05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100030602 | COFFEE DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A coffee dispensing device is provided with a transport device that couples various components for the processing of unroasted coffee beans together. For example a roaster may be coupled to a grinding and brewing device to enable the transfer of roasted coffee beans between the roaster and grinder/brewer. Also, the transport device may transfer the roasted coffee beans from a roaster to an output port so that roasted coffee beans may be obtained. An automated coffee transaction device (ACTD) is also provided to automate aspects of the purchasing of coffee. A service delay projection calculator is also provided to estimate the expected wait time of a customer entering a queue. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030603 | Estimation Mechanisms that Utilize a Complexity Matrix - An example of a solution provided here comprises receiving project-characteristic inputs for a project, receiving major-services inputs for the project, applying analysis rules to the inputs, and outputting, for the project, at least one complexity measure that is usable in an estimation process. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030604 | Executing Business Rules in a Business Process - Systems, methods, and apparatus, including software tangibly stored on a computer readable medium, involve executing a business process. A business rules repository that stores multiple business rules is maintained. Each business rule defines logic used in one or more business processes. A business process is identified, and the business process includes business operations and an identification of one or more business rules in the business rules repository. A business rule is retrieved from the business rules repository to a business process execution module based on the identification included in the business process. The retrieved business rule is executed using the business process execution module. One or more of the business operations is identified for execution based on a result of executing the retrieved business rule. The identified business operation is executed using the business process execution module. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030605 | Automated Timesheet Generation with Auto Summarizer - A method and apparatus for compiling data about the use of programs being used on a computer system by at least one user is disclosed. The method includes running a task logger on said computer system to monitor the action of each said user on their workstation to determine the use by each said user during a predetermined period and a text summarizer to provide a description of the content of said use. The invention further provides a computer system for compiling data about at least one user's work on a workstation, comprising a task logger module capable of monitoring monitor the action of each said user on their workstation to determine the use by each said user during a predetermined period, and a text summarizer module capable of providing a description of the content of said use. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030606 | MISSION SCHEDULING METHOD - Provided is a mission scheduling method. The mission scheduling method includes: when a time window representing a time range that a plurality of missions are executed and a duration of the missions are given, determining an execution start time and finish time of each of the missions; selecting a first mission that is first finished among the missions; selecting second missions which collide or do not collide with the first mission depending on the execution order of the second missions; and including in a schedule a mission that is first finished when the first mission and the second missions are respectively executed according to a combination of orders, wherein the first mission and the second missions according to the combination of orders do not collide with each other. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030607 | Digital Content Management System with Methodologies for Lifecycle Management of Digital Content - A digital content management system with methodologies for lifecycle management of digital content is shown and described. In one embodiment, for example, a digital content management system is described that comprises: an ingestion module for receiving from clients various components used to create digital content releases; a polishing module for matching received components to a particular release being created; a packaging module for encoding the received components that were matched for the particular release into a digital package suitable for delivery to one or more digital content providers; and a delivery module for delivering the digital package of the particular release to one or more digital content providers. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CARBON CALCULATOR INCLUDING CARBON OFFSETS - A system and method for a carbon calculator including carbon offset determination is described. Distance and modes of transport may be used to determine carbon emissions and carbon offsets to compensate for the carbon emissions. The calculator may also provide trade-off comparisons between alternate modes of transportation such as air, truck, train, boat, and the like. The distance determination may involve actual mileage traversed in a shipment or may be calculated using GPS, for example. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030609 | INTELLIGENT SYSTEM AND FUZZY LOGIC BASED METHOD TO DETERMINE PROJECT RISK - A method, service, and product for changing project length based on fuzzy logic techniques where a subject matter expert assigns a pre-determined risk rating to each of a set of tasks. A fuzzy engine assigns a human grammar to each of the pre-determined risk ratings for each of the set of tasks, the human grammar being defined by a numeric range and assigned to the risk rating for each value falling within the numeric range. The fuzzy engine determines which rules from a set of rules apply to the task with the assigned human grammar, the set of rules being preprogrammed into the fuzzy engine, which then evaluates the tasks with the assigned human grammar using the determined rules. The fuzzy engine thereafter creates an adjusted-time allocation for each task and creates an adjusted-task-length for the set of tasks based from all of the created adjusted time allocations. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030610 | Method and System for Controlling and Managing an Organization - A system and a method for generating computer displays of data and information for management and real-time control of an organization utilizing critical performance indicators of performance states in all operational activities. The data and information are displayed in networked computer screens using algorithms to efficiently handle all the myriad elements constituting the day-to-day operation of an organization. The CEO can observe on his screen any selected data from all the operating units. The CEO is immediately informed of a bottleneck in operation for his attention. Every senior manager of a department continuously receives the relevant actual performance data of his department, presenting the results of executed activities. This information is displayed in selectable operating periods. Managers are also able to view the displays on screens of other departments and review data giving them information on their performance as much as it relates to their operating unit within an organization. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030611 | System and apparatus to renovate and market mobile home after chattel mortgage default - A system facilitate the granting of a chattel mortgage and encourages the renovation and marketing of a mobile home after default on a chattel mortgage. A mortgage company grants a chattel mortgage on the mobile home including a monthly payment comprising a renovation fee. The mortgage company pays the renovation fee to a renovation company that renovates the mobile home after default of the chattel mortgage. The renovation company utilizes a renovation procedure that minimizes repair costs. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030612 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF MANAGING SCHEDULE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal capable of managing schedule and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. In order to register a new scheduled event to the mobile terminal, a schedule place corresponding to the new scheduled event may be displayed on a schedule map. Thereafter, a route between the schedule place and other routes may be established in consideration of a current location of the mobile terminal and traffic information. The clarity, color and/or shape of objects displayed on the schedule map may be changed in consideration of the current location of the mobile terminal or the traffic information. Therefore, a user may easily obtain various schedule information, current location information and traffic condition information from the schedule map. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030613 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN AND MEDIA REQUEST AND FULFILLMENT - A method and system for purchasing a package containing art which includes selecting a package that includes a custom graphic design element from a group of available packages, purchasing the package selected, submitting specifications for the custom graphic design element, queuing the custom art for creation, utilizing the specifications to create the custom art, and storing the custom art in a digital asset management repository. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030614 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating an Analysis of a Business Project - Systems and methods for analyzing projects in a business entity including multiple groups and multiple levels of decision making authority are provided. Project identification data that identifies a particular project is received. A project categorization of the project is performed to categorize the project based on one or more of the size, general risks, and complexity of the project. An anti-corruption risk assessment of the project is performed to categorize an anti-corruption risk associated with the project. A group-specific risk assessment of the project is performed to categorize a risk associated with the project relevant to one of the multiple groups of the business entity. A limit of authority escalation level is automatically determined based at least on the results of (a) the project categorization, (b) the anti-corruption risk assessment, and (c) the group-specific risk assessment, wherein the limit of authority escalation level indicates a particular level of decision making authority of the business entity required to approve the project. