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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6981343 | Extended liner shelf talker A shelf talker includes adhesive on the upper back side thereof, and a small release liner bonded thereto. The liner is severed by a cut line into top and middle tabs atop the adhesive, and a lower tab is suspended from the middle tab without adhesive between the ta... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6978927 | Apparatus and methods of reviewing deposited checks Deposit transaction data associated with a check deposited at an automated teller machine (ATM) is processed to determine if the deposited check is acceptable. Deposit transaction data relating to the deposited check is received from an ATM switch. A determination i... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980784 | System and method of reducing noise in an electronic shelf label system A system and method of reducing noise in an electronic shelf label system which shifts operation of the receiver away from noise frequencies. The system includes a controller for receiving signal levels and noise levels at different frequencies from a homodyne recei... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6981030 | Private data protection method for a network kiosk A method of protecting private data for a network kiosk which masks entered private data with a symbol. The method includes the steps of determining fields in the web page which contain the private data by the kiosk, and masking the private data by the kiosk. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978270 | System and method for capturing and storing operational data concerning an internet service provider's (ISP) operational environment and customer web browsing habits A computer implemented method of and apparatus for collecting and managing detailed data related to an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) operational environment and customer web browsing habits within an E-Business customer relationship management system. Data is or... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977627 | Electronic sign with oppositely facing electronic displays An electronic sign which is particularly suited for end aisles, large merchandise, and the like. The electronic sign includes a frame, first and second displays in the frame which face opposite directions, a base for supporting the frame, and control circuitry for c... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978272 | Method and apparatus for displaying instrumentation parameters in a database system An instrumentation system for a database. A database management system contains instrumentation code which monitors behavior of the system, and stores parameters indicative of the behavior. Those stored parameters are copied into a second database, which is organize... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976206 | Methods and apparatus for intelligent data bedcheck of an electronic shelf label An electronic price label (ESL) system providing an intelligent data bedcheck of an ESL. In one aspect, the ESL includes a plurality of registers for storing information controlling the content and formatting of the information displayed. A host computer system incl... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970810 | Method and apparatus for storing retail performance metrics The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for storing a retail performance metric. The retail performance metric is determined by recording the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is determined as a fun... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970851 | System and method of configuring value cards A system and method of configuring value cards which facilitates selection of personalized limits on value card use in transactions. The value card configuration system includes a display for displaying value card configuration options, an input device for recording... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968315 | Method and apparatus for advertising over a communications network The present invention relates to advertising over a communications network comprising a plurality of interactive client subscriber sites interconnected with an advertising information server site. The attributes of a plurality of customers are stored in the form of ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961709 | System and method of managing inventory An inventory management system and method which wirelessly interrogate product labels to determine inventory. The system includes an electronic price label system including electronic displays which display price information and interrogators which wirelessly obtain... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959283 | Automated cafeteria An automated cafeteria. Customers place orders via computers, over the Internet. Their orders are prepared by the cafeteria, and placed into a delivery bay. Each customer retrieves his own order from the bay, and carries it to a payment station. Security measures di... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958981 | Synchronized web scrolling A video conferencing system. In a type of conferencing known as “synchronized browsing,” several computers download a common web page from a public-access, packet-switched network, such as the Internet. Software in a first computer informs the other computers ho... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6959187 | Method of providing information A method of providing information to a user at a remote terminal (12) is described. The method comprises the steps of: receiving from the remote terminal (12) status information relating to an irregularity in the remote terminal; determining from the s... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957210 | Optimizing an exclusion join operation using a bitmap index structure A method, computer program and database system are disclosed for performing an exclusion join of at least a first table T1 and a second table T2, where each of the tables has an associated Star Map, S1 and S2, respectively. Each Star Map ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6957222 | Optimizing an outer join operation using a bitmap index structure A method, computer program and database system are disclosed for performing an outer join of at least a first table T1 and a second table T2. The join has join conditions. Each of the tables has an associated Star Map, S1 and S2, respectively. Each Star Map includes... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954758 | Building predictive models within interactive business analysis processes A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that dynamically builds predictive models. The system is used by business users who are unfamiliar with the art of data mining. A model-building mechanism in a data mining subsystem is presented with a training segment... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954731 | Methods and system for optimizing a campaign Methods and a system of optimizing campaigns are provided. A campaign is identified and associated with a campaign contact list. Moreover, factors which indicate whether a contact during the campaign is a business success or a failure are provided. Further, each con... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952692 | Execution of requests in a parallel database system A database system is able to perform efficient execution of insert-select, join-delete, or join-update requests. The database system has plural access modules to manage access of respective portions of data in a storage of the database system. If certain predefined ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950880 | System and method for standardizing component characteristic data submitted by a seller for use by a buyer A quality information system for receiving and/or presenting quality information in a component exchange system and methods of manufacturing and using the same. The quality information system comprises a receiving system, a converter, and an extractor. The receiving... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947987 | Method and apparatus for allocating network resources and changing the allocation based on dynamic workload changes A method of allocating and distributing processes to network resources. The amount of network resources is determined for each process or groups of processes to be executed on the computer network. A minimum source allocation is provided for one or more of the proce... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947878 | Analysis of retail transactions using gaussian mixture models in a data mining system A computer-implemented data mining system that analyzes data using Gaussian Mixture Models. The data is accessed from a database, and then an Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm is performed in the computer-implemented data mining system to create the Gaussian M... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942145 | Checkout device with enhanced security label detection A checkout device with a barcode reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system. The checkout device includes a barcode reader having substantially horizontal and vertical apertures for reading barcode labels on products, and a security label sensing and de... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944614 | Query monitor playback mechanism for post-mortem performance analysis A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for monitoring an executed query comprising at least one execution thread is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of executing the query; and while executing the query, storing an execution tra... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944864 | Dynamic architecture integration technique A hybrid technique for exchanging data files is described, i.e. dynamic architecture technique (DAT). Using the inventive technique, the producer and consumer applications work within the constraints of a “super schema”. Consumers and producers of data are not r... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944633 | Performing a join in a partitioned database system A method of performing a join includes identifying a join that identifies a first table and a second table. The first table includes a plurality of first table rows. Each of the plurality of first table rows are grouped into one of a plurality of first table partiti... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939068 | Retrofit printer tray riser A tray riser is configured for retrofit in a printer feed tray. The riser includes a plate for supporting a stack of sheets in the tray. A stand is integrally formed with a bottom of the plate to position a front edge of the plate higher in elevation than a back edg... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938044 | Tracking usage of resources of a database system A database system is capable of storing data according to a user-defined data type (UDT). Usage of the user-defined data type is tracked, with an indication of the tracked usage provided to enable calculation of royalty to be paid. Optionally, usage of methods assoc... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934687 | Computer architecture and method for supporting and analyzing electronic commerce over the world wide web for commerce service providers and/or internet service providers A computer system that supports and analyzes Internet and/or electronic commerce data includes at least one user station transmitting a user request, and at least one Internet server, connectable to the user station, and providing the user station access to external... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929177 | Method and apparatus for storing retail performance metrics The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for storing a retail performance metric. The retail performance metric is determined by recording the time the system waited for and received an input. The retail performance metric type is determined as a fun... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929176 | Self-service terminal A self-service terminal (12) is described. The terminal (12) may be an ATM, and has a user interface (30,34) comprising a synthetic character (84). The terminal (12) is coupled to a database (24) that includes information ab... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923371 | Authorization code An authorization code (70) for gaining access to a secure device (10) is described. The device may be an ATM. The authorization code (70) comprises a sequence of characters, which may be digits, letters, or special characters, and the code (7... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922684 | Analytical-decision support system for improving management of quality and cost of a product The present invention concerns an analytical-decision support system for improving management of quality and cost of a product throughout the entire product lifecycle of the product. The system comprises an atomic level data store for collecting data on component in... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920797 | Selecting an airflow generator for a system A test apparatus includes a plurality of sensors placed proximate an airflow generator (e.g. a fan) to measure flow rates in respective sub-regions. The test apparatus also includes a controller (e.g., test software) to calculate an operating point of the airflow ge... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920446 | Representing spatial objects in a defined space A database system is able to represent spatial data with regions in a defined space, such as a z-ordered space. Instead of, or in addition to, a descending decomposition technique (e.g., a top-down decomposition technique) to represent the spatial data with the z-or... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6920468 | Event occurrence detection method and apparatus One step of a method of detecting when a certain number of events occur within a time frame causes a database having several event records to include a first event record in response to a first event occurring. Another step of the method updates the first database r... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917722 | Creation, transmission and retrieval of information A hand-held control device (10) for controlling a terminal (30) connectable by a communications network to an addressed resource. The device (10) comprises address input means for scanning and recognizing a text address (26) of the resour... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912135 | Providing shields for systems A supplemental shield is used to cover a radiation leakage path through a chassis of the system. The supplemental shield is attached to at least one surface in the system to cover the radiation leakage path. In one arrangement, the supplemental shield has an adhesiv... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6912540 | Chaining database records that represent a single customer or multiple customers living in a household A data-processing technique improves the process of “householding” customer data in a company's relational database system. The process involves combining data from two or more attribute columns in one or more relational tables to form a single column of concate... | 06/28/2005 |
