Apparatus and methods for providing fine granularity alerting to customers
    1.
    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
    2.
    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。

    Brokering and facilitating consumer projects in an e-commerce system
    3.
    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
    4.
    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。

    System and method for gathering multicast content receiver data
    5.
    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。

    Service discovery in a network of automatic product/service dispensing machines
    6.
    发明授权
    Service discovery in a network of automatic product/service dispensing machines 失效
    自动产品/服务点胶机网络中的服务发现

    公开(公告)号:US07885852B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-08

    申请号:US09965152

    申请日:2001-09-27

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00

    摘要: A method, system, and computer program product for providing products to a user via an automated product dispensing machine is provided. In once embodiment, an automatic product dispensing machine in a micronetwork of proximally located diverse automatic product dispensing machines receives a request for an item. Responsive to a determination that the item is unavailable at a current automatic product dispensing machine, the automatic product dispensing machine provides a user with an alternative redemption product, such as, for example, a coupon that may be redeemed at another automatic product dispensing machine or at a nearby store.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种通过自动产品分配机向用户提供产品的方法,系统和计算机程序产品。 在一个实施例中,位于近端的多个自动产品分配机器的微网络中的自动产品分配机器接收对物品的请求。 响应于当前自动产品分配机器确定该物品不可用的自动产品分配机器向用户提供替代的赎回产品,例如可以在另一自动产品分配机器上赎回的优惠券, 在附近的一家商店。

    System and computer program product for facilitating customs planning and clearance
    7.
    发明授权
    System and computer program product for facilitating customs planning and clearance 失效
    系统和计算机程序产品,便于海关计划和清关

    公开(公告)号:US07657539B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-02

    申请号:US12170169

    申请日:2008-07-09

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 H04M15/00

    摘要: Facilitating customs planning and clearance including creating in an international customs server, in response to a signal communicated through a client device coupled for data communications through at least one internet connection to the international customs server, a master customs planning record; creating a related customs planning record wherein the related customs planning record is related to the master customs planning record; calculating duty on the goods described in the related customs planning record; storing the amount of the calculated duty in the related customs planning record; incrementing the total amount of duty stored in the duty total field in the master customs planning record; submitting, to the destination country, payment of the duty; creating, in dependence upon the related customs planning record, a customs declaration form for a destination country; and submitting the customs declaration form to a customs declaration forms database for the destination country.

    摘要翻译: 促进海关计划和清关,包括在国际海关服务器中创建,以响应通过至少一个与国际海关服务器的互联网连接的数据通信的客户端设备传达的信号,海关总署规划记录; 制定相关海关规划记录,其中有关海关规划记录与海关总署规划记录有关; 对有关海关规划记录中描述的货物计算责任; 将计算出的关税金额存入有关海关规划记录中; 增加总海关规划记录中总责任总量的总量; 提交到目的地国缴纳税款; 根据有关海关规划记录,创建目的地国家的报关单; 并将报关单提交给目的地国家的报关单数据库。

    Method, Apparatus, and Program to Forward and Verify Multiple Digital Signatures in Electronic Mail
    8.
    发明申请
    Method, Apparatus, and Program to Forward and Verify Multiple Digital Signatures in Electronic Mail 审中-公开
    在电子邮件中转发和验证多个数字签名的方法,设备和程序

    公开(公告)号:US20080235345A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-25

    申请号:US12136024

    申请日:2008-06-09

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: A mechanism is provided for augmenting the mail header of a message with a list of digital signatures representing the chain of contributors to the message. The augmented header may also encode the actual contributions corresponding to each digital signature. The list is appended every time a message is forwarded. If a message has a portion with no corresponding digital signature or if one or more of the digital signatures is not trusted, the user may handle the message accordingly. Furthermore, a mail server or client may discard a message if the number of digital signatures exceeds a threshold to filter out unwanted messages, such as e-mail chain letters.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于使用表示消息的贡献者链的数字签名的列表来增加消息的邮件头部的机制。 增强标题还可以对与每个数字签名相对应的实际贡献进行编码。 每次转发消息时会附加列表。 如果消息具有没有对应的数字签名的部分,或者如果一个或多个数字签名不被信任,则用户可以相应地处理该消息。 此外,如果数字签名的数量超过阈值,邮件服务器或客户端可以丢弃消息,以过滤不想要的消息,例如电子邮件链接字母。

    Method, system, and computer program product for facilitating international customs planning
    9.
    发明授权
    Method, system, and computer program product for facilitating international customs planning 失效
    方法,系统和计算机程序产品,促进国际海关规划

    公开(公告)号:US07426514B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-16

    申请号:US09915438

    申请日:2001-07-26

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 H04M15/00

    摘要: Facilitating customs planning and clearance including creating in an international customs server, in response to a signal communicated through a client device coupled for data communications through at least one internet connection to the international customs server, a master customs planning record; creating a related customs planning record wherein the related customs planning record is related to the master customs planning record; calculating duty on the goods described in the related customs planning record; storing the amount of the calculated duty in the related customs planning record; incrementing the total amount of duty stored in the duty total field in the master customs planning record; submitting, to the destination country, payment of the duty; creating, in dependence upon the related customs planning record, a customs declaration form for a destination country; and submitting the customs declaration form to a customs declaration forms database for the destination country.

    摘要翻译: 促进海关计划和清关,包括在国际海关服务器中创建,以响应通过至少一个与国际海关服务器的互联网连接的数据通信的客户端设备传达的信号,海关总署规划记录; 制定相关海关规划记录,其中有关海关规划记录与海关总署规划记录有关; 对有关海关规划记录中描述的货物计算责任; 将计算出的关税金额存入有关海关规划记录中; 增加总海关规划记录中总责任总量的总量; 提交到目的地国缴纳税款; 根据有关海关规划记录,创建目的地国家的报关单; 并将报关单提交给目的地国家的报关单数据库。