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Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination > Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement > Electronic Shopping (e.g., Remote Ordering) Electronic Shopping (e.g., Remote Ordering)Electronic Shopping (e.g., Remote Ordering) 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.11/23/06 - 20060265290 - Systems and methods for managing user information over a network Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for applying a user interface to an electronic device including storing information relating to a user of an electronic device, wherein the stored information includes user information data and user history data, storing a ... 11/23/06 - 20060265289 - Community-based method and system for the sale of goods and services A method and system for selling a fixed quantity of products (goods and/or services) during a fixed period of time is described. A first offer to sell the product is made to a community of buyers. Each sold unit of the product may be offered for resale until the fixed ... 11/23/06 - 20060265288 - Diamond retailer, wholesaler and consumer finder, tracker and sales system The method for electronically vertically integrating a consumer, retailer and wholesaler of diamonds (or jewelry) includes maintaining a diamond inventory database which lists common characteristics, wholesale price and retail price. In the retail facility or space, the consumer electronically searches the diamond database and is presented with record displays of ... 11/23/06 - 20060265287 - Solar cell ordering system An object of the invention is to provide a solar cell ordering system for planning a photovoltaic power system, making a cost estimate thereof, and placing an order thereof. A solar cell ordering system (50) includes roof shape creating means (1) for creating roof shape data (32) based on inputted ... 11/16/06 - 20060259373 - Systems and methods for enabling and managing ordering information within a network Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment including enabling selection between a plurality of counter services, receiving information relating to the selected counter service, enabling customization of the order for the selected ... 11/16/06 - 20060259372 - Systems and methods for managing product purchase information over a network Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for managing product purchase information including receiving a list of a plurality of products to purchase at a personal computing device, wherein the list includes an indication representing whether the plurality of products have ... 11/16/06 - 20060259371 - Systems and methods for managing and displaying dynamic and static content Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for dynamically generating a document including storing a plurality of static content, information related to a user of the document, and a plurality of dynamic content associated with each of a plurality of categories ... 11/16/06 - 20060259370 - Methods and apparatus for management and negotiation of prices of goods purchased from a vendor Systems and techniques for management and negotiation of prices of goods purchased from a vendor. Pricing information is collected by a purchaser. This information reflects factors influencing pricing of components used by a vendor and intended for use in products sold to the purchaser. The pricing information is processed to ... 11/16/06 - 20060259369 - Virtual grocery shopping A method and system that allows an on-line shopper to be assigned a queue number for each department in a store is presented. Each time the shopper's number comes up in a queue in a specific store department, a real-time audio/video session is initiated between the shopper and a personal ... 11/16/06 - 20060259368 - Stored seller contact information marketing This marketing method has a seller or party affiliated with the seller motivate at least one consumer or at least one other business (seller, company) to store or allow someone else to store the seller's contact information into a possession of theirs. The motivation for the consumer or other sellers ... 11/16/06 - 20060259367 - Method and system for role-based authorization in web shopping Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for role-based authorization in web shopping. According to the embodiments, operations available to a user of a web shop may be filtered based on the user's role, and correspond authorization level, within an organization. ... 11/16/06 - 20060259366 - Method for ordering consigning shipping and delivering goods A method for ordering, consigning, shipping and delivering of goods between a retailer, manufacturer and carrier, which reduces the requirement for warehousing and wherein the ultimate address information for the goods is provided by the retailer while the goods are in transit from the manufacturer. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253342 - Component management system and method A component management system includes: a component database for registering component data regarding a plurality of components, which have been admitted to be purchased based on predetermined criteria; an e-mail server for receiving information regarding components from a component provider and for sending the received information to a person in ... 11/09/06 - 20060253341 - Method of and system for processing transactions A method of and system for conducting electronic commerce segments an enterprise is segmented into a single firm side system, and multiple customer facing and street side systems. The firm side system maintains a single system of record for the enterprise. The customer facing systems provide an interface between the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253340 - System and method for electronically exchanging value among distributed users A system and method for facilitating a value exchange transaction. A first party initiates the transaction by selecting or providing an identifier of another party and the value to be exchanged. The second party may be identified by a pre-existing identifier such as an electronic mail address, telephone number, etc. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253339 - System and process for escrow of payments Escrow services involve an escrow agent who facilitates an exchange between two parties, typically a payer and a payee. The “cash on delivery” (“C.O.D.”) service is akin to an escrow service, although carriers do not favor C.O.D. services due to their costs. The claimed invention is a method and system ... 11/09/06 - 20060253338 - System for real-time sales and inventory reconciliation A system is presented that facilitates transactions for products to be completed and product inventory tracking to be performed in real-time even if the products are brought to the location of a customer prior to the transaction. The system completes transactions by accepting and settling cash, credit card, debit card ... 11/09/06 - 20060253337 - Sales management system and method A sales management system and a sales management method are applied in a data processing device under a network environment to synchronously update sales information from different suppliers to a database by an information synchronization mechanism, to establish linkage between the suppliers and retailers through a supplier maintenance process, a ... 11/09/06 - 20060253336 - Data collection system and method A component data collecting system and method applicable to a process of collecting product required component data that comply with approved regulation. The system includes a verifying module, a collecting module, a database, an examining module, a system integrating unit and a management unit. The verifying module verifies the identity ... 11/09/06 - 20060253335 - Cash based purchasing using mobile communication A system and method for cash based purchasing using electronic commerce channels such as mobile telephone networks. Customers use cash to purchase goods and services by using a vendor's point of sale device such as a mobile telephone. A server side mobile wallet provides secure storage of user identity and ... 11/09/06 - 20060253334 - Order placement and acceptance management system An order placement and acceptance management system is presented. In an exemplary embodiment, an order acceptance management apparatus (“OAMA”) receives a predetermined quotation request transmitted by an order placement management apparatus. The OAMA generates a quotation result based on data on products and services which is segmented and stored in ... 11/02/06 - 20060247982 - Electronic purchase of goods over a communications network including physical delivery while securing private and personal information of the purchasing party E-commerce which secures private and personal information of purchaser/users. E-commerce which may include delivery of a good ordered or purchased over a network (e.g., the Internet) to a purchaser/user, and/or arranging for electronic payment of the good is accomplished while securing private and personal information of purchaser/users, which may include ... 11/02/06 - 20060247981 - Automatic advertiser notification for a system for providing place and price protection in a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A notification method in a computer database system includes receiving a notification instruction from an owner associated with a search listing stored in the computer database system, monitoring conditions specified by the notification instruction for the search listing, and sending a notification to the owner upon detection of a changed ... 11/02/06 - 20060247980 - Rating media item groups Improved techniques to create, browse, rate and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various users and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made ... 11/02/06 - 20060247979 - 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 ... 