48th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090292542 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROCESSING APPARTUS AND VOICE DECODER - The present invention discloses a signal processing method adapted to process a synthesized signal in packet loss concealment. The method includes the following steps: receiving a good frame following a lost frame, obtaining an energy ratio of energy of a signal in the signal of the good frame signal to energy of a synthesized signal corresponding to the same time of the good frame; and adjusting the synthesized signal in accordance with the energy ratio. The present invention also discloses a signal processing apparatus and a voice decoder. Through using the method provided by the present invention, the synthesized signal is adjusted in accordance with the energy ratio of the energy of the first good frame following the lost frame to the energy of the synthesized signal to ensure that there be not a waveform sudden change or an energy sudden change at the place where the lost frame and the first good frame following the lost frame are jointed in the synthesized signal, to realize the waveform's smooth transition and to avoid music noises. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292543 | Transmission Bandwidth And Memory Requirements Reduction In A Portable Image Capture Device - A system and method for reducing storage and transmission bandwidth requirements of a portable image capture device capable of establishing a communications connection on a network are disclosed. The method includes assigning an image identifier to captured images uploaded to a server on a network, wherein each of the images is stored in an image file having a particular size. The size of each of the image files corresponding to the uploaded images on the image capture device may then be reduced, thereby reducing storage requirements. In response to a user request to apply an action to one of the uploaded images, only the image identifier of the image and the requested action are transmitted to the server, thereby eliminating the need to retransmit the image and reducing transmission bandwidth requirements. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292544 | Binaural spatialization of compression-encoded sound data - The invention is aimed at improving the quality of the filtering by transfer functions of HRTF type of signals (L, R) compressed in a transformed domain, for binaural playing on two channels (L-BIN, R-BIN), using a combination of HRTF filters (h | 2009-11-26 |
20090292545 | CREATING, MANAGING, AND PROVISIONING PACKAGES OF ONLINE APPLICATIONS - Methods and computer-readable media are provided herein for implementing custom application programming interfaces (API) for creating, managing, and provisioning packages of online applications. An offer management service API is implemented that provides methods for creating and modifying offers for packages of online applications. An offer provisioning API is implemented that provides methods enabling the provisioning of online applications for subscribers to offers. An application provider API is published and utilized to provision and maintain individual instances of online applications provided by application providers. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292546 | Human Resources Employment Method - Various embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided human resources employment system and method that electronically captures and shares, in real-time, human resources and unemployment events and the completed forms that relate to those events. Other embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided system for managing human resources and unemployment forms and data captured in those forms. Another embodiment of the invention relates to a system and method for managing unemployment claims. This invention also relates to a human resources employment computer-based product that manages human resources and unemployment forms and database information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292547 | Auction Trading Interface - In an auction order display, the market is displayed on a screen where bids and offers are displayed along two lines. The corresponding bid and offer prices are, for example, in two columns, with the offer and bid columns displayed side by side, and the corresponding bid and offer prices aligned. In that way, a trader can instantly get a view of the current market, and decisions can be made more quickly. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292548 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INFORMATION EDITORIAL CONTROLS - A method for information editorial controls includes a group of members in an online community receiving authorization a category of editorially-controlled content. A first editor of the group in the online community receives authorization to the category of editorially-controlled content. A member of the group rates published comments within a predefined range. A contributing member of the group submits additional comments. The first editor reviews the additional comments to determine suitability for incorporation into the category of editorially-controlled content and determines whether to award points to the contributing member within a predefined range. The first editor incorporates suitable additional comments into the category of editorially-controlled content and publishes an edited category of editorially-controlled content wherein the suitable additional comments improves the content of the category. Members of the group receive contribution points based in part on their awarded points and rating of their published comments. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292549 | SOCIAL NETWORK CONSTRUCTION BASED ON DATA ASSOCIATION - A system for social network construction. Video analytics and association may be used to develop a social network. Also, social groups may be developed from temporal proximity of persons. In the case of several social networks, they may be collapsed into one network or a weighted graph that mining algorithms can handle. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292550 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE OPTIMAL TIMES FOR AN EVENT - A method for planning an event with a computer system that includes the steps of gathering the constraints, creating filtered layers based on the constraints, intersecting at least two filtered layers, and determining at least one optimal time for the event. In another preferred embodiment, the method for planning an event includes the steps of gathering the constraints, creating filtered layers based on the constraints, intersecting at least two filtered layers, and determining at least one set of event details. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292551 | System and Method for Mapping Structural and Functional Deviations in an Anatomical Region - A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes accessing individual patient deviation maps indicative of a structural difference and a functional difference, respectively, of at least one anatomical region of a patient with respect to standardized reference image data. The method may also include generating a composite patient deviation map indicative of both the structural difference and the functional difference based on at least the individual patient deviation maps, and outputting the composite patient deviation map. Additional methods, systems, and manufactures are also disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292552 | Integrated and interactive health-management system - An integrated and interactive health-management system allows a medical-care-recipient to transmit both physiological and non-physiological information obtained through his/her self-monitoring to a medical-service platform so that related medical personnel at the platform partaking in the medical treatment can learn the medical-care-recipient's home care status and provide the medical-care-recipient with professional suggestions and assistance accordingly. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292553 | Tax insurance method, and system - Tax insurance method, and system is offered to form an insurance plan combining together at least two separate but related contracts. It helps insurance providers to support different but related clients applying a legally secured united technology and to collect financial contributions of clients-investors, to satisfy financial and other needs of clients-duties and giving back a compensation said clients-investors. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292554 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL TRIALS - A tool for planning and management of clinical trials. The tool computes a patient enrollment timeline in a clinical trial using multiple factors that bear on the rate of patient enrollment. The factors may be site-dependent factors or may be country-dependent factors. When these factors are applied, different sites may have different rates of enrollment in the same interval. Further, the factors may be time dependent such that even the same sites may have different enrollment rates in different intervals. Once the timeline is created, the tool may use it to calculate a schedule of monitor visits, project trial completion or otherwise generate output used in management of the clinical trial. