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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373322 | Two-way wireless communication system for financial industry transactions A method for providing assured communication in a two-way wireless financial exchange data communication system. An instruction signal for wireless transmission between a first device and a second device includes an assigned sequence number and an adjustable hierarc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7323842 | Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine has a housing with a shaft mounted rotatably in it. A rotor is fixed to the shaft and has a plurality of magnetic poles. A stator is positioned about the rotor and has a winding. A switch is mounted within the housing and has a first po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310051 | Bond trading system A computer-implemented, transaction-making, municipal bond trading system having a capability to conduct a private electronic auction of bid wanteds between a central brokers' broker and multiple prospective remote bidders and to maintain a reference database of acc... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7281040 | Diagnostic/remote monitoring by email A network device for use in a communication system having a technical support center operated by a technical support staff, the technical support center being in communication with the network device through a packet switching network. The network device includes on... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7246046 | Computer-implemented trademark brokerage network A computer-implemented method and system is provided for brokering trademarks between trademark owners and potential trademark buyers. The method and system receive trademarks from potential sellers and obtain identification descriptions associated with each of the ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243083 | Electronic spread trading tool A versatile and efficient electronic spread trading tool to be used when buying and selling comparable commodities either simultaneously or in conjunction with one another. The spread trading tool involves a method of displaying, on an electronic display device, the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224802 | Wireless communication device, and method for controlling the same, which authenticates partner device when connecting thereto When having been set into, for example, a mode for registering a Bluetooth device address (BD_ADDR) in accordance with the Bluetooth Standard or a mode for registering a Personal Identification Number (PIN) code in accordance with the Bluetooth Standard, a wireless ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212993 | Security receipts management system A computer system for managing, creating, and support of a novel investment instrument, known as a Security Receipt. This receipt provides translation of ownership of plural underlying securities to the holder of the receipt in a seamless and efficient way. The syst... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206755 | Method, apparatus and article-of-manufacture for the creation, issuance, valuation/pricing, trading and exercise of options for attendance rights, and derivative instruments thereon Computer-related methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to permit/facilitate the creation, marketing, and/or distribution of options to purchase tickets to a particular future event, particularly an elimination format competition, when the chosen competi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7116707 | Modem failover without call loss A modem, multiple modem system, and method for operating each is disclosed. Modems in a multiple-modem system save their internal state information in a remote state memory. In the event of a modem failure, a resource controller transfers data-handling to a second a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110975 | Order matching system A order matching system which allows users to define and modify buy/sell order schedules for execution within one or more transaction destinations. The system uses order schedules and associated evaluation heuristics to evaluate and update order characteristics such... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096662 | Variable area throat exhaust nozzle with vectorable sideways shifting of exhaust flow A nozzle includes a sideways split and aftwardly swept nozzle ramp extends between a fixed lower nozzle wall and a pivotal upper nozzle wall pivotally connected to an aft end of the nozzle and operable to vary a throat area of a throat of the nozzle. The upper and l... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091830 | Subterranean two-wire power and communications network A combination of frequency and time division multiplexed signals communicates using bursts of higher frequency sinusoidal waves superimposed upon the alternating current in a two-wire power distribution network. A synchronization pattern precedes data, all bursts ha... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082398 | Media wall for displaying financial information A system dynamically displays graphic identifier information, such as corporate logos, and value information for financial instruments, such as recent trade information, on a video wall having several monitors arranged to form a larger display. The system has input ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7072408 | Method and system for using power lines for signaling, telephony and data communications The present invention provides a burst mode power line data network system having at least one burst mode power line transmitter (BMPLT) and at least one burst mode power line receiver (BMPLR) for enabling signaling, telephony and data communications via power lines... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055307 | Vectorable nozzle with sideways pivotable ramp A vectorable nozzle includes a longitudinally extending upper fixed wall spaced upwardly and aftwardly of a longitudinally extending lower fixed wall and an aftwardly swept fixed ramp extending between the upper and lower fixed walls. The upper and lower fixed walls... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049939 | Power line carrier system The power line carrier system provides with a filter in a power branch apparatus removable from an external power line. The filter passes a power line carrier signal in a signal mode for the external power line, and interrupts another power line carrier signal which... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050981 | Data health monitor for financial information communications networks A financial communications network incorporating a data health monitor is provided that includes a plurality of data sources, a plurality of data collection systems, a client site terminal and a network connecting these components. Each data collection system includ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6965442 | Document information communicating system A document information communicating system having: a sending apparatus for sending document information which is divided into a plurality of pages; and a receiving apparatus for receiving the document information and displaying the received document information. Th... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963855 | Apparatus and method for automated display of market activity Thermographs and top mover lists as displays of market motion. Displays for time-dependent information. Thermographs comprising display areas on computer screens, the display areas divided into cells, tick times for a security stored in memory, color values calculat... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6963856 | Automated price improvement protocol processor Data processing systems and methods for managing transactions in auction-based trading of specialized items such as fixed income instruments are presented. The data processing system provides a highly structured trading protocol implemented through a sequence of tra... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6956463 | Method and apparatus for providing both power and communication over two wires between multiple low voltage AC devices A system master unit is connected to a 24V AC power source. One or more slave units is connected to the master unit by a power/communication line. Bulk capacitance in the master and slave units stores power during a power source positive half cycle. When the source ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941280 | Determining intra-day net asset value of an actively managed exchange traded fund A system for determining an intra-day net asset value proxy of an actively managed exchanged traded fund and the like includes a trusted computer system that has a physical hardware and operating system configuration in which domain configuration and trust relations... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928300 | Method and apparatus for automated flexible configuring of notifications and activation A preferences option maintains preferences for enabling and disabling notifications for device(s) of an electronic device. The notifications are for any of e-mails, phone calls, or other communications, or events (datebook alarms, for example). One or more devices m... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918037 | Method and apparatus for command perception by data value sequencing, allowing a bounded total amount of spurious data A system and method for peripheral control. The present invention relates to utilizing device address call sequencing for control of active memory bus peripheral devices, allowing for a bounded amount of spurious data in the sequence. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912276 | Modem on hold A modem to modem communication system supports call waiting services by exchanging hold request and acknowledge signals before relinquishing the line servicing incoming calls. Thereafter, the modem to modem session is reestablished without having to redial. The hold... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6876309 | Bond trading system A computer-implemented, transaction-making, municipal bond trading system having a capability to conduct a private electronic auction of bid wanteds between a central brokers' broker and multiple prospective remote bidders and to maintain a reference database of acc... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6741856 | Communique system for virtual private narrowcasts in cellular communication networks The communiqué system for private virtual narrowcasts operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide private virtual narrowcast communication services, that are initiated by a narrowcast host, to subscribers. The Communiqué can be unidirectional... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6687498 | Communique system with noncontiguous communique coverage areas in cellular communication networks The communique system for cellular communication networks that operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The Communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interacti... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6681115 | Communique subscriber handoff between a narrowcast cellular communication network and a point-to-point cellular communication network The communique system for cellular communication networks operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The Communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interactive) i... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6594498 | Communique system for cellular communication networks The communique system for cellular communication networks operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interactive) i... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6484023 | Apparatus of a wireless electronic account book An apparatus and a control system to communicate with a portable wireless communication device to act as an electronic account book. The system comprises: an information providing dealer to provide a personal bank savings; an information transmission deal... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6304746 | Method and system for providing formatted information via a two-way communications system A method and system for providing formatted information via a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of cell sites. The method includes the steps of storing a plurality of page templates each having a page identifier and at least one inf... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6272531 | Method and system for recognizing and acting upon dynamic data on the internet A method for recognizing and acting upon dynamic data in a computer network such as the Internet. The method begins by having the user (at a machine connected to the computer network) define at least one data source that he or she is interested in monitor... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6211795 | Receiver having capability of selective storage of received message A signal transmitted from an information service carrier is received b an antenna, and tuned and detected by an RF unit. The detected signal is demodulated and then supplied to a decoder unit. It is judged whether a distinction ID code coincides with the ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6167235 | Method and apparatus for providing additional information to a selective call device about a broadcast A technique is used in a selective call communication system (100) and in a broadcast communication system (106) to provide additional information about a broadcast to a selective call device (111). A broadcast receiver (109) receives a broadcast that inc... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6114969 | Method in a selective call radio for presenting advertisement messages and coupons A SCR (122) capable of communicating with a communications center (102) includes a RF receiver (304), a presentation circuit (313), and a processor (308). The processor is adapted to select an advertisement source from a plurality of advertisement sources... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6081200 | Single ID radio pager for receiving traffic status data A radio pager includes a decoder for decoding coded data transmitted from a central office at a predetermined interval. The decoder classifies the data into one of traffic information and a call number, and informs a control unit of the result. If the ide... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5978036 | Character signal processing apparatus and character signal processing system and personal computer A personal computer receives a teletext signal. A television broadcast signal received by a TV tuner unit is converted to a composite video signal and a voice signal and are then supplied to a personal computer card. The personal computer card extracts ch... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5915245 | Two-way wireless system for financial industry transactions A method of managing the activities of one or more floor brokers situated on the floor of an exchange is disclosed. In one respect, the method uses a programmed computer to compare a relative number of instructions having a pending status that have been d... | 06/22/1999 |
