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7580870 Method and system for providing auctions to win with a lowest bid  
Techniques for generating revenues from a bidding process that announces a winning bid that is lowest but unique among all bidders are disclosed. Opposite from a traditional auction in which the...
7580865 Customer solicitation support system and information provision server  
The customer solicitation support system includes: a portable apparatus carried by a customer; a plurality of client computers installed in shops; and a server for exchanging information among the...
7580864 Method for circulating an electronic gift certificate in online and offline system  
Disclosed is an electronic gift certificate circulating method for a gift certificate service system including a gift certificate database and a gift certificate service server to manage sales of...
7580868 Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining rankings of product providers displayed via a product source system  
The present invention generates a ranked display listing of product providers (such as hotels) in response to a user query wherein the rank is generated based upon a performance factor determined...
7580871 Method to generate a customizable product configurator  
A method of customizing a product comprising. According to one embodiment, a set of one or more customizable product classes are available from which a create a customizable product. Upon receiving...
7580808 Onboard trip computer for emissions subject to reduction credits  
Methods and a system are provided for monitoring and processing the emissions footprint of one or more vehicles. An embodiment of an onboard vehicle method involves the collection of vehicle data...
7580887 Method and apparatus for facilitating purchase transactions across a network  
A local computer system that provides and records information to facilitate a purchase transaction across a network operates by first receiving a request for billing information relating to a...
7580895 Product protection gateway and method for checking the authenticity of products  
The invention relates to a product protection system whereby a product piece is provided with a product-specific identification sequence (K) which is converted into a coded check sequence (C), by...
7580862 Method and system to select, schedule and purchase home services  
A method and system to select, schedule, purchase, confirm, invoice, bill and settle service orders, such as home services orders from customers. The method and system accept electronic service...
7580866 Apparatus, methods, and computer readable medium for determining the location of a portable device in a shopping environment  
A method, a system and a device for locating items are provided. The device sends a selection of at least one item to the server. The server receives the selection and accesses location information...
7580867 Methods for interactively displaying product information and for collaborative product design  
A system for interactively displaying and distributing information. The information may relate to consumer products, any type of article of commerce, marketing and advertising layouts, floor plans,...
7580969 Method and system for information distribution  
A system and a method for distributing information from at least one Information Provider to at least one Customer device. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of: sending...
7580856 Systems and methods for distributing targeted incentives to financial institution customers  
An incentive distribution system is used in distributing, tracking and redeeming product incentives offered by manufacturers and distributors of consumer goods through a financial institution. A...
7580861 Providing automated gift registry functionality to assist a user in purchasing an item for a recipient  
A method, system, and computer-readable medium is described that provides automated gift registry functionality to assist a user in purchasing an item for a recipient. In particular, the system may...
7580885 Electronic money settlement method using mobile communication terminal  
A settlement system includes a mobile communication terminal, an input device, and a settlement device. The input device transmits data of a charge to the mobile communication terminal and...
7580863 Method, system, and computer program product for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system  
Operating a publicly accessible purchasing system including receiving, on a receipt date, from a purchaser, in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“DPR”) for...
7580869 Method and system for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination  
A universal shopping cart is provided that obtains and orders products and services from different merchants located on the Internet. The consumer completes all of their shopping on the shopping...
7580857 Methods and systems for online transaction processing  
Methods and systems coordinate an Internet-based financial transaction between an Internet merchant and a customer. A first information packet is received with a payment network from the Internet...
7578438 System and method for user selection of fraud detection rules  
A system and method for establishing fraud detection rules system includes a first transaction card through which access to monetary funds is extended and a database associating said transaction...
7577591 System and method for generating a product order from a product sample  
A product order is automatically generated from a product sample by an indication made at the product sample. For example, configuration information of an information handling system is...
7577595 Method and system of conducting electronic commerce utilizing a consolidator  
The present invention provides an electronically accessible site that lists a product and associated distributors that distribute the product to customers. A customer purchases a product from the...
7577583 Computerized article customization system and method for use thereof  
The present invention is a method for soliciting orders for customized apparel. The apparel can be appendage apparel, such as footwear, gloves, or head gear, or non-appendage apparel such as...
7577588 Methods for interactively displaying product information and for collaborative product design  
A system for interactively displaying and distributing information about a product, which may be any type of goods, services, equipment, facility that is capable of being illustrated graphically. A...
7577590 Methods, systems, and products for participating in an online ecosystem  
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for participating in an online ecosystem. This online ecosystem represents an interrelated community of merchants. When a merchant...
7577582 Methods and apparatus for facilitating transactions  
Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating transactions in a wide area network. Information relating to a transaction between a first party and a second party is provided to a third party...
