Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement

Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

11/30/06 - 20060271397 - Construction payment management system and method with automatic workflow management features
A system and method for managing a construction payment process. One method embodying the invention can include storing a plurality of workflows to control automatic electronic notification sequences of the construction payment process, electronically receiving information related to a construction project from a first participant, automatically electronically transmitting a first ...

11/30/06 - 20060271396 - Method of certificating message, terminal thereof and system thereof
A method of certificating a message, terminal thereof and system thereof are disclosed. By the present invention, in transmitting various messages via a prescribed communication service, a validity of the message is certificated. By the present invention, without checking contents of a message, a recipient can confirm whether a received ...

11/30/06 - 20060271395 - Distributed object identity in a virtual machine cluster
Technology for sharing data among multiple virtual machines in a cluster of virtual machines is disclosed. Each virtual machine identifies “managed” objects of an instance of an application running at the virtual machine. Operations performed by an instance of one application which affect the state of managed objects are detected ...

11/30/06 - 20060271394 - Dietary restrictions/preferences tracking and meal planning process and system
Software resident in a computer- or Web-accessible database allows event planners, hosts and hostesses to track their guests' food and beverage restrictions and preferences. Individuals enter their dietary needs/restrictions/preferences in the database. When a host or hostess enters a list of potential attendees to an event, the invention generates a ...

11/30/06 - 20060271393 - Computer system for efficient design and manufacture of multiple component devices
Embodiments of the disclosed computer systems provide rapid design of multiple component products, especially medical products, as well as determination of manufacturing costs, pricing, physical attributes, component bonding techniques, sterilization techniques, and government regulatory approval. Certain embodiments also generate work orders, product labels, and audits for multiple component devices. ...

11/30/06 - 20060271392 - Circumstance information management system and management method therefor
A history concerning circumstances surrounding each item during distribution is obtained from a reusable measuring apparatus attached to the item or measuring apparatuses placed in locations such as rooms. Information about items of products in a distribution channel are managed by associating position information indicating the locations at both ends ...

11/30/06 - 20060271391 - Multi purpose business card and method therefor
The present invention provides a multi-purpose business card that includes contact information of a contact, as well as an e-value that can be redeemable by a recipient of the business card at a point-of-sale in exchange for wares and/or services. The e-value associated with the business card serves as an ...

11/30/06 - 20060271390 - Integrated system, tools, and methods for designing automated business process applications
The present inventors have devised, among other things, an application design interface and related tools that facilitates development of business process applications. ...

11/30/06 - 20060271389 - Pay per percentage of impressions
An advertisement sales system comprises a receiver component that receives a request to purchase impressions on at least one of web pages and application programs based at least in part on one of an exact and approximate keyword match. A sales component sells a percentage of all such impressions to ...

11/30/06 - 20060271388 - Derivative securities utilizing commercial real estate indices as underlying
Standardized derivatives markets cover a wide array of risks including energy, credit, and weather. However, one major asset class is conspicuously missing from this list: commercial real estate. Indeed, commercial property markets are the last of the major institutional asset classes not to have liquid futures and options markets. Thanks ...

11/30/06 - 20060271387 - System for providing a user with shipping information
A method of providing a user with shipping information includes receiving a request from a user for shipping information regarding the shipping of an item, the request including an item identification which identifies the item. A database is accessed containing historical shipping information of items whose shipping information has previously ...

11/30/06 - 20060271386 - Methods and apparatus for locating devices
Assets, such as, for example, scanners, can be managed through an asset management network. In one exemplary function, the asset can receive a signal to enter a locate mode. In a locate mode, the asset or a peripheral attached to the asset can make perceptible cues to identify itself. The ...

11/30/06 - 20060271385 - Apparatus and method for providing a construction warranty program
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for providing a construction warranty program that includes a number of purchasable construction warranty plans that when purchased by a registered contractor, do not require the registered contractor to provide evidence of equity or working capital equal to a contract price for a service ...

11/30/06 - 20060271384 - Reference data aggregate service population
The present invention provides a method for registering a service with an aggregation service, and storing data within the aggregate service. The process of registration is performed by a service explicitly notifying or being discovered by the aggregation service. In one embodiment there are four steps to the registration process. ...

11/30/06 - 20060271383 - Entity synchronization using filtering
The present invention provides a filtering mechanism for filtering data synchronized from an entity in an owning service to a consumer. The filtering mechanism can include one or more of temporal filtering, filtering based on security permissions, filtering based on organization structure or roles, and user-defined filters. Different and additional ...

11/30/06 - 20060271382 - Entity projection
The present invention provides an entity projection in a client. The entity projection is an encapsulation of data, from an owning service, and residing on a consumer of that service. The entity projection provides an abstraction that conforms to an entity programming model on the consumer. The entity projection may ...

11/30/06 - 20060271381 - Internet-based wedding planning device with multiple-interactive capabilities and method of use
This invention is directed toward an internet-based, interactive wedding planning and management program which allows a wedding group, including the brides, grooms, guest, and wedding planner to interactively plan the wedding, where the bride is the primary account owner and can give each invited guest different usernames and passwords, along ...

11/30/06 - 20060271380 - Systems and methods for managing product satisfaction
Software hosted on a server aids a user having a possibly defective product at a user workstation coupled by a network to the server in performing diagnostics of the product; and, as needed, preparing a label for shipping the product to a service depot for analysis, test, maintenance, repair, upgrade, ...

11/30/06 - 20060271379 - Intellectual property analysis and report generating system and method
A method and apparatus for analysing intellectual property information and generating a report is disclosed. A user input is received which comprises a user selection of one of a plurality of templates defining a plurality of predetermined intellectual property analyses, or user selections of a plurality of predetermined intellectual property ...

11/30/06 - 20060271378 - System and method for designing a medical care facility
Systems and methods for designing a medical care facility are provided. The method includes receiving usage data relating to a medical care facility and selecting at least one metric for evaluating a medical care facility design. The method further includes processing with a processor the usage data to determine a ...

11/30/06 - 20060271377 - Seamless transfer technique
The Seamless Transfer Technique is a real estate investment technique that allows an Investor to purchase a property and then re-sell the property to an end Buyer for a profit within a short period of time without breaking the chain of title. This is a accomplished by following a series ...

11/30/06 - 20060271376 - Fastfix - the cargo fixture system
Freight prices agreed between charterers and ship owners, to transport dry, liquid, refrigirated and all other types of bulk commodities, are believed to be the best pricing of shipping asstes specific to a transaction expressed as per metric ton freight rate. The FastFix system offers a comprehensive solution that maintains ...

11/30/06 - 20060271375 - Project information providing system and project information providing method
By managing and providing information such as know-how from a product using registration of the product as a trigger, it is possible to rapidly and effectively provide information on a project product. As a result, for example, it is possible to provide timely service utilizing this information. ...

