Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method of digital video signal or audio signal
What is claimed is: 1. A reproduction apparatus for reproducing video data and/or audio data from a medium dedicated to reproduction or a recordable medium having video data and/or audio data recorded... Read More
Inventors: Nagai, Yutaka; Takeuchi, Toshifumi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Open network payment system for providing for real-time authorization of payment and purchase transactions
The invention relates to a network sales system for enabling users to purchase products using a plurality of buyer computers that communicate over a network with a plurality of merchant computers. Eac... Read More
Inventors: Gifford, David K.;, Assignee: Open Market, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) |
Methods and apparatus for correcting customer address lists
What is claimed is: 1. Apparatus for correcting a list of postal addresses in a list of shipping addresses, comprising: (a) data processing means for correcting a list of postal addresses; (b) means f... Read More
Inventors: Moore, Wayne D.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Reference is now made to FIG. 1. A mailer unit shown generally at 112 is utilized to generate mailpieces including suitable postage revenue blocks including necessary info... Read More
Inventors: Cordery, Robert A.; Pauly, Steven J.; Pintsov, Leon A.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Method for exploiting correlated mail streams using optical character recognition
OF THE INVENTION Before describing the improvements made by use of adaptive OCR, a Remote Computer Reader (RCR) prototype system which is used to process envelope images which are rejected by the cur... Read More
Inventors: Gozzo, Francesco; Higgins, Joseph T.;, Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD) |
Mail address reading apparatus and mail sorting apparatus
OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the structure of a mail sorter 1 to which the present invention is applie... Read More
Inventors: Yura, Koji;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Technique for integrating electronic accounting systems with an electronic payment system
We claim: 1. A method for paying bills electronically using data generated by any of multiple accounting software packages, the data generated by each of the multiple accounting software packages havi... Read More
Inventors: Burfield, Christopher B.; Van Ness, Alan C.;, Assignee: CheckFree Services Corporation (Norcross, GA) |
Mail processing systems and methods
S One form of the present invention is a unique mail processing system. Other forms include unique systems and methods for sorting mail. As used herein, "mail" or "mail piece" includes one or more ite... Read More
Inventors: Baker, Christopher A.; Moon, Alexander; Baker, Peter N.; Wolverton, Jennifer;, Assignee: MailCode Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) |
Finer grained quiescence for data replication
One aspect of the invention is a method and apparatus for performing an administrative function on a body of data at one site out of many sites that replicate the body of data. Subsets of data are map... Read More
Inventors: Sun, Harry; Downing, Alan; Souder, Benny; Stamos, James; Goel, Ashvin;, Assignee: Oracle Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA) |
Graphical user interface with hierarchical structure for customizable menus and control objects
In accordance with the present invention, these objectives are achieved by organizing the program code relating to graphical user interface elements, such as menus and control objects, in a multi-leve... Read More
Inventors: Ashe, Dylan B.; Johnston, Jr., Robert G.; Ruff, Joseph A.; Clifford, Daniel;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
Data exchange system and method
The present invention is directed to a system and method for exchanging data between two or more applications. The data exchange system includes a data exchange engine and a number of adapters associa... Read More
Inventors: Sheard, Nicolas C.; Fischer, Larry J.; Matthews, Richard W.; Himabindu, Gurla; Hu, Qilin; Zheng, Wendy J.; Mow, Boyle Y.;, Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) |
Techniques for managing hierarchical data with link attributes in a relational database
OF THE INVENTION Techniques are described for managing hierarchical data in a relational database. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set for... Read More
Inventors: Agarwal, Nipun; Ge, Fei; Chandrasekar, Sivasankaran; Murthy, Ravi; Sedlar, Eric;, Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA) |
IC card for credit transactions and credit transaction apparatus and method using the same
To solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an IC card for credit transactions which can make a deal on credit not only on-line but also off-line with a host syste... Read More
Inventors: Baik, In-Seong;, Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Kyungki-do, KR) |
Multi-purpose transaction card system
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The drawing figures and the detailed descriptions provided later make a number of simplifying assumptions for concreteness and for clarity in exposition. It will be appreciat... Read More
Inventors: Chaum, David; Ferguson, Niels; Van Der Hoek, Jelte;, Assignee: InfoSpace, Inc. (Bellevue, WA) |
System enablement of automatic fare collection devices using a network
It is an object of the present invention to deliver transport ticketing of any kind, fare payment and loyalty award solutions via the Internet. It is another object of the present invention to provide... Read More
Inventors: Lindgren, Robert; Mistry, Pradip; Monk, Brian T.; Noblitt, Carl;, Assignee: |
