51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100325002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING USER IDENTITY INFORMATION IN FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A system and method for verifying a user's identity during a point-of-sale transaction are provided. The system and method provide for applying for, receiving and verifying a financial services provider card; providing a plurality of requested biometric identification data to a financial services provider; uploading the plurality of biometric identification data of a user requested by the financial services provider via a network connected computing device to a preselected website; storing the plurality of biometric identification data in a remote server coupled to the preselected website; and using the plurality of requested biometric identification data to execute a point-of-sale transaction, wherein a merchant can verify the financial services card with the biometric identification data provided by the remote server or provided by the user via a point-of-sale terminal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325003 | INTEGRATED POINT OF SALE TERMINAL - An integrated point-of-sale terminal for use with a fuel dispenser has a site controller, at least one dispenser having a user interface, at least one processor at the site controller, memory coupled to the processor, and a plurality of point-of-sale applications associated with the site controller. The processor is configured to dynamically regulate which of the plurality of point-of-sale applications has control of the dispenser user interface based on a set of business rules. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON SELECTED TOPICS TO INTERESTED USERS - There are disclosed systems and methods which provide for an inter-action between unrelated databases such that information provided to a first database by a first provider can be pushed from the first database to a user based, at least in part, on data provided by that user to a second database unrelated to the first database. This then allows a user to have information pushed to him/her based upon information previously obtained from that user or about that user. In one embodiment, the user enters his/her information into one or more databases and the entered information forms the basis for information to be pushed to that user from any database even if the pushed information resides in a non-related database. In another embodiment, the data required from a provider is determined based upon data gathered from other providers for similar items. In some situations certain data is gathered without active participation from the provider. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325005 | Certified Email System and Method - A certified email system for providing a time stamp for a presented file, particularly when the presented file is an email. Preferably a demanding party receives the email; generates a unique HASH; digitally signs the unique HASH; and sends the signed HASH and a time-stamp request call to a web services time-stamp conduit (WSTC). The WSTC receives the request and signed HASH from the demanding party and obtains a time stamp. The WSTC sends the time stamp back to the demanding party, which sends a time-stamp notification to the original sender of the email and, optionally, the recipient(s) of the email. Multiple branded or customized demanding servers can efficiently run using one web services time-stamp conduit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325006 | Flexible Mobile Gift Cards - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to allowing a recipient of a closed-loop gift card to select one of a plurality of merchants toward which to apply the value. A consumer buys a variable gift card from a service provider for a set amount. The consumer pays the service provider that amount, but the service provider holds that amount in escrow. The consumer sends the gift card to a recipient with a predetermined merchant. The recipient receives the gift card and decides not to use the gift card for the predetermined merchant, but for a desired merchant. The recipient requests the service provider to change the merchant. The service provider requests a final confirmation before delivering the amount from escrow to the desired merchant, and the gift card is ready for use. If the recipient does desire to use the predetermined merchant, the recipient simply contacts the service provider for activation, where the service provider transfers the amount to the predetermined merchant. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325007 | System and method for mobile commerce using SMS and voice hybrid communication - This invention relates in general to mobile commerce, and more specifically to a system and method that uses a combination of SMS messages and voice channel communication to convey user account authentication and/or user account details. By using this invention, sending authentication information of the user over SMS is avoided. The user interacts with the commerce server system by exchanging SMS messages to identify the product he wants to buy and to issue the request to buy the product. To obtain the authentication information from the user, the commerce server system either initiates a voice call to the user or asks the user to call the system. Once the voice call is established, authentication information is obtained over the voice call by the user entering the information on the mobile's keypad and the commerce server system detecting the entered information and completing the commerce transaction if the authentication information is accurate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325008 | METHODS FOR TRANSFORMING AN AUCTIONED ITEM OF UNKNOWN VALUE AND BUYER INTO AN AUCTIONED ITEM OF KNOWN VALUE AND BUYER - Methods, including methods conducted with a computer system and/or over a telecommunications network, are provided for transforming an auctioned item of unknown value and buyer into an auctioned item of known value and buyer. The methods comprise sealed bid, second-best price auctions that diminish the effects of information asymmetry while aligning the interests of buyers and sellers by reducing common auction risks of the winner's curse, buyer's remorse, bid shading, shill bidding, bid sniping, and/or collusion. Bidders submit sealed bids for the auctioned item. At a successful auction's conclusion, a highest bidder is established as the item's buyer and a second-best price is established as the value. This second-best price is the second highest sealed bid obtained, or a reserve price that the highest bidder accepts as the value for the auctioned item when the highest sealed bid is the only sealed bid at least equal to the reserve price. The second-best price optionally may be one bid increment more than the second highest sealed bid or the reserve price. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325009 | INTERNET AND MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES BASED SECURED LOTTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for secure electronic government service are provided. The system and method can eliminate the need for travel to an authorized retailer by a player of the lottery since purchase can be facilitated anywhere, anytime via the Internet. In addition, using the system, winning tickets or games are automatically recognized and the purchaser is immediately notified and the winner will be notified using various electronics mechanisms and prize payments can be made in accordance with state law and the prize money will be automatically distributed to the winner's account. The system and method also can be used in similar applications like banking systems and voting systems where higher-level security standards, accountability of the purchaser and system transactions, and verification of those transactions are desirable. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325010 | System And Method For Competitive Pricing And Procurement Of Customized Goods And Services - An apparatus and method for selecting a lowest bidding vendor from a plurality of vendors of a customized good or service, including receiving a set of vendor's attributes from each of the plurality of vendors representing their respective capabilities, and receiving an invitation-for-bid data from the buyer defining a custom job for which the buyer desires price quotes or bids. The vendor attributes or the invitation-for-bid, or both, are received through a web browser. The invitation-for-bid is compared to each of the vendor's attributes according to certain standard or optional selection criteria to generate a vendor selection pool of vendors qualified to bid on the job. Each vendor in the vendor selection pool receives a vendor's invitation-for-bid. A bid is received from at least one vendor in the vendor selection pool, the lowest price bid is identified, the buyer is informed of the identity of the selected vendor, and solicited for approval of the selected vendor. Upon receipt of approval from the buyer, an order is issued to the selected vendor. The non-selected vendors in the selection pool are informed of the bid prices and of the selection results. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325011 | LISTING RECOMMENDATION IN A NETWORK-BASED SYSTEM - According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method to facilitate generating listing recommendations to a user of a network-based commerce system. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a term associated with a user interaction in a network-based commerce system. The method further includes generating a recommendation query including the identified term. In addition, the method includes running the recommendation query against a plurality of listings hosted by the network-based commerce system to identify a recommendation. Moreover, the method includes presenting the recommendation to a user of the network-based commerce system. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325012 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING RELEASE OF A DATA PRODUCT - A computer implemented method of controlling release of a data product to a host, comprising: providing a data parcel to a host comprising: (i) a payload interpreter accessible by an interface application program interface (API) for operation by the host and (ii) a data payload readable by the payload interpreter comprising reference data describing at least one data product; accessing the data parcel with the interface API; enabling the data parcel in response to the data parcel being accessed with the interface API; and determining that the data parcel is enabled before allowing the host to operate the payload interpreter to read part or all of the data payload. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325013 | Method and System for Efficiently Relaying Merchandise Deal Through Public Assessment in On-Line Market - Provided are an electronic commerce method and system that are capable of collecting information on a variety of goods or quotations in broad, intermediate, and narrow categories corresponding to attributes of goods that a buyer requests according to his or her needs, and managing the information in a database. The method and system are also capable of enabling a buyer to read and refer to quotation history, including quotation requests or process details for goods or services, and suggest appropriate price and conditions in a process of requesting a quotation. The method and system are also capable of enabling a plurality of verified sellers to respond to the quotation request, by storing, processing, and publishing the quotation history, such that the seller can obtain online sales routes at low cost and the buyer can purchase desired goods or services at a better price and under better conditions due to competition among sellers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325014 | USER PERFORMANCE RATING SYSTEM - A system comprises a processor-implemented collection module configured to request rating information from a first user relating to a transaction involving the first user and second user in an online transaction processing environment. The requested rating information relates to performance of the second user with respect to the transaction in a plurality of performance categories. A score generator is configured to generate a performance score relating to the second user using the rating information. A communication module is configured to communicate the performance score. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325015 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING IMAGE DATA TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH AN ONLINE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - An image recognition system is provided with a reference image and the image recognition system functions to discern a context for the reference image. A user is thereafter presented with recommendations for products or other online services that are relevant to the discerned context for the image. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325016 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A GALLERY OF AVAILABLE DESIGNS FOR KIT CONFIGURATION - Methods, computer-readable storage media, and apparatuses for dynamically generating a gallery of available designs for a particular kit configuration including a plurality of different products are presented. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325017 | ONLINE BIDDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A system, method and computer program product for online bidding for vehicle purchases, including a server configured to receive a vehicle request specifying a vehicle desire to be purchased from a buyer computer device. The server is configured to transmit the vehicle request to one or more computer devices of vehicle sellers. The server is configured to receive bids based on the vehicle specified in the vehicle request from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers. The server is configured to display bids received from the one or more computer devices of the vehicle sellers on the computer device of the buyer and the computer devices of the vehicle sellers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO NETWORK SERVICES - A system and method for provisioning services accessible via a broadband network. The system receives a user selection of one or more services that have been deemed to be available to the user via the network as well as user registration information. The user registration information may include billing information and a user identifier such as a login id or email address. The system then authenticates the identity of the user with an ISP and communicates the user identifier to each provider of each selected service. The registration information and information representative of any selected service is also communicated to a billing engine. In this manner, a user may access each product or service and be billed appropriately for its usage. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325019 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR DOCUMENTING NETWORK ASSETS - A system for asset inventory and management that includes a data input module, an asset storage database, a search module, and a display module is provided. The data input module can be used to input asset data, location data, and container data, the location data and the container data associated with the asset data. The asset storage database can have asset data and/or location data stored therewithin and the search module can search for and select at least part of the asset data and the location data as a function of one or more input search parameters. The display module can display at least part of the asset data and the location data selected by the search module. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325020 | Systems and/or methods for globally tracking items and generating active notifications regarding the same - Certain exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for fraud reduction and/or product recovery. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, a central repository for item-level data related to stolen, missing, counterfeit, or other items may be provided. The item-level data may be stored as a function of EPC/RFID and/or serial number information in certain exemplary embodiments of this invention. According to certain exemplary embodiments, notification and/or subscription systems may be deployed to search for missing, stolen, or other items throughout the various “touchpoints” in the sales universe by consulting the centralized electronic registration (ER) database. This searching may be performed among and between, and/or on behalf of, interested parties including, for example, retailers, manufacturers, pawnshops, online auction houses, etc. These and/or other parties may be notified, as appropriate, with the notifications being based on subscriptions may by the entities and/or predefined rules. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325021 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CENTRALIZED WEB SERVICES FOR FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEM - A method of operating a centralized web services computer system includes providing a standard interface for financial institutions (FIs) and for funds transfer service providers that participate in a remittance system. The centralized web services computer system may also provide services such as integrating its operations into online banking or customer service representative web environments provided by the FIs. The centralized web services computer system may also provide services related to routing messages, looking up territory-related information, checking user information against blacklists, issuing instructions to FIs to debit or credit user accounts, and/or generating reports. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325022 | Content Provisioning and Revenue Disbursement - A method for provisioning content to users, including for each of a plurality of items of media content, maintaining information about one or more owners of the item of media content, and maintaining information about one or more providers of the item of media content, for each of a plurality of users, maintaining information about items of media content acquired by the user and about player devices owned by the user, for each of a plurality of time periods, maintaining a history log of items of media content played by one or more of the plurality of users during the time period, receiving a request from a user to play a designated item of media content on a designated player device, during a current time period, identifying an appropriate provider of the designated item of media content, according to a location of the user and according to the designated player device, causing the identified provider of the designated item of media content to transmit the designated item of media content to the user's designated player device, updating the history log for the current time period to reflect the user having played the designated item of media content, and calculating revenue disbursement among the owners of the plurality of items of media content, and the providers of the plurality of media content, for the current time period, based on the history log of the current time period. A system is also described and claimed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325023 | METHOD OF RECORDING AND PAYING DECLARED DIVIDENDS IN AN INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT INVESTS IN FIXED INCOME SECURITIES AND HAS CONVENTIONAL AND ETF SHARE CLASSES WITH DIFFERENT DIVIDEND PAYMENT FREQUENCIES - A method is are provided to administer an investment company. The investment company issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The investment company also issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold in a secondary market at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain information regarding portfolio holdings of the investment company and outstanding shares in the investment company. Dividends are periodically declared at a first time interval for the outstanding shares that are bought from and redeemed with the investment company at a net asset value. The amount of dividends to declare is calculated from the information maintained in the one or more computers. Dividends are periodically declared at a second time interval that is different from the first time interval for the outstanding shares that are exchange-traded. Again, the amount of dividends to declare is calculated from the information maintained in the one or more computers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325024 | System and Method for Obligation Management in Wireless Communication Devices - A wireless communication device ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100325025 | System and Method for Sharing Media - An apparatus or method for sharing media on a social network effects, or includes steps for, accessing a social networking site using login information provided by a first member, broadcasting a media sharing announcement for a first media belonging to the first member to a second member of the social networking site, and granting the second member a usage license to the first media in exchange for a relinquishment of a usage license of a second media. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325026 | ANTI-CRIMES FINANCIAL NETWORK - A computerized system is established through a network to help business organizations conduct and manage their businesses with anti-financial crimes provisions according to the government regulations and laws, e.g., the Bank Secrecy and the USA PATRIOT Act, and to enable financial institutions to monitor and manage these business organizations with confidence in compliance with the regulatory requirements and applicable laws. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325027 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Generating Trading Instructions and Executing Trading - Method and apparatus for automatic trading with a module for generating instructions and an automatic trading module wherein trading-relevant data of an extensive environment are registered, trading strategies determined, and the definition of the volume of a trading as well as the execution of a trading carried out basically without human assistance. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325028 | SUPPLIER EVALUATION METHOD IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method comprises the steps of: from member information of a trading partner as an object to be evaluated and order information on product items, estimating a supply chain associated with the member information and the item information; narrowing or screening the estimated supply chain by using attribute information associated with the item information; evaluating the response periods of individual members from the information request date and the information delivery date in the environment information exchange history of individual members in the narrowed supply chain; totaling the evaluated response periods of individual members according to the narrowed supply chain; and answering a user request by sending the totaled response period of the company being evaluated to a user computer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325029 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TRADING INTERFACE - Systems and methods for configurable trading interfaces that allow a trader to quickly and easily submit trading commands to a trading system are provided. Using these systems and methods, a trader can using various trading interfaces to initiate trading commands, configure various display features and default command settings, and control a level of command entry verification that is provided to protect against inadvertent entry of incorrect trading commands. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325030 | System and method of implementing massive early terminations of long term financial contracts - A method of and system for terminating or assigning outstanding OTC derivative transactions between a plurality of financial institutions (banks). The system comprises: a processing station arranged to receive transaction data describing a plurality of transactions from a plurality of banks via the Internet. The processing station comprises: a linking module for linking different versions of the same transaction received from different parties to that transaction; an analysis module for determining a set of linked transactions between a plurality of different banks, wherein each bank has debts and claims towards other banks in the set; a calculation module arranged to calculate an aggregated value of each set of linked transactions and select the set of linked transactions which has an aggregated value within bank-specified tolerance limits acceptable for executing a termination; and an execution module for executing a termination or assignment of the selected set of linked transactions. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325031 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRADING FINANCIAL ASSETS - Systems and methods for trading financial assets are disclosed. Financial assets may be traded by locally providing quotes for a financial asset in a foreign currency, locally receiving orders for the financial asset in the foreign currency, and locally filling the orders in the foreign currency. Hedged quotes for the financial assets may be developed for trading, in a first currency, financial assets priced in a second currency. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325032 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PARAMETERS TO AUTOMATED SECURITY ORDER EXECUTION SYSTEMS - In one aspect, the present invention permits users of trading algorithms to jointly achieve the objectives described above, namely: (a) permit access to trading algorithms of (arbitrary) complexity without requiring proprietary protocol extensions; (b) allow users to easily identify and store one or more sets of dynamic vs. static parameters (and related details, including user interface layout); and (c) allow any given pre-defined set of parameters to be easily invoked and used to submit orders. In another aspect, the invention comprises a computer system comprising: (a) an authoring tool operable to enable a user to design custom trading strategies and create interface definitions; and (b) a pre-processor operable to receive a custom strategy order message delivered via a standard protocol, load an definition for a corresponding custom strategy, enrich the order message based on the definition, and pass the enriched message to a trading strategy destination. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325033 | UPSIDE FORWARD WITH EARLY FUNDING PROVISION - A system for and method of providing a forward contract with an upside return and the possibility of early valuation are presented. The prices of the underlying financial instruments are allowed to float to a limited extent. Moreover, the party taking the short position is allowed to cash out early, without having to unwind the entire contract. The contact may be used, for example, by a corporation that wishes to raise capital using equity instruments. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325034 | Aggregated Trading System - A trading system is described herein for hosting a collection of one or more electronic exchanges. The collection of electronic exchanges may be made up of separately designated exchanges under one or more authorizing and regulating bodies. The trading system receives from traders bids to purchase and offers to sell a tradeable object listed at one of the electronic exchanges. Then, the trading system directs the bids and offers to the appropriate exchange where the bids and offers may be automatically matched in the corresponding market. The trading system may also be used to take actions in one or more markets that are internal and external to the trading system on behalf of a trader using preprogrammed trading instructions. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325035 | FRAUD/RISK BUREAU - Systems and methods for generating fraud/risk report for consumers are disclosed. A server computer in a fraud/risk system receives a request from a client computer of a user for a fraud/risk report associated with a consumer. The server computer queries a database that stores pre-filtered data provided from third party sources, and data (filtered or not filtered) from a payment processing network that processes payment card transactions. The pre-filtered data are associated with reported fraudulent activities. The server computer then generates a fraud/risk report and provides that report to the client computer of the user. The report includes the pre-filtered data that were associated with the consumer. The fraud/risk report may also be customized based on the request of the user or based on pre-determined criteria stored in the server computer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325036 | PAY YOURSELF FIRST WITH REVENUE GENERATION - The system identifies a revenue producing opportunity for a user. The system obtains information related to the user's income, income sources, user's debts (e.g., bills) and user's goals. The system identifies a revenue producing opportunity for the user by matching user information with information regarding the opportunities. The system further provides recommendations related to the prioritization of paying certain bills and the amount to pay for each bill based upon, for example, savings goals, a community recommendation, minimizing penalties/fees associated with user's debts, minimum amounts due, due dates and available income. The system and/or the user may then determine a payment hierarchy which includes transferring funds to the user's savings account prior to paying all or a portion of certain bills, wherein the transfer of funds may include different funds transfer systems and methods. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325037 | TRANSACTION CARD ASSEMBLY WITH TRANSACTION CARD AND AUXILIARY ITEM - A transaction card assembly includes a transaction card, a foldable backer, and an article. The transaction card includes an account identifier fixedly connected thereto. The account identifier is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal and links the transaction card to a financial account or record. The foldable backer supports the transaction card and defines an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and a viewing aperture extending from the interior surface to the exterior surface. The article is coupled with the interior surface of the foldable backer such that a portion of the article is viewable through the viewing aperture when the foldable backer is in a folded configuration around the article. Stored-value cards, combinations, methods of facilitating use of a transaction product and other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325038 | TRANSACTION CARD WITH OSCILLATING MEMBER - A transaction card includes a base member, an auxiliary member, and an account identifier. The base member defines a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a spiral cut extending through the base to define a spiral portion. The spiral portion is stretched to extend in a conic helical form in front of a portion of the first surface defined by a remainder of the base member. The auxiliary member is coupled to the spiral portion opposite the portion of the first surface defined by the remainder of the base member. The account identifier is fixedly connected to one of the base member and the auxiliary member. The account identifier links the transaction card to at least one of an account and a record and is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal. Other cards, combinations and associated methods are also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325039 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENCODING ENHANCED ISSUER INFORMATION IN A CARD - Facilitating communications between an electronic payment device and an issuer host includes storing in the payment device a set of personalization parameters. A first set of status information indicative of available status information relating to the payment device is transformed into a second set of status information based on the set of personalization parameters, and/or a second set of actions is selected from a first set of actions indicative of available actions to be performed by the payment device based on the set of personalization parameters and an order received from the issuer for initiating at least one corresponding action in the payment device. The second set of status information includes a subset of the first set of status information; the second set of actions includes a subset of the first set of actions. The payment device transmits the second set of status information to the issuer and/or initiates the actions in the second set of actions corresponding to the order received from the issuer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325040 | Device Authority for Authenticating a User of an Online Service - A method for authenticating a user of a third party online service includes steps for receiving a device identifier and registration information from a client device of the user, the registration information comprising data that links the device identifier with a third-party account, gathering reputational information regarding the third-party account from one or more reputational sources, associating the reputational information with the device identifier, verifying, in response to receiving a reputation request regarding the third-party account, a request source of the reputation request, and providing, in response to verification of the request source, the reputational information to the request source. The method may be executed by a device authority, such as a computer server, operating through a computer network. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING INFORMATION IN MAGNETIC STRIPE FORMAT FOR USE IN RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TRANSACTIONS - A transaction device system is associated with a transaction device proxy account identifier, which may be stored in a database on the transaction device system. The proxy transaction device identifier may be stored on the database in any conventional merchant recognizable format. Additionally, the proxy transaction device identifier may be associated with a transaction account identifier for use in completing a transaction. The proxy transaction device identifier may include at least a first portion which corresponds to a portion of the transaction device identifier. The first portion of the proxy transaction device identifier may be segmented into proxy fields where a first segment includes a portion of a transaction account data set, and a second segment has encoded therein an account provider desired information. The proxy account identifier segments are undetectable by receiving systems such that the proxy account identifier emulates a merchant recognizable data transfer format. The account provider system may receive the proxy account identifier and uses the first portion of the transaction device identifier in a predetermined algorithm to reassemble the transaction device identifier for use in transaction completion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325042 | PAYMENT SERVICE TO EFFICIENTLY ENABLE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT - A method to redirect a browser client is disclosed. The method comprises storing information at a payment service web site that includes a return URL (uniform resource locator) corresponding to a web-based interface hosted by a merchant web site. Next, the method comprise extracting the return URL embedded in the information and comparing, the return URL to a reference return URL corresponding to the web-based interface hosted by the merchant web site. Finally, the method comprises identifying the return URL matches the reference return URL and redirecting the browser client to the web-based interface hosted by the merchant web site responsive to the identifying the match. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325043 | CUSTOMIZED CARD-BUILDING TOOL - Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus and method for customizing a bank card. For example, the apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor operatively coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to interact with a user terminal and receive user input from the user terminal, the user input including at least one user-selected bank card option. The processor is configured to provide, via the communication interface, a graphical user interface to be displayed on a display of the user terminal. The graphical user interface includes an image of the bank card having the at least one user-selected bank card option and showing the user's name on the image of the bank card. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325044 | System and Method for Accessing the Maximum Available Funds in an Electronic Financial Transaction - A “MAX”, or other appropriate descriptive, selection is added to the set of selections available to users of electronic financial transactions. This selection determines the maximum amount which can be accessed by a user, subject to hardware, software, account and other restrictions. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325045 | JSI biometric payment system - The JSI Biometric Payment System is designed to work in conjunction the JSI Key and its' Chip Recognition System. The JSI Biometric Payment System is designed for the point of sales and payment industries and their different markets, the banking and financial institutions, and ATM networks to eliminate fraudulent electronic business transactions and identity theft. The JSI Biometric Payment System can be scaled-up or downsized to be implement in different markets depending on their payment landscape. JSI Biometric Payment System can be used in a mobile and wireless application, multi- and single lane retail outlets, banking transactions internal and external (ATM) network services. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325046 | Transaction Security Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for increasing the security of transactions between two parties is disclosed. The method and apparatus employ multiple PINs from which elements are selected for user identification. The transactions may be financial transactions or any other transaction where user identification is required. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVICE TO CONSUMER REGARDING A PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing a consumer with an alert or other information regarding a payment transaction. When a consumer conducts a payment transaction, an alert may be sent to a device to enable the consumer to view the alert. The contents of the alert, the triggers for sending the alert, or the delivery channel for the alert may be determined by a set of preferences that the consumer set when registering for the alert service. In response to the alert, the consumer may send an SMS or other message that requests “help”, “advice”, “need information”, etc. In some embodiments, the consumer may select or activate a user interface element that enables them to obtain advice or information regarding the transaction. In some embodiments, a consumer request for help, advice, or more information may be generated by the consumer during or after a payment transaction. In response to the request for help, advice, or information, the invention may provide the consumer with a menu or list of topics of information that is available regarding the transaction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONSUMER TIP ASSISTANCE AS PART OF PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for conducting payment transactions are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, a consumer may wish to add a tip or gratuity when paying for a good or service, such as a meal at a restaurant. Exemplary systems may generate an alert or other form of message based on the transaction, where the alert or message may include a suggested amount for a tip and/or provide the consumer with information that may be used to determine an amount for the tip. In some embodiments, the systems, apparatuses, and methods may automatically generate an estimated amount for the tip based on previously established user preferences, with the estimated amount being added to the underlying cost of the good or service when authorization is sought for the transaction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325049 | Run efficiency measuring system, a vehicle and a certificate - A run efficiency measuring system measures both investment into a vehicle for run and actual run performance by the vehicle. The investment means cost of energy, toll, and budgeted time, while the actual run performance means travel distance and saved time. Run efficiency is calculated on the measurements separately by difference in driver, between toll run and free run, and in unit price of energy. The measurement is summarized every time when one of the differences occurs, or day changes, or predetermined travel distance has been run. Vehicle is in wireless communication with IC card type certificate integrated with credit card which is inserted into card slot of the vehicle to identify driver for the individual run efficiency calculation, authentication as qualified driver, and ETC payment. Run efficiency data gotten in a vehicle can be taken over to next different vehicle for accumulation by way of memory of the certificate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325050 | CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINT PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECEIPT PRINTING DEVICE, A PRINT PROCESSING DEVICE, A RECEIPT ISSUING SYSTEM, AND A PROGRAM - A method and system are provided for a receipt printing device that produces receipts. Encrypted data is necessary to produce the receipt to prevent forgery of the receipt. The encrypted data based on information, which can be transaction information, received from a POS terminal. The encrypted data will be printed on the receipt only when determined to be necessary. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325051 | System and Method for Piracy Reduction in Software Activation - A method for reducing piracy in software activation may be implemented on a computer readable medium storing software instructions that execute the method, which includes steps for receiving a media identifier of a media and a device identifier from a first remote device executing the media, the device identifier being based on a combination of a user-configurable parameter and a non-user-configurable parameter of the first remote device, granting a usage license for the media to the first remote device, correlating the usage license with the media identifier and the device identifier, generating a sale metric for the media based on a number of usage license granted, determining a piracy metric of the media based on availability of illegal copies of the media, and charging a publisher of the media a fee based on the sale and piracy metrics. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325052 | WIRELESS TRANSACTION PAYMENT SERVICE APPLICATION SELECTION - A method of performing a transaction over a contactless interface placing a first device in wireless communication with a second device, selecting the interface over which the first and second device with communicate, selecting the application to be used to approve or disapprove the transaction, communicating to the second device the data necessary for the application to approve or disapprove the transaction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEW EXECUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL AND DATA TRANSACTIONS - A system and method for execution of financial and data transactions includes a point-of-sale device configured to execute a transaction in which at least one good or service is sold to an individual having a card with a storage medium encoding a card number. The transaction is completed after said point-of-sale device receives a data transmission authorizing said transaction. The point-of-sale device is configured to communicate via the Internet with a first computing system. The first computing system stores a set of instructions that cause the first computing system to evaluate the transaction to determine whether the transaction is to be authorized, and to send a transmission authorizing the transaction via the open network to said point-of-sale device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS AND MODIFICATION - Systems and methods for analyzing business intelligence workflow are disclosed. The systems and methods are configured to generate a business intelligence workflow representation associated with a business intelligence asset. A given piece of business intelligence data can be queried and the system and method can generate a workflow slice that represents the portion of the business intelligence workflow that contributes to the specific piece of business intelligence data. The workflow slice can be modified, and reintegrated or merged back into the full business intelligence workflow. The modifications can be validated to ensure that no other business intelligence data are modified. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325055 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE PROBATE ESTATES - Systems and method to identify and locate probate estates of client debtors. One embodiment includes receiving a client file, wherein the file includes a record of individual client debtors and determining if a date of death is available for each of the individual client debtors. Some such embodiments further include identifying one or more courts in which to search for a probate estate for each of the individual client debtors and searching for a probate estate in each identified court for each respective client debtor. In some embodiments, if a probate estate is not identified for a client debtor, the client debtor is placed in a queue, and the search is performed on a recurring or periodic basis until the probate estate is located or a certain period of time has passed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325056 | System and method for facilitating property comparisons - A system and method allowing a user to quickly receive a ranked comparison of homes for sale based on default criteria or criteria of the user's choice. An interactive website is provided into which a home buyer can enter details of several properties under consideration for purchase and receive a ranked comparison list in order of best value for money. Homebuyers may change the weightings of the criteria according to their preferences. An alternate home price is calculated for the homes ranked below first such that they have the same perceived value per dollar as the top ranked home. Finally, there is an option for the homebuyer to share results with the online community. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325057 | LEVERAGING SOCIAL CAPITAL ON A WEBSITE - The described techniques relate to leveraging social capital associated with a user's profile on a website. In some implementations, a framework can be provided that includes a protected space associated with the user's profile on a social networking website. The protected space can be configured to allow verified indicia of the social capital to be posted thereon. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325058 | Organizational Network System and Method - Techniques for organizational networking for improving efficiency of organizations at performing various organizational tasks are disclosed. A method of organizational networking automatically updates content in an organizational network based on roles of members within an organizational hierarchy. A technique for creating a new subnetwork based on hierarchies associated with existing organizational subnetworks is also disclosed. An advertising engine distributes ads from a partner entity to members of an organization by way of another member of the organization to avoid direct transmission of third party marketing materials to members. A single electronic calendar is provided for an entire organization and may be updated and shared with other organizations automatically based on roles of members. Techniques disclosed herein increase efficiency for organizations and usability of networking tools for members. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325059 | METHOD TO FACILITATE ENGAGEMENT OF A COMPANY WITH AN AVAILABLE POSITION - A method to encourage a recruiter to engage a company with an available position on a computer network that accepts information about the available position from the company; accepts information about a candidate for the available position from a recruiter and submits the information about the candidate to the company; and upon the selection by the company of a candidate for the available position, accepts payment from the company and transmits a portion of the payment to the recruiter. The method of the preferred embodiments include allowing the recruiter to invite a company to a computer network, accepting contact information for the company, and allowing the recruiter to access the contact information of the company. The method may include transmitting an invitation code to the company, transmitting a portion of the payment to the inviter of the company, or allowing the recruiter to invite only a predetermined number of companies. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325060 | Luggage Identification System and Apparatus - An electronic baggage tracking device replaces the tracking sticker presently applied to baggage. The device has a display which at least selectively displays destination indicia such as a barcode identifying a particular destination airport location. The device also has the ability to store traveler identification information, which is preferably at least partially encrypted, as well as travel information which may not normally be provided with baggage indicia, such as departing and arrival times. The device is preferably connected to baggage, if not integrally, then with a housing which connects to handles such as with a top having depending sides which cooperate with a displaceable bottom. Once installed, the device preferably has a locking configuration thereby preventing inadvertent or undesired removal of the device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325061 | Electronic Bartering System with Facilitating Tools - A method for responding to order flow is disclosed. The method comprises establishing for a market maker a rule for automatically generating a contra order in response to an order. The rule comprises at least one condition comprising at least one characteristic describing the order. The at least one condition allowing matching based on a security in the order is in a security list specified by the market maker. The method further comprises receiving from a trader the order; matching on the computer the order to the at least one condition of the rule; automatically generating the contra order in response to the order, if the rule is satisfied; and providing the contra order for acceptance. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325062 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND PURCHASING ASSETS AND MAINTAINING AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - The invention is in the field of computer implemented systems and methods for generating a profile of an investor's risk tolerance, providing automated investment allocation advice based on the risk tolerance of the investor, generating at least one list of investments for the portfolio of the investor, allowing for review of the at least one list of investments and information relating to historic and/or hypothetical performance and a description of asset selection methodology, performing automated electronic execution of transactions pertaining the investments, maintenance and monitoring of investment portfolios, and rebalancing of investment portfolios. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325063 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MARKET-BASED PRICING OF INVESTMENT PRODUCTS WITH GUARANTEED BENEFITS - Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining a fee for an investment product having a guaranteed benefit include a means for determining the fee based upon at least one measurement of market volatility. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325064 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CALCULATING WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT UNDER GUARANTEED BENEFIT OF INVESTMENT PRODUCT USING MARKET-BASED VARIABLE RATE - Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining a guaranteed benefit of an investment product include a means for changing an allowable withdrawal amount of the benefit associated with the guarantee based on a market-based interest rate that can be correlated to the hedging cost of the provider in funding the guarantee. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325065 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING, ANALYZING AND REPORTING INFORMATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLLATERALIZED FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - In one method embodiment of the present methods and systems, a computer-assisted method is provided for analyzing at least one financial instrument associated with a financial institution. The financial instrument has an associated collateral. The method includes receiving at least one collateral margin record from a collateral data source, wherein the collateral margin record includes information related to at least one collateral margin condition of the financial instrument; comparing at least a portion of the collateral margin record to at least one criterion; and, generating at least one of a report and a notification based on the step of comparing the collateral margin record to the criterion. Various aspects of the present method embodiments discussed herein can also be provided in accordance with various computer-readable media embodiments and system embodiments. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325066 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING A SINGLE TRANCHE SYNTHETIC ABS DERIVATIVE TRANSACTION - A Single Tranche Synthetic ABS product is designed to replicate economics returns of structured finance collateralized debt obligations (SF CDO) securities and allow parties to express a leveraged and/or correlation view on a custom ABS portfolio by transferring a credit risk of a particular transacted tranche of a portfolio in swap format. The inventions described herein account for an available funds cap risk of the ABS securities within the underlying portfolio in a manner equivalent to a cash analog based on the same underlying portfolio with sequential pay structure. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325067 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING A LOAN PORTFOLIO WITH INFORMATION ON SECONDARY LIENS - A computer-based method of updating a client loan portfolio with information on secondary liens relatable to portfolio properties includes inputting property data from the portfolio, monitoring a secondary lien database for secondary liens relatable to the property data, and notifying the client if a secondary lien is detected. Notifying the client may include generating a secondary lien report containing an AVM score or a CLTV ratio, and updating the portfolio by generating a new version of the portfolio that includes secondary liens detected during monitoring. A system may include a client station for inputting data for monitoring, an FTP server for uploading the data from the client station, and a mainframe server for standardizing the data, searching databases for secondary liens, calculating the AVM score and CLTV ratio, and generating the secondary lien report for delivery to the client station via the FTP server. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325068 | Method of exchanging money to people for their ingenuity, in order to stimulate the economy and creative learning - An arrangement of money is organized and managed to award the projects ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100325069 | Advertising medium for Ads to Nature to eliminate plastic bags - Disclosed is a method for replacing non-degradable plastic bags with better bags, such as bio-degradable plastic bags, paper bags, or, preferably, compostable bags. The method facilitates the use of better bags by using them as an advertising medium. Thus the method of coordinating third party advertising comprises (a) contacting a first party to manufacture at least one bag; (b) contacting a second party to receive the bag for consumer use; (c) contacting a third party to solicit advertising; (d) providing said advertising to first party by coordinating effective manufacturing machining; and (e) monitoring distribution of bags from first party to second party and then to consumers. The invention also provides a bag having third party advertising wherein advertising is distributed by a second party direct to consumers, and wherein the bag is manufactured by a first party using a machine plate with advertising from the third party, and wherein the bag is provided at substantially no cost to the second party. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325070 | Isolating Changes in Dynamic Systems - A software optimization system isolates an effect of a change in a control variable from effects of ongoing, unknown changes in other variables. The system discards effects due to noise so that effects of interest to a programmer are more easily visible. The software optimization system treats variations in one or more control variables and in the output of the system as signals. The system varies the control variable at a specific frequency unlikely to correlate with uncontrolled variations in external variables. The system uses digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to filter the output, isolating the frequency of the control variable variation. The system then compares the resulting filtered output to the input to determine the approximate effect of the variation in the control variable. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMPIRICAL ENSEMBLE-BASED VIRTUAL SENSING OF GAS EMISSION - An empirical ensemble based virtual sensor system (VS) for the estimation of an amount of a gas (G) resulting from a combustion process (CP) comprising two or more empirical models (NN | 2010-12-23 |
20100325072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLVING MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS - A system and method for solving a set of optimization problems initializes a current region of optimal solutions for the set of optimization problems, performs a reduction phase, and provides the optimal solutions within the current region. The reduction phase creates a random sample of points within the current region and identifies a subregion of the current region that very likely does not contain any optimal solutions. The identified subregion is then removed from the current region. If the current region does not satisfies one or more convergence criteria, the process loops back to create another random sample of points and repeats the above-described steps. If, however, the current region does satisfy the convergence criteria, the optimal solutions within the current region are provided to the output device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325073 | NITROGEN OXIDE SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS FOR EXPLOSIVE DETECTION COMPRISING FUNCTIONALIZED NON-OXIDIZED SILICON NANOWIRES - An apparatus for detecting volatile compounds derived from explosive materials with very high sensitivity. The apparatus is composed of field effect transistors of non-oxidized silicon nanowires modified with specific functional groups including, in particular, amine, imine and/or carboxyl moieties. Further a system is provided comprising the apparatus in conjunction with learning and pattern recognition algorithms and methods of use thereof for detecting and quantifying specific explosive compounds. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325074 | REMOTE MONITORING THRESHOLDS - Apparatus for generating a threshold value indicative of a status change, comprising a trend projection engine for processing a plurality of sensed values in an order of value size to generate a corresponding predicted value for each of the plurality of sensed values, by reference to a value sequence trend of the plurality of sensed values, a comparator for comparing one or more of the plurality of sensed values against their corresponding predicted values to identify an abnormal sensed value which differs from its corresponding predicted value by a pre-specified amount, and a threshold generator for using the abnormal sensed value to identify the threshold value. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325075 | MARKOV DECISION PROCESS-BASED SUPPORT TOOL FOR RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING - A Markov decision process-based support tool for reservoir development planning can comprise a source of input data, an optimization model, a high fidelity model for simulating the reservoir, and one or more solution routines interfacing with the optimization model. The optimization model can consider unknown parameters having uncertainties directly within the optimization model. The model incorporates the flexibility that a decision-maker has in the real world and allows the decision-maker to adjust the decisions based on new information. The model can systematically address uncertain data, for example comprehensively or even taking all uncertain data into account. Accordingly, the optimization model can provide flexible or robust solutions that remain feasible over an uncertainty space. Once the reservoir model is optimized, final development plans may be generated. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325076 | System and Method for Interactive Knowledge Visualization - In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for interactive knowledge visualization are provided. In a particular embodiment, a method for interactive knowledge visualization includes receiving, at a knowledge visualization server, a request for one or more visualizations; retrieving data associated with the one or more visualizations from one or more databases; converting the data associated with the one or more visualizations into visualization data, wherein the visualization data is operable to be converted by a client into the one or more visualizations; transmitting, to a first client and a second client, the visualization data; receiving, at the knowledge visualization server, a modification request from the first client, the modification request indicating a desired modification to at least one of the one or more visualizations; modifying, in response to the modification request, the visualization data associated with the one or more visualizations; and transmitting, to the first client and second client, the modified visualization data. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325077 | COMPUTER, OPERATION RULE APPLICATION METHOD AND OPERATING SYSTEM - Provided is an operating system enabling, in an application formed of a plurality of programs including a library program, a rule to be applied that enables determination whether to allow processing of a system call called by the application. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325078 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING EMOTION AND INTENTION OF A USER - A user intention recognition device and method are provided. The user intention recognition device may be used by a person who is not able to appropriately express their emotion and intention, such as a disabled person, a patient, and the like. The user intention recognition device may determine an emotion of the user based on the communication information of the user, and also, may determine an intention of the user based on the emotion and biometric information of the user. The user intention recognizing device may provide an appropriate output corresponding to the determined intention of the user. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMPLOYING RULES TO FILTER STREAMING DATA - Content filtering of data containers is based on defining content types, receiving identifiers of a set of rules applicable to each content type, and determining dependence of at least one rule on other rules. The identifiers are sorted into rule strata where rules within each rule stratum are independent of each other and rules within each rule stratum beyond a first stratum depend on at least one rule of at least one preceding rule stratum. Upon receiving a data container of multiple components from a network, a content type is determined for each component. Rules of rule strata specific to a content type of a component are applied starting with rules of a first rule stratum and proceeding sequentially to selected rules of succeeding rule strata. An apparatus for content filtering stores processor-executable instructions for arranging rules in rule strata and sequentially applies successive rules to data containers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325080 | PATTERN MATCHING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Columns are rearranged for every column unit so that the values of transition destinations of neighboring columns become closest to each other in accordance with a state transition table that has a current state arranged in a column direction and an input symbol arranged in a row direction and that shows the next state of transition destinations based on the current state and the input symbol, state names are changed to arrange the current state of each column in ascending order in the column rearranged state transition table, and a bit map indicative of changing points of values of column transition destinations and a transition destination table into which continuous same transition destinations are integrated are created for every row in the column rearranged state transition table. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325081 | SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND APPLYING SOCIOCULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS - A computer system and associated method are provided for evaluating a sociocultural event associated with a target human subject. An analytical processing device analyzes a communication sample associated with the sociocultural event involving the target human subject to determine an apparent cultural data element, an apparent linguistic data element, a contextual data element, and/or a communicative data element associated with the communication sample. A correlative processing device correlates the contextual data element with a projected cultural data element and/or a projected linguistic data element expected of a corresponding hypothetical human subject. A comparative processing device compares the apparent cultural data element and/or the apparent linguistic data element with the corresponding projected linguistic data element and/or the projected cultural data element to determine whether the sociocultural event is consistent with the target human subject. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325082 | System and Associated Method for Determining and Applying Sociocultural Characteristics - A computer system and associated method are provided for analyzing a scenario task to determine contextual characteristics thereof. An analytical processing device parses the scenario task into parsed task requirements. An associative processing device associates each parsed task requirement with a task requirement identifier and a task requirement resolution factor, and associates the task requirement identifiers to define a task requirement model. A correlative processing device correlates the task requirement model with a database of scenario data elements, by correlating the task requirement identifiers and/or the task requirement resolution factors with the respective scenario data element identifiers and/or scenario resolution factors associated with the scenario data elements. A compilation processing device forms contextual characteristics having categories, attributes, parameters, and parameter values associated with the correlated scenario data element identifiers and scenario resolution factors, wherein the contextual characteristics cooperate to populate the task requirement model. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325083 | SKIP LIST GENERATION - A method of generating a skip list is disclosed. The skip list comprises a data structure for referencing a plurality of ordered nodes, the data structure having a plurality of linked lists, a total number of the plurality of linked lists being constrained by an available memory of a memory system, the method comprising the steps of: inserting a first node of the plurality of nodes into a predetermined linked list of the plurality of linked lists of the data structure of the skip list in the available memory; promoting the first node to one or more other linked lists based on a first set of criteria; and generating the skip list by inserting at least a second node of the plurality of nodes into the data structure and promoting the second node based on a second set of criteria, said second set of criteria being different from the first set of criteria. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325084 | COMPONENT-TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR - A system for facilitating plasma processing tool component management across plurality of tools is provided. The system includes means for receiving first component data for first plurality of components, including identification and usage history for a first plurality of components, at first database associated with first tool. The system also includes means for receiving second component data for second plurality of components at second database associated with second tool, which is different from first tool. The system further includes means for synchronizing first and second component data with third database. The synchronizing includes synchronizing between third database and at least one of first and second database rules that govern usage of at least one component of first and second plurality of components. The third database is coupled to exchange data with plurality of tools. The system yet also includes means for obtaining information, using rules and usage history data about given component prior to performing one of replacement, analysis, and maintenance. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325085 | Managed System Extensibility - One or more extension registrations are received for each of multiple software components installed on a computing device. The one or more extension registrations identify the software components as providers of functionality. A record of the one or more extension registrations for each of the multiple software components is maintained. Requests are received, from other software components installed on the computing device, that identify particular functionality. In response to such requests, the information regarding one or more of the multiple software components that provide the particular functionality is returned to the other software components. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325086 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING A DATABASE FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO VARIOUS FILES ACROSS A NETWORK - Systems and methods for providing access to an information stream in a format customized for a receiving device involve a network-based information storage and distribution system for receiving, storing, and distributing an information stream to a user of the information stream over a network. When a user attempts to access the media files, such as by browsing a site containing the media files or clicking on a link to the media files, a determination is made as to the type of device attempting to access the files. If the device is unknown to the system, a trial-and-error method is used to update a database of devices and what file formats, resolutions, codecs, etc., they support. Then, the selected media files are displayed or made available for download or transmission to the user's device in a format compatible with the particular device, and future access attempts by that type of device are facilitated. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325087 | TEST STRATEGY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCOUNTS HELD DIRECT AT-FUND - The present invention provides a system and method for a user to test and transfer data from a client's database or network to a host's database or network. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a user acquires data information from a client. The user uses this information to generate a spreadsheet, and to populate the spreadsheet with assumed values based on the information received from the client. The spreadsheet is configured in a fashion such that it is consistent with the host's database or network. The user requests and receives a test file from the client and uses a developed algorithm, generally in the form of a computer program, to reformat the file so that it is consistent with the host's database configuration. The user determines the consistency between the reformatted file and the host's database by comparing the reformatted file to the previously generated spreadsheet. Any inconsistencies identified alert the user that the file reformatting algorithm needs updating. When all the updates are complete and the reformatting algorithm has been deemed appropriate to carry out the data transformation function, the entire client database log is sent to the user in the form of an input file. The input file is duplicated to protect the original information and then reformatted using the updated algorithm. The reformatted file may then be uploaded to the host's network or database so that the information contained may be used by others who access the database or network for information. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325088 | 12-LEAD ECG AND IMAGE TELECONSULTATION INFORMATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a 12-lead ECG and image teleconsultation system for processing clinical 12-lead ECG, the said system comprising: (a) a PACS having built-in database A for accessing, transmitting and displaying image to a gateway server; (b) a gateway server having built-in database B corresponding to database A in order to access database C attached to a remote controlthe remote control; and (c) a remote control having built-in database C providing for users inquiring in database A through database B and browsing or editing medical image and clinical 12-lead ECG to access databases A and B. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325089 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA - A method and system for conducting an offline session simulating an online session between a client and server in a network environment. The client imports data and functional logic from the server prior to going offline. The imported functional logic is embedded into a format or document that is capable of being interpreted and performed by the local interface at the client that is used to interact with server during an online session. Whether offline or online, the user utilizes the same local interface at the client to transmit instructions to the functional logic in order to manipulate the data. In an offline session, such instructions cause the imported and embedded functional logic to execute, thereby manipulating the data that is imported at the client. Known synchronization methods may also be used in order to maintain consistency and coherency between the imported data at the client and the database at the server. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325090 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR FACILITATING FILE COPYING - An electronic device includes two directories, one of which stores an image file. The electronic device also includes a window generating unit and a multi-touch screen. The window generating unit generates a window on the multi-touch screen. The window display the image file as an image and two representations for accessing the two directories correspondingly. The electronic device also includes a detecting unit and a copying unit. The detecting unit detects an operation by a user on the multi-touch screen and recognizes if the operation is a copy command based upon a database thereof and the locations of the image and the representations. If yes, the copying unit copies the image file from one of the directories to the other. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325091 | Data Mirroring Method - A system includes a first storage unit connected to a secondary storage unit such that data written to the first storage unit is replicated on the secondary storage unit. The first storage unit in at least one embodiment includes the capability to intercept input/output instructions for routing to a buffer and/or directly to the secondary storage unit. A method for operation of a first storage unit includes intercepting a data operation from a requesting client, determining whether the data operation modifies data. When no modification of data is required, the method retrieves the requested data from the first storage unit and transmits the requested data to the requesting client. When a modification of data is required, the method performs the data operation in the first storage unit, stores the data operation in a buffer, transmits the data operation from the buffer to the second storage unit, receives a confirmation from the second storage unit is done, and deletes the data operation in the buffer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325092 | INFORMATION ARCHIVAL AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR INTERNETWORKED COMPUTERS - A computing system can archive information from internetworked computers, such as Internet content, for later retrieval. A server system processes content providers, such as DNS registries and web sites, to extract and store content, including text, image, audio, and video content. For web sites, HTML source code is stored along with a browser-rendered display file. The content is perpetually archived to create a historical record of information for each content provider. An interface is used to retrieve the archived content in response to queries. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO SEQUENTIALLY DEDUPLICATE GROUPS OF FILES COMPRISING THE SAME FILE NAME BUT DIFFERENT FILE VERSION NUMBERS - A method to sequentially deduplicate data, wherein the method receives a plurality of computer files, wherein each of the plurality of computer files comprises a label comprising a file name, a file type, a version number, and file size, and stores that plurality of computer files in a deduplication queue. The method then identifies a subset of the plurality of computer files, wherein each file of the subset comprises the same file name but a different version number, and wherein the subset comprises a maximum count of version numbers, and wherein the subset comprises a portion of the plurality of computer files. The method deduplicates the subset using a hash algorithm, and removes the subset from said deduplication queue. During the deduplicating, the method receives new computer files comprising the same file name, stores those new computer files to the deduplication queue, but does not add those new computer files to the subset. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325094 | Data Compression For Reducing Storage Requirements in a Database System - A system, method, and computer program product for reducing data storage requirements in a database system are described herein. An embodiment includes identifying at least one data candidate of fixed length data type in at least one row of database data for compression based upon a predetermined threshold level and a boundary of compression, providing at least one bit within the at least one row for an identified data candidate according to the boundary of compression, and storing the at least one row as compressed data in the database system. For compression based on a row boundary, the identified data candidates for compression include fixed length columns having lengths that do not fall below the predetermined threshold level in a row of data and the at least one bit comprises a bitmap for a length of the identified data candidates following compression. For compression based on a page boundary, the identified data candidates for compression include redundant byte string data in a page of data, the redundant byte string data including matching data across columns having lengths that do not exceed the predetermined threshold level. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325095 | PERMUTING RECORDS IN A DATABASE FOR LEAK DETECTION AND TRACING - A method comprises receiving, by a processor, a copy of a database containing records, each record having a plurality of attributes. The method also comprises determining, by the processor, whether a first attribute in each record results in a predetermined value in modulo P when hashed with a key and determining, by the processor, whether a second attribute in each record results in the predetermined value in modulo P when hashed with a key. For a first record whose first attribute results in the predetermined value in modulo P when hashed with a key and a second record whose second attribute also results in the predetermined value in modulo P when hashed with a key, the method further comprises swapping by the processor the second attributes between the first and second records. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325096 | MAXIMIZING SYSTEM RESOURCES USED TO DECOMPRESS READ-ONLY COMPRESSED ANALYTIC DATA IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE TABLE - A method, computer program product and system for minimizing system resources used to decompress read-only compressed analytic data in a relational database table. An i-code list associated with a relational database table is converted into a programming language. The programming language is compiled in object code and stored in a module in the user's system. The object code is called with a pointer designating the particular row in the database containing the compressed data to be decompressed. The compressed data designated by the pointer is decompressed upon execution of the object code. By having the source code for decompressing the compressed data stored as object code in the user's system, the interpretation step (as used in the i-code method) is avoiding thereby reducing the number of machine cycles used to decompress the compressed data. As a result, query programs will be able to access large amounts of data more quickly. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325097 | Non-Invasive Usage Tracking, Access Control, Policy Enforcement, Audit Logging, and User Action Automation On Software Applications - The present system, software, and methods relate to computer system security, particularly to tracking and controlling electronic access to legacy applications and data records without modifying the legacy applications or records. The present system, software, and methods allow for implementation of complex access audit and control rules even when the continued use of legacy application and data are required. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325098 | ELIDING SYNCHRONIZATION IN A CONCURRENT DATA STRUCTURE - A concurrent data structure allows synchronization to be elided for read accesses. Processing resources that remove one or more elements of the concurrent data structure are allowed to delete the elements only after all other processing resources have reached a safe point. Each processing resource maintains an indicator that indicates whether the processing resource has reached as safe point (i.e., will not access the concurrent data structure). When the indicators indicate that all processing resources have reached a safe point, elements of the data structure may be deleted. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325099 | User friendly notification system for favorable or desired sea conditions - A process, which provides for retrieving, computing, and storing available sea state condition data and user selected parameters notifies the user when his or her parameters are met. This embodiment computes forecasted sea state condition values to derive forecasted averages, and compares those averages to user selected thresholds for the selected locations. This embodiment proactively notifies users when desired sea state conditions will be met thus providing a more effective and safe way to plan on the water activities. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325100 | IMMEDIATE SEARCH FEEDBACK - Providing immediate search feedback is disclosed. Search input is received within a search field of a web browser application. Based on characteristics of the search input, a determination is made whether to automatically submit a query to a search engine. In one aspect, the query is automatically submitted to the search engine. The query is based on the received first search input. Results are displayed within the web browser application, the results web page returned from the query submitted to the search engine. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325101 | MARKETING ASSET EXCHANGE - A system for marketing asset searching includes a computer system having a processor and memory, a network configured to interface with external databases accessible through external searching tools, where the external databases contain assets, and a user interface configured to facilitate asset searching among the external databases. The user interface further includes a keyword inquiry module configured to receive a search criteria from a user, a filter module configured to provide a filtering options to the user, a search request module configured to provide a search request constructed from the search criteria to the external searching tools to initiate searching of the external databases, and a display output module configured to receive the results of the search request and present the results on a display. | 2010-12-23 |