11/23/06 - 20060265243 - System and method for establishing or verifying a person's identity using sms and mms over a wireless communications network
Individuals asked to present two forms of picture identification face a problem as individuals usually only have one form of picture ID, that form of identification generally being a state-issued driver's license. The disclosed invention is a system and method for a party, generally a Customer or Patron, to establish ...

11/23/06 - 20060265242 - Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the apparatuses, and computer-readable storage medium
In this invention, reading conditions for registration are determined in accordance with a document. This allows a user to read a document under recommended reading conditions without any special knowledge, and register the document in a predetermined server after performing anti-tampering processing on the document. For this purpose, a document ...

11/23/06 - 20060265241 - System for sorting discarded and spent pharmaceutical items
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations each of which houses a number of disposable containers. ...

11/23/06 - 20060265240 - Method and system for displaying a cursor on a trading screen
A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on a screen. To reduce the chances of ...

11/23/06 - 20060265239 - Method and system for displaying a cursor on a trading screen
A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on a screen. To reduce the chances of ...

11/23/06 - 20060265238 - Systems and methods for enabling information management incorporating a personal computing device
Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for storing location information of a plurality of products, receiving information from a remote electronic device, wherein the received information includes information relating to a position of the remote electronic device and identifying information ...

11/23/06 - 20060265237 - System and method for ranking academic programs
A computer-implemented method for ranking a plurality of academic programs includes receiving a plurality of records corresponding to the plurality of academic programs, respectively, combining elements of the plurality of records to determine respective z-scores according to a predetermined metric, and ranking the plurality of academic programs according to the ...

11/23/06 - 20060265236 - Method and apparatus for communicating product notices through digital broadcasting
Disclosed are a method and several embodiments for issuing and receiving a product notice message by incorporating a product notice message into at least one of a control data stream and a program data stream carried in digital broadcast data stream. This is accomplished by combining at least one of ...

11/23/06 - 20060265235 - Method and system for managing vehicle leases
An improved lease management system is disclosed herein for use by fleet managers to manage customer vehicle leases for a variety of management issues that arise throughout the lifecycle of a lease. According to one aspect, the system comprises a system for management of a plurality of vehicle leases, the ...

11/23/06 - 20060265234 - Mission-specific vehicle capacity constraints in transportation planning
A computer, for planning moves of freight using vehicles, determines one or more attributes of a mission, based on a group of shipments being consolidated into the mission, computes a total amount of freight to be moved, and decides on feasibility of performing the mission, using a vehicle of a ...

11/23/06 - 20060265233 - Systems and methods for facilitating stock product returns
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing enhanced visibility to all parties involved in the process of stock product return, accurate and convenient product data capture, timely shipment of return product, and effective quality controls over the entire product return process. Specifically, advanced notifications and product data are automatically sent ...

11/23/06 - 20060265232 - Adaptive customer assistance system for software products
An adaptive customer assistance system that can serve as an integrated online and offline help platform for a suite of software products is provided. The assistance system includes a customer-interaction interface and a data management component and a download management component for distributed customer interaction. The data management component includes ...

11/23/06 - 20060265231 - Aggregation-based management of a distributed business process application
A system for managing an application set is disclosed. The system includes a wrapper that designates a component as belonging to the application set and an interface that provides access to the component. The system also includes a control module that uses the interface to manage the component. Methods of ...

11/23/06 - 20060265230 - Environment rating evaluation method and system thereof
The present invention provides a method and system for performing an environment rating evaluation using objective numerical value data. The present invention relates to an environment rating evaluation method, and a system thereof, which comprises the steps of: having a rating subject such as a rating subject business enterprise input ...

11/23/06 - 20060265229 - Client schedule information management system
A customer planning information management system is provided in which customer planning information storage means (15) stores a plurality of types of customer planning information (planning for customer visits to a place of business or planning for staff members visiting customers) inputted via customer planning information input means (16), and ...

11/23/06 - 20060265228 - Terminal device, business designation method, contents provision device, contents provision method, recording medium, program, business management system and business management method
The present invention enables the continuous designation of appropriate business at an appropriate timing and in appropriate order with minimal operation, and enables the management side to comprehend the business condition. A master control unit 101 controls the output of an aggregate based on an event response control program associated ...

11/16/06 - 20060259321 - System for automating and managing an enterprise ip environment
An intellectual property management method and system. The method and system enter information associated with an innovation, store the information and a date the information was stored in a database, and receive a certification including the information associated with the innovation and the date the information was stored in the ...

11/16/06 - 20060259320 - Transitive trust network
Methods, data structures, and systems by which entities can efficiently discover, extend, validate and establish business relationships over a digital network are disclosed. A transitive trust system can be utilized by any number of interconnected entities in which at least two of the entities are capable of sharing information. One ...

11/16/06 - 20060259319 - Methods for managing a product carrier
Methods are provide for dispensing a product to a user, the product releasably incorporated within a carrier. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of providing a first user comprising at least one storage vessel for receiving and storing fresh and at least one vessel for receiving and storing ...

11/16/06 - 20060259318 - Method and apparatus for managing features on a gaming device
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method for managing features for use on gaming devices is presented, wherein the method comprises determining a measure of performance of a feature, and determining a payment due to a provider of the feature based on the measure of performance of the ...

11/16/06 - 20060259317 - Apparatus, method, and program for managing network instrument connected to network
An information processing apparatus for managing a network instrument connected to a network is disclosed. This apparatus includes a storage device storing setting information of a network instrument as a management target, a receiving device receiving the setting information of the network instrument, a comparing device comparing the setting information ...

11/16/06 - 20060259316 - Sarbanes-oxley compliance system
A system for bringing and maintaining an entity into compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act including business process templates that can be edited, deleted or added and a central repository of control actions and data that can be utilized by the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance system. Documentation of each of the business process ...

11/16/06 - 20060259315 - Intellectual property trading exchange and a method for trading intellectual property rights
An intellectual property trading exchange is disclosed for facilitating the trading of intellectual property rights. The exchange includes at least one intellectual property license contract relating to intellectual property rights and a forum configured to allow a plurality of participants to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants includes ...

11/16/06 - 20060259314 - Reading device
A reading device comprises a handle or Grabbing surface, a labels identification head and means for outputting an audio sequence corresponding to each label being identified. The label has bi-dimensional distinguishing features. The identification head includes a bi-dimensional sensors array adapted to read the distinguishing features in the label without ...

11/16/06 - 20060259313 - Enhanced brochure display stands
An interactive, enhanced brochure display stand is provided. The display stand includes both traditional printed brochures as well as multimedia content delivered through any number of communication devices providing multisensory stimulation to a consumer. The communication devices may also include input devices allowing the consumer to interact with the display ...

11/16/06 - 20060259312 - Methods and apparatus for producing and financing media productions
A method of producing and financing a media production is disclosed. This method comprises the steps of selecting a media production to be produced and developing a budget for the production costs of the selected media production, and developing a marketing plan which is comprised of a plurality of advertising ...

