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Francoise Amour, Paris FR
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| 20080298377 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA PACKETS WHILE COMMUNICATING WITH A MACHINE VIA ONE OR MORE SECONDARY NETWORKS - An apparatus and associated methodology for processing at least one data packet received by a receiving entity from a machine after transmission via at least one data transmission network. Identification data is obtained of a device involved in the transmission of said data packet. A decoding function associated with said device is identified using the identification data. The decoding function is an inverse function of an encoding function applied by the device to a packet before transmission. The received packet is decoded through the application of the decoding function. | 12-04-2008 |
Marc Amour, New South Wales AU
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| 20110045899 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CARBON CREDIT DATA - Described herein are various systems and methods for managing carbon credits. For example, in some embodiments a lottery is used as a means for distributing carbon credits to consumers, optionally to feed a retail-level carbon market. It will be appreciated from the discussion herein that such an approach leverages general notions whereby lotteries have been traditionally used as a vehicle for funding public works. | 02-24-2011 |
Marc Amour, Rushcutters Bay AU
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| 20090098934 | Systems and Methods for Providing Gaming Activities - Described herein are various systems and methods for providing gaming activities, these particularly relating to gaming activities where a plurality of players provide respective entry fees. Traditional gaming activities necessarily involve the player putting his or her entry fee at risk. The present invention, at least in some of its preferred forms, modifies the traditional approaches of operating such gaming activities so that the player's entry fee is not necessarily placed entirely at risk. Indeed, in some embodiments a player is provided with an option to participate on the basis that his or her entry fee is wholly refundable while retaining the opportunity to win prizes, potentially alongside more risky though still modified participation by other players. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100262476 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SALES PROMOTION - Described herein are methods and systems for conducting sales promotions in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. In some embodiments a retailer offers to consumers an opportunity to win a prize according to predetermined purchasing criteria, this offer being provided as an incentive for the consumers to purchase goods and or services. In overview, and as shown in FIG. ( | 10-14-2010 |
Marc Amour, Potts Point AU
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| 20100227672 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GAMING ACTIVITIES - Described herein are various systems and methods for providing gaming activities, these particularly relating to gaming activities implemented in conjunction with a flexible credit arrangement. In overview, a consumer is allocated one or more entries in a gaming activity based on a level of transactable flexible credit held by that consumer. For example, the allocation of entries is increased or decreased subject to a corresponding increase or decrease in transactable flexible credit held by the consumer. In some embodiments, one or more prizes for the gaming activity are funded in whole, or in part, by way of supplementary contributions realized on the basis of consumers' participation in a flexible credit infrastructure. | 09-09-2010 |