the user. A wizard menu enables the... Agent: Law Office Of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation

20090119114 - Systems and methods for enabling customer service: A method for enabling customer service includes providing a first portion of a flow chart including a flow chart component corresponding to a first task and a flow chart component corresponding to a second task. The flow chart may correspond to a customer service process comprising several tasks. A list... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20090119113 - Unit-based refuse collection system: A method and system for unit-based refuse collection is described. The method includes providing a resident or user with visually identifiable, and in some cases standard-sized bags to contain the refuse to be collected, and providing the resident with a container for holding filled bags while awaiting collection, the container... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090119125 - Analytical tool for managing the treatment of chronic illnesses: A system and method for creating an individual treatment plan which includes a user interface configured to receive user input and communicate with a Relational Remedy Database Server containing information about chronic illnesses and remedies. The Method and System described herein further utilizes a Treatment Plan Software Component, a Patient... Agent: Absolute Technology Law Group LLC

20090119126 - Method to view schedule interdependencies and provide proactive clinical process decision support in day view form: A system and method for use in managing and preparing for scheduled procedures that are characterized as being interdependent and variable. The disclosed method enables schedule risk management and provides a look-ahead capability along with process diagnostics to isolate specific assets and tasks that can be managed to reduce schedule... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090119124 - System and method for enhanced clinical workflow: A method for clinical workflow is presented. The method includes selecting a predefined template, where the predefined template includes one or more parameters associated with a patient. Further, the method includes determining a list of matching devices, where the matching devices are configured to provide the one or more parameters... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20090119123 - System for communication of health care data: An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090119130 - Method and apparatus for interpreting data: A system, method, and computer program for analyzing clinical data relating to a patient is provided. The system includes a computing device having a memory, a plurality of tables configured to be stored to be processed by the computing device, a plurality of modules configured to be executed by the... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20090119131 - Method for creating individual health records from standard explanation of benefits: A personal health record is maintained by receiving a document having information thereon corresponding to the purchase of healthcare. The document is transmitted to a server by generating an identification code associated with a personal health record stored at the server and affixing it to the transmitted document. The transmitted... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090119129 - System and method for providing prescription compliance feedback: A comprehensive medication management system is disclosed. The comprehensive medication management system offers a number of compliance related services that may be offered to patients in to improve medication therapy compliance. The system identifies compliance barriers facing individual patents and recommends services designed to overcome those barriers. The system further... Agent: Francis C. Kowalik Walgreen Co. Law Department

20090119128 - System for providing an overview of patient medical condition: A system provides an overview of patient medical condition by automatically converting a financial diagnosis description of a medical condition, into clinical terminology and associating a clinical diagnosis with a patient in a record that persists the association across multiple patient visits for a lifetime type medical condition. A system... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090119134 - Auction system and system of forming investment trust and financial products and funds including viatical and life settlement: An auction system between a seller and a bidder via a communication network, for calculating a proper price of a viatical and life settlement policy based on the amount of insurance carried by an insured, the estimated remaining life of the insured, an insurance premium due to be paid by... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090119132 - Dynamic system and method for automated checking and transmitting of damage reports and damage claims: The present invention relates to a dynamic system and a corresponding method for automated checking and transmitting of damage reports and damage claims in multi-level damage coverage systems. The dynamic system comprises decentralized, cellular capturing units with assigned areas for capturing damage records, a central unit being bidirectionally connected via... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090119133 - Method and system for policy underwriting and risk management over a network: A system and method for collecting insurance information, providing premium quotations, and automating policy issuance and claim processing. An embodiment utilizes automated, task-based work flow process that enables all parties to work efficiently to issue policies and handle policies.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090119135 - Method and apparatus for real time generation of charter flights: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing charter flights. Current status is monitored for a plurality of aircraft including any aircraft currently in-flight. In response to receiving a request from a requester for service from a departure location to an arrival location, a set of flights... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090119143 - Brand notification systems and methods: Tools and techniques for identifying brand misuse and/or for distributing information about such misuse. Certain of the tools and techniques can be used to determine that a set of online content (e.g., a web site, web page, or portion thereof) is untrustworthy (for example, because that set of online content... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090119136 - Method and apparatus for playing audible advertisements on a communication device: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for playing audible advertisements on a communication device. In response to receiving a request from a caller to initiate a call, an audible advertisement from a set of audible advertisements is selected using criteria matching... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090119141 - Monitoring and managing regulatory compliance among organizations: A dynamic system and method for efficiently measuring organizational compliance with multiple, overlapping, selected sources of compliance requirements by making associations of individual source controls and survey questions with a limited set of discrete compliance objectives, and by enabling creation of compliance surveys and analysis of survey answer sets based... Agent: Vern Maine & Associates

