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7146353 Resource allocation for multiple applications  
Method and apparatus for allocating resources to a plurality of applications. In various embodiments instrumentation data may be gathered for work requests processed by the applications. An...
7146342 Payment system and method for use in an electronic commerce system  
A method and system of payment of goods and services in an electronic commerce system reduces the transfer and processing costs for each purchase made by a customer from a merchant. A customer...
7143419 Device for running offline applications and synchronizing with a central computer system  
A device, such as a personal digital assistant, Internet enabled phone, handheld computer, laptop computer or desktop computer, being capable of running business applications online or offline and...
7142317 Printing control device and printing control method, printing control system, and recording medium  
A printing control system has a contents provider and a printout service provider connected via a network. The contents provider comprises a device for generating viewing screens, a device for...
7143056 Method for automated print ordering utilizing the internet  
An automated print order system for institutional business cards and stationery products generally comprises a requestor interface for entry of a distributed user's print order and a processor...
7143058 Notifying program and detailed statement display method  
A detailed statement notifying system is connected via the Internet to a consumer terminal, a shop terminal, a credit company terminal and a logo management server. A detailed statement notifying...
7143057 Method of producing, selling, and distributing articles of manufacture  
There is disclosed a method of selling articles of manufacture. The method comprises an electronic communication system to identify one or more articles of manufacture, from at least one...
7143337 Apparatus and accompanying methods for network distribution and interstitial rendering of information objects to client computers  
A technique for implementing in a networked client-server environment, e.g., the Internet, network-distributed advertising in which advertisements are downloaded, from an advertising server to a...
7139727 Method and system for optimizing market accessibility via an electronic network  
A method for marketing a plurality of products or services includes the steps of selecting an arbitrary word and appending the arbitrary word to a first and a second product- or service-related...
7139372 Authorized distribution of digital content over mobile networks  
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for authorized distribution of digital content amongst a plurality of mobile devices, under the mobile service provider's control. A mobile...
7139725 Method of offering free products or services over the internet  
A system and method for offering free goods or services over computer networks allows a merchant to choose a probability-based method of selecting how the free items are determined. The probability...
7136829 Method and apparatus for providing a shopping list service  
A method and apparatus is disclosed that provides an Internet wish list for deferred purchasing. A user clicks on an add to wish list button located on locations, such as, a product page, a banner...
7136713 Manufacturing and de-fabrication analysis method and apparatus  
A structured product coding system that reflects both the components as are used to fabricate a given product but component manipulators as are used to execute part-mating operations to combine the...
7136830 Method of producing, selling, and distributing articles of manufacture through the automated aggregation of orders and the visual representation of standardized shipping volumes  
The present invention also provides a dynamic on-line order gathering system that enables sellers to offer one or a combination of goods whose availability (production and/or shipping) may be...
7133839 Method, system and medium for sharing an image of a virtual try-on scene  
A state close to real shopping by plural persons is realized in on-line shopping as well. This invention includes if a registration request of a first user enabling browsing of an image of a...
7133841 Method and computer system for conducting a progressive, price-driven combinatorial auction  
A method and computer system for conducting a progressive, price-driven combinatorial auction wherein equilibrium prices supporting optimal allocation are provided. The auction mechanism allows...
7130815 Method and system for conducting reserve request reverse auctions for electronic commerce  
A system of performing reserve price reverse auctions is disclosed. In one embodiment, the reverse auction immediately ends if an offer below the reserve price is received. In another embodiment,...
7130818 Method and system for providing order status information using a network address  
A method and system for providing order status information using a network address, by receiving a network address from a customer when the customer places an order with the merchant. An...
7130821 Method and apparatus for product comparison  
A method of comparing products is disclosed. The method includes selecting a first configuration representing a first product with a first attribute, selecting a second configuration representing a...
7130817 Electronic gift linking  
According to the invention, a method for creating an electronic greeting card that references a gift is disclosed. In one step, a selection of the electronic greeting card is received from a sender...
7127419 Transaction tracking, managing, assessment, and auditing data processing system and network  
An improved processing system for tracking commerce on the Internet provides for subvariable processing and includes web page scanning to discern fraud or improper content to insure proper...
7127417 Voice signature transaction system and method  
A voice signature transaction system for use in electronic commerce comprises user terminals, a server, and a data network. The server receives order data from a user, allocates an order ID to the...
7127415 Method and system for acquiring branded promotional products  
A method and system allows users to purchase branded promotional products over the Internet through a central, real-time exchange process. Users may include customers, resellers, vendor partners,...
7124939 Method and apparatus for creating a bar code  
A process and article of manufacture for ordering items. Descriptive item information is provided to a consumer on a mass media storage device. The consumer reviews the item information and selects...
