Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080228583 | Advertising management system and method with dynamic pricing - Method and system for enabling advertisers to deliver advertisements to consumers in which a plurality of tiers of available advertisements are defined, each tier containing a number of advertisements, a price for allocation of an advertisement in each tier is set wherein a lowest tier has the lowest price and the price increases to a maximum at a highest tier, and advertisements are allocated to advertisers based on availability starting from a lowest tier with unallocated advertisements and progressing to higher tiers. | 09-18-2008 |
20080228893 | Advertising management system and method with dynamic pricing - Method and system for enabling advertisers to deliver advertisements to consumers in which a plurality of tiers of available advertisements are defined, each tier containing a number of advertisements, a price for allocation of an advertisement in each tier is set wherein a lowest tier has the lowest price and the price increases to a maximum at a highest tier, and advertisements are allocated to advertisers based on availability starting from a lowest tier with unallocated advertisements and progressing to higher tiers. | 09-18-2008 |
20080235341 | Messaging system - A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the display area. The method includes receiving content data having one of a plurality of different types for use in creating said message, accessing tracking data corresponding to a previously transmitted message containing content data of a given type, the tracking data being indicative of selection of said user selectable portion upon display thereof at said receiving terminal, and selecting a recipient of the message on the basis of the received content data and the tracking data. | 09-25-2008 |
20110202566 | CREATION OF A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY - In order to facilitate creation of a community without member-specific registration, one or more sibling identifiers with corresponding units to be distributed to other persons are allocated to a subscriber and the one or more sibling identifiers is associated with the subscriber's identifier. The subscriber may then give a unit to his/her friend and when the friend uses the unit, or more precisely a sibling identifier the unit relates to, the system will recognize that the subscriber and the friend belong to the same community on the basis of the association formed when sibling identifiers were allocated. | 08-18-2011 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090062863 | SCREW BACK-OUT PREVENTION MECHANISM - A screw back-out prevention mechanism for a bone fixation system is provided. The mechanism, when engaged, either locks or retains the screws of the bone fixation system in place thereby preventing the screws of the bone fixation system from backing out of the bone, and in turn reducing the risk of device separation or failure in the bone fixation system. | 03-05-2009 |
20090254127 | LOW PROFILE IMPLANT LOCKING PLATES - An implant locking plate system and a method of using such a system are provided. The implant locking plate system generally includes at least one âTâ-headed bone anchoring means, such as a screw or bolt that can be inserted into a vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disc to be stabilized, and a stabilizing plate attached to the bone anchoring means designed to overlap at least a portion of the artificial disk or graft when the bone anchor is inserted into the vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disk or graft. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254180 | CUSTOMIZABLE VERTEBRAL REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY SYSTEM - A customizable vertebral replacement assembly system and methods of using such a system to perform spinal fusions are described. The assembly generally includes a wall that encloses a hollow central core, a plurality of openings arranged in the wall that extend from the exterior or the assembly to the interior of the central core, and at least one stacking armature. The openings disposed in the surface of the wall both allow for the easy trimming and adjustment of the size and shape of the assembly and for bone to grow into the assembly once the spacer is installed in the body, which can help to secure the assembly in place, while the stacking armature allows for the facile interconnection of multiple assemblies. | 10-08-2009 |