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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6144948 | Instant credit card marketing system for reservations for future services A system and method uses customer information collected by a sponsoring organization, such as a hotel, to request and pre-approve a line of credit for a customer with an issuing bank prior to the anticipated arrival of the customer at the facilities of th... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6138105 | System and method for dynamic assembly of packages in retail environments A system and method for managing the sale of a group of products at a single price based on sales performance data of the products is presented. The method and apparatus include offering a plurality of products by identifying products that are complementa... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6119099 | Method and system for processing supplementary product sales at a point-of-sale terminal A POS terminal determines an upsell to offer in exchange for the change due to a customer in connection with a purchase. The point-of-sale terminal preferably maintains a database of at least one upsell price and a corresponding upsell to offer a customer... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6110042 | System and method for future value wagering A system and method enabling a casino to issue chips or credits to customers whose redemption and face value is set at some future date. In one embodiment, a controller and disburser is disclosed which receives as inputs financial data, data as to how the... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6052667 | Method and apparatus for selling an aging food product as a substitute for an ordered product A POS terminal receives an order for a food product. The POS terminal in turn selects a complementary product based on the food product. The selected complementary product has an age within a predetermined age range, such as between seven and ten minutes ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6049778 | Method and apparatus for administering a reward program In accordance with the present invention, a central controller stores a series of registrations, each of which corresponds to a purchaser of a product. The central controller calculates a measurement of product success, such as the number of products sold... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6018718 | Method and system for processing customized reward offers The present invention is a method is for providing and managing a customized reward offer to a holder of a financial account. The method includes the step of accessing historical account data associated with the financial account. The method further inclu... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5999596 | Method and system for controlling authorization of credit card transactions A method and apparatus for controlling credit card use. As described in one aspect of the disclosure, a method is disclosed for facilitating communication between a first person (e.g., an account holder) and a second person (e.g., a user) so that the firs... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5967896 | Method and apparatus for controlling a gaming device having a plurality of balances In accordance with the present invention, a gaming device includes a plurality of balances. The gaming device receives monetary input such as currency or a transfer from an account, and in turn increases one or more balances. The balance increased depends... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5947747 | Method and apparatus for computer-based educational testing Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for computer-based evaluation of a test-taker's performance with respect to selected comparative norms. The system includes a home testing computer for transmitting the test-taker's test results to a central computer ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5926796 | Method and apparatus for selling subscriptions to periodicals in a retail environment A system comprises a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a POS controller, a retail subscription system. The POS terminal allows a cashier to enter subscription sales data into the POS controller. The POS controller maintains databases on available subscription... | 07/20/1999 |
