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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-8,041,454 |
Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer
product System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media... |
| US-8,041,019 |
Methods and apparatus for call back disposition and re-evaluation in
interactive voice response based customer care An interactive voice response (IVR) system which assists in identifying repeat callers, understanding whether they are calling for the same reason as one of... |
| US-8,038,058 |
Method and system for automated value transfer This invention provides a system and method for authorizing automated value transfers from an account available to users who do not have a pre-existing trust,... |
| US-8,037,185 |
Dynamic application placement with allocation restrictions, vertical
stacking and even load distribution A solution to a variant of a class constrained multiple knapsack problem. Previous solutions require that memory demand of every application be identical and do... |
| US-8,037,133 |
Business to business event communications A method, system and product is provided for the implementation of business to business event handling mechanisms for use in coarse grain components allowing... |
| US-8,037,004 |
Computer-implemented methods and systems for identifying and reporting
deviations from standards and policies... A computer-implemented method may include steps of providing a plurality of business document templates; providing a plurality of deviation rules and... |
| US-8,036,951 |
Method and system of providing customized business products to consumer at
a retail location The present invention relates to a retailing system that provides a series of consumer products, customizable prime business communication products and a... |
| US-8,036,950 |
Auction management with business-volume discount A computer-implemented method for satisfying a purchase requisition includes receiving, from each of a plurality of candidate suppliers, a corresponding... |
| US-8,036,907 |
Method and system for linking business entities using unique identifiers A corporate linkage system and method provides customers with complete, accurate, and timely lists of corporate linkage locations, including monitoring company... |
| US-8,036,774 |
Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer
product System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media... |
| US-8,036,195 |
System and method for concurrently utilizing multiple system identifiers System and Method for providing access to multiple wireless service providers (WSPs) on a shared network infrastructure. The system includes a plurality of... |
| US-8,036,041 |
Method for non-volatile memory with background data latch caching during
read operations Part of the latency from memory read or write operations is for data to be input to or output from the data latches of the memory via an I/O bus. Methods and... |
| US-8,035,845 |
Print controller, print control method and computer program A print controller for making a print device print in such a manner that a grouping for each record included in printed matter can be easily recognized is... |
| US-8,034,425 |
Business form for laser and inkjet printing devices, and method for
producing same A form or printing product and method for fabricating same on label formation equipment. The form includes first and second layers of material adhesively... |
| US-RE42,820 |
Bank deposit method According to the present invention, a business is issued a deposit card readable on a debit card reader enabling the business to transmit deposit information to... |
| US-8,032,932 |
Systems and methods for providing security token authentication Described herein are systems and methods for centralizing and standardizing implementation of security tokens so as to provide one token per one user for... |
| US-8,032,690 |
Non-volatile memory device, and method of accessing a non-volatile memory
device A non-volatile memory device, and a method for accessing the non-volatile memory device are provided. The non-volatile memory device is connected to a host via... |
| US-8,032,630 |
Method and apparatus for comprehensive network management system In a system for managing data, voice, application and video networks and associated systems and services that comprise multiple, interconnected network... |
| US-8,032,499 |
Compression of tables based on occurrence of values Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for compression of tables based on occurrence of values. In general, a number representing an amount... |
| US-8,032,484 |
Creation of generic hierarchies A method and system are disclosed for modeling a relational database. The method comprises the steps of defining a set of data tables to accommodate any number... |
| US-8,032,412 |
Collecting and paying micropayments for internet and wireless purchase of
copyright material An apparatus for and method of transacting business over a network, such as the Internet. The technique is applicable to a number of e-commerce applications,... |
| US-8,032,403 |
Method and system for assigning staff as a service in a service network
within a component business model... A method and system using a component business model (CBM) architecture provides a staff assignment service to an enterprise. A staff assignment scenario is... |
| US-8,032,392 |
Business enablement system A business enablement method and system. The method includes identifying and retrieving business management data associated with the business. The business... |
| US-8,032,390 |
Context information management Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to manage context information of events. Data characterizing an event is received, a data structure... |
| US-8,031,852 |
Method for increasing ease of doing business through use of an access
point model A method and service for handling incoming customer calls. The invention uses an Access Point Model (APM) that includes an inventory of access entry points for... |
| US-8,028,066 |
System and method for reactive and deliberative service level management
