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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108258 | Method and apparatus for return processing in a network-based system Method and apparatus for return processing, including tax returns. A return calculation mechanism may partition out return preparation jobs to a plurality of return calculation nodes. A job scheduler may receive returns and distribute the returns among the calculati... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099329 | Systems and methods for determining taxes owed for financial transactions conducted over a network Various embodiments of the invention provide a more secure financial transaction system for e-commerce sectors that (1) more securely processes payment transactions, (2) helps to protect merchants and banks against fraudulent transactions, money laundering, and unde... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8001006 | Intuitive display of financial information Embodiments of a computer system, a method, a graphical user interface and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments may be used to present income-tax information to a user. In particular, the user ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7933803 | Universal tax engine This Disclosure relates to a program controlled apparatus, system, and method for determining the transactional taxes due for each item by any taxing authority worldwide. The apparatus comprises a first database comprising a tree structure identifying all of the zon... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925537 | Method for collecting sales and/or use taxes on sales that are made via the internet and/or catalog A method that allows taxing jurisdictions to collect sales and/or use taxes from sales that are made via the internet and catalogs. The method also makes it easier for sellers to comply with the taxing jurisdiction's mandated seller administrative functions. The for... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7860746 | System and method for determining paid taxes A method for determining paid taxes including obtaining a total price of a purchase following a transaction involving the purchase, determining a tax jurisdiction associated with the first purchase, determining a tax rate based on the tax jurisdiction, extracting a ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7739146 | Handling taxes in computer-based sales transactions Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for handling taxes in computer-based sales transactions. In a sales transaction, a buyer makes a purchase from a seller. The purchase has a purchase price and a tax amount owed on th... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7698166 | Import/export tax to deal with ad trade deficits For a multi-party advertising exchange including advertising and publishing entities, each participant specifies tax rate(s), such as import tax and export tax, that apply to at least one other entity in the exchange. Since tax rate(s) can be expressed in different ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7480626 | Computer-based system for simplification of tax collections and remittances for internet and mail order commerce An effective and efficient system for recovering tax revenue. One implementation is to recover tax revenue currently not being recovered by storing data in a database (2) indicating interstate sales transactions (7) on which a seller does not collect a... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7427013 | Calculator apparatus A calculator is provided that includes an input pad that includes a sales tax button and a currency pad, which includes a change due button and a number of currency keys. The currency keys can be depressed in order to enter numeric values associated with currency. T... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7411503 | System and method for disabling data on radio frequency identification tags The disclosed embodiments of the present invention are used to permanently disable or destruct an RFID so that it is no longer possible to read some or all of the data encoded on the RFID tag. In one method for disabling data on a radio frequency identification (RFI... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398917 | Payment V.I.P. card This invention relates to a universal financial product and enables to use it for managing money resources, e.g., sums being on a personal account. The housing of the pay card may be made of a precious or rare metal, bone, finewood; the elements of the features of a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7364089 | Apparatus for electronically determining whether a tax for a product has been paid An apparatus for electronically determining whether a tax or duty has been paid for the contents of that container. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is placed on the container which includes information indicative of whether the tax has been paid. The RFI... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328188 | Dynamic currency conversion for card payment systems The present invention relates to Card Payment Systems for use in a multi-currency environment. In particular, the present invention provides a system and method for identifying an appropriate currency for individual transactions conducted using a card payment system... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319982 | Method for collecting sales and/or use taxes on sales that are made via the internet and/or catalog A method that allows taxing jurisdictions to collect sales and/or use taxes from sales that are made via the internet and catalogs. The method also makes it easier for sellers to comply with the taxing jurisdiction's mandated seller administrative functions. The for... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313538 | Transaction tax settlement in personal communication devices A transactional tax settlement system for use with a personal communication device is provided. The system has particular usefulness in determining a taxing authority and calculating a tax rate imposed by the taxing authority in a communication network environment. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305353 | System and method for forecasting tax effects of financial transactions A system and method for forecasting tax effects of financial transactions is provided. The system and method include a series of web pages. The web pages allow a user to 1) determine their federal and state tax rates, 2) describe the asset they wish to sell. Additio... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295998 | Methods and systems for managing tax audit information A method for managing tax audit (TA) information for a business entity using a server system is provided. The server system is coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system. The method includes receiving at the server system TA information from th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7272577 | System and method of calculating sales tax based upon geographic region A computer system is provided which includes a geographical region component that determines one or more geographical regions associated with a product ship-to address or a seller's address. The system includes a tax district component which determines one or more a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270491 | Code label printer, method thereof and readouted printed-code verifying system A code label printer is provided for producing code labels reliable to use in the market, the label printer checking a code such as a barcode printed on a label which is affixed on a product. In a code label printer 2, print barcode data D1 transmitted... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257547 | Service managing system A service managing system comprises: order terminals for enabling customers to view contents of service items and to order desired items, and being portable and driven by a battery; order-receiving terminals for receiving and indicating orders from the order termina... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249072 | Method and system for managing multi-jurisdictional property tax information A computer system for managing property tax information for a plurality of real estate parcels includes a data storage device, an output device and a processor. The processor maintains in the storage device a database of property tax data including a plurality of pa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240032 | Customer privacy protection systems and methods A method for protecting consumer personal data by giving the consumer a choice of privacy preferences linked to their financial payment instruments such as credit cards, checks and the like. The privacy preference data is stored electronically in a database and on t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234103 | Network-based tax framework database The present disclosure provides for affording a network-based tax service database interface. First, tax-related forms are first retrieved in a database. Next, the retrieved tax-related forms are formatted, and the formatted tax-related forms are sent to a governmen... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233905 | Billing modifier module for integrated emergency medical transportation database system An integrated medical database system for the emergency medical transportation business. The system includes a dispatch and demographic module, a clinical module, an administration module and a billing module. Each module may communicate data with one or more of the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7212991 | Method for optimizing a business transaction A system for coordinating business transactions between multiple vendors of consumer products, referred to herein as selling vendors and shipping vendors. This system includes an electronic device for allowing a consumer to access a selling vendor's website, at leas... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200569 | Intelligent apparatus, system and method for financial data computation and analysis This disclosure relates to a program controlled apparatus, system and method for identifying taxable financial transactions, collecting data based on the transactions and calculating any sales and/or use taxes due on the transactions. The apparatus comprises a first... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196810 | Printing system A camera in which is stored a unique ID is directly or indirectly connected to a printing service site, to which log-in is performed using the ID, whereupon an image from the camera is uploaded to the printing service site, and a printing server distinguishes from t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188083 | System for and method of rapid collection of income taxes Preferred examples of a system and method for rapid collection and distribution of taxes are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide a system and a method for point-of-sale collection and distribution of sales taxes on a frequent, regul... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177829 | Tax refund system A tax refund system is disclosed in which in exchange for a taxpayer assigning all or a portion of his or her tax refund, a participating provider provides to the taxpayer a spending vehicle with buying power at participating outlets. Tax return data for an individu... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165174 | Trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce transaction and rights management The present inventions provide an integrated, modular array of administrative and support services for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting financial... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155404 | Mechanized tax worksheet A system and method for verifying charges on a customer bill includes a computers for downloading, from a mainframe computer, to a local server billing data associated with a customer account, populating a database with a portion of the billing data, performing pre-... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143290 | Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted electronic go-between can validate, witness and/or archive transactions wh... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133845 | System and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124302 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic commerce including secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers employed in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that informa... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120800 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100199 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095854 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092914 | Methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information Rights management information is used at least in part in a matching, narrowcasting, classifying and/or selecting process. A matching and classification utility system comprising a kind of Commerce Utility System is used to perform the matching, narrowcasting, class... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076652 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 07/11/2006 |
