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"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
David Sarnoff, American radio pioneer ; 1921
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7813983 | Account and customer creation in an on-line banking model A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for account and customer creation in an online banking model. An application is received from a customer. The application includes information relating to the user and also documentation relating to the user. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7739590 | Automatic generation of personal homepages for a sales force The present invention is directed to a system for and a method of automatically generating personal homepages accessible through the Internet. The method includes entering data indicative of the identity of a salesperson, harvesting personal data associated with the... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7653573 | Customer messaging service A messaging and alerting service is described. An implementation includes enrolling a customer in the messaging and alert service, storing a list of businesses selected by the customer, storing a customer contact hierarchy list, and contacting the customer according... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7627475 | Detecting emotions using voice signal analysis A system and method are provided for detecting emotional states using statistics. First, a speech signal is received. At least one acoustic parameter is extracted from the speech signal. Then statistics or features from samples of the voice are calculated from extra... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7603301 | Verification and printing of a tax return in a network-based tax architecture A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for tax form submittal verification. First, a tax form of a user is sent to a third party government entity utilizing a network. Next, a record of the sent tax form is stored in a database. Thereafter, a reque... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7502744 | Performing predictive maintenance based on a predictive maintenance target A method and system for performing predictive maintenance on an item of equipment comprises establishing a desired configuration of the item of equipment based on a predictive maintenance target of the item of equipment. The predictive maintenance target may include... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7464054 | Providing customs information A method comprising receiving information that establishes an identity of a user, and providing on-line access to customs information from an account-based database. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7437614 | Synchronization in an automated scripting framework The present disclosure provides for affording synchronization in an automated scripting framework. First, script data is received utilizing a language-driven interface. Then, reports having user readable sentences are created based on the received script data. The r... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7415509 | Operations architectures for netcentric computing systems An operations architecture for a netcentric computing system including a server connected with a client. The preferred operations architecture includes a software distribution tool, a configuration and asset management tool, a fault management and recovery managemen... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7401734 | Real world showroom A method of retrieving product information and ordering products is disclosed. A consumer observes a product in its real world usage context and scans an RFID tag embedded in the product. A mobile terminal is used to transmit the RFID tag to a computer connected to ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403901 | Error and load summary reporting in a health care solution environment A system, method and computer program are provided for generating error and summary reports for a data load. A plurality of records to be loaded in a database are received. The records may include medical records. A data management template corresponding to the reco... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398231 | Online wardrobe A wardrobe closet that assists users in selecting and purchasing clothing is provided. A radio frequency receiver scans tags embedded in clothing to identify the clothing. When a user removes an article of clothing from the wardrobe closet, the wardrobe closet sugge... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395193 | Manufacture for a market management framework The present disclosure provides for affording a market management framework. Category analysis is provided for a user specified project. Then, supplier analysis is performed for the user specified project. A strategy is then developed for determining the suppliers f... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389214 | Category analysis in a market management The present disclosure provides for analyzing expenditures by category. A file including expenditure data relating to spent monies is identified. The expenditure data from the file is extracted. An independent and a dependent variable relating to the expenditure dat... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386477 | Location-based filtering for a shopping agent in the physical world An agent based system utilizes a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)-based, Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled information gathering agent that relies on knowledge of a shopper's physical location to support a shopping task while shopping at a mall. Shoppers indic... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7353182 | System and method for providing a multi-channel customer interaction center A method and apparatus allow a customer service representative (CSR) to conduct personalized interaction based on the value of the customer to the organization. A customer seeking to interact with a CSR is first presented with a list of available interaction options... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353180 | Supply chain/workflow services in a contract manufacturing framework The present disclosure provides for affording supply chain/workflow services in a contract manufacturing framework. First, a database including a plurality of service provider data structures is provided, wherein each service provider data structure includes a descr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350138 | System, method and article of manufacture for a knowledge management tool proposal wizard A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for developing a dossier. First, a name of one or more clients which may be relevant to the proposal is received. A list of industries associated with the client(s) is presented to the user. The user is allowe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343334 | Method and system for providing a financial analysis of an enhanced wireless communications service A method and system for providing a financial analysis for enhanced wireless communication services provides a financial analysis for a service provider or another user interested in the provision of enhanced wireless communications services. The method includes acc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333977 | Knowledge management tool A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for managing data across an enterprise. A request for information is received from a user. Data relating to the user request is searched for in at least two geographically separated information repositories. T... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7289964 | System and method for transaction services patterns in a netcentric environment The present disclosure provides for implementing transaction services patterns. Logical requests are batched for reducing network traffic. A batched request is allowed to indicate that it depends on the response to another request. A single message is sent to all ob... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277865 | Information portal in a contract manufacturing framework The present disclosure provides for affording an information portal in a contract manufacturing framework. First, a database including a plurality of service provider data structures is provided, wherein each service provider data structure includes a description of... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254833 | Electronic security system and scheme for a communications network An electronic security scheme and security system for a communications network facilitates the preventing of unauthorized access to an internal resource of an entity's internal computer system. A server includes a first set of ports for communication between an exte... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234103 | Network-based tax framework database The present disclosure provides for affording a network-based tax service database interface. First, tax-related forms are first retrieved in a database. Next, the retrieved tax-related forms are formatted, and the formatted tax-related forms are sent to a governmen... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231608 | Financial manager user interface as filed The present invention provides for a user interface of changeable images of selected goals from a plurality of goals, each image changing in appearance based upon preferences selected for each selected goal. First, a plurality of images are displayed in a frame. Eac... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222075 | Detecting emotions using voice signal analysis A system and method are provided for detecting emotional states using statistics. First, a speech signal is received. At least one acoustic parameter is extracted from the speech signal. Then statistics or features from samples of the voice are calculated from extra... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7194426 | Customizing an electronic interface to the government A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for customizing a graphical user interface to a government system. A classification is determined of a user accessing a graphical user interface to a government system utilizing a network. Based on the classif... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7167844 | Electronic menu document creator in a virtual financial environment The disclosure provides for creating a finalized document relating to a transaction. A buyer selects documents associated with a proposed transaction and indicates trade terms of an agreement relating to the documents selected. The trade terms are presented to a sel... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156665 | Goal based educational system with support for dynamic tailored feedback A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a business opportunity to understand... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149741 | System, method and article of manufacture for advanced information gathering for targetted activities An agent based system assists in preparing an individual for an upcoming meeting by helping him/her retrieve relevant information about the meeting from various sources based on preexisting information in the system. The system obtains input text in character form i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7139999 | Development architecture framework A development architecture framework manages information that supports a project being carried out by a development architecture framework. Security requirements are defined and the framework is audited to ensure requirements are met. Quality is ensured by obtaining... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130807 | Technology sharing during demand and supply planning in a network-based supply chain environment The present disclosure provides for supplying collaborative planning by a computerized framework manager. Steps include furnishing network connections and collecting supply and demand information from business entities. Such information is analyzed and used to facil... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127421 | Method and system for identifying bottlenecks in a securities processing system A method and system for assessing the ability of a securities processing system to apply straight through processing to securities transactions includes identifying one or more assessment issues in an issue and resolution log and capturing process and technology per... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124413 | Framework for integrating existing and new information technology applications and systems A framework and method for using the framework are disclosed for integrating disparate components, such as existing and new components, on a computing network system. The existing network may include useful existing content repositories, such as data repositories, a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124101 | Asset tracking in a network-based supply chain environment The present disclosure controls the network and manages resources for managing network assets through in a network-based supply chain framework. Network assets are available to network users. One user may submit information reguarding potential for growth, the capac... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124112 | Providing evaluation and processing of line items Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention use a data processing system for evaluating line item data. The method involves displaying at least one line item from a central database; receiving a selection of at least one line ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117189 | Simulation system for a simulation engine with a help website and processing engine A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a business opportunity to understand... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7099854 | Knowledgebase framework system A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for a knowledgebase framework. Information is obtained from at least one source utilizing a network. Utilizing a knowledge model, an index is generated for the obtained information. The generated index include... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7100195 | Managing user information on an e-commerce system The present invention provides for the management of user information of both site server and regular web site users. A site server is provided with information stored thereon including preferences, roles, and details related to users. A database separate from the s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089222 | Goal based system tailored to the characteristics of a particular user A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a business opportunity to understand... | 08/08/2006 |