11/16/06 - 20060259311 - Method and system for targeted marketing through online sporting group registration and maintenance website
This invention relates generally to the use of public websites for allowing individuals to register participant for sports leagues, camps, and events and providing targeting advertising for a marketing partner dynamically based on inputted information relevant to the participant. More specifically, this invention relates to a system and method which ...

11/16/06 - 20060259310 - Methods and apparatus for management and analysis of costs and savings
Systems and techniques for management and analysis of cost and savings information. Products sold by an enterprise, and the components used in the creation of those products are identified. Transaction data relating to purchases of components by the enterprise is gathered from various sources and used to generate cost information ...

11/16/06 - 20060259309 - Method and system for managing property cleaning services
A method and system for managing property cleaning services that tracks work orders requesting cleaning services, such as specialty services and additional services, and customer complaints to ensure that the services and complaints are responded to in a manner consistent with company goals and objectives. With regard to customer complaints, ...

11/16/06 - 20060259308 - Method for production refactoring of a producing entity
A method for production refactoring of a company comprises quantifying risks stemming from regulations, in particular from an introduction of new regulation. It further comprises identifying actions to take in order to reduce an exposure to risk, quantifying costs of said actions and determining a revenue at risk depending on ...

11/16/06 - 20060259307 - Real-time professional communication and translation facilitator system and method
A system and method for providing real-time interpretation, translation, and cross-culture communication expertise for delivery over the global communication and wireless networks, mobile communication devices and kiosks. The system provides an end-to-end global communication and interpretation service for users including registration, listing, profiling, matchmaking, authentication, scheduling, reservation, delivery, billing, feedback, ...

11/16/06 - 20060259306 - Business method protecting jokes
The specification describes a method of protecting jokes by filing patent applications therefor, and gives examples of novel jokes to be thus protected. Specific jokes to be protected by the process of the invention include stories about animals playing ball-games, in which alliteration is used in the punch-line; a scheme ...

11/09/06 - 20060253298 - Fishing gear maintenance cost estimation system and fishing gear maintenance cost estimation program
A fishing gear maintenance cost estimation system uses a fishing gear maintenance cost estimation program to estimate cost of maintenance of fishing gear. The fishing gear maintenance cost estimation system has an information acceptance component, a replacement part determination component, a cost computation component and a display. The information acceptance ...

11/09/06 - 20060253297 - Method for sorting discarded and spent pharmaceutical items
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations each of which houses a number of disposable containers. ...

11/09/06 - 20060253296 - Medical advisory system
Disclosed is a medical advisory system for providing recommendations to a user for actions to be taken. The system comprises input means for receiving a number of input parameters, processing means configured to determine from at least the input parameters a recommended action to be taken, and output means for ...

11/09/06 - 20060253295 - Billing apparatus for direct drawing apparatus
A billing apparatus, for a direct drawing apparatus in which drawing data generated based on layout design data and necessary for drawing is supplied to a drawing engine in real time during the drawing and, based on the drawing data, the drawing engine forms a drawing pattern on a drawing ...

11/09/06 - 20060253294 - Services in a communication system
A user device (20) is provided with information relating to a service wherein content is communicated to the user device via an access system provided by a communications network (22). In the method information regarding access charges from a charging entity (26) associated with the access system is provided to ...

11/09/06 - 20060253293 - Method for maintaining the value of home inspections over time
The present invention provides the home inspection industry with an easily implemented method for creating and maintaining an organized history of home inspections for a particular property over time. The inspector performs an original inspection, then maintains a file of updated inspections over time. The file may be maintained on ...

11/09/06 - 20060253292 - General charging method
The present invention provides a general charging method applicable to a charging system in the communication field, comprising steps of establishing a charging strategy and performing the charging based upon the charging strategy. The charging strategy comprises a plurality of priorities each of which comprises a plurality of periods of ...

11/09/06 - 20060253291 - Contact point navigation system and method, recording medium on which the method is recorded, and transmision medium transmitting the method
It is desirable to provide systems that select prospective consumer contact points producing high advertising effects and that carry out navigation for distribution of a budget among the contact points, taking into account every opportunity to introduce brand information to prospective consumers. The present invention provides methods and systems that ...

11/09/06 - 20060253290 - Electronic commerce system and method thereof
Disclosed are an electronic commerce system utilizing a specific terminal number, a digital camera and an item specific code, and the method thereof. In this invention, data transmission between terminals or between a terminal and a server is carried out by a wireless transmission module such as RF, infrared, ultrasonic ...

11/09/06 - 20060253289 - Quality information management system
Computer system for controlled creation, processing, administration and display of quality information within an enterprise. Linkages may be defined among enterprise entities, process/product development attributes, strategies, goals, process improvement opportunities, etc. Visual analysis of data associated with the linkages is provided in an interactive fashion. Linkages may also be defined ...

11/02/06 - 20060247946 - System and method for soliciting reviews of local businesses
A method and system for actively encouraging clients of businesses such as retail stores and service providers, to submit reviews of such businesses to an Internet yellow pages website. Using the methods and system, a business will employ any of several methods to provide encouragement and/or incentive at the physical ...

11/02/06 - 20060247945 - System and method for integrating disparate systems within a network
A method is provided for performing system integrations between at least first and second systems including operating an integration operation on only a third system with no adapters installed on the first and second systems. The integration operation includes generating a plurality of integration processes, each process configured to perform ...

11/02/06 - 20060247944 - Enabling value enhancement of reference data by employing scalable cleansing and evolutionarily tracked source data tags
Provision for scalable cleansing and value enhancement of data in the context of a multi-source multi-tenant data repository. The source data comes from multiple sources and on multiple topics. Evolutionarily tracked source data tags are used to hold tracking information reflecting the nature and sources of each change to the ...

11/02/06 - 20060247943 - System and method for generating and evaluating an innovation
A method for systematically generating and evaluating an innovation. The method includes identifying and selecting an entrepreneurial opportunity. The method also includes conceptualizing the entrepreneurial opportunity into a plurality of potential products and distributing an economic risk. The economic risk is associated with the opportunity. The method also includes envisioning ...

11/02/06 - 20060247942 - Method, system and apparatus for object-event visual data modeling and mining
A system and method are provided for facilitating the allocation support resources. One or more information handling systems are provided to analyze data obtained elsewhere. The information can be displayed in a plot of time and history timeline, with specific types of problems indicated by color. If the same type ...

11/02/06 - 20060247941 - Systems and methods for managing line card capacity
A coordinated, or “joint-replenishment,” system to manage the plug-in circuit card capacity in Remote Terminals or any remote location is advantageous for managing ongoing telecommunications growth, Methods and systems facilitate decisions about when to send a technician to an RT to add ADSL line cards, how many, and to which ...

11/02/06 - 20060247940 - Compatibility scoring of users in a social network
The compatibility score of individuals in a social network is computed based on the compatibility of interests expressed by these individuals. The compatibility score between any two interests is calculated as the log of the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express both interests as his ...