20090119140 - Process-controlled enterprise resource planning system (perp): The present invention discloses a process-controlled enterprise resource planning system (herein referred to as a PERP) that features an operational interface allows an operator to operate a required process in at least one start process interface or a start enterprise resource management interface. If the operator selects the start process... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090119142 - Restroom convenience center: A restroom monitoring system for monitoring attributes of fixtures within a restroom using sensors. Additional attributes are determined from the monitored attributes. Consumable usage levels are estimated based on predetermined consumption levels associated with usage states of the fixtures. The restroom monitoring system provides an indication of the need for... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090119137 - System and method for efficient product assessment: A method, system, and computer program product for determining and increasing the accuracy of costing including determining possible components of a product; allocating each component at least one costing wherein the costing depends on the current product definition process which may vary over time and wherein different methods for the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090119138 - System and method for managing and presenting information of wedding service providers: One embodiment of a system and method of presenting information of wedding service providers to wedding planners may include investigating wedding service providers of a selected service category. At least three of the wedding service providers may be determined to qualify as meeting a product quality threshold for the selected... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20090119146 - Method and system for managing transactions: A method and system for managing transactions. At least one resource manager (RM) for managing changes to respective system resources of a data processing system is provided. A resource manager coordinator (RMC) for coordinating commit-backout activities of the at least one resource manager is provided. The resource manager coordinator (RMC)... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090119144 - Method, system and program product for optimal project selection and tradeoffs: A method, system and program product for determining an optimal expected business value. The method includes inputting, into a tool, one or more projects, estimating business value, establishing impacts for resource and/or capacity demands and constraints, project dependencies, business value and risks, identifying projects to tradeoff when new projects arise... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20090119145 - Rolling stock scheduling apparatus and method: A rolling-stock-scheduling apparatus includes a creation unit creating a graph from an initial day to a target day, the graph including nodes representing initial-day sites, target-day sites, and first operations, the first operations being defined by a departure time, a departure site, an arrival time, and an arrival site, the... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20090119149 - Integrated access to occupational healthcare information: Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods relating to aggregated access to healthcare information. One aspect of the invention relates to providing a single point of access to multiple stakeholders with respect to a medical case that may include information from multiple healthcare providers.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090119150 - System and method for end-users to customize customer service business solutions offered as a service over a network: A system and method for end-users to customize customer service business solutions offered as a service over a network. The invention allows end-users to select and customize over a network a customer service business solution from a number of such business solutions offered by the vendor. It allows users to... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090119148 - System and method for enhancing productivity: A method and computer program product include defining, by a user, a time template including a plurality of predefined time intervals for scheduling meetings. The time template is applied across a collaborative system.... Agent: Holland & Knight

