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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| 8140397 | System and method for monitoring production of agricultural products In harvesting an agricultural product from a field to allow for later identification of a specific section of field where the harvesting occurred, harvest source information is inputted. A first Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate corresponding to a first loc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8082281 | Notification system and method A dispatching system adjusts resources to meet real-time changes in demand. When a customer requests service, a work assignment is generated and sent to an employee. When a customer cancels the requested service, a cancellation code is sent to the employee. The canc... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7844489 | Buyer-driven targeting of purchasing entities A method for buyer-driven targeting comprising the steps of: separately receiving from each of a plurality of buyer entities a respective third party proof of purchase record; entering information contained in the received proof of purchase records into a searchable... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7822641 | Method and apparatus for monitoring game play A bet detection system which may execute on a computer based processing device is disclosed for use with DID tokens to detect unwanted or unfair betting patterns by players. The system utilizes a table equipped with DID token detection antenna associated with the on... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7401130 | Click fraud prevention Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for detecting, by an agent trusted by a merchant and a search engine, a click on an advertisement displayed by the search engine, are described herein. The trusted agent may further determine that a transaction of th... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7363248 | Pre-filling order forms for transactions over a communications network Communications between participants over a communications link are proxied by an intermediary, such as an Integrated Order Mechanism (IOM). Participants interact with each other through the IOM. The IOM may be transparent to the participants such that they are not a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7324958 | Information administering system for an eating house A customer of an eating house orders refreshments by pressing a first touch panel provided at a customer's seat, watching a liquid-crystal monitor on which a menu of the refreshment and an average cooking time thereof are displayed. A cook inputs cooking-state infor... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320072 | Method and token for authenticating a control point A method is provided for authenticating an action between a control point and a user. A token which performs authentication is presented to the control point. The control point may be authenticated by using the token. The token may include a communication portion th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308420 | Co-branded internet service provider and retailer internet service site with retailer-offered incentives for member use A system and method for a retailer to sell merchandise over the Internet in affiliation with an Internet service provider. The co-branded Internet site is accessible through the Internet service site of the Internet service provider. The co-branded Internet site inc... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305467 | Autonomous tracking wireless imaging sensor network including an articulating sensor and automatically organizing network nodes A wireless integrated network sensor (WINS) system is provided that integrates articulating tracking systems with WINS network components including visual or infrared sensors and imaging devices to enable precise tracking and targeting of objects moving through a se... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287165 | IC card, portable terminal, and access control method An IC card 16 according to the present invention is provided with an electronic value storing means, a request acquiring means, a verifying means, and an output means. The request acquiring means acquires an access request from display application 151 ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7277961 | Method and system for obscuring user access patterns using a buffer memory A method and system for obscuring user requests for information in a computer network. A user request for information, aimed at another network member, is routed to a first cache memory. If the first cache memory contains the requested information, the cache returns... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274291 | Dynamic and hybrid RFID Disclosed is an active or dynamic RFID tag that actively provides current status information regarding a particular item, as well as mechanisms for recognizing dynamic RFID information read from such RFID tag. Static identifying information regarding the particular ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7206937 | IC card, portable terminal, and access control method An IC card 16 according to the present invention is provided with an electronic value storing means, a request acquiring means, a verifying means, and an output means. The request acquiring means acquires an access request from display application 151 ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194473 | Application platform development environment A method for deploying a web-based application from a development site to a client site is described in which procedural logic of the web-based application is captured as declarative statements and stored in database objects managed by the database server. During op... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7156306 | Computer operation control and item selection and vending methods and systems A signal is transmitted into a computer in response to an image on a display screen of the computer such that the computer operates in response to the signal; this includes moving a scanner in optical communication with the display screen such that the scanner detec... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7136915 | System for communicating through maps A communications system to post arbitrary information to any geographical region simply by outlining the region on a map in the system's user interface and attaching the information to the outlined region is provided. The outlined region can be of any size, e.g., a ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7096204 | Electronic commerce system A method of brokering a transaction between a consumer and a vendor by a broker, wherein the consumer, the broker and the vendor are all attached to a public network, the consumer having a secure token containing a true consumer identity. The method comprising the s... | 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 |
