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7341183 System and method for distributing media  
A method, system and apparatus for distributing limited media to a user through a user interface. The method, system and apparatus includes a media distribution database ( 202, 302 ) for storing...
7341197 Component tagging with maintenance related information in open and closed formats  
A method for maintaining a complex article, including retrieving maintenance information relating to maintenance of a component of a complex article from an electronically-accessible tag coupled to...
7341182 Method and apparatus for integrating a mobile phone with a contactless IC card  
The present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for integrating a mobile phone with a contactless IC card, wherein various data are preinstalled in the mobile phone for conducting...
7341180 Card settlement system  
A user purchases a card on which an identification number is printed and masked, calls a line for registration by the user's mobile telephone terminal in advance, inputs the identification number,...
7339690 Identification card printer with client/server  
An identification card printer for printing an image on an identification card, is provided which includes a print mechanism adapted to deposit material on to the card. A network adapter is...
7337961 Location determining system with rotating laser beam and bar code reflectors  
A method and system for providing accurate location of a consumer service device (CSD) in a retail establishment via light modulated by a reflector with a location code. A plurality of location...
7337947 Prepaid account and card  
A transaction card with a prepaid amount for spending is disclosed. The card may be funded through direct deposit, savings accounts, or any other source, for instance, specified by an individual...
7337957 Authentication system authentication method authentication medium manufacturing device and authentication terminal device  
A certification system includes a photographing unit 10 which generates looks image data LI whose object is an individual person P, a holographic stereogram manufacturing unit 20 which makes a...
7337976 Semiconductor memory  
The object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor memory which executes executing multiple application programs and duplicating important data from one application program into...
7337949 System for marketing leisure activity services through prepaid tickets  
One-time-use tickets containing a unique identification code that allow for prepayment of entertainment or personal services are distributed and sold. When a ticket is sold, it is activated by the...
7337973 Identity card  
A card with a paper core and at least one chip incorporated into the paper core, characterised in that an image is arranged on at least one main surface of the paper core, at least 5% of at least...
7337956 System and method for facilitating the purchase of goods and services  
A system and method for facilitating commercial transactions between a consumer and a supplier of goods at a point of sale and authorized by a credit holder. The credit holder possesses a...
7337950 Transaction workflow and data collection system  
A transaction workflow and data collection system including the steps of configuring multiple user profiles and system-wide loan data policies, process the loan transaction using a workflow system...
7334720 Data storage and access systems  
Data storage and access systems are described for downloading and paying for data such as audio and video data, text, software, games and other types of data. A portable data carrier has an...
7336842 Method and apparatus for generating data representative of features of an image  
Image data representative of features of a respective plurality images are transformed using a two dimension discrete cosine transform (DCT), and the DCT sign coefficients of the respective DCT...
7334725 Flash memory device within a business card  
A flash memory device including a housing, having a form factor of a business card bearing printed information, a non-volatile memory within the housing, for storing digital information, and a...
7336654 Portable VoIP service access module  
A voice over IP (VoIP) softphone access module (VSAM) comprises a softphone client installed on a portable memory device (PMD). The softphone client is installed in its own read-only partition. The...
7334724 System for operating a prepaid reloadable debit card having ancillary services  
Disclosed is a system for operating a prepaid reloadable debit card. The system includes providing ancillary services associated with the prepaid reloadable debit card. The prepaid reloadable debit...
7334733 Data access device using rotational head to access data stored in data strips and data arc segments or data circles  
This invention discloses a data card that has a plurality of data arcs and also a linear data track, e.g., a magnetic or optical data strip, disposed on a flat data storage medium. The data card...
7337145 E-money managing method and system, e-money managing/holding medium, computer-readable recording medium in which e-money managing program is recorded, e-value managing/holding medium, and e-value managing method  
With an electronic money managing system using an electronic-money medium, a user is freed from worrying about a balance in the medium, avoiding unnecessary spending. The system has a medium...
7334736 Antenna-coil design apparatus and design method  
A method of designing on a short-time basis an antenna which satisfies desired electrical characteristic values. There is provided the method of designing the antenna coil used in a non-contact IC...
7337128 Method, program, and system for resetting the value of a coupon based on market information  
A method and computer program for resetting the value of a coupon based on market information is provided. The program receives a request for valuation of a coupon from a retailer, accesses market...
7331527 Exception reduction and event reordering in an item tracking system  
A current state of an item being tracked by an item-tracking system may be determined using prior state information about the item. To ensure proper temporal order of the state information,...
7331517 Article reader program, article management method and article reader  
An article reader program of this invention comprises: detecting that a display of data concerning a first article is instructed by a user; calculating an article relevance degree between the first...
7333955 System and method for securing communication service  
A system and method for supplying communication service value is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes distributing indicia of an identifier to a merchant for distribution to a customer...
