Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user s engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user s engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item...

A method is described for creating ultra-minority ownership in privately owned company for the purpose of creating memorabilia. In one embodiment, the company is a sports franchise. A restricted stock, designated as "Fan Stock," is created which represents a fractional ownership interest in the company. In one embodiment, the "fan stock" is subsequently transferred to a third party distribution co...

A management system for tracking elements through steps and stages (21) of a chain employing fixed tags (T) permanently attached to elements (E) that progress through the steps an stages. The elements (E) are tracked by the fixed tags from an initial stage (21), through multiple work-in-process stages to a final stage of the chain The fixed tags (T) include radio-frequency (RF) communication units...

A mechanism is disclosed for generating a composite email for an email conversation. The composite email includes content automatically extracted from a plurality of the emails in the email conversation, and may be generated in response to a user accessing just one of the emails in the email conversation. A mechanism is also disclosed for discovering and recovering lost emails in an email conversa...

The invention relates to an information processing method that comprises: the step of determining a so-called primary document including at least one definition of at least one so-called secondary document related to said primary document; and the step of creating a secondary document, the content of said secondary document automatically depending on the content of the primary document. In some em...

There is provided an authorisation system comprising: an authorisation server (140); an account server (120) for storing account data relating to a plurality of accounts; an access terminal (100), including: a token reader (106) for inputting token data from a selected one of a plurality of tokens, the token data identifying one of the plurality of accounts; input means (108) for inputting transac...

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Automatgetriebes eines Kraftfahrzeugs, wobei dann, wenn das Kraftfahrzeug bei betätigtem Fahrpedal und geschlossener Anfahrkupplung fährt und anschließend bei unbetätigtem Fahrpedal und geschlossener Anfahrkupplung rollt, das Automatgetriebe beim Rollen mit geschlossener Anfahrkupplung in dem Gang verbleibt, in welchem dasselbe bei zuvor bet...

Methods and systems are provided for automatic identification of an insertion point in a first model stored in system memory (3) for a predetermined element t of a second model. A comparison of the first and second models, defining the correspondence between elements of the models, is provided in the memory (3). The sequence order of elements in the second model is analyzed to identify predecessor...

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out detecting user data from an interaction between a user and at least one device-implemented application whose primary function is different from symptom detection; mapping the user data from the interaction between the user and the at least one device-implemented application whose primary function is d...

A Straight- Through-Processing (STP) trading platform provides a fully electronic and seamless solution to substantially all aspects of the trading cycle for fixed income instruments and other financial instruments. In an exemplary embodiment, one or more customers, one or more dealers and one or more prime brokers have access to computer software that facilitates trade order management, trade ord...

A wasteless report issuing method and system, at the time of issuing a medical report, a notification that a report can be issued is sent to a patient with the system and method. In response to an inquiry from the patient, a report is displayed on a terminal screen, and the displayed report is issued on a portable medium in accordance with a terminal operation of the patient. The notification is s...

Expandable particle composite material suitable for the preparation of expanded materials having a density lower than 40g/l and a content of closed cells of at least 60%, characterized by the presence of heterophase cavities and/or heterophase domains, whose matrix is a synthetic thermoplastic resin having at least 60% by weight of a vinyl aromatic polymer and in which an expanding system is conta...

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Kraftfahrzeugvorrichtung, insbesondere für ein Hybridfahrzeug, mit einer Elektromotoreinheit (13) und einer Fahrstabilisierungs- und/oder Komforteinheit (16). Es wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Kraftfahrzeugvorrichtung eine Regel- und/oder Steuereinheit (10) umfasst, die dazu vorgesehen ist, die Elektromotoreinheit (13) als eine Momentensenke und/oder als eine Momentenquel...

Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Verfahren zur Durchführung einer schnellen und sicheren Kurzanmeldung eines Benutzers an einem computergestützten Dienstleitungsportal, dessen Dienste wie z.B. die Abwicklung unbarer Zahlungstransaktionen oder das Herunterladen bestimmter Dateninhalte, über eine mobile Kommunikationseinrichtung abgerufen können werden. Hierbei ist vorgesehen, dass benutzerseitig ...

A gear (10) has been adapted to transmit power in a car or a motor bike and has been made of an aluminium alloy. The gear (10) comprises teeth (14), which are at least partially covered with a layered coating (20, 22, 24). The layered coating comprises an intermediate coating (22) and a hard carbon coating (24) on top of the intermediate coating. The intermediate coating comprises a metal layer wi...

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Einstellen von Fahrzeugzuständen eines Kraftfahrzeugs, mit den Schritten des Bereitstellens von Umfelddaten, des Ermittelns einer künftigen Fahrzeugsituation abhängig von den Umfelddaten; und des Einstellens eines Fahrzeugzustandes abhängig von der ermittelten künftigen Fahrzeugsituation.; The invention relates to a method for setting the driving states of ...

The invention relates to a method for proving the existence of a good (15) and/or the occurrence of an event in a given place and/or at a given time. The present invention is characterised in that the method comprises the following steps: the step (10) of obtaining integral time and/or position information using signals transmitted from at least four satellites; the step of using an asymmetrical c...

A method for converting a trading position is expressed in terms of futures contracts into a trading position expressed in terms of at least butterflies of futures contracts. The method comprises: providing a trading position; for the earliest maturity date t1, converting the trading position into an interim trading position by subtracting n(t1) contracts associated with maturity date t1, −2n(t1) ...

A method of providing or offering a service in connection with a transaction between a client computer and a first server computer using a second server computer is provided such that processes occurring at the first server computer in relation to the transaction need not be modified, or require only minimal modification. The transaction may be a payment transaction and the service may include Dyn...

The system comprises a user interface (3) and middleware (5) which, in turn, comprises control software (7), a database (9) and application programming interfaces (API) (6 and 11a 11d). The middleware (5) is connected to an electronic point of sale device or system (EPOS) (13) as well as sub-systems (15,17,19) such as dedicated booking systems which allow hotel guests to book, for example, the spa...