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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170904 | Apparatus, method and system for comparative collaborative creative works evaluation An apparatus, method, and system for a comparative, collaborative, creative works evaluator (3CWE). One of the benefits of 3CWE is that it provides a mechanism to rate and subsequently rank creative works and their authors. The benefits of ranking creative works and... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8145520 | Method and system for verifying election results Verifying ballots that are cast in an election is provided. A mutual attestation procedure is executed between a plurality of devices communicating in a voting system via a network. A number of certificates are published. Each certificate corresponds to one of the p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8108233 | Method, system, and program product for generating an integrated business organizational view Under the present invention, components pertaining to a particular business operation of an organization are identified arranged into a component map. Information corresponding to a set of financial and staffing variables for the components is then gathered. During ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8078490 | Method and apparatus for corporate voting A proxy voting system enables an investor with a large number of investments to efficiently manage and vote proxies. A shareholder enters preferences regarding how to vote his or her proxies into a computer system, which then screens the received proxies, automatica... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8019641 | System and method for interactive contests A system and method provide content review, distribution, ranking and access and automate creation and performance of contests among sets of content-based contestants. The system and method provide customizable interactive, ongoing, multi-level, multi-round contests... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7970643 | Method and apparatus for implementing a personal “get out the vote drive” software application A method and apparatus for a software tool that interfaces with a Field Operations software tool and incorporates Voter Score, Voter Scorecard, Post-Election Voter History, Household Visualization, Voter Support Visualization, Household Mailing Labels, E-Mail Voter ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953628 | Interactive voter choice system An interactive voter choice system providing voters mechanisms they can use to play more pro-active roles in influencing elections and policy-making by elected representatives in representative bodies than the relatively passive roles ascribed to them in the typical... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7921033 | System and method for high-density interactive voting using a computer network A system and method for facilitating high-density interactive voting (such as during a live event) using a computer network and tabulating and providing voting results in real-time. In general, the high-density interactive voting system of the present invention incl... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7890364 | Electronic initiative petition Preferred embodiments of the instant invention are directed to a system, method and apparatus for providing an efficient means for qualifying a petition, referendum or initiative on a ballot on a network. Users on the network access the petition qualifying system vi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7657456 | Method and system for electronic voting using identity based encryption A voting method includes receiving identity-based information, vote data and a passphrase for a voter, encrypting the vote data using a symmetric key, generating second identity-based information for the voter, and generating an identity-based public key using at le... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7640182 | Method and apparatus for corporate voting A proxy voting system enables an investor with a large number of investments to efficiently manage and vote proxies. A shareholder enters preferences regarding how to vote his or her proxies into a computer system, which then screens the received proxies, automatica... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7640181 | Distributed network voting system A secure election system provides a downloadable ballot viewer object for the casting of ballots. The ballot viewer object authenticates the user, permits user interaction in the casting of ballots, seals the cast ballot image by encryption, and transmits the cast b... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7441700 | Method and system for validating mail ballots Methods and systems for validating signatures on ballots sent through the mail that do not require significant amounts of hardware and/or software to perform are provided. The envelope for returning a ballot by mail includes a signature area in which the voter will ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433826 | System and method for identity validation for a regulated transaction A system and method for performing an identity validation is provided. The invention includes an identity transaction engine component and a communication component. The identity transaction engine component facilitates searching of data store(s) in order to validat... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427025 | Automated postal voting system and method A voting indicium product including a human-readable portion to represent a unique vote identification element for a specific ballot choice by a specific voter. The voting indicium further including a bar-coded portion to represent the unique vote identification ele... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422150 | Electronic voting apparatus, system and method The voting apparatus, system and method of the invention provides at least two independently means for recording and counting votes, e.g., one associated with the voting apparatus and one separate therefrom. A preferred voting apparatus, system and method may provid... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422151 | Systems and methods for providing security in a voting machine The invention provides systems and methods for ensuring security for a voting machine. The voting machine can include a display screen upon which numerous election choices are displayed for selection by a voter. A detachable printer can also be provided that is adap... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421704 | System and method for identifying and generating business events A system for identifying business events is provided. The system includes a store of business process policies, and a business process manager operative to define and process the business process policies. The system further includes an event manager. The event mana... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417774 | Method and apparatus for selective processing of captured images Methods and apparatus are disclosed for identifying intended response marks in an optically scanned image of a response sheet having key marks and response targets printed in the same color. Pixel darkness values assigned by a digital imaging scanner are used to loc... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418401 | Secure internet transactions on unsecured computers The present invention is directed to a secure electronic registration and voting solution incorporating integrated end-to-end voting system architecture and processes providing secure identification and authentication, voter registration, ballot definition, ballot p... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415423 | Method, algorithm, and computer program for optimizing the performance of messages including advertisements in an interactive measurable medium Method, procedure, algorithm, system, and computer program for improving and attempting to optimize the performance of messaging campaigns, particularly to marketing campaigns in which advertisements or other messages are distributed over an interactive measurable m... | 08/19/2008 |
