41st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130268356 | HIGH-PRECISION CUSTOMER-BASED TARGETING BY INDIVIDUAL USAGE STATISTICS - Electronic systems for promotional offers are disclosed. An illustrative electronic system may include a computing device and a storage medium. The storage medium may contain one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to generate scores for customers from a customer database for distribution of limited quantities of promotional offers. Each score may be associated with one customer and one promotional offer, and each score may measure a probability that the associated customer will make a purchase in accordance with the associated offer. The programming instructions may further cause the computing device to identify a highest score, determine a customer associated with the highest score, determine a promotional offer associated with the highest score, assign the promotional offer to a personalized offer list for the customer if the promotional offer satisfies one or more constraints. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268357 | METHODS AND/OR SYSTEMS FOR AN ONLINE AND/OR MOBILE PRIVACY AND/OR SECURITY ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGIES USED IN CLOUD COMPUTING WITH THE COMBINATION OF DATA MINING AND/OR ENCRYPTION OF USER'S PERSONAL DATA AND/OR LOCATION DATA FOR MARKETING OF INTERNET POSTED PROMOTIONS, SOCIAL MESSAGING OR OFFERS USING MULTIPLE DEVICES, BROWSERS, OPERATING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS, FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS, MULTICHANNEL PLATFORMS - A method, apparatus, computer readable medium, computer system, wireless or wired network, or system to provide an online and/or mobile security of a user's privacy and/or security method of internet or mobile access or system, apparatus, computer readable medium, or system using encryption technologies and/or filters to access data, encrypt and/or decrypt data, sync data, secure data storage and/or process data using cloud technology across many different networks and/or fiber optic communications from an endpoint accessed through multiple devices, browsers, operating systems, networks, servers, storage, software, applications or services integrated in a public cloud or a private cloud within an enterprise, a social network, big data analytics or electronic surveillance tracking or some mashup of two or more to prevent the unauthorized collecting, tracking and/or analysis of a user's personal data by a third party and/or for generating relevant advertising, mobile, internet social messaging, internet posted promotions or offers for products and/or services. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268358 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OFFERING SERVICES FOR SALE OVER THE INTERNET - International travel preparation systems are provided. Methods of offering services for sale over the internet are provided. Services may include travel preparation services. Travel preparation services may include travel and medical insurance, passport services and medical preparation services. Customized travel medical reports used by medical professionals and snippet reports used by consumers and retailers to educate travelers on the perils of international travel designed to protect consumers and generate sales opportunities for retailers who service those travelers are provided. Computer readable mediums having processor-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method of offering services for sale over the internet are provided. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268359 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OFFERING PROMOTIONS BASED ON REAL TIME TRACKING OF CONSUMER ACTIVITIES - A server provides a vendor with real time data regarding at least consumer use of network services that are provided to consumer client devices via at least one venue located network access point. At least one indication is received by the server from the vendor, based on the real time data regarding at least consumer use of the network services provided via the at least one venue located network access point, to provide at least one consumer with at least one promotion. In response to the at least one indication, the at least one promotion is transmitted to the at least one customer from the server via the at least one venue located network access point. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268360 | AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF ELEMENTS IN A COMPUTER-BASED DOCUMENT - Positioning an element in a computer-based document by determining, for each of a plurality of positions of a target element displayed in a plurality of computer-based documents, a first performance value associated with the target element, and a second performance value associated with a non-target element displayed in the plurality of computer-based documents, selecting one of the positions that meets predefined selection criteria as applied to the performance values, determining, for a position factor associated with the target element, a position factor value associated with the selected position, and assigning the position factor value to the position factor. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268361 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A USER-DIRECTED LANDING PAGE FOR GENERATING ENHANCED USER CONTACT INFORMATION BASED ON USER INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SEARCHES - This disclosure relates to a system and method for providing users and/or goods or services providers and/or social contacts with an interactive scheme for generating enhanced business contacts and/or enhanced social contacts in an automated manner while the user gains the benefit of being provided directed information responsive to user-initiated and directory-based automated information requests and searches. The disclosed scheme provides a streamlined method by which enhanced contact information may be generated with the search engine based on basic contact information provided by the user once in a search session and then used to search related data sources and databases for the user that relates to the user basic contact information.. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268362 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING VISUAL INFORMATION - A method for advertising includes correlating advertising information using a computer system with mail pieces to be delivered; displaying the advertising information correlated with the mail pieces on a display located on a delivery vehicle containing the mail pieces or on a free standing mail storage unit containing the mail pieces, wherein the advertising information contains information about a promoted product and an optically readable code; and transmitting information about the promoted product to a user in response to the user scanning the optically readable code. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268363 | TRANSMITTING DATA TO ELECTRONIC POSTING LOCATIONS - Data is compiled into notifications and sent to subscribers at electronic posting locations. The notifications are transmitted via instantaneous electronic means, such as SMS text message, picture message, e-mail, or micro-blogging, a price discount notification. Computer systems enabled to practice the present invention, comprising one or more databases and a communications system configured to transmit price discount notifications, are also described. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268364 | Method and System for Facilitating a Transaction Between an Individual and a Small Advertiser Through a Target-Oriented Marketing Campaign - A method of facilitating a transaction between an individual and a small advertiser through a target-oriented marketing campaign comprises: causing a display of a target-oriented marketing message on a client device to a viewer at the client device, the message including one or more keywords characterizing a product or service offered by a small advertiser located within a predefined distance from the client device; receiving a response from the viewer to purchase the product or service, wherein the response is generated in response to the viewer's selection of a unique campaign attribute in the target-oriented marketing message; and in response to the viewer's response: generating a unique transaction identifier in accordance with a predefined protocol specified by the small advertiser; providing the unique transaction identifier to the viewer; and applying a predefined service charge to an account associated with the small advertiser. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268365 | Method and System for Launching a Generic Marketing Campaign by Pooling Small Advertisers - A method of launching a generic, brand-neutral marketing campaign for a plurality of small advertisers comprises: causing a display of a brand-neutral marketing message on a plurality of client devices to respective viewers at the client devices, the brand-neutral marketing message including one or more generic terms characterizing products or services and a unique campaign attribute associated with the marketing campaign; receiving a response from at least one viewer that has watched the brand-neutral marketing message, the response including the unique campaign attribute and location information of a client device associated with the viewer; preparing a target-oriented marketing message based on the unique campaign attribute and the location information of the client device, the target-oriented marketing message including information about at least one small advertiser that participates in the marketing campaign; and causing a display of the target-oriented marketing message on the client device associated with the viewer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268366 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A messaging method includes a step of waiting for receiving content to be displayed on the screen of a receiving device, upon receiving a content, checking whether one or more criteria and/or conditions are met while the receiving device is in an idle mode, and whenever one or more criteria/condition are met, displaying the received content. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268367 | COMUPTERIZED MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PLATFORM BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS - Described herein are methods and systems allowing a merchant to market its brands, products and/or services through its customers' social network platforms. In particular, a computerized advertising platform generates and tracks social network activities of participating customers in exchange of honoring related marketing incentives. Using this platform, a merchant can submit bargain items, and in exchange for receiving a bargain item, a customer authorizes an echo message regarding the merchant and bargain item to be posted on his or her social network account(s). | 2013-10-10 |
