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20100076830 | MEANS FOR COLLECTING, SOLICITING, AND REMUNERATING MEMBERS OF A MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING BUSINESS STRUCTURE - An apparatus, method, computer program product and system are disclosed for collecting, soliciting and tracking sales leads via an electronic network like the Internet, and distributing commissions realized on said sales leads to multiple parties using a hierarchical, multi-level marketing (MLM) business structure. A central managing organization, or MLM structure, uses a uniquely configured data processing device and/or system (herein a “Maintenance Server”) to collect new sales leads from structured records and data in the possession of an actual customers who have been incorporated into the MLM structure, said records and data comprising third-party contact information, including personal and/or professional contacts of the actual customers. The Maintenance Server uniquely assists in the solicitation of the newly acquired sales leads to save the actual customers from having to perform the solicitation(s) themselves. Sales leads converted into actual customers are incorporated into the MLM structure and the newly generated commissions resulting therefrom are distributed by the Maintenance Server or MLM structure in accordance with a predetermined commission criteria. | 03-25-2010 |
20100205046 | INTERACTIVE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COLLECTING SELF-REPORTED EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE ON ZERO RELATIVE COST ACTIVITIES - A method, computer program product and system are disclosed for collecting self-reported expenditures and revenue from members of an MLM business structure via an intendance server, and of subsequently rewarding third-parties with the revenue. The intendance server uniquely collects the self-reported expenditures, which expenditures are not necessarily monetary in nature. The overrides generated on self-reported expenditures are distributed throughout a hierarchical, multi-level marketing (MLM) business structure in accordance with a predetermined commission criteria. | 08-12-2010 |
20120095942 | METHOD OF DELEGATING SOLICITATION RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMONLY-ACQUAINTED PROSPECTS WITHIN A MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING BUSINESS STRUCTURE - A method is disclosed for soliciting commonly acquainted prospects into a hierarchal multi-level marketing (MLM) structure by collecting contact information of personal contacts from MLM members already incorporated, and soliciting those personal contacts using a third-party solicitor to build a commission downline for current members who are reluctant, unwilling or inefficient at soliciting their own personal contacts. | 04-19-2012 |
20140032289 | MEANS OF AMASSING THIRD-PARTY CONTACT INFORMATION FROM DIRECT MARKETING MEMBERS - A method and computer program product are disclosed for amassing contact information of DS prospects commonly acquainted with an DS member. The method requires a DS member to provide a list of contacts, those contacts are solicited by a DS employee, and the DS member is compensated for revenue generated from contacts joining the DS company. Unique multimedia presentations are shown to each contact who responds to electronic solicitation from the DS company, which presentations are personalized for the contacts. In some embodiments, prospects in the list are assigned value identifiers and into a hierarchal direct sales (DS) structure for solicitation by DS personal trained to commence cold contact with third-party prospects to build a commission downline for current the member with whom the prospects are commonly acquainted. Unique standardized valuation identifiers are generated by the disclosed method and computer program product for estimating commercial viability of each DS prospect. | 01-30-2014 |
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20160103338 | EYEWEAR PUPILOMETER - The embodiments disclose an apparatus including an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearer's pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearer's field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses, at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, at least one alert module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, an automated steering module, fiber optic & data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, and at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled to and/or embedded into eyewear frames and lenses, contact lenses, a vehicle wind shield and protective covers for hand held devices and laptop computers. | 04-14-2016 |
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20110087516 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES - Various systems and methods are described for gathering events and analyzing the events and nodes associated with the events. Various arrangements may include receiving events from one or more applications. An event may include two nodes and an action. These events may be stored and processed to determine relations between nodes. These relations may then be processed to determine the similarity between nodes. Further, the nodes may be ranked according to the importance of the nodes as compared with each other. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087644 | ENTERPRISE NODE RANK ENGINE - Various methods and systems for calculating ranks of importance of nodes of an enterprise are described. A plurality of relations may be accessed, wherein each relation of the plurality of relations comprises an indication of two nodes of a plurality of nodes, and an indication of a relationship between the two nodes. A matrix may be created using the plurality of relations. The matrix may be processed using the Perron-Frobenius theorem. The plurality of nodes of the enterprise may be ranked according to importance, wherein each node is either a user or an item. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087678 | COLLABORATIVE FILTERING ENGINE - Various systems and methods for collaborative filtering of enterprise objects are described. A first object and a second object, which may be enterprise objects, may be compared. Vectors associated with each object may be created. These vectors may contain elements that indicate one or more actions performed involving other objects. Using these vectors, a similarity comparison may be performed to determine the amount of similarity between the objects. Based on a similarity value determined from the similarity comparison between the vectors, the second object may be recommended to a user. | 04-14-2011 |
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20130256239 | COORDINATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING WATER - A coordinated system for the treatment of water includes (a) a test kit including an indicator having a changeable color which is adapted to a predetermined aqueous environmental condition and an associated chart including colors associated with a range of environmental conditions; and at least one chemical agent having a color which corresponds to a color of the indicator associated with an environmental condition outside of a desired range. | 10-03-2013 |
20130283554 | SWIMMING POOL BRUSH - A pool brush includes a handle receiver; and a brush head attached to the handle receiver, the brush head having a body and a plurality of bristles extending from said body. The body includes a cylindrical portion having rounded top, bottom, front and rear sides, and opposite end portions, and the plurality of bristles includes bristles radially extending 360 degrees around the cylindrical portion of the body and from the end portions. The plurality of bristles includes a plurality of bundles of relatively longer bristles and a plurality of bundles of relatively shorter bristles, wherein the bundles of relatively longer bristles are in arrays in an alternating arrangement with arrays of the bundles of shorter bristles. | 10-31-2013 |
20130298343 | SWIMMING POOL BRUSH - A pool brush includes a handle receiver; and a brush head attached to the handle receiver, the brush head having a body and a plurality of bristles extending from said body. The body includes a cylindrical portion having rounded top, bottom, front and rear sides, and opposite end portions, and the plurality of bristles includes bristles radially extending 360 degrees around the cylindrical portion of the body and from the end portions. In an embodiment, the plurality of bristles includes a plurality of bundles of relatively longer bristles and a plurality of bundles of relatively shorter bristles, wherein the bundles of relatively longer bristles are in arrays in an alternating arrangement with arrays of the bundles of shorter bristles. In an embodiment the body has angled portions. | 11-14-2013 |
20130333107 | SWIMMING POOL FLOATING COVER - A pool cover includes a flexible, water impervious sheet of material having a centrally located float disposed on an upper surface of the material. In an embodiment the float member comprises a closed cell polymeric foam member. In an embodiment the polymeric foam float member is disposed within a pocket formed by a cover sheet attached to the water impervious sheet of the pool cover. | 12-19-2013 |
20130340157 | SWIMMING POOL COVER WITH SECURED FLOAT - A swimming pond cover has an underside with at least one tab secured to the underside. The tab has a grommet configured to receive it tether attached to a float. The float is positioned in the center of a swimming pool on the surface of the water and is secured in its position by being tethered to the pool cover, which is secured to the wall of the pool. | 12-26-2013 |
20140007366 | SWIMMING POOL BRUSH - A swimming pool brush includes (a) a longitudinally extending handle; (b) a transversely projecting mounting bar having a central rectilinear portion; (c) a backing strip attached to the mounting bar; and (d) a plurality of longitudinally projecting discrete bristles of substantially equal length and each having a cross sectional diameter of no more than 0.3 mm. | 01-09-2014 |
20140327326 | LIGHT CONTROLLED TIMING DEVICE AND METHOD - A dual mode light operated timing device includes a light sensor for generating a light sensor signal when light is detected; a first input device for generating a first programming signal; a second input device for generating a second programming signal; a switch for connecting and disconnecting power from a power supply to an electronic device; and a processor for receiving the light sensor signal and when light is detected by the light sensor operating the timing device in a daytime mode by controlling the switch based on the first programming signal, and when light is not detected by the light sensor operating the timing device in a nighttime mode by controlling the switch based on the second programming signal. | 11-06-2014 |
20150354242 | PRE-FILTER WATER SKIMMER - A pre-filter skimmer system that reduces the amount of debris and particles entering the water filter in order to increase the longevity of the water filter is disclosed. The pre-filter skimmer system includes a chamber including an inlet and an outlet, wherein the water enters via the inlet and exits via the outlet. The water enters a first collector that is positioned at least partially within the chamber, the first collector configured to capture particles of a first size carried by the water. From here, the water enters a second collector that is positioned downstream of the first collector, wherein the second collector is configured to capture particles of a second size smaller than the first size that passed through the first collector. | 12-10-2015 |