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7103564 |
Method and apparatus for performing personalization based on classification
A method and apparatus for personalizing information content for delivery to a requesting user is provided. With the method and apparatus, a set of actions needed to retrieve and organize requested...
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7103563 |
System and method for advertising with an internet voice portal
A method of advertising includes maintaining an Internet-related communication session between a user and a portal and, during the communication session, selectively providing advertisements based...
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7099832 |
Method and apparatus for defining routing of customers between merchants
A server or Internet service provider computer selects a soliciting merchant and an outputting merchant based on various factors. In one embodiment, the soliciting merchant is selected if its...
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7099831 |
Advertising method and awareness server
A method executed on a server for distributing user-acceptable and highly effective advertisements and enabling detailed status representation on an awareness system. Advertisement icons such as a...
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7099925 |
Electronic commerce session management
Methods and apparatuses for electronic session management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user is connected to a server when initiating a session. Until a predetermined period of time passes...
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7100111 |
Method and system for optimum placement of advertisements on a webpage
A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance,...
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7096205 |
Systems and methods for enrolling consumers in goods and services
Systems and methods for enrolling consumers in goods and services offered by a consumer provider are disclosed herein. Various of the methods include providing an enrollment system and displaying...
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7096190 |
System for electronic barter, trading and redeeming points accumulated in frequent use reward programs
A system and method for operating a reward points accumulation and redemption program wherein a user earns reward points from a plurality of independent reward points issuing entities, with each...
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7096195 |
Method for enhancing the equity of a business entity
A method of enhancing the equity of a business entity by issuing a debt instrument to the equity share of the business entity. The debt instrument is secured by the written unconditional promise to...
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7092916 |
Electronic identifier payment system and methods
A payment service method and system involve a payment service provider, a customer/payor and a consumer provider/payee. The customer/payor enrolls in the service and is provided a unique identifier...
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7092900 |
Electronic commerce method, recording medium storing electronic commerce program therein, and server
A server performs electronic commerce with a client by using a network. An order receiving unit of the server separates a sales article into information and goods and presents them as an ordering...
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7086586 |
System and method for a card payment program providing mutual benefits to card issuers and cardholders based on financial performance
The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for a card payment instrument providing that a share of program profits above a pre-designated level is returned to participating consumers...
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7089322 |
System and method of aggregating data from a plurality of data generating machines
A system and method for collecting and aggregating data from a plurality of data generating machines. The system includes a plurality of data generating machines each having a transceiver for...
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7089194 |
Method and apparatus for providing reduced cost online service and adaptive targeting of advertisements
A method and apparatus for adaptively targeting advertisements to a specific client computer from a server within a distributed data processing system is provided. As a user of the client browses...
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7089209 |
Method for revaluing a phone card
The present invention relates to method for revaluing a phone card by way of an electronic commerce terminal system. The method comprise the steps of: communicating transaction data from the phone...
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7085806 |
Method and apparatus for recommending a match to another
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for locating and recommending a match to another. The invention provides people with a way to take an active role in matchmaking between a...
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7084765 |
Processor-based positioning system
A facility such as a retail facility may include a plurality of wireless identifier tags distributed about the facility. An article associated with a user such as a retail customer may include a...
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7085731 |
Computer system configuration and method for a store
Disclosed are computer system configurations and methods for a retail store. In an exemplary system, a CPU and program in a checkout station make a list of the products selected by the customer....
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7083520 |
In-room game promotion and demonstration method and system
A system includes a media distribution system including displays located in guest rooms of a hotel. A game play system and player tracking system of a casino are linked to the media distribution...
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7085732 |
Online trading for the placement of advertising in media
An online trading system for conducting an advertiser initiated auction for the placement of an advertisement in a media, such as printed publications, billboards, radio, television, videos,...
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7085733 |
Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein
A game system which is operable to update advertisements that are displayed when a game program is executed. The system stores a game program in a memory, receives (i.e., downloads), at...
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7080123 |
System and method for preventing unnecessary message duplication in electronic mail
The system for preventing unnecessary message duplication in electronic mail forms a message digest of each message received. The message digest is then compared with stored message digests from...
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7080030 |
Digital online exchange
A system for dynamically pricing media content is operatively coupled to one or more clients over a network. The system dynamically adjusts pricing of the media content and delivers the media...
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7080018 |
Method for weather-based advertising
A system and method that allows for weather-based planning of future activities and/or events, and the like. The system includes weather forecast, weather history, activities, advertisement and...
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7076446 |
System and method for redemption of awards by award program participants
A system and method for maximizing airline award program participant's use of the accumulated award miles even in light of mileage shortfalls for the redemption of mileage awards is described. The...
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7076444 |
Electronic offer management system and method thereof
An electronic offer management system and method thereof is disclosed. In particular, the system comprises means for receiving information related to a plurality of offers distributed by a...
