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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6496809 | Electronic ticketing system and method The present disclosure provides a method of electronically exchanging tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers located at remote terminals. The method comprises associating the tickets with authentication data of the... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6490601 | Server for enabling the automatic insertion of data into electronic forms on a user computer Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for constructing and transmitting an executable software module on a personal information server to a remote computer. The software module is constructed such that once received by a browser ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6487542 | Method and apparatus for managing electronic money and storage for storing an electronic money management program According to the present invention, when electronic money is sent from a given network to another network, a money change apparatus performs a money change process to change electronic money current on the given network into electronic money current on an... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6484153 | System and method for managing third-party input to a conditional purchase offer (CPO) A central controller receives an offer signal including at least one condition signal. The offer signal defines an offer having at least one condition from a customer. The central controller also receives a payment identifier signal for specifying an acco... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480861 | Distributed adaptive computing A system and a method for managing, organizing, and allocating service providers in the operational environment of a distributed computer network by applying trade and price mechanisms to a plurality of resource allocation decisions. Local resource alloca... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6453306 | Internet commerce method and apparatus A system that permits commercial transactions over a network of computers is described. In one example, the network of computers supports communications between business relation data structures. The business relation data structures reflect credit relati... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6427140 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed an... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6389402 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed an... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6360205 | Obtaining and utilizing commercial information In accordance with the present invention, a method for providing reservation information related to airline flights, lodging, transportation and the like using a communications network is disclosed. In one embodiment, access to a server machine is divided... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6341264 | Adaptation system and method for E-commerce and V-commerce applications Electronic commerce (E-commerce) and Voice commerce (V-commerce) proceeds by having the user speak into the system. The user's speech is converted by speech recognizer into a form required by the transaction processor that effects the electronic commerce ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6338050 | System and method for providing and updating user supplied context for a negotiations system A multivariate negotiations engine for international transaction processing which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows a buyer/participant to search and ev... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6336105 | System and method for representing data and providing electronic non-repudiation in a negotiations system An electronic non-repudiation multivariate negotiations engine for iterative bargaining which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows a buyer/participant to s... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332135 | System and method for ordering sample quantities over a network A multivariate negotiations engine for ordering sample quantities which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows a buyer/participant to search and evaluate sel... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6330551 | Computerized dispute resolution system and method A computerized system for automated dispute resolution through an Intranet website via the Internet or other communications linkage for communicating and processing a series of demands to satisfy a claim made by or on behalf of a claimant or other person ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321209 | System and method for providing a dynamic advertising content window within a window based content manifestation environment provided in a browser System and method for providing a dynamic advertising content manifestation window within a windows based content manifestation environment provided within a web browser. The system and method include and involve an server system configured to transmit a ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6289325 | Computer system, message monitoring method and associated message transmission method The customer agent 9 transmits a search request 15a to a manager 4, which in turn transmits a search request 15b to a shop agent 5. The shop agent 5 transmits a product information service message 16a to the manager 4. The manager 4 transmits a product in... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6269349 | Systems and methods for protecting private information A system protects private information provided in an exchange between a client and a server. The system receives the private information from the client and determines whether it is of a type to which a bond may be assigned. The bond provides an indemnity... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6263348 | Method and apparatus for identifying the existence of differences between two files A method and apparatus identifies the existence of differences between two files on a personal computer, such as two versions of a Windows registry file. Some or all of each of the files are hashed into a four byte value per file, and each hash is combine... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6236972 | Method and apparatus for facilitating transactions on a commercial network system A method and device for using a computer to facilitate a transaction of secondary market shares of an investment company such as a mutual fund between a buyer and a seller, having the steps of: a customer determining the mutual fund to be traded receiving... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6216116 | System and method for handling permits A method for handling permits, comprising the steps of: (A) a gatekeeper presents a gatekeeper's permit including an authorization to ask for a user's permit; (B) a user checks the validity of the gatekeeper's permit. If the permit is valid, then go to st... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205436 | Trusted agents for open electronic commerce where the transfer of electronic merchandise or electronic money is provisional until the transaction is finalized A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both trusted agents are capable of establishing a first... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6157920 | Executable digital cash for electronic commerce The invention provides techniques for implementing secure transactions using an instrument referred to as "executable digital cash." In an illustrative embodiment, a first user generates a piece of digital cash representing an offer made by that user. The... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6141653 | System for interative, multivariate negotiations over a network A multivariate negotiations engine for iterative bargaining which: enables a sponsor to create and administer a community between participants such as buyers and sellers having similar interests; allows a buyer/participant to search and evaluate seller in... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6134536 | Methods and apparatus relating to the formulation and trading of risk management contracts Methods and apparatus which deal with the management of risk relating to specified, yet unknown, future events are disclosed. `Sponsor` stakeholders specify a particular product relating to an event or phenomenon for which there is a range of possible future o... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6085178 | Apparatus and method for communicating between an intelligent agent and client computer process using disguised messages An intelligent agent and its client communicate using a selector known by both parties to generate and interpret messages and thereby effectively disguise confidential information transmitted in the messages from third parties. Moreover, a neural network ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6055519 | Framework for negotiation and tracking of sale of goods A computer implemented system and process are provided for negotiation and tracking of sale of goods. In this system and process, a negotiation engine (16) operates to store data representing a current state (18) of a negotiation between a seller and buye... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6026163 | Distributed split-key cryptosystem and applications A distributed split-key cryptosystem and application in a public-key setting wherein each of a plurality of trustees independently selects his own secret-public key pair. The trustees combine their public encryption keys into a single public encryption ke... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5987440 | Personal information security and exchange tool Utilization of the E-Metro Community and Personal Information Agents assure an effective and comprehensive agent-rule based command and control of informational assets in a networked computer environment. The concerns of informational privacy and informat... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5949876 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed an... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5878139 | Method for electronic merchandise dispute resolution A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both trusted agents are capable of establishing a first... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5850442 | Secure world wide electronic commerce over an open network A network of users and servers of a type found in the Internet system is extended to permit secure electronic commercial transactions to be accomplished. The network is extended to include a public key infrastructure and electronic transactions can be sec... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5809144 | Method and apparatus for purchasing and delivering digital goods over a network A method for purchasing and delivering goods over a network is comprised of the steps of identifying a digital good to be purchased. A purchase price for the digital good is negotiated. After the negotiation step, an authenticated purchase request is sent... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5794207 | Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate buyer-driven conditional purchase offers The present invention is a method and apparatus for effectuating bilateral buyer-driven commerce. The present invention allows prospective buyers of goods and services to communicate a binding purchase offer globally to potential sellers, for sellers conv... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5790669 | Lightweight non-repudiation system and method A system and method is disclosed that provides lightweight non-repudiability for networked computer systems. Each party to a two-party communication maintains hashes on its incoming and outgoing messages. At its discretion, either party can request that t... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5666420 | Simultaneous electronic transactions A communication method between a first and second party, in the presence of a trusted party, that enables a transaction in which the second party receives a first value produced by the first party and unpredictable to the second party if and only if the f... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5642419 | Method for acquiring and revalidating an electronic credential A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both trusted agents are capable of establishing a first... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5615269 | Ideal electronic negotiations There is described an electronic communications method between a first party and a second party, with assistance from at least a plurality of trustees, enabling an electronic transaction in which the first party having a selling reservation price (SRP) an... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5553145 | Simultaneous electronic transactions with visible trusted parties A number of electronic communications methods are described involving a first and a second party, with assistance from at least a trusted party, enabling electronic transactions in which the first party has a message for the second party. The first party,... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5553143 | Method and apparatus for electronic licensing The present invention allows for the electronic management and enforcement of software licenses. The present invention can be used in a network or non-network environment to facilitate product licensing and upgrades. Further, the present invention accommo... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5479509 | Method for signature of an information processing file, and apparatus for implementing it The invention relates to a method for signature of a primary information processing file (FP), of the type consisting of causing circuits of an information processing device (1, 3, 4) to calculate at least one signature (SG) of the file, by using at least... | 12/26/1995 |