20130268368 | Advertisement Tunes And Messages - Disclosed herein is a method and system for generating revenue and sharing the generated revenue. The telecom company acquires advertisements from one or more of a plurality of advertisers. The advertisements comprise advertisement tunes, text messages, audio messages, or video messages. The telecom company acquires permission from the subscriber for inserting advertisements in phone calls and messaging service messages of the subscriber. The advertisements may be inserted during one of initiation, active state, engaged state and termination of the phone call. Further, the advertisements are inserted at the beginning or the end of the messaging service messages of the subscriber. The revenue generated from advertising by the telecom company is shared with the subscriber through discounts on call charges or through payments of predetermined amount to the subscriber. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268369 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INDIVIDUAL WITH CONTROL OF THE COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT OF TRANSACTION AND ACTIVITIES DATA - A method, a system and a computer program product for providing an individual with management/distribution control of the individual's personal information and transaction information. A transaction data management (TDM) utility executes on a data processing system and receives transaction reports from internal/external applications based on member permissions. Based on user configuration/request, the TDM utility records/displays the transaction information as a public announcement and/or a private record within a dynamic transaction/activity information profile. The TDM utility enables the individual to provide supplemental information describing transactions for which reports are received. In addition, the TDM utility enables the individual to provide a schedule of previous/future transactions. The TDM utility rates the individual according to the quality of transactions and the reliability of the transaction schedule . . . . The TDM utility categorizes activities outlined in the transaction reports/schedules. The TDM utility serves targeted advertisements to the individual and/or performs transactions involving the individual's information, based on permissions and compensation agreements. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268370 | METHOD, SERVER AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING USER-CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION USING E-BOOK SERVICE - A method includes the steps of: (a) setting a relationship between users by referring to at least one piece of information on direction between the user who gives an e-book as a gift and the other user who receives it, information on the number of times the gift has been provided, and information on a price of the gift; (b) judging a first user and a second user whose degree of friendliness exceeds a preset value; and (c) acquiring information on a degree of involvement in reading that shows to which level the second user has read the gift, if the gift is provided from the first user to the second user; and (d) providing a service by referring to information on the gift, if the information on the degree of involvement in reading is judged to exceed a prefixed value. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268371 | PROFILING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and system for profiling recipients into recipient categories on the basis of responses to content items provided to users. The profiling is based on rankings that are assigned to the content items, recipient categories, links between the content items and links between the content items and recipient categories. In one embodiment the ranking of a given content item is calculated on the basis of rankings of other content items having a link to the given content item, together with the ranking of the link between the content items, while the ranking of a given respondent in respect of a given recipient category is calculated on the basis of rankings of content items and/or categories that have a link to that recipient category. The links between content items and to the recipient categories indicate a particular response, by the respondent, in respect of content items. The recipients are profiled with respect to the recipient categories on the basis of the rankings assigned to the recipient categories. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268372 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONSOLIDATING AND PERSONALIZING THE DELIVERY OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium for enabling the aggregation of electronic marketing communication data distributed to consumers via an electronic network, such as the Internet, thereby providing one or more convenient mechanisms by which an individual may access and manage marketing communication data from one or more marketing entities distributed via one or more communication channels, including an improved inbox designed for marketing communications and multi-channel communications. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268373 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING PERSONALIZED ADVERTISEMENTS - Techniques for personalizing a display advertisement for presentation to a member of a social network service are described. When a member of a social network service requests and receives web-based content, via a web-based (e.g., web browser) client application, an ad request is communicated to a social network service. The ad request is processed by identifying an online job listing that is likely to be of interest to the member of the social network service. A display advertisement is then personalized to present information from both the selected online job listing, and the member profile of the member who will be viewing the display advertisement. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268374 | Learning Accounts - Techniques are provided for use in an auction in which selected content items, or advertisements, of content providers, or advertisers, are selected and served, and in which, for an item served in response to a serving opportunity, contingent upon occurrence of a specified user action, an associated provider's account is charged a first sum and an associated publisher's account is credited a second sum. Performance of particular content items may be explored, such as ones for which little or no historical performance information may be available. Content item selection may be based at least in part on an objective of acquiring learning information that can be used in prediction of future performance of the content item. The associated provider's account may be charged a sum that reflects a learning value component, but the associated publisher's account may be credited a sum that does not reflect a learning value component. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268375 | Identifying the Physical Location of Internet Service Providers - Apparatus and methods are provided for identifying the physical location of internet service providers. Requests for data are received from a plurality of locatable browsing clients that include the IP address of the internet service provider that each of the locatable browsing clients is connected to, and geolocation data identifying the physical location of each of the plurality of locatable browsing clients. These requests are stored in records in a first database. A query is then performed on the first database to identify records where the originating IP addresses match and the geolocation data match within a threshold range; the results of the query are then stored in records in a second database. The records in the second database can then be used to provide location-specific data to clients in a web server implementation, or make bids on advertising opportunities based upon a browsing client's location. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268376 | SERVICE-BASED DEMONSTRATION EXPERIENCE CONFIGURATION - A demonstration service receives content from various content providers, and maintains the received content. The content can be provided to the demonstration service at various times, and changed as desired by the content providers. A retailer can access the demonstration service and select various content to include in demonstration experiences for various groups of demonstration devices in a retailer environment. The demonstration experiences can be changed at various times as desired by the retailer. Demonstration experience descriptions and/or changes to demonstration experience descriptions are provided to the demonstration devices, allowing each demonstration device to present a demonstration experience as defined by the retailer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268377 | GIFT COLLABORATION SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - Techniques for facilitating collaboration on gift ideas for a receiver are provided. An example method according to the disclosure includes creating a group for discussing gift ideas for the receiver in response to a request from a user, receiving a gift idea from a member of the group, and providing a group collaboration interface in which members of the group can post messages discussing the gift idea. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268378 | TRANSACTION VALIDATION BETWEEN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A TERMINAL USING LOCATION DATA - A method and apparatus is provided for performing a transaction involving a mobile communication device. The method includes receiving at a terminal a transaction request from the mobile communication device over a short-range communication link. An authorization request is sent to an authorizing agent requesting approval to complete the transaction in response to receipt of the transaction request. Approval to complete the transaction is received if the mobile communication device has been determined to be located within a predetermined distance of the terminal. The transaction with the mobile communication device is only completed after receiving the approval. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRAUD AND RECONCILIATION CONTROL AT POINT OF SALE - Methods and apparatuses streamline transactions involving both a service provider application and a point of sale to control fraud and improve the reconciliation process. Transactions generated at a service provider application are communicated to the point of sale and are finalized at the point of sale to avoid dual entry, minimizing errors. Alerts are generated when outstanding service provider generated transactions are not finalized within a defined period of time. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268380 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING POINT-OF-SALE TRANSACTION INFORMATION OVER A NETWORK - A system for capturing and storing customer transaction information includes a point-of-sale device for capturing information about items purchased by the customer, a dispenser for notifying the customer of an code identifying the transaction and a network address where the customer can go to view the transaction information, and a device connected over a network to the point-of-sale device for storing the customer transaction information. The customer uses the identifying code and the network address to access their transaction information without having to authenticate with the device associated with the network address, and the transaction information does not include any customer specific information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268381 | PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - Disclosed are payment system and methods. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRODUCT PLACEMENT - A product seller site distributes on a pay for placement basis placed product with purchased product when the purchased product is delivered, where the placed product is associated with the purchased product by at least one specific characteristic. For example, the owner of a product funds an account and supplies product samples to be distributed to customers purchasing similar products. Further, the product owners bid or pay a fee to place their product with the customer. When the customer purchases a product, a search engine determines which products from a database of products available for placement meet the search criteria and offers to distribute the placement product with the purchased product. The search criteria comprise matching the purchased product with similar products to be placed with the purchased product and finding the highest bidder or fee from the group of matching placement products. The account associated with the matching placement product is debited when the matching placement product is distributed to the customer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268383 | Creating and Licensing Illumination - Systems and methods permit use of efficient solid state emitters for broad spectrum continuous spectrum lighting defined by illumination data. The illumination data, which can be sold as a commercial product, can be recorded or authored and include spectral, temporal, and spatial information. Intensities of individual emitters such as LEDs can be controlled through a combination of pulse width modulation (PWM) and amplitude modulation (AM) of drive currents. The combination of PWM and AM permits fine tuning of the spectrum of emissions and creation of free space optical data channels. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268384 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provide herein is a method and system capable of authenticating transactions involving at least one service provider and one or more users who are each in electronic communication. This electronic communication can be, for example, SMS, MMS, e-mail, or online account messaging. It is an aspect of certain embodiments where the transaction is an authentication and/or verification of an entity. Examples of such entities are products, actions and users. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268385 | GROUP-BUYING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - This invention discloses a group-buying system and a method thereof. The system comprises a server end and a plurality of user ends. The system server provides a group-buying platform. The plurality of user ends is connected to the server end so as to log onto the group-buying platform. Wherein, user ends can create a group-buying message related to a specific product and display the group-buying message on the group-buying platform so as to launch a group-buying activity for the specific product. The group-buying message comprises a buyer number threshold value defining the minimum number of people which the group-buying activity needs. The server executes a trading procedure with each of the user ends joining the group-buying activity, when the number of people joining the group-buying activity is greater than or equal to the buyer number threshold value. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268386 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE TRANSACTIONS - Systems and methods to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE TRANSACTIONS - Systems and methods to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility via a network are described. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network at the network based commerce facility. The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility. In responsive to the request, the method performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268388 | AT HOME SERVICE QUOTATION PLATFORM AND METHOD - A quotation service platform customer service calls comprises a mobile device in wireless communication with a remote server. The server tracks the progress of the service call, provides a quotation for specified products to be installed, generates and delivers a contract to the device and supports scheduling of an installation. The server also provides a records management utility accessible from the device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268389 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFERING MULTIPLE PRODUCTS - A system and method for a supplier to offer multiple products to a first person and multiple pre-owned products to a second person is disclosed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268390 | PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED APPLICATION TO A USER TERMINAL - Techniques for providing a user terminal with a web application, which is customized in respect of terminal-specific properties and, optionally, user-specific parameters. An application server stores a template for the customized web application and a feature set for each of several terminal types; receives a request for creation of the customized web application, and determines the user-specific parameters based on the request; sends the user terminal a data message which triggers a request from the user terminal; determines the user terminal's type based on the request; determines the terminal-specific properties based on the determined type; creates the customized web application based on the template, the user-specific parameters and the terminal-specific properties; inserts the customized web application into a set of delivery files for a data communication system and transmits the set of delivery files to the user terminal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268391 | SMART GIFT LIST - A service provider communicates, to a user device, a reminder and suggestions to a user for possible gift purchases for a recipient, based on recipient purchase history, restrictions set by the user for the recipient, preferences set by the user for the recipient/gift, the occasion for the gift, and/or other factors. The user can select one or more recommended gifts from the user device and make the purchase through the user device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS - Product recommendations are presented to a consumer by presenting to the consumer a plurality of thumbnail images that correspond to a plurality of products. The plurality of thumbnail images are presented to the consumer in a plurality of tier groupings and each of the plurality of tier groupings is indicative of a relative ranking of products within a trend that is being tracked. In response to a user interacting with a one or more of the plurality of presented thumbnail images, the consumer is further presented with at least one of a zoomed-in version of the one or more of the plurality of presented thumbnail images interacted with by the consumer and a product detail page for a product corresponding to the one or more of the plurality of presented thumbnail images interacted with by the consumer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268393 | Third-Party Recommendation in Game System - A computer-implemented method for using a third-party recommendation in a game system includes: receiving, at a recommendation engine and from a game system, current game context data provided in real time during a game in which at least one user participates; selecting, by the recommendation engine, at least one of multiple predefined actions based on at least the current game context data; and providing a response to the game system that identifies the selected at least one action for performance. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268394 | DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing dynamic recommendations based on psychological types. A dynamic association component can associate recommendation features employed in a network site, such as a web portal, with respective psychological types based on a set of usage data for the web portal and/or the recommendation features. A dynamic feature provisioning component can determine a psychological type corresponding to a user, and provide recommendation features associated with the psychological type to the user during interaction with the web portal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268395 | AUTOMATED PRODUCT SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An automated method and system for selection and distribution of products include maintaining a database containing product information for a plurality of products; receiving user profile data for at least one user; selecting at least one recommended product from the plurality of products; and generating a personalized report regarding the at least one recommended product directed to the at least one user. The method and system also include improving the selection accuracy by updating user profile data and/or product information based on a completed product survey by the at least one user. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS - A method and system for providing personalized application recommendations to users of electronic devices. Contextual information is used to build a personalized user knowledge base. The information stored in the personalized user knowledge base may be used to locate applications that may be of interest to the user. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268397 | GENERATING APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON USER INSTALLED APPLICATIONS - Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an application installation log, the application installation log including per-user installation data indicating when each of a plurality of applications available through an application marketplace was installed on a plurality of computing devices, determining an overall score corresponding to a first application and a second application, the score indicating a degree of overlap in installation periods of the first application and the second application on the plurality of computing devices, determining that the overall score is greater than or equal to a threshold score, generating an index, the index associating the second application as an application of interest in view of the first application, and storing the index in computer-readable memory. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268398 | METHOD OF PLACING AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method for selecting an absorbent article wherein the method includes collecting input information from an individual via a computing device regarding absorbent article use during the individual's menstrual cycle wherein at least some of the information collected includes data generally known by most consumers. The method further includes correlating the input information to prior data collected from the individual and recommending the next immediate absorbent article for the individual based on the correlations from the input data and prior data. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268399 | FIT RECOMMENDATION VIA COLLABORATIVE INFERENCE - Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques for recommending a size of a subject item to fit a subject consumer. In some embodiments, clusters of consumers with fit characteristics similar to the subject consumer are identified, using one or more data clustering algorithms, based on any of numerous consumer attributes (e.g., self-reported and/or inferred height, weight, body shape, body characteristics, and/or purchase histories (e.g., consumers with high overlap in terms of sets of products purchased)). Information on other consumers in the cluster may be analyzed to draw conclusions on how different sizes of the subject item may fit the subject consumer. For example, the purchase history of other members of the cluster may be analyzed to determine whether other members purchased a particular size of the item, and if so, the size purchased by the other members may serve as a basis to recommend a size that may best fit the consumer. For example, if other members of the cluster purchased a particular size, then that size may be recommended to the subject consumer, or if other members of the cluster purchased and then returned a particular size (e.g., for being too small), then another (e.g., larger) size may be recommended to the subject consumer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268400 | MULTI-PANEL USER INTERFACE - A multi-panel user interface includes one-tap access of a shopping-related function from a collapsed panel in an expandable panel user shopping interface without requiring expanding the collapsed panel. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268401 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus is disclosed includes a memory and a processor that executes a method of providing an integrated wishlist including providing a graphical user interface (GUI) through which information on products selected from a plurality of different electronic commerce websites is received and integrating the information on the products into the integrated wishlist. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268402 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CENTRALIZED GIFT REGISTRY WITH UPLOAD AND MERGE OF A RETAILER-SPECIFIC REGISTRY - Systems and methods for that allow for the creation and management of a centralized gift registry are described. A retailer-specific registry is imported into the centralized gift registry. A gift list is created and displayed. Gift givers may select a gift from the gift list of the centralized gift registry. In one embodiment, when a purchase of a gift occurs, the gift list is updated. Updates to gifts are sent between the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registries, such that the gifts common to these registries are synchronized. This synchronization may involve the use of APIs at the centralized gift registry or the retailer-specific registries. The centralized gift registry system automatically searches for all retailer-specific registries pertaining to the gift registrant. The centralized gift registry system may request a retailer's system for information on gift items of a respective retailer-specific registry. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268403 | EVALUATING PUBLIC RECORDS OF SUPPLY TRANSACTIONS - A platform facilitates buyers, sellers, and third parties in obtaining information related to each other's transaction histories, such as a supplier's shipment history, the types of materials typically shipped, a supplier's customers, a supplier's expertise, what materials and how much a buyer purchases, buyer and shipper reliability, similarity between buyers, similarity between suppliers, and the like. The platform aggregates data from a variety of sources, including, without limitation, customs data associated with actual import/export transactions and facilitates the generation of reports as to the quality of buyers and suppliers, the reports relating to a variety of parameters that are associated with buyer and supplier quality. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268404 | PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING LIFE-CYCLE PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES - A support center receives a first request from a mobile device requesting a support service and establishing a communications session between the user of the mobile device and a support agent to allow the support agent to provide the support service to the product. The support center receives a message associated with the product from a vendor providing the product, the message identifying at least one of a promotion, a reward, a suggestion of an accessory, and a recall of the product. The support center accesses a set of rules associated with the product to determine whether the message associated with the product should be routed to the user, where the rules have been previously configured by the user and stored in the database, and transmits the message to the mobile device if the rules permit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268405 | INFORMATION INTEGRATION INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An information integration interactive system provides information interaction between a mobile device and an information service platform. A user transmits an interactive instruction including product identification information or member data via the mobile device. Upon receiving the interactive instruction, a data inquiry module of the information service platform generates first integrated information for returning to the mobile device. After the mobile device has logged in, a member service module of the information service platform provides second integrated information based on the received interactive instruction, or provides third integrated information based on the member data and a membership level. With the information integration interactive system, not only diverse services can be provided to the user, but the user is also progressively encouraged to provide more personal information. This helps manufacturers, distributors or stores in obtaining the member data as the basis for reducing marketing cost and increasing product benefits. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268406 | ENABLING A USER TO VERIFY A PRICE CHANGE FOR AN ON-DEMAND SERVICE - A method for enabling a user to verify a price change for an on-demand service is provided. One or more processors can determine a real-time price for providing the on-demand service to the user. The one or more processors can determine when the real-time price is equal to or exceeds a threshold price. In response to a request from the user for the on-demand service when the real-time price is equal to or exceeds the threshold price, an intermediate interface can be provided that the user is to correctly respond to before a service request can be transmitted to a service system. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268407 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268408 | TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING A PRODUCT FINDER - The principles set forth herein describe building a product finder. One aspect comprises receiving a request at a computing device to develop a product finder for a specified product category; receiving input at the computing device to configure the product finder, the input comprising data representing product information associated with the specified product category; developing, via a processor accessible by the computing device, the product finder based on an existing template, wherein developing the product finder based on the existing template reduces writing of computer code; and utilizing the input to customize the product finder. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268409 | Network-Based Platform For Storing, Tracking, Sharing And Selection Of Consumer-Defined Preferences - A system and method of enabling user-defined, preference-based retail shopping configured to be directed “outward” from the user—who defines his/her own “preferences” and then utilizes a network-connected mobile device to seek out “bricks and mortar” establishments where these “preferred” products/services may be found. Thus, instead of focusing on ways a merchant can reach “targeted” consumers, this system and method empowers the end-user/consumer to define his/her own preferences and make this information known to the retailers. A user develops a set of product/service “preferences” that are entered, updated, etc. to a network service platform via his/her mobile device. A user may make a recommendation about a product or service to someone in his “retail network”, where this is defined as referral or “ref” (and may also receive “refs” from other network members). | 2013-10-10 |
20130268410 | PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICALLY RELEVANT WEBSITE CONTENT - A method, system and computer-readable device for presenting geographically relevant content are provided. They can include reading a remote internet protocol address of a user computing device based on an initial request for content from the user computer device, determining a primary home airport based on the internet protocol address of the user computing device and searching a database for an available flight and hotel package having a flight originating at the primary home airport. They can also include identifying a preferred flight and hotel package from among a plurality of available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport by eliminating travel packages from among the plurality of available flight and hotel packages that have destinations unlikely to be popular for a particular geographic region associated with the internet protocol address. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268411 | AUTOMATED RANKING OF ONLINE SERVICE OR PRODUCT PROVIDERS - An online computer system is configured to receive requests from seekers for products or services and to provide the seekers and products a place to complete work once connected. The computer system searches through personal contacts of the seekers for trusted providers of the product or service request based on their proximity to the seekers. The computer system is configured to search through contacts within referral networks of the personal contacts for level-1 and level-2 providers of the product or service request. The level-2 providers might be more reliable because they are referred through the personal contacts of the seekers. The providers and referral contacts of the referrals can be rated and then provider candidates ranked according to the associated provider and referral ratings. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268412 | System and Method for Selectively Populating an Itemized Display - A first catalog of items associated with item characteristics C | 2013-10-10 |
20130268413 | Methods and Systems for Exchanging Stored Value Using a Mobile Communication Device - Methods and systems for exchanging stored value for shopping at a vendor using a mobile device involve identifying, by an application on the mobile device, a vendor for a user's shopping. Information regarding a trade of stored value of the user issued by at least one other vendor in exchange for stored value issued by the vendor for shopping by the user is retrieved by the application, and at least a portion of the stored value of the user issued by the at least one other vendor is identified by the application to exchange for stored value issued by the vendor for shopping by the user. Thereafter, the stored value issued by the vendor for shopping by the user is received by the application in exchange for at least a portion of the stored value of the user issued by the at least one other vendor. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES USING CONNECTING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - An approach is provided for providing services using connecting user interface elements. The connector platform determines one or more functions, one or more properties, or a combination thereof associated with one or more services. Next, the connector platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of at least one connecting user interface element to represent the one or more functions, the one or more properties, or a combination thereof. Then, the connector platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more interactions between the at least one connecting user interface element and one or more service user interface elements to determine whether to enable the one or more functions, the one or more properties, or a combination thereof. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268415 | JOINT PRICING AND REPLENISHMENT OF FRESHNESS INVENTORY - Joint pricing and replenishment of freshness inventory or products having different qualities determines the joint pricing and inventory strategies to optimize the retailer's benefits from product freshness, employing a dynamic programming formulation that incorporates a demand model that captures consumer choice based on both the freshness and price. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268416 | SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A system and method for identification and distribution of sample material include maintaining a database including information on a plurality of materials and an associated inventory of sample materials; identifying a subset of materials based on selected search criteria; displaying at least part of the information defining the subset of materials; receiving a selection of desired materials from the subset; queuing from the database and executing a distribution order by which sample materials for the desired materials are provided to a recipient. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268417 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES AND REPORTING OF SALES - A request for custom credit card sales account information is received at a server from a merchant employing a mobile device. The request includes an indication of a particular reporting type of the custom credit card sales account information. The server requests credit card sales account information from a financial service provider. The financial service provider is different than an entity hosting the server. The server receives the credit card sales account information from the financial service provider. The server filters the credit card sales account information based on the particular reporting type. The server generates a filtered custom credit card sales account based on the filtering. The server provides the filtered custom credit card sales account information to the mobile device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268418 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF TIME AND ATTENDANCE INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus for wireless communication of time and attendance information are disclosed. A time and attendance device may include a receiving unit and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit may be configured to receive identification information that identifies at least one user of the time and attendance device. The transmitting unit may be configured to transmit the received identification information to an external server over the wireless network. Related time information that indicates a time at which the receiving unit received the identification information may be captured and also transmitted to the external server. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268419 | MULTIPOINT BILLING QUALITY CONTROL AND CERTIFICATION - A device is provided that includes a processor to: receive current billing information associated with an account of a customer; receive prior billing information associated with the account; compare the current billing information with the prior billing information; determine whether an inaccuracy exists in the current billing information based on the comparison; determine whether an inaccuracy exists in the current billing information due to improperly applied promotional information to the account; determine whether an inaccuracy exists in the current billing information due to an improperly applied set of rules to the account; correct, when one or more inaccuracies exist in the current billing information; the one or more inaccuracies; and create a final bill for the account based on the current billing information and the corrected one or more inaccuracies. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268420 | Methods and Systems for Interactive Solutioning and Visualization of Working Capital Products - Methods and systems for real-time, interactive solutioning and visualization of working capital for an enterprise employ a processor coupled to memory and other computer hardware and software components for storing fixed data consisting at least in part of information regarding financial institution products and information regarding governmental regulations; storing variable data consisting at least in part of information regarding operations of the enterprise; receiving variable data interactively consisting at least in part of information regarding enterprise preferences; and generating at least one recommendation for a proposed structure for the enterprise based at least in part on the fixed data and the variable data. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268421 | Dynamic Agricultural Index Methodology - A computer-generated dynamic agricultural index of value to investors is determined from a rules-based weighted assessment of market liquidity and economic importance of fourteen agricultural markets of soybeans, corn, soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat, soybean oil, soybean meal, canola, sugar, cocoa, coffee, cotton, live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hogs. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268422 | Tabs Based Drag and Drop Graphical Trading Interface - The interface comprises one or more grids, each grid typically associated with a specific security. GUI objects or icons representing orders of a specific quantity may be dragged and dropped onto the grid to place, change, or cancel orders. The Grids are contained within tab pages, which are further contained as tab sets. Status icons are used to represent open, filled, and cancelled orders. The Icon Locate and Order locate feature allows orders on the Grid and Icons in the status panels to be easily associated and cross referenced by a visual indication. Status Icons may be stamped with their associated order type, quantity, trading symbol, and or status. Similarly, the status icons may take the form of corporate logos and adjust in size according to the value or quantity of a position. An Icon packing feature allows status icons to be efficiently placed within their total panel area such that the status icons are visible to the user. Advertising content may be displayed on the trading interface main window and also conveniently packaged within any tabpage or panel. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268423 | COPY TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are disclosed that include, in one or more implementations, receiving, with one or more processors from a computing device associated with a broker/dealer, electronic transaction information representing a first transaction executed by a first user. At least one other user is identified to receive a notification of a transaction associated with the first user. A notification that represents the first transaction is transmitted to at least one computing device respectively associated with at least one other user, and an instruction is received that represents an order to execute a second transaction on behalf of the at least one other user. The second transaction copies the first transaction, and the one or more processors generates and transmits an instruction to execute the second transaction. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268424 | Commodity Futures Index and Methods and Systems of Trading in Futures Contracts that Minimize Turnover and Transaction Costs - This invention relates to methods and systems for reducing transaction costs and minimizes turnover in the trading of futures contracts. The invention further describes an algorithm whose output is a unique method of investing in futures contracts that reduces the rate of turnover, and thus the cost of trading, of certain common trading strategies. The primary application of this method is to a class of strategies referred to as indexing strategies that incorporate a dynamic asset allocation approach using futures contracts. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268425 | Foreign Currency Index - Systems and methods are provided for trading and calculating the composition of foreign currencies indexed financial instruments. The compositions of the financial instruments are determined by calculating a geometric average of the exchange rates of foreign currencies with corresponding competitive weights. The competitive weights for each of the foreign currencies reflects competition between the goods of the United States and a country corresponding to the foreign currency in the markets of third countries. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268426 | REMOTE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR TRADING ON THE EXCHANGE MARKETS - A terminal for trading on exchange markets, comprising a monitor and a keyboard (real or virtual), a device providing transfer of funds to user's account and withdrawal of funds from the user's account and/or money dispending, a device for remote connection configured to display a graphical interface with fields for displaying target information, connected to a control server for the user's account state. The device provides transfer of funds to/from the user's account and/or money dispensing, built into the terminal case, or located outside the case and connected to servers of exchange markets for displaying in fields of information about the current quotations, positions and calculation of profit and loss for each transaction, thus the specified unit also has a feature of displaying of positions and with a feature of input of the price for a rate (point) change and a position amount through the keyboard. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268427 | TERMINAL FOR TRADING ON THE EXCHANGE MARKETS - A system for financial transactions includes a terminal for trading on the exchange markets, comprising a monitor for displaying target information with a keyboard-type input device, a money input device for financial operations, as well as with communication devices for remote servers and a computing device for graphic information displaying and for settlement transactions. The computing device broadcasts quotations received from exchange markets and can transfer, by a signal of trading session termination, of a profit to current account of the payer or distribution of the profit through an integral cash dispenser. The terminal has a unit of the position or transaction amount choice and limiting of risks to the amount of this position or transaction, and the computing device can calculate transaction calculation, input of the price of change of at least one rate and input of increased or decreased position or invariance position of a future quotation. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268428 | Universal economy enhancement system - The ‘Universal Economy Enhancement System’ is a business method or process that can be established and used by a single country or a group of countries to significantly improve the economy of the user country or user countries principally by significantly reducing unemployment and funding worthy projects. This is accomplished by having a new national or international institution or the like collect new business ideas or ideas for new businesses from Inventors. These new business ‘inventions’ may or may not be patentable. The UEES institution is given the right by UEES nations to determine whether the Inventor's invention is ‘new’. If it is the UEES register the new invention and the UEES receives a permanent intellectual property ownership right from UEES using countries. The ‘inventions’ are made available for use in UEES-using countries. The Inventor is compensated by the UEES based on the economic impact of his/her/its invention. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268429 | Real estate plan methods and systems - Methods and systems for executing a real estate plan for addressing transaction costs relative to a closing of a real estate transaction between a real estate buyer and a real estate seller. The methods and systems facilitate a negotiation between the real estate buyer and the real estate seller of a real estate plan commission fee payable to a real estate plan agent at the closing of the real estate transaction, the real estate commission fee being representative of one or more duties of the real estate plan agent in executing the real estate plan. The methods and systems further generate a real estate plan agreement between the real estate buyer and the real estate seller with the real estate plan agreement specifying the real estate plan commission fee. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC GIFT CARD PROCESSING - A methods and apparatus for dynamic gift card processing are disclosed. In a computer-implemented method, a list of one or more products requested by a first party is displayed. At least one payment is received from at least one funding party for at least a portion of one or more of the products. The received payment(s) are stored at an account. A first request is received for the first party to utilize funds from the account for a purchase of one of the products. A gift card is issued to the first party for a first amount of funds. The first amount may be an amount specified by the first party, or the first amount may be the lesser of a remaining balance for the purchase of said one product by the first party, and a second, predetermined, amount of funds. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268431 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Disclosed herein is a method for managing a payment transaction wherein a processor receives a transaction information input corresponding to a particular card type. The processor then accesses a BIN table and a rate table to calculate a fee based on the transaction information input and compares the calculated fee with alternate fees corresponding to alternate card types. A card type corresponding to a determined lowest fee between the calculated fee and the alternate fees is then outputted. The processor then completes the payment transaction by accessing transaction information corresponding to a user selected card type. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268432 | GIFTING SYSTEM - A system for purchasing and delivering a specific gift, in which, at the time of the purchase, the buyer, instead of being provided with the gift, is provided with a gift proxy or special package which includes a gift token which includes an authentication device. The gift proxy also includes a picture of the specific gift. The buyer delivers the gift proxy to the recipient. At a future time and place, not necessarily pre-determined, the recipient provides the gift proxy to the seller, the seller authenticates the gift proxy, and the recipient receives the gift from the seller. A centralized and networked order management system monitors the gift tokens. The system can be online and/or store oriented, and can be used to transact in goods and/or services other than gifts. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268433 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC BILLING OF POWER CONSUMPTION THROUGH STREET POLES - The present invention provides a system and method for automatic billing, managing, scheduling and power consumption controlling of charging process of electronic vehicle. The system is comprised of: street light poles which include: an electronic node, unique communication adapter and electronic socket for vehicles charging, a feeder pillar in the street comprising a concentrator for controlling and scheduling the power consumption of each street light pole in relation to charging process and a operation control center (OCC) for controlling and billing the power consumption of each street pole. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PROVISIONING BILL PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT - A system and method for self or automated provisioning bill presentment and payment is provided. Billing software executing on a central billing server enables billers to configure a bill presentment and payment website to enable multiple forms of electronic payment and presentment to be made without the need for programming customized applications. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268435 | FRIENDLY FUNDING SOURCE MESSAGING - A sender can request payment of a third party invoice by messaging a receiver. The receiver may accept or deny the payment request. The request to pay a particular invoice may be sent via a sender through an on-line request, electronic mail and/or text messaging to a receiver who may have an account with an on-line payment provider. Upon receiving the request, the receiver may accept or decline the payment request via electronic mail and/or text messaging. If the receiver accepts the payment request, the amount of the invoice is deducted out of their on-line payment provider account. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268436 | Common Service Platform System and Revenue Method - A business method to provide and charge for utility, digital and analog services from a common service platform system to one, or more, end-users. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268437 | SECURE ECOSYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE ENABLING MULTIPLE TYPES OF ELECTRONIC WALLETS IN AN ECOSYSTEM OF ISSUERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND ACQUIRES OF INSTRUMENTS - A platform for performing secure personalized transactions in a multi-domain ecosystem includes a personalization tier that enables service provider personalization for one or more ecosystem elements stored on a mobile device. Further, the platform includes an enabling tier for facilitating interoperation between the personalization tier and a client device. The platform further includes a service tier that may be operating independently of the enabling tier and may enable service delivery for a plurality of services. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268438 | Virtual Currency Payment Network - A method and system for making purchase payment transactions with merchants, using virtual (eg: points-based) currencies issued by parties other than that of the merchant. Specifically, this invention is a payment network that processes payment instructions across multiple merchants, the payments being made with virtual currency (ie: private, non-sovereign currency, such as loyalty points and social network credits) issued by multiple virtual currency programs (eg: as those from airline, hotel, credit card, social media and gaming companies). | 2013-10-10 |
20130268439 | VTEX3 FRAUD PROTECTION SYSTEM MOBILE VERIFICATION PROTOCOL (MVP) - The methods and systems for providing fraud protection and prevention of Identity theft, referred to as Personal Information Owner (PIO) to an user involving a transaction into an application server and application associated with customer mobile/portable communication device through a multi step verification process, the system allow users for controlling and managing of pre and post verification of all transaction/Personal Information Owner (PIO) based requests or personal information and providing the holder/user full control of confidential information. This system or process has the advantage of pre-screening any process request made against the user's information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268440 | Gift Transaction Processing System and Method - A gift transaction processing system/method allowing collection and management of financial and non-financial gifts from gift donors to gift recipients using a distributed communication network is disclosed. The gift donor interacts with a graphical user interface (GUI) client to donate a gift under control of a gifting computing server (GCS). The GCS receives gift donor information and assigns an identification token to the gift donor and associates this token with the received gift donor information. The GCS then sends the token and an HTML document identifying the gift to the client along with a donation application activator. The client receives this information and displays the HTML document at which time the donor selects the donation activator and the client informs the GCS to complete the gift transaction and provide a receipt to the donor via the client. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268441 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERIFYING CUSTOMER SUPPLIED FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INFORMATION USING DEBIT AND CREDIT TRANSACTIONS - Embodiment of the invention describe methods and systems for verifying customer supplied financial account information verification using debit and credit transactions. These methods include electronically transmitting an electronic debit and credit transaction to the customer financial account, based on the customer supplied financial account information. The method also includes electronically transmitting a first statement descriptor, as part of at least one of the electronic debit transaction and the electronic credit transaction, that includes a first verification code. The method also includes electronically receiving, from the customer, a second verification code, and comparing, by the computer system, the transmitted first verification code with the received second verification code with respect to each other. The method also includes verifying, by the computer system, the customer supplied financial account information based on the comparison of the verification codes. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268442 | SECURE PAYMENT SYSTEM - Systems and method for performing secure electronic payment transactions to allow merchants to perform payment processing such that the merchant is only required to identify a unique identifier of a customer account and not data specific to a particular payment device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SECURE TRANSACTION MODULE - A secure electronic payment transaction system includes a Secure Transaction Module (STM) and a host device. The STM includes hardware and software components that meet the security requirements of the payment card industry and provide secure payment transactions utilizing banking cards. The host device includes a communication modem for connecting to financial institutions via a network connection. The STM connects to the host device via an interface and communicates with the financial institutions via the host device's communication modem. The STM is self-sufficient and can be connected to any host device over any interface. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268444 | THREE-FACTOR USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD FOR GENERATING OTP USING IRIS INFORMATION AND SECURE MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM USING OTP AUTHENTICATION MODULE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - The present invention authenticates a user using iris information in order to generate OTP, generates OTP using a 3-factor authentication method based on HMAC, and performs encryption thereof, and also relates to a security system that secures and controls a wireless communication terminal owned by a user through the following methods: a method for managing the storage of a program memory having a management program and encrypted key values stored therein, by directly inputting the iris information in real-time; a method for authenticating a wireless communication terminal by mutually authenticating two methods having different directions, the methods being an authentication by an OTP integrated authentication server through a service providing server, and an authentication by a public authentication facility through a wireless authentication server; a method for enabling the service usage of packets for communication between a user and a server only through iris authentication in order to prevent a DoS attack during the communication; and a method for protecting the system by protecting the original and patch files of the applications and the drives using iris information and constantly monitoring same, thus enabling secure electronic transaction services. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268445 | REAL-TIME RECALL INVENTORY MATCHING SYSTEM - A real-time process to automatically match medical device recall information to a healthcare provider's inventory and history to alert healthcare personnel of a recall associated with a medical device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTRY OF STRUCTURED DATA - Systems and methods for enabling communication between a user and at least one entity by a communication service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises providing at least one predefined text string for display to the user on a device, the at least one predefined text string comprising an inquiry to the at least one entity, receiving a structured text input associated with the at least one predefined text string, and transmitting a message to another device having the at least one predefined text string and the structured text input to the at least one entity. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268447 | Method and System for Providing and Administering Online Rental Vehicle Reservation Booking Services - A system and method is disclosed herein for customizing pages of a rental vehicle reservation booking website with deep-links for specialized rental vehicle reservations. The specialized rental vehicle reservations may comprise reservations for a division of a customer entity and/or promotional offer reservations. Multi-division and multi-offer pages can also be defined for the website through an administrative tool. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268448 | AUTOMATIC PARKING STATION SYSTEM FOR CYCLES AND BICYCLES - An automatic parking station for cycles or bicycles, including an interactive workstation and a plurality of parking posts. Each parking post includes a first lock portion for securing a cycle or bicycle thereto through a removable second lock portion on the cycle or bicycle. The parking posts are connected to the interactive workstation through a local communication network to allow exchange of commands between the interactive workstation and the parking posts. Each parking post including code reading means for reading a cycle/bicycle code univocally identifying a cycle or bicycle and stored in a memory medium, so that the cycle/bicycle can be identified by the interactive workstation. The station accepts the bicycles and cycles of private users and rental companies. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268449 | MOBILITY DEVICE TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for mobility device tracking within a facility. Device information is received, stored and updated. The location is tracked within the facility. Information related to interactions with the mobility device are stored. A compliance report is generated based on the stored interaction information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268450 | METHOD OF SECURING A CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF A SPECIMEN OF A DONOR - A method of securing a chain of custody of a specimen of a donor prevents tampering with or accidental mismanagement of the specimen. The method includes providing a tamper evident seal operable to indicate that an assaying device has been tampered with once the seal is sealed, the seal including a label having at least one portion including a machine-readable indicia area. The assaying device comprises a collection cup and a cap that carries at least one test strip. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268451 | Method and System for Assessing the Candidacy of an Applicant - A method and apparatus for automating the process of assessing a candidate and confidentially determining whether the candidate is suited for a particular job opening is disclosed. A designated user creates a position to be filled and establishes the requirements and qualifications for that position. As the candidate applies to a particular position, a computer system collects application data from the candidate in a variety of formats and outputs the application data in a uniform manner to allow comparison of multiple candidates applying for the same job opening. The designated user also shares the collected application data with a plurality of secondary users. The secondary users browse the application data, rate the candidates and provide feedback to the designated user. The designated user is able to determine which candidate to extend employment to, after having viewed the application data, as well as the feedback and ratings provided from the secondary users. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268452 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES - A system, methods, and apparatus for matching employers to employees are disclosed. In an example embodiment, preferences submitted by employers and employees are stored. The preferences may include number of open positions, industry, location, salary, work experience, education level and background information received from employers and employees. The employers may be stably matched to employees in a many to many relationship. The resulting matches may be stable such that (i) no employee would prefer to be unmatched than stay with the employer matched with the employee, (ii) no employer would prefer to be unmatched than stay with the employees matched with the employer, and (iii) no employee and employer that are not matched with each other would prefer to match with each other rather than remain matched with their current matches. The matches may be employer-optimized or employee-optimized. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268453 | SATORI INTEGRATED HEALTH & FINANCIAL BENEFITS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A shared medical savings system and method are provided that allow a patient to participate in the savings generated by selecting to have a medical procedure performed overseas. The system has one or more computing devices, a link that is capable of connecting the one or more computing devices to a medical shared savings unit that is capable of interacting with the computing devices. An employer uses the computing device to elect to participate in a medical savings plan using a Health Reimbursement Account, a patient using the computing device to select an overseas medical procedure that is part of the medical savings plan so that the savings for the overseas medical procedure is divided between the employer and the patient utilizing a medical savings plan. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268454 | MOBILE BAGGAGE DISPATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - The disclosure relates to an apparatus, method and system for dispatching baggage. The apparatus includes a processor configured to receive baggage information associated with a passenger; associate the baggage information with a delivery person, where the delivery person is associated with delivery person information; and transmit at least apportion of the baggage information and the delivery person information to a passenger computing device associated with the passenger. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED DELIVERY SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing personalized delivery services by a carrier providing a package delivery service. For example, a consignee may indicate a delivery preference to be applied to delivery of a package, such as indicating a specific location where the package is to be left upon delivery, if the consignee is not present to accept the package. In one embodiment, the consignee may be notified by the carrier of the scheduled delivery of the package, and may be linked to the carrier's web site to indicate a delivery preference. Alternatively, the delivery preference may be indicated by the consignee proactively accessing the web site. After conveying a delivery preference, the carrier's systems communicate the delivery preference at the appropriate time to a portable computing device which informs the delivery personnel of the consignee's delivery preference. Other embodiments allow the consignor to indicate delivery preferences. | 2013-10-10 |