11/02/06 - 20060247978 - Apparatus and method for creating and facilitating the use of a remotely accessible library of affinity-type shopping memberships for use in remote shopping An apparatus and method for creating a frequent shopper type or consumer affinity type relationships for remote consumer transactions where the consumer creates a remotely accessible library for affinity type shopping memberships for use in remote shopping for creating efficient access to a consumer's favored shopping locations. The locations can ... 11/02/06 - 20060247977 - Tape-out form generation methods and systems Computer-implemented tape-out form generation methods and systems. A database, comprising tape-out types, and corresponding questions and answers, is provided. The questions and the answers are generated according to historical or/and new-technological manufacturing data. The tape-out types are displayed and selected. Corresponding questions and answers of the selected tape-out type are ... 11/02/06 - 20060247976 - On-line media store that supports pre-ordering of digital media assets Techniques to facilitate pre-ordering of digital media assets from an on-line media store are disclosed. A user of the on-line media store can view advance listings for digital media assets that have not yet been released. A user can also choose to pre-order a digital media asset that has not ... 10/26/06 - 20060242029 - System and method for reselling a previously sold product A seller, having previously sold a product to an original purchaser subject to a buyout-provision condition, determines if the buyout-provision condition is satisfied. If the buy-out provision condition is satisfied, the seller retakes the product from the original purchaser and resells the product to a subsequent purchaser. ... 10/26/06 - 20060242028 - Purchasing, redemption and settlement systems and methods wherein a buyer takes possession at a retailer of a product purchased using a communication network Purchasing, redemption and settlement systems and methods are provided wherein a buyer takes possession of a product at a retailer. A purchasing system may communicate with a buyer through a communication network to establish a first price for a product between the buyer and a seller. The purchasing system may ... 10/26/06 - 20060242027 - Internet-based duty-free goods electronic commerce system and method An Internet-based duty-free goods electronic commerce system comprising an Internet communications server for Internet-based communications with system users, flight data (or other travel means data) sources, duty-free merchants and other system participants, a system application server comprising computer processor means at the system-end for processing communications among the Internet communications ... 10/26/06 - 20060242026 - Distributed electronic commerce system with centralized point of purchase An electronic commerce system includes a broker that enables customers to purchase items from merchants. A customer interacts with the merchant to identify items to purchase, and the merchant directs the customer to the broker in order to complete the transaction. The broker receives a description of a virtual shopping ... 10/19/06 - 20060235764 - Electronic commerce transactions within a marketing system that may contain a membership buying opportunity The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing complete electronic commerce (“E-Commerce”) transactions and solutions for a marketing company's products via the World Wide Web, including facilities for signing up new customers and recruiting, training and supporting new Independent Business Owners through an interactive online process. ... 10/19/06 - 20060235763 - Method system and software for ordering goods and/or services over a communication network A system, computer software product and a method for ordering goods and/or services with respect to digital images over a communication network. A server provided for sending e-mail to a receiving site of a customer over the communication network. The e-mail has a static section for containing static text and/or ... 10/19/06 - 20060235762 - Products and processes for vending a plurality of products via defined groups Products and processes are disclosed for defining at least one inventory group. This at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale by a vending machine. The vending machine outputs an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes. The vending ... 10/19/06 - 20060235761 - Method and apparatus for network transactions A method is provided to authorize an online transaction between a purchaser and a merchant. The method includes providing, via an identity provider, verification of an identity of the purchaser. The method also includes providing, via a payment provider, verification of an ability of the purchaser to pay for the ... 10/19/06 - 20060235760 - Properties file that will allow configuration input based on experience A system for configuring interfaces between system solution components and component behaviors cooperative with a system solution design tool in which each connection or interface between system components defined by the user results in the display of a first prompt to select a basic, automatic, or advanced mode of defining ... 10/19/06 - 20060235759 - Method of managing prospective business The present invention reveals the next generation in customer acquisition procedures. LeadMaker™ (“LM”) is a relationship-based system for handling business customers and prospective customers during the period between initial response and follow up by sales. LM is designed to fill the gap between Marketing acquiring responses and Sales establishing primary ... 10/19/06 - 20060235758 - Authorization techniques Authorization techniques are presented. A merchant and buyer interact with an authorization and settlement service. Multiple funding sources associated with the buyer are used to authorize a single transaction between the merchant and the buyer. The authorization and settlement service honors the authorization on behalf of the merchant for a ... 10/19/06 - 20060235757 - Method and apparatus for improved marketing The invention relates to a method and apparatus for improved marketing having a ticket with a first part and a second part, the first part being separable from the second part and where both parts have a customer identifier. The apparatus also includes selling area having a displayed product and ... 10/19/06 - 20060235756 - Virtual web radio that allows for the free on-demand streaming of individual files of songs, films, and other media in digital format that would otherwise need to be purchaed, which depends upon revenue earned from advertisers who pay to have their adve This online file streaming and advertising business method allows for the creation of an internet community based around a virtual “web radio” wherein any song, movie, TV show, fashion video or sound clip, etc. can be made individually available for free. Any and all media companies may provide exclusive media ... 10/12/06 - 20060229953 - Products and processes for vending a plurality of products via defined groups Products and processes are disclosed for defining at least one inventory group. This at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale by a vending machine. The vending machine outputs an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes. The vending ... 10/12/06 - 20060229952 - Enhancing touch and feel on the internet A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. In one embodiment, the good being sold is in a package and the package is displayed from the number of ... 10/12/06 - 20060229951 - System and method for information handling system build-to-order packaging Built-to-order products, such as information handling systems, are packaged-to-order based on user preferences for reduced packaging waste. The user is presented packaging options at an order for one or more information handling systems and selects desired options, such as excluding recovery media, application media and user manuals. For instance, a ... 10/12/06 - 20060229950 - An efficient method of discovering and purchasing goods and services This invention includes a process, method, and system for discovering goods and service at user-specified criteria and executing purchase orders on behalf of customers. In various embodiments, users can search and register interest in various items while the system continuously searches for the best deals matching the users search criteria ... 10/12/06 - 20060229949 - Purchase of services A system for the purchase of services comprises: a selection means operable by a purchaser to select one or more desired service providing means from a number of different available service providing means, each of the different service providing means being activatable to provide a corresponding service to the purchaser ... 10/05/06 - 20060224468 - System and method for selecting photographic images using index prints A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images to create a digital image file at the photo finisher; producing ... 10/05/06 - 20060224467 - System and process for local acquisition of products priced online A system and process for establishing prices for products on line and for allowing acquisition of those products from retailers that honor such prices. The system and process involve a customer having a credit card account, a computer terminal configured to access a network, and a central authority coupled to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224466 - System and process for local acquisition of products priced online A system and process for establishing prices for products on line and for allowing acquisition of those products from retailers that honor such prices. The system and process involve a customer having a credit card account, a computer terminal configured to access a network, and a central authority coupled to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224465 - System and process for local acquisition of products priced online A system and process for establishing prices for products on line and for allowing acquisition of those products from retailers that honor such prices. The system and process involve a customer having a credit card account, a computer terminal configured to access a network, and a central authority coupled to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224464 - Method and apparatus for facilitating electronic commerce through providing cross-benefits during a transaction A merchant server of a first merchant receives an indication of items that a customer is to purchase via a web site. The indication may be, for example, a signal indicating that the customer is ready to “check out” his shopping cart of items on the web site. In response, ... 