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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20090132423 | SEND MONEY PLUG IN FOR WEB MAILS In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown as including receiving an email address selection displayed as part of a screen widget, the screen widget included within the display of an interface associated with an Internet-utilizing application. Further, this... | 05/21/2009 |
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| 20070294185 | Value Added Third Party Contribution Registry The present disclosure provides an improved system and method that allows a registrant to establish, generally through the Internet, an electronic account with a provider of services or products, and allows the registrant and others to add value to the account to raise ... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070250454 | Index Participation Notes Securitized by Futures Contracts Techniques are described for securitizing, administering and trading various index shared securitized by derivative, cash-settled instruments on the underlying index.... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070174630 | System and Method of Mobile Anti-Pharming and Improving Two Factor Usage A variant of phishing involves subverting an Internet access point, often used for mobile computing. Malware can route user requests for bank websites into a phisher's private network, with fake bank websites (pharming). The user can have a “mobile password” at the ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070038559 | Rating notification for virtual world environment A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A participant or player can participate in various virtual world experiences including activities, settings, events, purchases, sales and diver... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20050246293 | Electronic transfer system A method of conducting an on-line transaction includes providing a transaction manager (12). Generating a single use transaction request identification, the transaction manager relating the transaction request identification to banking information of a registered... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050197969 | Organizational innovation enhancement technique A human social system has a tendency to self organize around one or more of the production, diffusion and application of organizational knowledge. One or more of the production, diffusion and application of such knowledge can be enhanced by synchronizing knowledge polic... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050044224 | Dynamic indicator for context sensitive real-time communications A method and apparatus in which a Spender may spend money to buy an item, spend money on a donation, etc. A Spender (sometimes called a buyer) will typically use client software to access content, where the client is typically a computing device that includes a display,... | 02/24/2005 |
