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6594644 Electronic gift certificate system  
An electronic gift certificate system is disclosed which distributes electronic gift certificates in the form of e-mail documents that include hyperlinks for automating the redemption process. When...
6587841 Computer implemented automated credit application analysis and decision routing system  
A credit application and routing system includes a central processor having and executing a program. The system includes data input capabilities for selectively receiving credit application data...
6587867 Internet-based subscriber profile management of a communications system  
A telecommunications system includes multiple services. For example, the system provides multiple communications services with a single number for a subscriber. The subscriber can easily configure,...
6584453 Reversible move/merge operation for a general ledger  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for moving balances from at least one source account into a target account and subsequently reversing the movement. The system operates by...
6581042 Tokenless biometric electronic check transactions  
A tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample is described. The method comprises a payor...
6578016 Tax advantaged transaction structure (TATS) and method  
A tax advantage transaction structure (TATS) and method directs that a first entity assigns disposable property it owns to a second entity in exchange for a contingent installment obligation. The...
6571149 Shipment transaction system and method  
A computer processing system for a shipment transaction involving a shipper and a carrier. The system is particularly suited to efficiently automate the payment of a shipment transaction and to...
6553346 Conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system for packages  
A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system for receiving and processing CPOs for packages of component goods or services. The package CPO management system preferably deconstructs an...
6553358 Decision-theoretic approach to harnessing text classification for guiding automated action  
A decision-theoretic approach for guiding automated actions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first determines a text to analyze. The method then determines an action probability...
6550011 Media content protection utilizing public key cryptography  
A system and method for providing protection of content which may be transmitted over unsecure channels, including storage and transmission in bulk media, transmission over a network such as the...
6546373 System and method for recovering refundable taxes  
A system for recovering refundable taxes such as value-added taxes (VAT) uses a transaction card, such as a credit or debit or electronic cash card, to record purchases made by a traveler that are...
6542912 Tool for building documents for commerce in trading partner networks and interface definitions based on the documents  
Machine readable documents connect businesses with customers, suppliers and trading partners. The self defining electronic documents, such as XML based documents, can be easily understood amongst...
6542875 Charitable and public funding using tax credits and passive losses  
Limited partnerships formed for specified public purposes, such as qualified low-income and elderly housing construction and services, are federally tax advantaged. In accordance with the present...
6539363 Write input credit transaction apparatus and method with paperless merchant credit card processing  
A method and system for generating a completed payment document ready for signature in image form and enabling signature in image form, storing the image and providing a printed copy of the...
6526390 Independent billing settlement for call origination by wireless subscribers roaming to foreign wireless networks  
Method and system to bypass GSM Memorandum of Understandings for cellular/PCS services so that GSM subscribers roaming into CDMA or TDMA networks, and CDMA or TDMA subscribers roaming into GSM...
6516996 Electronic payment system  
Equipment and method for acknowledging a transaction in an electronic payment system, comprising first processing means for providing electronic receipts corresponding to payments, second...
6505178 Automatic teller machine with secure variable storage for internet applications  
A memory controller component ( 10, 30, 40 ) for an Internet application such as a bank, airline or supermarket web site is disclosed. The component is instantiated from a web page in the...
6502121 System and method for processing a recurrent operation  
The processing system includes a storage device for maintaining entity information including period information indicative of information processing periods for the entity. A scheduling application...
6493683 Open commodites exchange  
A system and method of trading commodities includes an open commodities exchange server which can be accessed by registered customers. Registration of the customers with the system includes...
6490568 Automated system and method for monitoring financial transactions  
An automated system and method which monitors the cash flow of the merchant account and maintains a minimum balance for each merchant account based upon allowable delays. The automated...
6490567 System and method for distributed content electronic commerce  
Distributed electronic commerce is conducted over a network by substantially separating transaction functionality from merchant content. Electronic commerce transaction functionality is provided by...
6484153 System and method for managing third-party input to a conditional purchase offer (CPO)  
A central controller receives an offer signal including at least one condition signal. The offer signal defines an offer having at least one condition from a customer. The central controller also...
6477578 System and method for conducting secure internet transactions  
A system and method for conducting secure electronic transactions via the Internet uses a second secure communication link for the transmission of sensitive information. Transactions are split so...
6456984 Method and system for providing temporary credit authorizations  
A method and system are provided for issuing credit as payment in a consumer transaction which eliminates the need for a traditional credit card while also minimizing any potential for fraud or...
6438599 Method and apparatus for establishing communication between a transaction initiator and a transaction processing system  
A system is provided for establishing communication between a transaction initiator and a transaction processing system, in which the transaction processing system has received a transaction from...
6434534 Method and system for processing customized reward offers  
The present invention is a method is for providing and managing a customized reward offer to a holder of a financial account. The method includes the step of accessing historical account data...