7577622 Method, apparatus and medium for data management collaboration in the transport of goods  
A collaboration method and apparatus, is provided for the management of transactions and data, in a networked computing environment, between carriers and shippers in the transport of goods. In one...
7577586 Self-distribution methods, coded self-distribution methods, and systems for distributing information  
A self-distribution method for distributing information content among network connected devices of a communications network includes receiving a query having a code against a database from a...
7577592 Method, medium, and system for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination  
A universal shopping cart is provided that obtains and orders products and services from different merchants located on the Internet. The consumer completes all of their shopping on the shopping...
7577585 Method and system for completing transactions involving partial shipments  
Embodiments provide systems, apparatus, methods, computer program code, and means for completing transactions involving partial shipments.
7577594 Medium for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination  
A universal shopping cart is provided that obtains and orders products and services from different merchants located on the Internet. The consumer completes all of their shopping on the shopping...
7577676 Interactive broadcast or input method and system  
The invention is generally but not exclusively concerned with problems associated with production of interactive television, particularly an interactive televised auction, where input must be...
7577665 User characteristic influenced search results  
Improved mobile content presentation capabilities are disclosed for mobile communications facilities, such as cell phones. Information relating to the user characteristics associated with a mobile...
7577587 Purchase order and purchase order response interactive forms  
The present invention provides a method and system for generating electronic purchase orders and purchase order responses. Purchase orders and purchase order responses may be automatically filled...
7577571 Electronic apparatus, time period charging system, time period charging method, and charging management system for electronic apparatus  
The invention provides an electronic apparatus, a time period charging system, a time period charging method, and a charging management system for an electronic apparatus which eliminate various...
7577593 Method, medium, and system for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination  
A universal shopping cart is provided that obtains and orders products and services from different merchants located on the Internet. The consumer completes all of their shopping on the shopping...
7577584 Double auctions with bargaining  
Methods for double auctions that permit bargaining between buyers and sellers as part of the price determination process may be implemented using a computer network connecting the buyers and...
7577589 Method and apparatus for conducting a dynamic exchange  
In a combinatorial exchange, a set of rules can be input for processing of bids received in connection with the exchange. At least one bid can be received from each of a plurality of exchange...
7575163 Interactive management of storefront purchases  
Briefly described, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a media server configured to transfer storefront interface data to a client device, where the storefront interface data...
7577606 System and method for managing tier-priced commodities transactions  
Methods and systems for managing the sale of a tier-priced commodity are described. Risk is managed by bundling with the commodity at the lower tier a financial instrument designed to indemnify...
7577581 Method for targeting promotions to individual associated with a vehicle  
This disclosure provides a system for remotely communicating with a vehicle and a related business method of targeting promotions to one or more individuals associated with a vehicle. The system...
7574400 Financing information processing system and method  
A method and system which uses a communication network to facilitate financing-related activities is provided. A list of financing functions is provided to a user terminal across the communication...
7574414 Method for implementing a rules-based engine  
Embodiments of the invention provide an RBE that uses a logical abstraction for a set of application rules that allows the rules to be implemented, presented and modified efficiently. For one...
7574381 System and method for constructing and displaying active virtual reality cyber malls, show rooms, galleries, stores, museums, and objects within  
A system and method for virtually displaying on-line a gallery, a showroom, a store, a mall or any other room or space and the objects contained in said room or space, wherein the data displayed is...
7574380 Purchasing peripheral support in a media exchange network  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system providing support for user transactions in a media exchange network. An embodiment of the present invention may include a television display,...
7574382 Automated detection of anomalous user activity associated with specific items in an electronic catalog  
An anomaly detection engine monitors network traffic to detect orders placed by users from an electronic catalog of items, aggregates data about the detected orders by time period, and analyzes the...
7574377 Systems, methods, and computer storage medium for vending products and services to purchasers having mobile communicators  
The present invention provides a vending system ( 1 ) for selling products or services to purchasers having mobile communicators ( 2 ) enabled to a wireless internet connection ( 7 ), and...
7574376 System and method for generating and using a transaction enable report  
A system and method for a enabling transactions based on provided informational and transactional data. Data distribution servers provide e-mail and other messages of topical interest to a subset...
7574379 Method and system of using artifacts to identify elements of a component business model  
A method and system are described for using business artifacts to identify elements of a component business model. Artifacts operated upon by the business are first identified, and then used to...
7574403 Patronage incentive saving system and method for retail businesses  
A method of doing business in a retail environment employs a patronage incentive system incorporating a rounding up saving software program which provides a customer making a purchase at a...
7574378 System for stock images peer-to-peer services over the world wide web  
A system for distributed digital images. The system comprises image publishers, image buyers, and a system service center. Image publishers, interested in selling rights in high-resolution images,...