The invention system (10) is an automated system for creating, storing and using registration (14) and itinerary (16) records to provide security to participants. The system automatically monitors itinerary records and prompts the initiating of security response actions such as a telephone call (24) to a participant provided contact person if a participant fails to cancel an itinerary prior to a s...

Certain embodiments include a method and apparatus operating a client computer communicatively coupled to an engine system. The engine system includes at least one of the following: a market engine, a scheduling engine and a settlement engine. The client computer communicating with the engine system supports certified client transactions regarding market intervals. Each market interval contains at...

A method that is operative with a computer executable code (104) to create a selectively accessible and user controlled portfolio folder (106). The method, which is a computer implemented method for sharing personal information through an electronic communication network between a user and one or more reviewers (114), includes the steps of: providing an electronic storage medium having a computer...

A system and method for direct presentment and clearance of bills generated in a hierarchal business organization over a network of computers comprises a hierarchal business organization having a plurality of tiers of entities related by common business interests, the tiers including billing entities, each billing entity in contractual relation with a hiring entity in a superior tier of the organi...

A method and apparatus (10) for tracking consumer selections over a computer network is described herein and comprises a remote computer terminal (12) connected to a network of computers wherein the consumer can access an industry centric web portal (14) having links to various vendor products and services over the network (16). A user identification token is generated by the web portal to identif...

Interactive pre-approved processes are implemented on a computer network and accessed by users executing an implementing engine (302). Users access the pre-approved processes in order to complete projects in accordance with the pre-approved processes. The implementing engine (302) and the implementation of a pre-approved process on the computer network also provide the user with other utilities, a...

A predetermined and approved outsourcing procedure to be followed by employees of a company or business for transferring work assignments or projects to an outside source (106) is implemented on an Intranet system. The outsourcing procedure is a series of steps (416-426, 502-508, 602-614) that, when completed, results in the completion of a project by an outside source (106) that is acceptable to ...

An apparatus and automated method of selecting a number of products from a plurality of products comprising the steps of: providing an information source having a respective product information for each of said plurality of products, each product information comprising a plurality of attribute values each relating to a respective attribute of the product; processing each product information so as ...

A method and system for configuring a product assembled from a plurality of components, where each component may be available in several variants; the method comprises the steps of presenting to a user, via a user interface, a first plurality of variants of a first component; receiving from a user an indication of a first variant selected from the first plurality of variants; presenting to the use...

A method and system for configuring a product assembled from a plurality of components, where each component may be available in several variants; the method comprises the steps of presenting to a user, via a user interface, a first plurality of available variants of a first one of said plurality of components; receiving from a user an indication of a first variant selected from the first pluralit...

Zur Schaffung eines interaktiven Marketingsystems für Produkte und damit zusammenhängende Dienstleistungen, insbesondere für Waren in Handelsgeschäften, wobei ein Kunde über eine Videokonferenz-Schaltung mit wenigstens einem Terminal visuell und/oder akustisch mit einem Fachberater in einer entfernten Zentrale verbunden ist, wird vorgeschlagen, dass das Terminal (1) zur Durchführung der Videokonfe...

The invention relates to the control of billing in a communications network. In order to achieve the free placement of billing information coupled with a minimum amount of modifications for standard servers, a proxy/gateway is used for detecting the resource requests related to chargeable resources, and for mapping the resource identifier of a chargeable resource, received in a resource request, t...

An on-line multi-channel workflow processing system (10) for managing and monitoring the progression of a complex multi-event and multi-user process is described. The system operates over standard Internet protocols and comprises (10) is accessible via the Internet (16) and comprises a data capturing engine for capturing events requested by a first user, the data capturing engine being arranged fo...

An article ordering system for use in a complex purchasing process having a plurality of stages is described. The system comprises request generation means for creating a user-determined article request, the request comprising a multi-dimensional data specification regarding the features of the article. Communications means are also provided which are arranged to transmit the request to one or mor...

A transaction method using a point comprises a step (S33) of reading out the current points from data recorded on a point card issued by a company and inputted through a point company terminal (4), a step (S34) of converting the read out current points to the amount of money of purchase and displaying the current point and the amount of money of purchase on the point company terminal, a step (S35)...

A host center (2) for providing a service of plant arrangement such as flower arrangement comprising a reception management unit (4) for receiving a service use request sent from a client terminal (1), a commodity computer (12) for receiving arrangement data about a plant arrangement commodity created through the client terminal (1) according to the client's taste through the client terminal (1) a...

A hard disk (530) of a personal computer contains a content list file (150) and a ciphered confidential file (162). A license management device (520) has a binding key (Kb) stored in a license area (5215B) of a memory. The ciphered confidential file (162) can be deciphered and ciphered by a binding key (Kb) stored in the license management device (520). The license of the acquired ciphered content...

Articles such as electronic device products are components constituting completed products or products yet to be planned and developed, therefore, in addition to a means of acquiring information for a single article, a retrieval based on a completed product is desirable; but a means for the retrieval has not been available. Even if such an information providing system is built, troubles caused by...

The present invention is a calendaring system implemented as a JavaScript application for program execution on individual Internet browsers after being downloaded by a webserver. The JavaScript application generates HTML on-the-fly and a graphical user interface is displayed on a user's screen. The result is an interactive scheduling system that can be shared between users on the Internet.; La pré...

A method and system for interactive visual analysis of interactions among entities, where entities are individuals or groups, is provided. The preferred method of the present invention includes collecting interaction data (100), processing the collected interaction data (110) with connectivity and diversity measures, and displaying (120) the processed as well as the raw interaction data to provide...