20090119147 - Systems and methods for technical support based on a flock structure: An embodiment relates generally to a method of providing technical support. The method includes providing for a plurality of technical groups. Each technical group specializes in a technical area and is comprised of a plurality of senior and junior members. The method also includes receiving a technical issue and routing... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20090119155 - Client relationship manager: A method for managing a client relationship with a financial institution includes collecting information about a client, compiling the information to generate a validation summary, automatically setting expectations regarding account usage and activity of the client based on the information, creating a client profile with a risk determination for the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090119154 - Determining a demographic characteristic based on computational user-health testing of a user interaction with advertiser-specified content: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out specifying at least one of a plurality of user-health test functions responsive to an interaction between a user and at least one advertiser-specified attribute; and transmitting at least one demographic characteristic of the user based on at... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090119158 - Method and device for tracing and locating web services changes during updating process: A method and device for tracing and locating web service changes during client web service application updating process. The method and device of the present invention could be implemented in a client application development platform of the web service, or in a server of the web service provider, or in... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20090119152 - Method of designing, manufacturing and standardizing custom-built check stands of different sizes and configurations: A new method for designing and manufacturing custom-built check stands is provided which involves producing a large database of drawings of modules and component kits for producing check stands. Drawings are selected from this database for producing check stands in response to an order for a custom-built check stand. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090119160 - Method, system and components for obtaining, evaluating and/or utilizing seller, buyer and transaction data: Methodologies, systems, components and software are provided that perform web analytics to measure visitor to consumer conversion continuously throughout surfing, through conversion and past completion of a purchase on-line. In accordance with at least one embodiment, such methodologies, systems, components and software may be utilized to determine efficacy of a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090119161 - Method, system and components for obtaining, evaluating and/or utilizing seller, buyer and transaction data: Methodologies, systems, components and software are provided that perform web analytics to measure visitor to consumer conversion continuously throughout surfing, through conversion and past completion of a purchase on-line. In accordance with at least one embodiment, such methodologies, systems, components and software may be utilized to determine efficacy of a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090119151 - Online advertisement selection: Online advertisement selection techniques are described. In an implementation, data is obtained which describes interaction of one or more clients with television content. At least one online advertisement is selected to be output in conjunction with online content based on the interaction with the television content described in the obtained... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090119162 - Online forecasting system and method: System and method for real-time on-line interactive forecasting of an element, the method comprising: receiving a user input for a forecast element; and capturing at least one forecast of an element or event, storing that at least one forecast of an element or event, and sending collective contributed forecast information... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090119159 - System and method for transferring funds to recipients of electronic messages: Funds are transferred via electronic messaging systems and methods, including a mobile electronic device (MED). Exemplary applications include: delivering a targeted advertisement to a MED based on location or proximity, charging receipt charges for telephone calls, using a MED to pay for goods at a retail outlet, and security techniques... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP

20090119157 - Systems and method of deriving a sentiment relating to a brand: Methods for deriving a brand sentiment are presented. Phrases and ratings associated with the brand are stored in a database. The phrases are analyzed and compared to each other and to the ratings to derive a statistical significance of a phrase usage relative to other phrases. A sentiment score is... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090119156 - Systems and methods of providing market analytics for a brand: Methods for providing marketing analytics are presented. Information about a brand is extracted from web documents using a search program. The search program learns about how a brand is referenced from the context of one or more web documents having quality, quantity, or entity brand characteristics. After learning about the... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090119153 - Tools and methods for brand strategy development: A tool is provided for use in connection with development of a brand essence. The tool includes a plurality of subsets of descriptor cards. Each subset of descriptor cards has a first set of indicia relating to an associated human sense on a first side of each descriptor card and... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property

20090119172 - Advertising futures marketplace methods and systems: Methods and systems provide information products relating to past, present and future advertising transactions (i.e., contracts to place advertisements in various media) to enable a marketplace in advertising products. Information regarding a plurality of advertising transactions are gathered. Data is analyzed to determine its attributes. Some attribute values are transformed... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090119174 - Coupon generation and redemption system: A coupon generation and redemption system presenting a consumer with at least one product on which at least one promotion is available. The consumer selects at least one of the at least one product for which the consumer desires to receive at least one coupon. The at least one coupon... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090119165 - Custom personalized online advertising: Custom personalized advertisements contain variables which identify types of personal information. When an advertisement loads on a user's display, the content provider identifies the user and provides the personal information identified by the variables for this particular user. The variables in the advertisement are then replaced with the personal information... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano

20090119178 - Dynamic content configuration for microbrowsers by state, resource allocation and user preferences: A microbrowser such as web-enabled wireless telephones and personal digital assistants allows a user to configure types of objects to be blocked from download including object memory consumption, display area, download time, and restrictions on animated images and executable scripts. Microbrowser state conditions such as battery level and network connection... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20090119164 - Method and apparatus for distributing targeted audible advertisements as ringtones: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for distributing targeted audible advertisements as ringtones. A user profile associated with a user is identified. An audible advertisement is selected from a plurality of audible advertisements using criteria matching the user profile. A currently selected ringtone... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090119176 - Methods and systems for interchange adjustment: A computer-implemented method and system for interchange adjustment as it relates to private label accounts involves enabling a private label card account with a partner by a card issuer through a card association network with a special program fee that is greater or less than a pre-determined interchange fee established... Agent: King & Spalding LLP (citi Customer Number) Attn: George T. Marcou

20090119163 - Methods for advertising in electronic media: Embodiments of the invention seek to overcome one or more of the disadvantages described above by leveraging electronic advertisements that were developed for use in one distribution channel in another distribution channel. In addition, embodiments of the invention better integrate an electronic advertisements into electronic content. Embodiments of the invention... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090119179 - Modification of advertisement campaign elements based on heuristics and real time feedback: Enabling the selection, modification, and subsequent generation of online advertisements for either a one time use or as part of an advertising campaign. The performance of an advertisement is iteratively reviewed based on heuristics, statistics, metrics, real-time feedback, and the like, either singly or in some combination. Iterative monitoring of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090119171 - Networks, methods, and systems for encouraging timely fulfillment of periodic obligations: The present invention includes networks, methods, and systems for encouraging the timely payment of bills and, more specifically, to networks, methods and systems by which rewards are granted to promote the timely payment of bills.... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20090119177 - Outdoor and out of home advertising method and system: Disclosed is an outdoor and out of home advertising (OOHA) method and system having at least one kiosk client coupled to a secured central server via a VPN, internet, radio communication, satellite communication, Bluetooth communication, or any communication, said at least one kiosk client and secured central server further coupled... Agent: Akula& Associates, P.C. Suite 225

20090119170 - Portable consumer device including data bearing medium including risk based benefits: A system and method for distributing coupons to consumers at the point-of-sale, where the benefit offered in the coupon can be determined according to a risk analysis. The coupon can then be applied to a transaction taking place at the point-of-sale or stored for future use.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20090119167 - Social advertisements and other informational messages on a social networking website, and advertising model for same: A social networking website logs information about actions taken by members of the website. For a particular member of the website, the website generates socially relevant ads for the member based on the actions logged for other members on the website to whom the member is connected (i.e., the member's... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090119173 - System and method for advertisement targeting of conversations in social media: Conversations in an online content universe are monitored. A conversation index is generated in social media. An individual conversation is defined by user-selectable input terms. Publishers that influence a conversation are identified. The system generates an influence ranking of site's that influence a particular conversation. The system permits ads to... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090119168 - System and method for providing an incentive based on the hardware used to place an order: A system for providing an incentive based on the hardware used to place an order, including: an interface element for at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer; and an offer element, in a processor for the general-purpose computer for: generating an offer to place an order with a business entity,... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090119175 - Tape sealant: A formulated transparent acrylic emulsion is packaged and marketed as tape sealant that gives superior sharp paint boundaries when used in conjunction with masking tape, including modem types that of masking tapes that claim to prevent seepage. Methods of formulating and using the tape sealant, as well as marketing approaches,... Agent: Keith L. Jenkins

20090119169 - Various methods and apparatuses for an engine that pairs advertisements with video files: A system to pair advertisements with media files is described. A request is processed to find one or more relevant advertisements and determine when to display each relevant advertisement at a temporally contextual point within a video file when the video file is played on a web page. The video... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP.

