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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7164884 | Method and system for interfacing a machine controller and a wireless network A wireless interface module interfaces a machine control system, such as a vending machine controller, with one of plural wireless networks through one of plural removably coupled wireless transceivers. Communication between geographically distributed vending machin... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162459 | Method and system for estimating weights of mailpieces A weight estimating system for estimating the weight of a mailpiece and a postage metering system including such a weight estimating system. The weight estimating system includes a measuring system, a diverter mechanism and a microprocessor system. The measuring sys... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161108 | System and method for routing imaged documents Systems and methods for sorting, scanning and routing imaged documents are described. In one configuration, incoming mixed white mail is sorted and coded, then extracted and scanned using the code to separate items. The separate imaged documents are then routed usin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159210 | Performing secure and insecure computing operations in a compartmented operating system A process 23 runs directly on a host operating system 22, until the process 23 attempts an operation which can affect security of the host operating system 22 (such as loading a kernel module or using system privileges). A guest operating... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155455 | Method and system for business information networks Sharing business information. Establishing a plurality of user access profiles visible. Establishing small-to-medium enterprise (SME) client processes operative upon user direction, in accordance with the access profiles, to perform at least one of: access SME suppl... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155441 | Fuzzy relations and graph structures for compact description and modification A method permitting compact ways to update relationships between entities in an audiovideo sequence, or serial set of sequences, the method comprising: writing a description between the entities, the description containing relations; determining the relations that m... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155321 | System, method and computer program product for remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuring and reprogramming A remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuration and reprogramming tool is provided. The system includes a fleet of vehicles equipped with wireless mobile communications means that enable fleet managers to remotely diagnose, monitor and reprogram vehicles in ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152778 | Collecting and valuating used items for sale Data is collected and aggregated regarding a particular used item for sale, e.g., automobiles, which is in turn validated and normalized with respect to pre-determined identification models. A historical report may be generated to provide an assessment of value base... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149696 | System and method for accepting information from information providers, mediating the received information, and providing mediated information to information beneficiaries The object of this invention is to offer an information mediating system which can mediate the specific information out of the received information from an information provider. The specific information is information which fulfills the objective specification. This... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7150017 | System and method for scheduling digital information transmission and retransmission on a network during time slots The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149700 | Method of determining task costs for activity based costing models A method of carrying out activity based costing in a professional practice, such as a healthcare practice or hospital is provided. The costs of activities involving an operator are calculated based on the time the operators should be expected to spend on a task, and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149423 | Lens apparatus diagnostic system, diagnostic program, record medium, lens diagnostic system and controller diagnostic system The lens apparatus diagnostic system, the diagnostic program, the record medium, the lens diagnostic system and the controller diagnostic system have the effects of, by connecting a personal computer to a TV lens and having a diagnosis of the TV lens performed by th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143062 | Electronic cash eliminating payment risk A system and method for permitting gold or other commodities to circulate as currency requires a network of system users that participate in financial transactions where payment is made in units of gold. The gold is kept in secure storage at a deposit site for the b... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139721 | Scheduling delivery of products via the internet Methods and apparatus for scheduling delivery of an order via a wide area network. A computer system associates a customer point value with each customer according to a customer point system. The customer point values is determined with reference to customer order d... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139616 | Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies An apparatus and system are disclosed for real-time monitoring and control of field assets. A monitoring device may be coupled to a field asset to determine the occurrence of one or more error conditions. Error conditions may be detected either as they occur or by t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138919 | Identification marking and method for applying the identification marking to an item A method for processing a surface of an item and providing an association using a surface processing system includes receiving an item having a first identification marking on a surface of the item to provide a received item for providing a first identification sign... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137114 | Dynamically transferring license administrative responsibilities from a license server to one or more other license servers At least a portion of the administrative responsibilities of one license server is transferred from the one license server to one or more other license servers. These responsibilities include the management of software licenses. This transfer is performed dynamicall... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136832 | Supply chain visibility for real-time tracking of goods A commerce visibility network allows for the collection and distribution of real-time location and status information regarding the movement of goods and assets through a supply chain. Items and/or conveyances may be individually tagged using radio frequency identif... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136825 | Work assignment system and method, distributed client/server system, and computer program storage A work assignment system for assigning and composing a work formed from a plurality of work standards to a plurality of stations. A display displays the names of the plurality of work standards as composition targets. A composition condition is input. The plurality ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134096 | System and method for design, procurement and manufacturing collaboration A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133882 | Method and apparatus for creating and using a master catalog A method for updating a master product attribute catalog database for consumer response modeling is provided. Data is received from at least one source of product data. A data integrity check is preformed on the received data. A reconciliation is performed between t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133848 | Dynamic pricing system The present invention provides a dynamic pricing system that generates pricing recommendations for each product in each market. In particular, the system normalizes historic pricing and sales data, and then analyzes this historic data using parameters describing the... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131468 | Method for creating a ready-to-use product from a concentrated form A method for creating a ready-to-use product from a concentrated form comprises providing a source of locally supplied diluent to a dispenser having a fill station, providing a container of first concentrate at a remote site, providing a first product container, ide... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130811 | Apparatus for merchandise promotion optimization Apparatus and method for determining an optimum promotion plan for merchandising of products for sale. A scenario/results processor enables a user to prescribe an optimization scenario, and presents the optimum promotion plan to the user, where the optimum promotion... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130804 | Method of supporting sales and maintenance of steam traps and aggregating system for use in the method Disclosed is a system for supporting sales and maintenance activities of steam traps by a seller of the traps to a customer. The system utilizes an aggregating system which effects a step of inputting stored diagnostic result data and model confirmation result data ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130889 | Method of printing information by a network kiosk A method of printing information by a network kiosk which prints web page information, designed for printing on standard width paper, on narrower receipt paper. The method includes the steps of receiving a command to print information in a displayed web page, obtain... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128433 | Guest check presenter A guest check presenter has a top cover and bottom cover hinged together along a common binding to define a booklet. A holder is provided on the inside of the booklet for placement of a check for delivery to a patron, such as at the end of a meal in a restaurant. A ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127433 | Method for generating pay-per-page pricing data for managed printer services A method is disclosed for generating pricing data for managed computer printer services for a user of a fleet of computer printer devices over a contract time period including first selecting between two possible pricing models, pay-per-page with minimums or pay-per... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127428 | Dynamic business relationship establishment in a public wireless LAN environment An operator of a network (20) dynamically establishes a business relationship with a Billing Agent (26) to enable the network operator to receive reimbursement for access charges incurred by one or more users (121, 122 | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127328 | System and method for federated security in an energy management system A system and method are disclosed for providing authentication of data source and integrity between applications and users in different Non Affiliated Entities/organizations while limiting access to resources between private networks of energy management devices. A ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124116 | Method for performing market-adapted price planning A method for performing market-adapted price planning for a plurality of target products including determining a current price for each target product of the target products, obtaining market prices for a plurality of products competitive to each of the target produ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124094 | Print system, service system, data server, master server, print client system and printer A print system for use through a network comprises a service system connected to the network and having a storage section in which a plurality of data are stored in a plurality of data storing locations; and a printer client system connected to the network and havin... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120611 | Integrated electronic scale, and a system and method which uses the scale automatically to compute postal/carrier rates An electronic scale integrally formed within the housing of a piece of office equipment increases a user's work space in a home or business environment. The piece of equipment may be a personal computer or one of its peripheral devices. A mailing system automaticall... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120640 | Formal verification of semantic DS A method for use in classifying, storage and retrieval of audiovisual information. The method uses the elements of a semantic description to describe arbitrary structure related to the audiovisual information. The method includes: (1) providing entities describing n... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120589 | System and method for managing customer experience information A system and method for managing experience information are disclosed. The system and method allow an organization to manage a plurality of issues and the organization's responsiveness to those issues. Moreover, the system and method allow an experience database to ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119716 | Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with a computer-based notification system and a personal communications device (e.g., telephone, pager, computer, PDA, etc.) associated with a party. One such representative response method,... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118026 | Apparatus, method, and system for positively identifying an item A system, such as a checkout station, for positively identifying items includes a reader that reads coded information affixed to an item. The system further includes a capture module, such as a camera. The capture module captures a visual characteristic of the item ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117527 | Device, system, and method for capturing email borne viruses A device, system, and method for capturing email borne viruses are disclosed. In one form an input device such as a keyboard, coupled to a system includes an email function button and a identification key uniquely identifying the keyboard. The keyboard's identificat... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117174 | Capital analysis tool for medical diagnostic systems and institutions The present technique is associated with financial analysis of a capital investment in medical resources. The technique allows a client to interact with a remote financial analysis system via a network interface, and to enter and transmit client data associated with... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117165 | Operating resource management system A software system efficiently procures operating resources within an enterprise. A requisition record generating module generates a requisition record for a requisition. The requisition record indicates at least an operating resource that a requestor desires to purc... | 10/03/2006 |