7126490 Point of sale display for doorbell  
A doorbell having interchangeable chimes and interchangeable decorative covers is displayed for sale to the retail public such that a customer may easily choose a specific chime sound and combine...
7124091 Method and system for ordering an advertising spot over a data network  
The present invention provides for a method for ordering an advertising spot for an advertisement over a data network to be transmitted to a target user during a transmission of a motion picture....
7124115 Micro payment-based advertising  
A method for electronic advertising by an advertiser includes posting an advertisement for an item offered to a buyer for purchase from a merchant on a page per fee basis at a predetermined price...
7124095 Third party merchandise return method, storage medium and implementing system  
A method and implementing system are provided in which merchants are enabled to designate re-seller return locations to customers for returned items. In an exemplary embodiment, a merchant is...
7124100 Apparatus, system and method for electronic book distribution  
A system for electronic distribution of books and other media. The system includes a number of self-service stations from which a customer can select and order items and download the ordered item...
7119804 Point-of-sale marketing material presence and viewability verification system and method  
A system and method is provided for monitoring the viewability of a display, and includes a point-of-sale display, at least one sensor that detects at least one of presence, placement and...
7113921 Method and system for automatically displaying an image and a product in a page based on contextual interaction and metadata  
The invention provides a method, system and computer-readable medium for storing images with related information in a relational database and using the information to order available products for a...
7113920 Electronic stockroom and catalog  
An intranet based comprehensive ordering system that allows authorized employees to simultaneously search many different vendor's catalogs that are stored in a server on a company's intranet. The...
7110968 Method for managing an electronic-commerce shopping cart  
The invention helps an on-line shopper maintain the proper relationship between primary items in a shopping cart and secondary items in the shopping cart, where secondary items are items that...
7110967 Method for refining an online marketplace selection for enhancing e-commerce  
A method and system for enhancing e-commerce transactions by placing product marketing information in front of targeted potential customers by analyzing the product, mapping it to one or more...
7110961 Method of selling right associated with games  
A method of selling at least one right associated with contest participants through a computer network is disclosed. The method includes broadcasting contests between the participants through the...
7107236 Self-contained business transaction capsules  
A self-contained business transaction capsule to conduct a wireless transaction includes data regarding the wireless transaction. Transaction logic is provided to complete the wireless transaction....
7107227 Method and system for publicizing commercial transactions on a computer network  
A computer method and system for publicizing commercial transactions. To publicize a commercial transaction, the system (“e-commerce system”) receives a selection of a purchase transaction for...
7107225 Business system  
A method for guaranteeing a consumer a best price on an item purchased from a vendor in a first transaction at a first price, the method including recording the first price and information...
7107238 Method and apparatus for providing relative-evaluations of commodities to user by using commodity-comparison map  
In a method for providing information on commodities to a user by using a computer, commodity-comparison information indicating at least one result of at least one comparison between the...
7107230 Dynamic market equilibrium management system, process and article of manufacture  
A dynamic market equilibrium management system is especially adapted for the sale of goods and services through an online buying group (referred to herein as a “co-op”) formed for the specific...
7107237 Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for executing a statement to manipulate data  
A catalog management system for executing a statement that accesses a catalog to manipulate referenced system or user-defined objects and related data. Initially, a statement for a transaction to...
7103570 Merchant account activation system  
A merchant account activation system that includes an Internet server that works in conjunction with a master account file operating on a mainframe computer and an expert computer system that is...
7099834 Method, system, and program for transferring data between servers through a client computer over a network  
Provided is a method, system, and program for transferring data from a first server to a second server through a client computer over a network. The client performs downloading and displaying...
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...
7094149 Methods and systems for facilitating play at a gaming device by means of third party offers  
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention an offer is presented to a player (e.g., at a gaming device or a table game in a casino). The offer defines a benefit to be provided in...
7094995 Oven system with automated customer messages  
In an in-store oven system audible customer messages are automatically generated based upon a food product cooked in an oven within the store.
7092917 Computer system, message monitoring method and associated message transmission method  
The customer agent 9 transmits a search request 15 a to a manager 4 , which in turn transmits a search request 15 b to a shop agent 5 . The shop agent 5 transmits a product information...
7092913 System for inexpensively executing online purchases  
The present invention is a system for making online purchases using electronic funds transfers from the buyers' bank account to the vendor's bank account, enabled by an intermediate funds transfer...
7092903 Customer-specific merchandising program  
The invention is directed to facilitating the planning and ordering of a merchandising unit and associated products. A merchandising unit planning screen is presented that displays a representation...
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...