20090119166 - Video advertisements: A query including one or more keywords is received. An advertisement associated with the one or more keywords is identified, and display data for displaying the advertisement is generated and a determination is made as to whether the advertisement is associated with a video. Video selection data is generated for... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090119180 - Food on demand channel and interactive website commercial: A system and method for providing an online mechanism for ordering goods via computer terminal or television system which further provides a series of menus that may be accessed through a system of menus or even through such convention as an interactive commercial. The system and method further allow the... Agent: Daniel N. Smith

20090119181 - Point of sale transaction processing: A disclosed transaction processing method includes transmitting a request to a credit aggregator in response to a message from a point of sale device to a wireless communication device of a user. Responsive to receiving credit account information from the credit aggregator, a user interface indicative of at least some... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090119184 - Apparatus and method for conducting secure financial transactions: A system and method are disclosed for conducting secure electronic transactions using dual-authentications. A secure server stores security information for a plurality of users and authorizes transactions being conducted by these users. A user computer system having a trusted platform module is used for storing security information relating to at... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090119186 - Apparatus and method for ordering: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for ordering an article from a plurality of articles. The apparatus or the method merely has a manageable set of identifiers. These identifiers are added to a given audio/video signal which advertises a particular article and is broadcast. If a... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090119187 - Auction methods, auction systems and servers: Auction methods, auction systems and servers which can satisfy requirements other than the price for a client are provided. An auction client selects a desired one from time slide schemes from a terminal, and enters a due date in an associated entry field. For example, a due date advance scheme... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090119182 - Identity verification for secure e-commerce transactions: A method and apparatus are provided for providing authentication of an e-commerce server to a user engaging in e-commerce transactions. When the user begins an e-commerce session, the e-commerce server requests an authentication token from an authentication proxy with which it has registered. If the authentication proxy recognizes the e-commerce... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20090119183 - Method and system for service provider access: Consumer access to service and/or goods providers is provided while avoiding expending consumer and service provider resources and time to place and order with a live service and/or goods provider representative. The present invention uses ubiquitous devices and networks, such as mobile communications devices and networks, that are fast, convenient... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090119185 - System of collaborative computing resources for fulfillment of digital image processing: System of collaborative computing resources for fulfillment of digital image processing is disclosed. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a network of computing resources collaborating in a secured peer-to-peer configuration to fulfill a request for processing of a digital image. The system can include, a plurality of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090119189 - Information dissemination system and method: A method and computer program product for allowing one or more clients to define a real estate listing for each of a plurality of available properties, thus defining a plurality of available real estate listings. Each of the plurality of available real estate listings includes one or more data items.... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090119188 - Management of exchange of virtual goods for online games: A method for validating and transferring a virtual good of an online game can be provided. The method can include reading a list of attributes of the virtual good provided by a seller of the virtual good and sending a message to a trusted server, wherein the message includes the... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090119191 - Record retention and post-issuance compliance system and method for municipal bonds: Systems and methods to facilitate record retention and compliance requirements mandated by law, rules or regulations, company policy, or other guidance for maintaining records using electronic storage systems is herein described. The systems and methods may facilitate tracking and documenting of relevant municipal bond activities (e.g., use of proceeds of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090119192 - System and method for registering and certifying activity and/or communication between terminals: The invention relates to a system and method for registering and certifying activity and/or communication between terminals, of the type in which a registry and certification service provider registers the telematic content exchanged between a user and a service provider during a transaction using a registry and certification server and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090119190 - Virtual pooled account for mobile banking: A virtual pooled account is used in operating a system having multiple financial partners. In a specific implementation, the system is a mobile banking system. Instead of maintaining separate general ledgers for each financial institution, the system will keep one general virtual pooled account. This will reduce the settlement and... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Eakin

