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7010494 Performing predictive pricing based on historical data  
Techniques are described for using predictive pricing information for items to assist in evaluating buying and/or selling decisions in various ways, such as on behalf of end-user item acquirers...
7004398 Stored-value card with edible product  
A stored-value card assembly including a stored-value card, an edible product, and a wrapper. The stored-value card defines a first generally planar surface and a second generally planar surface...
7003501 Method for preventing fraudulent use of credit cards and credit card information, and for preventing unauthorized access to restricted physical and virtual sites  
A method and a system for enabling secure authentication of a user in a computerized card access transaction. A card, identified by an identification number is issued to the user, containing...
7003487 Automated management system  
A bid estimating system and method is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a processor that accesses a database of existing customer information specific to that...
6996546 System and methods for digital receipts  
A secure system for creating digital receipts, while minimizing the amount of data that is encoded in the digital receipt. The digital receipt provides authentication for a transaction. A digital...
6993494 Resource price management incorporating indirect value  
A method and system of managing value from a resource such as hotel rooms by taking into account indirect value, such as gaming value, in determining recommended bid prices. Observed and/or...
6990473 Information management system  
One or a plurality of commodities are placed in a commodity exhibition shelf ( 8 ). Information peculiar to any commodity is read using an input device ( 2 ) under the control of a control device (...
6983253 Process for providing a printed automobile adjustment estimate  
A process for providing a printed insurance adjustment estimate includes a wireless LAN. Each portable computer is connected by a wireless system, including radio transceivers, to a file server and...
6980964 Virtual print market place  
A method to create a virtual print market place using one or more interconnected computers comprising collecting market information comprising an identity of service providers and the print...
6980098 Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program executed in information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program executed in the information processing apparatus. The invention is applied to the calculation of a premium and...
6978257 System and method for measuring and pricing midrange computer server outsourcing services  
A server support matrix system and method for measuring and pricing information technology services provided by small, midrange and large servers. The inventive system and method assigns capacity...
6978253 Systems and methods for transacting business over a global communications network such as the internet  
A business model/process is described for conducting business transactions over the Internet, allowing buyers to reduce the price of the selected product/service based on the buyer's performance...
6973514 Printing system adapted to change a printing operation to be performed based on a result of an accounting operation  
There is disclosed a printer or copying machine which operates according to several different functional and operational modes, a host computer which sends a print or copy order to the printer or...
6971026 Method and apparatus for evaluating security and method and apparatus for supporting the making of security countermeasure  
A security support and evaluation system in accordance with the present invention accepts from an operator via an input unit 16 , a first specification of a system to be evaluated and a second...
6968324 Method, system and program product for evaluating a computational processing capacity migration between computer platforms  
A method, system and program product for determining a cost differential resulting from a migration of computational workloads between computer platforms is disclosed herein. Information regarding...
6968323 Dynamic allocation and pricing of resources of web server farm  
The present invention relates to a computer implementable system and method for allocation and pricing of classified resources of a web server farm to customers by a resource center comprising...
6968325 System and method for automatically adjusting merchandise pricing at a service-oriented interface terminal based upon the quantity of users present at the terminal  
A business method prompts users of electronic payment cards and automatically adjusts automobile fuel pricing based upon the number of passengers in a vehicle at a refueling station. When the...
6965867 Methods and apparatus for allocating, costing, and pricing organizational resources  
This invention is a means both to allocate all types of resources for commercial, governmental, or non-profit organizations and to price such resources. A linear programming process makes...
6965882 Method and system for seeking bids  
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to seeking auction bids via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried...
6965883 Charging mechanism for multicasting  
An apparatus for calculating a cost of receiving multicast data from a multicast session. A multicast network includes at least one multicast service, each multicast service including at least one...
6963854 Target pricing system  
A business process and computer system known as the “Target Pricing System” (TPS) that generates an optimum bid or value for a competitively bid good or service. The system is resident on one...
6963861 Method and system for resolution of carrier specific data utilizing a generic data model  
A system and method of retrieving shipment data uses destination information, as well as the carrier and level of service data models to retrieve the appropriate shipment data which complies with...
6928422 System for accepting non life harming mail from people who are authorized to deposit mail in a receptacle  
A system that determines if mail contains life-harming materials before the mail enters the interior of a receptacle, i.e., mail box. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by issuing...
6920438 System and method for employing digital postage marks as part of value-added services in a mailing system  
System and method for providing confirmation relating to the distribution of a mailpiece within a mailing system includes a determination of postal data required for postage evidencing of a...
6915280 Method and apparatus for printing postage  
The present invention is a postage meter apparatus and method for printing in which print software is decoupled from print data such that print image data can change without impacting software. The...