11/02/06 - 20060247939 - Method and apparatus combining control theory and business performance management
A control methodology and component in Business Performance Management (BPM) Systems. This enables firms to exploit control theoretic techniques for Business Performance Management. Information from BPM systems is used to calibrate models of the business process. This model is then used to assess and optimize control actions to manage business ...

11/02/06 - 20060247938 - Method and system for activity reporting
A method for producing an activity report is disclosed. The method includes identifying at least one device in a system, generating the activity report with the activity report including information about the at least one device in the system, delivering the generated activity report to a remote location from the ...

11/02/06 - 20060247937 - Method and apparatus for a context-based service look up
The present invention relates to a context-based service look up, wherein a service instance, having a scope (O), comprises at least one service instance data set (b) having a hierarchy of levels. A service consumer data set (a), having a hierarchy of levels is received from a service consumer (1), ...

11/02/06 - 20060247936 - Business activity creation using business context services for adaptable service oriented architecture components
A method, system and apparatus for adapting commerce system components in an SOA through business contexts. A method for adapting commerce system components in an SOA through business contexts can include determining a set of required business processes for a proposed solution. Existing ones of the commerce system components in ...

11/02/06 - 20060247935 - Method for admitting an information provider to a data transmission process, and transmission device
A method is for admitting an information provider to a process for transmitting data between information providers and information searchers via a transmission device. According to the method, test data that is transmitted by an information provider to a transmission device and represents data supplied by the information provider is ...

11/02/06 - 20060247934 - Intellectual property management device and intellectual property management program
An intellectual property right is listed at an appropriate price by monitoring an initial price set by a broker, and circulation of the intellectual property right is promoted. A Web site references a database including a right situation of a right to be sold and evaluation data used to evaluate ...

10/26/06 - 20060241967 - Playable media delivery capacity exchange method
A network based distribution system and method is disclosed for exchanging capacity between subscribers for distribution of playable media items, such as movies in a digital format. The system allows subscribers to exchange capacity directly between themselves, and/or to have such exchange performed automatically on their behalf. ...

10/26/06 - 20060241966 - Vending machine system and method for encouraging the purchase of profitable items
This invention relates generally to systems and methods for delivering products-on-demand to individuals and, more particularly, to delivery via vending machines. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the method of the instant invention is initiated when a customer makes an initial product selection. Based the customer's product choice, a determination ...

10/26/06 - 20060241965 - Vending machine system and method for encouraging the purchase of profitable items
This invention relates generally to systems and methods for delivering products-on-demand to individuals and, more particularly, to delivery via vending machines. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the method of the instant invention is initiated when a customer makes an initial product selection. Based the customer's product choice, a determination ...

10/26/06 - 20060241964 - Method and system for anonymous communication of information about a home
A system for establishing anonymous communications includes a plurality of party terminals, a plurality of requester terminals, and a central controller. The system receives and stores party data about respective parties. In some embodiments, a party may be a homeowner. Upon receiving criteria for parties of interest from a requester ...

10/26/06 - 20060241963 - Method and system for anonymous communication of information about a home
A system for establishing anonymous communications includes a plurality of party terminals, a plurality of requester terminals, and a central controller. The system receives and stores party data about respective parties. In some embodiments, a party may be a homeowner. Upon receiving criteria for parties of interest from a requester ...

10/26/06 - 20060241962 - Context-driven transaction reports
Reports are automatically generated based on data currently displayed in a user interface such as a transaction register. The report generation is unobtrusive, allowing the user to continue to work with the current portion of the user interface before, during, and after the report is displayed. The report generation is ...

10/26/06 - 20060241961 - Methods of optimizing legacy application layer control structure using refactoring
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, methods and systems redesign a business application composed in a first programming format by receiving a model representing the business application in a second programming format and processing the model using a code refactoring tool in the second programming format. A modification ...

10/26/06 - 20060241960 - Business function control method for a print type calculator
A business function control method for a print-based calculator, having a printer, a display screen, a key set, and COST, SELL and MARGIN % buttons. A first condition input step is provided to input a value of one of the COST, SELL and MARGIN % conditions as a first condition ...

10/26/06 - 20060241959 - Business alerts on process instances based on defined conditions
System and method for notifying a user of an occurrence of a defined condition in a process. The process includes a plurality of event records associated with the process; each of the plurality of event records includes a plurality of data fields having data relating to the process. A subset ...

10/26/06 - 20060241958 - Method and apparatus for providing compatible components for purchase
Online purchasing of components compatible with particular hardware devices of a computer system. In one aspect, the identity of a hardware device capable of communicating with computer systems is automatically determined. At least one component for the hardware device is displayed on a computer system based on the identity of ...

10/26/06 - 20060241957 - Proactive support process using case activity rate
A system and method are presented for analyzing service case data in order to optimize the amount of physical material and human resources needed to maintain operation of complex systems, such as information handling systems. A first set of data related to the one or more customer's experience with one ...

10/26/06 - 20060241956 - Transforming business models
The present invention extends to transforming business models. A business model representing a business layer of a business architecture is accessed. An indication that the business model is to be transformed is received. Transformations can include transforming the level of detail in a business model of transforming a business model ...

10/26/06 - 20060241955 - Data compilation system and method
A method, computer program product, client, and server application configured to store information associated with a subset of users of a media distribution service in a memory. At least one distribution history data set is compiled for each member of the subset of users. The at least one distribution history ...

10/26/06 - 20060241954 - Method and system for adaptive action management for business solutions
A method (and system) of adaptive action management for business solutions includes detecting a business situation, adaptively deciding an action for a detected business situation using information from a knowledge base, and invoking an action service for implementing the action. ...

10/26/06 - 20060241953 - Real estate matching by predetermined design
A method of matching buyers and sellers of real estate with specific, predetermined designs for alteration, reconstruction, and renovation of a seller's property with a buyer's requirements. The method includes reviewing property by a skilled home designer for possible modifications to make the property more desirable to potential buyers. Creating ...

10/26/06 - 20060241952 - Online multidisciplinary collaborative divorce system
An online system providing an internet-based programmed application service in support of multidisciplinary collaborative divorce proceedings. The system includes an interactive introduction web page for viewing and entering information identifying the divorce proceeding and the parties involved including a bulletin board for viewing and entering short messages, an interactive information ...

10/26/06 - 20060241951 - Embedded renewable energy certificates and system
A novel means of marketing the environmental attributes of renewable energy or emissions credits. By selling these attributes together with the item whose energy or emissions impact they neutralize, Mainstay Energy offers to make more concrete and compelling the value these attributes represent. The sale may take the form of: ...

10/26/06 - 20060241950 - Decision support system and method
The invention provides a decision support method comprising: for two or more predefined criteria each criterion associated with one or more pre-defined categories, determining a point value for each category on each criterion by the pairwise ranking of profile pairs wherein each profile comprises a set of two or more ...

