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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190500 | Runtime environment sales settlement A system may include an enterprise content settlement server including an extract, transfer and load process configured to receive a first set of usage data and a second set of usage data. The system may further include an enterprise content settlement engine config... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185455 | Auditing system with interactive rule construction user interface A system for auditing telecommunication billing data comprises a rule-construction user interface and an audit component. The rule-construction user interface comprises a plurality of rule condition parameter menus to construct an audit rule for at least one telecom... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180691 | System and method for generating optimal bill/payment schedule A method and system for generating bill payment schedule utilizes a composite pricing module to generate payment schedule over a predetermined period of time. In one aspect, a fraction of each pricing model attributing to the composite pricing model is determined. A... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160942 | Billing workflow system for crediting charges to entities creating derivatives exposure An automated billing workflow system receives credit valuation adjustment (CVA) amounts associated with derivatives trades. The automated billing workflow system interacts with an Accounting System in order to make appropriate Profit and Loss (P&L) entries for the C... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156020 | Charge managing system, image forming apparatus, charge managing server, and image forming method A charge managing system including an image forming apparatus and a charge managing server is provided. The image forming apparatus includes plural applications each configured for executing a specific process on input data, a counter unit that counts a number of re... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145548 | Food vending machine system incorporating a high speed stored energy oven A novel vending machine system integrating a food storage container and a high speed stored energy cooking oven capable of cooking foods in under one minute such as that further described by U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,028 filed on Aug. 10, 2006 as well as c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140414 | System and method for controlling a utility meter A system and method for monitoring and controlling utility meters is provided. A collar communicatively connected to the utility meter monitors power usage and provides usage data, power quality data, and other data to the utility and the customer. The system provid... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131611 | Statistics based method for neutralizing financial impact of click fraud A method, system and computer-readable medium for reducing a financial impact of click fraud are presented. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes, but is not limited to, the steps of: testing a sample of click events for fraudulent clicks of the PPC link, w... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131610 | Method and software application for computer aided customer independent cash collection using a state field in a data record Systems and methods are provided for computerized processing of invoices which a company has presented to, for example, two or more customers. The systems and methods may be configured to select, from a plurality of invoices, invoices which are due within a preselec... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121894 | Early-payment discount for e-billing system An Early Payment Discount (EPD) mechanism that enables customers to automatically receive an early payment discount for paying their invoice electronically, e.g., via electronic funds transfer (EFT), through an e-Billing system within a designated number of days fro... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117099 | Billing systems conversions A computer implemented method for converting a business account from a source billing system to a target billing system is provided. The method includes designing a conversion engine, testing the conversion engine, and executing the conversion engine to convert the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117100 | Systems and methods for managing consolidated purchasing, billing and payment information A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing purchase, billing, and payment transactions. A unique identifier of a consolidated purchase card account, issued by a service provider to a user, is accepted by a plurality of vendors as a proxy ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112328 | Secure and mediated access for E-services A system for providing secure access for a user to network accessible services. The system comprises a client software agent to generate a services request that is determined by a user. A services software agent is included and the service software agent is in elect... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112329 | Consolidating leads received from potential renters for billing a lister In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated to bill a lister using consolidated leads received from potential renters. The system and method include receiving from at least one potential renter, at least one lead directed to a property listing a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108274 | Interactive electronic bill payment system A system for coordinating the submission and processing of a bill according to predictive payment data of a plan. The system comprises a provider interface and an integrated database for receiving a predictive payment plan submitted from the provider interface. The ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103563 | System and method for monitoring, controlling, and displaying utility information A system and method for monitoring, controlling, and displaying utility information is provided. A collar communicatively connected to the utility meter monitors power usage and provides usage data, power quality data, and other data to the utility and the customer.... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099343 | Distribution schemes and related payment models for subscriber-created content Distribution schemes and related payment models and methods for subscriber-created content are described herein. The methods may include receiving content uploaded from a subscriber who created the content, and collecting a payment from the subscriber in exchange fo... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090634 | System and method for real-time pricing with volume discounting A system and method are provided for facilitating real-time pricing with volume discounting. The method includes receiving a request for a real-time price quote for a transaction from a first account. The request is received at a first instance in time during a bill... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078510 | Method, system and server for charging a prepaid account The present invention relates to prepaid services in the communication field. A method for charging a prepaid account includes: delivering the available traffic to the NAS based on the available balance of an account shared by the user and other users in response to... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073749 | Digital content billing via multiple channels Embodiments related to billing for digital content via multiple billing channels with different permissible prices are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a digital content server configured to receive from a content provider an input of a digital content ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069100 | Metered delivery of wireless power A system is disclosed for charging or billing for access to wireless power. The device requiring power communicates with the power provider and the billing method is determined. A consumer may be required to provide billing information, or if the billing information... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069099 | Systems and methods for presenting advertising content based on publisher-selected labels Systems and methods allowing publishers to define relationships between their own content items (e.g., World Wide Web pages) and content items created or maintained by other publishers. Publishers insert referral labels into their content items to indicate a referra... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065206 | Byte-based method, process and algorithm for service-oriented and utility infrastructure usage measurement, metering, and pricing A method for accounting for data processing system service usage is provided. The method comprises monitoring a total environmental consumption related to an information technology resource, determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a c... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060419 | Method and apparatus for providing separable billing services Methods and apparatus for providing separable billing services. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory for storing a data address associated with a first type of communication and a processor for receiving a data packet, the data packet comprising a dest... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055560 | Multi-company business accounting system and method for same including account payable In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method for Account Payable (AP) accounting for a multi-company group is provided. The method comprises recording a voucher with a multi-company accounting system including entering input vou... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055559 | Multi-company business accounting system and method for same including account receivable In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method for Account Receivable (AR) accounting for a multi-company accounting system is provided. The method comprises creating an invoice with the system. An interface user enters input invo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050989 | Methods, systems and computer code for finding outlier hyper cells in multidimensional hierachical data sets A method and system for identifying outlier hyper-cells in an N-dimensional hierarchical datset having dimensions {x1,…xN} are provided. In some embodiments, the method is applied recursively where (i) in accordance with outlier ‘scores,’ hypercells of a hy... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046238 | Business transaction management A method and system of managing business transactions includes receiving at least one business transaction, determining whether the business transaction satisfies at least one configurable business rule, and establishing a subsequent business transaction based on th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036962 | Systems and methods for determining payers in a billing environment Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for determining payers of cost events in a billing environment. A biller may provide billable services or goods for its customers. At least one participant may be involved in rendering the services or goods... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032432 | System and method for tracking a billing cycle A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-based engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027878 | Method and apparatus to compensate demand partners in a pay-per-call performance based advertising system One embodiment of the present invention provides a method and apparatus to track demand partners in a pay-per call performance based advertising system. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus include assigning at least one telephonic reference to an advertiser,... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027892 | System and method for automating invoice processing with positive confirmation An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which Re... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019739 | Method and system for an online-like account processing and management The present invention is embodied in an online-like transaction processing method and system for processing account information contained in batch process files, the method including: reading at least one batch file containing a plurality of records, each of the plu... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010421 | Automatic internet account authentication system and authentication card printer An automatic account generation system includes an account generator having an IP address and exhibiting an account management function, a printer and at least one apparatus capable of providing wireless Internet access. The Internet user access authentication infor... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005730 | Expense tracking, electronic ordering, invoice presentment, and payment system and method Systems and methods for tracking and billing expenses throughout a transaction, such as the sale or management of a real estate property. In one embodiment, a budget is created that details expected incomes on the property and costs associated with the sale or manag... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7991662 | Order and accounting method and system for services provided via an interactive communication network The present invention relates to a method and system for providing e-commerce and accounting services to organizations and service providers for offerings ordered by the organization via an on-line interactive communication network. In particular, the present invent... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991661 | Method and system for providing market analysis for wireless voice markets A computer-implemented method and computer system for providing market analysis for a wireless voice market. Embodiments provide convenient and effective mechanisms for obtaining wireless voice information from online bills of a panel of wireless subscribers, thereb... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987122 | Shared usage telecommunications billing system and method In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of providing a bill to a telecommunications subscriber. The method includes distributing a bill using shared account information to the telecommunications subscriber. The shared account information i... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987123 | Method and system for providing market analysis for wireless data markets A computer-implemented method and computer system for analyzing a wireless data market. Embodiments provide convenient and effective mechanisms for collecting, processing and classifying wireless data information, which may then be output to provide market analysis ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979328 | Method and system for interactive invoice inquiry A method and system for interactive invoice inquiry. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives an invoice. The present invention then stores the invoice in a network-accessible database. Next, the present invention authorizes a requester access to the... | 07/12/2011 |
