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LOAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
A loan management system and method includes an alternative repayment amortization method. Each installment on repayment of the loan includes an equal fixed...
Method and system for creating and issuing a deferred coupon preferred
A corporate debt security includes an optional payment deferral feature allowing deferral of coupon interest on the debt security without triggering default,...
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE OPERATION CHARGING
A method and system for charging a multimedia conference service are provided, wherein the method comprises: an MMTel AS sending an ACR message to a CDF unit...
Portable Power Distribution Enhancements
Some embodiments provide a power distribution system that includes a set of distributed power stations. Each power station includes a lockable power supply that...
ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS
A computing system facilitating electronic bill presentment and payment features for authorized users via a user interface is introduced including an analysis...
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ACCOUNTING INFORMATION
A computer-implemented system and method for generating a uniform statement of financial information from input financial data records each having a record...
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICING CASH HANDLING DEVICES
Systems and methods are provided for servicing a currency dispensing device, such as an automated teller machine, and a currency receiving device, such as a...
INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT ISSUES A CLASS OF CONVENTIONAL SHARES AND A CLASS
OF EXCHANGE-TRADED SHARES IN THE SAME...
An automated method is provided for administering a single investment company that issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with...
FINANCIAL AUDIT SCOPING WORKBENCH
A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, financial data is extracted from a financial manager,...
ANALYTICS FOR SETTING UP STRATEGIC INVENTORY SYSTEMS TO HANDLE SMALL LOT
ORDERS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY
A method of managing manufacturing production includes determining a plurality of products for manufacture using a production line is disclosed. Each product is...
COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR ONLINE COMMERCE WITH COMMUNITY FEATURES
Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-implemented methods for interactive social shopping wherein multiple users are able to interact in real...
SERVICES FOR PROVIDING ITEM ASSOCIATION DATA
A service is disclosed for enabling web sites and other entities to provide item recommendations and other behavior-based content to end users. The service can...
SINGLE WINDOW BASED E-COMMERCE BUSINESS TRANSACTION
The present invention relates to a single window e-commerce based business to consumer transaction with a common inventory database, where an end user can...
Systems and Methods for Managing Supplier Information Between an
Electronic Procurement System and Buyers'...
A system and method provide an efficient and simple procurement process that is easily customizable and allows the automatic mapping of supplier information and...
Application Store for Shared Resource Computing
A server in a Shared Resource Computing (SRC) system runs applications and manages licenses for those applications across multiple sessions and/or user...
SALES FORCE AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
A sales force automation system and method of facilitating a sales process which integrates computerized intelligent automated salesperson support for multiple...
Metasearch Engine for Ordering Items Returned In Search Results Using
Multiple Queries on Multiple Unique Hosts
Process and system for metasearching on the Internet performed by a metasearch engine, comprising: receiving an HTTP request from a client device for the...
Systems and Methods for Transaction Authorization and Dynamic Memberhips
to Facilitate E-Commerce
A method for managing an e-commerce system comprising: accepting an order to sell one or more goods or services from a seller to a buyer; charging the buyer an...
ANONYMOUS SHOPPING TRANSACTIONS ON A NETWORK THROUGH INFORMATION BROKER
A system and method for enabling a user to transact an anonymous on-line transaction, wherein a form of on-line payment is requested at a transaction interface...
SECURE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Secure transactions are achieved over a public network by using a private network to handle the sensitive information of the transaction. When a client requests...
Payment processing systems
A system and methods using applications for payment of goods and/or services based on verifying whether geographic information received from an electronic...
Camera as a Vehicle to Identify a Merchant Access Device
Systems and methods of conducting a payment transaction using a mobile phone having a camera. The systems and methods receive an image of a merchant access...
RESTRICTED PURCHASE OF REGULATED ITEMS OVER A NETWORK
A technique is disclosed for implementing electronic commerce transactions via a data network. A regulated item selected by a customer is identified. The...
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS
A method of providing recommendations is disclosed and includes receiving a selection of an offering via an online site. The method also includes outputting a...
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RECURRING ORDERS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK
A recurring order management system and method for a computer network is disclosed. The system receives a request to suggest a recurring order for one or more...
