Credit card system and method of issuing credit card using such a system
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a credit card system capable of issuing credit cards immediately upon request at retail stores, preventing credit cards from being illegal... Read More
Inventors: Masuda, Hidehiro;, Assignee: Nippon Shinpan Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Gun control system
A gun control system of the invention includes a fire control kernel and location-independent software components within the fire control kernel. The kernel provides core fire control functionality th... Read More
Inventors: Lusher, Paul W.; Rowland, Henry T.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) |
Installation system
The method of the present invention to overcome the problem described above is characterized by copying an installation start-up program to a computer terminal, determining whether or not the hard dis... Read More
Inventors: Imai, Tsuneo; Mitani, Yoshifumi; Komatsu, Kiyoharu;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Software security system using remove function to restrict unauthorized duplicating and installation of an application program
In accordance with this invention, a method and article of manufacture is provided whereby software application programs stored on a purveyor's original authorized disk, and those loaded from such dis... Read More
Inventors: Moore, Steven Jerome;, Assignee: |
Method and system for reduced cost debit processing
What is claimed is: 1. A method for processing debit transactions at the lowest cost available, the method comprising: providing a merchant network list which corresponds to the merchant identificatio... Read More
Inventors: Kambour, David Gregg; Marczyk, Christopher; Myers, William Anthony;, Assignee: First Data Corporation (Hackensack, NJ) |
Donation kettle accepting credit card, debit card, and cash donations, and donation kettle network
These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a donation kettle accepting credit card, debit card, and cash donations, and donation kettle network. The present invention provides a ... Read More
Inventors: Ziarno, Witold A.;, Assignee: |
Method for streamlining the giving of contribution and gift commitments
These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a method of simplifying and inducing the giving of monetary contributions or monetary gifts by prospective contributor or gift givers, ... Read More
Inventors: Ziarno, Witold A.;, Assignee: |
Funds distribution system connected with point of sale transactions
An embodiment of the invention involves opening, maintaining, and accumulating credits in a payor's account that results from instructing merchants to forward data and funds to a clearinghouse for app... Read More
Inventors: Burke, Bertram V.;, Assignee: Every Penny Counts, Inc. (Red Bank, NJ) |
Method and system for maintaining and updating computerized medical records
A. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to computerized medical information systems. More specifically, it relates to maintaining and updating computerized medical records. T... Read More
Inventors: McGauley, James L.; Krumme, Christopher;, Assignee: Medcard Systems, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) |
Inventory tracking and management apparatus with multi-function encoding unit
It is an object of the invention to provide an inventory tracking and management apparatus in which identification codes for articles such as garments or orders of several garments can be acquired aut... Read More
Inventors: Markman, Herbert L.;, Assignee: |
Engineering services coordinating system and method therefor
Accordingly, it is an advantage of the present invention that an engineering services coordinating system and method therefor is provided. It is another advantage of the present invention that a hyper... Read More
Inventors: Fanjoy, Logan M.;, Assignee: Internet Design Engineering Automation Center, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ) |
System and method for performing external procedure calls in heterogeneous computer systems utilizing program stacks
In accordance with the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention, there is provided a method for performing function calls from a first program operating under control ... Read More
Inventors: Hale, J. Calvin; Rentmeesters, Mark Joseph; Smith, Norman Roy;, Assignee: Unisys Corp. (Blue Bell, PA) |
Binary program conversion apparatus, binary program conversion method and program recording medium
An object of the present invention is to provide a binary program conversion apparatus and a binary program conversion method which can convert an original binary program into another binary program t... Read More
Inventors: Hibi, Yoshinobu; Nishi, Hidefumi; Izuchi, Toshiki; Kitaoka, Masaharu;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Resource allocation
OF THE INVENTION In the following detailed description of the present invention, reference is made to the accompanying Drawings, which form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustratio... Read More
Inventors: Shetty, Ravindra K.; Thyagarajan, Venkatesan;, Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, NJ) |
System for secured credit card transactions on the internet
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention is an extension of the SPECTA system disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 08/720,785 filed on Oct. 3, 1996 as referred to earlier. The SPECTA syst... Read More
Inventors: Wong, Jacob Y.; Anderson, Roy L.;, Assignee: Jaesent Inc. (Goleta, CA) |