20090119193 - Automated transaction calculations with scripted rule sets: A rule-based payment system is described that divides a payment among multiple parties by invoking one or more deduction rules. The rule-based payment system typically operates as part of a software application that provides many functions relevant to a real estate or other commission-based practice. Rules can be added to... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090119194 - System and method for facilitating a secured financial transaction using an alternate shipping address: The disclosed system enables merchants to ship products to a predefined address that may or may not be an account holder's billing address. The account holder may define one or more alias identifiers that correspond to a predefined shipping address. The predefined shipping address is stored with a corresponding alias... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20090119195 - Trade strategy monitor tool: Described are methods and systems, including computer program products, for trade strategy monitoring. A plurality of trade strategies are installed in the single window of a strategy monitor and the trade strategies are activated to execute automatically and independently of one another. The plurality of trade strategies can include a... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090119224 - Algorithmic trading system, a method for computer-based algorithm trading and a computer program product: s

20090119230 - Commodities based securities and roll neutrality therefor: The subject invention pertains to securities, preferably exchange traded funds, or ETFs, relating to commodities subject to futures contracts in a commodities market. More specifically, the invention relates to shipping certificates for commodities that dynamically compensate for commodity “roll neutrality” adjustments by altering the quantity of commodity associated with the... Agent: Keith D. Nowak

20090119229 - Electronic collateral management system and method: A process for allocating specific assets from a pool of assets to secure a liability. Information concerning each of the assets in the pool of assets is received from at least two sources. A set of validation rules is applied to the information for each asset in the pool of... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP

20090119225 - Method and system for providing a unified model for candidate service assets: A computer-implementable method, system and computer-usable medium in which a unified model is utilized to provide candidate service assets. A plurality of assets can be presented to a user in association with a consistent set of properties that demonstrate how a particular asset among the assets Is composed. A single... Agent: Ibm Corporation, (olp) C/o Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20090119228 - System and method for dynamic value added attribution: A system, method and computer program product provides for portfolio analysis in one or more exemplary periods. The method includes determining weight and return measures between a plurality of assets based upon the likely performance of the assets. It also includes determining at least one allocation measure (AM) of the... Agent: Venable LLP

20090119227 - Systems and methods for controlling portfolios: Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to the management of asset invested in a fund. The system includes a computer connected to a network which has constantly updated fund data available to compare a current fund with a plurality of possible new funds. The system automatically transfers from one... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20090119226 - Trade strategy monitor platform: Described are methods and systems, including computer program products, for trade strategy monitoring. A back-end server can receive a first input from a first client device indicative of a first trade strategy and a first test parameter. The back-end server can obtain historical data associated with the first trade strategy,... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090119199 - Loan determination method and apparatus: The method of determining the best mortgage loan interest rate, that includes the steps, selecting a group of bid participating banks, and/or mortgage lenders willing to participate in a generally simultaneous, or by a deadline, bid competition, causing the group to submit generally simultaneous, or by deadline, available and quoted... Agent: William W. Haefliger

20090119196 - Method and a system for concluding an electronic commercial transaction based on a conditional offer: There is provided a method for concluding an electronic commercial transaction based on a conditional offer, the method comprising receiving a conditional offer associated with a trading product, said conditional offer being originated from a first trading party; receiving a conditional offer acceptance in response to the conditional offer, where... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20090119197 - Method and system for providing aggregation of trading on multiple alternative trading systems: A method for performing financial trading amongst a plurality of alternative trading systems using a common financial computer platform. The method including the steps of receiving at the common financial computer platform a buy-order for a prescribed number shares at a prescribed price. Electronic communication is then established between the... Agent: Christopher Capelli, Esq.