10/05/06 - 20060224463 - Print order accepting apparatus and printing system A photo printing system includes a display to display thereon an order screen containing at least one of images corresponding to image data files read out from a recording medium by a reading unit; and an inputting unit to be used for inputting order information containing the number of prints ... 10/05/06 - 20060224462 - Automated jewelry exchange An information processing system for facilitating jewelry transactions is disclosed. The information processing system includes a first interface for receiving from suppliers information relating to a plurality of items of jewelry available for purchase and components related to the items and a database configured for storing the information relating to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224461 - Systems and methods for providing client based photo user interface Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a user interface for a set of multimedia assets distributed between a web service and a local client by uploading the set of distributed multimedia assets to the web service from the local client and subsequently updating the set of distributed multimedia assets; ... 10/05/06 - 20060224460 - Image edition service system and screen information generation method An image-editing service system comprises a server, a user terminal, an administrator terminal, a worker terminal, and the server including a database for storing the image information sent from worker terminal, a first image generating section for generating a first image based on the image information stored in the database, ... 09/28/06 - 20060218054 - System and method for multi-source transaction processing A system and method for multi-source transaction processing receives order requests from a client system operated by a user. The order requests may include order placements and order inquiries. For example, an order request may be a placement for a computer system and associated peripherals. The user may have particular ... 09/28/06 - 20060218053 - Method and apparatus for custom strategy specification in a hosted electronic transaction service system A merchant generates a customized service strategy related to a suite of electronic transaction services hosted by a service provider. The custom strategy specifies services to perform, and possibly an order in which to perform the services, by a service provider in relation to an electronic transaction associated with the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218052 - Apparatus and method for facilitating the selection of products by buyers and the purchase of the selected products from a supplier A method is disclosed for managing the sale of a plurality of items from a plurality of corresponding suppliers to at least one buyer, wherein the one buyer determines a description of the item to be purchased. The method enables each of the plurality of suppliers to store at least ... 09/28/06 - 20060218051 - Custom gauge panel ordering apparatus method and system A custom gauge ordering apparatus facilitates selecting options related to a gauge panel, previewing the selected options under daylight or nighttime conditions, and submitting orders for a gauge panel with the selected options. The order may be automatically received by an order fulfillment system and used to direct or control ... 09/28/06 - 20060218050 - Method and apparatus for facilitating electronic commerce through providing cross-benefits during a transaction A merchant server of a first merchant receives an indication of items that a customer is to purchase via a web site. The indication may be, for example, a signal indicating that the customer is ready to “check out” his shopping cart of items on the web site. In response, ... 09/28/06 - 20060218049 - Method and apparatus for facilitating electronic commerce through providing cross-benefits during a transaction A merchant server of a first merchant receives an indication of items that a customer is to purchase via a web site. The indication may be, for example, a signal indicating that the customer is ready to “check out” his shopping cart of items on the web site. In response, ... 09/28/06 - 20060218048 - Computer system, server, and method for supporting cooking, and computer program generator An information providing unit of a server reads a menu table in accordance with a request sent from a customer terminal. The customer terminal presents menu items together with their nutritive values to a customer in accordance with data sent from the server. A selection process unit of the server ... 09/28/06 - 20060218047 - Goods distribution management system and method A method of distributing goods obtained from a seller through use of auction services. A store obtains goods from a seller and the goods are specifically identified and clear title to the goods is verified through a database via law enforcement agencies. The database is used to automate listing such ... 09/28/06 - 20060218046 - Method and system of allocating a sales representative A method and system is disclosed for providing for customer input during sales representative allocation by a vendor. According to the embodiments, a customer can participate in the allocation through a representative search function, a representative match function, and a contact find function, for instance. The system is generally employed ... 09/28/06 - 20060218045 - Personalized search criteria for producing targeted query results The present invention is directed to a method for placing an order for at least one item in a client/server system. The method includes providing a set of human body dimensions related to an apparel item. The step of providing is performed under control of a client computer in response ... 09/21/06 - 20060212365 - Method and system for receiving and handling orders for commodities An order-reception system has: an order-reception subsystem which receives, from a customer, customer order information including order-reception information and/or support request information and customer information; a business management subsystem having a customer-information database storing the customer information including information regarding a price of a commodity purchased frequently by the customer, ... 09/21/06 - 20060212364 - System and method for a repeat customer transaction counter Creating and displaying a repeat customer transaction counter showing a current cumulative count of repeat transactions for an individual seller at a market venue. The seller registers and identifies his/her self-verified existing repeat transaction count and/or uploads a file of historical transaction information to create a starting count. The seller ... 09/21/06 - 20060212363 - Rendering digital content in an encrypted rights-protected form To render digital content determined to be in an encrypted rights-protected form, each available license corresponding to the digital content to be rendered is identified, where each such license includes a decryption key (KD) for decrypting the digital content to be rendered, and where the decryption key (KD) in the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212362 - Method and system for producing item comparisons A method and system for producing an item comparison may initially include obtaining data based on user activity that is indicative of an item and other items likely to be comparable to the item, and recording the data for later access. An item comparison may thereafter present an item of ... 09/21/06 - 20060212361 - Method of and system for accessing consumer product related information at points of consumer presence on the world wide web(www) at which upn-encoded java-applets are embedded within html-encoded documents Method of and system for delivering consumer product related information to consumers over the Internet. The system and method involves creating an UPN-encoded Consumer Product Information (CPIR) enabling Applet for each consumer product registered within a manufacturer-managed UPN/URL database management system. Each CPIR-enabling Applet is encapsulated within an executable file ... 09/21/06 - 20060212360 - Method and a system for computer software distribution using networked software dispensing vending machines A method and a system for dispensing software programs from a networked software dispensing kiosk device or ATM. Software developers can place software for sale within the network thereby causing various remote software ATMs to offer the software. The user causes a display of a list of different categories of ... 09/21/06 - 20060212359 - System and method for selecting a service provider The invention provides a selection system and method to facilitate the provision of services on a computer network to prospective service users. In a preferred embodiment a computerised method of enabling a buyer to select a service provider for performing a service is described. The method includes processing a service ... 09/14/06 - 20060206396 - Customer-specific merchandising program The invention is directed to facilitating the planning and ordering of a merchandising unit and associated products. A merchandising unit planning screen is presented that displays a representation of a merchandising unit having holders for holding and displaying the products. A product menu is provided for each holder to allow ... 