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20120249323 | Low Battery Remote Display System - A mobile device, e.g. a remote control, that communicates with a remote device. The device is controlled by a battery providing power for electronic circuits and components contained within the hand held remote control device. A battery monitoring device measures the voltage of the battery. A memory device saves the data generated by the battery monitoring device indicating the voltage of the battery. A transmission device transmits a notification to the display device when the voltage of the battery decreases to some predetermined level. The display device may receive the notification of a low battery from the hand held device. An application contained within the display device or the remote control displays a visual indication on the display device to the user indicating that the battery in the hand held device is low and requires recharging. | 10-04-2012 |
20140253839 | Thin backlight for LCD displays through use of Field-Induced Polymer electro Luminescence panels - A FIPEL device used as an illuminating part for a display. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254141 | Methods and Apparatus to Construct an Ultrathin Display Panel - A display system, with a structural part, including a rear panel, and a light emitting device physically attached to the rear panel over a surface of the rear panel, where the surface of the rear panel comprises the entire surface to be illuminated by the light emitting device and a pixelated spatial light modulator part, coupled between the light emitting device, and a viewing area, modulating a light created by said light emitting device. | 09-11-2014 |
20140267446 | Controlling color and white temperature in an LCD display modulating supply current frequency - A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light in a way that is color temperature controllable. The light emission can be from zones. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. The zones are each separately controllable for color temperature. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267938 | Ultra-Thin Backlight for LCD Displays Through Use of Field-Induced Polymer Electro Luminescence Panels Including Integrated Light Guide - A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light over a complete surface as part of a display system. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. A transparent substrate, has first and second surfaces, with the first surface coupled to the first transparent conductive coating, and the second surface of said transparent substrate including a surface formed with plural light channeling structures thereon. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267939 | Zone backlighting for LCD displays LCD displays through use of Field-Induced Polymer electro luminescence panels - A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light over a complete surface as part of a display system. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. A transparent substrate, has first and second surfaces, with the first surface coupled to the first transparent conductive coating, and the second surface of said transparent substrate including a surface formed with plural light channeling structures thereon. | 09-18-2014 |
20140300846 | FIPEL Backlight Panel With Pixel Color Film For Displays - A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light in a way that is color temperature controllable. The light emission can be from zones. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. The zones are each separately controllable for color temperature. | 10-09-2014 |
20140313425 | Single backlight source where the backlight emits pure colored light in a sequential manner where the sequence is red, blue and green - A display system, having an emissive body, varying light emitted from the surface so that different temporally adjacent time periods see the emissive body outputting different primary colors. A liquid crystal display can then modulate the different primary colors that have been output at different times. In one embodiment, the different times modulate red green and blue colors. In another embodiment, the different times modulate red green blue and white colors. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device. Light can be both color varied and also color temperature controlled. The light color is changed by changing a frequency used to drive the body. | 10-23-2014 |
20140327374 | Light bulb and florescent tube replacement using FIPEL panels - A lighting device formed of a FIPEL panel driven by electrical connection. For example, a frequency generator can create a frequency that creates a light output having any frequency in the spectrum. The light emitting panel can be flexible, and can be coded along a curved surface, such as the inner surface of a light bulb. | 11-06-2014 |
20140346978 | Light Emitting Surface - An electronic device whose housing can be electronically changed in look. The housing can have at least one curved surface, an electronic device, in the housing, the electronic device carrying out a function and displaying information. The housing has a controllable color portion on the outer surface. That color portion is controlled to display its color. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347400 | Electroluminescent display where each pixel can emit light of any EIA color index - A display system, having an emissive body, varying light emitted from the surface in a way that each area becomes a pixel. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device. Light can be both color varied and also color temperature controlled. The light color is changed by changing a frequency used to drive the body. Multiplexers can be used to reduce the number of generators needed. | 11-27-2014 |
20140354893 | Transparent FIPEL backlight panels which display colored light from a front surface to a light modulator and a white light from a back surface - A television formed of a FIPEL panel that creates light in both front and rear directions. The television system has a light modulator and a backlight layer for the light modulator. The backlight layer emits light both toward the light modulator to create a television display, and away from the light modulator to create a backlight for the television. The television can be in a housing, with a transparent back. The housing can also have a bezel that can be lit by the backlight layer. | 12-04-2014 |
