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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING FINANCIAL INFORMATION Methods, systems and computer programs that display financial information are provided.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130870 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUDGET MANAGEMENT Provided are methods, systems and computer programs for managing finances such as personal budgets.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130871 | Content delivery network service provider (CDNSP)-managed content delivery network (CDN) for network service provider (NSP) A CDN service provider shares its CDN infrastructure with a network to enable a network service provider (NSP) to offer a private-labeled network content delivery network (NCDN or “private CDN”) to participating content providers. The CDNSP preferably provides the h... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109798 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICES FOR FIXED AND MOBILE ASSETS Methods and apparatus for managing energy services are disclosed. One method includes determining a quantity of the energy service realized during the connection event; identifying an account associated with the grid connection point; and adjusting the identified accoun... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109702 | STANDARD KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Systems and methods are provided for associating business processes with knowledge management. In accordance with one implementation, a system is configured to perform a knowledge assessment to collect documents of the entire enterprise. The system is further configured... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109797 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECONCILIATION OF A CHARGING EVENT Methods and systems for reconciling a charging event are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method establishes an identity tag at a grid connection point that uniquely identifies the point and receives tag information to uniquely identify the point at a mobile charging devi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109794 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING AND MANAGING ENGAGEMENTS To address this and/or other needs, the present inventors have devised a system, method and apparatus for planning and managing engagements associated with fee arrangements. In one exemplary apparatus, a server, particularly a processor within the server, enables the ma... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109791 | CASH MANAGEMENT OF SELF-SERVICE TRANSACTIONAL DEVICES Devices and techniques for cash management of self-service transactional terminals are provided. Cash flow, cash holding cost, and cash service cost data, associated with one or more self-service transactional devices are received. An optimal cash reset value and associ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109790 | INTEGRATION OF APPLICATIONS WITH A FINANCIAL CLOSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and financial close management system are provided that includes a integration framework that allows an end user to leverage services or interfaces from external applications as part of a business process, such as... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084184 | Enterprise Access Control and Accounting Allocation for Access Networks Enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities is provided. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes: monitoring a service u... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084183 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING CIRCUIT According to one exemplary embodiment, a system for processing transactions is provided that comprises a transaction processing circuit configured to receive transaction data relating to one or more transactions for the purchase of software applications from a digital a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084188 | Method for interactively collaborating across online social networking communities A method for interactively collaborating across several related but independent online social networking communities. Members of each networking communities share a common background or profession, such as being part of the medical, legal or banking industries. Each mem... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072318 | Mechanisms for Executing a Process in a Cloud Computing Environment Deterioration of service quality due to shortage of resources and/or increased cost of support due to excessive resources is minimized in the case where the amount of requested services may change in cloud computing. Provided are mechanisms for executing a process speci... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072319 | MAINTAINING CHARGING STATE DURING FINAL UNIT REDIRECT IN CREDIT-CONTROL SYSTEMS A method is implemented in a credit control server (CCS). The method includes receiving, at the CCS from a credit control client (CCC), a message associated with a multiple services credit control (MSCC) session, where the message includes a request for service units as... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072315 | AGENT REFERRAL SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH INTEGRATED BUYER, LENDER, AND AGENT COMMUNICATION A computerized system and method are presented for allowing a real estate agent to directly enroll a buyer in a destination real estate market after referring the buyer to a receiving agent. After affirmation by the buyer, the system provides the buyer with listing info... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072316 | VIRTUAL ACCOUNTING LEDGER SYSTEM The present invention is directed to a virtual electronic accounting ledger and method for sharing and locating account transaction business documents among multiple users with a computer system. The accounting ledger is logically divided to correlate to audit complianc... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069131 | Reality alternate Among other things, we describe a reality alternative to our physical reality, named the Expandaverse, that includes multiple digital realities that may be continuously created, broadcast, accessed, and used interactively. In what we call an Alternate Reality Teleportal... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072317 | BILLING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICES ACCESS Billing for application services may be provided. A plurality of data may be received from a machine. The machine may be determined to be associated with a subscribing user, and an application service associated with the machine may be identified. The plurality of data ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120047052 | Systems and Methods of Processing and Classifying a Financial Transaction The present disclosure generally provides systems and methods of classifying financial transactions. In one embodiment, the present disclosure may generally include a system of classifying financial transactions. The system may include a processor coupled to a database.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047051 | AUTOMATED CENTRALIZED SETTLEMENT SYSTEM The automated centralized settlement system is coupled to various accounts receivable systems and the accounts payable systems. The automated centralized settlement system contains a receiving module, a processing module, and an output module. The receiving module is fo... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040748 | CHARGE PAYMENT SYSTEM USING VIRTUAL MONEY There is provided a system where usage charge of a facility can be paid by virtual money. A card ID and a consumption amount of virtual money are transmitted from a game terminal as charging-target terminal apparatus, the card ID being recorded in a card possessed by a ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041853 | FACILITATION OF A NETWORK COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY BE MADE BY ANY OF A PLURALITY OF PAYMENT MODES There is provided a method that includes (i) receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service, (ii) querying a database, in response to the notification, to obtain a payment mode for the service, in which the payment mode is selectable fro... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ON-LINE DONATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing on-line donations associated with media content is disclosed. An example embodiment includes elements to integrate a payment button with an associated item of media content on a web page; link the payment button... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041852 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND USING HUMAN CAPITAL METRICS AS MEASURES OF ECONOMIC VALUE OF PERSONS TO AN ORGANIZATION Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing techniques for determining and using human capital metrics as measures of the economic value of persons to an organization. The financial state and performance of an organiz... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041850 | INCENTIVIZING CONTENT-RECEIVERS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS An embodiment of the invention provides a method including receiving a request to publish first content on a system from a user. A fee is imposed to the user to publish the first content. The first content is published on the system. In at least one embodiment, an amoun... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT The system and method described herein may provide service level management, wherein business processes may be composed of services. A state of the service may be defined by one or more service parameters, which depend upon performance of network components that support... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT An approach is provided for facilitating supply chain management based on point-of-sales or device usage data regarding a user device. A supply chain management platform receives an activation signal indicating activation of a device. The supply chain management platfor... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036050 | STRUCTURING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MODELING SOFTWARE FOR TAX CREDIT INVESTMENTS THAT WILL GENERATE POSITIVE EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAX DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION (EBITDA) UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS (GAAP) Low-income housing projects generate federal low-income housing tax credits. Previously, due to numerous impediments, investing in tax credits results in a negative, or at best a neutral effect on the investor's EBITDA for financial accounting purposes. The present inve... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036051 | APPLICATION ACTIVITY SYSTEM A data connection method for establishing a data connection between a bandwidth user (an application user) of a network connected access device and target content on a network connected target device over a communication network where the application user's bandwidth co... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING MERCHANT PAYMENT DATA A system for updating merchant on file payment data at a payment processor is provided. The system includes a merchant processing selection system receiving selection data for one of two or more types of on file payment data update processing. A merchant account update ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030077 | DISTRIBUTIVE CORRELATION OF CHARGING RECORDS ACROSS NETWORK DOMAINS Charging systems and associated methods are disclosed that provide correlation across network domains. The charging system includes a plurality of charging functions connected to one or both of an IMS domain and a packet bearer domain, such as a GPRS domain. A first one... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030072 | CATALOG-BASED SOFTWARE LICENSE RECONCILIATION A software reconciliation engine utilizes a software rule-based catalog to produce accurate license reconciliation across a wide range of software configurations. A software offering may comprise software installables and corresponding constraints. Installed software an... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030074 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL DATA A computerized method and system for displaying financial data, is based on geometric three-dimensional (3D) model. The geometric 3D model consists of geometric 3D components and geometric 3D interconnections between components. Components represent financial assets and... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030075 | Method for Accounting Information Handling in an Interworking A method for accounting information handling in an interworking is provided. A method for processing accounting information by a gateway device includes sending an accounting request message to a first electronic device, and receiving a response message from a first ele... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030073 | CREATION AND USE OF CONSTRAINT TEMPLATES The new creation and use of entitlement constraint templates methods and systems can be linked to software offerings in a software catalog. Allowing software catalog experts to link contractual entitlement data with software product offerings via constraint templates on... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022982 | ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS OVER DATA NETWORK A method for administering performance of a contract over a data network includes storing a lien waiver and receiving an application for payment over the data network from a contract participant based on performance under the contract. The stored lien waiver is retrieve... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022981 | CREATION, REDEMPTION, AND ACCOUNTING IN A VIRTUAL CURRENCY SYSTEM A virtual currency system keeps track of virtual credits, which can be owned, transferred, purchased, and sold by participants in a virtual economy. Each virtual credit has an internal value and an external value, which define, respectively, the exchange rates for creat... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022958 | Biotransaction systems and methods A biotransaction system. In an example embodiment, the biotransaction system includes a bio scanner that provides a first signal as output; a first device at a first location; and machine-readable instructions adapted to trigger transfer of data from a second location t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022980 | System and Method for Managing Postal Accounting Data Using Transient Data Collectors Methods and systems using a single centralized database to manage postal accounting data are provided. The central database may interface with remote postal meters by way of one or more transient data collectors, which cache data from associated meters and transmit the ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016755 | Check Processing And Funds Verification A system and method of verifying sufficient funds in an account associated with a negotiable instrument, such as a check, money order, traveler's check, etc., received for payment is provided. The verification of funds may be provided prior to accepting the check as pay... | 01/19/2012 |
