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7194440 Billing method using SSL/TLS  
A billing method for requesting contents or data in a network in which the client or the person representing the client has a certificate for the billing method. Said certificate contains data that...
7194425 System and method for evaluating and/or monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising  
A system and a method for measuring and monitoring effectiveness of on-line advertising are provided. The system and method provide a code attached to, for example, an advertising banner of a...
7194421 Content attribute impact invalidation method  
The invention concerns a method of determining the effect of content attributes on content ratings. The method may include obtaining content attributes, recording set-top box events as content is...
7194415 Support system for maintenance contract of elevator  
A system is provided for predicting a load degree of a customer's elevator from the information about the customer's building and elevator, creating and displaying the maintenance plan according to...
7194414 Self-service terminal  
A self-service terminal, such as an ATM ( 10 ), comprises a speech generator ( 31 ) and loudspeaker ( 30 ) for producing natural language operating instructions for a user, and a user interface (...
7191147 Facilitating the sale of ad items via the internet  
Systems and methods for facilitating the sale of classified ad items are provided. According to one embodiment, a linkage is created between a print advertisement and an online counterpart....
7191142 Internet based goods delivery system  
This invention provides for a method of delivering goods from a plurality of suppliers to a plurality of buyer utilizing a system having a plurality delivery agents, a plurality of stores, a...
7191139 System for cataloging, inventorying, selecting, measuring, valuing and matching intellectual capital and skills with a skill requirement  
The present invention is directed to a system for cataloging, inventorying, selecting, measuring, valuing and matching Intellectual Capital skills and matching or inquiring of an individual's...
7191138 System for cataloging, inventorying selecting, measuring, valuing and matching intellectual capital and skills with a skill requirement  
The present invention is directed to a system for cataloging, inventorying, selecting, measuring, valuing and matching Intellectual Capital skills and matching or inquiring of an individual's...
7191137 Market based control of structural movement  
A distributed market based control assembly used in conjunction with fixed or movable structures. Typically multiple actuators are attached to the structure, with each of the multiple actuators...
7190475 Method for providing a print and apparatus  
The object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a print which is designated by a viewer, and whose print charge is paid by a registrant. Another object of the present...
7188153 System and method for managing connections in an online social network  
An online social network collects descriptive data about various individuals and allows those individuals to indicate other individuals with whom they have a personal relationship. The descriptive...
7188089 System and method for securely storing, generating, transferring and printing electronic prepaid vouchers  
A system and a method that utilizes transaction terminals equipped with smart card readers to download and store a batch of multiple prepaid electronic vouchers to a smart card, retrieve and...
7188088 Video editing apparatus, video editing method, and recording medium  
A video data storing unit stores video data pieces. An editing information generating unit generates editing information sets. A copyright information storing unit stores a standard copyright...
7188074 Method and system for generating referrals for job positions based upon virtual communities comprised of members relevant to the job positions  
The invention includes three primary methodical tools. The first tool implements a job recruiting toolkit. The second tool implements a method of generating referrals based upon a virtual community...
7188071 Apparatus and methods for providing fine granularity alerting to customers  
Apparatus and methods for providing a fine granularity alerting mechanism for alerting customers of the status of an order are provided. With the apparatus and methods, a customer selects a...
7188070 Vehicle related services system and methodology  
A vehicle-related services system and methodology employing at least one sensor automatically sensing at least one of the time during which a vehicle is not being operated and where the vehicle is...
7188069 Method for valuing intellectual property  
A method of placing a discrete value on an intellectual property asset through a series of associations and calculations that determine the proportional contribution of an intellectual property...
7185811 Information providing system and method, information processing apparatus and method, display apparatus and method, and program  
An information providing or processing system and method is disclosed which can provide information conforming to liking of a user to the user. If the user brings a contactless IC card, in which a...
7184990 Method and apparatus for selling an aging food product  
An automated kitchen apparatus determines a time until expiration of a food product. In one embodiment, the kitchen apparatus determines the time until expiration by receiving a start signal...
7184988 Methods for operating infrastructure and applications for cryptographically-supported services  
In an infrastructure in which some of a plurality of entities provide cryptographically supported services, a method of registering a subscriber entity of a plurality of entities at a principal...
7184962 System and method for managing employee absences  
A method for managing the absence of an employee is disclosed. The method includes generating an incident case related to the absence, defining portions of the incident case, and integrating the...
7181431 Interactive information services system and associated method for facilitating purchasing transactions  
A method and system are provided to permit a network operator to capture transaction data relating to transactions between a subscriber and a service provider that are conducted via a...
7181428 Automated political risk management  
A risk management method and system for facilitating analysis and quantification of risk associated with politically exposed persons is disclosed. A computerized political risk management system...