Four-party credit/debit payment protocol
What is claimed is: 1. A method for electronic commerce, comprising: forming a four party payment protocol for electronic sales including a consumer's computer coupled to a merchant's computer and to ... Read More
Inventors: Linehan, Mark;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Control-loop auto-tuner with nonlinear tuning rules estimators
Accordingly, a system for tuning a process control loop is provided. The system includes a tuner module for receiving an error signal representative of the difference between a set point and a process... Read More
Inventors: Wojsznis, Wilhelm K.; Blevins, Terrence L.; Thiele, Dirk;, Assignee: Fisher Rosemount Systems, Inc. (Austin, TX) |
System and method for selective assembly and imaging of books
We claim: 1. In a system for assembling and imaging books, having a main control with a data processor, a memory for control information and an operator terminal, a bindery line with means including p... Read More
Inventors: Berger, Joseph P.; Allsopp, Mary F.; Cook, Christopher D.; Fraleigh, Jonathan O.; Hamilton, David; Kessberger, John E.; Maiorano, Helen; Rawlings, Stuart O.; Warmus, James L.; Wilczynski, Janet A.; Wong, Did-Bun;, Assignee: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Chicago, IL) |
Portable electronic apparatus with data remaining counter
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable electronic apparatus wherein excessive write operations need not be performed, the physical service life of the memory is increased, and ... Read More
Inventors: Iijima, Yasuo;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Portable electronic device
It is accordingly a object of the present invention to provide a portable electronic device which prevents the increase of a memory area for storing information on affirmative results of collation of ... Read More
Inventors: Iijima, Yasuo;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Portable electronic apparatus capable of confirming validity of transaction data
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable electronic apparatus which is capable of authenticating the validity of externally input data and, in particular, an apparatus which can ... Read More
Inventors: Tamada, Masuo; Tanaka, Tsutomu; Matsuoka, Hideo;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Non-contact IC card
In view of this problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact IC card capable of initializing an incorporated data processing means such as a CPU even after being resin molde... Read More
Inventors: Yamaguchi, Atsuo;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) |
Core computer processor module, and peripheral shell module assembled to form a pocket size data capture unit
Accordingly it is an object of the present invention to provide a plural module system configuration that is adaptable to a wide range of data capture applications while retaining shirt pocket size an... Read More
Inventors: Danielson, Arvin D.; Durbin, Dennis A.;, Assignee: Norand Corporation (Cedar Rapids, IA) |
Modular brassiere fitment apparatus
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a modular brassiere fitment apparatus. The modular brassiere fitment apparatus of the present invention comprises a pair of br... Read More
Inventors: Valli, Laila;, Assignee: |
Navigation system
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a navigation system that is more convenient to use than ever before. The present invention has the following features to attain the object m... Read More
Inventors: Sakamoto, Kiyomi;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka-Fu, JP) |
Measurement-based management method for packet communication networks
An exemplary SLA pertinent to the practice of the invention stipulates, for each stream (s, σ), an aggregate offered bandwidth Usσ(the "contracted offered bandwidth") and an aggregate car... Read More
Inventors: Bouillet, Eric; Mitra, Debasis; Ramakrishnan, Kajamalai Gopalaswamy;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
System and method for recording, maintaining and viewing configuration and placement of equipment in field sites
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention is directed toward a system and method for recording, maintaining and viewing the configuration and placement of equipment in remote field sites. Th... Read More
Inventors: Knoblock, Terry; Carlson, Gregory G.; Golobay, Paul Michael;, Assignee: MCIWorldCom, Inc. (GA) |
Method and apparatus for rental storage system
To solve the foregoing problems, an object of the present invention is to find a disk addition provision method in order to avoid a wasteful prior investment. Specifically, the object of the present i... Read More
Inventors: Sanada, Akemi; Tabuchi, Hideo; Nakano, Toshio; Ishizuki, Sajio; Kage, Isamu;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Fuel pump system with automated transaction processing
It is an object of the present invention to overcome these and other drawbacks of the prior art. It is another object of the present invention to improve the efficiency of existing fuel pump systems h... Read More
Inventors: Gatto, James G.;, Assignee: |
Transponder distinction in a fueling environment
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description, like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures. It should be understood that the illustratio... Read More
Inventors: Johnson, Jr., William S.;, Assignee: Gilbarco Inc. (Greensboro, NC) |
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