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030615 | Computer-implemented method and system for collecting and communicating inspection information for a mechanism - A method for collecting and communicating inspection information for a vehicle is provided. The method comprises electrically transmitting repair order information from an original electronic repair order to initiate a repair on the vehicle. The repair order information designates a technician to perform the repair. The method further comprises electronically receiving a notification to indicate that the technician received the repair order information and electronically generating an electronic inspection form including a questionnaire for the technician to input inspection information in response to the notification. The method further comprises electronically receiving into the electronic inspection form the inspection information and determining that the electronic inspection form is complete based on whether at least one of the electronic inspection form has been generated and the inspection information is received. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING SURVEYS - A system and method for collecting and analyzing data in real-time across a geographical area. The data is collected by different evaluators using a portable wireless device, and transmitted to a central database in real-time. The data can be reviewed at different levels as soon as it is available on the database. Unacceptable data can be immediately identified so that it can be obtained again. The data can be analyzed and a report subsequently produced. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORECASTING PRINT JOB RELATED DEMAND - There is provided a print demand forecasting system and method for use with a print production system in which print demand data is collected for each print job processed during a selected time interval. The collected print demand data is stored in memory and then processed to obtain a first time series component and a second time series component. The first and second time series components are corresponded respectively with first and second forecast models. One of the first and second forecast models is selected with an S process, and the selected one of the first and second forecast models is used to obtain forecast data. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030618 | System and method for visualizing a marketing strategy - A system and method for visualizing a marketing strategy and its effects on a marketplace are disclosed. Using the system or method, an organization can visualize its marketing strategy in a way that links the original creative intent of the marketing strategy with the marketing strategy's effects upon a marketplace. The method and system enable the organization to evaluate the effectiveness of not only its marketing strategy, but of the creative process that led to the marketing strategy's development. The method and system employ representations of creative aspects of the marketing strategy and representations of effects of the marketing strategy on the marketplace, and present, via a graphical user interface, a user-interactive, creative-aspects-based structure, along with the representations of the effects of the marketing strategy, in a manner enabling interaction with the representations of the creative aspects and the effects on the marketplace. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED ANALYSES OF SHOPPING BASKET PARAMETERS - There are provided a system and a method for computerized analyses of shopping basket parameters. The method comprises obtaining a specification of an initial shopping basket; generating a list of associated products available in the shops of interest; generating shopping basket corresponding to the shops of interest; calculating and comparing the prices of the respective baskets. The method may further comprise obtaining a plurality of previous order lists and a current order list corresponding to respective shops; identifying for one or more products in the current order list at least one previous order list comprising a product associated in the list of associated products to the product in the current order list as “replacing”; and calculating a replacing score. The method may also comprise generating an aggregated shopping basket corresponding to said shops of interest; analyzing the obtained computerized order lists together with the generated aggregated shopping basket, thereby calculating weights of the products comprised in the aggregated shopping basket; and calculating a weighted price of the aggregated shopping basket. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORKING SHOPS ONLINE AND OFFLINE - A computer implemented method presents garments to a consumer using a computer by reading a garment database. The database includes garments from a plurality of retail, manufacturing, and media partners. Media and retail partners combine inventories on data servers and allow each partner to show a particular offering of garments at their website. A given partner may tailor the particular garment offering to subscribers based on a profile relating to the garment parameters contained within the database inventory. Applications within the system produce outfits composed of garment selections based on particular user profile information. Outfits selections are presented to the user through a web browser where shopping and purchasing of various garments may be conducted. The computer implemented method is facilitated through databases, database servers, application servers and networks to interrelate inventory offerings between the partners. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030621 | Apparatus Configured to Host an Online Marketplace - A device configured to host a marketplace on at least one network is provided. A method of providing such a device is also disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one computer device configured to communicate with a plurality of clients via at least one network. The clients may include vendors, such as sellers, and customers, such as buyers. The one or more computer devices include at least one processing unit. The at least one computer device is configured to determine a vendor quality rating, providing bidding segmentation or provide customer feedback blocking. Methods of providing vendor quality ratings, bidding segmentation or customer feedback blocking are also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030622 | APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO HOST AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE - A device configured to host a marketplace on at least one network is provided. A method of providing such a device is also disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one computer device configured to communicate with a plurality of clients via at least one network. The clients may include vendors, such as sellers, and customers, such as buyers. The one or more computer devices include at least one processing unit. The at least one computer device is configured to determine a vendor quality rating, providing bidding segmentation or provide customer feedback blocking. Methods of providing vendor quality ratings, bidding segmentation or customer feedback blocking are also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030623 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE - A device configured to host a marketplace on at least one network is provided. A method of providing such a device is also disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one computer device configured to communicate with a plurality of clients via at least one network. The clients may include vendors, such as sellers, and customers, such as buyers. The one or more computer devices include at least one processing unit. The at least one computer device is configured to determine a vendor quality rating, providing bidding segmentation or provide customer feedback blocking. Methods of providing vendor quality ratings, bidding segmentation or customer feedback blocking are also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING DAILY SHOPPING EASIER - An apparatus and method for facilitating a shopping experience. A user creates and stores a shopping list in a mobile terminal. Upon entering a shop, the mobile terminal downloads a shopping mini-application, which checks item availability and provides recommended substitute and complimentary items preferably taking user profile information into consideration. The mobile terminal also provides the user with reminders based on the user's purchasing history. Special offers are also presented to the user. Once the shopping list has been finalized, an optimal shopping route is computed for gathering the items on the list and is displayed to the user in the form of a map. The optimal route and recommendations may be updated at any time throughout the shopping experience in response to either the user's request, modifications to the shopping list and/or the user's divergence from the optimal route. The mini-application automatically may be deleted at the POS to conserve memory space. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030625 | AFFINITY SHOPPING PORTAL - A method of administering a commercial transaction carried out over a communications network ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100030626 | DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE FAULT IDENTIFICATION AND REPAIR - This invention relates to methods and a system for supporting software. In one embodiment, a method for providing an updated version of a software program includes conducting a first competition for identifying faults in a software program and conducting a second competition for fixing the identified faults. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING PROJECT TEMPLATES - There is a system and method of managing project templates, according to one embodiment of the invention, including a management system module configured to manage template information over a computerized system. The system includes a quality control module configured to review template information from the management system module for protocol compliance; and a categorization module configured to categorize template information from the management system module. The system also includes a registration module configured to register a user for a creator account with the management system module; wherein the creator account is configured to transmit template information to the management system module; and a compensation module configured to compensate the creator account for other users purchasing the user's template information. The system also includes a network module configured to couple the system to a computerized network. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030628 | Monitoring Vehicle Use - A method of monitoring car parking obtains entry data containing at least one entry record, and exit data containing at least one exit record, wherein each entry/exit record contains a vehicle registration number and an entry/exit time. Entry and exit records that have the same vehicle registration number are matched to produce at least one parking record, wherein each parking record contains a vehicle registration number and an indication of a time stayed. Payment data containing at least one payment record is obtained, wherein each payment record contains a vehicle registration number and an indication of a period of time corresponding to a fee paid. For each parking record, either a payment record is identified that has the same vehicle registration number. It is determined whether the indication of time stayed exceeds the period of time in the identified payment record, or if there is no matching payment record identified. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030629 | Parking Payment System Using A Cell Phone Or Other Mobile Device - A device for wireless telecommunications is provided that includes a display, a processor, and a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI having a parking aspect displayable on the display such that responsive to a user of the device selecting the parking aspect, the processor is programmed to enable identifying a parking space, and further enabled to receive information regarding parking in the parking space, responsive to the user selecting to pay a fee to park in the parking space, promoting arranging for payment of a parking fee. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030630 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A COUPONING SYSTEM - Couponing system including one or more games and/or point of redemption in one or more gaming establishments and/or business entities worldwide. Each game and/or point of redemption includes a printer and bill validator, where each connect to the couponing system using a port or interface for issuance, tracking, and redemption of coupons and/or prizes and using another port or interface to connect to other systems for player tracking or issuance, tracking and redemption of game vouchers. The system offers varying prize levels with coupons issued based on player's participation and/or activity, independent of participation and/or activity of other players. Player receives coupon with value of anything including nonplaying credits. At redemption, coupon is replaced with another or new coupon with additional rewards. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030631 | Free Sample Provision Managing System and Its Program - The object of the present invention is to provide a system in which a use is capable of selecting a desired sample product over a network and receiving that selected sample product. A system is provided in which when distributing samples of products to a user via a network, displays distributable sample products on a user terminal that is used by the user, receives a selection for a sample product from the user terminal and manages the user that desires that sample product. This system comprises: a memory unit 12 for storing at least sample product information for a sample product to be distributed and user information of a user; a display unit 21 that displays sample product information to the user; a selection-receiving unit 22 that receives sample product selection information from the user; a point-calculation unit 20 that subtracts the number of sample product points that are included in the sample product information from the number of points that have been awarded to the user and included in the user information; and a sample-product-point-control unit 21 that controls the probability that the user will select the sample product by changing the number of points required for that sample product that is displayed to the user according to matching of the sample product information with attributes of the user. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030632 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTION - The subject invention includes a promotional web site hosting a plurality of contests or promotions wherein prizes are awarded. A link to the web page in the promotional site featuring a specific contest or promotion are inserted into a plurality of media sponsor sites. The links are typically configured as symbols and are embedded within the media sponsor sites. Traditional media advertisement are then used to tie a contest or promotion to the indicant on the media sponsor site. Participants responding to the traditional media advertisement will look for the indicant in the media sponsor sites, and upon finding the indicant and selecting the indicant, the participant is linked to the promotional website. A registration process is then performed wherein the participant is asked to provide some personal information such as their name, email address, home address, and telephone number. Upon completion of this registration form, the participant then submits the registration form, and is then forwarded back to the same media sponsor site from which they came. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030633 | SYSTEM FOR BIOMETRIC SECURITY USING A FOB - The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric samples. In one embodiment, the biometric security system includes a transponder configured with a biometric sensor. In another embodiment, the system includes a reader configured with a biometric sensor. The device for verifying samples compares the biometric samples with information stored on databases. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030634 | Altering Card-Issuer Interchange Categories - This document describes tools capable of determining ways in which to alter interchange categories assigned to credit-card transactions. In some embodiments, the tools receive parameters for interchange categories and transaction information for a client (e.g., one or more merchants) that has been charged interchange fees based on some of these categories. The tools may determine, based on these parameters and transaction information, how parameters may be changed to enable similar credit-card transactions to be assigned a lower-cost interchange category and the accompanying potential fee savings. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GAMING PROMOTIONAL PRINTER - A method and apparatus for a gaming promotional printer for use within a cashless enabled gaming machine are disclosed. A gaming promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A coupon is selected for creation and issued to the player based on a matrix of event-based triggers involving factors or parameters known to the gaming promotional printer directly or supplied by master promotional controller. Triggers may include the time of day, the date or amount of a cash-out voucher to be issued to a player, the duration of play on a gaming machine, a player classification, the amount of money or credits added to a game, or a random frequency of coupon issuance having satisfied any or all of the aforementioned factors. The gaming promotional printer may further include the ability to store all of the coupons, trigger conditions, and related information resident in the gaming promotional printer in a non-volatile fashion thus enabling a host system to download a promotional environment into the gaming promotional printer which will run promotional campaigns on behalf of the hosting system. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030636 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR STORING AND REDEEMING ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATES USING A WIRELESS SMART CARD - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for storing and redeeming an electronic certificate on a wireless smart card are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes storing tag data on a wireless smart card that is inductively powered when brought into the proximity of an electromagnetic field and is unpowered when outside of the proximity of the field. Tag data is received from a wireless smart card at a wireless smart device reader during an electronic transaction, wherein the card is powered by an electromagnetic field generated by the device reader. The method also includes sending, from the wireless smart device reader, transaction data, which includes at least the tag data and a vendor identifier, to a back-end server. At the wireless smart device reader, an electronic certificate is received from the server, the electronic certificate being obtained by the server using the tag data and the vendor identifier. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030637 | Universal Methods and Device for Hand-Held Promotional Opportunities - A method and system for auxiliary data detection. Data is received on a hand-held device from a display of a signal on a monitor. The signal is visually displayed on the monitor at a frequency. A modulated video signal is received on the hand-held device from a display device. The modulated video signal contains auxiliary data modulated within a video signal in a substantially invisible way. The modulated video signal is demodulated to obtain the auxiliary data. At least one of the data or the auxiliary data is processed to identify a promotional opportunity available through the hand-held device. The user of the hand-held device is notified of availability of the promotional opportunity through the hand-held device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030638 | Trust Network Based Advertising System - The inventive system uses a trust network rating system to target advertisements thereby increasing the effectiveness as well as the palatability of the advertisement. A user of an online system sets up a trust network by indicating criteria whereby the user trusts other users. Ratings made by the other users of goods or services are evaluated according to the particular trust network the user has set up. The user receives advertisements only from those vendors who have met thresholds based on the evaluated ratings. This ensures that the user receives only pertinent and interesting advertisements so that the user is more likely to respond positively to the advertisements. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030639 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying a Plurality of Short Ads in a Single Ad Spot - Available advertisement spot duration is used to display a plurality of advertisements, and to obtain maximum impact while displaying a plurality of advertisements, within an advertisement spot, where the advertisements are each typically of a fixed duration, the sum of which is the total duration of the advertisement spot. Further optimization is accomplished by using advertisements of optimized duration, the advertisements having a cumulative duration of less than that of the advertisement spot, and by using a static advertisement and/or picture as a filler for the rest of the duration. Because static advertisements and/or pictures do not require a minimum duration for impact, they can be used to fill in the time left over from one or multiple advertisements within an advertisement spot. Embodiments of the invention find particular application for displaying advertisements on mobile handheld devices (MHDDs) to improve the impact of the advertisements. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030640 | Establishing an Impression Area - Systems and methods for defining and tracking advertising campaigns across a channel video game network are disclosed. The system allows advertisements to be dynamically activated in video games. Advertisements are tracked to determine user impressions and user exposure to the advertisement. In the system, an impression area is defined relative an advertisements in the game. Methods for redefining the impression area or for accounting for the existence of obstructions that distort the view of the advertisement are also provided | 2010-02-04 |
20100030641 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - A system for targeted advertising. The system comprises a client computing device having Internet connectivity and at least one display screen, a browser software adapted to run on said client computing device for accessing World Wide Web content, an advertising software adapted to run on said client computing device, said advertising software allowing the user to indicate preferred categories of advertisements. The advertising software comprises means for downloading multimedia files comprising moving image advertisements in according with said preferred categories and the advertising software is adapted to display said multimedia files as moving image advertisements on the screen. When running, the advertising software is adapted to at least temporarily block access to World Wide Web content. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION PRODUCT PLACEMENT DATA - A system, computer program product and method are disclosed for sending advertising data to an end user device. The system includes but is not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium; and a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program comprising instructions to monitor video data for advertising key data, instructions to monitor end user data exchanged between end user devices for the advertising key data, instructions to receive data from an end user device indicating a product selected from a selected data segment in the video data and instructions to send advertising data relating to key data in the selected data segment to the end user device. The computer program product executes a computer program to perform the method. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030643 | Publishing Advertisements Based on Presence Information of Advertisers - Publishing advertisements based on presence information of advertisers. For example, a method for dynamically publishing content items includes: determining a presence status value of a provider of a content item to be published on a communication network site; selecting from a plurality of versions of said content item a version of said content item corresponding to said presence status value; and publishing on said communication network site data representing the selected version of said content item. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030644 | TARGETED ADVERTISING BY PAYMENT PROCESSOR HISTORY OF CASHLESS ACQUIRED MERCHANT TRANSACTIONS ON ISSUED CONSUMER ACCOUNT - Content and targeted advertisements are simultaneously provided to a client. Upon receiving a request for content from the client, a content provider requests a targeted advertisement from a transaction processor. The targeted advertisement is derived using a spending profile based upon a history of cashless acquired merchant transactions made by a consumer on an account, where the account has been associated with the consumer by the content provider. The targeted advertisement is selected from an advertisement database and is likely to attract the consumer's attention, resulting in a purchase being made on the account. Once the targeted advertisement is selected, it is received by the content provider and fitted to the dimensions of the advertising space. A page containing the targeted advertisement and requested content is delivered to the client where it is displayed on a display device and viewed by the consumer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030645 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM, ADVERTISING DISTRIBUTING SERVER, ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An advertisement distributing system, advertisement distributing server, and advertisement distributing method, program and recording medium are provided for encouraging the users to buy a product in such a manner that the most suitable program video scene is selected in accordance with the advertisement distributed by an advertiser, and distributed to the users with the advertisement. An advertising video searching unit of a server, based on an advertisement ID received from a first terminal device, searches through advertisement video, extracts a video ID corresponding to the advertisement ID and outputs it to a viewing history searching unit. A viewing history searching unit determines whether the video ID has been stored in viewing history that reflects user's taste, and outputs the corresponding video ID if it is found, to a content synthesizer. The content synthesizer distributes the advertisement data and video data to the first terminal device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030646 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION PREDICTIVE ADVERTISING - A system is described for providing location predictive advertising. The system may include a processor, a memory, and an interface. The memory may store an advertisement. The interface may communicate with an electronic device. The processor may determine a first geographic location of an electronic device which is travelling in a direction. The processor may identify a first geographic region which may encompass the first geographic location of the electronic device. The processor may determine a second geographic region which is located in the direction of travel of the electronic device. The processor may determine an advertisement associated with the second geographic region in accordance with the electronic device being located within the first geographic region. The processor may provide the advertisement to the electronic device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030647 | ADVERTISEMENT SELECTION FOR INTERNET SEARCH AND CONTENT PAGES - Advertisements are selected for display on search results pages or web pages displaying requested content. A request associated with a user is received for an advertisement, such as for display on a search results page or a content-displaying web page. Profile information associated with the user is identified. An inverted index is queried based on the identified profile information. The inverted index includes a list of user attributes and a list of at least one advertisement and corresponding weight factor that correspond to each listed user attribute. A plurality of advertisements is determined in the inverted index based on the query. The determined advertisements are filtered to generate an advertisement presentation configuration that includes at least one of the identified advertisements. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030648 | SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVEN ADVERTISEMENT TARGETING - Techniques and systems for selecting one or more advertisements to target (e.g., send to, display to, etc.) a user are disclosed wherein the interests of the user are inferred based on current behaviors of social media. Social media is collected and categorized according to some predetermined criteria, such as keywords or outlinks in a post. As a function of the social media collected, current topics in the social media are identified and an advertisement, or advertisements, relating to the current topics is selected. Current topics may be those topics that are more popular, for example, in the social media at the instant a user enters an ad-enabled site. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BATCH EXECUTION OF VARIABLE INPUT DATA - This invention relates generally to methods and systems for batch execution of variable input data, and more particularly to methods and systems for delivering enhanced event-based marketing products to customers using an open systems approach whereby non-developers may enter and/or select various input and output criteria in a GUI environment for batch processing. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030650 | CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MESSAGES - The invention relates to a control unit for message delivery in a communications network, the control unit including a mechanism for receiving information relating to predetermined metering data associated with successful message delivery, a mechanism for conveying the information relating to predetermined metering data associated with successful message delivery to a metering data analyzing system of the communications network, and a mechanism for receiving message delivery information from the communications network. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030651 | Mobile phone as a point of sale (POS) device - A system and method for provisioning one or more value added services to a postpaid/prepaid mobile account and/or a postpaid/prepaid mobile device using a wireless communication device as a point-of-sale device, is disclosed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030652 | Hosting Interactive Management System - The present invention provides a computerized and interactive hosting management system adapted to facilitate communication between customers and service providers. The interactive system can be utilized in restaurants, caf?s, diners, hotels, theaters, resorts and the like. The present invention is provided with identification means so as to allow identification of the customers using the facilities of the place. Identifying the customers using the system is effective so as to build up a true interactive system. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A POSSIBLE ERROR IN A CUSTOMER PROVIDED PRODUCT ORDER QUANTITY - Prior ordering history of a product is examined to determine an historical ordering quantity distribution for a product. A customer specified, to-be-purchased quantity of a product is then compared against the determined historical ordering-quantity frequency distribution for the product. When the customer specified, to-be-purchased quantity of the product falls below a certain probability threshold determined using the historical ordering-quantity frequency distribution, or is otherwise suspicious, the customer is notified of a suspected error in the provided product order quantity and/or asked to verify if the provided product quantity is correct. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030654 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PEER-TO-PEER THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTION OF GIFT CARDS AND PEER-TO-PEER TRANSACTION ROUTING THEREFOR - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for peer-to-peer third party distribution of gift cards and associated transaction processing are disclosed. In one method, a peer-to-peer gift card transaction router and a peer-to-peer gift card transaction database are configurable to facilitate peer-to-peer transaction processing for gift cards issued by a gift card provider and distributed by a third party seller where the gift card provider and the third party seller negotiate an agreement with each other regarding gift card distribution. A record is created in the database corresponding to the agreement. When a gift card transaction occurs, the record in the database is accessed and used to communicate notification of the gift card transaction from the gift card provider to the third party seller. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030655 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VOLUME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE AUCTION TRADING - Systems and methods for providing traders with an opportunity to trade on the VWAP price are provided. After a trader enters a VWAP auction session, the trader has a predetermined about of time (i.e., the length of the VWAP auction period) to place bids and/or offers on an item. When the VWAP auction period ends, the electronic trading application matches the VWAP orders. The VWAP orders that are not matched are cancelled. The electronic trading application collects trading information (e.g., price, size, etc.) corresponding to the received orders. The collected information is processed to determine the VWAP price. The VWAP price is presented to the trader and the matched VWAP orders are filled based on the determined VWAP price. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030656 | APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO HOST AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE - A device configured to host a marketplace on at least one network is provided. A method of providing such a device is also disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one computer device configured to communicate with a plurality of clients via at least one network. The clients may include vendors, such as sellers, and customers, such as buyers. The one or more computer devices include at least one processing unit. The at least one computer device is configured to determine a vendor quality rating, providing bidding segmentation or provide customer feedback blocking. Methods of providing vendor quality ratings, bidding segmentation or customer feedback blocking are also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030657 | Factory-Sale In One Manufacturing And Selling Shoes Method And System For Providing Multiple Consumer Choice. - The present invention provides a business method for selling shoes comprises: providing a site; providing a computer comprising a database storing a plurality of characteristics for designing a shoe at said site; receiving a plurality of target characteristics selected from said database at said site; finishing a shoe in accordance with said target characteristics at said site; providing said shoe for try-on at said site; and receiving a payment for said shoe at said site. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030658 | AUTOMATIC AUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM ON SERVER-CLIENT SYSTEM - An automatic auction method which makes it unnecessary for bidders to stay before auction terminals at the time of auction and which makes possible auction transactions on an open network on which it is difficult to assure the on-line and real time properties. A plurality of auction ordering information pieces each containing a desired price, number of purchase, and a highest possible price in competition for the desired price and received from bidder terminals via on-line circuits are collected. Until an auction issue appears, the price is lowered. If there is at least one auction issue and a desired quantity which is the sum total of the numbers of purchase of the auction issues is not satisfied, then it is determined whether there is an auction issue coinciding in price by comparing the set price with (the desired price+the highest possible price in competition). Until the desired quantity is satisfied, the price is raised. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030659 | Method for Facilitating Charitable Donations - Methods of facilitating charitable donations using the internet are provided. Charitable organizations may post a picture which has been divided into predetermined sections on the internet, with each section having a corresponding price associated therewith. Donors, upon paying the price for a desired section, may post an image, text or audio data in association with their purchased image section. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ON-LINE TRANSACTION - An entertainment device includes a display generator arranged to generate for display a representation of an online virtual environment, and to generate for display within said representation of the online virtual environment at least one avatars corresponding to users of at least one remote entertainment devices interacting with the online virtual environment. A data communications arrangement is operable to receive respective configuration data for at least one of the avatars that determines their appearance, and is operable to receive data identifying purchasable items visibly associated with a respective avatar; a query arrangement operable to initiate a query of an avatar and to identify to a user of the entertainment device purchasable items visibly associated with the avatar; and in which the data communications arrangement is operable to transmit a purchase initiation request identifying an item for purchase, selected in response to a purchasable item visibly associated with the queried avatar. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030661 | MANAGING PRODUCT ORDERS THROUGH MULTIPLE SUPPLIERS - A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage product provide an interactive environment and for autonomously manages user orders associated with at least one vendor. An order is received from a user for at least one item offered by at least one vendor through the interactive environment. Vendor account information associated with the user for the at least one vendor is retrieved. The at least one vendor is autonomously and without user intervention is logged into using the vendor account information associated with the user. Information associated with the order is autonomously and without user intervention provided as prompted by the vendor on behalf of the user to place the order with the at least one vendor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACING ORDERS VIA THE INTERNET | 2010-02-04 |