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ON-CALL DATA FOR HEALTH CARE LOCATIONS AND PHYSICIANS - A system which contains real-time specialist on-call data is disclosed. The system allows for the input and searching of specialist on-call data for various health care locations. The system is configured to allow a patient in need of the medical care of a specialist not currently available at the patient's location to search for the nearest health care location(s) with a physician of the desired specialization presently or soon to be on call. Methods of the same are also disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292556 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING PATIENT REFERRALS - Practitioners are certified to perform a medical procedure, such as an orthodontic procedure. Certified practitioners are maintained in a referral directory and classified within tiers based on criteria such as the number of procedures that they have performed. Inquiries are solicited from prospective patients, and referral lists are provided to those patients who request them. The referral lists are obtained from the referral directory with doctors from higher tiers who have performed more procedures receiving preferential inclusion on the referral lists. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292557 | System and Method for Disease Diagnosis from Patient Structural Deviation Data - A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes accessing patient deviation data of a structural difference between a patient anatomical feature and a standardized anatomical feature. The method may also include comparing the patient deviation data to reference deviation data sets representative of multiple disease types. Each reference deviation data set may be representative of an expected deviation from the standardized anatomical feature for a particular disease type. The method may further include automatically identifying one or more potential patient disease types based at least in part on the comparison. Additional methods, systems, and manufactures are also disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292558 | NURSING HOME EVALUATION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, like a nursing home facility. Embodiments of the invention provide assessment questions to an assessor via a computer interface. The assessment questions may be based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a number of resident care areas. Responses to the assessment questions may be received, some relating to answers provided to the assessor by respondents (e.g., residents or staff of the resident care facility). The responses may be processed to generate an assessment dataset, which may then be used to generate quality scores for the various resident care areas. The quality scores may indicate likelihoods of citation in the resident care areas as a function of data derived from the base assessment model. The quality scores and/or assessment results may then be graphically displayed and used to formulate a resource allocation determination. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292559 | MEDICAL WORKFLOW SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PROCESS WORKFLOW RECORDATION - A medical information processing and storage system includes a medical images database storing medical images and metadata relevant to the medical images. A processor is configured to perform post-acquisition image processing on medical images. A medical images archiver is configured to store a medical image in the medical images database after the medical image has been processed by the processor. The medical images archiver stores the medical image in the database with processing-descriptive metadata that is descriptive of the post-acquisition image processing performed on the medical image by the processor. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292560 | Disease Management Interface System - A disease management interface system to improve the management of chronic diseases, disorders and conditions, comprising: by linking evidence-based protocols and desired management outcomes to a particular patients data through the use of rules-based decision engines, and presentation of the results of these decisions at opportune points in the process of care for a patient. Simplified presentation of information is unique and promotes appropriate management decisions, and protocol driven ordering programming supports reliability and safety of care. The use of a complete patient-specific cluster of process and outcome measures, rather than evaluation of the process and outcome measures for specific diseases considered in isolation of co-existing conditions, brings a patient centered focus to the management of these conditions. The disease management interface system is independent of a specific proprietary electronic health record, but versions will be programmed for use with all electronic health records. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292561 | MEDICAL INFORMATION ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS AND MEDICAL INFORMATION ACCESS CONTROL PROGRAM - A medical information access control apparatus including a first storage that stores information of a first access right and a second access right, a second storage that stores a determination information that determines whether or not a patient is in an emergency medical condition, an accepting unit that accepts an access request to the medical information of the patient, an acquiring unit that acquires a state information of the patient, a determining unit that determines whether or not the patient is in the emergency medical condition, and a controller that performs an access control to the medical information based on the first access right if the determining unit determines that the patient is not in the emergency medical condition and based on the second access right if the determining unit determines that the patient is in the emergency medical condition. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292562 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING FIXED INDEX ANNUITIES - A system for administering an insurance account includes a processor; a memory in communication with the processor; the processor being adapted to: access data indicative of a value of an index calculated based on a formula including as factors prices of individual equity securities; access data indicative of dividend yield; access data indicative of an asset value of an insurance account having a value based on the index; determine an updated asset value of the insurance account based on change in the index and on the dividend amount paid; store the determined updated asset value in the memory; and provide an output signal indicative of the determined updated asset value. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING VARIABLE ANNUITIES - A system for administering a variable annuity account includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to: access from a memory storage device data indicative of actual performance over a time period of a fund within the variable annuity account; access from a memory storage device data indicative of benchmark performance of the fund; compare the actual performance data to the benchmark performance data, and store the result of the comparison in the memory; based on the results of the step of comparing, determine whether to refund to the account an amount; if the amount is to be refunded, access data indicative of the refund amount; access data indicative of the asset value of the account; determine an updated asset value based on the asset value and the amount to be refunded; store the determined updated asset value in a memory storage location; and provide an output signal including data indicative of the change in the asset value of the account. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING ANNUITIES - A computer-implemented method for administering an annuity product includes storing by a processor in memory an amount of an initial funding payment, an interest rate formula and a term for an accumulation annuity, and storing terms including a deferral term for a guaranteed income annuity. If the processor determines that the current time is during the term, the processor calculates an amount of interest earned on the fixed rate annuity and storing in memory a credit of the calculated interest amount to a guaranteed income annuity. After the accumulation period, the processor provides an output signal indicative of instructions to provide a notice of expiration. After the deferral period, the processor calculates an income annuity payment amount from the guaranteed income annuity; and provides an output signal indicative of instructions for a payment to be made to an annuitant based on the income annuity payment amount. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292565 | Method of Managing Unemployment Claims - Various embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided human resources employment system and method that electronically captures and shares, in real-time, human resources and unemployment events and the completed forms that relate to those events. Other embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided system for managing human resources and unemployment forms and data captured in those forms. Another embodiment of the invention relates to a system and method for managing unemployment claims. This invention also relates to a human resources employment computer-based product that manages human resources and unemployment forms and database information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292566 | Yield Management of Configurable Restaurants - Program products, apparatuses, and methods that manage a reservation yield in a manner accounting for and utilizing the option to dynamically reconfigure resources are disclosed. Application may lead to a more efficient use of the resources and an increase in revenue. For example, the reservation yield of a restaurant and of hotel or lodging establishments may be managed in a manner that accounts for the potential to reconfigure table layout and room layout, respectively. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292567 | System and Method for Assessing Operational Risk Employing Market-Based Information Processing - A method of assessing operational risk includes defining a participant set. The participant set includes a plurality of members. The method also includes identifying a set of initial risk sources, assigning risk certificates for each of the initial risk sources to each of the plurality of members of the set of participants, and trading the risk certificates among the plurality of members of the set of participants to establish market prices that correspond to a level of risk associated with each of the initial risk sources. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292568 | Adaptive Risk Variables - Methods, systems and computer-implemented processes for analyzing transactions for fraud are presented. A plurality of risk tables used by a fraud detection model is augmented with temporal change data related to risk variables associated with the plurality of risk tables. The fraud detection model is then executed using the augmented plurality of risk tables to generate a score for transaction data representing a new transaction, the score representing a numerical probability of the existence of fraud based on the fraud detection model. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292569 | Method for sweeping a depository and an automated teller machine incorporating the same - Disclosed herein is a method for collecting information related to deposits made at an ATM and an ATM configured for collected the same. Information describing each deposit made at the ATM is collected and first and second summaries of the deposits produced. In response to a sweep command, a printout summarizing deposits made prior to the sweep command and subsequent to an immediately preceding sweep command is generated while, in response to a reset command, a printout summarizing deposits made prior to the reset command but subsequent to the sweep command is generated. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292570 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING OPERATIONAL PROCESS QUALITY AND RISK - Methods and apparatus for assessing operational process quality and risk of an entity or a group of entities. The present invention enables a user to effectively compare one or more events, representing what actually happened, with a reference, which represents ideal performance in terms of operational process quality and risk, and express the corresponding results in quantitative terms. The present invention is capable of presenting results in a form and with sufficient rapidity that a human decision-maker is able to timely observe conditions which represent unacceptable quality or excessive risk and respond appropriately. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292571 | METHOD OF MANAGING CARBON REDUCTION FOR HYDROCARBON PRODUCERS - A method and means is disclosed for managing the reduction of carbon during product transport for a large number of hydrocarbon fuel producers within a given geographic region. This reduction of carbon is accomplished at a few major sequestration hubs located within the geographic region where the sequestration hubs themselves pass through or near major carbon dioxide sequestration facilities. The method includes reducing the amount of carbon in the product and providing a carbon credit or a carbon tax benefit to the producer as an additional alternative available to the producer than acquiring a carbon credit, paying a carbon tax or installing on-site capture and sequestration facilities. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292572 | Concrete Material Dispensing System - A control system for a concrete plant adds intelligent capabilities in the concrete plant that may enhance safety, localize control of the concrete plant, and assist with troubleshooting. The control system may also enhance accuracy for determining an amount of mixed concrete dispensed, or amounts of concrete ingredients to dispense, and may eliminate the need for equipment used to verify the amount of mixed concrete or concrete ingredients dispensed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292573 | METHOD FOR OPTIMAL DEMANUFACTURING PLANNING - A method and apparatus that maintains a database of the demands over time for all the different refurbished machines is disclosed. The invention also maintains the supply over time of all the different machines that will be returned from expired leases. The invention maintains the relationship for alternate parts which parts can be used in place of another. The invention also maintains an inventory of parts and machines. As machines are returned from expired leases, they come into inventory. From this inventory, some of the machines will, from time to time be scheduled to be refurbished or demanufactured. The balance will remain in inventory. When a machine is demanufactured, all of the parts that are produced will be put in inventory. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292574 | METHOD TO ANALYZE ECONOMICS OF ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR NUCLEAR STEAM GENERATORS - A method to determine corrective actions of a nuclear steam generator, having the steps of modeling of steam generator tube and deposit heat transfer characteristics by analytically deriving specific deposit characteristics and descriptive model parameters, wherein the modeling uses historical thermodynamic data for an operating plant under evaluation, identifying a set of one of preventive and corrective maintenance alternatives to accomplish steam generator deposit objectives, determining through the modeling a power production impact of each of the set of one of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives to determine an economic cost for each of the set of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives, and initiating a maintenance alternative with a lowest economic cost as compared to the maintenance evaluation alternatives with higher economic costs. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292575 | Coalescence of Disparate Quality of Service Matrics Via Programmable Mechanism - A method for classifying the Quality of Service of the incoming data traffic before the traffic is placed into the priority queues of the Active Queue Management Block of the device is disclosed. By employing a range of mapping schemes during the classification stage of the ingress traffic processing, the invention permits the traffic from a number of users to be coalesced into the appropriate Quality of Service level in the device. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292576 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING SPECIFIC DATA IN RELATION TO CLEANING UP/DISMANTLING A FACILITY - A method for evaluating specific data in relation to the cleaning up/dismantling of a facility comprising at least one room. This method includes the following steps: | 2009-11-26 |