| RE40449 | Auto-verifying voting system and voting method A voting system provides for a computer-prepared and computer-printed election ballot generated by input from the voter, and provides for auto-verification whereby the voter has the opportunity and the responsibility to inspect the computer-printed ballot with his o... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406480 | Automated voter registration and tabulation system A system and method of registering voters and tabulating an election is provided. A voter database is maintained with a record of each eligible voter comprising at least one voter characteristic. Based on the at least one voter characteristic, a set of positions and... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401053 | Electronic information content automatic distribution service system, information processing apparatus, recording medium, and electrical information content automatic distribution method An electronic information content automatic distribution service system according to the present invention is directed to a service system for automatically distributing electronic information contents based on a utilization contract made in advance between an infor... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395964 | Secure voting system Methods, systems and program products for securely voting by providing a secure voting module in communication with a voting device. A voter signs onto the voting device using a unique voter identification, and the voter's voting selections are written to the voting... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389250 | Coercion-free voting scheme A facility for conducting a coercion-resistant electronic collection is described. The facility receives from the voter a first voter conformation value. At a later time, the facility receives from the voter an encrypted ballot and a second voter confirmation value.... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387244 | Electronic voting system and method with voter verifiable real-time audit log A voting system and method with a voter verifiable real-time audit log is disclosed. The voting system includes at least one voting terminal operable to record a plurality of poll worker actions and a plurality of voter actions taken at the voting terminal. The voti... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377431 | System and method for overcoming decision making and communications errors to produce expedited and accurate group choices A system and method is provided overcoming decision-making and communications errors to produce expedited and accurate group choices. The invention provides collective outcomes that are resilient to communication and decision making errors, and which are provided wi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371070 | Operationalizing a learning solution A learning solution context is specified in terms of formal and informal learning within zones of interaction. Solution components of purpose/outcome, measurement, technology/infrastructure, resources, and process are specified and selected to align each to the solu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360702 | Verifiable voting system A method of processing votes in an election includes receiving a voter identity for a voter, receiving a vote set for the voter, providing a phrase to the voter based on the received vote set, generating a unique receipt number for the voter and providing the receip... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363246 | 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 c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360094 | Verifiable secret shuffles and their application to electronic voting We present a mathematical construct which provides a cryptographic protocol to (verifiably shuffle) a sequence of (k) modular integers, and discuss its application to secure, universally verifiable, multi-authority election schemes. The output of the shuffle operati... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353239 | Online interactive voting system for live interactive evaluation and comparison of proposals An online system for conducting live interactive evaluation, comparison and selection of proposals includes a standardized database architecture that integrates proposal submission and proposal judgement procedures. The system can host multiple applications, each co... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349616 | Fiber optic local convergence points for multiple dwelling units There are provided fiber optic local convergence points (“LCPs”) adapted for use with multiple dwelling units (“MDUs”) that facilitate relatively easy installation and/or optical connectivity to a relatively large number of subscribers. The LCP includes a ho... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344071 | Voting system and apparatus using voter selection card A voting system for storing voter input data on a voter selection card, which is capable of storing data for a plurality of candidates, and the system, subsequently, prints a ballot marked in accordance with data on the voter selection card. A voter-assist terminal ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337964 | Method and apparatus for ink-based electronic voting The present invention is an ink-based electronic voting apparatus that generates a paper ballot for every voter. The voter marks a ballot with a probe as he/she would with a conventional ink-based system. In one embodiment, the paper ballot is situated underneath th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340406 | Business rules system A business rules system that creates a dynamic solution set between objects that have never been associated with one another prior to that particular instance of evaluation. A rule engine evaluates the associated objects and is programmed to evaluate a complex situa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336270 | Display device and electronic apparatus To provide a display device and an electronic apparatus including a radio communication device, an embodiment of the radio communication device being an IC tag, which do not need a special space to attach the IC tag and is capable of reducing the amount of time and ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333989 | Method and apparatus for integrating distributed information Distributed information integrating method and apparatus for collecting data requested by a program at a data request side, integrating the collected data and supplying the integrated data to the request-side program irrespective of the existence of a processing dev... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331062 | Method, computer software, and system for providing end to end security protection of an online transaction A method for implementing an online transaction security product includes downloading an online transaction security product program from a web site to an information handling system. The security product program includes an anti-malicious code program configured to... | 02/12/2008 |
