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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7058596 | System for managing customer orders and methods of implementation The system of this invention manages customer orders using vendor supplied software systems interfaced on a real time basis to touch the data in each system on a real time basis. In effect, there is horizontal communication between the various components of the syst... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6925439 | Device, system and methods of conducting paperless transactions The invention also includes methods of issuing an account authorization to a UET card, a method of transferring transactional and account information between a UET card and a personal computer or a mainframe computer, a method of using the UET card as a remote termi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6850896 | Method and system for managing and providing sales data using world wide web A method and system for managing sales data. One embodiment is a software application that assists in classification, review and approval of data to be stored in a database for the use of a product supplier or seller. In one embodiment, a method includes storing a p... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6850898 | Vehicle sharing system and method for allocating vehicles based on state of charge A shared vehicle system includes a central facility, at least one vehicle distribution port facility and a plurality or fleet of vehicles, each having a vehicle subsystem. In general, the central station and port facility and the vehicle subsystems communicate in a ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6836763 | Billing system and method A bill editor, generator, messaging and insert system and method comprises a portion of a bill production processor designed to create monthly billing statements which are sent to customers and which detail charges incurred over the course of a billing cycle. The bi... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6760414 | Personal computer banking system and method A personal computer banking system and method in which a personal computer is connected by a network service provider directly to a host computer system of a bank such that customer service requests can be processed automatically without need for intervention by cus... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6697787 | System for collecting tax data An electronic intermediary electronically connects with a tax data provider and collects electronically tax data from the tax data provider. The electronic intermediary processes the tax data collected electronically, and prepares an electronic tax return... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6665648 | State models for monitoring process System and method for preparing, using, and displaying a state model of a process, as an industrial or business process, as a sequence of discrete steps. The state model defines the behavior of the logical objects making up a process model of the process ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6571215 | System and method for generating a schedule based on resource assignments A system for generating a schedule by generating assignments for the tasks of a project and sequentially scheduling the individual assignments to available resources. First, input information is received which includes a resource calendar and a task list.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6532451 | Nested strong loader apparatus and method An apparatus and method provides one or more controlled, dynamically loaded, modular, cryptographic fillers. Fillers may be loaded by a single loader, multiple independent loaders, or nested loaders. Loaders may be adapted to load other loaders, within cr... | 03/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6460018 | Program production and transmission apparatus Program production supporting component, transmission equipment controlling component, material creation managing component, and storing component are interconnected through a network, and managing component and exterior supporting component are connected... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6393411 | Device and method for authorized funds transfer A secure funds device for use with a computer system, such as a personal computer, for transferring funds, in response to a funds transfer request for amounts of funds from the computer system, to a funds receiver. One or more electronic cash devices stor... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6332130 | System and process for inter-domain planning analysis and optimization using model agents as partial replicas of remote domains A computer implemented system for inter-domain analysis is disclosed. The system includes a domain engine (234), associated with a first supply chain entity, having a local model representing a supply chain activity of the first supply chain entity. The d... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6263321 | Apparatus and process for calculating an option The present invention introduces an apparatus and process which may be implemented on a vast variety of computer systems. The apparatus and process of the present invention use a computer system to receive and store data representative of a particular ass... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6202052 | Fully-automated system for tax reporting, payment and refund An electronic intermediary electronically connects with a tax data provider and collects electronically tax data from the tax data provider. The electronic intermediary processes the tax data collected electronically, and prepares an electronic tax return... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6192346 | Vacations and holiday scheduling method and system having a bidding object which enables employees to bid and prevent from bidding if higher priority employees have not bid The present invention provides a vacation and holiday scheduling system. The system includes a variety of objects to assist a business in controlling and managing the scheduling of vacations by their employees and for assisting the employees in bidding on... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6178407 | Computer apparatus and methods supporting different categories of users The computer apparatus and methods of the preferred embodiment uses computer technology in a unique way to motivate children to devote more time to educational and cultural enrichment. In the preferred embodiment, educational material is provided at a chi... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6112186 | Distributed system for facilitating exchange of user information and opinion using automated collaborative filtering A system for facilitating exchange of user information and opinion using automated collaborative filtering includes memory elements for storing item profiles and user profiles. The data contained in those profiles is used to calculate a number of similari... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108635 | Integrated disease information system A system including a set of software based Explorers, and a computer assisted methodology support the development of new medical interventions for diseases. The system includes Explorer modules for discovering proposed interventions, designing clinical tr... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6094641 | Method for incorporating psychological effects into demand models A method for incorporating psychological effects into a demand model for pricing. First the original demand model is modified to include a mechanism to convert actual prices into perceived prices, thus causing the demand model to predict higher demand for... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6088676 | System and method for testing prediction models and/or entities A computer-implemented performance evaluation method includes specifying a group of comparable entities and a benchmark against which the comparable entities are evaluated. The entities evaluated may be a process, technology, strategy, treatment, organiza... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6078742 | Hardware emulation The invention features a method and apparatus for use with a computer system having a memory and a bus (e.g., a PCI bus). The bus is monitored for detection of a bus cycle intended for a controller (e.g., a DMA controller) used to transfer data between a ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6078901 | Quantitative supply and demand model based on infinite spreadsheet Calculating devices for non-arbitrary price determination and rational decision making. The historical problem of value has been solved in this invention. The solution represents the first major breakthrough in social science. Value is defined as the sum ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6078893 | Method for stabilized tuning of demand models A method for tuning a demand model in manner that is stable with respect to fluctuations in the sales history used for the tuning is provided. A market model is selected, which predicts how a subset of the parameters in the demand model depends upon infor... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6067523 | System and method for reporting behavioral health care data The present invention relates to systems and methods for reporting behavioral health care data, and, more particularly, for creating displays and reports for aggregating data from patient treatment results. One feature permits the user to choose among pat... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6064988 | Data processing system including transaction authorization device A supersmart card system is provided for authorizing transactions between a transaction card user and a merchant. The supersmart card system includes a plurality of conventional transaction cards such as a debit cards, credit cards, or phone service cards... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6044362 | Electronic invoicing and payment system A system for automated electronic invoicing and payment system for providing remote customer review of automated billing from an invoicer. The system includes invoice presentment electronics having a control system and first communication electronics. The... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6029147 | Method and system for providing an interface for supporting multiple formats for on-line banking services In association with a computer system, a method and system for providing an interface for establishing connections with financial institution to utilize on-line services. An application program sends a request to a branding server to look up information r... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6012037 | Schedule management apparatus A schedule management apparatus includes a term data input section for inputting a term data by designating a start day and an end day, a schedule input section for inputting a schedule corresponding to the term data inputted by the term data input sectio... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6012045 | Computer-based electronic bid, auction and sale system, and a system to teach new/non-registered customers how bidding, auction purchasing works The computer-based method of selling consumer products and consumer services includes, in one embodiment, the utiltization of a computer system, which maintains the electronic bid, auction and sales records, and a plurality of customer computers interconn... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6009410 | Method and system for presenting customized advertising to a user on the world wide web A customized advertising repository server is connected on the World Wide Web (WWW), which can be accessed by a registered user through his or her browser either by clicking on an icon, or by inputting the specific URL address of the particular server whi... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6009400 | Method and arrangement for alerting customers from purchasing perished items using bar codes with changeable properties when subjected to factors causing perishability Retail establishment customers are prevented from unwittingly purchasing perishable items that may have been adversely affected by being subjected to at least one predetermined factor in that an identification object, such as a label, tag or packaging mat... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5999919 | Efficient micropayment system Existing software proposals for electronic payments can be divided into "on-line" schemes which require participation of a trusted party (the bank) in every transaction and are secure against overspending, and "off-line" schemes which do not require a thi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995945 | System and process for inter-domain planning analysis and optimization using model agents as partial replicas of remote domains A computer implemented system for inter-domain analysis is disclosed. The system includes a domain engine (234), associated with a first supply chain entity, having a local model representing a supply chain activity of the first supply chain entity. The d... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5991735 | Computer program apparatus for determining behavioral profile of a computer user Computer network method and apparatus provides targeting of appropriate audience based on psychographic or behavioral profiles of end users. The psychographic profile is formed by recording computer activity and viewing habits of the end user. Content of ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5974398 | Method and apparatus enabling valuation of user access of advertising carried by interactive information and entertainment services Interactive information and entertainment service customers see advertisers' bids for their attention which are displayed on their display screens and choose which advertisements to view. For each advertisement viewed, the advertisers' bid amount would pa... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5974397 | Method and device for radio communication between mutually movable objects A method for radio communication between mutually mobile objects. Prior to radio communication between the objects, calculations are preformed with a communication and calculation unit of a first of the objects to produce established data, answer codes ar... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5966697 | System and method for secure transaction order management processing A system and method for shopping at a variety of different vendors easily and securely is disclosed. A user computer, a checkout processor, and one or more merchant computers are interconnected via a network. A user first selects a merchant and receives p... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5963926 | Computer implemented method, system and apparatus for processing various transactions using a plurality of transaction cards A method, apparatus and computer program for processing plural types of transactions by a transaction processor connected to plural companies of different industries via a network. Use of the invention enables the efficient performance of a variety of tra... | 10/05/1999 |