09/14/06 - 20060206395 - Automated method and system for merchandize transactions A method and system are provided for selling merchandise. The method includes receiving an order from a customer for a product desired to be picked up by the customer at a given location, readying the product for customer pickup at the given location after receiving the order, detecting the arrival ... 09/14/06 - 20060206394 - System and method for browsing and comparing products A system and method permit a user to browse and compare products of a merchant using information about a competitor. In one embodiment of the system and method, a page server serves a competitor electronic page to a customer browser which permits the user to select a competitor. The competitor ... 09/14/06 - 20060206393 - System and method for browsing and comparing products A system and method permit a user to browse and compare products of a merchant using information about a competitor. In one embodiment of the system and method, a page server serves a competitor electronic page to a customer browser which permits the user to select a competitor. The competitor ... 09/14/06 - 20060206392 - Computer implemented retail merchandise procurement apparatus and method In an apparatus for identifying one or more retail merchandise suppliers, a web-based scorecard (12) is configured to acquire supplier-related information of interest to a retailer (16). A database (42) communicates with the web-based scorecard to store the acquired supplier-related information sorted at least by responding supplier (30, 32). An ... 09/14/06 - 20060206391 - Method and system for using cascading style sheets(css) to customize an online store The present invention is directed to a system and method for using cascading style sheets to theme and customize a store whose actual generation and control flow is on a central server. The system provides for a server operator to host a store web page that links to a seller's ... 09/14/06 - 20060206390 - System and method for processing product order placed through a network The invention provides a communications system and method for receiving at a network computer system electronic information from a multiple of sites (consumers) on a communications network, such as the Internet, and formatting and transmitting the information from the network computer system over a telecommunications network using simple protocols to ... 09/14/06 - 20060206389 - Method and system for providing medical device maintenance information to a service technician's mobile device A method and system for providing medical device maintenance information to a service technician's mobile device are provided. In one embodiment, an order for a service technician to perform maintenance on a medical device is generated, and the appropriate maintenance protocol is automatically selected based on data from the order. ... 09/14/06 - 20060206388 - Method of quickly identifying availability of rental properties being advertised on the internet This invention describes a method where people using the Internet to find properties to rent from owners can easily sort out what properties are available for the time period that they are interested in. This patent application is mainly targeted for rental properties being managed by individual owners but it ... 09/07/06 - 20060200389 - Photographic image outputting system A photographic image outputting system of the present invention is equipped with: an order receiving apparatus for receiving orders for photographic image output and a desired completion time; an output processing apparatus for performing output processes; and a control apparatus (e.g., a server) for controlling the output processing apparatus. The ... 09/07/06 - 20060200388 - Information processing system When a commodity has been purchased, display on a display section of a mobile phone is returned to a commodity purchase screen at a cash register, and “Total” is chosen and determined. When “Total” has been determined, a control section of the mobile phone causes the display section to display ... 09/07/06 - 20060200387 - Real time push notification in an event driven network This invention discloses a method and system for matching attributes across an event driven network of user applications at the instance of a change in the attribute profiles of a user application. Each user application in the network has a set of one or more updatable attributes. Once a change ... 09/07/06 - 20060200386 - Accessing accessibility process This is a new business process where the computer is used as an integral part of a business transaction. Data retrieval, the delivery of goods and services from a remote site are made available by the operation of the computer and modem. These are exchanged by the proprietor of the ... 08/31/06 - 20060195368 - System and process for local acquisition of products priced online A system and process for establishing prices for products on line and for allowing acquisition of those products from retailers that honor such prices. The system and process involve a customer having a credit card account, a computer terminal configured to access a network, and a central authority coupled to ... 08/31/06 - 20060195367 - Payment system and method for use in an electronic commerce system A method and system of payment of goods and services in an electronic commerce system, reduces the transfer and processing costs for each purchase made by a customer from a merchant; using a customer agent, a merchant agent, an account manager associated with the agents for administration of customer accounts ... 08/31/06 - 20060195366 - Granting greater rights to stored content In a method for granting relatively greater rights to stored content, a target device is disconnected from a content service, content is played on the target device, and a purchase selection of the content is detected. In addition, an entry of the content purchase selection is logged and a characteristic ... 08/31/06 - 20060195365 - System and method for scheduling location-specific services A system for scheduling a location-specific service appointment, the system comprising a communication network, a target service location, a desired service type, a service provider grouping, and an availability calendar. The communication network interconnects data input devices, data output devices, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU unit comprises ... 08/31/06 - 20060195364 - Buyer-initiated shipping system A system and method in which a buyer registers for a buyer's shipping account and uses the shipping account to pay shipping costs associated with purchases made over the Internet. When a buyer purchases merchandise over the Internet from either a retailer's website or from an individual through an online ... 08/31/06 - 20060195363 - Persistent object for online activities A persistent object for online activities is described. In an implementation, a method is described in which a persistent object is created which references a plurality of clients for participation in an online activity over a network. The persistent object is stored to be callable by at least one of ... 08/24/06 - 20060190354 - System and method for enabling multi-element bidding for influencinga position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. A database stores accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing ... 08/24/06 - 20060190353 - Method and apparatus for vending and delivering telephone services A method and apparatus for providing electronically mailable call credits and call connections to be charged thereto are purchased by a customer for a recipient through the Internet and sent via email to the recipient. The recipient requests a call by activating an icon associated with the email. An application ... 08/24/06 - 20060190352 - Method for providing history data to sellers about internet auction and marketplaces The present invention provides a method and apparatus to allow sellers at online auctions to optimize the way they sell items and get the best possible price for the items. The invention provides a method for searching a database for data on previous sales of similar items at online auction ... 08/24/06 - 20060190351 - System and method for controlling financial transactions over a wireless network A system and method for controlling financial transactions is disclosed. A customer, using a wireless device, identifies a point of sale and the amount of a transaction at that point of sale is first communicated to a central service and then transmitted to the wireless device for display at the ... 08/24/06 - 20060190350 - Systems and methods for finding, presenting and selling compatible goods An system for finding, presenting and selling compatible products includes: a pricing guide module, an affiliates module, a marketplace listing module, a trade-in website module, a transaction processing module, an inventory handling module, a database, and compatibility reference files. The compatibility input module is used to receive and store compatibility ... 08/24/06 - 20060190349 - Order support system, server, method, and program At access from the orderer terminal, an order support server sends to the orderer terminal an order input form to order a concealing item to conceal a radio base station of cellulars. Upon receipt of order information from the orderer terminal, the information including the order input form containing at ... 08/24/06 - 20060190348 - System and method for computerized ordering The present invention discloses a method and system for computerized ordering at least one product being a part of a final shopping list. The system comprises a first computerized trolley configured to facilitate a user to select at least one product among products being offered by one or more shops ... 