| 7079994 | Method and system for producing semiconductor devices A user is requested to input specifications of a semiconductor device. Based on the specifications, a plurality of circuit patterns are generated by a CP method, and a design parameter is calculated for each of the circuit patterns. The user is provided with informa... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7028254 | System and method for providing a marketing presentation According to an embodiment of the present invention, a web page can be dynamically created by a non-technical person. A technical person can set up a web page and incorporate marketing object containers. A non-technical person, such as a marketing person, then decid... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6871780 | Scalable distributed database system and method for linking codes to internet information An end-user is directed to a location on the Internet based on machine-readable codes scanned by the end user. The end-user is associated with at least one of the following: an end-user country selection, and end-user language selection, a service category, an acces... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6865544 | Method of administering a rebate system In a method of administering a rebate system, rebate-related information is electronically transmitted from a rebate issuing entity and is received by a central processing authority. The rebate-related information includes information identifying a consumer and info... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6822550 | Intelligent rolled coin dispenser A money dispensing apparatus includes a controller, an electronic communication network and at least one dispensing unit. The money dispensing apparatus may also include a keyboard, a display, and an uninterruptible power supply. Each dispensing unit may include at ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6807410 | Electronic payment process and system for implementing this process Electronic payment process and system for implementing such a process. Customer equipment is mobile equipment, for example of the GSM type. In addition to the customer (C) and the merchant (M), a gateway (P) participates in the transaction, authenticates the ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6760706 | Point of sales systems for vehicles A novel point of sales systems for vehicles. The systems are comprised of a housing attachable to the exterior of the vehicle which contains components of the system which are interactive with regard to the customer. Another embodiment of the invention is a two hous... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6687680 | Electronic cash register system Weight data of articles for sale is stored and a total weight is calculated every order. Measured weight of the prepared articles in a package is compared with the calculated total weight. If the measured weight substantially disagrees with the calculated... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6669832 | Electronic transaction system A request for a commodity that each office in an organization needs is sent from a terminal in the office to a general affairs service center in the organization. The request is then sent to a VAN center where it is entered into databases and appears in a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666373 | Electronic cash register An operator number acquiring code is set in the macro-key data with correspondence to a macro-key. If the macro-key is depressed and there is the operator number acquiring code, the operator (logged on) number is supplied to the following key decode proce... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6606663 | Method and apparatus for caching credentials in proxy servers for wireless user agents A credential caching proxy server that handles credential caching for a set of wireless client devices is disclosed. The credential caching proxy server handles most credential transactions for wireless client devices that wish to access resources within ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6553346 | Conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system for packages A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system for receiving and processing CPOs for packages of component goods or services. The package CPO management system preferably deconstructs an overall package CPO into component CPOs which are individually... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6492977 | Keyboard An improved keyboard comprises a base, and a plurality of keys, and a grid surrounding some of the keys which can be projected onto a screen, and in which some of the keys control the functions of others of the keys.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6047235 | Vehicular navigation system The invention provides a vehicular navigation system which is capable of lowering the cost of detecting road data stored in order in the outgoing trip, using the road data as resources in the return trip, and determining a route meeting the requirements o... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6032128 | Method and apparatus for detecting item placement and item removal during operation of a self-service checkout terminal A method of providing security during operation of a checkout terminal, with the terminal having a first scale, includes the step of storing a first identification code associated with an input item in a memory in response to entry of the input item into ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6026373 | Method of sending messages to an electronic price label A method of sending information to an electronic price label (EPL) for display which requires only one message to be sent to the EPL. Second information is recorded in response to an operator request to change first information displayed by the EPL. The s... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6012049 | System for performing financial transactions using a smartcard A financial information and transaction system comprising a host financial computer system, which host system maintains records of user account information; at least one terminal providing a user interface for accessing the host financial computer system,... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6011550 | Method and system for expanding and contracting point of sale scrolling lists Provided is a method and system for displaying a list of items in point of sale transactions on a touch screen user interface by virtually adjusting the display area of a touch screen user interface. The method and system achieve the forgoing by the follo... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6006201 | Electronic on-line motor vehicle auction and information system An electronic auction and motor vehicle auction information system allows remote users to interactively participate in motor vehicle auction sales of motor vehicles using a personal computer. Additional user applications associated with the system permit ... | 12/21/1999 |