20150042883 | Transparent FIPEL pixel panels displaying a normal image from the front surface and a reverse image from the back surface - A television formed of a FIPEL panel that creates light in both front and rear directions. An emissive layer is used, where the layer emits colored pixels of light. The pixels are emitted in both front direction, to be viewed by a tv viewer, and in the rear direction as a backlight. The emitted light can also illuminate the bezel of the television. | 02-12-2015 |
20150121412 | Muting Notification System - A television and remote control system, where the television receives data over a channel and produces outputs that create a television display. The television also receives notifications over a data connection indicating events that are other than the television display, like emails, alerts and the like. The television displays visual and audible notifications and mutes those notifications based on commands from a remote control. | 04-30-2015 |
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20110018462 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING A BEZEL - An application for a bezel with internal lighting includes at least one illuminated element situated behind a monitor/television bezel. The brightness and color of the illuminating elements and hence the bezel appearance are modified based upon either user preference or an internal or external parameters such as time, content being viewed, recording status, etc. | 01-27-2011 |
20110018849 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMBEDDING A DISPLAY IN A BEZEL - An application for a bezel with an internal graphics display system. The display system arranged to display static, dynamic or moving graphical images. The graphics display system consists of a bezel face and a display element. The bezel face is constructed of a transparent or translucent material such that light transmitted by the display element located behind the bezel face passes through the bezel face to the outside. The display element receives graphic images from a processing element and displays the image. | 01-27-2011 |
20110025914 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESPONDING TO DEVICE ATTACHMENT - A television with at least one connection, either wired or wireless. Detection of an active device connected to the connection results in proper software and hardware configuration of the television to properly communicate with the device and provide, for example, proper user interface support and access to the device. | 02-03-2011 |
20110141357 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DOCKING OF HEADPHONES - An application for a television with a headphone dock. The headphone dock provides status to the television as to when a set of headphones are docked (idle) or undocked (in use). The television changes routing of audio signals based upon the status of the headphones. | 06-16-2011 |
20110157467 | ATTACHED DEVICE CONTROL ON TELEVISION EVENT - A television includes at least two inputs and at least one connected device (component). Upon a system event such as changing from one input to another input, the television signals the at least one connected device to change at least one operating parameter of the device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157469 | TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL UPDATE UPON EVENT - A television includes a remote control, at least two inputs and at least one device, each device connected to one of the inputs. Upon a system event such as changing from one input to another input, the television signals the remote control to change operation of at least one function key. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157478 | TELEVISION PROGRAMMING OF A REMOTE CONTROL - A television includes a television with a remote control. A user interface running on the television ascertains a brand and model number of a device that is to be operated by the remote control and after responsive to such; the television transmits commands to the remote control to program the remote control, thereby enabling the remote control to control the device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110216083 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS OF A DEVICE - An application for controlling the brightness of a display of a device includes having a first brightness setting and a second brightness setting, the first brightness setting is used to set the brightness of the display when two-dimensional content is displayed on the display while the second brightness setting is used to set the brightness of the display when three-dimensional content is displayed on the display. The first and second brightness settings are preferably administered through a user interface. | 09-08-2011 |
20110217928 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING CALLER-IDENTIFICATION - An application for a caller-identification system includes a circuit for receiving caller-identification information from a tip and ring interface and a circuit for wirelessly transmitting at least a subset of the caller-identification information to a display system. In the display system includes a circuit for receiving the caller-identification information and a circuit for displaying the caller-identification information on a display. | 09-08-2011 |
20110219405 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING SOCIAL FUNCTIONS INTO A DEVICE - An application for a television interfacing to a social network includes an interface to the social network relating to a program or activity of the user. For example, if the user is watching a sporting event, using their remote control, the user easily informs other social network subscribers or groups of subscribers of the sporting event, in case they are unaware that the sporting event is being televised. With a simple command initiative, the receiving subscriber changes to the recommended content/program. | 09-08-2011 |