20090119198 - Method for domain trading: A method for domain portfolio trading involving the assessment of risk level based on various tangible criteria and applying this determination to the assignment of a value. Once the aggregated level of risk and actual value number are determined, a real-time, online domain portfolio trading mechanism allows those involved to... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20090119200 - Methods and systems for providing a beta commodity index: In at least one aspect, the invention comprises a computer-implemented method comprising: electronically receiving data regarding prices of exchange-traded futures contracts on physical commodities; selecting, based on said received data, one or more of said futures contracts to be referenced by a commodity index; identifying, on a periodic basis, one... Agent: Lehman Brothers Inc. C/o Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20090119201 - System and method for facilitating trading of multiple tradeable objects in an electronic trading environment: A system and method are provided for trading multiple tradeable objects. One example method includes displaying at least one combined quantity indicator representing a combined quantity associated with at least two tradeable objects, detecting an input associated with an order for a predetermined order quantity in relation to one of... Agent: Mbhb/trading Technologies

20090119203 - Method and system for equalizing debt balance and fixed asset value in reverse mortgages: A method and system for debt-to-asset-value balancing of a reverse mortgage benefiting both the lender and the borrower. Options and mechanisms are provided for equalizing borrower debt balance with appraised fixed assets of the reverse mortgage.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090119202 - System and method for administering multiple lines of credit: Ways are provided to allow a credit card issuing financial institution and the card member to customize a credit card account by defining an unlimited number of special-purpose lines of credit, while maintaining the overall risk at or below the overall line of credit. The individual specialized lines of credit... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090119204 - Electronic system for selecting the best card from a collection of consumer credit, debit, and discount cards: A method, system and computer program product for enabling completion of purchase transactions by retrieving purchase card information from an electronic database of consumer cards and applying the appropriate card to the transaction. The database, managed by a central card authority, stores client account information for cards such as debit,... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090119205 - Secure and efficient payment processing system: A method is provided for carrying out commercial transactions. The method includes the steps of: establishing a transaction processing system on an electronic communications network; establishing an account within the transaction processing system for a corresponding account holder; obtaining from the account holder a session description of acceptable future commercial... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090119208 - Financial transaction funds collection and distribution: There is provided financial transaction funds collection and distribution methodology and system. A financial service provider assists in providing information to a third party transaction processor, who is engaged to process financial transactions such as insurance claims. Payors enroll as participants with the financial service provider, and information about the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090119210 - Methods and apparatus for operating an intermodal facility: Methods and apparatus to operate an intermodal facility are disclosed. In a method described herein, a carrier enters into a contractual agreement with a separate intermodal facility owner to have exclusive use of the intermodal facility. Alternatively, a rail-to-truck and/or truck-to-rail intermodal facility owner may provide non-exclusive use to multiple... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090119206 - Methods for routing a commercial to a destination device on a local area network (lan) and related electronic devices and computer program products: An electronic device is operated by receiving a commercial from a service provider. The commercial is processed to identify a destination device on a Local Area Network (LAN) to which the commercial is to be sent. The commercial is then sent to the destination device.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090119209 - Mobile transaction network: A financial transaction processing system and network that supports multiple types of financial and other transactions which may be initiated or confirmed using a mobile device, internet or telephone. The system employs one or more centralized host processors which connect to one or more clearing banks, and to a network... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090119207 - Point of sale payment system for multiple recipients using a digital payment service: A system for point of sale payment processing for multiple recipients allowing division of funds to be distributed from a sum received from a buyer to multiple accounts simultaneously without a delay or manual action required from the administered member of the receiving benefactors.... Agent: William Grecia

20090119211 - Methods and systems for managing financial institution customer accounts: A computer-implemented method and system for managing financial institution customer transaction accounts involves issuing a relationship presentment card with a relationship identifier unique to the customer that is linked to a plurality of the customer's financial institution transaction accounts via pre-defined parameters for determining to which of the customer's linked... Agent: King & Spalding LLP (citi Customer Number) Attn: George T. Marcou

