Method of licensing software programs
According to an exemplary non-limiting embodiment of the present invention, a method for licensing one or more software programs protected by a software protection is provided. In this method, one or ... Read More
Inventors: Chahrouri, Najib; Metrich, Frederic;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DE) |
Method and system for hosting applications
It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems described above with existing groupware applications. It is another object of the present invention to provide a framework for converting... Read More
Inventors: Ciarlante, John J.; Montalvo-Huhn, Orlando C.; Wang, Koah-Hsing; Rodgers, Alan; Brand, Steven;, Assignee: |
Location dependent user matching system
OF THE INVENTION Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile telecommunications system 10 according to a particular embodiment of the present invention is shown. Mobile telecommunications system 10 consists of a m... Read More
Inventors: Drutman, Charles; Drutman, Darlene; Egendorf, Andrew; Greenfeld, Norton; Pettinelli, Eugene;, Assignee: RovingRadar, Inc. (Wayland, MA) |
Method of information display and communication system using the method
It is an object of the present invention to materialize a method of information display including information display control means such as personal information of a speaker, personal identification c... Read More
Inventors: Okayasu, Satoe; Toyoshima, Hisashi; Tsuchiyama, Chikako;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Credit instrument and system with automated payment of club, merchant, and service provider fees
For these and like reasons, what is desired is a system and method of providing a credit card system that is associated with a series of clubs, merchants, service providers or the like so that a fully... Read More
Inventors: Boyle, Kevin; Maistre, Marty;, Assignee: Bank One, Delaware, National Association (Wilmington, DE) |
Cut set-based risk and reliability analysis for arbitrarily interconnected networks
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for characterizing nonhierarchical arbitrarily-interconnected networks and to derive importance measures for the elements compri... Read More
Inventors: Wyss, Gregory D.;, Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM) |
System and method for monitoring risk in a system development program
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automated system and method for identifying and monitoring risk associated with a development project. It is another object of the p... Read More
Inventors: Higgins, Robert C.; Thorpe, Steven W.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) |
Market research database having historical control designator
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a market research database comprises current and previous information. The current information relates to a market aspect of products, the curre... Read More
Inventors: Johnson, Barbara Elizabeth; Martin, James Charles; Rabolt, Kenneth Francis; Healy, Keri Anderson; Byron, Danielle Anne; Berzkalns, Ilga Anita;, Assignee: A. C. Nielson Company (Schaumburg, IL) |
Marketing systems and methods that preserve consumer privacy
It is an object of the present invention to provide real-time marketing systems and associated methods for creating marketing profiles and for directing customized offers to consumers that are associa... Read More
Inventors: Jenkins, Elwyn D.;, Assignee: Lend Lease Corporation Ltd. (Atlanta, GA) |
Method and system for selecting optimal commodities based upon business profile and preferences
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a system and method that substantially obviate one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. An object of the p... Read More
Inventors: Snyder, Scott Andrew;, Assignee: CallVision, Inc. (Seattle, WA) |
Portfolio rebalancing by means of resampled efficient frontiers
In accordance with preferred embodiments of the present invention, a method is provided for selecting a value of a portfolio weight for each of a plurality of assets of an optimal portfolio, wherein t... Read More
Inventors: Michaud, Robert; Michaud, Richard O.;, Assignee: Michaud Partners, LLP (Boston, MA) |
Delivery managing system
As is apparent from the above, it is possible to achieve home delivery service of commodities or goods even in absence of the purchaser by using the delivery box of the conventional technology. Howeve... Read More
Inventors: Tsukuda, Gunji;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Regenerative available to promise
It is therefore a purpose of the present invention to provide an integrated tool for providing recommendations to users for what is Available to Promise; It is another purpose of the present invention... Read More
Inventors: Peachey-Kountz, Penny Jeanette; Rice, Robert Eugene; Dangat, Geetaram Savlaram; Jindani, Rahul; Nahar, Rahul; Kuthethur, Srinivasa Govinda;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Apparatus and accompanying methods for automatically modifying a financial portfolio through dynamic re-weighting based on a non-constant function of current capitalization weights
Advantageously, my present invention substantially, if not totally, remedies the deficiencies inherent in the art. Specifically, I have broadly recognized that, for a portfolio, such as an index fund,... Read More
Inventors: Fernholz, Erhard Robert;, Assignee: Enhanced Investment Technologies, Inc. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) |
Method and apparatus for automated opening of options exchange
The present invention is a computer-implemented method and system that provides an automated simultaneous opening of trading on an options exchange. The present invention permits flexibility in the de... Read More