08/24/06 - 20060190347 - System and process for sales, validation, rewards and delivery of prepaid debit cards Systems and Processes allow for sales, validation, rewards and dispense of prepaid debit cards and the like, which may have multiple personalities and may be offer and market under a vast plurality of names. Said prepaid debit card is prepaid with the monetary value loaded on the card on fixed ... 08/24/06 - 20060190346 - Order file processing using order variables from two sources and authentication Methods for purchasing of goods or services over the internet. A customer has a customer account set up at a bank with associated account information. The account information includes verification information for verification parameters, such as authorized computer identification, authorized delivery addresses, authorized user identification, authorized telephone caller identification, and/or ... 08/24/06 - 20060190345 - Vending equipment An electromechanical vending machine is adapted to dispense physical products and digital information content to a user. The machine includes a payment unit for processing a payment from the user; a user input device for enabling user selection of one or more items to be dispensed; a physical product dispensing ... 08/24/06 - 20060190344 - System and method for interactively delivering expert information to remote outlets A networked interactive expert system is disclosed for selectively providing relevant expertise when a user requires such assistance. System provides a set of networked facilities for determining an expertise needed by a customer based on a location. Such location can be either physical or logical. A physical “location” corresponds, for ... 08/24/06 - 20060190343 - Method of marketing memberships in a consumer group An organization is presented that includes members of a consumer group. A facilitator coordinates and issues memberships in the organization. The facilitator negotiates with suppliers for favorable deals for members of the organization. The memberships are sold primarily by existing members. For each membership sold, a facilitator fee is paid ... 08/24/06 - 20060190342 - Parts supersession system The present invention provides a system and method for identifying replacement parts. Replacement parts may be identified although they do not correlate to obsolete parts on a one-to-one basis. Both replaced parts and their substitutes may be tracked by, for example, associating an identifier with the part. Each identifier may ... 08/24/06 - 20060190341 - On-line planogram system A retail system for implementing planograms includes a communications network, a central computing system, and a plurality of retail computing systems. The central computing system is configured to receive and to transmit a plurality of planograms, each planogram being associated with one retail store of a plurality of retail stores ... 08/24/06 - 20060190340 - Find it fast, locate an item in a store or facility This invention comprises the processes, methods and systems for a customer or company associate to locate an item in a store or facility based solely on the name of the item or a part of the item name. To enter an item name, the customer or company associate utilizes an ... 08/17/06 - 20060184431 - Media content delivery systems and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for enabling a consumer to acquire media content items. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184430 - Message audit trail feature for facilitating electronic transactions An electronic commerce system provides various features for assisting customers in locating items and generating orders from a merchant's electronic catalog, and for assisting customers and merchants in communicating about such orders. A user-definable categories feature allows customers and/or merchants to define search queries for searching the electronic catalog, and ... 08/17/06 - 20060184429 - Method and apparatus for customer-specific creation of entries in a telephone book or the like An efficient, flexible, fail-safe and customer-friendly method is specified for customer-specific creation of entries in a compilation, such as a telephone book or the like, as well as an associated device. At least one customer data record is transmitted from a central core database to a mobile presentation system for ... 08/17/06 - 20060184428 - Transferring funds in connection with internet orders using order variables from two sources and authentication Methods for purchasing of goods or services over the internet. A customer has a customer account set up at a bank with associated account information. The account information includes verification information for verification parameters, such as authorized computer identification, authorized delivery addresses, authorized user identification, authorized telephone caller identification, and/or ... 08/17/06 - 20060184427 - System and method for providing exercise programs, goods and services A system and method for providing exercise programs, goods and services to users through a transmission system includes a database having a plurality of exercise video programs providing different types of exercise classes that can be accessed by registered users at a date, time and place that is convenient for ... 08/17/06 - 20060184426 - Electronic transactions providing net present value Electronic commerce systems and methods are described in which a customer accrues and receives an accounting of net present value (“NPV”) in exchange for purchasing goods and/or services from one or more vendors in a first group of vendors. The NPV may be in the form of monetary credits and/or ... 08/17/06 - 20060184425 - Product system and method Computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically creating a second customized product design incorporating information from a first customized product design. Information from a first custom product design is automatically combined with additional automatically selected content to create a new custom product to be promoted to the customer. When possible, information ... 08/17/06 - 20060184424 - 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 ... 08/10/06 - 20060178950 - Information translation communication protocol An inventive procurement system includes a requisition system for special item purchases that are not found when searching a catalog database. Using the requisition system the buyer is provided with the desired item while the information associated with the requisition is selectively added to a rule-based knowledge base as well ... 08/10/06 - 20060178949 - Integrated system and method for inducing, brokering and managing alternative transportation modes for commuters and generating commute statistics A system is provided for brokering commuter transactions initiated by individuals grouped by association and for populating individual commutes schedules and tallying incentive points earned by those individuals. The system includes a network server and data repository connected to a data network, the server including software for providing services to ... 08/10/06 - 20060178948 - Point-of-sales print apparatus, print order processing method and print order processing program In the point-of-sales print apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to input an amount appropriated to payment at any timing while print order information is inputted and continuously input new order information as far as the inputted amount is equal to or above a print fee. Accordingly, ... 08/10/06 - 20060178947 - Systems and methods for scanning information from storage area contents The present invention is related to methods and systems for collected item information for stored items. In one embodiment, a networked food storage system comprises a first sensor configured to read information from item tags coupled to items, wherein the items are stored or intended to be stored in a ... 08/10/06 - 20060178946 - Providing gift clustering functionality to assist a user in ordering multiple items for a recipient A method and system for creating of gift clusters of multiple items in a client/server environment by users, and for the ordering of such user-defined gift clusters of multiple items. In particular, a user can specify multiple items to be associated together as a gift cluster, and can also specify ... 08/10/06 - 20060178945 - Point of sale computer system delivering composited two- and three-dimensional images A point of sale computer system that allows a customer to select and consummate a sale himself. The system may include graphics storage media configured to store two- and three-dimensional graphics data relating to the sale, as well as business rules storage media, configured to store business rules that specify ... 08/10/06 - 20060178944 - Parts catalog system A parts catalog system is provided. The system may include a processor and a computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the processor and including a memory in which is stored a database configured to catalog collections of data associated with and identifying hardware items. The system may also include a graphical ... 08/10/06 - 20060178943 - Food order fulfillment system deploying a universal in-store point-of-sale (pos) for preparation and pickup scheduling A remote ordering system including a universal in-store point-of-sale (POS) system deployed to allow a remote-ordering user to customize, pay and transmit a food order to a vending merchant and to provide means for transmitting to the user a confirmation of receipt of the food order in real time together ... 08/10/06 - 20060178942 - Method and system to deliver a digital good A system to deliver a digital good from a seller to a buyer is disclosed. The system includes an interface to receive a digital goods package from the seller, the digital goods package including the digital good and a buyer identifier. A digital goods database is provided to store the ... 08/10/06 - 20060178941 - Method, system, and software for retrieval and analysis of service data A method, system, and software retrieving and analyzing service data of a service used by a user, includes accessing by the third party, over a network, the user's account with a service provider of the service to retrieve the service data from the service provider, wherein the third party is ... 