6430543 Controlled acceptance mail fraud detection system  
A method for processing controlled acceptance mail includes creating, at a first location, a batch of mail including a plurality of mailpieces, each of the plurality of mailpieces having unique...
6418420 Distributed budgeting and accounting system with secure token device access  
A distributed budgeting and accounting system is designed to operate with secure token devices. The secure token devices serve both as electronic currency purses and as secure vehicles for...
6418418 Transaction information processing system  
An information processing system for transactions by telephone of the present invention comprises a receiving terminal, operated by an operator, for inputting information from a customer taken over...
6405182 System for dispensing prepaid debit cards through point-of-sale terminals  
Point-of-Sale machines that allow individuals to obtain from participating merchants, “over-the-counter”, prepaid debit cards. The amount of the line of credit is determined from the amount...
6402027 Electronic money processing method and system thereof and a recording medium recording a program thereof  
An electronic money system of a token and value mixed type includes an electronic money card of a type in which a token type for preferentially paying the coin money and paying the bill money when...
6400270 Wallet protection system  
A wallet protection system for protecting credit cards is disclosed. The system comprises a selectively openable casing having a thickness. The casing includes a sensor means disposed within the...
6397196 Hybrid installment loan/savings account  
A hybrid installment loan/savings account. A financial account is created for an account holder. An amount of money is payed to the account holder, and the amount is charged to the account so that...
6366893 System, a method and an apparatus for performing an electric payment transaction in a telecommunication network  
The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for performing electronic payment transactions between a terminal equipment ( 100 ) in a telecommunication network and the other transacting party (...
6363362 Technique for integrating electronic accounting systems with an electronic payment system  
A technique is provided for paying bills electronically using data generated by any of multiple accounting software packages. The data generated by each accounting software package has a different...
6363356 Referrer-based system for try/buy electronic software distribution  
The present invention, generally speaking, makes possible an associates program for electronic content distribution by providing a mechanism whereby a referrer may be identified at the time of...
6356878 Conditional purchase offer buyer agency system  
A conditional purchase offer (CPO) buyer agency system is disclosed for processing variable conditional purchase offers (CPOs) containing at least one variable condition. If a posted CPO is not...
6345239 Remote demonstration of business capabilities in an e-commerce environment  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for demonstrating business capabilities in an e-commerce environment. Data connectivity is first provided between a plurality of sites on a...
6341353 Smart electronic receipt system  
A smart electronic receipt system that provides intelligent receipts, called Smart Receipts, that electronically document a transaction between two parties and maintains a persistent connection...
6341273 Electronic coin stick with potential for future added value  
In a digital payment transactions system, a broker generates and stores a secret number. The broker then generates a chain of hash values by successive operations of a hash function, using the...
6339766 Electronic payment system employing limited-use account number  
Methods and systems for enabling an account holder to authorize the transfer of funds from an account using a limited-use account number. An account issuer establishes an account for the account...
6339765 Method and apparatus for defining private currencies  
A method and apparatus for establishing and distributing a currency is disclosed. First, a user accesses a web site and downloads a form. The user completes and returns the form with a currency...
6332133 Personal electronic settlement system, its terminal, and management apparatus  
According to the present invention provided is a settlement means that is superior in safety and usability. The settlement means comprises: payment means 100 including a plurality of systems of...
6327577 Electronic bill payment system with account-number scheming  
A remittance payment method and system which receives a payor's account number with a payee, transforming it into an altered account number according to alteration rules previously stored in a...
6324524 Method and apparatus for an account level offer of credit and real time balance transfer  
A system and method are disclosed for presenting multiple custom offers to an applicant for credit over a network. The method includes obtaining a credit report containing applicant data. A...
6324523 Integrated client relationship management processor  
A data processing system initiates, implements, confirms and updates a novel financial transaction support service, which provides an allotment of brokerage transactions, related financial...
6321213 Electronic money processing method having a transaction fee collecting function and an electronic money storage apparatus for the same  
An electronic money storage apparatus includes that an amount of remittance p is determined on a remitting side and a receiving side. A remitting apparatus obtains a remitter's transaction fee x...
6315196 Method and system for debt deferment  
A computerized method and system for automatic deferment of debt on a credit account of a customer of a financial institution includes a credit protector system of the financial institution which...
6311167 Portable 2-way wireless financial messaging unit  
A portable 2-way secure financial messaging unit (906) includes a receiver (804), a selective call decoder (1004), a financial transaction processor (1014), a main processor (1006), and a...
6311170 Method and apparatus for making payments and delivering payment information  
When characterized as an improved method of making payments from a plurality of payor entities to a plurality of payee entities through a service provider, a number of method steps which will now...