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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047168 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS The invention provides a method and system for classifying insurance files for identification, sorting and efficient collection of subrogation claims. The invention determines whether an insurance claim has merit to warrant claim recovery efforts utilizing software code... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041170 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER AUTHENTICATION According to some embodiments, a registration request is received from a user, the user providing information identifying an account. A transaction database is queried using the information identifying an account, and a set of transactions conducted using the account ar... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040754 | METADATA TAGGING OF MOVING AND STILL IMAGE CONTENT A method and apparatus for tagging image content with rich metadata is provided. The metadata is generated from keyword descriptions of image content spoken by human taggers whilst viewing the content. Voice recognition software is employed to identify the key keywords ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040623 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY USERS ACCESSING A WEB PAGE According to some embodiments, it may be determined, at an identification engine, that a first access of a web site is being established via a first connection between a web server and a remote device of a user. Information about the first connection may then be stored ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN PRESENTATION OF MEDICAL CLAIM INFORMATION A computerized system includes acquisition of cost data associated with a workers' compensation claim from a data storage device, reception of a request to display the cost data associated with the workers' compensation claim from a remote terminal, application of knowl... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040188 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING Some embodiments include acquisition of color Doppler data, and detection of one or more transitions of the color Doppler data, each of the one or more transitions being between a first area representing flow velocity in a first direction and a second area representing ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110029330 | AUTOMATED INSURANCE APPOINTMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM According to some embodiments, a plurality of new work notifications are received, each associated with a producer identifier. A set of non-appointed new work notifications may be determined, including a first non-appointed new work notification and a second non-appoint... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION AGAINST SKIMMING OF INFORMATION FROM CONTACTLESS CARDS Contactless payment cards with on-card microchips are transported in mailers with RF shielding. The RF shielding is designed to prevent communication with and skimming of information from the contactless cards enclosed in the mailers while in transit.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022481 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING FRAUD IN PAYMENT PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS A method includes receiving an authorization request for a purchase transaction, and determining whether the authorization request arose from proximity-reading a proximity payment device. The method further includes mapping a first account number included in the authori... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE INSURANCE QUOTE A method includes a data storage device for receiving, storing, and providing access to building characteristic information, a computer processor for executing program instructions and for retrieving the building characteristic information and hazard information from th... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017836 | IDENTIFICATION TOKEN AND METHOD OF MAKING IDENTIFICATION TOKEN In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes enabling operation of an RFID integrated circuit of a first card in an identification token using a first switch; and enabling operation of an RFID integrated circuit of a second card in an identification token usin... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110015949 | INSURANCE CLAIM DATA EXCHANGE According to some embodiments, workers' compensation claims are received at a payor processing system from a plurality of remote bill input devices. The workers' compensation claims may be transformed in accordance with a jurisdiction-based claims processing rule. The t... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015948 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING CLAIMS FILES TO IDENTIFY PREMIUM FRAUD A computer system includes a data storage module. The data storage module receives, stores, and provides access to both aggregate claims file data and insurance policy data. The computer system also includes a computer processor and a program memory. The computer proces... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015526 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING Some embodiments include acquisition of color Doppler data, detection of one or more transitions of the color Doppler data, each of the one or more transitions being between a first area representing flow velocity in a first direction and a second area representing flow... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110000968 | PAYMENT DEVICE HAVING APPEAL FOR STATUS CONSUMERS An identification token includes a plastic body and an RFID IC embedded or contained in the body. An antenna is also embedded or contained in the body and is coupled to the RFID IC. A metallic coating is formed on the plastic body and is sufficiently thin so as permit w... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100332522 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND DELIVERY Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code, and means for delivering information are provided which include transmitting a notification of a learning path to at least one of a plurality of users, each of the users operating a mobile device, the notification incl... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100332307 | REBATE PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED VIA PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM BASED ON MERCHANT-AGGREGATED DATA A method includes receiving a batch of transaction data. The transaction data is transmitted from a computer operated by or on behalf of a merchant. The transaction data relates to a plurality of purchase transactions performed at the merchant. The transaction data incl... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328029 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE In some embodiments, apparatus includes: a communication device to receive a plurality of removable information devices and transmit information to a proximity coupling system, the communication device including: a body; a plurality of electrical interfaces supported by... | 12/30/2010 |
| 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 a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318446 | FLEXIBLE RISK MANAGEMENT FOR PRE-AUTHORIZATION TOP-UPS IN PAYMENT DEVICES A method of operating a payment device includes prompting the user to enter a monetary amount for a top-up request. The method further includes receiving user input into the payment device, where the user input indicates the monetary amount. The method also includes pro... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317318 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PRE-PAID PAYMENT CAPABILITY ON MOBILE TELEPHONE A method includes receiving an over-the-air message from a mobile telephone. The message requests top-up of a prepaid payment capability in the mobile telephone. The method further includes authorizing the requested top-up. In addition, the method includes transmitting ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317126 | AGGLUTINATION ASSAY METHOD IN POROUS MEDIUM LAYER An agglutination assay method for quantitatively determination of an analyte in an aqueous liquid sample using particles bearing an anti-analyte. The agglutination is conducted in the porous medium layer of the analysis element. A speedy quantitative analysis of the ana... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100312620 | METHODS, APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND MEDIUM FOR USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIONSHIP REWARDS PROGRAMS Methods, apparatus, systems, computer program product and medium for use in association with relationship rewards programs are provided.... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100293000 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL CLAIM OUTCOMES USING RELATED HISTORICAL DATA A computer system includes a data storage device. The data storage module receives, stores, and provides access to historical claim data. A categorical aggregation component comprising program instructions stored in a program memory provides categorized and aggregated h... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100291895 | SWITCHING FUNCTIONS FOR MOBILE PAYMENTS SYSTEM A method includes receiving an information translation request, where the request is for translation of an account holder's mobile telephone number into the account holder's payment card account number. The request is related to a purchase transaction. A database is acc... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100280926 | STORING TRANSACTION DETAILS FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE TOP UPS VIA AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES A method includes receiving a request from an automatic teller machine (ATM). The request indicates that a user of the ATM wishes to perform a current top up transaction for a mobile telephone owned by the user. The method further includes responding to the request by d... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100279080 | PRINTING INK SET This invention relates to a printing ink set. The ink-jet ink set comprises a plurality of ink-jet inks, each ink being substantially free of water and volatile organic solvents, having a viscosity of 100 mPas or less at 25° C., and comprising at least one radiation-cu... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100276920 | IDENTIFICATION CARD HAVING ONE OR MORE GRIPPING ELEMENTS According to some embodiments, an identification card may be provided with one or more gripping elements. For example, a raised border portion might be provided on the card's front and/or back face adjacent to and extending along at lease some of the card's sides. As an... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274594 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING COVERAGE RECOMMENDATION ENGINE A computer system includes a data storage device. The data storage module receives, stores, and provides access to historical entity data and insurance coverage package data. A recommendation engine comprising program instructions stored in a program memory receives cur... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272966 | PRINTING INK This invention relates to a printing ink and in particular to an ink for ink-jet printing which is cured by irradiation. The ink comprises at least one radiation-curable monomer; at least one passive thermoplastic resin; at least one radical photoinitiator; and at least... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100263712 | THREE TERMINAL MONOLITHIC MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELL A device and a method for its fabrication. The device may include a first surface, a second surface to receive light into the device, a first photovoltaic cell between the first surface and the second surface, and a second photovoltaic cell between the first surface and... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100252622 | SIMULATED CONTACTLESS IDENTIFICATION CARD READER A simulated contactless identification card reader includes an antenna adjacent a card presentation surface. The antenna is for exchanging wireless signaling with a contactless identification card presented to the card presentation surface. The contactless identificatio... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100248779 | CARDHOLDER VERIFICATION RULE APPLIED IN PAYMENT-ENABLED MOBILE TELEPHONE A method includes equipping a mobile telephone with a payment capability, and storing a cardholder verification rule in the mobile telephone. The method further includes the mobile telephone applying the stored rule to determine whether to require a user of the mobile t... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100242104 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURE AUTHENTICATION A system, device, method, program instructions, and means for securely authenticating a user, the method including mapping, by a one time code generating device in the possession of a user, a one time code onto a graphical representation of a positional array; displayin... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100227127 | PRINTING INK The present invention relates to a radiation-curable ink-jet ink comprising at least two monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomers; a monofunctional monomer selected from an N-vinyl amide, an N-acryloyl amine, or a mixture thereof; a polymerisable (meth)acrylate oligomer; ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100217707 | AUTOMATED OPENING OF ELECTRONIC WALLET FUNCTION IN MOBILE DEVICE A method includes bringing a mobile device into proximity with an indicium, the indicium adjacent a radio frequency identification (RFID) integrated circuit (IC), the RFID IC coupled to an antenna. The method further includes the mobile device reading a message from the... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100191594 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REWARD TRANSACTION MATCHING AND SETTLEMENT A reward processing method, system, apparatus, and computer program code is provided. Pursuant to some embodiments, the method includes analyzing transaction data associated with a plurality of payment transactions, each payment transaction including data identifying a ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100189965 | PRINTING INK This invention relates to a radiation-curable ink-jet ink having a viscosity of 30 mPas or less at 25° C., the ink comprising: at least two monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomers which comprise a cyclic monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethyl ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100187298 | DRINKING VESSEL THAT HAS A SLOT IN WHICH A CONTACTLESS SMART CARD IS INSERTED A food container is in combination with a contactless smart card. The food container has a slot formed therein. The slot is shaped and sized to hold the smart card. The smart card was inserted into the slot.... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100182764 | REMOVABLY SECURING SMALL CONTACTLESS PAYMENT CARD VIA REMOVABLE ACCESSORY TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE An apparatus includes a portable electronic device and an article of manufacture. The article of manufacture includes a first mechanism for securing the article of manufacture to the portable electronic device. The article of manufacture also includes a second mechanism... | 07/22/2010 |