(SLM) Method and apparatus for service level management, wherein business processes are composed of services. A state of the service is defined by one or more service... |
| US-8,028,025 |
Apparatus, system, and method for setting/retrieving header information
dynamically into/from service data... An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for processing a technology specific message. In one embodiment, a computer program product receives a message... |
| US-8,027,981 |
System, method and program product for classifying data elements into
different levels of a business hierarchy A method, system and program product for classifying data elements into different levels of a business hierarchy. The method includes identifying data elements... |
| US-8,027,928 |
Dynamic selection of deposit clearing methods based on business rules In general, this disclosure describes techniques of dynamically selecting deposit clearing methods based on business rules. As described in this disclosure, a... |
| US-8,027,870 |
Method and apparatus for formalizing information technology (IT) business
decision making A method, framework, and system for providing formalized Information Technology (IT) business decision making, which includes determining a relationship between... |
| US-8,027,867 |
System and method for decision of publishing literary work based on
reviewer's satisfaction demographic factors A system, method, and business model by which literary works are posted for review on publicly accessible networks such as the internet where reader input is... |
| US-8,027,862 |
Time series pattern generating system and method using historical
information An object of this invention is to analyze history information for each of a plurality of instances, and generate a time series pattern for each of a plurality... |
| US-8,027,845 |
Business enablement method and system A business enablement method and system. The method includes identifying and retrieving business management data associated with the business. The business... |
| US-8,024,664 |
Co-brands for user interface in travel booking Co-brands, virtual wrappers for web sites that allow clients to expand client inventories across different web sites, are disclosed. Different types of travel... |
| US-8,024,428 |
Methods for updating WHOIS with information collected from non-controlling
party A Registering Entity or another entity may provide a framework for collecting WHOIS Business Information from a Non-Controlling Party of a domain name and... |
| US-8,024,367 |
Alert engine Methods and systems for managing alerts in a database are provided, whereby the alerts originate from at least one business application due to exceptional... |
| US-8,024,275 |
Method and system for monitoring a business process A method and system for monitoring and fine tuning a business process are disclosed. A system for monitoring and fine tuning a business process, according to an... |
| US-8,024,220 |
System and method for networked loyalty program The present invention provides a system for implementing a loyalty program on a network-wide level. The system associates UPC and SKU data on a network level to... |
| US-8,024,218 |
Method and apparatus for determining the product marketability utilizing a
percent coverage Determining product marketability may be accomplished by electronically performing various calculations on related data. The marketability may be determined by... |
| US-8,024,217 |
Method of tradeable financial instrument from value-added manufactured
product by pareto market analysis A method and system for design and development of financial instruments which enables businesses to benefit from the economic value of risk management. First... |
| US-8,024,215 |
Managing sales and/or competition within an industry The present invention provides systems and methods for improving overall profitability, and/or longevity of one or more businesses within an industry, by... |
| US-8,024,212 |
Implementation of hands on proactive strategy HOPS.TM., which stands for "Hands On Proactive Strategy" is software and a business management method about making routine things happen routinely, and about... |
| US-8,023,934 |
Synchronizing communications and data between mobile devices and servers A system, method, and computer program product for synchronizing communications, data, application workflow events, and business processes between a mobile... |
| US-8,023,626 |
System and method for providing language interpretation A method and system of providing a language interpretation service is disclosed. A language access number, such as an 811 number, can be provided. The language... |
| US-8,021,612 |
System and methods for assisting businesses in compliance with gas
emissions requirements A system and method for calculating a value indicative of the amount of an undesirable constituent of a volatile gas stream that is removed from the atmosphere.... |
| US-8,020,757 |
Multiple financial institution automated teller machine apparatus, system
and method for using same An apparatus, system and method for providing to a network of ATMs (10) the ability to transact business in connection with several financial institutions (30,... |
| US-8,020,174 |
Method for making user-system interaction independent from the application
of interaction media The method of the invention consists, in a system of the type with three "tiers" , in inserting a fourth "tier" which is the business interaction and which... |
| US-8,020,166 |
Dynamically controlling the number of busy waiters in a synchronization
object An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and a method of dynamically controlling the number of busy waiters in for a synchronization object. The... |
| US-8,020,108 |
Separation of presentation and business models for common management
platform tasks in a storage area network Methods and systems for separating presentation and business models for common management platform tasks in a storage area network (SAN) are disclosed. A... |
| US-8,019,807 |
Method and system for communication between computer systems A system for brokering business service requests in a computer network is disclosed. The system is operative to receive a request for information from a... |
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