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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6950933 | Method and system for management and notification of electronic certificate changes A system for notification of a change in condition of an electronic certificate is disclosed. The system includes a certificate server comprising a processor having a computer program comprising a plurality of executable modules that are executable on the processor.... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949664 | Trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids The invention features methods for the preparation of naturally occurring trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids and their structural analogs. The invention further provides new derivatives of trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids that can be prepared according to ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947902 | Active transaction generation, processing, and routing system A method and computer system are provided for interfacing between customers and independent service providers. Customer information and transaction data are collected for transactions that may be divided into at least two subsets, with transactions in each subset be... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946542 | Amino amides, peptides and peptidomimetics Synthetic methods and compounds involving amino amides, peptides and peptidomimetics. Amino amide derivatives are prepared via the one-step three-component reaction of a glyoxamide, an amine, and an organoboron derivative. Conversion of the product to another glyoxa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947911 | Method for making contract and system for processing contract A contracting method and system are arranged to obtain description data in which a description content presented by one of the concerned parties with a contract to the other is built or data for specifying the description content before the concerned parties make an... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6948060 | Method and apparatus for monitoring encrypted communication in a network A method and apparatus for monitoring encrypted communications in a network comprising: establishing a network monitoring digital contract with a network monitoring element, establishing a network use digital contract with a first and a second network element; and t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944533 | Method of operation of a navigation system to reduce expenses on future trips and to provide other functions A navigation system includes a driving profile program. The driving profile program collects information about an end user's driving activity. The information relates to trips made by the end user. The information includes departure times, intermediate stops, arriva... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943681 | Systems and methods for the automatic registration of devices Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages co... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6927294 | Nitrogen-containing heterocycles Functionalized nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, including benzodiazepines and azasugars, and synthetic methods for preparing such compounds. Nitrogen-containing heterocycles are prepared by reacting amino-carbonyl compounds that contain an amine moiety connected via... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920429 | Method for online display and negotiation of cargo rates Freight forwarders and carriers post published rate and discount information for land, sea and air bearing cargo vessels to allow customers the opportunity to evaluate competitive prices, preferably in one consolidated location (e.g., a web site). A customer navigat... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6920564 | Methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for limiting the dissemination of electronic mail An e-mail sender client accesses an e-mail message and sets an associated “eyes-only” indicator indicating that functions that limit the opportunity to disseminate e-mail messages are to be applied to the e-mail message. The e-mail sender client then encrypts th... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6912514 | Content distribution system and a reference server A content distribution system includes a plurality of distribution servers (101-108), and a reference server (112). The reference server (112) holds URLs showing network locations of the plurality of distribution servers (101-108), and tr... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6912447 | System and method for determining weld procedures A system (100), method (200, 400, 600), or computer program product (300, 500, 700) is used to develop a set of weld procedures for welding first and second parts is provided. A desired weld associated with the first and second parts is establis... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907402 | Commodity trading system A method for buying commodities comprising identifying suppliers of commodities having surplus capacities; entering into take or pay supply agreements for a plurality of commodities with one or more of said suppliers, each of said supply agreements specifying a cost... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907532 | Communication node, communication network and method of recovering from a temporary failure of a node An IPsec-capable node 2, such as a security gateway 2, is provided for a virtual private network 1. The security gateway 2 contains a CPU 4 having a volatile memory 5 in which is stored, among other things, a security associ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898579 | System, method and article of manufacture for contract term certification utilizing a network A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for certifying contracts utilizing a network. Initially, a first and second contract is received utilizing a network. Each contract includes a plurality of terms. It is then certified that the terms of the sec... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6886000 | On-line negotiations with dynamic profiling An e-commerce mechanism tries to dynamically estimate or refine a profile of a buyer and hence change their negotiation strategy in a dynamic and an on-line manner. An e-commerce site can negotiate with a customer based on his or her profile. The e-commerce site may... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880105 | Mediation device development method Subject of the present invention is a method to develop a mediation device, which is used to convert first data to second data and vice versa. This mediation device is developed by using means to create a service which supports the mediation device functional... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868391 | Tele/datacommunications payment method and apparatus A tele/datacommunications network has a service node (TSN) (30) which facilitates payment/transfer from a customer account of a customer financial institution (80) to a merchant account of a merchant financial institution (90). The TSN (30 | 03/15/2005 |
