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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120054108 | Buyer Driven Market System and Method An electronic negotiation system is set forth. The system includes a first processor adapted to generate and send at least one unsolicited electronic offer from a registered buyer electronic device via a subscriber network device to at least one of a registered seller e... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054109 | Buyer Driven Market System and Method An electronic negotiation system is set forth. The system includes a first processor adapted to generate and send at least one unsolicited electronic offer from a registered buyer electronic device via a subscriber network device to at least one of a registered seller e... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047076 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR NEGOTIATING ONLINE TRANSACTIONS The present invention provides a system, method and computer program for negotiating online transactions. The method includes obtaining a price for an item from one or more sellers. A buyer can make possibly dissimilar offers for one or more of the items. If all offers ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120005102 | Method and System for Anonymous Communication Between A Consumer and Provider A method and system for anonymous communication between a consumer and a provider are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a first input from a consumer, the first input including an indication of intent to purchase a... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005101 | System and Method for Offering Bulk Products for Sale to Multiple Businesses by Provision Point Mechanism A method for business-to-business (B2B) provisioning implemented on a computer system. Information is stored for at least one purchase offer concerning an associated product or service. The stored information identifies the associated product or service, a number of cur... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320360 | Method for Recycling Materials A method for recycling materials comprising the steps of generating a first revenue stream by forming a contract via a computer between an advertiser and a promoter for recycling bags printed with the advertiser's promotions and/or advertisements, manufacturing the bran... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320361 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VALID RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR QUOTATIONS Systems and methods for providing valid responses to requests for quotations are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, a system according to the invention preferably includes a server. The server includes a server storage device and a server processor connected ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING BUYER AND SELLER INTERACTION DURING A GROUP-BUYING SALE A method and system are provided that enable buyers and sellers to communicate with each other and to negotiate the purchase terms of featured merchandise in a group-buying opportunity. Sellers and buyers may use various forms of on-line group-buying mechanisms in conju... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320362 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING BUYER AND SELLER INTERACTION DURING A GROUP-BUYING SALE A method and system are provided that enable buyers and sellers to communicate with each other and to negotiate the purchase terms of featured merchandise in a group-buying opportunity. Sellers and buyers may use various forms of on-line group-buying mechanisms in conju... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING BUYER AND SELLER INTERACTION DURING A GROUP-BUYING SALE A method and system are provided that enable buyers and sellers to communicate with each other and to negotiate the purchase terms of featured merchandise in a group-buying opportunity. Sellers and buyers may use various forms of on-line group-buying mechanisms in conju... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313931 | VIRTUAL SUPPORT CONTRACT COLLABORATION A virtual contract system is provided that can collect contract information for one or more products or support services. The information can be collected from one or more data sources including from service databases, BP databases, from equipment memory, etc. The infor... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110289880 | Real Time On Demand Internet Dispatch Queue A method for self dispatching services of tradesmen or other service providers. The invention allows consumers to order services in a real time environment. The present invention allows consumers to find contractors that are available for hire during the customer search... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110289007 | NEGOTIABLE SENSITIVE USER DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM A sensitive user data management method and system. The method includes presenting, by a negotiable content sensitive user data service (NSUDS) computing system from a consumer accessing a consumer computer in communication with a service provider computing system, a re... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282794 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXCHANGE A TOKEN CURRENCY AMOUNT FOR GOODS OR SERVICES Methods and apparatus to exchange a token currency amount for goods or services are disclosed. In one embodiment, a token currency amount offer is received by a device of an offeree. The device of the offeree evaluates a trust indicator that indicates a level of trust a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282793 | CONTEXTUAL TASK ASSIGNMENT BROKER An automated broker provides contextual assignment of tasks. Service providers send the broker service provisioning information indicating the services they provide, with bids for referrals. Service consumers send the broker service requests, including criteria which th... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT JOB ASSIGNMENT THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A method for intelligent job assignment between multiple assignees and at least one client via an electronic network is disclosed. The method enables a business to consistently and systematically provide its customers with the best possible quality, in the shortest time... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEBT SETTLEMENT A system and method for debt settlement has a user enter debt information for each creditor of the user. A first letter is generated to each creditor of inability of user to maintain current credit terms. The first letter is sent to each creditor.... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270766 | Internet Based Offer Routing and Workflow Engine Method A system that enables parties to a real estate transaction to remotely access the system via the internet to initiate and consummate the offer/counter-offer process leading up to and including execution of a definitive purchase agreement between buyer and seller, wherei... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110270765 | Self Dispatching Method for Services A method for self dispatching services of tradesmen or other service providers. The invention allows consumers to order services based on the availability of specific servicemen working in the vicinity, based on availability of specific servicemen that the consumer wish... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264588 | TRANSPORT RATING SYSTEM Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of generating a service contract for a shipping product. The method comprises: receiving information indicative of a requested shipping product; verifying an availability of the requested shipping product by means of an electro... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264589 | COMMISSION CALCULATOR AND DISPLAY Commission allocations in transaction management of auction-based trading for specialized items such as fixed income instruments. A plurality of workstations that are connected to a server, and a structured commission allocation protocol may be provided. Through the wor... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258124 | LEASE FINANCED ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM AND BUNDLED ASSET DOCUMENT GENERATOR Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for an automated and electronic means for financial institution clients to manage and track the funding of leased assets and, specifically, the combining of like assets into leased as... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251963 | Method for Auctioning Endorsement Agreements A method for auctioning endorsement agreements. A network computer provides access to a plurality of users, whereby the users are capable of submitting preferences related to an endorsement or sponsorship opportunity. Other users are able to review the endorsement or sp... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251965 | System and method for varying electronic settlements between buyers and suppliers with dynamic discount terms A method of making payment. A request is received to effect payment between a buyer and a seller for a transaction having established terms. The terms include a payment amount and a settlement date. Messages are exchanged between the buyer and the seller that include an... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251964 | Pricing Guaranteed Delivery Contracts in Online Display A method for pricing a contract for serving advertisements in an online display advertising environment comprising receiving a subject contract, the subject contract having at a target predicate for matching to a user visit, then forecasting, using a computer-based fore... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246375 | HOME PURCHASE PROGRAM Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods that provide for a housing purchase program in which a seller agrees to sell a home at a reduced price in return for the buyer agreeing to share with the seller some portion of the home's future appreciation. ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243553 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ALGORITHM FOR COMPUTING NETWORK SERVICE VALUE PRICING BASED ON COMMUNICATION SERVICE EXPERIENCES DELIVERED TO CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS OVER A SMART MULTI-SERVICES (SMS) COMMUNICATION NETWORK A system and method for providing multi-services within a communication network according to various exemplary embodiments can include storing, in a database of a computer, user-defined sets of rules and instructions for providing multi-services to end user devices conn... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238582 | Service Method For Customer Self-Service And Rapid On-Boarding For Remote Information Technology Infrastructure Monitoring And Management In accordance with one aspect of the embodiments of this invention there is a method to initiate remote managed infrastructure services for a customer infrastructure site. The method includes, in response to an inquiry from a potential customer, provisioning the potenti... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238583 | TECHNIQUE FOR AGGREGATING REACTIVE POWER LOADS One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that aggregates an energy service from one or more participants. An aggregator in the system first sends a plurality of price points to a respective participant, wherein each price point corresponds to a particul... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PREDETERMINED PROMOTIONAL OFFERS Embodiments provide methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable media associated with provisioning of promotional offers from merchants to consumers. Merchants may submit schedules to a promotional offer provision service. The schedules may describe promotional o... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231320 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Systems, methods and software for energy management; for negotiations and/or auctions between energy aggregators and utility companies.... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110213713 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OFFERING ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS DURING CONVERSION OF STANDARD SOFTWARE LICENSES FOR USE IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS A “Bring Your Own License” (BYOL) service can convert users' “off-the-shelf” (OTS) software licenses for use in public clouds according to rules provided by independent software vendors (ISVs). The BYOL service can offer additional license terms to the users dur... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213712 | Cloud Broker and Procurement System and Method A cloud broker and procurement system and method is closed. In particular embodiments, the method includes receiving an offer of a computing resource from each of a plurality of providers. The method further includes receiving, from each of the plurality of providers, a... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110202467 | AUTOMATED LOAD CONTROL AND DISPATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD A group of electronic circuit logic blocks work together to receive a load control event message and respond thereto. A display is generated for a customer that includes (1) a set of plural load control scenarios that can be selected to respond to the load control event... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202841 | COMPUTER-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT Computer-based methods for managing a project are disclosed. The computer-based method may include displaying a plurality of images in a first portion of a computer screen, each image of the plurality of images being representative of at least one of a service and a goo... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196797 | WIRELESS PAYMENT AND BARTER PLATFORM The present invention is directed to a wireless payment platform that may offer a payment, negotiation and or barter mechanism for users with a mobile device. The wireless payment platform may utilize the convenience and adaptability of the mobile device of the users. S... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110178934 | System and method for resolving transactions with selective use of user submission parameters A system and method for the online settling of a transaction is provided. The system includes a server having a rules engine configured to process available data regarding the financial transaction using rules established on behalf of a party to the financial transactio... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110166958 | CONDUCTING ROUTE COMMERCE FROM A CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE A method and system for managing route resources. After receiving a request for a route from a user, user-specified constraints, route supplier-specified constraints, and weights assigned to the constraints, a dynamic model of available routes is queried to generate pro... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110167005 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FINANCING AND MARKETING A CREATIVE WORK The present invention is directed to a system and method for raising financing and/or revenue by artist for a project, where the project may be a creative work of the artist. The method including registering, by at least one artist, with a centralized database, at least... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110161391 | FEDERATED DISTRIBUTED WORKFLOW SCHEDULER A computer may function as a broker that brokers execution of portions of a workflow. The broker computer may have a processor and memory configured to receive the workflow via a network. The workflow may have a corresponding SLA document that has rules governing how th... | 06/30/2011 |