7331518 Transaction processing systems and methods  
A transaction processing system according to various embodiments of the invention is adapted for: (1) associating a particular account (e.g., a credit card account) with a particular phone number;...
7331520 Electronic image acquisition for gaming systems  
Methods and devices are provided for making, storing and retrieving electronic representations of payment documents such as payment tickets used for gaming machines. Some implementations sort...
7331519 Traceability signature system, signature method and program product  
A signature device having an item selection input section which accepts a selection of a group of items formed by combining an item delivered from at least one supplier and an item generated by...
7331514 Systems and methods for detecting corporate financial transactions  
Systems and methods for electronically processing financial transactions involving corporate checks. A front end device at a location associated with a merchant and a check processing service...
7331516 Portable terminal having movable keypad  
A portable terminal includes a main housing having a display device and a second keypad positioned adjacently to the display device and a first keypad adapted to slide on the main housing to expose...
7328844 Point-of-transaction machine with improved versatility and related method  
A system and method for conducting sales transactions in a manner that permits a user to access all aspects of their finances to debit or withdraw funds from an account to fund a sales transaction....
7328841 Method and system for transaction authorization  
The present invention provides an additional tier of authorization, which can be combined with any authorization procedures already in place for particular type of transactions. This new security...
7328840 Electronic money system and transaction method using the same  
An electronic money system and an electronic money terminal used therein which facilitate and promote the transaction by card representing cash. A user carries out a transaction by using an...
7328190 System and method for adding value to a stored-value account  
A system and method for adding value into a customer's stored-value account is provided. A stored-value card is distributed to a merchant for distribution to a customer who has an account with a...
7325723 System and method for detecting persons or objects in definite areas provided each with at least an entrance  
A system and a method are described for detection of individuals ( 8 ) or objects in a plurality of delimited spaces ( 10 ), each having at least one entrance ( 6 ). The detection system comprises...
7325730 Shopping assisting card, card issuing system, card issuing method, card issuing program, and storage medium  
A card issuing system that issues a shopping assisting card that provides support in purchasing an item includes a database that stores customer information including a language used by a customer...
7325745 Card reader assembly  
The present invention discloses an improved card reader assembly, and more particularly an improved adapter assembly of a card reader that stacks the components in the space as to achieve the...
7328191 Methods and systems for processing unrestricted stored-value instruments  
Methods and systems are provided for processing a stored-value instrument. An unrestricted value associated with the stored-value instrument is authenticated at an instrument-authority system in...
7325725 Stored value card account transfer system  
Systems, methods, computer programs, merchant terminals, etc. for transferring finds between stored value card accounts are provided. One embodiment comprises a method for loading a stored value...
7325726 System and method for detecting fraudulent use of stored value instruments  
The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods for detecting unauthorized or fraudulent use of stored-value instruments. A stored-value instrument can be any instrument...
7325722 Method and device for recharging a credit to chip cards  
A method for recharging chip cards, the recharging being made from a terminal which is connectable to a service center for recharging the chip card. During the process either data are filled in a...
7328188 Dynamic currency conversion for card payment systems  
The present invention relates to Card Payment Systems for use in a multi-currency environment. In particular, the present invention provides a system and method for identifying an appropriate...
7325724 Method for registering a biometric for use with a smartcard  
The present invention discloses a method for registering biometric information for use in a smartcard-reader system. The method comprises the steps of contacting an authorized sample receiver and...
7325727 Personal account protection system  
A security system for a transaction card having a magnetized strip, protection icon, account number, name, and expiration date displayed visually on an external portion of the card is provided. The...
7322519 Transaction card with attached auxiliary portion  
A transaction card assembly may include a transaction card and an auxiliary portion attached to the transaction card. The transaction card and the auxiliary portion may be formed to have a shaped...
7319983 Account status system and method for managing a closing of a user account  
Method for managing a closing of an account of a user. The method includes receiving an identifier of the account of the user, retrieving status information associated with the identifier and...
7318550 Biometric safeguard method for use with a smartcard  
A method for facilitating biometric security in a smartcard-reader transaction system is provided. The method includes determining if a transaction violates an established rule, such as a preset...
7316351 Marking a deposit item  
In order to identify an item, on which a return deposit can be imposed, an element, which can at least be read in the radio frequency range and/or optionally one which can be switched or activated,...
7316357 Stored-value card with bubble wand  
A stored-value card includes a housing and a bubble wand. The housing includes an account identifier adapted to link the stored-value card to a financial account or a financial record. The bubble...
7316350 Multi-purse card system and methods  
The invention relates, in part, to a computerized method for managing electronically stored value accounts which comprises storing at a host computer system a plurality of stored value customer...