Time controlled network use
    1.
    发明授权
    Time controlled network use 失效
    时间控制网络使用

    公开(公告)号:US07321931B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-22

    申请号:US10327438

    申请日:2002-12-20

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30861

    摘要: A method, system, and program for time controlled network use are provided. A time controller counts an amount of time utilized by a particular user in accessing at least one web page via a network. Then, in response to the counted amount of time reaching at least one time limit for the particular user, the time controller initiates an action to control further accesses via the network by the particular user, such that an amount of time the particular user spends making network accesses is limited.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于时间控制网络使用的方法,系统和程序。 时间控制器计算特定用户经由网络访问至少一个网页所使用的时间量。 然后,响应于特定用户达到至少一个时间限制的计数时间,时间控制器启动动作以控制特定用户经由网络的进一步访问,使得特定用户花费的时间量 网络访问受限。

    Apparatus, system and method of securing perimeters of security zones from suspect vehicles
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus, system and method of securing perimeters of security zones from suspect vehicles 有权
    从可疑车辆确保安全区周边的装置,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06977580B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-20

    申请号:US10256107

    申请日:2002-09-26

    CPC分类号: G08G1/207

    摘要: An apparatus, system and method of identifying a vehicle that may present safety threats to security areas are provided. When a vehicle is approaching a security zone, a request for identification (ID) is issued to the vehicle's on-board computer system (OBCS). Upon receiving the ID, a comparison is made between the ID of the vehicle and a list of suspect vehicle IDs. It there is a match, the vehicle is considered to be suspect and the OBCS is instructed to take control over the vehicle.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种识别可能对安全区域产生安全威胁的车辆的装置,系统和方法。 当车辆接近安全区域时,向车载计算机系统(OBCS)发出识别请求(ID)。 在接收到ID后,比较车辆的ID和可疑车辆ID的列表。 有一场比赛,车辆被认为是可疑的,OBCS被指示控制车辆。

    Iconic representation of linked site characteristics
    3.
    发明授权
    Iconic representation of linked site characteristics 失效
    链接站点特征的标志性表示

    公开(公告)号:US06983273B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-03

    申请号:US10185712

    申请日:2002-06-27

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: Search results for linked sources of information are associated with one or more predefined symbols or icons that indicate characteristics of the linked sites' contents. Site content ratings services and databases are co-opted to obtain additional site characteristic opinion, review results, and indicators. A search engine creates a set of characteristic factors associated with its index of web sites, and when providing a site reference as a result of a search operation, includes icons and symbols to indicate the characteristics to a user. Further sorting, filtering and searching according to the user's preferences may be performed.

    摘要翻译: 链接的信息源的搜索结果与指示链接站点的内容的特征的一个或多个预定义符号或图标相关联。 选择网站内容分级服务和数据库,以获得更多的网站特征意见,审查结果和指标。 搜索引擎创建与其网站索引相关联的一组特征因素,并且当作为搜索操作的结果提供站点参考时,包括用于向用户指示特征的图标和符号。 可以执行根据用户偏好的进一步排序,过滤和搜索。

    Brokering and facilitating consumer projects in an e-commerce system
    4.
    发明授权
    Brokering and facilitating consumer projects in an e-commerce system 有权
    在电子商务系统中代理和促进消费者项目

    公开(公告)号:US06965877B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-15

    申请号:US09875864

    申请日:2001-06-07

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/08 G06Q30/08 G06F17/60

    摘要: A method, system and program for brokering and facilitating consumer projects in an electronic system are provided. A buyer submits a project request to a broker system. The broker system distributes the project request to multiple prospective manufacturers from among a catalog of manufacturers. Manufacturers submit bids and other indicators of the feasibility of manufacturing the project. The broker system facilitates obtaining a manufacturer who can feasibly manufacture the project request. The buyer selects a preferred manufacturer from among those obtained by the broker server, such that a buyer's project request is brokered to multiple manufacturers and a preferred manufacturer is then procured to produce the project.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种在电子系统中经纪和促进消费者项目的方法,系统和程序。 买家向经纪人系统提交项目请求。 经纪人系统将项目请求从制造商目录中分配给多个潜在制造商。 制造商提交投标书等制造项目的可行性指标。 经纪人系统有助于获得可以可行地制造项目请求的制造商。 买方从代理服务器获得的那些制造商中选择一个优选的制造商,使得买方的项目请求被转交给多个制造商,然后采购优选的制造商来生产该项目。

    Managing customization of projects prior to manufacture in an electronic commerce system
    5.
    发明授权
    Managing customization of projects prior to manufacture in an electronic commerce system 失效
    在电子商务系统制造前管理项目的定制

    公开(公告)号:US06915275B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-05

    申请号:US09876057

    申请日:2001-06-07

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/06 G06F17/60

    摘要: A method, system and program for managing customization of projects prior to manufacture in an electronic commerce system is provided. An order system distributes a project offer to potential customers. A selection of potential customers return orders in response to the project offer, wherein each order includes customized selections by the customer. Manufacture of the project is then customized according to the order responses, such that a selection of potential customers control customization of a project.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于在电子商务系统中制造之前管理项目的定制的方法,系统和程序。 订单系统向潜在客户分配项目报价。 潜在客户选择响应项目报价返回订单,其中每个订单包括客户的定制选择。 然后根据订单响应定制项目的制造,以便选择潜在客户控制项目的定制。

    Apparatus and methods for providing fine granularity alerting to customers
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for providing fine granularity alerting to customers 有权
    为客户提供细粒度警报的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07188071B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-06