20110316768 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEAKER CONFIGURATION - An application for a device includes at least two speakers and at least two-channels of audio. The at least two-channels of audio are selectively routed to the at least two speakers. Routing of the audio to the speakers is made based upon an orientation of the device. The orientation of the device and therefore the speaker configuration is either manually changed by a viewer input or is automatically detected such as when a hand-held device is rotated, for example, to view a display of the device in portrait mode instead of landscape mode. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317069 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUME CONTROL - An application for a system for controlling speaker volume of externally amplified speakers connected to a television includes a television with one or more external amplifiers, each driving one or more speakers. There is a channel for connecting the external amplifiers to the television providing an audio signal to the external amplifiers and a channel for communicating commands from the television to the externally amplifiers, which in some embodiments is the same channel. Responsive to a signal (e.g. remote control command) to the television indicating a request to change the volume of one or more of the external amplifiers, a volume change command is sent to one or more of the external amplifiers over the channel for communicating. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317071 | INPUT SELECTION MECHANISM FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - A television includes at least two ports (e.g. HDMI ports). The television polls the ports before presenting a user interface that displays some or all of the ports and before toggling between any two of the ports. The polling ascertains whether a device is connected to each of the ports and whether the device is powered. The television modifies the display and/or toggling based on the current state of each port. For example, in toggling, ports that are not connected and ports that are connected to inactive devices are skipped. In another example, when displaying a list of ports, only those ports that are connected to devices appear in the list. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317079 | SELECTING REMOTE SERVICES THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE - A system includes a television that has access to one or more services hosted on provider servers through a network. The television has software that displays both program information and services information in an electronic program guide. Upon selecting of a program information entry in the electronic program guide, the software changes the current channel of the television to the channel associated with the program entry information. Upon selecting of one of the services entries in the electronic program guide, the software presents a browsing menu to the viewer, the browsing menu presenting pages from the provider servers and accepting inputs from the viewer. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320476 | TELEVISION-BASED SEARCH USING METADATA - A system includes a device such as a television interfaced to one or more servers through a network connection. The device (television) has software that accesses metadata related to a video stream and incorporates at least one search term from the metadata along with optional viewer-provided terms into a search query that is sent to one or more search engines through the network, returning one or more search results which are formatted and displayed on the device. | 12-29-2011 |
20110321071 | DEVICE-BASED ONE BUTTON SHOPPING USING METADATA - A television is interfaced to one or more on-line stores through a network connection. The television has purchasing data stored in a configuration file. Upon execution of a “one-button buy” function, metadata from a content stream and the purchasing data is used to find a purchase item related to the content stream, decide upon an on-line store and purchase the purchase item from the on-line store. In some embodiments, the a “one-button buy” function is a dedicated “buy” button on a remote control that is associated with the television. In some embodiments, without any further interaction, the purchase item is billed to the viewer and shipped to the viewer as if the viewer found the purchase item through the on-line store from a personal computer. | 12-29-2011 |
20110321090 | SELECTING TELEVISION INPUTS THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE - A system includes a television having one or more input ports. The television has software that displays both program information and input port information in an electronic program guide. Upon selecting of a program information entry in the electronic program guide, the software changes a current channel of the television to the channel associated with the program entry information. Upon selecting of one of the input port entries in the electronic program guide, the software changes the input of the television to the input port associated with the one of the input port entries. The software performs scrolling operations on the electronic program guide responsive to directional inputs from a remote control device. | 12-29-2011 |
20110321093 | SELECTING ATTACHED CONTENT THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE - A system includes one or more devices connected to a television. The television has software that displays both program information and information about the devices in an electronic program guide. Upon selecting of a program information entry in the electronic program guide, the software changes a current channel of the television to the channel associated with the program entry information. Upon selecting of one of the device entries in the electronic program guide, the software displays an exploration menu for the viewer to select content from the device for viewing (or listening to) at the television. The software performs scrolling operations on the electronic program guide responsive to directional inputs from a remote control device. | 12-29-2011 |