20090292577 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Data Center Resource Availability Using Multiple Time Domain Segments - A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for determining data center resource availability using multiple time domain segments. A reservation class is provided that includes a start time, duration and the number of units required. A scheduled resource class is provided with an availability and an available method. The availability method creates a set of segments for a list of reservations and iterates each segment to determine whether there are enough resources for the required units. The availability method then combines all adjacent reservations and removes reservations that are too short for the duration. The available method provides a way for user to determine if resources are available at and for a given time. A composite resource class is also provided for more than one scheduled resource with an availability and available method. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292578 | Articulation Workload Metrics - A method for determining an allocation of a workload includes identifying an employee in an organization having the workload, associating the employee with an articulation workload metric, and determining the allocation of the workload to the employee according to the articulation workload metric. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292579 | Technical Support Routing Among Members Of A Technical Support Group - Computer-implemented methods, apparatus and products for technical support routing among members of a technical support group, including maintaining, by a configuration manager, a system configuration history of a user's computer system, the system configuration history including historical records of changes in configuration of the user's computer system; receiving, by a technical support module, a support request identifying a current error that occurred during operation of the user's computer system including receiving information describing the error and the system configuration history of the user's computer system; and routing, by the technical support module automatically without human intervention, the support request to one or more particular members of the technical support group in dependence upon the information describing the error and the system configuration history. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292580 | AMBIENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method of ambient ad hoc project management can include defining a project and associating a project decay function with the project, wherein the project decay function regulates a rate at which project health declines. Responsive to detecting a project event, one or more parameters of the project decay function can be determined from the project event. Project health can be calculated according to the project decay function using the parameter(s). An indication of the project health can be output. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292581 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR MAKING WORKER DISTRIBUTION PLAN ON THE BASIS OF UPDATED SKILL ASSESSMENT DATA - According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, system, method and computer accessible medium can be provided for making a worker distribution plan on the basis of updated skill assessment data. For example, a computer can be configured, programmed and/or structured to obtain a record data table collected and stored by a server. Further, such computer can update skill assessment data of each worker by updating work efficiency data determined from the average working hours per work according to the work record data included in the acquired record data table. In addition, the computer can select the workers to be assigned to projects for each predetermined period according to preferable and/or necessary worker data calculated from the predicted value of the workload for each predetermined period and the updated skill assessment data. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292582 | SERVICEABILITY SCORING MODEL - A system and method relate to generating overall and/or relative serviceability scores for products. The system and method may include (1) adjusting a serviceability scoring model according to a product specific service model and (2) rating serviceability requirements. The adjustment of the scoring model may include (a) weighting serviceability aspects according to the product specific service strategy and/or (b) correlating the weighted serviceability aspects to key performance indicators to generate weighted key performance indicators. The rating of the serviceability requirements may include correlating the weighted key performance indicators to selected and/or weighted serviceability requirements. Each serviceability requirement selected may have a specified level of serviceability to be realized. An overall serviceability score may then be calculated. The score may be adjusted in relation to preceding or competing products. Overall serviceability scores may facilitate engineering and product management decisions, product design/development, and potential customers making more informed business decisions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING CUSTOMER CHURN - A method and apparatus for predicting customer churn from an organization. The method and apparatus determine an interaction churn score based on analyzing an interaction between the customer and the organization and related data. Optionally, the method and apparatus determine also a transactional churn score based on additional data related to the customer or the organization, and a combined churn score based on the interaction churn score and the transactional churn score. The interaction churn score is determined by assessing a categorization score for the interaction in association with one or more categories, and combining the categorization scores. Of further use is a retention offer mechanism for making a retention offer to the customer. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND COMMUNITY BASED CUSTOMIZATION FOR A USER EXPERIENCE - A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292585 | METHOD FOR ONLINE SELLING AND MANAGING UNITEDLY BY FRANCHISE'S PARTICIPATION OF PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY - In a hot chamber die casting apparatus of pressurizing molten magnesium alloy at an atmospheric pressure or higher without being exposed to the atmosphere and forming a magnesium alloy casting product in the shape of a mold, the hot chamber die casting apparatus basically configured with a melting furnace having a heater, a pressure unit configured to pressurize the molten magnesium alloy, and a mold configured to shape a product, and includes an electromagnetic stirrer disposed around a nozzle between a pressure chamber and the mold, and configured to stir semisolid magnesium alloy, the pressure chamber being connected to the melting furnace and supplying magnesium alloy in liquid state, wherein an inner diameter of the nozzle is partially or wholly smaller than that of the pressure chamber so as to crush solid phases existing in the semisolid magnesium alloy in the pressure chamber or the nozzle. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292586 | Strategic Visioning System Using Bisociation Brainstorming - The instant invention is directed to a novel approach to identification and evaluation of the trends affecting a particular organization. By use of a specially designed software package, the participants in the evaluation are able to analyze and codify opportunities and/or threats that are present in the environment of the organization and to brainstorm solution as result of the codification of the stresses confronting the organization. This is accomplished by use of the software in a unique bisociational approach. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292587 | CROSS-MEDIA INTERACTIVITY METRICS - Processes and systems for use in media and market research are provided. In certain embodiments, media usage activities relating to interactivity between two or more media are measured and correlated to produce a metric for rating the interactivity. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292588 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE DESIGN OF CHOICE EXPERIMENTS AND DEDUCTION OF HUMAN DECISION-MAKING HEURISTICS - Methods, computer-readable media and systems are designed to apply genetic algorithms to design choice experiments for the purpose of studying decision-making processes and approaches. The methods, media and systems may be used to design the choice experiments, and also to evaluate how well various combinations of theories explain experimental results. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292589 | Systems and Methods for Sales Tracking, Accountability, and Reporting - A system for tracking and managing sales performance of producers within an insurance agency. The system includes a database housing sales information for the agency, a sales management server interfacing with the database, a display device connected to the sales management server, a user interface module running on the sales management server and being configured to receive input from a user and to display content from the database on the display device, and an interactive sales pipeline module forming part of the user interface module. The interactive sale pipeline module is configured to receive input from a user and store the information in the database and to display a grid of sales process information including information regarding an initial appointment stage, a marketing submission stage, and a proposal delivery stage. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292590 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN EMPLOYEE - A method for evaluating an employee. The method for evaluating an employee can include the steps of communicating with a processor. The processor can be in communication with a database. The database can have at least one fillable employee evaluation template with at least eight non-industry specific categories. The method can also include creating at least one department using a client device in communication with the processor and storing the at least one department in the database. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292591 | Electronic Transaction Receipt System and Method - In connection with a sales transaction, an electronic receipt is issued to the buyer that includes hyperlinks. A hyperlink can be associated with post-sale interaction with the product seller, the product manufacturer or parties acting on their behalf that involves the product itself, such as a product return procedure, a product warranty procedure, receiving rebate notices and recall notices, product registration procedures and similar functions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME REPORTING OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ACTIVITY - A method and apparatus is disclosed for tracking and reporting electronic commerce activity over a web site that is stored on a first server coupled to a wide area network. The web page is programmed to include data fields reflecting commerce transaction activity and data mining code. The web page is uploaded to a visitor computer responsive to a request over the wide area network from the visitor computer. Commerce information is accepted within the data fields of the web page at the visitor computer to form a completed web page. The data mining code is operated on the visitor computer to obtain technical and commercial data and sent to a second server on the wide area network for logging and analysis. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292593 | Server, Information Communication Terminal, Product Sale Management Method, and Storage Medium and Program Transmission Apparatus Therefor - A product retail sales management server for managing the retail sales of a product across a communication network comprises: a retail sales management module for managing the retail sales of the product; a price update module | 2009-11-26 |
20090292594 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AN EMPLOYEE - A system for computerized employee evaluations. The system can include at least one processor in communication with a database; at least one client device for communicating with the processor. The database can have a plurality of computer instructions. The computer instructions can include computer instructions for creating at least one fillable employee evaluation template with at least 8 non-industry specific categories. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292595 | Online E-Commerce and networking system with user requested sponsor advertisements - A new generation online e-commerce and networking system is disclosed. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the online e-commerce and networking system is based on: 1) a new model of meeting individuals' work and life needs and integrating entities' processes to create large online networks; 2) a new advertising model of associating online advertisements with goods services, activities, and incentives that meet users' needs to allow users to solicit or request sponsorships so that direct interaction between users and advertisers is enabled; and 3) a new community model to enable entities to build deeper and better relationships with users through entities' direct involvement in online community building and real and virtual event hosting for users to participate. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292596 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR TOLL SERVICE ACTIVATION AND BILLING - A system, method, and computer readable medium for toll service activation and billing, comprises receiving fleet information at a toll authority via a toll rental entity, receiving a service request at the toll rental entity, sending toll usage data related to the service request to a third party entity, receiving a payment at the toll rental entity based on the service request, and sending a payment to the toll authority based on the toll usage data. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292597 | Parking payment and enforcement mechanism - This application describes a means of paying for metered parking using the cell phone. It uses information from telecommunications systems to identify the region of the origin of the caller and the caller's parking location. Further input is used during the call to narrow the region to the specific city and the parking rate to be charged. This method saves the user from entering different phone numbers for different town and fewer digits than the alternative of numbering individual meters. Furthermore, it saves the towns from numbering all their meters as proposed by existing methods. It also describes improved methods for enforcements. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292598 | CREDIT EARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING MEDIA RIGHTS - A method and system for earning credits from a content rights provider/issuer ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090292599 | TRANSACTIONAL ADVERTISING - A method of transactional advertising includes providing a transactional advertising platform for presenting offers to a user who is committed to complete an electronic transaction; selecting an offer to present based on at least two of the following associated with the transaction: a transaction amount, a payment type, a shipment address, and a shopping cart contents; and presenting the offer to the user based on a user level of commitment to complete the electronic transaction and based on the status of the transaction. The user level of commitment includes one of an indication of non-payment, an indication of payment, and an indication of indecision to pay. The transaction status includes one of needs incentive to transact, method of payment provided, payment approved, and payment complete. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292600 | METHOD FOR POINT OF SALE CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS AND LOTTERY PROMOTIONS - A method and system for point of sale consumer packaged goods and lottery promotions. A discount coupon is generated having two barcodes. The first barcode encodes standard UPC barcode data including, e.g., manufacturer ID, retail product or a retail product family, and discount value code. The second barcode encodes a FreePlay identifier code. A POS system scans the barcodes and the FreePlay identifier code is recognized. Based on this, the consumer is offered a choice of a Lottery FreePlay coupon in lieu of the discount on the retail product. When the consumer accepts the choice of a Lottery FreePlay coupon, a Lottery FreePlay coupon is printed for the consumer in lieu of giving the consumer a discount on the retail product. The Lottery FreePlay coupon is redeemable at an authorized lottery booth for a lottery ticket having a purchase price based on the discount value code. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292601 | Profit-Sharing Incentive System For Account Vendors - A profit-sharing incentive system for account vendors is described. In one implementation, systems and methods estimate an up-front profit share incentive to be paid to a merchant for opening a merchant account that enables credit card payments. The up-front profit share is estimated from parameters such as the merchant's transaction volume and a discount rate. At the beginning of each new profit sharing period, the up-front profit share may be renewed. An online system for marketing merchant accounts can advertise and electronically transfer the up-front profit share amount that is customized for the merchant. The merchant can initiate the process online using a system website. A user interface displays numerous parameters and monetary values associated with a given merchant account, including monthly profit flowing to a processing entity and a current commodity value of the merchant account. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292602 | METHODS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC COUPONS - Electronic coupons are distributed by receiving customer preferences including a customer identifier associated with a preferred vendor identifier, a preferred vendor category identifier, a preferred product/service identifier, or a preferred brand name identifier. Vendor information is received which includes a vendor identifier, a vendor category identifier, a vendor product/service identifier, a brand name identifier, or a promotional offer discount parameter. The customer preferences are compared with the vendor information to determine whether or not a match exists between the customer preferences and the vendor information. If a match exists, an electronic coupon is generated that includes information indicative of the preferred vendor identifier, the preferred vendor category identifier, the preferred product/service identifier, the preferred brand name identifier, or the promotional offer discount parameter. The generated electronic coupon is distributed to a customer associated with the customer identifier. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292603 | Method and System for Transferring Funds - A system and method of transferring funds includes a communication module configured to provide a user or automated process with an option of setting up an automatic fund transfer from a first payment channel to a second payment channel. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292604 | Data processing system and data processing method - The present invention generates coupon distribution key data in a key generation section ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090292605 | DETERMINING COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT CONTENT FROM PRIMARY PRODUCT DOCUMENT INFORMATION AND PROVIDING SUCH COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT CONTENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PRIMARY PRODUCT DOCUMENT, IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - When purchasing a product or service from an online merchant (“first merchant”), e-commerce consumers might want to purchase a complementary product and/or service not offered by the first merchant. Such consumers are provided with an opportunity to purchase or otherwise learn about such complementary products and/or services, and secondary merchants are provided with the opportunity to sell or market such complimentary products and/or services in a way that would not jeopardize the first merchant's sale, and indeed, in a way that might provide a benefit to the first merchant. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292606 | ELECTRONIC OFFER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic offer management system and method thereof is disclosed. In particular, the system comprises means for receiving information related to a plurality of offers distributed by a plurality of different offer distributors to customer for redemption at plurality of stores, means for automatically routing the information related to an offer to a point-of-sale system of each store in which the offer can be redeemed, and means for automatically clearing the offers redeemed by the customer at the stores. The system further comprises means for automatically reconciling financial obligations associated with each cleared offer, as well means for dynamically profiling customers so that improved offer targeting can be achieved. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292607 | USER SELECTABLE FUNCTIONALITY FACILITATOR - Embodiments of the present invention provide a user station or input medium allowing a user to view available functions and to enter selection information for requesting the association of one or more functions with a user operation vehicle. A verifier, responsive to the user station or input medium, can be provided to determine based upon a set of pre-determined rules, whether the user is entitled to the selected functions. A linkage generator can be provided to associate a user operation vehicle with the selected functions after they have been verified by the verifier. A reward function may also be combined with one or more of the functions associated with the user operation vehicle. Interoperability can also be provided between functions on a user operation vehicle based on a pre-determined set of rules. The interoperability between functions may be bidirectional. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292608 | Method and system for user interaction with advertisements sharing, rating of and interacting with online advertisements - A platform includes an overall system for user interaction, associated with a particular advertisement. The process enables users to interact with a widget directly associated with an advertisement and express themselves in regards to the advertisement. Advertisement displayed in the Internet or similar distributed computer network-based information distribution system. Such user interactions include engagement methods such as rating advertisements, sharing them with other users, commenting on them, and more. The platform can also include a host site, storing and processing data received by users. As well as means for targeting advertisements and serving them to users according to data collected through the platform directly inserted by the users or collected by the platform in regards to their interaction with the platform. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292609 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENT LISTINGS IN A SPONSORED SEARCH ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for displaying advertisement listings in a sponsored search environment is provided. The method and system may include generating an advertisement list in response to receiving a search request for a search term, where advertisements in the advertisement list are associated with the search term; defining a region of a display screen for displaying the advertisement list; and communicating web page instructions to a browser for scrolling the advertisement listings through the region, where only a subset of the advertisements listings are displayed at any given time. The advertisements in the advertisement list may be scrolled from top to bottom or visa versa, and left to right or visa versa. The method and system may also include providing a scroll control that enables controlling which advertisements in the advertisement list are displayed in the scrolling region. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292610 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING MESSAGES ON DISTRIBUTED DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES - The subject application is directed to a system and method for selective control of advertising messages on distributed document processing devices. Device identification data is first received corresponding to the identity of networked document processing devices available for display of selected advertising content. Device selection data representing a selected subset of the networked document processing devices is then received, with the selection made in accordance with the received identification data. Next, customization data is received corresponding to a selected display parameter associated with the selected advertising content. The selected advertising content and the received customization data are then communicated to each of the networked document processing devices in the selected subset. Each of the document processing devices then commences the display of the selected advertising content in accordance with the customization data. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS TO TENANTS IN A BUILDING - A system and method for targeting advertisements to tenants in a building by providing a portal for a building accessible via the Internet with the portal based upon the specific needs of targeted advertising in the building. Advertisements are received from a user of the portal and the advertisements are distributed to a target audience in the building that is determined based upon historical transaction data for the building. A user is provided with the historical transaction data of previous transactions by tenants in the building. The portal is designed to suit the specific needs of a building. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ADVERTISING ACCORDING TO SIMILARITIES WITH COLLECTED MEDIA CONTENT - A system and method for delivering advertising ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090292613 | Method for creating a user profile - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for creating a user profile, the method comprising the steps of: while scanning a group of files of a user (an individual, a plurality of individuals, an organization, and so on): searching for keywords in the group of files; counting the number of instances of each of the found keywords in the files; and determining a user profile from the found keywords and/or the number of instances. The method may further comprise the step of providing information pertinent to the determined user profile. Such information may be ads while browsing a Web site. The method may further comprise the step of remunerating the user for allowing use of the determined profile for focusing information provision to the user, such as allowing the user to use an antivirus program free of charge. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292614 | REAR PROJECTED EXPRESSIVE HEAD - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems and methods for providing image projection and entertainment. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292615 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM, DEVICE AND USE THEREOF - The invention describes a novel integrated data-system, a personal device for the system, and methods for operating the system. The invention produces means and technology for providing quantitative information about products. A key function of the system is to provide information about product-based emissions, such as carbon dioxide emissions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292616 | NETWORKED PRINTING - A method and apparatus for ordering printed materials through a network of printing storefronts is presented. Printable products defined in one storefront can be defined by inheriting from products defined in another storefront. Multiple storefronts can collaborate in a virtual print community to enable clients to browse and order products from any storefront in the community. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNET BASED SHOPPING CART TO CALCULATE THE CARBON DIOXIDE GENERATED BY SHIPPING PRODUCTS AND CHARGE FOR CARBON OFFSETS TO MITIGATE THE GENERATED CARBON DIOXIDE - Disclosed is a method and system for incorporating a carbon offset calculation into a shopping cart subsystem of a merchant website that calculates an estimated cost to offset a calculated estimate of the carbon emissions generated from shipping purchased products in order to allow the incorporation of the estimated carbon offset cost into the cost for the purchased products and allocate at least a portion of the payment of the estimated carbon offset cost to an entity building, managing, or operating a carbon offsetting application. Some embodiments may permit the customer purchasing the products to optionally select to incorporate the carbon offset costs in the costs for the purchased products. The estimate of carbon emissions generated calculation is based on specific information for the purchased products and the selected shipping methods for shipping the purchased products such as the shipping weight of the purchased products, a distance the purchased products are being shipped, and a designation of the shipping or transportation method. Additional embodiments may include dimensional weights of the purchased products, additional factors to account for the specific aspects of the selected transportation method for shipping the purchased products, and permitting the customer to select a specific carbon offsetting application to fund. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292618 | System & method for multiple users to conduct online browsing & shopping together in real time - A system & method for multiple users to conduct online browsing & shopping together in real time from multiple devices is described. For example, a mother and daughter at remote locations can browse the online stores together simultaneously as if they are shopping at a local shopping center in person. A user accesses the Internet from their device, such as a personal computer using software such as a web browser. Said user initiates a shopping session by activating the client component of the system. Said client component in turn activates a server component to provide a specific session identification code. Said session identification code is shared by the initiating user with additional individuals or groups with whom the initiating user wishes to invite to a simultaneous online browsing or shopping. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292619 | METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL ELECTRONIC PAYMENT PROCESSING - An efficient, secure method for processing an electronic transaction among a user ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090292620 | Server, Information Communication Terminal, Product Sale Management Method, and Storage Medium and Program Transmission Apparatus Therefor - A product retail sales management server for managing the retail sales of a product across a communication network comprises: a retail sales management module for managing the retail sales of the product; a price update module | 2009-11-26 |
20090292621 | Server, Information Communication Terminal, Product Sale Management Method, and Storage Medium and Program Transmission Apparatus Therefor - A product retail sales management server for managing the retail sales of a product across a communication network comprises: a retail sales management module for managing the retail sales of the product; a price update module | 2009-11-26 |
20090292622 | Server, Information Communication Terminal, Product Sale Management Method, and Storage Medium and Program Transmission Apparatus Therefor - A product retail sales management server for managing the retail sales of a product across a communication network comprises: a retail sales management module for managing the retail sales of the product; a price update | 2009-11-26 |
20090292623 | Server, Information Communication Terminal, Product Sale Management Method, and Storage Medium and Program Transmission Apparatus Therefor - A product retail sales management server for managing the retail sales of a product across a communication network comprises: a retail sales management module for managing the retail sales of the product; a price update module | 2009-11-26 |
20090292624 | NETWORKED PRINTING - A method and apparatus for ordering printed materials through a network of printing storefronts is presented. Printable products defined in one storefront can be defined by inheriting from products defined in another storefront. Multiple storefronts can collaborate in a virtual print community to enable clients to browse and order products from any storefront in the community. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292625 | INTERACTIVE REAL-TIME ONLINE CLASS - A system and method for an interactive real-time online class is disclosed. In one embodiment a request to create a real-time online class may be received from an instructor. The instructor then provides class materials and the class can be indexed in a browsable or a searchable catalog of classes according to content. After the class is scheduled, the instructor can be sent a link to launch the real-time online class. In this way a student may use an online interface to browse or search the catalog of classes, request to attend the real-time online class, and then be provided a link to attend the real-time online class. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MAP, DATABASE, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING ENGINE - A system and method for selling or assigning locations to a purchaser. The location can be identified or delineated in several ways. Location identifiers may be used separately or in conjunction with each other. Sale of a particular location may be exclusive, partially-exclusive, or non-exclusive, depending on the particular embodiment of the system. A purchaser or potential purchaser may use digital, zoomable maps to identify locations of interest and possible purchase. The maps may be marked with locations already purchased, and this marking may be turned on and off by the purchaser when viewing the maps. In another embodiment, purchasers also have the option of expanding their participation to other linked aspects of the present invention, including but not limited to Web-based or other electronic access to interactive interfaces and/or social networking engines. Thus, for example, each assigned or purchased location, delineated by latitude and longitude, altitude, depth, and/or geographic or common name, may be identified on digital, zoomable Earth maps so that a user may view data input by other users regarding a particular location. Users also may register or subscribe to input data of their own regarding the location, and communicate electronically with other users of the invention. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONSUMABLE USAGE AND MANAGING CONSUMABLE INVENTORY - The subject application is directed to a system and method for monitoring consumable usage and managing consumable inventory. An order for a document processing device consumable is first received from a user account, and an inventory value corresponding to each received order is then stored. Consumable full, empty, and low status data is then received from each document processing device associated with the user account. The inventory value is then decremented during each transition reflected in the status data to a full level. An order for additional consumables is then indicated for the user account when the inventory level is decremented to a preselected trigger amount. Imminent replacement data is then generated corresponding to each document processing device having a low level consumable status. The inventory value is then compared to the imminent replacement data and an order is indicated for additional consumables based upon the comparison results | 2009-11-26 |
20090292628 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PERFORMING ITEM LEVEL TRANSACTION PROCESSING - The present invention provides systems, methods, and computer program products for performing validation and clearance at a transaction item level for transaction received in a batch format. Each transaction of the batch is stored separately in a storage system, such as a logical database. Typically, image data and electronic data for a transaction are stored separately in the storage system and may be linked to each other. Each transaction is separately accessible and/or updateable. Each transaction stored in the storage system is separately analyzed to validate that the transaction is at least balanced. Transactions that determined to be balanced are cleared irrespective of a balance status associated with other transactions associated with the batch of transactions, such that transactions are individually cleared as opposed to being cleared in a batch format. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292629 | Access network optimization methodology for leased switched and dedicated facilities - A methodology for optimizing the cost associated with access charges incurred by network service providers when leasing communications facilities from a local service provider has been developed that incorporates physical reconfiguration of the access network topology as a cost-saving measure, where and when appropriate. The methodology identifies opportunities to reduce access charges by performing the following functions: (1) moving T1 facilities from one hub location to another; (2) moving T1 facilities from one T3 facility to another (at the same hub location) in order to disconnect unneeded T3 facilities; and (3) adding new T3 facilities in order to reduce overall access expenses and/or to provide new capacity for future growth, including adding potential new hub locations. The methodology is appropriate for use with various types of network facilities, T1 and T3 being considered as exemplary only. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292630 | Transaction Accounting Auditing Approach and System Therefor - Accounting data is classified to facilitate transaction processing and management. According to an example embodiment, data based rules are implemented for classifying transaction-related data into accounting categories. Accounting information is processed as a function of the data based rules and accordingly automatically classified. This processing involves, for example, the identification of particular data based rules to apply to the accounting information, applying the rules and processing the information accordingly. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292631 | ELECTRONIC PURCHASING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A computer-assisted method includes hardware, software and telecommunications components that cooperatively achieve the technical effect of an improved electronic purchasing transaction system. In various embodiments of the invention, at least one master account is established for a client. A pool of limited use account identifiers or secondary account identifiers, that are separate and distinct from the master account, is associated with the master account by a purchasing system or account management system. Each of the limited use account identifiers may be used by the client to purchase items from merchants. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292632 | Compliance Monitoring Method and Apparatus - A compliance monitoring system and method identifies an individual or entity to be monitored for account compliance and receives account information associated with the individual or entity. The compliance monitoring system and method obtains holdings in the account and determines whether the holdings in the account comply with a predetermined rule. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING AND TRADING FUTURES - A method and system for viewing and trading futures and other tradeable objects. The invention includes improved user interfaces for use with trading systems that allows users to more efficiently execute and manage trades. A dynamic price ladder allows a trader to see price gaps while remaining in a dynamic mode. The “sticky cells” feature prevents user errors which can occur when the display updates causing the cell under the mouse pointer to move up or down. Particular portions of the display can be color coded to provide a user with a easy way to determine market trends. A static working order screen allows a trader to visually see working orders from closest to furthest away from the market and can also allow for orders to be cancelled. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292634 | HYBRID TRADING SYSTEM FOR CONCURRENTLY TRADING THROUGH BOTH ELECTRONIC AND OPEN-OUTCRY TRADING MECHANISMS - A system and method of allocating orders in an exchange configured for trading by a combination of electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms is provided. One method includes permitting multiple quotes to be disseminated to the market, and providing market making rights of varying degrees to entities having a physical presence on the floor of the exchange and entities remotely located away from the trading floor. The system includes a trade engine configured for receiving orders from market makers on and away from the trading floor. The system also includes executable instructions for allocating to designated primary market makers a portion of an incoming order remaining after first trading against public customer orders. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292635 | TRADING SYSTEM - An anonymous trading system includes a prime broker facility that allows a third party to trade on behalf of an institution. A deal is executed between the third party and a counter-party and a further deal is then executed between the third party and the party on whose behalf it has traded. The second deal may be for the same amount as the first deal or may be altered to include the third party's fee for conducting the first deal. Clients of the third party have prices available to them for trades made via the third party which are displayed at their trader terminals. The client sees that a better price is available though the third party than by dealing direct and selects to conduct a deal through the third party. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292636 | Method and Apparatus for Network Marketing of Financial Securities - A centralized financial market management system and method are disclosed that permit individual investors to trade over a network. The disclosed centralized financial market management system automatically identifies bids that are in proximity to one another and permits participants to negotiate directly in order to consummate a transaction. The disclosed centralized financial market management system permits each participant in the financial security trading market to have a unique definition of its market structure. A participant can establish various market segments, each corresponding to a group of other market participants, within the push market where bids are posted. Thus, the submitter of a bid (buy or sell) can narrowly focus the bid on select market participants. A large transaction (buy or sell) can be divided by the bid submitter into smaller units and divided over a number of market segments. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292637 | Computer Implemented Trading System - A computer implemented trading system is described comprising a plurality of buy computers ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090292638 | Complementary Trading Of Interests - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically proposing currency exchange, hedging, and other trades in financial interests. A trader proposing or accepting a trade in a financial interest is presented with terms of or a prompt regarding a proposed complementary trade in a related interest. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292639 | INTERCOMPANY TRANSFER PROFIT TRACKING SYSTEM - A system receives an intercompany transfer of a plurality of goods from a first entity to a second entity. The intercompany transfer results in an internal profit/loss. The system stores the internal profit/loss in a first entity internal profit/loss element that is assigned to the second entity. The system then receives a external transfer from the second entity to an external entity of at least one of the plurality of goods. The system then automatically realizes a portion of the internal profit/loss for the first entity based on the external transfer and the first entity internal profit/loss element. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292640 | Method and system for synchronizing an online application and a portable device - There is provided a method of synchronizing a portable device with an online user account. The method comprises establishing a first connection between the portable device and an online application, receiving data from the online application concerning the online user account, including a persona, updating the portable device with a portable user account corresponding to the online user account, including the persona, terminating the first connection between the portable device and the online application, recording modifications to the portable user account on the portable device after terminating the first connection, establishing a second connection between the portable device and the online application, uploading the modifications to the portable user account recorded on the portable device to the online application, and updating the portable user account according to modifications to the online user account performed by the online application to synchronize the portable user account with the online user account. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292641 | UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY - In one embodiment, a user device is configured to allow a user to select any one of a plurality of accounts associated with the user to employ in a financial transaction. In one embodiment, the user device includes a biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input provided by the user, a user interface configured to receive a user input including secret information known to the user and identifying information concerning an account selected by the user from the plurality of accounts. In a further embodiment, the user device includes a communication link configured to communicate with a secure registry, and a processor coupled to the biometric sensor to receive information concerning the biometric input, the user interface, and the communication link. According to one embodiment, the processor is configured to generate a non-predictable value and to generate encrypted authentication information from the non-predictable value, the identifying information, and at least one of the information concerning the biometric input and the secret information, and to communicate the encrypted authentication information via the communication link to the secure registry. | 2009-11-26 |