10/26/06 - 20060241949 - Imaging process for financial data
An imaging system, including a visualisation module for generating image display data representing at least one three-dimensional object at the origin of a spatial coordinate system, the dimensions and colour of each object being determined on the basis of financial data for a corresponding financial product. The colour of each ...

10/19/06 - 20060235723 - System and method for management of content associated with digital distribution and updatable storage media
A system and method for accessing and managing digital content associated with updatable storage media is provided. An exemplary management engine is initially installed onto a user computing device where the updatable storage media is utilized. The exemplary management engine comprises a content interface module which works in conjunction a ...

10/19/06 - 20060235722 - Networked system for interactive communication and remote monitoring of individuals
A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the ...

10/19/06 - 20060235721 - System and method for managing marketing applications for a website
A system and method for managing marketing applications for a website is disclosed. The website has webpages that perform e-commerce transaction by offering products to users and customers of the website. The website is coupled to a database having database tables. The database tables include information in performing marketing processes ...

10/19/06 - 20060235720 - System and method for managing marketing applications for a website
A system and method for managing marketing applications for a website is disclosed. The website has webpages that perform e-commerce transaction by offering products to users and customers of the website. The website is coupled to a database having database tables. The database tables include information in performing marketing processes ...

10/19/06 - 20060235719 - Intellectual property management method and apparatus
An intellectual property management facility for proactively creating, developing and managing an intellectual property portfolio includes: determining available resource capacity for an intellectual property activity in a tracking system; assigning technical attributes to the activity in the tracking system; apportioning resource capacity for the activity by technical attribute based on ...

10/19/06 - 20060235718 - Album provision system and method
An album provision system is provided to prevent an album from being copied before it has not been charged for creating the album when the album is provided to a user. The album provision system includes: an image acquiring section for acquiring an image; an album creating section for creating ...

10/19/06 - 20060235717 - Method and system for manufacturing solar panels using an integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions
A method and system for manufacturing solar panels using an integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions. The method includes purchasing a first photovoltaic solar cell from a first entity for a first value. The method includes dicing the photovoltaic solar cell into a plurality of photovoltaic regions ...

10/19/06 - 20060235716 - Real-time interactive completely transparent collaboration within pacs for planning and consultation
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for improved conferencing and collaboration in a healthcare environment. The system includes an initiator workstation capable of sharing data over a network with a participant workstation and manipulating the shared data based at least in part on input from an initiator. ...

10/19/06 - 20060235715 - Sharable multi-tenant reference data utility and methods of operation of same
A multi-source multi-tenant reference data utility and methods for forming and maintaining the same, delivering high quality reference data in response to requests from clients, implemented using a shared infrastructure, and also providing added value services using the client's reference data. Included are data cleansing and quality assurance of the ...

10/19/06 - 20060235714 - Enabling flexible scalable delivery of on demand datasets
A method, apparatus and software for responding to a request for an on demand dataset by configuring and then executing a workflow process tailored to the requester's needs. The generated workflow gathers identified information from a repository, organizes its format and delivers it to the requester. The on demand dataset ...

10/19/06 - 20060235713 - Tools and techniques for redirected expenditures fundraising
In a charitable donation arrangement (300), individual members (302) select (702) a service provider (308) using one interface (202), select (704) a charity (304) using another interface (204), and specify how funds from their payments (214) of recurring bills from the service provider should be redirected (328, 334) to the ...

10/19/06 - 20060235712 - Electronic system and method to retrieve, process, and manage comparison asset information for investments and risk management information systems
An asset information management system is provided to facilitate investment information gathering, managing, trending, and sharing of information. In the preferred configuration, at least one computer system is connected to the Internet or other data source via a communications device. The communications device provides electronic data such as public data, ...

10/19/06 - 20060235711 - System and method for online transaction
This invention discloses a system and a method for online transaction. The system sets a communication protocol of Digital Video Broadcasting-hand-held into a portable communication apparatus to receive and watch the multimedia commercials from a digital television provider. In addition, the system further sets a software program in the portable ...

10/19/06 - 20060235710 - System and method for tracking items
The preferred embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method of operating an online rental program by a rental retailer. Specifically, rental items are delivered to a subscriber via an independent mail carrier such as the United States Postal Service, wherein a rental item is sent to a ...

10/19/06 - 20060235709 - Dynamic distributed customer issue analysis
Methods and systems for managing a distributed and dynamic review of a set of information are described. A set of information instances (e.g., case summaries) are distributed over a computer system network to reviewer nodes. A list of review items (e.g., problem types) against which the information instances are to ...

10/19/06 - 20060235708 - Method and apparatus for assessing products
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for evaluating acquisition costs for a software product. A set of questions regarding the software product is presented. The set of questions are selected from a source. Costs for acquiring the software product are identified in response to receiving a user input to ...

10/19/06 - 20060235707 - Decision support method and system
In accordance with the invention, there is a decision support method comprising collecting data about a set of components of an asset, wherein the data comprises information about the status of each component in the set of components. The method also comprises comparing the data to a set of requirements ...

10/19/06 - 20060235706 - System and method to improve manufacturing
A system and related method for the rapid response to one or more product fabrication bid requests. The system includes a translation function for translating received product information into information suitable for a manufacturer to produce fabrication information. The system further includes a product fabrication function for generating product fabrication ...

10/19/06 - 20060235705 - Method and system for time-sequential authentication of shipments in supply chains
In one embodiment of the present invention, a source point, or security management entity, within a supply chain labels a shipment to be shipped through the supply chain with numbers, text strings, or other type of label information. Different label information may be placed at each of multiple levels of ...

10/19/06 - 20060235704 - America & europe reputation membership for overseas companies, enterprises, manufacturers, representatives
America & Europe reputation membership policy is created to augment reputation of overseas membership manufacturers, enterprises, companies, representatives in their own countries, its value is over a traditional advertisement, its purposes are to make their companies famous in business and to collect taxes by local government. ...

10/19/06 - 20060235703 - Electronic transmission of documents
As a method which allows the most efficient possible exchange of electronic data and documents of a sender with multiple receivers, a method for the electronic transmission of data of at least one document from a sender to a receiver, particularly for the transmission of invoices, is suggested, in which ...

10/12/06 - 20060229908 - System and method for managing marketing applications for a website
A system and method for managing marketing applications for a website is disclosed. The website has webpages that perform e-commerce transaction by offering products to users and customers of the website. The website is coupled to a database having database tables. The database tables include information in performing marketing processes ...

10/12/06 - 20060229907 - System and method for managing marketing applications for a website
A system and method for managing marketing applications for a website is disclosed. The website has webpages that perform e-commerce transaction by offering products to users and customers of the website. The website is coupled to a database having database tables. The database tables include information in performing marketing processes ...

10/12/06 - 20060229906 - Apparatus and method for tracking and managing physical assets
A computer based system automatically gathers, analyzes, and delivers information relating to the procurement and utilization of a plurality of such assets, such as a fleet of industrial equipment, so as to maximize productivity and to reduce operating costs and administrative burdens. Each of the assets is preferably provided with ...