20120030632 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PRESENTATION OF CONTENT - An application for a system that enables cooperating devices to transfer presentation of content from one device to the other by sending either the content or an identification of content from a source device to a destination device. In some embodiments, the actual content is transferred while in other embodiments, an identification of the content and a position within the content is transferred from the source device to the destination device. | 02-02-2012 |
20120066643 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A USER INTERFACE - An application for a system for portraying a user interface of one device on another includes two devices, a primary device and a secondary device. Upon detection of the primary device, either within wireless range or direct connection, the devices communicate with each other, the secondary device portrays the user interface currently displayed on the primary device on a display of the secondary device. Thereafter, the primary device is controlled by user input devices interfaced to the secondary device that control the portrayed user interface | 03-15-2012 |
20130080960 | Touch Display Unlock Mechanism - An unlock system for a computer such as a tablet. The screen of the tablet can be automatically locked after time were based on an action. Once locked, the contents of this screen are blocked by the locking screen which can be a blank screen or screen which shows status parts. Areas on the locking screen are defined, within which the user can touch the locking screen and drag it to the opposite side. During the time of dragging, the items underneath, showing the actual content of the screen, are revealed. In one embodiment, the unlock action may automatically continue after a certain point on the screen has been reached. | 03-28-2013 |
20130229577 | Attached Device Control on Television Event - A television includes at least two inputs and at least one connected device (component). Upon a system event such as changing from one input to another input, the television signals the at least one connected device to change at least one operating parameter of the device. | 09-05-2013 |
20130278841 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING A BEZEL - An application for a bezel with internal lighting includes at least one illuminated element situated behind a monitor/television bezel. The brightness and color of the illuminating elements and hence the bezel appearance are modified based upon either user preference or an internal or external parameters such as time, content being viewed, recording status, etc. | 10-24-2013 |
20150042892 | TELEVISION PROGRAMMING OF A REMOTE CONTROL - A television includes a television with a remote control. A user interface running on the television ascertains a brand and model number of a device that is to be operated by the remote control and after responsive to such; the television transmits commands to the remote control to program the remote control, thereby enabling the remote control to control the device. | 02-12-2015 |
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20150154737 | Display Screen Orientation Lock Removed by the Angle Between the Display Screen and the Keyboard or Bottom of the Computing Device Exceeding a Predetermined Angle - A computer system comprising that has a display screen that displays information from a computing device. An auxiliary device such as a cover or a keyboard is pivotally attached to the display screen. When the angle between the display screen and the auxiliary device is a first angle that makes it likely that the device is being used normally, the device is then locked against orientation rotation. The angle between the auxiliary device and the display needs to be brought into an unnatural angle in order to allow automatic orientation rotation. | 06-04-2015 |
20150156561 | Using Client Tuner Devices to Provide Content Fingerprinting in a Networked System - A tuner device, such as a television set, set top box, game console, personal computer with a dongle or device, creates digital fingerprints indicative of information received over a channel. The digital fingerprints are uploaded to a server along with metadata indicative of the specific tuner device that obtain them. The server maintains a tuner database based on that information, and can automatically request new fingerprints | 06-04-2015 |
20150162507 | Using Quantum Dots for extending the color gamut of LCD displays - A light emitting diode system, with an LED junction, energized to emit light, and a lens cap, covering the LED junction device and receiving the light. The lens cap can be formed in a shape to focus the light, for example. The material forming the lens cap has quantum dots mixed in with the supporting material, which can be in multiple colors. The supporting material can also have particles of glass or other crystalline material mixed therein. There can also be an outer casing over the supporting material, and the outer casing can also have glass or other crystalline particles mixed in. | 06-11-2015 |
20150195425 | Device and method for correcting lip sync problems on display devices - A system which synchronizes audio and video, that uses a sensor sensing the display of video and audio from an external device. The sensor creates timestamps for each of the video and audio, and then calculates a difference between those timestamps. The differences sent to the external device which then compensates for the difference. | 07-09-2015 |
20150215566 | Predictive time to turn on a television based on previously used program schedules - A television has first and second electronic subsystems which collectively operate to produce a display. The television is controlled by a processor, the processor also operating to determine a period of time where no output is being produced, and to maintain the first electronic subsystem and said second electronic subsystem into a power reduced state, e.g., a sleep state. The television maintains a database of times when it is likely to operate to produce said output, and automatically removing the first electronic system from the power reduced state, and not removing the second electronic subsystem from the power reduced state at one of the times, and without an indication. | 07-30-2015 |
