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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386472 | Self-checkout terminal A self-checkout lane in a store comprises an incoming goods path for receiving goods, first and second goods collection zones, and a segregation device operable under control of a computer processor to divert goods from the incoming goods path into one or the other ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386491 | Merchandise order receiving system and merchandise order receiving method In a merchandise order receiving system, an order controlling server receives an order of a merchandise from a user terminal; a charging and settlement server performs the charging and the settlement of the merchandise; an order receiving server receives an order of... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379903 | User interface for a complex order processing system A user interface for a computerized complex order processing system presents a list of products and services associated with an account, a list of quotes associated with the account, a list of orders associated with the account, and several user-selectable options. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376599 | Virtual warehouse parts distribution system and process A parts distribution system and process uses a computer network, particularly the Internet, to efficiently distribute spare parts in a cost-effective manner. The system includes a plurality of buyer computers for operation by a system participant desiring to obtain ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376585 | Real-time sales information architecture A sales information architecture detects user interaction with a tagged item and in response displays product information about the item to the user. The architecture can process a sales transaction involving the item and report the sale in real-time to other enterp... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373319 | Method and apparatus for facilitating sales of goods by independent parties A method for facilitating sales of goods by independent parties. An independent seller is presented with a menu including selectable options for deriving a sale price for the independent seller's good. Each of the options corresponds to a respective predetermined me... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373317 | Method and apparatus for facilitating sales of goods by independent parties A method for facilitating sales of goods of independent sellers. The method involves receiving a standard identification code, such as a UPC or ISBN code, of readily identifiable goods. The standard identification code is transmitted by a seller to a third-party mar... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370006 | Method and apparatus for listing goods for sale A method for using a telephone to list a seller's good for sale on a website including the steps of receiving good-identifying information from a seller via a telephone and presenting the good for sale on a website. The good-identifying information may be received a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370005 | Inventory replication based upon order fulfillment rates A load balancing technology segregates various inventory types (e.g., potatoes vs. milk, vs. pretzels, vs. tissue paper, etc.) based upon how frequently they are ordered in a distribution center. Inventory types that are ordered at the slowest rate are not “replic... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363261 | Method, computer program product and system for verifying financial data The method, system and computer program product for verifying financial data provides tracking and reporting of the reconciliation and approval process by providing a hierarchical list of users responsible for verification of at least a portion of the financial data... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363249 | Multiply-integrated system for product inventory, sales, and distribution A multiply-integrated system for inventory, sales, and distribution of products comprises a supplier database, an order database, and a programmed order processor. The supplier database includes inventory/pricing information for multiple independent participating pr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363259 | Value-based framework for inventory management A value-based framework is used for managing inventory. This framework allows firms to set risk and return targets for inventory related capital investments and operational management. A set of possible inventory investments is generated, and a value of possible inv... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359867 | Computer system, server, and method for supporting cooking, and computer program generator An information providing unit of a server reads a menu table in accordance with a request sent from a customer terminal. The customer terminal presents menu items together with their nutritive values to a customer in accordance with data sent from the server. A sele... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356496 | System and method for synchronizing ledger accounts by company group A system and method for keeping ledger accounts in synchronization between a back-end procurement system and a front-end requisition and catalog system. An extract utility extracts a file of general ledger (G/L) accounts, including account code, description, and com... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353195 | System for purchase management and for facilitating distribution The present invention provides a purchase management system which comprises an AS specific dividing controller 19 for performing control of dividing the purchase request per administrative standard when the AS specifying unit determines that the administrativ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349884 | Method and apparatus for electronic commerce services at a point of sale Point of sale transactions can be efficiently processed by use of a point of sale terminal having both image capture and storage capability, as well as other information input capabilities such as a MICR reader, a bar code reader, a keyboard, or similar input device... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349872 | Method for comparing and selecting process control apparatus A method for comparing and selecting process control apparatus is disclosed. The method employs software, executed on a stand-alone computer device, or accessible through the web, to retrieve data specific to a given process control environment, and calculate the pe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346574 | Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with aggregate lotting for transformation bidding An auction methodology wherein individual demands are bid in lots and an aggregation of several lots is then run as an individual lot to determine if the buyer can attract a lower price offering from bidders by selecting to award the total volume of all of the indiv... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346562 | System for placing orders using customer-specific electronic catalog A system that executes and manages the purchase of items at low cost is disclosed. This system, based on merchandising of one or more dealers, uses a merchandise assortment (MD) of each dealer specified by a customer's purchase control department for example as a cu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346559 | System and method for automating association of retail items to support shopping proposals A shopping server proposal system includes a mechanism that enhances the online retailer's existing database system with the necessary information to provide the desired services. The existing catalog of items is analyzed based on a set of predefined rules for a giv... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346561 | Rule-based on-line product selection Systems and methods that assist users in the selection of products such as clothing and accessories are provided. A database of rules for selecting combinations of clothing and accessories is coupled to an inference engine server. A user may transmit a search reques... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343331 | Methods and systems for managing supply chain processes A web-based supply chain system manages internal users, suppliers, and external customers to improve business productivity. The web-based system includes a server, at least one computer, and a network that couples the computer to the server. The server is configured... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343397 | Method and apparatus for performing predictive caching of DNS requests by correlating IP addresses Content on the World Wide Web is made available for downloading by distributing it to cache providers. The content provider is a distinct entity from the cache providers and enters into contractual arrangements in order to benefit from the services provided by the c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341422 | Container transportation system and method A container transportation system and method which includes a number of enclosed containers adapted to contain freight and protect the freight in a marine environment, a vehicle adapted to lift, transport, orient and place the containers on a support surface, a mari... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343322 | Method and apparatus for marketing products over the internet A method and apparatus is disclosed for permitting an online user to buy merchandise over the Internet from multiple vendor sites, after a single entry of their credit card information. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes an online impulse mark... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343319 | Multi-tier pricing of individual products based on volume discounts A point of sale system or other computer system stores a product pricing database in which a full price and discount prices corresponding to one or more discount pricing tiers are stored for each product available for sale. Each of the discount prices for a given pr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340421 | Account reconciliation methods and systems Computer-based methods and systems for managing and tracking account reconciliation are described. The method includes accessing an account reconciliation system after logging onto the system, receiving account information from a centralized database, and submitting... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330829 | Providing market feedback associated with electronic commerce transactions to sellers An electronic commerce system (10) providing market feedback to sellers includes a server (40) operating on one or more computers. The server (40) records query information associated with a search query for a buyer (20) of one or more da... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321866 | Dish-providing assisting system, dish-providing assisting application providing system, dish-providing assisting software and recording medium A dish provider provides a user with dishes, through a dish-providing assisting server, in cooperation with one or a plurality of dish makers. An ingredient information DB stores date information representing dates before that ingredients should be best used. In res... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318044 | Information providing system, information providing device, and system for controlling robot device The present invention makes it possible and easier to serve optimum robot components/devices/accessories by means of an information service system including personal terminal devices (31A to 31C) connected to an information communication network via a ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315829 | Data conversion apparatus and method in copyright protecting system In a data conversion apparatus of a copyright protecting system, a data format judging portion judges whether or not the data is of a super distribution format, attribute information obtaining unit identifies the audio contents of the data and obtains the attribute ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313537 | Inventory record reconciliation A system for reconciling an inventory record having a count of products, pricing, and vintaging assigns a price and vintage for instances written-on to the count when products are found in inventory that are not accounted for by the inventory record. The price and v... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313538 | Transaction tax settlement in personal communication devices A transactional tax settlement system for use with a personal communication device is provided. The system has particular usefulness in determining a taxing authority and calculating a tax rate imposed by the taxing authority in a communication network environment. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305356 | Travel value index Method and system are disclosed for assigning a relative value to a search result based on the personal preferences of the consumer. A consumer profile may be created for each consumer. The profile may contain the consumer's personal preferences for each one of the ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7249070 | Central inventory record reconciliation A system for reconciling a central inventory record having a count of products and location assignments for the instances of the count chooses instances for write-ons and write-offs based on the location assignments. When instances are to be written-on to the invent... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7197480 | System and method for front end business logic and validation A hybird Notes/DB2 environment provides a requisition catalog on the Web. Client browsers are connected to a GWA infrastructure including a first network dispatcher and a virtual cluster of Domino.Go servers. The network dispatcher sprays out browser requests among ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7104797 | Rotationally immobilized dental implant and abutment system An endosseous dental implant system employs an implant member designed to be embedded into the jawbone of a patient at a location vacated by a missing tooth, and a mating abutment member. Both the abutment member and the implant member have mutually facing gingival ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103570 | Merchant account activation system A merchant account activation system that includes an Internet server that works in conjunction with a master account file operating on a mainframe computer and an expert computer system that is used to configure point-of-sale terminals. Many of the steps of the act... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6976004 | Interactive kitchen control system and method A system and method for controlling preparation of a plurality of food items on a cooking apparatus such as a grill. A food order consisting of the plurality of food items is input to a controller which retrieves cooking times for the items from a database. A primar... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6382966 | Appliance for orthodontic treatment This appliance comprises metal housings which are fastened by their base being glued to a defined tooth and of which those for the incisors, canines and premolars comprise a horizontal groove for receiving the arch wire, said groove issuing in the directi... | 05/07/2002 |