08/10/06 - 20060178940 - Open house information system Information is received that has been electronically read in a machine-readable format stored on a driver's license presented by a visitor to the open house is used to derive the name of the visitor. A telephone number of the visitor is derived based on the received information. An open house ... 08/10/06 - 20060178939 - Method and apparatus for providing open-ended subscriptions to commodity items normally available only through term-based subscriptions A system for providing an open-ended subscription to commodity items normally available on a term basis includes a central agent that serves as the front-end for commodity suppliers. This central agent maintains databases containing information associated with a group of commodity items and their sales. Using these databases, the central ... 08/10/06 - 20060178938 - Method and system for giving Methods and systems for giving are disclosed. A primary procedure, instigated by a user in an electronic environment is detected. A secondary financial procedure, preassociated by the user with the instigated primary procedure is then determined. Data is automatically generated for output representing instructions to cause the secondary financial procedure ... 08/03/06 - 20060173750 - System and method for controlling access to a local inventory storage system via a remote e-commerce application A local inventory control system according to the invention can be remotely regulated by a centralized server architecture. The local inventory control system contains product offered by a business entity, and the same business entity can control unlocking of the local inventory control system using the centralized server architecture. In ... 08/03/06 - 20060173749 - Method and apparatus for subscription-based shipping Computer-accessible medium and apparatus for providing subscription-based shipping of items. Embodiments may provide mechanisms that allow customers of an e-commerce Web site to pay a fee to obtain a subscription in a shipping program that provides subscribed customers with free and/or reduced-rate shipping for at least some items ordered via ... 08/03/06 - 20060173748 - Method and system of processing missing orders in e-commerce A method and a system of processing missing orders in E-commerce are disclosed to exchange trading message among the buyers, the payment platform, and the seller and to immediately find out any missing order. The payment platform includes a back-stage procedure, which is automatically executed regularly to compare a merchandise ... 08/03/06 - 20060173747 - Method and system for providing reverse online auction and mobile commerce A system for providing product pricing information is disclosed. The system includes a mobile client configured to allow a user to issue a request for pricing information on a specified product, a price research server configured to receive the request from the mobile client and generate pricing research results on ... 08/03/06 - 20060173746 - Efficient methods for temporal event clustering of digital photographs Techniques for reducing the computational complexity of conventional similarity-based approaches for temporal event clustering of digital photograph collections include one or more approaches to select boundaries based on dynamic programming and the Bayes information criterion. Each method performs competitively with conventional approaches and offer significant computational savings. ... 07/27/06 - 20060167768 - Method and system for facilitating reseller transactions A computer-implemented method and system is provided which displays lists of products including personalization information and further allows the locking of aspects of personalization information. ... 07/27/06 - 20060167767 - Countdown pricing process A countdown pricing method in which products are offered for sale at a displayed price that decreases as time elapses. If a consumer wishes to purchase the product, he or she communicates an offer price to the seller, or the seller's web site acting as the seller's surrogate, which then ... 07/27/06 - 20060167766 - System for and method of providing a credit to a customer A method of providing a credit to a customer of a resort or casino for use with goods or services sold by the resort or casino while allowing the customer to retain his privacy concerning the consumption of the particular resort or casino goods or services with which the credit ... 07/27/06 - 20060167765 - Methods of online fund raising over a network A method for generating a page for charitable fund raising over a network. A user creates a definition for a fund raising event and transfers the definition to a fund raising server, which generates event information (e.g., an event record). The user selects a non-profit organization and transfers the selection ... 07/27/06 - 20060167764 - Process of downloading data This invention relates to a process for downloading data from Internet onto a data storage support from a downloading terminal, characterized in that said data are downloaded directly by connection of said support on said terminal, located in a public place, the process comprising the exchange of data between at ... 07/27/06 - 20060167763 - Service providing device and service providing method A service providing device, a service providing method, and a service providing program capable of releasing a functional limit of the service provided by a privilege of another service. When a first service based on the calculation is provided, information on the privilege obtained by using a second service is ... 07/27/06 - 20060167762 - Multi-supplier transaction and payment programmed processing approach with at least one supplier In an example embodiment, a computer-based contract-management approach processes transactions involving at least one supplier (i.e., seller or sellers) fulfilling one or more sub-components of the transaction. Each of the suppliers (e.g., as well as other transaction parties) reference the transaction when communicating transaction information such as invoices, regardless of ... 07/27/06 - 20060167761 - Method and apparatus for providing automated network reminders At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions is provided which, when executed by a processor, performs a method including the steps of: receiving a message containing a notification from a vendor that provides a product or service to a customer; and forwarding the notification to a broadband terminal of ... 07/27/06 - 20060167760 - Automated systems and methods to support electronic business transactions for spare parts Systems and methods are provided for implementing electronic business applications for managing and selling spare parts, wherein electronic catalogs of spare parts are used to present static and/or real-time spare parts data from disparate backend data sources in a uniform, integrated manner, and wherein business logic programs are provided to ... 07/27/06 - 20060167759 - Customer profiling engine A method and apparatus are provided in a computer network to present marketing and other pertinent information to clients from a host. The client environment is interrogated locally using a profiling engine. A customer class generated by a profiling engine on the customer server controls a URL behind an inquiry ... 07/27/06 - 20060167758 - E-facet optical lens A method and system design and manufacture of the monogrammed faceted and stone adorned eyeglass lenses via a computer program allowing a design, intricate facet cuts and stone placement on a computer lens model. Software may utilize a touch probe or laser scanner to gather point data from a previously ... 07/27/06 - 20060167757 - Method and system for automated comparison of items An automated method and system for providing an item comparison includes identifying a first item and a set of one or more other items for comparison with the first item, prioritizing attributes of the first item and the other items, and providing the item comparison with prioritized attributes to a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167756 - Network-based commerce facility offer management methods and systems Various embodiments include systems, methods, and software to manage offers in a network-based commerce system. One embodiment includes providing sellers an option when listing an item for sale to receive best offers for the item from buyers. This embodiment further includes receiving best offers submitted by offerees via the network-based ... 07/27/06 - 20060167755 - On-line service provision method, and equipment for implementing such a method The invention relates to the provision of services. According to the invention, a service session supervision platform (10) is disposed between an access network (1) and an input node (12) of a service-hosting network. During the provision of a service, at least one atomic section is first defined, said section ... 07/27/06 - 20060167754 - System and method for selecting, ordering and accessing copyrighted information from physical documents The present invention discloses a system, method and computer program for selecting, ordering, accessing and displaying copyrighted information from physical documents such as printed publications or commercials. The invention allows the management and the direct sale from the editor to the final consumer of electronic information referenced on physical publications ... 07/20/06 - 20060161483 - Gateway service system, device service system, data management server, and home gateway system Gateway service provider 20 acquires and stores personal data of user 10 and device data of devices owned by user 10 when home gateway 11 is registered. Then, gateway service provider 20 sends such information or services based on the information to customer company 40A and in return receives payment ... 