20160072774 | Encrypted streams to receivers - Techniques to ensure that a content stream will be encrypted prior to it being served it to the stream receiver if either the stream receiver returned an initial status to the stream caster indicating that only encrypted streams will be accepted or if the user of the stream caster optioned that only encrypted streams will be cast. The invention consists of a stream casting device capable of locally sourcing and encrypting streams, a content stream server capable of sourcing encrypted streams and encrypting streams on the fly, a stream receiver device, and software applications and/or hardware devices to manage key exchanges, encryption, and decryption across the devices serving streams, and stream receiving devices. The casted streams, residing on either a content stream server or on the stream casting devices will be encrypted prior to being served. Encrypted streams can be encrypted at the time they are served to the stream receiver or may have been previously encrypted prior to a key exchange between the stream receiver and the device serving the content stream. | 03-10-2016 |
20160088328 | Password protected stream receivers - A content stream caster can transfer playing of a content stream from the content stream caster to any of a plurality of stream receivers. The content stream caster wirelessly initiates contact with one of a plurality of stream receivers after which the content stream caster must authenticate with the receiver before the receiver permits the receiving of a URL identifying the location of the content source. A content stream caster, communicates with a stream receiver, an authentication software application residing on both devices and wired or wireless connections between the devices and between the devices and the stream source. The content stream caster may present the content stream or send the content source URL to the receiving device. The content stream caster authenticates with the receiver then sends the source content URL to the receiver. The receiver then streams the content from a URL or designated local streams through Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS), Miracast, or other sources and presents the streamed content to the user. | 03-24-2016 |
20160105626 | Retail demo mode on GPS or IP reverse look up - A device such as a television automatically determines, on initial power up, its geographical location. If the television is determined to be residing in a retail store location it will automatically default to retail mode where picture and audio quality will be set to pre-specified settings conducive to a retail environment where the ambient light and sound levels are not what would typically be found in a residential environment. The invention consists of a software module and a database resident in the television that can determine, from interrogating either a GPS chip set, or obtaining identifying data from an attached wired or wireless network and matching the data to identifying data for retail store locations to determine if the television is located in a retail store. If the location of the television is determined to be in a retail store the television will initialize the video and audio quality for a retail store environment. If the location of the television is determined to not be in a retail store, the television will initialize the video and audio quality for a residential environment. | 04-14-2016 |
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20100016832 | SPIRALLY CONFORMABLE INFUSION CATHETER - An infusion catheter includes a catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end, and two or more lumens extending therethrough. The infusion catheter also includes an infusion tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and one or more ports disposed therethrough. The first lumen of the catheter body is in fluid communication with the lumen of the infusion tube. A central member has a distal end connected to the distal end of the infusion tube, a proximal end, and a proximal portion slidably received in the second lumen of the catheter body. The infusion tube is disposed relative to the central member such that axial advancement of the central member relative to the catheter body radially collapses the infusion tube over the central member and axial retraction of the central member relative to the catheter body radially expands the infusion tube about the central member. | 01-21-2010 |
20140107497 | NON-INVASIVE VALSALVA MANEUVER (VM) HEART FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for diagnosing heart failure are disclosed. They include monitoring a subject's pulsatile blood flow with a non-invasive probe during a Valsalva maneuver (VM), processing data therefrom to calculate fall in flow, hear rate changes, Rebound, and heart stroke volume during the VM. Monitored and calculated results are compared to defined thresholds and interpreted and reported. The apparatus takes the form of a pulsatile blood flow probe on a finger or toe or in a mouthpiece facilitating the VM, the mouthpiece optionally including a pressure transducer or digital monometer to ensure that the subject is performing the VM within required pressure and time ranges. The method and apparatus include a controller or digital processor for processing and reporting the results of the monitoring, calculations, comparisons, interpretation, and reporting of the diagnostic results. | 04-17-2014 |
20150342468 | NON-INVASIVE VALSALVA MANEUVER (VM) HEART FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for diagnosing heart failure are disclosed. They include monitoring a subject's pulsatile blood flow with a non-invasive probe during a Valsalva maneuver (VM), processing data therefrom to calculate fall in flow, hear rate changes, Rebound, and heart stroke volume during the VM. Monitored and calculated results are compared to defined thresholds and interpreted and reported. The apparatus takes the form of a pulsatile blood flow probe on a finger or toe or in a mouthpiece facilitating the VM, the mouthpiece optionally including a pressure transducer or digital monometer to ensure that the subject is performing the VM within required pressure and time ranges. The method and apparatus include a controller or digital processor for processing and reporting the results of the monitoring, calculations, comparisons, interpretation, and reporting of the diagnostic results. | 12-03-2015 |