10/12/06 - 20060229905 - Animal food supplement compositions and methods of use
An animal food supplement particularly useful in treating gastrointestinal problems, such as colic. Psyllium husks are provided in dry form for convenience of handling prior to feeding. In example embodiments, psyllium husks are admixed with binding material and the admixture is formed into pellets, crumbles, mashes, or licks. Upon consumption ...

10/12/06 - 20060229904 - Music distribution systems
Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to playback for their enjoyment. An ...

10/12/06 - 20060229903 - Project-planning method and system
A method for planning a project comprises a step of distributing the project and the step of distributing the project includes a step of planning a master project, which is established by a master project initiator who inputs information about the master project to an information processing device which notifies ...

10/12/06 - 20060229902 - Match-based employment system and method
A method of operating an employment system is provided. The method includes generating a score for each of a plurality of possible results compared to information associated with a user, enabling the user to access a result of the plurality of possible results if the score generated for the result ...

10/12/06 - 20060229901 - Method of facilitating social communication
A method of facilitating social communication from a person to a recipient is presented. Initially, a social communication device with a message is selected by the person. The message may be pre-affixed, random, or customizable. When the message is customizable, the person customizes the message. The person then attaches the ...

10/12/06 - 20060229900 - System and method for managing real estate investments
A data processing method and system of selling tenant-in-common interests as non-security investments by a real estate sponsor is disclosed. A real estate property is purchased at a purchase price. An investment price of a tenant-in-common interest in the real estate property is calculated by a computer system utilizing the ...

10/12/06 - 20060229899 - Job seeking system and method for managing job listings
A computer system and method for capture, managing and presenting data obtained from various often unrelated postings via the Internet for examination by a user. This system includes a scraping module having one or more scraping engines operable to scrape information data sets from listings on the corporate sites and ...

10/12/06 - 20060229898 - Methods and articles for facilitating software product implementation
Methods and articles are provided which may be employed to establish a common understanding within a customer organization as to the business drivers that led to the purchase of a software product. In one embodiment, a method is provided which includes convening a session that includes members of the supplier ...

10/12/06 - 20060229897 - Method of facilitating social communication
A method of facilitating social communication from a person to a recipient is presented. Initially, a social communication device with a message is selected by the person. The person then attaches the social communication with the delivery device for delivery to the recipient, thus facilitating social communication between the person ...

10/12/06 - 20060229896 - Match-based employment system and method
In one embodiment of the present invention, a match-based employment system and method of operation are provided. The match-based employment system collects a plurality of employer seeker and employee seeker profiles, bi-directionally matches the employer seeker and said employee seeker profiles and displays at least a portion of the results ...

10/12/06 - 20060229895 - Next generation visibility package tracking
The present invention involves systems and methods for tracking one or more shipped items that are shipped via a carrier. A set of expected occurrences are established for each item shipped. The items are then shipped and the shipment of the one or more shipped items is monitored for an ...

10/12/06 - 20060229894 - System and method for estimating expense and return on investment of a dynamically generated runtime solution to a business problem
Provided is a method for estimating expenses and return on investment (ROI) in a dynamically generated business solution based upon reusable components. Each component is assigned to one or more categories based upon attributes such as the business problems that the particular component addresses. Categories are also based upon particular ...

10/12/06 - 20060229893 - Systems and methods of partnering content creators with content partners online
Systems and methods of partnering content creators with content partners online are disclosed. In an exemplary implementation a method may include receiving registration information from a content partner and building a profile describing desired creative content for the content partner and receiving creative content. Based on at least the profile, ...

10/12/06 - 20060229892 - Efficient content production
A method of producing content includes the steps of: transporting a plurality of customers to a facility for producing content, to which facility a plurality of performers are also transported; producing the content at a first site at the facility, the content including depictions of at least a first portion ...

10/12/06 - 20060229891 - Drive-up dispensing device for car wash facility
A drive-up product dispensing system for a car wash facility having a pay station that is connected to a car wash assembly and a dispensing device is connected to the pay station. ...

10/12/06 - 20060229890 - Method and system for employee compensation planning
Methods and apparatus for compensation planning are provided. A request to initiate a compensation planning process for an organization may be received at a compensation planning application program executing on a computer system. The compensation planning application may generate a query to one or more databases to obtain performance indicator ...

10/12/06 - 20060229889 - Context proposed items mechanism for natural language user interface
Roughly described, a context reactive user interface which offers user-selectable on-screen choices or hints to help the user follow up in the context of his or her previous interactions. Alternatively or additionally, the system can offer on-screen choices which, when selected by the user, can invoke one or more back-end ...

10/12/06 - 20060229888 - Defining transaction processing for a computer application
A user, such as a computer programmer, computer architect, or software developer, is able to configure a software framework to define business processing to be performed on a business object type by a computer application. To do so, the user associates methods (or other types of collections of computer instructions) ...

10/12/06 - 20060229887 - Warehouse management system
A warehouse management system is applied under a network environment to integrate warehouses of suppliers and retailers in the network environment and provide an information communication channel between the suppliers and retailers. The warehouse management system includes a logic management module for allowing the suppliers and retailers to enter information; ...

10/12/06 - 20060229886 - Method and apparatus for web design layout record delivery
The present invention presents TIRKS DLRs over a extranet web interface to a user. The DLRs are presented via secure access to the TIRKS system via an intranet. The Web DLR Delivery (WDD) project consists of the DLR facilities of TIRKS, a midrange-hosted application for gathering DLR information and responding ...

10/12/06 - 20060229885 - Coin laundry management system
There is provided a coin laundry management system including a coin laundry concentrated control section and a network camera which are arranged in a coin laundry store and a central control device which is arranged at an administrator side and connected to the coin laundry concentrated control section and the ...

10/12/06 - 20060229884 - Method for enabling a combination of several individual products to be identified clearly
The invention relates to a method for enabling a combination of several individual products (product bundle) to be identified clearly in order to track said products according to the components thereof for the sale and premiumization thereof when said product bundle is purchased. The product bundle comprises a mobile radio ...

10/05/06 - 20060224412 - System and method for selecting and protecting intellectual property assets
The present invention relates to systems and methods for intellectual property asset selection and protection. In an embodiment, an intellectual property selection system receives from an innovator an innovation submission describing an innovation. An intellectual property protection system receives at least a portion of the innovation submission and manages obtaining ...

10/05/06 - 20060224411 - Method of constructing and using a memorial
A method of constructing and using a memorial comprises the steps of: taking a sample of a physiological composite of a biological individual, such as oral squamous cells of a person; packaging the physiological composite in a sealed unit to produce a memento; storing the memento in a custodian place; ...

10/05/06 - 20060224410 - Carbon dioxide emission trade system
A carbon dioxide emission right trade system of the present invention comprises: a database memory means which stores carbon dioxide fixation technologies using seawater with grade, technology evaluation scores, exploitable seas and areas of the ocean; and an input means of a value amount of carbon dioxide emission and a ...