07/20/06 - 20060161482 - Method and system for aggregating real estate information content in an on-line computing environment An on-line real estate information aggregation system for supporting real estate transactions by aggregating real estate-related information into a central research center. The research center tool enables users to conduct research on specific properties, markets, submarkets or property types within a market, to research and verify the credit worthiness of ... 07/20/06 - 20060161481 - Luggage selector A system and method determine an estimated volume of a user-inputted list of clothing and/or other objects, and use a predetermined selection algorithm for determining at least one article of luggage to be a proposed selection of luggage matching the needs and preferences of the user. The system and method ... 07/20/06 - 20060161480 - Method and system for aggregating, standardizing and presenting purchase information from shoppers and sellers to facilitate comparison shopping and purchases A system and a method discloses comparing terms to describe a transaction. In one embodiment, the system and the method include receiving, for a plurality of sellers of a time sensitive fixed capacity non-physical good, a plurality of purchase information describing a transaction associated with each of the plurality of ... 07/13/06 - 20060155612 - System and method of changing attributes an image-based product A system and method for changing attributes of an image-based product in which an attribute of a first image is automatically identified and a new value for a product attribute of the image-based product is automatically selected based on the image attribute. Also, a user interface can be provided that ... 07/13/06 - 20060155611 - System and a method for controlling the quality of business applications A system and a method for controlling the quality of a set of computerized business applications. The system comprises at least one integrator device (10) suitable for automatically processing at least one type of data item to define at least one user reference table for associating all of the data ... 07/13/06 - 20060155610 - Transaction portal system A transaction portal system includes a transaction processing portal that is in network communication with and serves separate and distinct vendors that each have multiple corresponding customers. A transaction client system is associated with each of the multiple customers of each vendor. The transaction client system of each customer is ... 07/13/06 - 20060155609 - Methods and apparatus for anonymously requesting bids from a customer specified quantity of local vendors with automatic geographic expansion Methods and apparatus to anonymously request bids from a geographically centered plurality of vendors are disclosed. The methods and apparatus enable a plurality of vendors to enter line card information (e.g., part numbers) and geographical information (e.g., zip codes) into a central database via a web page. Customers may then ... 07/13/06 - 20060155608 - Services for spontaneous collaboration Methods, systems, and computer programs for servicing and/or providing spontaneous collaboration between a shopper and consultants concerning a shopping goal. Information about the shopper's physical or logical proximity to a particular product category, combined with the current contents of his or her shopping cart is used to determine one or ... 07/13/06 - 20060155607 - Method and system for the sale of medical items A system and method for selling medical items. The system comprises one or more vending machines and a service center. The system further comprises a communications network used to allow communication between a communication device located at a vending machine and a communication device located at the service center. An ... 07/13/06 - 20060155606 - Automated computer-implemented method and system for determining tax decisions An automated computer-implemented method for determining tax decisions is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more tax registrations for identifying one or more suppliers, receiving one or more purchase orders, receiving an advanced shipping notice based on the one or more purchase orders and generating an invoice with an ... 07/13/06 - 20060155605 - Rich media personal selling system The present invention provides a system and method for providing a sales professional with the ability to create and tailor web-sites comprising rich media content for a potential customer. In this manner a potential customer is presented with a personalised sales message thereby possibly increasing the potential for a sale. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149642 - Automated data collection and transmission Direct order entry is enabled through the use of a hand-held independent computer that coordinates the entry and transmission of data between a data entry enterprise and a data receiving enterprise. Software and data can be delivered to a data center that can transmit the software and data the hand-held ... 07/06/06 - 20060149641 - Method and apparatus for relational linking based upon customer activities A reason code and token facilitate linking of a primary and secondary merchant to allow the secondary merchant to make an offer to a customer of the first merchant. The website linking system has a reason code, a token, a schema defining information to be passed from a first website, ... 07/06/06 - 20060149640 - Integrating electronic and traditional retail A business method utilizes a dedicated electronic shopping network having a database and wireless receiving and transmitting components. The network is provided at a retail-type architectural facility where space is rented to a plurality of independent retail entities. For each respective one retail entity, data pertaining to goods offered for ... 07/06/06 - 20060149639 - Method and system for creating a purchase suggesting list retailers A system for generating a purchase suggestion list is proposed, comprising: a supplier enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that regularly inputs data of past orders from each of its retail customers into the order database, a retailer computer system regularly that inputs the quantity of each inventory into the inventory ... 07/06/06 - 20060149638 - Electronic personalized clothing makeover assistant A method, system, and computer program product for customizing the display of clothing for sale by an enterprise over the Internet so as to view it as it would appear on the body of a particular person specified by a user is provided. In one embodiment, a digitized image of ... 07/06/06 - 20060149637 - Methods, systems, and products for participating in an online ecosystem Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for participating in an online ecosystem. This online ecosystem represents an interrelated community of merchants. When a merchant participates in this online community of merchants, each merchant shares sales information (such as a sales price and a sale quantity) with the online ... 07/06/06 - 20060149636 - Method and system for directing the sourcing of a part or component from a secondary supplier A purchasing entity directs the sourcing of one or more components of a part in a microprocessor-based method. The microprocessor-based method comprises generating a listing for a part that identifies the one or more components. Such a listing is stored in digital electronic form and is accessible by a microcomputer-based ... 06/29/06 - 20060143096 - System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provides a database having accounts for the ... 06/29/06 - 20060143095 - Method and system of an integrated business topography and virtual 3d network portal The present invention provides a method of operating an on-line market system by receiving a photograph of a plurality of sides of a product, constructing a three dimensional product image from the photographs, and displaying the three dimensional product image in a three dimensional mall representation. Additionally, by receiving at ... 06/29/06 - 20060143094 - Providing purchasing opportunities for performances In one general aspect, information associated with media residing on a client is identified. One or more performances are automatically retrieved from a network device. At least one performance associated with the identified media is identified based, at least in part, on the media information. The at least one performance ... 06/29/06 - 20060143093 - Predictive user interface system A user interface system decreases the number of user interactions with a computer user interface, used to select items in multiple related menus, through a comprehensive heuristic menu arrangement control by providing several discrete, yet complementary, features. The system enables user selection of related parameters identifying an order for providing ... 06/29/06 - 20060143092 - Modular sex toys and sales thereof A method and apparatus for selection of a modular sex toy are provided. In one embodiment, a method of providing a sex toy is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of modular component options to a user through a user interface. The method also includes receiving selection of a ... 06/29/06 - 20060143091 - Shopping assistant method and system A shopping assistant method and system provides a consumer with a mobile terminal in a shopping mall as a shopping assistant. The consumer can input a shopping list to the mobile terminal in advance and login at an entrance of the shopping mall in a wireless way for sending the ... 06/29/06 - 20060143090 - Method and system for identifying wireless network coverage gaps Described is a system which includes a wireless arrangement and a mobile unit. The mobile unit may include a wireless transducer and a data acquisition arrangement (“DAA”) which obtains identification data from an item located at a predetermined location. The wireless transducer sends a transmission to the wireless arrangement which ... 