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7620567 |
Systems and methods for operating loyalty programs
A loyalty system that may be integrated with a financial infrastructure is provided. Such a financial infrastructure may accommodate transactions involving participants in the loyalty program as...
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7620390 |
Establishing a call session during an advertisement time period
To communicate between terminal devices, a time period of overlap between a first time slot of first advertisement content provided to a first terminal device and a second time slot of second...
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7618318 |
Reward system
A method for operating a reward program including the steps of establishing a plurality of product categories and receiving an indication of selected ones of the product categories. The method...
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7617976 |
Shopping receptacle for receiving interactive product items
A shopping receptacle for receiving a product item. The product item comprises an interface surface a position-coding pattern containing coded data is printed on the interface surface. The coded...
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7617276 |
Ecards from multiple users
Techniques described herein allow multiple users to sign the same ecard. For example, a first user signs onto an ecard website, and selects an ecard template. After personalizing the ecard, the...
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7617162 |
Real time push notification in an event driven network
Disclosed herein is a method and system for matching attributes across an event driven network of user applications at the instance of a change in the attribute profiles of a user application. Each...
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7617122 |
Targeted online marketing
Selecting one or more marketing messages for optimal display at marketing locations in a marketing environment is performed on the basis of information relating to a user to whom the messages are...
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7617121 |
Apparatus and method for hyperlinking specific words in content to turn the words into advertisements
The present invention is a method for taking content in text, HTML, or related format from Web pages or documents and searching it for words or phrases that advertisers have contracted to have...
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7614956 |
Electronic lottery system with promotion prize distribution
A method includes communicating a distribution group of lottery game play records to a data storage device accessible to an assignment component included in a lottery gaming system. This assignment...
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7613659 |
System and method for processing tokenless biometric electronic transmissions using an electronic rule module clearinghouse
Herein is described a tokenless biometric method for processing electronic transmissions, using at least one user biometric sample, an electronic identicator and an electronic rule module...
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7613631 |
Method and apparatus for managing subscriptions
A subscription system allows a customer to establish a subscription to a product with one or more retailers (e.g., by establishing the subscription through a controller or central system). In one...
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7613630 |
System and method for editing existing footage to generate and distribute advertising content to retail locations
A system and method for displaying content at a business establishment. The system includes a local network in communication with a content delivery system. The local network includes an electronic...
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7613629 |
System and method for the transfer of loyalty points
The present invention includes a loyalty program on a network-wide level, wherein the program facilitates a transfer of loyalty points from at least one consumer account associated with a...
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7613628 |
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 reward consumers and/or to analyze...
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7613445 |
Cost control system for access to mobile services
The cost control module 120 controls costs associated with automated access to mobile services for processes running on mobile devices 110 . The module 120 performs cost control in a...
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7610597 |
Process for providing targeted user content blended with a media stream
A network system provides delivery of customized target content, such as advertising, to individual users. There is transmission of a common spot content stream to a large group of the users. Each...
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7610045 |
Advanced system and method for dynamically discovering, provisioning and accessing host services on wireless data communication devices
A system and method for pushing a service book to a mobile device is provided. A service book includes a plurality of fields relating to a host service. At least one mobile device is identified...
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7609686 |
Mass multimedia messaging
A method and system of mass multimedia messaging in a system having a service provider and a plurality of subscriber communication terminals supported by the service provider, wherein at least some...
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7606731 |
Price guarantee methods and systems
A method for guaranteeing a consumer a best price on an item or service purchased from a vendor in a consummated final first transaction, the method including, in certain aspects, determining a...
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7606730 |
System and method for a multiple merchant stored value card
The loyalty system allows a consumer to accumulate general loyalty points from one or more merchants, and convert any desired subset of general points to loyalty dollars associated with a specific...
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7606729 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating the play of fractional lottery tickets utilizing point-of-sale terminals
A store controller determines a monetary value, such as an amount of spare change due to a customer, and allocates a portion of a lottery ticket for the customer. The portion is based on the...
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7604169 |
Methods and systems for customer validation using any of a plurality of identification documents and identification document readers
The present invention provides systems and methods for remote authorization of fuel dispensing and authorization or confirmation of participation in frequent shopper programs, club memberships, and...
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7603621 |
Computer interface for illiterate and near-illiterate users
An interface is presented that can be used by those with little or no computer skills and little or no reading skills. In an exemplary embodiment, the icon pictures are detailed enough that they do...
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7603343 |
Quality of web search results using a game
A system combines individual estimates of the subjective appeal of web pages into a combined rating for each web page that can be used to rank web pages during a web search. In a gaming...
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7603316 |
Message delivery delegate system and method
The present invention provides major improvement with respect to electronic transaction reporting and processing by providing advance asynchronous confirmation of a transaction to a consumer while...
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7600680 |
Time delimited multiple admission method and system
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a provision of access to services. A time delimited, multiple use ticket/admissions card is provided that controls admission to services offered by...