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20100145839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAYER (BUYER) DEFINED ELECTRONIC INVOICE EXCHANGE - A method of implementing buyer and seller transactions is provided. A set of rules for accepting information into a document is received from the buyer. Also defined is the form of the presentation of an interface to the seller for creating the seller's invoice. The seller also receives address information from the buyer. The rules for accepting information, the rules regarding presentation and the address information are stored in a storage resource. The rules regarding presentation are accessed from the storage resource, and an interface is presented to the seller based on those rules. The rules for accepting information are accessed from the storage resource, and information for the document based on those rules is accepted through the interface. The address information is accessed from the storage resource, and the document with the accepted information is sent to the buyer. | 06-10-2010 |
20100274729 | System and Method for Varying Electronic Settlements Between Buyers and Suppliers with Dynamic Discount Terms - A method of making payment. A request is received to effect payment between a buyer and a seller for a transaction having established terms. The terms include a payment amount and a settlement date. Messages are exchanged between the buyer and the seller that include an offer and acceptance of new terms for payment other than the established terms. The new terms include an adjusted amount of payment to be made at a particular time after an event associated with the transaction. An electronic notification that the event has occurred is received, and after the notification, payment between the buyer and seller is effected under the new terms. In one implementation, a digital signature indicating acceptance of the new terms is received. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of effecting payment that includes receiving requests to effect a set of transactions with a set of entities. Requests for offers of terms different than the established terms are sent to the entities, and the different terms are to apply to payment made at a particular time after the event. Offers are received in response to the requests, and a set of offers among the offers is selected based on a set of one or more criteria. Requests for offers and selection of the offers may be made based on a goal seeking process. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of making payment involving a buyer, seller and a third party, such as a financial institution. A system for making payment is also described. | 10-28-2010 |
20110251965 | System and method for varying electronic settlements between buyers and suppliers with dynamic discount terms - A method of making payment. A request is received to effect payment between a buyer and a seller for a transaction having established terms. The terms include a payment amount and a settlement date. Messages are exchanged between the buyer and the seller that include an offer and acceptance of new terms for payment at other than the established terms. The new terms include an adjusted amount of payment to be made at a particular time after an event associated with the transaction. An electronic notification that the event has occurred is received, and the after the notification, payment between the buyer and seller is effected under the new terms. In one implementation, a digital signature indicating acceptance of the new terms is received. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of effecting payment that includes receiving requests to effect a set of transactions with a set of entities. Requests for offers of terms different than the established terms are sent to the entities, and the different terms are to apply to payment made at a particular time after the event. Offers are received in response to the requests, and a set of offers among the offers is selected based on a set of one or more criteria. Requests for offers and selection of the offers may be made based on a goal seeking process. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of making payment involving a buyer, seller and a third party, such as a financial institution. A system for making payment is also described. | 10-13-2011 |
20120278143 | System and Method for Varying Electronic Settlements Between Buyers and Suppliers with Dynamic Discount Terms - A method of making payment. A request is received to effect payment between a buyer and a seller for a transaction having established terms. The terms include a payment amount and a settlement date. Messages are exchanged between the buyer and the seller that include an offer and acceptance of new terms for payment at other than the established terms. The new terms include an adjusted amount of payment to be made at a particular time after an event associated with the transaction. An electronic notification that the event has occurred is received, and the after the notification, payment between the buyer and seller is effected under the new terms. | 11-01-2012 |
20130268339 | System and Method for Varying Electronic Settlements Between Buyers and Suppliers with Dynamic Discount Terms - A method of making payment. A request is received to effect payment between a buyer and a seller for a transaction having established terms. The terms include a payment amount and a settlement date. Messages are exchanged between the buyer and the seller that include an offer and acceptance of new terms for payment at other than the established terms. The new terms include an adjusted amount of payment to be made at a particular time after an event associated with the transaction. An electronic notification that the event has occurred is received, and the after the notification, payment between the buyer and seller is effected under the new terms. | 10-10-2013 |