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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7203479 | Using a mobile station for productivity tracking A system and method for tracking productivity using a portable communication device such as a mobile station. The mobile station includes a memory storage unit for storing information related to project profiles. When a communication activity is initiated a timer is... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203749 | Contents filtering method, contents filtering apparatus and contents filtering program A contents filtering method is capable of allowing use of network resources to be filtered, within a predetermined allowable range. The contents filtering method monitors communications of contents on the network and determining whether the contents are regulated co... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200863 | System and method for serving content over a wide area network A system and method is provided for using a DNS server operating on a wide area network to enable an authorized reception device to receive (or be provided with) restricted content data associated with a particular wide area network address and redefine the domain n... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200604 | Data de-duplication Generating masks for de-duplication in a database where distributed entities provide activity data for said database. Determining from activity input data which entities add variable data to a given data field. Generating a list of the masks which effectively remove... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200255 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200747 | System for ensuring data privacy and user differentiation in a distributed file system A security module is configured to provide an owner the capability to differentiate between users. In particular, the security module is configured to generate an asymmetric read/write key pair for respectively decrypting/encrypting data for storage on a disk. The o... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200584 | Time series pattern extraction apparatus and method A first time series data includes a plurality of element sets each including numeric data and text data. A numeric key concept of the numeric data is extracted from each element set of the first time series data. A text key concept of the text data is extracted from... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200231 | Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium In an information distribution processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected through a network, at least one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses can acquire distribution information to which is added first ad... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197480 | System and method for front end business logic and validation A hybird Notes/DB2 environment provides a requisition catalog on the Web. Client browsers are connected to a GWA infrastructure including a first network dispatcher and a virtual cluster of Domino.Go servers. The network dispatcher sprays out browser requests among ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197461 | System and method for voice-enabled input for use in the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic, and interactive voice services The delivery of voice serve messages communicating financial, personal or other news telecasts may be customized according to the identity of the recipient and controlled by voice commands. A voice service bureau may generate voice messages for individual subscriber... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197468 | Method and system for processing transactions involving accounts for reimbursing medical expenses or patient responsible balances with multiple transaction substantiation modes The present invention relates to a method and system for processing transactions involving accounts for reimbursing medical expenses or patient responsible balances, wherein the accounts may be handled by multiple payors having multiple transaction substantiation re... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197508 | System and method for obtaining, evaluating, and reporting market information A computer-enabled method and related system for allowing market survey contributors to provide their relevant market information and to access that information and the information of others in the same market. Each contributor is permitted to view its own specific ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197173 | Automated check processing system with check imaging and accounting A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197716 | Litigation management system and method A computer-based user interface for accessing litigation information associated with at least one litigation case includes a home page. The home page includes a first plurality of user-selectable hyperlinks. Each hyperlink in the first plurality of hyperlinks identi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194440 | Billing method using SSL/TLS A billing method for requesting contents or data in a network in which the client or the person representing the client has a certificate for the billing method. Said certificate contains data that prove the client's identity and that facilitate establishment of a b... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194562 | Method, system, and program for throttling data transfer Disclosed is a technique for throttling data transfer. An amount of resources that are in use is determined. When the amount of resources reaches a high threshold, one or more primary control units are notified to temporarily stop sending data. When the amount of re... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194630 | Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, storage medium and program A provider side apparatus provides original digital data together with a digital signature generated by the provider side apparatus, the digital signature detecting whether the original digital data was falsified or detecting a change level given to the original dig... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191657 | Currency processing system with fitness detection A currency handling system has a limpness detector. The limpness detector has a single driven crackle roller with an elongated central bulge and two outer bulges, wherein the central bulge is in conforming relation to a flexible belt. Sheet metal guides further faci... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194250 | Method of providing credit card calling service based on camel in UMTS Provided is a method of providing a Credit Card Calling (CCC) service in a Customized Applications for Mobile networks Enhanced Logic (CAMEL)-based Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). The method defines a method of controlling the CCC service that has... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194431 | Method and apparatus for managing remittance processing within account receivables The Account Receivables System's Remittance Processing Module accepts funds in domestic and foreign currency and translates the funds into the required local currency for reporting purposes. The Remittance Processing Modules automatically generates and also performs... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190807 | Digital watermark extracting method, apparatus, program and storage medium The invention is to precisely extract a digital watermark from image data which are subjected to embedding of the digital watermark in a state of a binary image and are then converted into a multi-value image (gray scale image). For attaining the foregoing ob... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187795 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188003 | System and method for securing energy management systems A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7185807 | System and method for tracking a mobile worker A system and method of providing employers with an accessible system and convenient method for tracking the work of mobile workers. By obtaining customer biometric data upon the initiation and conclusion of a work session, an employer may ensure that a customer is b... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188113 | Reducing contention by slaves for free lists when modifying data in a table partition Provided herein are techniques that may be used to dramatically increase parallism for distributed DML operations. The work of distributed DML operations are distributed in a way that reduces or eliminates contention for free lists. Scalability is improved because a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184526 | Telephone-based selection, ordering, and billing of digital content delivered via a network A content delivery system for delivering digital multimedia content to a premise appliance of a user comprises an intelligent voice response (IVR) unit which is responsive via a public switched telephone network to a premise telephone of the user. The IVR unit prese... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181443 | System and method for supporting a tariff code selection The present invention provides a system for supporting a tariff code selection. The system comprises a database for storing commodity codes for the commodities in association with tariff codes used in an importing country, said database being searched using the comm... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181420 | Methods and systems for online self-service receivables management and automated online receivables dispute resolution A computer-implemented and Internet-based method of managing Accounts Receivable (AR) information includes steps of receiving a customer request for remote Internet access to AR information (such as pending invoices) owned by vendor; retrieving the customer's AR inf... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181411 | Method for selling upgrade packages in papermaking A method for optimizing a production unit, which unit is a unit or a group of units in a papermaking, cardboard, or converting process. The method comprises the steps of analyzing the initial production features, determining the objectives of the production performa... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181501 | Remote data acquisition, transmission and analysis system including handheld wireless equipment A remote data acquisition, transmission and analysis system including handheld wireless equipment to obtain operational data and the status of remote machines is disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with the remote machines from which ope... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181405 | Electronic tender system A coding function section in a bidder sub-system is supplied with a code parameter that corresponds to a bid to be offered, and the bid is coded using the code parameter. A tender opening system decodes received bids using a decode parameter corresponding to a highe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177840 | Method and system for processing images for a check sorter A system for imaging checks is provided that includes an image capture host and a database. The image capture host is coupled to a sorter that is operable to sort a plurality of checks, to retrieve data from the checks and to record digital images of the checks. The... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178102 | Representing latent data in an extensible markup language document Methods and systems allow style and other formatting settings to remain latent until one or more particular style or formatting settings is instantiated by a user. Data representing each latent style or formatting object is persisted in a data structure apart from t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177836 | Method and system for facilitating financial transactions between consumers over the internet A method for enabling two individual consumers to complete a transaction that includes payment from one consumer (the payor, or buyer) to another consumer (the payee, or seller). An intermediary typically operates the service over a computer network of nodes, such a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177831 | System and method for selecting and purchasing stocks via a global computer network The invention is in the field of using a computer to provide automated investment allocation advice, selection of investment securities, customization of the automated advice, execution of investment securities, maintenance/monitoring of investment portfolios and re... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177830 | On-line payment system An on-line payment system comprises a computer system which can maintain accounts in a database for a plurality of users. The system is enrolled as a payee in a bill payment system so that users can transfer funds from their bank accounts to electronic cash accounts... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177828 | Method and apparatus for managing account receivables An Accounts Receivable System (ARS) provides an option to a client to outsource the client's accounts receivable function. The ARS is divided into five separate modules, which includes a Credit Inquiry Module, a Remittance Processing Module, an Accounts Receivable C... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177042 | Facsimile apparatus and account-selling system using the same An account-settling system comprises a buyer-side facsimile apparatus and a seller-side facsimile apparatus. These facsimile apparatuses are connected to the Internet through LANs, respectively. The buyer-side facsimile apparatus comprises, in addition to a facsimil... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175072 | Strategies for handling transactions based on policies A transaction handling system and associated method are described for handling transactions based on a plurality of rule sets that apply to point sets (where the point sets contain points that can be consumed for goods and services, or have some other end-use connot... | 02/13/2007 |