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7599858 |
System and method for availability-based limited-time offerings and transactions
System and method for availability based on limited-time offerings and transactions. One embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method that, based on a set of known preferences...
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7599857 |
System and method for facilitating interaction between consumer and merchant
An automated method and system is provided for facilitating interaction between a consumer and a merchant using a strong security framework. An offer describing a product and a predetermined means...
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7599853 |
System and method of arranging delivery of advertisements over a network such as the internet
A method and system of arranging advertisements on a network for a potential media owner or affiliate to sell ad space on a network media to an advertiser. The advertiser's conditions and the...
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7599852 |
Method and apparatus for adding advertising tag lines to electronic messages
A computer method and device for intercepting contracting client's sent electronic messages, scanning the message body content for key words, sending the key words to a remote central computer...
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7599851 |
Method for providing customized user interface and targeted marketing forum
A method for providing customized network interface and targeted marketing forum. Consumers are provided with a graphical interface tailored in appearance and content based solely on the consumer's...
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7599850 |
Method of and system for managing promotions for purchase transactions over a network
A system for managing promotions over a network includes a promotion server system having a computer processor and associated datastore, the datastore containing data representative of terms and...
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7599788 |
System and method for monitoring the movement of one or more vehicles
A system and method is provided to allow users to receive and transmit real-time traffic flow information. A service provider can utilize information gathering infrastructure to receive, store, and...
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7596578 |
Method and apparatus for operating and funding a question and answer interactive system
A method and system, executed by a server, is disclosed for receiving questions from users regarding one or more topics and providing answers from a set of experts. Users can direct questions to...
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7596515 |
System and method for pairing providers with consumers of online goods and services
A method and system is provided that operates as an intelligent intermediary between online consumers and providers of goods and services. The system operates to receive a request initiated by a...
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7596502 |
System and method for replacing contact information on a website
A system and method that replaces contact information on a real estate development website with contact information for a referring real estate agent. The contact information of the referring real...
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7596500 |
System and method for processing import/export transactions
Import/export transactions whereby an item is to be transported from one country to another are automated. An invoice containing a list of one or more part numbers is entered in at a web site and...
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7595725 |
System and method for identifying geographical areas that significantly overlap a map view
A system and method for identifying, from a set of geographical areas, a set of target areas that overlap a map view or view port of a map. Target areas are defined as circles having centers and...
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7594855 |
Method and apparatus for gaming promotional printer
A method and apparatus for a gaming promotional printer for use within a cashless enabled gaming machine are disclosed. A gaming promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of...
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7593906 |
Bayesian probability accuracy improvements for web traffic predictions
Enhancements to Bayesian prediction models for network location traffic provide increased accuracy in web traffic predictions. The enhancements include implementing user advertising target queries...
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7593868 |
Systems and methods for providing contextual advertising information via a communication network
According to some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to display contextual advertising information to a user via a communication network.
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7593862 |
Delivery, organization, and redemption of virtual offers from the internet, interactive-TV, wireless devices and other electronic means
Disclosed are methods and systems for redeeming virtual coupons by associating the coupons with consumers' credit cards for redemption. In disclosed methods, coupon databases are associated with...
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7593721 |
Method and apparatus for delivering geographical specific advertisements to a communication device
The present invention relates to apparatus, method and system for advertising on communication devices, such as cellular phones. A ‘central contact information database’ containing contact...
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7590723 |
System and method for targeting advertisements to tenants in a building
A system and method for targeting advertisements to tenants in a building by providing a portal for a building accessible via the Internet with the portal based upon the specific needs of targeted...
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7590586 |
Method of and system for auctioning off commercial frames for on-air content and method of and system for automatically sending on-air content
A method of and system for auctioning off commercial (CM) frame for on-air content and a method of and system for automatically sending on-air content. A broadcast station presents as an auctioneer...
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7590557 |
Healthcare card incentive program for multiple users
A computer-implemented arrangement facilitates purchases by multiple cardmembers using respective transaction instruments, each transaction instrument being associated with a single tax-advantaged...
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7590556 |
System and method for providing lifestyle specific information services, and products over a global computer network such as the internet
An Internet-based service configured to provide a variety of products, services and information tailored to a specific and known lifestyle, wherein all information provided about those products,...
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7587372 |
Dynamic pricing of items based on category with which the item is associated
A method of dynamically adjusting prices of items using a processor based upon the category to which the item is assigned, wherein the items are of the type that are deliverable over a network. A...
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7587371 |
Charging method and imaging apparatus for equitable and simple charging
A charging method using a use point that is a unit, common to a plurality of apparatuses, of charging according to use thereof includes the steps of (a) converting a result of use of each of...
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7584149 |
System and method for securing data through a PDA portal
Consumers may utilize computing devices to assist in the purchase and/or loyalty process, and in particular, the consumer may utilize a PDA to facilitate the purchase and/or loyalty process. During...
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