Inventors: Rickard, John T.; Lupien, William A.;, Assignee: Optimark Technologies, Inc. (Durango, CO) |
Risk assessment and management system
In accordance with the invention, a business risk assessment and management reporting method is provided which includes identifying a series of predetermined risk factors associated with the operation... Read More
Inventors: Packwood, Thomas R.;, Assignee: Union State Bank (Orangeburg, NY) |
Distributed budgeting and accounting system with secure token device access
The present invention addresses the limitations of the prior art by providing a distributed budgeting and accounting system that utilizes secure token devices, such as smart cards or ibuttons. A secur... Read More
Inventors: DiGiorgio, Rinaldo; Bender, Michael S.; Holm, Anders; Neiman, Diana;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Keyless entry system
What is claimed is: 1. A keyless entry system for locked doors comprising: signal generating means carried by a person and being completely separated by an electrically insulating medium from said per... Read More
Inventors: Brooks, James E.;, Assignee: |
Device for the body-bound data transmission between two terminals
This invention relates to a device for transmission of data between two terminals, in which a portion of the body of a living being is used to complete the data transmission circuit. Examples of the u... Read More
Inventors: Spaude, Heinz-Werner; Heuthe, Ronald; Kranawetter, Christian;, Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (DE) |
Non-contact system for sensing and signalling by externally induced intra-body currents
The invention is a wireless system in which a transmitter and a receiver are coupled through a user and room ground, rather than by wire or by optical or high frequency transmitted signals. The transm... Read More
Inventors: Gersheneld, Neil; Zimmerman, Thomas; Allport, David;, Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) |
Iris recognition apparatus and method
OF EXEMPLARY PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION Viewing first FIG. 1 for an overview of the context in which the present invention may be found, it is seen that a human 10 is approaching a machin... Read More
Inventors: Doster, Rodney;, Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc (Woodland Hills, CA) |
Customer web log-in architecture
The present invention comprises a system and method of (1) creating a temporal or virtual queue in which message threads between a server and clients are staggered in time by server instructions to de... Read More
Inventors: Sasson, Gideon;, Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (San Francisco, CA) |
Apparatus and method for providing and authentication system
The present invention is a method and apparatus for controlling access to at least one program on a processing system by verifying data entered through a keyboard, while isolating the entered data fro... Read More
Inventors: Gray, Robert J.;, Assignee: Litronic Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
System and method for biometric authorization for check cashing
OF THE EMBODIMENTS As noted above, the present invention encompasses a system and method for authorization of a check cashing transaction using either a biometric sample only or a biometric sample in... Read More
Inventors: Robinson, Timothy;, Assignee: BioPay, LLC (Herndon, VA) |
Password updating system to vary the password updating intervals according to access frequency
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a password updating system which sets the available period and the updating period of the password for each individual user according to the... Read More
Inventors: Kadooka, Etsuko;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for changing a security policy during processing of a transaction request
An object of this invention is to enable a Web browser user to automatically change a password when an invalid password is detected and then to use the new password to access documents in a secure dis... Read More
Inventors: Child, Garry L.; Shrader, Theodore Jack London; Soper, Davis Kent;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and system for managing security tiers
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention pertains to a process, a system, a method and a software product for securing electronic data or digital assets. According to one aspect of the pres... Read More
Inventors: Vainstein, Klimenty;, Assignee: PSS Systems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Use of voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) in consumer applications
A method for providing multiple users with voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) adjustment capability includes receiving at a first decoder a voice signal and a remaining audio signal and simultaneouly rece... Read More
Inventors: Vaudrey, Michael A.; Saunders, William R.;, Assignee: Hearing Enhancement Company LLC (Roanoke, VA) |
Method of controlling a production process and recycle of photo film cartridge or lens-fitted photo film unit
In view of the foregoing, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling production of photo film cartridges or film units, which manages a large amount of information necess... Read More
Inventors: Sanda, Akihiro; Uchida, Shoichi; Hara, Hiroshi; Iwase, Kazuhito;, Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa, JP) |
Method for determining a logical structure of a document
A method for determining a logical structure of a document is presented. The document comprises at least one table of contents page comprising a plurality of table of contents words and a plurality of... Read More
Inventors: Lin, Xiaofan;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX) |
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