6910182 Method and apparatus for generating structured documents for various presentations and the uses thereof  
The use of a method/apparatus for generating structured documents is disclosed. A counter is coupled for a product implementing the method/apparatus. When the counter is permitted to increment, the...
6910024 System for pricing-based quality of service (PQoS) control in networks  
A data flow system, where a source 100 transmits a reservation packet to an ingress element 102 . The ingress element 102 polices incoming message traffic and collects data flow information....
6898580 Single board computer quotation and design system and method  
The present invention is a virtual product designer that allows a user to provide specifications for a custom board level product and receive an instantaneous cost quotation and feasibility...
6882985 Marketplace system fees enhancing market share and participation  
A method for use by buyers and sellers in the execution of trades. The price of each executed trade within the system is logged. Next, a trend line is derived from the logged trades. The trading...
6868395 Business transactions using the internet  
In a campaign, a customer's file is reviewed to determine the offer or solicitation to send to the customer and the time such will remain open, and an e-mail message is sent to the customer that...
6868386 Monitoring system for determining and communicating a cost of insurance  
A method and system for communicating insurance related services between an insured and an insurer through an Internet communication scheme includes a processing system for processing acquired...
6865561 Closed system meter having address correction capabilities  
System and method are provided for generating a Postnet bar code with a closed system metering device. Before an indicium is printed on a mailpiece, a scanner is used to scan recipient address...
6862110 Method and apparatus for controlling page cost in an image-rendering device  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling page cost in an image rendering device. More particularly, the invention relates to a system and technique that facilitates the...
6853989 System and method for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system meter  
System and method are provided for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system metering device. A scanning device coupled to the closed system postage meter scans...
6851604 Method and apparatus for providing price updates  
A computer implemented method and system for providing price updates is provided. Data is received by a system. The received data is filtered by the system to identify triggers in the received...
6842738 System and method for providing property value estimates  
A system preprocesses property value estimates based on stored property data. It stores the computed property value estimates in a forecast data repository. The system obtains updates or new...
6839696 Guarantee charge processing method and apparatus  
The operation-state data of the uninterruptible power supply unit for the operation time of the uninterruptible power supply unit (UPS) deployed between the load facility and the commercial power...
6826538 Method for planning key component purchases to optimize revenue  
A method of calculating supplies of key components based on enhancing revenues in a made to order scheme. Products are designed by identifying product components, and combining the components in...
6823320 Automated valuation system and method  
An automated valuation system and method for: storing, in a database, a first feature element and an offered price for each of a plurality of specimens; generating, through the use of the first...
6816838 Production mail system having subsidies for printing of third party messages on mailpieces  
A production mail system for producing a mailpiece including an inserter system for feeding a document in a path of travel and into an envelope. The document includes a control code printed...
6812890 Voice recognition landing fee billing system  
An apparatus and method are described for generating landing fee and other airport service bills automatically. The system automatically detects aircraft N-number from air traffic control voice...
6813614 Method for re-keying postage metering devices  
A method for communicating a re-keying message from a postage meter to a registration authority includes the steps of determining at the postage meter that a current key needs to be replaced with a...
6795205 Third-party authorization for home-based printing  
Authorized transmission of print data from an internet application to a home access device having a printer connected thereto, the printer being serviced by a remote print server which controls...
6778870 Design evaluation system  
A design evaluation system 10 which evaluates a design 44 of a component or assembly, such as component or assembly 12 . Particularly, system 10 includes a database 30 having several...
6762851 Method and system for print stream job determination and analysis  
The invention is a method and system for print stream determination. The system's method begins with the initiation of a print stream processing application to which a print stream is directed. A...
6751514 Service method, service system and manufacturing/inspection apparatus  
There is provided a service method, a service system, and a manufacturing/inspection apparatus that can reduce the initial cost of use of the apparatus at the time of introducing a...
6738752 Information distributing apparatus and information distributing method, information receiving apparatus and information receiving met  
An information distributing apparatus and method wherein value standards of content information to be distributed to a user exhibit different usage values distinguished by a trait of the content...
6725206 Cashierless shopping store and components for use therein  
A cashierless shopping store includes a plurality of shopping carts into which selected items to be purchased are placed by shoppers. Each of the shopping carts includes a weight detector to...
6686964 Electronic camera with print specifying information  
A digital camera capable of readily recognizing the printing-specifying information that has been set. Printing-specifying information is set for digital image data acquired by photographing. When...
6687652 Diagnostic clearing house  
A diagnostic clearing house comprises a tool repository to store a plurality of diagnostic tools. A communication vehicle allows a plurality of diagnostic tool users to exchange diagnostic...