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7076443 |
System and technique for automatically associating related advertisements to individual search results items of a search result set
The resultant search result items from a search engine performing an Internet search are associated with similar or related advertisements. These associated advertisements, once acquired, may be...
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7076339 |
Energy-saving service offering method and apparatus therefor
An energy saving support service offering method introducing energy saving equipment at least in a load facility with an expense of an energy saving support service provider and/or its cooperatives...
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7076434 |
Method and system of playing and controlling a contest for a large number of simultaneous contestants
A method of using a communication network so that a large multitude of users may simultaneously compete in a skill-based contest includes identifying a large multitude of contestants; grouping the...
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7076445 |
System and methods for obtaining advantages and transacting the same in a computer gaming environment
A system and methods allowing the creation, integration, and transaction of advantages (e.g. desired environment features and/or elements). In an illustrative implementation, the system may operate...
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7076504 |
Sharing a centralized profile
A system is disclosed that facilitates web-based a virtually ubiquitous network interface is created by obtaining user profile information from a user and activity information from a user device,...
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7072850 |
Method and apparatus for processing a supplementary product sale at a point-of-sale terminal
Upsells are made accessible to customers so customers may select upsells as they select items in their purchase. Each upsell has an associated rounding code. For example, the rounding code may be...
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7072848 |
Promotion pricing system and method
A promotion pricing system produces an evaluation so as to analyze, evaluate, improve, and design promotions. The promotion pricing system generates promotion price evaluations and recommendations...
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7072852 |
Method of scoring a self-targeting coupon
A self-targeting coupon having fields covered with removable material. A first field has at least one multiple choice question having answers printed, marked or indicated on top of the removable...
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7070501 |
Gaming machine with free game play
A gaming machine 10 has a display 12 and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display 12. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least...
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7072851 |
System and method for administrating a credit card use incentive program by which a credit card holder earns rebate in the form of an additional payment toward an outstanding loan principal to reduce overall cost of the installment loan
A credit card incentive program wherein a credit card issuer issues a credit card to a credit card holder, who has an outstanding installment loan account with a lending institution; wherein the...
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7072860 |
Electronic shopping mall
An electronic shopping mall in which customers can enjoy shopping including discount negotiations. The mall includes a shopping mall server that manages the electronic shopping mall, and a shop...
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7072849 |
Method for presenting advertising in an interactive service
A method for presenting advertising in an interactive service provided on a computer network, the service featuring applications which include pre-created, interactive text/graphic sessions is...
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7072853 |
Method for transacting an advertisement transfer
A method for transacting an advertisement transfer is disclosed which facilitates expressing the rate structure for the individual advertisement as a function of a profile of the individual...
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7072858 |
System and method for dynamic price setting and facilitation of commercial transactions
The present invention provides methods and systems for defining commercial transaction components; defining rules for mapping customer transactions into individual components; market segmentation...
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7068382 |
Interactive printer provider
An on-demand computer based system is provided for allowing a user to obtain interactive printed information from a remote source. The system includes a printer module that is provided by a first...
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7068995 |
System and method for affinity marketing in a wireless network
An affinity market system may be implemented in a wireless network. A mobile station may make billable transactions via the wireless network, and each billable transaction made by the mobile...
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7065550 |
Information provision over a network based on a user's profile
A method, apparatus and product for providing information via a public network, such as the Internet, is disclosed. A user is firstly identified, and profile data is acquired based on that person's...
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7065495 |
Method and apparatus for preventing oligopoly collusion
A method and apparatus for reducing incentives for oligopolistic collusion comprises making managerial compensation dependent on relative profits rather than absolute profits. Since the managers of...
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7065494 |
Electronic customer service and rating system and method
A method and system of receiving, storing, and delivering customer comments, including qualitative and quantitative feedback, over a communications network, such as the Internet. Also, the present...
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7065497 |
Document delivery system for automatically printing a document on a printing device
A document is operatively coupled to a printing device, either directly or through a network such as the Internet. A print schedule is stored that keeps track of when a document should be printed...
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7062466 |
Method and system for operating online classified advertisements
A system and method for pricing a classified advertisement. The method includes receiving a classified advertisement from an advertiser to be distributed to at least one of multiple device types....
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7062778 |
Method for communicating information, a receiver and a transmitter for use in that method and a system for performing the method
A system comprising a number of transmitters spatially separated and transmitting different local information. A number of portable or mobile receivers adapted to receive transmitted information...
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7057492 |
Enabling/enhancing a feature of an electronic device using radio frequency identification technology
A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device ( 102 ) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device ( 602 ) via a RFID reader ( 206...
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7058594 |
Distributed network system which transmits information to users based on past transactions of the users
A geographic-based communications service system has a mobile unit for transmitting/receiving information, and access points connected to a network. The access points are arranged in a known...
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