| 6856820 | In-vehicle device for wirelessly connecting a vehicle to the internet and for transacting e-commerce and e-business An in-vehicle device data communicates with Internet based data processing resources for the purpose of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business. The in-vehicle device and the Internet based data processing resources can effectuate a wide variety of e-mail, e-... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850918 | Computerized dispute resolution system and method An automated dispute resolution administration method involves checking an authorization for a request for access to an automated dispute resolution system made using a sponsor login area. A letter is automatically generated to a party to a dispute in respons... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6850533 | Network server platform (NSP) for a hybrid coaxial/twisted pair local loop network service architecture A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence gateway controlled set-top device provides a plurality of services. One service is lifeline service which may be provided over the coaxial cable via a cable modem of the integrated residence gateway or ov... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6834272 | Privacy preserving negotiation and computation A method for secure multi-party function evaluation with a non-limiting application to the holding of auctions. The outcome of an auction can be determined by an auctioneer without learning any information about the bids, except for the bid which determines the clea... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6778872 | Transactional supply chain system and method A supply chain system including a first interface operable to allow a first individual to input first information associated with an item and a second interface operable to allow a second individual to input second information associated with a first processing of t... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6766361 | Machine-to-machine e-commerce interface using extensible markup language The present invention is a method and apparatus for the automated exchange of information, and more particularly the use of a hierarchical protocol based upon an extensible markup language (XML) in order to enable machine-to-machine communication of data related to ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6766307 | System and method for providing complete non-judicial dispute resolution management and operation A system and method for providing complete non-judicial dispute resolution management and operation. The system includes an electronic architecture which receives, sorts, and stores data related to non-judicial dispute resolution. The architecture enables implementa... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6748296 | Automated vending A vending machine is disclosed that has one or more compartments with a mechanism for dispensing a content of a compartment upon receipt of a payment. A receptacle can accept an item, from a member of the public, as content into an empty compartment and identify the... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6721716 | Payment certification string and related electronic payment system and method An electronic statement, bill presentment and payment system and method includes a customer client software program and client database, and a biller server software program and server database connected over an electronic information network. A customer enrolls wit... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6714828 | Method and system for designing a probe card A method and system for designing a probe card from data provided by prospective customers via the Internet is provided. Design specifications are entered into the system by prospective customers and compiled into a database. The collective feasibility of each set o... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6704716 | Method and system for conducting an online transaction that allows the seller and bidder to negotiate A method and system for conducting an online transaction that allows a seller and a bidder to negotiate a final sale price. The system displays information about the item. An offer is received from at least one bidder. The system enables the seller and bi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6686838 | Systems and methods for the automatic registration of devices Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6681212 | Internet-based automated system and a method for software copyright protection and sales Copyrighted software may be executed only on an authorized computer by using a protection mechanism to restrain software to a designated machine. The protection mechanism includes a CIN (Computer Identification Number) reader and a CIN verifier. The CIN r... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6671674 | Computer-based auction and sale system A computer-based method and system for executing an auction. The invention discloses a method for conducting an online auction in which a nonredeemable fee is collected from each auction participant to enter the bidder pool for a particular item. The coll... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6645718 | DNA sample collection for identification A process of collecting a sample of DNA from an individual for short-term or long term storage in the event that the DNA is required to identify the individual in the event of a cataclysmic accident. The collection of DNA sample from the individual begins... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6615109 | System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus (1) which acts autonomously recognizes... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6598026 | Methods and apparatus for brokering transactions Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating a transaction between a buyer and one of a plurality of sellers via the Internet. Product information relating to a plurality of products meeting product criteria specified by the buyer is presented via... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6594647 | Real time bank-centric universal payment system An infrastructure for a real time bank-centric universal payment system (2) in which a central processing system (CPU) defines an electronic commerce trust system (1) formed from a plurality of financial service provider members (4) subscribing to a commo... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6571222 | Trading system A trading system wherein each client and a trader respectively have a metadata generating portion for describing character string type parameters of each operation with metadata including a service type and a service type context which is supplementary in... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6553347 | Automatic virtual negotiations A method for conducting "one to one" commercial negotiations through an electronic medium such as the Internet. The negotiation process consists of sending persuasive texts to the user by the system, including discounts given by the system and responses t... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6502113 | Negotiation manager incorporating clause modification and markers for tracking negotiation progress A method for managing negotiations between parties, comprising the steps of: storing a selected document having a plurality of negotiable clauses; creating a first retrievable display relating to the document; updating the document as the clauses are modi... | 12/31/2002 |