20090119214 - Method and device for exchanging values between personal protable electronic entities: A method and a portable electronic device enables a debitor to transfer a monetary or other amount to a creditor, in particular via a near-field wireless communication module. After receiving information for authenticating the debitor via the communication module and after receiving data linked to the monetary or other amount,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090119213 - On-line authorization in access environment: A method is disclosed. The method includes interacting with a gate access device that is capable of preventing access to a location, where the gate access device subsequently sends an authorization request message to an issuer for approval, the authorization request message including a request to charge a predetermined amount... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20090119212 - Request money social networking applications: In some example embodiments, a system and method is illustrated as including receiving a funds request that contains an identifier to uniquely identify a first member of a social networking community, the funds request including an amount of funds requested. Further, this method may include receiving a funds authorization from... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20090119215 - Secure e-payments: Systems and methods that supply a fair transaction when a user (e.g., buyer) obtains digital content that is ordered from a merchant. A trusted component associated with a device of a user can compute a cryptographic hash value for the digital content (e.g., during a download thereof), wherein such hash... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090119217 - Digital rights management method and apparatus of mobile terminal: A DRM method and apparatus of a mobile terminal is provided for protecting unauthorized use of a time-based DRM content and improving license validation reliability by providing a reliable reference time regardless of changes of local time and time zone. The digital rights management method of the present invention includes... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090119218 - License management apparatus, license management method, and license authentication program: D

20090119216 - System for rental or sale of multimedia files: A system for the rental or sale of multimedia files, comprising a vending machine for multimedia files associated with means for the transfer of the multimedia files to a storage medium owned by a user.... Agent: Modiano & Associati Via Meravigli 16

20090119219 - Franking method and mail transport system with central postage accounting: In a franking method and a mail transport system, a franking image is calculated before generation thereof on a mail piece. The franking image includes a franking image key, and for each new franking image, the franking image key therefor is derived from a predecessor franking image key according to... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090119220 - Authorized sample receiver: In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, an authorized sample receiver (ASR) comprises a processor that is configured to verify biometric sample data in order to create registered biometric sample data. The ASR may also comprise a communications device configured to receive a transaction request from an RF transaction device,... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090119222 - E-bazaar featuring personal information security: Utilization of the E-Metro Community and Personal Information Agents assure an effective and comprehensive agent-rule based command and control of informational assets in a networked computer environment. The concerns of informational privacy and informational self-determination are addressed squarely by the invention affording persons and entities a trusted means to author,... Agent: Michael K. Lindsey Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey, LLP

20090119221 - System and method for cryptographically authenticated display prompt control for multifunctional payment terminals: This disclosure provides various embodiments of systems and methods for secure communications. In one aspect, the system for secure communications in a retail environment comprises a first display for presenting content to a customer, a first secure payment module comprising a first data entry device and a first secure processor,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090119223 - Method and a system for facilitating an electronic barter transaction between bartering parties: There is provided a method for facilitating an electronic barter transaction between bartering parties, the method comprising (1) initiating a barter request associated with a first bartering party, said barter request comprising a first data identifying a first set of items to be provided within said barter transaction, said first... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20090119127 - Method to view schedule interdependencies and provide proactive clinical process decision support in day view form: An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management/census control dashboard (BMD) system that interfaces with and... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090119139 - Method and system for measuring technology maturity: A method for measuring technical maturity index (TMI) for oilfield operations of an oilfield, the oilfield having a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. The method includes sending an assessment including a listing of a number of capabilities to at least one user associated with a first oilfield... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation/osha Liang Mr. Bryan Galloway, ManagingIPCounsel

20090119231 - System and method for pricing a product: A system, method, and program product is described that is constructed to establish a database of market information, relating to a target product and its competitors in the market. The database is processed to allow the user to establish a price for the target process based on customer perceived value... Agent: Dr. Bradley T. Gale

20090119232 - Parcel franking device and method using same: s

20090119233 - Power optimization through datacenter client and workflow resource migration: Systems and methods for power optimization through datacenter client and workflow resource migration are described. In one aspect, the systems and methods estimate how much power will cost for different and geographically distributed datacenters to handle a specific set of actual and/or anticipated workflow(s), where the workflow(s) are currently being... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC