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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181231 | Method and system for transmitting authentication context information A system of the present invention uses an identity provider to provide the authentication services for multiple service providers. An identity provider communicates with one or more service providers. A user that wishes to gain access to a service provider is authen... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180703 | Consumer behaviors at lender level The present disclosure generally relates to financial data processing, and in particular it relates to lender credit scoring, lender profiling, lender behavior analysis and modeling. More specifically, it relates to rating lenders based on data derived from their re... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180611 | System and method for determining resource allocation among simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177130 | Spend diagnostics and lead management A method and system are used to optimize utilization of a transaction card by a card member. The system and method including generating a first data set based on data stored in a database representing industries of the card members. Generating a second data set repr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176062 | Service provider framework Providing a dynamic data translation service in a framework that encapsulates other valuable service functions is disclosed. An information technology infrastructure operates in different environments, uses different formats and accesses complex and frequently chang... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175945 | Using commercial share of wallet to compile marketing company lists Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175857 | System and method for analysis and maintenance of simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172135 | Systems and methods for gesture-based interaction with computer systems The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional spac... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170998 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for estimating accuracy of linking of customer relationships The disclosed methods, systems, and computer-program products allow a business to estimate linking errors in customer relationships in a database and to identify metrics that improve the linking accuracy. In an embodiment, a plurality of sample customer relationship... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170938 | Using commercial share of wallet to rate business prospects Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170848 | System and method for providing simulation model penetration presentation A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170847 | System and method for evaluating simulation model penetration A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166336 | Method and system for campaign management Campaign-production management is performed for a plurality of campaigns on at least a primary server or a secondary server. The plurality of campaigns is processed on the primary server. The contents of the plurality of campaigns are synchronized between the primar... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165946 | Customized financial transaction pricing Enabling innovative merchant transaction pricing capability, while improving pricing process efficiency, is disclosed. When a merchant submits financial transaction account records to a payment processor for payment, the payment processor utilizes granular transacti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165858 | System and method for providing a model usage report for simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165857 | System and method for evaluating human resource allocation for simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160850 | System and method for evaluating simulation model performance A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160849 | System, method and computer readable medium for visualizing metadata dependencies of simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157181 | Wireless transaction fobs and methods of using the same The invention relates to transaction tokens (“fobs”) having wireless functionality and methods of using the same. More specifically, fobs having radio frequency functionality such that information, such as payment information, identification information, or othe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156549 | Device independent authentication system and method A system is disclosed which facilitates authentication processes with web-enabled wireless devices, including those that do not support the use of cookie files. To facilitate such authentication, a web server analyzes an HTTP request file from a communication device... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156127 | Method and system for data arbitration A method, system, and machine-readable medium for transforming raw data into business intelligent data that provides a reliable, consistent value and other associated data for the data element is provided. The method includes determining a most frequently occurring ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156028 | Technology portfolio health assessment system and method A system and method for producing infrastructure health assessments enabling enterprises to monitor the health of individual technology portfolios and plan accordingly is disclosed. The tool uses two primary assessments to determine: 1) an infrastructure score based... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155937 | System and method for summarizing analysis of models in a modeling environment A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155936 | System and method for managing simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150754 | Methods, apparatus and computer program products for interfacing automatic bill payment systems with card issuer database systems An interface for interfacing a merchant processor with a card issuer database receives a merchant profile including transaction request data elements and stores the merchant profile in a global merchant database. A request for data corresponding to at least one elem... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150746 | Global account reconciliation tool A global reconciliation software tool is provided to standardize reconciliation processes across various corporate lines of business. The reconciliation tool provides standard templates for entering transaction and account data. In this manner, open accounting items... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150662 | Method and computer readable medium for visualizing dependencies of simulation models A system and method for viewing models and model variables within a sophisticated modeling environment is disclosed. The system provides varying levels of insight into a modeling infrastructure to help the user understand model and model variable dependencies, usage... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141775 | Systems and methods for gesture-based interaction with computer systems The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional spac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136724 | Systems and methods for gesture-based interaction with computer systems The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional spac... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131614 | Using commercial share of wallet to compile marketing company lists Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126449 | Servicing attributes on a mobile device Enabling remote customer service and maintenance using a visual identifier is disclosed. In response to a user enrolling in a service capability associated with a mobile device, the process utilizes a visual identifier to associate the service capability with the cu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121941 | System and method for automatic reconciliation of transaction account spend A system and method for facilitating automatic reconciliation of transaction card transactions is disclosed, wherein a user may request single-use account codes via the Internet. The system comprises various hardware and software systems to enable a card member, pro... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121940 | Consumer behaviors at lender level The present disclosure generally relates to financial data processing, and in particular it relates to lender credit scoring, lender profiling, lender behavior analysis and modeling. More specifically, it relates to rating lenders based on data derived from their re... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121918 | Using commercial share of wallet to manage vendors Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117129 | Systems, methods and computer program products for performing mass transit merchant transactions Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for enabling access to mass transit systems using a financial transaction instrument including reading an identifier including financial payment information from the financial transaction instrument and det... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117116 | Using a transaction card account to make recurring loan payments A system, method, and computer program product are used to make recurring loan payments (e.g., mortgage payments) through a transaction card account. Information is received at a transaction account system from a loan company system corresponding to an application r... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112536 | System and method for dynamic security provisioning of computing resources The present invention facilitates the dynamic provisioning of computing and data assets in a commodity computing environment. The invention provides a system and method for dynamically provisioning and de-provisioning computing resources based on multi-dimensional d... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104675 | Systems and methods for risk triggering values The invention includes systems and methods for facilitating risk assessment for point of sale transactions utilizing at least one risk triggering value (RTV) stored within a distributed (e.g., local and/or regional) processing site. An RTV is a condensed version of ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103585 | Systems and methods for suggesting an allocation A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103584 | Systems and methods for authorizing an allocation of an amount between transaction accounts A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention... | 01/24/2012 |