7181410 Goal oriented travel planning system  
A travel system for processing travel requests based on a user's travel destination goal such as a meeting place and time. The travel system selects a destination terminal, if one is not provided,...
7181408 Livestock pricing system  
A livestock pricing system ( 10 ) broadly comprises a processor ( 14 ) to predict a best price for a group of animals, a grid database ( 16 ) to store price information used to predict the best...
7181407 Network of portable, wireless communication devices  
A volunteer network support group for people with disabilities. People who would like to assist people with disabilities may join a service and receive a wearable device or a palmtop that can...
7181406 Geographic market indicator  
A method is provided for displaying the status of a financial indicator using a geographic orientation, where the financial indicator represents financial activity in a particular geographic...
7181405 Electronic tender system  
A coding function section in a bidder sub-system is supplied with a code parameter that corresponds to a bid to be offered, and the bid is coded using the code parameter. A tender opening system...
7181304 System and method for an online jurisdiction manager  
The jurisdiction online manager manages required jurisdictional inspections mandated by a plurality of different jurisdictions performed by non-governmental entities. A central computer system...
7177958 Automated input determination  
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method that includes receiving a sequence of input values. Furthermore, the method includes determining if the sequence of input values is a...
7177857 Apparatus and method for creating distribution content  
A distribution content provided with conditions that are only effective to part of a content body is created. On a time axis, a section of a content body is specified. Management data is then...
7177845 Copy detection for digitally-formatted works  
An electronic book reader has a processor, a display surface, and access to a memory card upon which is stored a digitally-formatted creative work such as a book. In addition, the reader has access...
7177832 System and method for performing a progressive second price auction technique  
A system and method for allocating a resource using a progressive second price auction technique. An auction is held for a limited resource, such as bandwidth in an Internet Service Provider...
7177827 Generating an order plan for a supply chain network  
Generating an order plan is disclosed. Data describing priority levels including at least one item request is accessed. Data describing a supply chain network ( 10 ) including network components (...
7177820 Method of permitting group access to electronically stored images and transaction card used in the method  
A method of storing and viewing a collection of digital images includes the steps of: providing a plurality of users with a unique user ID associated with a URL identifying a network photoservice...
7177819 Wireless intelligent real estate electronic lock box  
An intelligent real estate system including an intelligent real estate sign having embedded processing functionality and a wireless communication device capable of receiving wireless electronic...
7177818 System and method for an interactive shopping news and price information service  
A system and associated method for assisting a user to efficiently query for product information and promotional information available from electronic commerce websites over the Internet includes a...
7176800 Electronic security system for monitoring and recording activity and data relating to persons or cargo  
A security system and method for the limited monitoring of visitors to a country or territory has an input component such as a keyboard or electronic reader configured for receiving information...
7175177 Golf data management system, data center, and method of managing golf data  
The present invention relates to a golf data management system that stores and manages golf score data, and to a data center and a golf data management method. This golf data management system...
7174342 Systems and methods for defining executable sequences to process information from a data collection  
Information can be collected, processed, and distributed in a variety of ways to support a decision-making process. A query-analyze-distribute approach can be used, and queries, analysis...
7174301 System and method for accessing geographic-based data  
A system and method for creating a unified commercial real estate data model through collection, distribution and use of information in connection with commercial real estate and for creating a...
7173538 Apparatus, system and method for monitoring a drying procedure  
An apparatus, system, and method provide drying procedure information through a user interface. A monitoring device transmits drying procedure data measured by sensors within a structure undergoing...
7171426 Hazard communication system  
The invention is an integrated, data-centric hazard communication system. The system has an authoring module and a means for disseminating hazard information about a material and its components,...
7171389 Identification, storage and display of land data on a website  
Disclosed is a land website that provides a personalized database on which data can be stored, retrieved, customized and communicated (e.g., by e-mail) relating to a particular piece of property....
7171376 Methods and apparatus for inventory allocation and pricing  
The invention provides methods of, and systems for, optimizing the allocation of inventory to, and pricing of, goods sold by multiple retail sites, e.g., in a store, chain or other retail...
7171370 Funds distribution system connected with point of sale transactions  
An automated way for sales establishments to extend point of sale (POS) cash transactions to allow consumers to save change or transfer discretionary funds into saving or donating accounts managed...
7171369 Method and system for providing dynamic and real-time air travel information  
Providing passengers and other interested parties with dynamic and real-time air travel information. This dynamic and real-time air travel information is shown in various screens on a computer...
7171368 Method and apparatus for the remote inspection of postage meters  
A method comprising the steps of generating a code at a data center, the code being associated with the value dispensing system; creating a challenge card having the code therein; sending the...
7170993 Methods and apparatus for automated monitoring and action taking based on decision support mechanism  
Techniques are provided for use in accordance with such systems as web sites operating electronic commerce (e-commerce) applications, interactive voice response (IVR) systems and workflow systems...