10/05/06 - 20060224409 - System and method for intelligent information gathering and analysis
A system and method for intelligent information gathering and analysis. Information is gathered from a plurality of open sources such as markets, investigations, government databases, internet intelligence, and public records. The gathered information is parsed and linked based on marketplace activities including threats. The parsed and linked information is sent ...

10/05/06 - 20060224408 - System and method for evaluation of problem solving measures and corrective actions
A system and method used for the evaluation of problem-solving measures and corrective actions, including, but not limited to, actions associated with accident prevention, for the purpose of quantifying organizational effectiveness and identifying safety improvement performance. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224407 - System and method for automatic response piece information retrieval
Disclosed is a system, method, and medium for automatically analyzing response pieces. The system may scan the response piece, identify the response piece, and generate an image from the response piece. The system also processes the image. Processing the image may include determining response piece identification information and sending the ...

10/05/06 - 20060224406 - Methods and systems to browse data items
Methods and Systems to browse data items. There is provided a method and system to enable a buyer to browse listings that are listed by sellers on a network-based marketplace and stored in a data resource. There is further provided a method to cancel characteristics used to identify listings that ...

10/05/06 - 20060224405 - System and method for completing treatment authorization request forms
A system and method are provided for completing treatment authorization request forms that includes receiving a pharmaceutical prescription's data, choosing a treatment authorization request form, associating the form's fields with the prescription data, and merging the data and the form into an integrated file where the prescription data is represented ...

10/05/06 - 20060224404 - Web-based system and method for screening job candidates
A web-based system and method for screening job candidates comprising designing a website having essential screening components for one or more specific job openings. The screening components comprise a list of one or more job candidates who have been pre-qualified for a specific job opening according to designated screening components. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224403 - Systems and methods for establishing the colors of a customized stamp
The field of the invention relates to online postage systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for establishing the colors of a customized stamp purchased through an online postage system. In one embodiment, a method is employed for customizing the colors of a customized stamp having a panel and ...

10/05/06 - 20060224402 - Devices and methods for monitoring distributed services
Devices and methods monitor the service being provided to a specific customer from a service provider, such as communications services including television and Internet access as well as non-communications services including water, gas, and electricity. A characteristic of the service is measured and it is detected whether the measured characteristic ...

10/05/06 - 20060224401 - Meal data objects having recipes and food items
A meal data object is generated by a user, where the meal data object includes recipes and food items. The meal data object may more specifically include a description and a meal type for the meal data object. For each recipe of the meal data object, the meal data object ...

10/05/06 - 20060224400 - Business event notifications on aggregated thresholds
A system and method for notifying a user of an event indicated by aggregated data relating to a status of activities, where the aggregated data is stored in a plurality of independently managed applications. An interface receives from the user an identification of an event relating to the aggregated data. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224399 - Method and system for decision making based on information requirements
A method is provided for decision making based on information requirements of a business system. The method includes reading a decision information matrix that includes at least one process step related to a process of the business system, input information requirements associated with each of the at least one process ...

10/05/06 - 20060224398 - Method and system for transit characteristic prediction
A method and system for transit characteristic prediction. In one embodiment, a method may include determining respective transit latencies from a source location to a number of destination locations, and grouping the destination locations according to a similarity criterion into a number of subsets corresponding to respective geographical regions, where ...

10/05/06 - 20060224397 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for saving form submissions
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for saving form submissions. At a user agent in a communication network, a first form is received from a remote endpoint in the communication network, a current value is associated with a control of the first form, a user input is monitored ...

10/05/06 - 20060224396 - Data-processing system
A system for processing metadata and associated raw data, is designed to aggregate the data in order to establish a plurality of types of reports. The system is automated with the combined use of the following two units: a first unit (1) known as the initialization unit which assembles all ...

10/05/06 - 20060224395 - Program for generating user-compatible business application data, recording medium containing the program, and user-compatible business application
A definition database contains stored definition data. With regard to each of a plurality of folders required by each of a plurality of application systems, the definition data defines how to generate the following from a report: data items, the type of report and range of dates thereof used in ...

10/05/06 - 20060224394 - Timeslot sharing over different cycles in tdma bus
The invention relates to a method of transmitting user data via a communications medium (2) between subscribers (3) connected to the communications medium (2), wherein the data are transmitted in recurrent cycles (8) and at least one slot (9, 10) in each cycle (8) is intended for the user data ...

10/05/06 - 20060224393 - Support system, server, translation method and program
A management computer (21) is placed in a home country, and an instructor terminal (31) and a driver terminal (32) are placed in a delivery area overseas. The management computer (21) generates screen information, displayed in a domestic language and including a delivery instruction for a package, and transmits the ...

09/28/06 - 20060218006 - Controlling expenditures by applying rules specified for categories of purchased items
A monetary account, such as a prepaid account or credit account, that is used as payment for purchases is divided into categories of purchased items. When a purchase is attempted, a request to apply the monetary account specifies the category of the item being purchased. Rules associated with each of ...

09/28/06 - 20060218005 - Computerized agent and systems for automatic searching of properties having favorable attributes
An electronic agent for performing property-related searches and notifications based on search parameters provided by a user includes a first device configured to receive information about residential properties and a second device configured to receive information from the first device about a first property determined to be offered for sale, ...

09/28/06 - 20060218004 - On-line slide kit creation and collaboration system
A slide kit is assembled with the collaboration of a number of reviewers who may be geographically separated. The slides are posted to a web site which is accessible by the reviewers. The reviewers post comments relating to particular slides. The comments are collated and considered, and a new version ...

09/28/06 - 20060218003 - Automated communication of neighborhood property value information for real estate marketing
A method for automating the periodic communication of relevant information to potential real estate customers based on recent sales transactions in predefined geographic areas. Geographic neighborhood areas are identified through a unique process that allows all elements in the program to cohesively work together. Proper identification of neighborhoods not only ...

09/28/06 - 20060218002 - Medical waste sorting system with sensing capabilities
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations, each of which houses a number of disposable ...

09/28/06 - 20060218001 - Medical waste sorting system with container identification
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations, each of which houses a number of disposable ...

09/28/06 - 20060218000 - System and method for providing collaboration communities in a computer portal environment
A system and method for providing collaboration communities in a computer portal environment. The system comprises a community portal tool for creating community portals, portal applications, or portal web applications. In one embodiment, the portal can be one of a number of enterprise applications on server software. The portal can ...

09/28/06 - 20060217999 - Document management system
A method and a system for managing a plurality of administrative files of various different categories stored in a file storage facility. Each of the files allow for amending, such as by putting therein one or more documents of various different nature. The method includes assigning a pre-structured format to ...

09/28/06 - 20060217998 - Cashless vending system
There is provided a cashless vending system including a vending machine 12 having a device 16 that reads transaction history information from a medium 11 and a communication device that sends transaction history information to an information center 13; and an information center 13 having a device that receives transaction ...

