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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814011 | System for calculating a support payment in a network-based child support framework The present disclosure provides for calculating an amount of child support. First, data is received relating to at least one of a non-custodial parent and a custodial parent utilizing a network. The data may include income, number of children, basic support, insuran... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7698228 | Tracking purchases in a location-based services system A system and method for tracking purchases in a location-based services system is disclosed wherein a request for information on a particular product is received from a consumer using a remote terminal. A geographically tailored response to the request is then gener... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7401040 | Financial modeling and counseling system The present invention relates to a web-based financial management system for providing personalized financial coaching to a user. The system operates in a collaborative computing environment between the user and a financial advisor and comprises a service level subs... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7376647 | Method for evaluating activity-based costs of a company Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a survey tool for allocating costs of a company. A survey is presented to an employee of the company via a network, for example, the Internet. The survey includes a list of activities and asks the emp... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376573 | Claims data analysis toolkit Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide for evaluating optimal claim handling. The process includes receiving information associated with claims. Based on the information associated with the claims, responses are provided to a set of querie... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7315837 | Communication interface for a financial modeling and counseling system The present invention provides a method and a computer system for providing a communication medium over a network for financial modeling and counseling. The system includes financial modeling using a profile of a user and provides automated customized financial coac... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315826 | Comparatively analyzing vendors of components required for a web-based architecture A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for performing a comparative analysis of vendors of network-related products or services. The present invention includes first determining a current network framework. Thereafter, a graphical depiction of the ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7165041 | Web-based architecture sales tool A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for selling products and services. First, an existing network framework is determined after which a plan is defined. Such plan includes improvements to the existing network framework. A pictorial representatio... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7149698 | Business alliance identification in a web architecture Framework A method is provided for identifying alliances among a plurality of business entities in components of a network framework. First, alliances are identified among a plurality of business entities in terms of components of a current network framework. Next, a pictoria... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7085739 | Method and system for facilitating, coordinating and managing a competitive marketplace A system and method for facilitating, coordinating and managing the operation of a competitive marketplace via the Internet. The system and method collect bids for market services from a plurality of customers, calculators a clearing piece for the market service and... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7039591 | Configuring architecture for mobile access to at least one business resource A method of configuring an architecture for provision of mobile access to a wireless communication device provides a structured framework for defining a preferential configuration of the architecture. A target list of resources is established with respect to mobile ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020697 | Architectures for netcentric computing systems An execution architecture, a development architecture and an operations architecture for a netcentric computing system. The execution architecture contains common, run-time services required when an application executes in the netcentric computing system. The develo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017111 | Insurance file note generation method and system Methods and systems consistent with the principles of the present invention automatically generate file notes for insurance claims using predefined text to complete each file note. A claim folder interface creates detailed claims and provides suffixes and participan... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6961778 | Management interface between a core telecommunication system and a local service provider A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for interfacing with a core telecommunication system and a local service provider. First, a core telecommunication system is interfaced for handling core telecommunication system requests and responses receive... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957186 | System method and article of manufacture for building, managing, and supporting various components of a system A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for identifying various components of a system for building, management, and support purposes. A pictorial representation of an existing system is first displayed along with a plurality of components thereof. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6848542 | Method for passive mining of usage information in a location-based services system A method and system for providing advertising effectiveness searching capabilities, predictive modeling capabilities and usage mining in a location-based services system is disclosed. During operation of the location-based services system, usage information for adve... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6836803 | Operations architecture to implement a local service activation management system A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for affording an operations architecture to implement a local service activation management system. First, a physical environment is provided for supporting a local service activation management system. The ph... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6813278 | Process for submitting and handling a service request in a local service management system A process is provided for submitting a service request in a local service management system. A core telecommunication system is interfaced for receiving a core telecommunication system request from the core telecommunication system. Thereafter, such core telecommuni... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6732167 | Service request processing in a local service activation management environment A system, method, and article of manufacture in accordance with the claimed invention provides a service request processor in a local service activation management environment for management purposes. A core telecommunication system is interfaced for handling core t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727927 | System, method and article of manufacture for a user interface for a knowledge management tool A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for providing a user interface for a data management application that extracts data from several data sources across an enterprise. First, a user is allowed to input a search query. Data items found during a s... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6707812 | System, method and article of manufacture for element management in a hybrid communication system According to a broad aspect of a preferred embodiment of the invention, telephone calls, data and other multimedia information is routed through a hybrid network which includes transfer of information across the internet utilizing telephony routing information and i... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6687700 | Communications system for supporting inter-dependent data messages A communication system and method for supporting the communication of inter-dependent data messages includes determining if a later data message represents an inter-dependent message affiliated with an earlier data message. The communication system and me... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684222 | Method and system for translating data associated with a relational database A method and system for preparing hierarchical textual file for storage in a relational database allows the user to use readily available commands for querying and manipulating stored in a relational database. A generally tabular data structure contains d... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675178 | Method and system for enhancing a commercial transaction conducted via a communications network A method for enhancing a commercial transaction via a communications network includes maintaining synchronized updates to databases at different business entities to facilitate accurate transactions between the business entities. A change in configuration... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6625651 | On-line transaction control during activation of local telecommunication service A system, method and article of manufacture for the management of data during activation of local telecommunication service. More particularly to an on-line transaction controller that provides predetermined network information, the information residing i... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6536037 | Identification of redundancies and omissions among components of a web based architecture A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for conveying redundancies and omissions among components of a network framework such as a web architecture framework. First, an area of an existing network framework is determined in which redundan... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6519571 | Dynamic customer profile management The present invention is provided for utilizing various types of user indicia such as search requests, products purchased, products looked at but not purchased, products purchased and returned, reasons for returning products, customers stated profile incl... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6473794 | System for establishing plan to test components of web based framework by displaying pictorial representation and conveying indicia coded components of existing network framework A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for planning the testing of components of an existing network framework. First, a pictorial representation of an existing network framework is displayed along with a plurality of components of the ... | 10/29/2002 |