20100030663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORKING SHOPS ONLINE AND OFFLINE - A computer implemented method presents garments to a consumer using a computer by reading a garment database. The database includes garments from a plurality of retail, manufacturing, and media partners. Media and retail partners combine inventories on data servers and allow each partner to show a particular offering of garments at their website. A given partner may tailor the particular garment offering to subscribers based on a profile relating to the garment parameters contained within the database inventory. Applications within the system produce outfits composed of garment selections based on particular user profile information. Outfits selections are presented to the user through a web browser where shopping and purchasing of various garments may be conducted. The computer implemented method is facilitated through databases, database servers, application servers and networks to interrelate inventory offerings between the partners. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030664 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - Commodity images that tend to be selected by a user can be smoothly and efficiently displayed on the user's terminal without requiring the user's effort. A server acquires a plurality of commodity images to be transmitted to a mobile terminal from a commodity DB based on a purchase history stored in a user DB and an image feature amount of image DB, and transmits the acquired commodity images to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives the commodity images transmitted from the server and sequentially displays the received commodity images one by one as a slide show on the entire screen of a monitor. Therefore, the visual images of the commodities can be easily displayed without causing the user to perform special operations and without displaying extra information such as text. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030665 | ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL PREPARATION SYSTEM - An electronic system for creating customized product proposals stores a plurality of pictures and text segments to be used as building blocks in creating the proposal. The pictures may include various products, environments in which the products may be used, and available product options. The text segments may include textual descriptions of the product, environments in which the product may be used, and its performance specifications. The system queries a user to determine a customer's needs and interests. Based upon the answers to the queries, tae system selects the appropriate picture and text building blocks to fill in proposal templates. The system can print the completed proposal templates to provide the user with a customized, printed proposal that describes features and benefits of a product, in a particular environment, that are of interest to the customer who is to receive the proposal. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030666 | ENGINES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR NORMALIZING HETEROGENEOUS PARAMETERS FOR SCORING PROPOSALS - The present invention contemplates a variety of engines, methods and systems for making computer-assisted choices among heterogeneous alternatives. More specifically, engines, methods, and systems for normalizing heterogeneous parameters for scoring proposals are contemplated. The present invention includes a comparison engine that generates a ranked list of alternatives such as proposals or items of consumer merchandise, in which each alternative is assigned a weighted score that reflects the importance of tradeoffs among various criteria. The comparison engine includes a tradeoff module that has tradeoff criteria having a range of possible values, a criteria behavior module capable of analyzing attributes, including values of the criteria, for a set of alternatives and generating a set of scores reflecting the desirability of the attributes using logic diagrams, and a scoring and ranking module that takes the assigned values from the tradeoff module and the set of scores from the criteria behavior module and generates a ranked list of alternatives. The comparison engine assesses and scores the proposals automatically, at the click of a button, without the need for a human to read, assess, and score the proposals. The comparison engine can be used to facilitate a reverse auction, in which suppliers submit bids to a purchaser who desires specific goods or services. The present invention also discloses a method for generating a ranked list of alternatives, including the steps of generating a homogeneous matrix of scores based on a heterogeneous matrix of attributes and alternatives, receiving a tradeoff value, and generating a ranked list of alternatives based on the homogeneous matrix of scores and the tradeoff value. The present invention further discloses a system for generating a ranked list of alternatives, including means for generating a homogeneous matrix of scores based on a heterogeneous matrix of attributes and alternatives, means for receiving a tradeoff value, and means for generating a ranked list of alternatives based on the homogeneous matrix of scores and the tradeoff value. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030667 | Adaptive Pharmaceutical Product Management Methods and System - Methods and systems adaptive storage and management of pharmaceutical product containers at a pharmacy are described. Pharmaceutical product containers are managed so that the containers for more-frequently-used pharmaceutical products are stored among plural storage locations more-efficiently accessible to a pharmacy workstation. Containers for less-frequently-used pharmaceutical products are managed so that the containers for such products are stored among the storage locations which are less-accessible to the pharmacy workstation. As the frequency of pharmaceutical product usage changes, the inventory of pharmaceutical product containers is managed adaptively so that the containers used most frequently are stored at locations more-easily accessible to the pharmacy workstation, thereby facilitating fulfillment of prescriptions by pharmacy personnel. Further efficiencies may be achieved through use of an optical positioning system providing directed placing and picking of pharmaceutical product containers. The methods and system have particular application to management of partially-full pharmaceutical product containers which may be repeatedly taken from and returned to inventory. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETAIL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for managing retail inventory are described, including automatically grading and pricing used or specialty goods (e.g., used clothing) based on market-based criteria. In one example, an employee at a thrift store can receive a shipment of donated used clothes. The employee can sort through each clothing item and enter information for each item, such as brand, type of item, condition, style and other desired information. Based on the information inputted by the employee, the system can accesses a database that stores information about similar items and corresponding market-based parameters, and automatically assign a price or other grading value for the clothing item currently being graded based on a predetermined pricing/grading algorithm. In this manner, a grading or price can be automatically calculated based on statistical market-based criteria. Advantageously, a relatively untrained employee need not have to speculate or guess a price for the used clothing item. Accordingly, exemplary systems can automatically price various types of merchandise based on statistical market-based criteria so that a relatively unskilled employee can sort and assign a price label for each item that more accurately reflects the true value of such an item in the market place. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030669 | Capital-adequacy filing and assessment system and method - Systems and methods of capital-adequacy filing and assessment for determining compliance with capital-adequacy rules include an authorized-entity computer and a processing computer in electronic communication with the authorized-entity computer. Such systems and methods can include an analysis-rule-configuration component, a data-reception component and a rules engine. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030670 | METHOD OF MONITORING DIFFERENT DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A SINGLE FUNDING SOURCE - The invention herein relates to a method of monitoring different debit card transactions associated with a single funding source. In particular, the method includes associating first and second debit cards with a single funding source, the first and second debit cards having different identification codes, different levels of transaction data and having different characteristics associated therewith. Further, the method includes reviewing debit card transactions settled from the funding source. Debit card transactions associated with the first and second debit cards are identified. Separate records are maintained for the debit card transactions identified with the first debit card and for debit card transactions identified with the second debit card. Advantageously, the method of the subject invention permits personal and business expenses settled from a single funding source to be identified and for records to be maintained thereof. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030671 | MULTI-COMPANY BUSINESS ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAME INCLUDING SECURITY - In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented security method useable with a multi-company accounting system which is accessible by a plurality of authorized users having varying degrees of access to accounting information is provided. The method comprises determining roles that a first authorized user is a member. The roles have corresponding masks and each of the masks is for one of grant and deny access to at least one account within the accounting system. The first authorized user is provided access to details of the accounts that are granted and not denied in the masks of the roles that the first authorized user is the member of to define viewable accounts. The first authorized user is provided access to the accounting information that contains at least one of the viewable accounts. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030672 | MULTI-COMPANY BUSINESS ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAME INCLUDING JOURNALS - In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method for journalizing financial information for a multi-company accounting system is provided. The method comprises creating a journal. Input detail lines of the financial data are entered to define the journal. The journal is released within the multi-company accounting system to limit changes to the input detail lines to define a released journal. Multi-company detail lines are added to the released journal including for a sum that is not zero of the debits and credits by GL date for a corresponding company of the multi-company group that is not the main company of the journal, the multi-company accounting system will automatically add a pair of the multi-company detail lines to balance monies owed between the main company and the corresponding company. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030673 | MULTI-COMPANY BUSINESS ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAME INCLUDING ACCOUNT BALANCE - In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method for generating an account balance for use within a multi-company accounting system is provided. The computer arrangement includes a server for carrying out instructions provided by the multi-company accounting system. The method comprises producing the account balance via the multi-company accounting system using an Indexed View that defines the instructions for the server to automatically maintain a materialized summation of account activity by period. The multi-company accounting system accesses the materialized summation of account activity to generate the account balance. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030674 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO ACCOUNT FOR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - A method to calculate true ex-ante operating income, via a present value calculation and posting in a double-entry bookkeeping framework based upon credits and debits, is disclosed. The ultimate object is a true ex-ante net income accounting measurement that better serves financial statements users. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030675 | Payor focused business to business electronic invoice presentment and accounts payable reconciliation system and method - The present invention provides a system that creates a secure image of an invoice accessible to the payors and their billers through the web. Users have the option of viewing the invoice and adjudicating any disputes prior to payment. Once a payment decision has been made, payors can generate one stream of output from their enterprise resource program (ERP) systems to make payments to all of their vendors irrespective of the mode of payment. Payments will be made to all billers based on their existing preferences and the billers do not have to change their processes at all. The payments and issues file will be returned to the payors to complete posting to their accounts payables. The system provides data-feeds to all payors and billers to pre-reconcile their A/P and A/R systems. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030676 | Auto Increment In Financial Calculation - A system comprises a processor, a keyboard and display. The keyboard is coupled to the processor and comprises a financial calculation key and a selection key. The display also is coupled to the processor. When the financial calculation key is pressed, the processor performs a financial calculation. The financial calculation computes financial data over multiple time periods. Further, the processor sequences through and displays the computed financial data and automatically increments from a current time period to a subsequent time period upon a user repeatedly pressing the selection key. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030677 | FRAUD PREVENTION AND REPLACEMENT OF CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS - LOST, STOLEN, DEFECTIVE OR FRAUDULENTLY USED - A credit card security system method for preventing fraudulent use, comprising the steps of a credit card provider opening one account with two different card numbers, with a first “main credit card” and a second credit card for a spare. The main credit card is activated by the provider and the spare credit card remains “deactivated”. On a pre-set time basis the credit card provider will automatically upon notice to the customer, deactivate the main card and activate the spare card. If any suspicious or fraudulent transaction is detected by the credit card provider, the main credit card is deactivated. If the transaction is authorized, then the main credit card is re-activated. If the transaction is not authorized, the spare credit card is activated to be used as the main credit card. The credit card provider then replaces the deactivated credit card with a new number and sends a new credit card with the new credit card remaining deactivated. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030678 | TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A CONFIGURABLE MARKET DEPTH TOOL WITH DYNAMIC PRICE AXIS - A system and method for the electronic trading of investment vehicles, such as stocks, bonds, options, commodities, stock and futures index contracts, and the like, is disclosed. The system and method provide a graphical user interface having a versatile and efficient market depth tool with a dynamic price axis for executing trades. The tool facilitates the display of and the rapid placement of trade orders within the market. The system provides for user initiated functionality to control, among other things, the manner in which the dynamic price axis moves in response to market conditions. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030679 | Transreceiver, commodity and service trading system, and transmitter and receiver used therein - In a commodity and service trading system, a client computer | 2010-02-04 |
20100030680 | MARKETPLACE FOR TRADING INTANGIBLE ASSET DERIVATIVES AND A METHOD FOR TRADING INTANGIBLE ASSET DERIVATIVES - A marketplace for trading derivative financial contracts includes a forum that publishes a financial contract and allows the financial contract to be traded by one or more market participants. The financial contracts are based on one or more underlying intangible assets of one or more entities. The price of the contract is derived from a measure of value of the one or more underlying assets of the particular financial contract. The forum may include an exchange for trading financial contracts and may also host trading of over-the-counter financial contracts. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030681 | Pricing Mechanism For Security Valuation - Techniques and systems for determining a valuation for securities that do not have an established valuation mechanism are described herein. Derivative securities based on underlying employee stock options where the maturity of the derivative security is tied to exercise and forfeiture behaviors of individuals owning the stock options are also describe herein. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030682 | PROCESSING DEVICE FOR NORMALIZING BARS REPRESENTATIVE OF WEIGHTED VARIABLE QUANTITIES - A device (DT) is dedicated to the processing of files of set(s) of data of events each consisting at least of a value taken at a given instant by a quantity that varies in time and of this given instant, as well as possibly of a weighting value, each set constituting a log of events for a given quantity. This device (DT) comprises processing means (MT) responsible for determining on the basis of a log of events of a quantity i) a total sum S of weighting values of the events of this log over part at least of a main period D defined between first and second chosen instants, then ii) the value of a normalization parameter defined by the operation S*(T/D′), where T is a time interval of chosen duration and D′ represents a sum of secondary periods constituting chosen sub-parts of the main period D and is expressed in a unit identical to the time interval T, then iii) a normalized chronological collection between the first and second chosen instants of grouping of events, termed normalized bars, whose weighting value is on each occasion equal to the value of the normalization parameter. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030683 | METHOD FOR FINANCING AND DISTRIBUTING MEDIA PROJECTS - This invention is a computer-aided method that allows individuals to finance and speculate via advance purchases on the success of films, and various other media projects. To fund their projects, producers transmit or upload a project offering, consisting of future copies of the project with embedded rights to potentially participate in future revenue streams, to a programmed server and the programmed server accepts bids from consumers in the form of reservations to purchase these future copies. The price of the future copies does not change, only the potential revenue split, as applied to all future copies, resulting in a yield auction. The yield auction stays open until consumers and producers arrive at a mutually acceptable revenue split and all available future copies have been reserved. At that time, a group debit occurs, debiting consumers for their future copies and the funds are made available to the producer to make their project. After the project has been completed, the consumer receives a copy of the project they reserved during the yield auction and begins to receive any additional ad and sales revenues per each copy of the project per the terms that were agreed upon during the yield auction process. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030684 | Click Based Trading with Intuitive Grid Display of Market Depth and Price Consolidation - A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. The “Mercury” display and trading method of the present invention ensure fast and accurate execution of trades by displaying market depth on a vertical or horizontal plane, which fluctuates logically up or down, left or right across the plane as the market prices fluctuate. This allows the trader to trade quickly and efficiently. The price consolidation feature of the present invention, as described herein, enables a trader to consolidate a number of prices in order to condense the display. Such action allows a trader to view a greater range of prices and a greater number of orders in the market at any given time. By consolidating prices, and therefore orders, a trader reduces the risk of a favorable order scrolling from the screen prior to filling a bid or ask on that order at a favorable price. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030685 | TRANSACTION ANALYSIS - Under the present invention a transaction is processed and analyzed for potential fraud or error. Specifically, a description of a (proposed) transaction is accessed. Among other things, the description contains an expected set of events (e.g., derived from historical data). As the transaction is being performed a set of multimedia devices will record the same. The multimedia signal(s) from the set of devices will be analyzed to determine what event(s) actually took place. The actual event(s) will be compared to the expected event(s) to determine if any deviation/difference exists. If there is a difference, and it is beyond a predetermined tolerance, a notification can be generated. Regardless, a log of the activities will be kept. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030686 | RETIREMENT PAYCHECK APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods for providing funds to a bank customer. A bank customer may have a retail bank account in the custody of a bank. The bank may provide retail banking services to the bank customer in connection with the retail bank account. After providing the retail banking service, the bank may electronically link a retirement fund management module to the bank account. The retirement fund management module may be configured to transfer a predetermined amount of retirement funds into the bank account. The transfer may be made in accordance with rules. The rules may be selected by the bank customer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030687 | Real-Time Settlement of Financial Transactions Using Electronic Fund Transfer Networks - Embodiments of a system for providing a financial management system to facilitate the transfer of funds among accounts held at different financial institutions and over different networks are described. The system performs a transaction involving a withdrawal of assets from a first account at a first financial institution and a deposit of at least a portion of the withdrawn assets to a second account at a second financial institution. The account user can select between real-time transactions and standard transactions. Real-time transactions are executed over an ATM network coupling the first financial institution and the second financial institution, and standard transactions are executed over an ACH network coupling the first financial institution and the second financial institution. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030688 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING USING A GLOBAL UNIQUE IDENTIFIER - A Globally Unique IDentifier (GUID) is used to match an authorization request with an authorization response for a transaction between a merchant and a consumer upon an account within a payment processing system where the payment amount is unknown until after the merchant receives the authorization response that includes the GUID. After receiving the authorization response and when the payment amount is known, the merchant forms a transmission that has information for delivery to an issuer of the account. This information is sufficient for the issuer to forward the payment amount from the account to pay the merchant for the transaction. While including the GUID and the payment amount, the information does not include an identifier of the account. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030689 | Transaction authentication system and method - The invention teaches the verifying a financial transaction by requiring an account holder to verify the transaction when the transaction is tagged for verification. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 2010-02-04 |
20100030690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT-CONTROLLED, ENCRYPTED, CONSOLIDATED MEDICAL RECORDS - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing medical information. Certain embodiments provide a system for managing medical information. The system includes a data center for centrally storing patient medical data as unstructured encrypted data. The system also includes a patient interface providing storage and retrieval of patient medical data at the data center. The patient interface communicates with the data center to transmit encrypted patient medical data to the data center. The encrypted patient medical data is encrypted at the patient interface using a patient encryption key assigned to a patient. The patient interface is further configured to receive encrypted patient medical data from the data center and decrypt the patient medical data using the patient encryption key assigned to the patient. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030691 | DURING AN E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION SENDING A POSTAL PACKAGE TO A RECIPIENT BASED UPON A RECIPIENTS EMAIL ADDRESS - An e-commerce transaction can be identified that includes at least one item to be shipped to a postal address of a recipient. A user interface involved in the e-commerce transaction can prompt for an email address. An email address can be received as an address for the recipient. A postal address can be programmatically determining by querying a data store using the email address as a recipient identifier. A shipment of the at least one item can be initiated to the determined postal address. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030692 | METHOD FOR INSERTING ADS IN CONTENT THROUGH A PROXY - The present invention relates generally to methods and systems for inserting advertisements and other commercial content in content and more specifically to methods and systems for inserting advertisements and other commercial content in content using a proxy and proxies thereto. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030693 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HAND GEOMETRY RECOGNITION BIOMETRICS ON A FOB - The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using hand geometry recognition biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a hand geometry scan sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric samples. In one embodiment, the biometric security system includes a transponder configured with a hand geometry scan sensor. In another embodiment, the system includes a reader configured with a hand geometry scan sensor. In yet another embodiment, the present invention discloses methods for proffering and processing hand geometry scan samples to facilitate authorization of transactions. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030694 | METHOD FOR SECURING IP CONNECTIONS FOR NETWORK OPERATOR COMBINATORY CONNECTIONS - The invention relates to a method for securing IP connections with a combinatory connection of a communication network of a first network operator with a communication network of at least one second network operator using the Session Initiation Protocol, SIP. This method is based on the fact that portions of an SIP message, but at least the information necessary for the combinatory connection of the networks, is transmitted in encrypted form between a transmission channel of the first network operator and a reception channel of the second network operator. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030695 | MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY USING WEARABLE SECURITY TOKENS - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that effectuates and establishes mobile device security. The system can include devices that detect point of sale mechanisms or secure token devices and based at least in part on the detection of secure token devices the system effectuates release of electronic funds persisted on a mobile device in order to satisfy a debt accrued at the point of sale mechanism. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030696 | BIOMETRIC ELECTRONIC PAYMENT TERMINAL AND TRANSACTION METHOD - An electronic payment terminal includes a device for acquiring biometric data and a program capable of: acquiring biometric data during a transaction by a biometric data acquisition device; and storing the biometric data in the payment terminal. A corresponding transaction method is also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030697 | END-TO-END SECURE PAYMENT PROCESSES - Systems and method for performing secure electronic payment transactions to allow merchants to perform payment processing such that the merchant payment system is not required to store data specific to a particular payment device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING A USER'S IDENTITY IN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - In an electronic transaction, the invention provides a process and system for blocking a user's account until a verifier verifies the identity of the user. The process comprises pre-enrolling the user and the user's personal communication device. Optionally, one or more of the user's accounts are enrolled. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030699 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL ASSET ALLOCATION - A computer system is provided for selecting an asset allocation for an investment portfolio intended to produce a target payout starting at a target date. The computer system is programmed to receive inputs that may relate to the target payout, the target date and a nominal rate of contributions to the investment portfolio. The computer system calculates at least one thousand simulated investment outcomes based on assumed investment return rates and assumed inflation rates. The assumed investment return rates and assumed inflation rates are randomly selected in multi-year clusters from historical data. The computer system selects the asset allocation based on relative performance of the assumed asset allocations in the simulated investment outcomes. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030700 | Method for analyzing an investment using net present value and internal rate of return - A new method for calculating the net present value and internal rate of return on an investment is provided. Here, the new method takes into account discounts that affect the net cash flow over the period of the investment. These discounts may be static or vary depending on the circumstances warranting their inclusion. | 2010-02-04 |
20100030701 | Method and apparatus for computing and displaying a risk-return profile as a risk measure for financial assets - A method and apparatus for displaying a financial asset risk-return profile is disclosed. The method includes determining the length of a period; computing an integer number of intervals in a date range set, an interval being an integer multiple of the length of the period; for each interval, computing the number of interval sub-sets in the date range set, each interval sub-set spanning the time spanned by a corresponding interval; for each interval, computing a metric of the interval sub-sets; and for each interval, displaying the computed metric. The displayed financial asset risk-return profile includes a total return component and a hold time component of risk. | 2010-02-04 |