Spectacle Lens Selection System and Spectacle Lens Selection Method
A spectacle lens selection system includes a manufacturer side terminal and a store side terminals installed in a store and is connected to the manufacturer...
Systems and Methods for Creating a User Customized Bank Card
One form of the present invention contemplates a unique system for creating a customized bank card by a consumer/user based on instructions from a remote...
Non-Monetary Trading System
Systems and methods that enable users to trade items such as clothing and accessories through non-monetary exchanges. In one embodiment, a web site system...
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A LOTTERY AND AUCTION BASED TOURNAMENT ENTRY
A method of distributing, managing, and exchange entries in one or more activities is provided. The entries may be distributed by any suitable process...
ONLINE MARKETPLACE FOR INFORMATION AND INTANGIBLE GOODS
A system and methods to enable a plurality of vendors of information to sell that information to a plurality of consumers of information are disclosed. The...
Method of brokering digital data
A photographer 2 registers photographing availability information by accessing a server at a service provider 3 from his terminal (S 1). A photograph client 1...
Product Recall Platform Apparatuses, Methods And Systems
The product recall platform apparatuses, methods and systems ("PR Platform") transforms recall initiation request, product identifier and purchase processing...
Central Web-Based Data Exchange
In general, a computer-implemented method of managing data exchange includes registering a plurality of data sellers with a computer-implemented data exchange;...
POWER GENERATION LEVELING SYSTEM AND POWER GENERATION LEVELING METHOD
A communication part of a purchased power management device transmits, in response to an instruction from a user, rate information indicating a rate of power...
Systems and Methods to Provide Credits via Mobile Devices
Systems and methods to provide credits or refunds via mobile phones. In one aspect, a system includes an interchange and a data storage facility storing phone...
Systems and Methods for Self-Service Transactions
A self-service terminal for a product/service cooperates with an application platform accessible by a consumer's mobile device. The terminal assigns an active...
AUTOMATIC PRICE DISPLAY CONTROL BY EMULATION OF ELECTRONIC CASH REGISTER
A system and method for distribution of product price and/or sales data in a retail establishment. Product price and/or sales data is stored locally, either in...
Processing Separate Items Via A Single Retailer Action
A method, system, and medium are provided for processing multiple items for retail sale via a single retailer action. Upon scanning a machine-readable marking...
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RESTAURANT ORDER ON A WIRELESS MOBILE
A wireless mobile personal computer is provided for enabling a customer to generate a restaurant order on the wireless mobile personal computer. The wireless...
Image Capture and Identification System and Process
A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the...
Method and Apparatus for Universal Placement Server
A method and apparatus for universal placement server have been disclosed. In one embodiment there are three levels of major activities.
POINTS BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING WEB SITE
A points-based social networking site gives its users the opportunity to earn points by viewing other profiles, inviting their friends to join the site,...
Automatic Generation of Bid Phrases for Online Advertising
Automatic generation of bid phrases for online advertising comprising storing a computer code representation of a landing page for use with a language model and...
BILLING METHOD FOR ONLINE ADVERTISING, SYSTEM THEREOF, AND
COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
Provided are a method for billing for an online advertisement, a system thereof and a computer-readable recording medium. The method for billing for an online...
DYNAMIC MECHANISM FOR SELLING ONLINE ADVERTISING SPACE
A dynamic mechanism for selling online advertising space may involve computing allocation rules and pricing structures to align incentives of seller and...
Method, computer system, and stored program for causing delivery of
electronic advertisements based on provided...
To improve monetization of electronic advertisement placement, a profile owner company operates an automatic system for identifying media properties that have...
SOCIAL ADVERTISING PLATFORM
Methods and systems for facilitating a social advertising platform are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for enabling sharing of...
Integrated Advertising System
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for selecting advertisements to be delivered to mobile communication facilities...
System And Method for Communicating Media Content
A method for targeted advertising is disclosed. The method includes accessing at least one piece of demographic information associated with a user of a portable...
INCORPORATING TIME AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN USER/ADVERTISER
LOCATIONS INTO ADVERTISEMENT RELEVANCE
Methods and systems for determining advertisement relevance based on time and spatial relationships or reachable locations may include determining a set of...