09/28/06 - 20060217997 - Ip telephone system
When a trouble is developed in an IP exchange (TM) 2 or a circuit (network) 5, a backup exchange 6 (backup TM) is switched over from a waiting system to an operating system, and all IP terminals Eqi inside lodgments A, B, . . . N also log out from ...

09/28/06 - 20060217996 - Point-of-sale activation of media device account
This method and apparatus may activate removable or portable media devices (or accounts associated therewith), such as flash drives, USB drives, external hard drives, thumb drives, memory cards of various formats (SD, CF, xD, Memory Card Duo), SIM cards, other phone cards, or other devices containing a writable and/or readable ...

09/28/06 - 20060217995 - Managing maintenance of serviceable items based on unique identification labeling
A system and method for tracking and managing maintenance of serviceable items based on unique identification labeling affixed to the items is disclosed. The serviceable items are described as filters within a common environment that require routine maintenance to adhere to certain expectations relative to the operability of the items. ...

09/28/06 - 20060217994 - Method and system for harnessing collective knowledge
The present invention provides a method of aggregating information, the method including: receiving at least one first prediction; and rating the at least one first prediction based at least in part on at least one actual event, thereby providing at least one prediction rating. ...

09/28/06 - 20060217993 - Management of vehicles based on operational environment
A method and system for managing fleet health of vehicles comprises gathering environmental data for potential mission locations. A data processing system collects vehicle data, including historical use data and maintenance data associated with corresponding vehicular components of vehicles within a fleet. A mission planner establishes a list of candidate ...

09/28/06 - 20060217992 - Method and apparatus for control lockout and transfer during service for systems controlled by multiple devices
A printer, fax machine, copier, scanner, or any other office device used by multiple users from multiple locations is provided with improved apparatus and/or software for locking out all incoming commands from reaching the device's internal controller except for commands coming from a newly-designated primary controller used by the service ...

09/28/06 - 20060217991 - Method and apparatus for providing an information service
An information service such as an airport information system relies on a network of Bluetooth™ transceivers to transfer information to a user's mobile phone, which is equipped with basic calendar functionality. The transceivers are connected to (an information server, which downloads the calendar from each of the devices and writes ...

09/28/06 - 20060217990 - Method and device for organizing user provided information with meta-information
The present invention provides a method for organizing user provided information being available in a mobile terminal device with meta-information for allowing retrieving of the user provided information and a device being capable to perform the method. The user provided information is obtained in consequence on any user operation against ...

09/28/06 - 20060217989 - Ecommerce benchmarking
The present invention comprises an electronic processing system for guiding a person through the stages of a project for benchmarking commerce over the internet, the system being adapted to generate sequences of screen displays in response to the inputs from the user, the screen displays containing data relevant to the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212310 - Methods to finance, acquire, register, manage and lease aircraft with increased liability protection and wireless connectivity
The embodiments relate to methods to buy, inspect, finance, structure and manage aircraft begins by firt identifying and aircraft to purchase. After inspection of the aircraft, financing for procurement of the aircraft is exchanged. The method then calls for purchasing the aircraft followed by registering the aircraft with the proper ...

09/21/06 - 20060212309 - Method for determining the best day of the week for a recipient to receive a mail piece
A computer method that determines the best day of the week for a recipient to receive a mail piece that is part of a mailing campaign. The method includes by applying a unique code to each mail piece in the mailing; tracking the mail piece to determine when the mail ...

09/21/06 - 20060212308 - Information posting system and information posting method
An information presentation system 1 comprises a user information DB 9 storing a telephone number of each user terminal and user attribute information in association with each other, a gateway 11 for acquiring an access address URL and a telephone number with reception of an access request for access to ...

09/21/06 - 20060212307 - Handheld medical waste sorting method
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations each of which houses a number of disposable containers. ...

09/21/06 - 20060212306 - Handheld medical waste sorting device
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations each of which houses a number of disposable containers. ...

09/21/06 - 20060212305 - Method and apparatus for ranking candidates using connection information provided by candidates
A method and apparatus for permitting candidates to connect with a company to enhance their potential ranking is provided. Preferably, the method includes steps of and/or the apparatus performs steps of assisting candidates to contact employees of a company, either directly or via non-employee referrals, to obtain referrals to the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212304 - Automated item forwarding system and method
Rental items are directly forwarded from customer to custom using a method whereby a supplier's computer communicates with a postal computer via an electronic link when an item identified with a unique machine readable code is returned by a customer to the postal service and identified with the code, the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212303 - System and method for litigation risk management
A method for corporate litigation risk management for managing claims and legal actions including: forming a team including a managing attorney, a business owner, and an outside counsel for managing the claim or legal action, where the team forming step occurs within three days of notice of the claim or ...

09/21/06 - 20060212302 - System and method for a user interface in an ip management system
There is disclosed various embodiments of methods and apparatus for organizing information related to intellectual property wherein such related information includes personnel, messages, docket items, information disclosure documents and matters associated with intellectual property assets. Access to the intellectual property information is provided by providing a first graphical user interface ...

09/21/06 - 20060212301 - Entity property management
Methods and data structures for the management of a data entity during an entity lifecycle. An entity having a property and at least one operation having a property characteristic are defined. The operation may be performed on the property according to the characteristic. An entity lifecycle having the at least ...

09/21/06 - 20060212300 - System and method for providing vehicle information from a telematics window sticker
A method of receiving vehicle sales information at a telematics unit in a vehicle via a wireless connection from a control node includes receiving a trigger input at the telematics unit and providing the vehicle sales information to a local customer responsive to the received trigger input. ...

09/21/06 - 20060212299 - Crm office integration
The method and system claimed recognizes phrases or segments within an electronic document, where the phrase or segment acts to trigger a function call to a sever component that connects to a CRM system or a CRM database and retrieves relevant information relating to and based on the recognized phrase. ...

09/14/06 - 20060206355 - Search engine account monitoring
A system and method of generating an ordered search list via a search engine by determining various account balances to determine where a search listing will appear, if at all, in a search results list. If a web site advertiser's account is below a threshold, the search listing associated with ...

09/14/06 - 20060206354 - Method for facilitating medical waste disposal
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations, each of which houses a number of disposable ...

09/14/06 - 20060206353 - Method and system for intelligent queue management
A system and method for intelligent queue management uses a virtual destination locator to guide any queue members with pre-allocated final destination assignment. The guiding arranges the queue members into a sequence and then guides them to the final destination by moving the virtual destination location in accordance with the ...

09/14/06 - 20060206352 - System for seamless enablement of compound enterprise-processes
This invention relates to activities pertaining to life-cycle-stages of enterprise-processes, whether implemented within the boundary of a single organization or spanning several organizational boundaries. In particular it relates to (1) establishing a community of participant-systems and a schema to create collaborative capabilities (2) establishing a combination of one or more ...

09/14/06 - 20060206351 - Registered traveler systems and methods
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