    申请号:US09961898

    申请日:2001-09-24

    IPC分类号: G06Q99/00

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/02 G06Q30/0281

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for providing a fine granularity alerting mechanism for alerting customers of the status of an order are provided. With the apparatus and methods, a customer selects a supplier of a good or service and places an order with the supplier. Upon submitting the order to the supplier, a session between the supplier and the customer is initiated such that the customer may be provided with one or more alerts of the current status of the customer's order. The one or more alerts may be periodic or may be based on the occurrence of one or more certain events. The alerts may include an estimated time of travel from a customer's current location to a location at which the order is to be completed along with an estimated time of completion of the order. In one embodiment, if the estimated time of travel from the customer's current location to the completion location is the same or within a certain tolerance of the estimated time of completion of the order, an alert is transmitted to the customer indicating that the customer should begin traveling to the completion location. In another embodiment, the alerts may include an estimated cost of the order based on a base cost for the product or service ordered as well as incremental costs for delay on the part of the customer for completion of the order.

    摘要翻译: 提供了提供用于提醒用户订单状态的细粒度警报机制的装置和方法。 使用设备和方法,客户选择供应商或供应商,并与供应商下订单。 在向供应商提交订单时,启动供应商和客户之间的会话,使得可以向客户提供关于客户订单的当前状态的一个或多个警报。 一个或多个警报可以是周期性的或可以基于一个或多个某些事件的发生。 警报可以包括从客户的当前位置到订单完成的位置的预计旅行时间以及订单完成的估计时间。 在一个实施例中,如果从客户的当前位置到完成位置的估计旅行时间相同或在预定完成订单的时间的一定容限内,则向客户发送一个警告,指示客户应该开始 到达完成位置。 在另一个实施例中,警报可以包括基于订购的产品或服务的基本成本的订单的估计成本,以及用于完成订单的客户的延迟的增加成本。

    Automated vending
    7.
    发明授权
    Automated vending 有权
    自动售货机

    公开(公告)号:US06748296B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-08

    申请号:US10132141

    申请日:2002-04-25

    IPC分类号: G06F1700

    摘要: A vending machine is disclosed that has one or more compartments with a mechanism for dispensing a content of a compartment upon receipt of a payment. A receptacle can accept an item, from a member of the public, as content into an empty compartment and identify the item accepted, such as with a barcode label. The vending machine can also include a mechanism that will connect it over a network, such as the Internet, to a computing device. An appraised value of the identified item can be received over the communication network and displayed in association with the compartment containing the item. The item can be dispensed from the vending machine in response to receiving predetermined sales amount or upon specific instruction from an authorized individual. A searchable database of information relating to buyers, sellers, items and other sales related information can also be associated with the vending machine.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种自动售货机,其具有一个或多个具有用于在收到付款时分配隔室内容物的机构的隔间。 容器可以接收来自公众的内容,将内容作为内容接收到空的隔间中,并识别所接受的项目,例如条形码标签。 自动售货机还可以包括将其通过诸如因特网的网络连接到计算设备的机构。 可以通过通信网络接收所识别项目的评估值,并与包含该项目的隔间相关联地显示。 响应于接收到预定销售金额或根据授权个人的具体指示,该物品可以从自动售货机分配。 与买方,卖方,物品和其他销售相关信息有关的信息的可搜索数据库也可以与自动售货机相关联。

    System and method for gathering multicast content receiver data
    8.
    发明授权
    System and method for gathering multicast content receiver data 失效
    收集组播内容接收数据的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07236465B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-26

    申请号:US10171952

    申请日:2002-06-13

    IPC分类号: H04J3/24 H04J3/26

    摘要: A system and method for gathering data regarding receivers of multicast content is provided. A spanning tree is used to connect a content producer, such as a pay-per-view broadcaster, to one or more receivers over a computer network, such as the Internet. Clients that wish to join a multicast group to which content is sent join the multicast group at the client's designated multicast router. The router sends information regarding the request, such as a tally of the number of clients that have joined the group, through intermediate routers to an endpoint router as identified by the spanning tree. The content producer is able to use the information, such as the tally and demographic information, to analyze the group of receivers. In a pay-per-view setting, the tally can further be compared to the number of subscribers to determine whether illicit receivers have joined the group, whereupon appropriate action is taken.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于收集关于组播内容接收机的数据的系统和方法。 生成树用于通过计算机网络(例如因特网)将内容制作者(例如按次付费播放器)连接到一个或多个接收器。 希望加入发送内容的组播组的客户端加入客户端指定的组播路由器的组播组。 路由器通过中间路由器向生成树所标识的端点路由器发送关于请求的信息,例如已经加入组的客户端数量的统计。 内容制作者能够使用诸如计数和人口统计信息之类的信息来分析接收者组。 在按次付费设置中,可以进一步将该计数与用户数进行比较,以确定非法接收者是否已加入该组,然后采取适当的措施。

    Query system for service availability according to customized criteria

    公开(公告)号:US07124096B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-17

    申请号:US09952006

    申请日:2001-09-13

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00

    摘要: A method, program, and system for checking the availability of goods and services by means of the Internet are provided. The invention comprises compiling a customer profile, which may include information related to business affiliation as well as personal preferences. The customer uses a general search engine to submit a query regarding a desired good or service, and the search engine returns a list of suppliers that satisfy the search generic criteria. Special software on the client machine then sends more detailed queries, along with the customer profile, directly to certain suppliers selected from the list. These suppliers then return information, which corresponds to the customer profile. This information may include availability of specific accommodations, special discounts, as well as exclusive goods or services not offered to the general public.