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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7974882 | Method and system for creating a comprehensive undeliverable-as-addressed database for the improvement of the accuracy of marketing mailing lists The present invention is directed to a method and system for generating a comprehensive undeliverable-as-addressed database and receiving mailing lists which may be analyzed to determine confirmed undeliverable-as-addressed records within a mailing list. Items of ma... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953636 | System and method for providing customized sales-related data over a network A system and method for providing sales-related data over a network. The method includes the steps of receiving a request for sales-related data from a user, receiving request-related information from the user and generating the sales-related data based on the recei... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937331 | Systems and methods for international dutiable returns A system and method is disclosed for facilitating international return of dutiable goods. A typical application involves a purchaser buying goods on-line, resulting in shipping the goods internationally to the purchaser. After receipt of the goods, the purchaser det... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7890373 | Method and apparatus for verifying product sale transactions and processing product returns The present invention relates to a computer-based system that provides a method for real time data storage and retrieval for the purpose of verifying and validating sales transactions and product return/warranty repair eligibility. An electronic product registration... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7818211 | System and method for providing customized sales-related data over a network A system and method for providing sales-related data over a network. The method includes the steps of receiving a request for sales-related data from a user, receiving request-related information from the user and generating the sales-related data based on the recei... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813960 | System and method of generating service plans for refrigeration systems A service plan system includes a computer program with a plurality of modules operable to generate service plans for refrigeration systems customers. The service plans offer multiple coverage levels, as well as various co-pay options (e.g., lower monthly fixed payme... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7761335 | Article sales data processing apparatus Data of a preset separation mark is inserted between journal data of one transaction held in an electronic journal file and journal data of one transaction next made. Journal data items which are accumulatively held in the electronic journal file are displayed on a ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7711603 | Method and system for transferring information between multiple buyers and multiple sellers A method for transferring information between multiple buyers and multiple vendors is provided. Information is received from a plurality of sources. This information corresponds to a plurality of products. This information is stored in a first database. A request is... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7702539 | Picture order receiving apparatus and a picture processing system A picture order receiving apparatus is provided with a monitor constructed by a touch panel unit for displaying order screens including operation descriptive texts describing methods for inputting a print order or the like and displaying operation keys used to input... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689461 | Printing apparatus, POS system and printing apparatus control method A printing apparatus and method for printing receipts and for controlling the cutting of each receipt in succession from a recording medium such as print paper at an appropriate position determined from the print data received from a host computer. The printing appa... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689436 | Peripheral device output job user data processing A printer driver application is executed to form print data to be output at a peripheral device. User-specific data and the print data are addressed to an address of a queue to be output at the peripheral device. The user data can be an identification of a user requ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676396 | Selective omission of transaction data in a digital receipt A digital receipt (e-receipt) having various transaction data that is generated after a consumer transaction by a retail terminal or via a public or private electronic network may be forwarded to the consumer or third party with selective transaction data omitted fr... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7627497 | Method for selling lottery tickets from a POS terminal The present invention is a method and system for selling game of chance tickets at a point of sale cash register. The invention can be used for both lottery and other social games of chance tickets. An actual game ticket may be preprinted by the commercial printer, ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7440909 | Methods and systems enabling the identification of actual costs in a transaction based financial and manufacturing environment A computer implemented actual costing method for collecting and presenting an actual cost of performing a business activity includes the steps of carrying a first and/or a second step, the first step including collecting the actual cost of at least one job performed... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424303 | Method and system to enable mobile transactions A system and method for allowing users to specify using commonly available mobile devices such as mobile telephones, transactions to be performed is described. More particularly, the invention provides a transaction interface layer which uses a predetermined lightwe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7406439 | Inventory controls with radio frequency identification Inventory control with inventory item attributes wherein the attributes describe an inventory item, the inventory item has an RFID identification tag having an RFID identification tag code, and the inventory item attributes include an RFID identification tag code fi... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406440 | Systems and methods to support approval to settle an international trade from a credit facility, such as a line of credit or a demand deposit account The present invention relates to systems and methods to support import-export transactions. More particularly, it includes methods and systems for negotiating terms for settlement of an international shipment, for advising an agreed bank that the terms have been met... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403907 | Customer checkout accelerator A system and method for accelerating customer sales transactions in a retail store. A customer checkout accelerator provides a customer user interface to initiate a request for a preapproval amount for a sales transaction before reaching the point of sale terminal f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379899 | Method and apparatus for verifying product sale transactions and processing product returns The present invention relates to a computer-based system that provides a method for real time data storage and retrieval for the purpose of verifying and validating sales transactions and product return/warranty repair eligibility. An electronic product registration... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376585 | Real-time sales information architecture A sales information architecture detects user interaction with a tagged item and in response displays product information about the item to the user. The architecture can process a sales transaction involving the item and report the sale in real-time to other enterp... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367498 | POS terminal and system including the same by which a transaction log can be revised and registered as a new transaction A terminal apparatus and a transaction information management system consisting of the terminal apparatus and a management apparatus that can revise transaction information, which is stored in the management apparatus, connected to a previous transaction when a cust... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363507 | Device and method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs A device and a method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs. The device has input and output devices for bidirectional data exchange with an electronic computer and a first memory element containing a data file that can be transferred to the electronic c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355737 | Apparatus and method for two-color printing based on single color data A printer 10 has a reception unit 28 for receiving print commands from a host 12, and has print heads 64, 66 capable of printing multiple colors. A data processing part 24 applies a specific colorization process according to a prin... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353178 | Touch point and attribute tracking system and process A manufacturer's product registration system includes a database system storing product registration information concerning a plurality of products, for example, consumer electronics products. The product registration information includes, for each unit, a unique id... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353073 | Method for managing appliances A method for maintaining and/or repairing an appliance is provided. The appliance includes collecting data from the appliance, wherein a flash device collects information from the appliance; launching an application from the flash device after the flash device inter... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353206 | Literary work royalty accounting method, network system therefor and recording medium on which control program therefor is recorded A literary work royalty meter rate accounting method is provided by which a royalty based on the frequency of use of literary works such as music data distributed through a communication circuit is imposed on a customer. A management terminal apparatus sells a right... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349987 | Data security system and method with parsing and dispersion techniques A data security having parsing and dispersion aspects enables the user to parse, disperse and reconstruct the original, plain text data or data object, thereby enabling secure storage of the data. The original data may be maintained in its original state, encrypted ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349886 | Securely relaying content using key chains A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards generating chains of encrypted decryption keys for content in a highly distributed environment. In one embodiment, the key chain may be provided within an Entitlement Control Message (ECM). An access key that enab... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333942 | Networked international system for organizational electronic commerce A networked computer architecture (AgoraNet) facilitates and conducts secure electronic commerce based on national deployment independent of the Internet. A “publish and subscribe” model is used in which vendors may publish catalogs and information about product... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328187 | System and method for issuing cyber payment means marked with business identification information and processing transactions with the cyber payment means on computer network A system for issuing cyber payment means (cyber notes, cyber checks, cyber payment certificates, etc.) marked with business identification information, on a computer network, and a method thereof are provided. The method has the steps of (a) a server computer on the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324960 | POS system A POS system including at least one store server and a plurality of POS terminals. Each POS terminal includes means for transmitting transaction data to the store server as a transaction occurs at the POS terminal, means for querying the store server for transaction... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322047 | Data security system and method associated with data mining The data security method, system and associated data mining enables multiple users, each having a respective security clearance level to access security sensitive words, data objects, characters or icons. The method extracts security sensitive words, data objects, c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311253 | Anti-theft/anti-fraud system utilizing specialized merchandise tag/label and unique identification coding An anti-theft/anti-fraud system includes a tag assembly that renders a retail item ineligible for merchandise return or refund if tag is removed from the retail item, if the label attached to the front side of tag has been removed or tampered with, or if the retail ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313825 | Data security system and method for portable device The method, used with a portable computing device, secures security sensitive words, icons, etc. by determining device location within or without a predetermined region and then extracting the security data from the file, text, data object or whatever. The extracted... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305556 | Secure printing with authenticated printer key Securely storing a public key for encryption of data in a computing device by using a user-specific key pair which is securely stored in the computing device, including receiving a target public key corresponding to a target device, obtaining a user-specific key pai... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295994 | Information distribution system, terminal apparatus, information center, recording medium, and information distribution method When content data are distributed from an information center via a predetermined communication line to a terminal apparatus loaded with a recording medium recorded with its identifier and prepaid information, the information center manages the usable remaining amoun... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283275 | Logo data generating apparatus, logo data generating method, and data storage medium A logo data generating apparatus and method easily generate logo data suitable for storage to and output by a particular target printer without requiring a complicated process defining the image processing and data communication parameters. An control data receiving... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273167 | Revenue balancing method and computer program A revenue balancing method and computer program that more quickly, accurately, and easily reconciles or balances revenue contained in a first cash drawer while at the same time building or filling a second cash drawer. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264153 | Final sale merchandise card A system for activating a merchandise card and account that permits a card user to initially purchase or reload cash value into a merchandise account using a card issued by an issuer such as a merchant, bank, or card association via a terminal, with or without a PIN... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266846 | System and method of facilitating compliance with information sharing regulations The present invention provides a system and method of facilitating compliance to one or more information sharing regulations. The present invention provides a computer system equipped with a processing unit capable of receiving input information and extracting one o... | 09/04/2007 |
