System and method permitting customers to order products from multiple participating merchants
    1.
    发明授权
    System and method permitting customers to order products from multiple participating merchants 有权
    系统和方法允许客户从多个参与商家订购产品

    公开(公告)号:US06850901B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-01

    申请号:US09645086

    申请日:2000-08-24

    IPC分类号: G06Q20/00 G06F17/60 G06F9/44

    摘要: A universal automated order processing system represents multiple (e.g., hundreds or thousands) participating merchants who offer their products through the system. Customers become qualified for using the system by supplying a set of information (e.g., name, credit card number, shipping address) that is stored in a customer database. When a customer wishes to order a product, the customer calls the system, customer identity is automatically confirmed, the customer enters a product order number and the complete order is routed to the appropriate merchant with the information necessary for the merchant to fulfill the order. Available credit verification and other aspects of credit card transactions may be handled by either the system operator or the merchant. The system operator may offer revolving credit. The system may also be used to provide potential customers of the merchants with free product information.

    摘要翻译: 通用自动订单处理系统代表通过系统提供其产品的多个(例如数百或数千)参与商家。 通过提供存储在客户数据库中的一组信息(例如,名称,信用卡号,运送地址),客户有资格使用该系统。 当客户要订购产品时,客户打电话给系统,客户身份被自动确认,客户输入产品订单号,完整的订单将通过商家必要的信息发送给相应的商家,以完成订单。 可用信用验证和信用卡交易的其他方面可由系统运营商或商家处理。 系统操作员可以提供循环信用。 该系统还可用于为商家的潜在客户提供免费的产品信息。

    Music distribution systems
    4.
    发明授权
    Music distribution systems 有权
    音乐配送系统

    公开(公告)号:US07370016B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-06

    申请号:US09684442

    申请日:2000-10-06

    IPC分类号: G06Q99/00

    摘要: Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to playback for their enjoyment. An antipiracy “ID tag” is woven into the recorded music so that any illegal copies therefrom may be traced to the purchase transaction. Music is transmitted on a fixed schedule or through an active scheduling process that monitors music requests from all or a subset of satellite receivers and adjust scheduling according to demand for various CD's. Receivers store selections that are likely to be preferred by a specific customer. In those instances where weather conditions, motion of atmospheric layers or dish obstructions result in data loss, the system downloads the next transmission of the requested CD and uses both transmissions to produce a “good copy”. In conjunction with the blanket transmission of more popular music, an automated CD manufacturing facility may be provided to manufacture CD's that are not frequently requested and distribute them by ground transportation.

    摘要翻译: 音乐被毯子传输(例如,通过卫星下行链路传输)到每个客户的用户站,其中记录所选择的音乐文件。 客户预先使用交互式屏幕选择器从可用音乐列表中预选,并且只为他们选择播放的音乐付费享受。 一个反盗版的“ID标签”被编织到录制的音乐中,从而可以追溯到购买交易中。 音乐以固定的时间表或通过主动调度过程进行传输,该过程监视来自卫星接收机的所有或一个子集的音乐请求,并根据对各种CD的需求来调整调度。 收件人存储选择可能是特定客户首选的。 在天气条件,大气层运动或盘障碍导致数据丢失的情况下,系统下载所请求的CD的下一次传输,并使用两个传输来产生“良好的副本”。 结合更受欢迎的音乐的全面传输,可以提供自动CD制造设施来制造不经常请求的CD,并通过地面运输分发CD。