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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165965 | Transaction method with a mobile apparatus A transaction method between a client and a terminal (2) connected to a telecommunication network comprises the transmission of at least one client identification (IDUI), a terminal identification (POSID), and transaction-specific data to a financial server c... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8145573 | Conducting financial transactions A payment device such as a debit card may be issued to an individual such as a minor. The debit card may be associated with spending control parameters to prevent overspending and other financial issues. Control parameters may include a weekly maximum that may be sp... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126815 | Method and system for carrying out verification processes including optical scanning of information displayed via a mobile telephone terminal The invention relates to the carrying out of verification processes with regard to authorization of user and/or payment processes by means of a mobile telephone terminal, whereby an identifier associated with an authorized user and/or payer is provided in such a way... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112364 | Pre-authenticated identification token An identification token such as a proximity payment device may be integrated with a wristwatch. For security purposes, the identification token may be disabled when removed from the user's wrist. The identification token may be re-enabled by interaction with a docki... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108318 | Trusted service manager (TSM) architectures and methods A client device comprises a first secure element and a second secure element. The first secure element comprises a first computer-readable medium having a payment application comprising instructions for causing the client device to initiate a financial transaction. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108317 | System and method for restricting access to a terminal A method for authenticating data comprising the steps of: providing data to a first device having at least two initial cryptographic keys; generating authentication information required to authenticate the data utilizing the at least two initial cryptographic keys; ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8060448 | Late binding tokens A system for verifying intent in a card not present transaction is provided. The system includes a late binding token that is distributable to consumers without necessarily being bound to an account. The system also includes a client software that locates a token se... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060413 | System and method for making electronic payments from a wireless mobile device There is disclosed a system and method of making an electronic payment from a wireless mobile device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an electronic wallet, the electronic wallet having a persistent store for storing data for one or more payment car... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8036991 | Registration of a mobile computing device for a service on a wireless network A system and method are disclosed for registering a mobile computing device of a service on a wireless network. The method comprises receiving user information for a user of the mobile computing device and creating an account based on the user information. The metho... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7974929 | Personal interface device and method A personal device is provided. The personal device includes an identification verification system that receives first identification data from a physical identification device, such as by inserting a driver's license into a card reader that is adapted to receive a d... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962418 | System and method of fulfilling a transaction A method is disclosed that includes receiving a request for a transaction from a customer at a seller server system via an electronic-commerce website and identifying a customer account stored at the seller server system based on an identity of the customer. A plura... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7865448 | Methods and systems for performing credit transactions with a wireless device Methods and systems are provided of initiating a wireless device for use in performing transactions. A wireless communication is received from the wireless device at a host system. The wireless communication identifies a financial account to be authorized for use in... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860803 | Method and system for obtaining feedback for a product The embodiments disclosed herein include new, more efficient ways to request, create, send, and receive product reviews from the Internet. One aspect of the invention is an email message for a customer. The email message includes a request to review a product obtain... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840495 | System and method for the payment and accounting of petty disbursements A system and method for the payment of petty cash disbursements is disclosed wherein a tree structure of linked purchasing cards is constructed according to a real-life organizational structure of persons able to authorized the expenditures of the petty cash. A cent... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7814025 | Methods and apparatus for title protocol, authentication, and sharing A title management apparatus resident on a first computer including a memory for storing a control program and data, and a processor for executing the control program and for managing the data. The apparatus includes a title object resident in the memory including a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7801824 | Method and apparatus to facilitate online purchase of works using paid electronic previews A method and system is described to facilitate variable pricing for electronically viewing content online. Consumers pay different amounts to view portions of electronically viewable content obtained from a tangible work, where the amount paid is based on a characte... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788183 | Apparatus, system, and method for facilitating electronic communication based on a personal contact An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for facilitating electronic communication based on a personal contact. A token giver gives a token to a token receiver through a personal contact. The purpose of the token is to facilitate communication between the toke... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7747536 | Anti-fraud presentation instruments, systems and methods The invention provides improved security for stored-value instruments. For example, a point-of-sale device may receive a request to process a transaction (such as an activation, redemption, funds recharge, etc.) with a presentation instrument. The point-of-sale devi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742995 | Pre-authenticated identification token An identification token such as a proximity payment device may be integrated with a wristwatch. For security purposes, the identification token may be disabled when removed from the user's wrist. The identification token may be re-enabled by interaction with a docki... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739197 | Guest limited authorization for electronic financial transaction cards Generally speaking, methods and media for authorizing a guest to use an electronic financial transaction card, such as a credit card or debit card, are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving information about a desired guest transaction (which may be limited i... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7729994 | Performing automatically authorized programmatic transactions Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as by performing transactions between parties that are automatically authorized via a third-party transaction authorization system. In some situations, the transactions are progra... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725403 | Method and system to verify a transaction A method and system to verify a transaction are described. The system may include a token generator to issue a client set of tokens to a client, a token verification list generator to issue a verification set of tokens to a provider, a communication module to receiv... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7725402 | System and method for booking a performance venue A system and method for booking a performance venue. The system comprises a booking engine enabling communication between at least two of a performer, a consumer, and a venue agent, the at least two of a performer, a consumer, and a venue agent using at least one cl... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7627531 | System for facilitating a transaction The present invention provides a system and method for facilitating a transaction using a secondary transaction number that is associated with a cardholder's primary account. The cardholder provides the secondary transaction number, often with limited-use conditions... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7627532 | Method for creating and managing secure service communities A virtual secure service oriented network and process model for the creation and management of secure service communities including a private secure digital courier means for the secure and auditable movement of digital information over any network connection wherei... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7603321 | Electronic system and method coupling live event ticketing and interactive entries with the sale, distribution and transmission of event recordings, mastering system and intelligent terminal designs The present disclosure provides a method and system of electronically associating one or any combination of the production, balancing, editing, transmission, distribution and sale of live event “Recordings” with the sale of a “ticket” [defined to include any... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7587368 | Information record infrastructure, system and method A method of maintaining electronic medical records, comprising the steps of receiving a medical transaction record, encrypted with an encryption key relating to a patient association of the file, accessing the encrypted medical transaction record according to a pati... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7584152 | Automatic authorization of programmatic transactions Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as via a third-party transaction authorization system that automatically authorizes transactions between parties. In some situations, the transactions are programmatic transaction... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7565326 | Dialect independent multi-dimensional integrator using a normalized language platform and secure controlled access A system and method of aggregating and integrating authentication and/or authorization protocols of a user or a user's information across a wide range of related or nonrelated channels and exchange services. An interface is provided that allows multi-credential, mul... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7552094 | Optical payment transceiver and system using the same An optical payment transceiver and an optical settlement system using the same uses a personal portable terminal incorporated with an optical transceiver as a card substitute payment unit for settlement. Here, card information is incorporated in a personal portable ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546276 | Common authentication service for network connected applications, devices, users, and web services System architecture for network connected applications, devices, users, and web services providing security effected by means for managing interaction with an authentication library that effects a correlation between the use and creation of library entries having pr... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7512565 | Method for implementing secure transaction for electronic deposit (purse) The invention discloses a method for securing transactions for electronic deposits. In the method, a grey lock mark is merged into an electronic deposit of an IC card and becomes one of electronic deposit attribute parameters. When locking the IC card, i.e. setting ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7475044 | Electronic money system and electronic money terminal device The present invention offers an electronic money system and electronic money terminal that allow the user who uses an installment payment plan to decide the installment amount each time he/she pays it. Instead of debiting the amount data equivalent to consump... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7440922 | System, method, and business method for settling micropayment transactions to a pre-paid instrument The invention provides a method, business method, and system for conducting micropayment transactions between consumers and merchants. A merchant offers micropayment transactions to a consumer. The micropayment transaction is authorized, and the micropayment transac... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433848 | System for carrying out a transaction A system is proposed for performing transactions with terminals which fundamentally allow a plurality of different transactions to be performed. The terminals (10, 11) are connected for this purpose via a terminal network (30) with at least one node co... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421411 | Digital rights management in a mobile communications environment A method, system, and computer program product for enabling a wireless device in a mobile communication environment to obtain rights to protected content of a digital asset. The digital asset is downloaded to the wireless device from any one of a plurality of conten... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415443 | Online card present transaction An online card-present transaction system facilitates card-present type transactions with a merchant over a public network. A host system is configured to accept authentication data from a user via an authentication device. The host system, after authenticating a us... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415439 | Digital rights management in a mobile communications environment The invention provides a method, system, and computer program product to control the access, copying, and/or transfer of a digital asset by mobile, wireless devices using a digital voucher. The digital voucher references a primary content that contains all of the ex... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412229 | Sales apparatus and method of transmitting and receiving merchandise information by electric field induced in human body The button apparatus is an apparatus provided for, for example, a vending machine and to be touched and pressed with the body of a user who wants to purchase a commodity from the vending machine. By pressing down the button apparatus, the user can purchase a require... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412420 | Systems and methods for enrolling a token in an online authentication program An online transaction system configured to implement authentication methods that allow for strong multi-factor authentication in online environments. The authentication methods can be combined with strong security methods to further ensure that the authentication pr... | 08/12/2008 |