Method for enabling privacy and trust in electronic communities
A major impediment to using recommendation systems and collective knowledge for electronic commerce is the reluctance of individuals to reveal preferences in order to find groups of people that share ... Read More
Inventors: Huberman, Bernardo A.; Hogg, Tad H.; Franklin, Matthew K.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Method and apparatus for providing secure access to a computer system resource
One illustrative embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of managing access to one of a plurality of raw storage devices in a computer system including a host computer and a storage system... Read More
Inventors: Blumenau, Steven M; Hackett, Christopher J.; D'Errico, Matthew J.;, Assignee: EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA) |
Method for estimating the price per square foot value of real property
OF THE INVENTION This invention estimates the dollar per square foot value of a subject property by using case-based reasoning principles. In particular, case-based reasoning is used to automate the ... Read More
Inventors: Bonissone, Piero Patrone; Cheetham, William Estel;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Net-value creation and allocation in an electronic trading system
The present invention describes a system, method, and apparatus for Value Creation in an electronic exchange or trading system. In the embodiments of the invention, all trading partners can specify th... Read More
Inventors: Condamoor, Ravi V.; Sharma, Ankur Datta; Sundaresan, Neelakantan;, Assignee: Neha Net Corp. (San Jose, CA) |
Data recording system
It is an object of the invention so to design a system of the kind described wherein, after the collection of the lots, the data required for an analysis of samples taken from the lots can be obtained... Read More
Inventors: Schonhuber, Max J.;, Assignee: |
Automated apparatus and method for object recognition at checkout counters
What is claimed is as follows: 1. A method for automatically recognizing and identifying, without human intervention, a particular object from a set of unknown objects of different sizes, shapes and p... Read More
Inventors: Novak, Jeffrey M.;, Assignee: |
System for dispensing dry agricultural chemicals
FIG. 1 shows a simplified diagram of a planter 20 incorporating a distributed control material dispensing system. The material dispensing system of the present invention may be used with other types ... Read More
Inventors: Newton, Cloyce D.;, Assignee: Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Company (Liberty Corner, NJ) |
Licensee notification system
An object of the present invention is to provide a licensee notification system whose psychological effectiveness in preventing illicit copying is very high. A first licensee notification system accor... Read More
Inventors: Hasebe, Takayuki; Torii, Naoya;, Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd. (Kawasaki, JP) |
System and method for product registration
In accordance with the present invention, a system and method for product registration and post-registration activity are provided that substantially eliminate or reduce disadvantages or problems asso... Read More
Inventors: Hecksel, David L.; Duderstadt, Russel A.;, Assignee: Remedy Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
Method and system for delivering digital products electronically
A system and method for delivering a digital product electronically is disclosed. The system and method comprises providing an electronic license certificate (ELC) from an enduser to a server and then... Read More
Inventors: Arnold, Thomas Andrew; Pettitt, John Philip; Rendleman, Jr., Jesse Noel; Lewis, Jr., Robert Lincoln;, Assignee: Cybersource Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
Method, programmed medium and system for customizing pre-loaded software
The present invention provides a program that allows a user to replace the pre-loaded stored registration information with customized information. In other words, a user is able to easily change one o... Read More
Inventors: McKeeth, James; Egan, John; Heupel, Eric;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Method and apparatus for skills assessment and online training
The present invention provides a novel approach to educating and training health care professionals. The invention is directed to an online, interactive method for training and testing health care pro... Read More
Inventors: Allison, Samantha;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Vehicle sharing system and method with parking state detection
What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle sharing system for sharing one or more vehicles from a fleet of vehicles among one or more users, comprising: one or more ports at geographically remote locations rela... Read More
Inventors: Murakami, Hiroshi; Yano, Shunji; Nakamura, Kazuhiro; Barth, Matthew James; Todd, Michael Donovan;, Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, PA) |
Regionally time multiplexed emulation system
In the following description, for purposes of explanation, specific numbers, materials and configurations are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However,... Read More
Inventors: Reblewski, Frederic; Lepaps, Olivier; Barbier, Jean;, Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation (Wilsonville, OR) |
Method for mixed human and computer-supported distributed scheduling
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above situation and has its primary object to enhance the efficiency of distributed scheduling, e.g. in DDP. This and other objects of the p... Read More
Inventors: Castellani, Stefania; Grasso, Maria Antonietta;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
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