06/22/06 - 20060136309 - Global electronic commerce system A comprehensive system effectuates global electronic commerce on the Internet across frontiers of nations, cultures, and languages. Referral Websites serving various locales offer Buyers the opportunity to view products for purchase. A Buyer selects categories of products for viewing by using drop-down menus that organize products into a clear taxonomy ... 06/22/06 - 20060136308 - Method and process for consolidated marketing and fulfillment portals for specialized vertical industries Methods and electronic commerce portals for consolidated marketing and fulfillment for vertical specialized industries enable a company to design a website, which allows a company to control what its agents are purchasing as supplies for their job. The electronic commerce portal can comprise a retail marketing website, a private corporate ... 06/22/06 - 20060136307 - Publication system A network-based system that provides functionality for controlling the content of printed menus includes an electronic data repository and a web-based application program. The electronic data repository contains descriptions of content items that may be selected to include within printed items. The electronic data repository also contains a set of ... 06/22/06 - 20060136306 - System and method for gathering and standardizing customer purchase information for target marketing The present invention relates to storing and manipulating customer purchasing information, particularly purchasing information by credit cards, debit cards, checks, and the like. A hierarchical organizational structure is created comprising a plurality of categories and sub-categories. The customer purchase information may then be retrieved according to user created links to ... 06/22/06 - 20060136305 - Product and presentation placement system and method For purposes of patent searching a description includes aspects in which users of presentations of entertainment, news, education and other can research and/or purchase products observed to be involved in the presentations by using presentation placement data and a product description obtained through observation, the product description being insufficient alone ... 06/22/06 - 20060136304 - Connection method of placing and receiving an order for mold machining through a web-based system for real-time utilization of idle facilities for molds Disclosed is a connection method of placing and receiving an order for mold machining through the web-based system for real-time utilization of idle facilities for mold, comprising: entering information relating to holding facilities held by the subcontractors for mold machining in database, wherein the subcontractors are members entering the information ... 06/22/06 - 20060136303 - Shopping environment including detection of unpaid items in proximity to an exit A shopping environment includes a server and a shopping device for broadcasting a wireless signal that identifies the identity of a shopper associated with the device. A network infrastructure conveys the wireless signal information to the server. A verification system is configured to detect the shopping device being in proximity ... 06/22/06 - 20060136302 - System integrator and commodity roll-up A purchasing entity directs the sourcing of one or more parts in a microprocessor-based method. The microprocessor-based method comprises obtaining over a computer network sourcing information from a primary supplier which identifies one or more third party secondary suppliers for one or more parts in a group of parts, ordering ... 06/15/06 - 20060129467 - Information distribution system A system and method that enhances the “focus” of information exchanged between sellers and buyers. Buyers identify potential sources for goods and services that are desirable to the buyer. Buyers can focus their access to listings of seller information by identifying desirable attributes, including but not limited to: geography attributes ... 06/15/06 - 20060129466 - Sales assistance system and method thereof with using computer network A sales assistance system and method which allows a user to buy goods from stores near the user without directly purchasing the goods on a computer network. The system includes a server connected to a plurality of client terminals through the computer network. The server inputs a request to buy ... 06/15/06 - 20060129465 - Retail order processing method An order processing method including transporting a photographic film roll from a retail location to a service fulfillment location located remotely from the retail location to produce at least one digital image associated with the photographic film roll; generating an update media comprising the at least one digital image; transporting ... 06/15/06 - 20060129464 - System and method for gathering and analyzing consumer preference data A method and an apparatus for gathering and analyzing consumer preference is disclosed. The method includes steps of providing offers; collecting consumer preference for the offers and analyzing the consumer preference by ranking the preference and applying pre-defined policy functions to obtain the most preferable specification with respect to the ... 06/15/06 - 20060129463 - Method and system for automatic product searching, and use thereof A client application monitors web pages visited by a consumer and determines if the visited web page is product oriented and, if so, then contacts a product server to automatically retrieve and display corresponding product purchasing information if available in product centric database. However, if the web page is not ... 06/15/06 - 20060129462 - Automated planning and manufacturing systems A system is provided for part ordering, design, and manufacturing. A manufacturer computer system is provided which comprises a parametric design mechanism to specify geometries of the part with parameters, an intelligent geometry portion, a 3D solid modeling function, and one or more simulation components. The intelligent geometry portion determines ... 06/15/06 - 20060129461 - Data entry and system for automated order, design, and manufacture of ordered parts A part data entry system is provided. In that system, an order processing template is provided to facilitate sales and order processing, tool planning, CA (computer aided) (e.g., CAD/CAM) parametric modeling, computer simulation, and the generation of a factory machine program. The order processing template comprises financial and manufacturing engineering ... 06/15/06 - 20060129460 - Internet service provider branded facades A system and method that allows an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to attract and keep more subscribers (while greatly reducing the funds needed for advertising, branding and promotion) by marketing an entity (e.g., a nonprofit organization) as the provider of an Internet services and offering the Internet service on behalf ... 06/15/06 - 20060129459 - Method and system for the secure distribution of software via a communications network Aspects for distributing software via a network may comprise requesting user identification utilized for tracking an online software order. A pickup code associated with the online software order may be generated. Downloads associated with the online software order may be tacked based on at least the pickup code and/or an ... 06/08/06 - 20060122912 - Identification card manufacturing system supply ordering and diagnostic report In a method of ordering a consumable supply produced by a card manufacturing device of an identification card manufacturing system, a request to order the consumable supply is received from a user. Next, supply information relating to the supply is retrieved and the supply information is provided to a first ... 06/08/06 - 20060122911 - E-commerce system and method In an e-commerce system which rearranges merchandise information pieces distributed to a consumer to match preferences of the consumer based on a personal profile with which various keywords contained in the merchandise information pieces and evaluation values corresponding to the keywords are registered where the evaluation values are learned in ... 06/08/06 - 20060122910 - System and method for purchasing game and lottery tickets A system and method for buying tickets for games or lotteries in which a seller receives predicted game or lottery outcome data communicated from a buyer over a communication path. The seller generates a printed ticket based on the received outcome data and the seller transfers the printed ticket to ... 06/08/06 - 20060122909 - Image commercial transactions system and method An image commercial transactions system and method that are able to implement sales to the purpose of the seller. An e-commerce system for selling a picture and a handling condition specific to the picture, both being recorded on a predetermined recording medium in a predetermined format. The picture to be ... 06/08/06 - 20060122908 - Retail order processing method An order processing method including generating an order request for an image product using an imaging device located at a retail location, the order request associated with at least one digital image accessed by a user at the imaging device; transferring the at least one digital image to a transportable ... 06/08/06 - 20060122907 - Online trading for the placement of advertising in media An online trading system for conducting an advertiser initiated auction for the placement of an advertisement in a media, such as printed publications, billboards, radio, television, videos, network portals, web pages, and the like. An online session is conducted with the advertiser to form an auction ticket that specifies the ... 06/08/06 - 20060122906 - Distribution and collection surrogate system in internet on-line sale A delivery and collection proxy system in Internet on-line sales. The system includes: item information showing part for showing information about many items sold by a lot of stores on the Internet; order receiving part for receiving an order on the Internet for the items whose information is showed by ... 06/08/06 |