63 results about "Agency structure" patented technology

An electronic transaction management system has at least some sellers associated with agencies. Information is provided for each agency to indicate whether the agency is prepared to offer sellers associated with the agency to buyers associated with other agencies and the terms of any such offer. A buyer interface is used to receive a purchase inquiry from a buyer, and seller offer data is provided to the buyer for a plurality of sellers. The seller offer data presented to the buyer takes into account the terms of said offer of sellers associated with an agency to buyers associated with other agencies. This system allows middlemen to operate in an online spot market. This is achieved by enabling agencies in a market sector to present their buyers and sellers with the agency's own version of such a market but draw on the buyer/seller relationships enjoyed by other agencies using the system. Agencies can operate their own market which is a distinct part of a wider market.

An architecture to deliver web applications to users that is comprised of links to virtual applications that are composed of physical applications (e.g., a software component with special rules). The web applications can be created, combined into larger applications and installed without the typical effort of writing and debugging software code. Building blocks are derived from a standard interface and rules including that none of the components call methods from any other component. The interfaces pass knowledge, and an agent basket holds properties of a job. Data needed to carry out tasks is found from resources other than the interface (e.g., database). Agencies actively monitor job postings (bulletin board posts) and call agents having a highest score for performing the job. Only active agents and components are maintained in computer memory and are killed when finished, minimizing system footprint and reducing hardware costs.

The present invention aims at providing an insurance contract accounting system capable of reducing waste of document papers for insurance application and eliminating labors of drawing up the necessary documents in the insurance agencies and companies (including their sales branches) while taking advantage of the conventional face-to-face sales of insurance.

An insurance contract management device 2 of the insurance company is connected to a terminal unit 3 of an insurance agent through a network 4, so that upon reception of agent authentication information from the terminal unit 3, the management device forwards to the terminal unit 3 an insurance application form for letting the agent enter insurance-related information data thereinto and receives confirming information from the terminal unit 3 upon filling in the application form, thereby to account for conclusion of the insurance contract.

A method of determining and optimizing the location of a new insurance agency is disclosed to increase market penetration of underrepresented markets. The method comprises the use of a scoring algorithm to rank various geographic regions or related zip codes. The scoring algorithm may be implemented by a location modeling system based on variables selected by a user.

The present invention describes an online, electronic marketplace for brand integration and product placement. The system provides entertainment companies the opportunity to present their available brand integration inventory, while providing advertisers and their agencies a single source to monitor brand integration options, as well as a forum in which to transact directly with entertainment providers. The system preferably leverages both historical and forward looking data. The platform enables a buyer or seller to view or offer brand integration opportunities across multiple mediums (e.g., television, film, music, video games, and the like), to search opportunities by product category, demographic, or entertainment medium, to sort opportunities by price or date, and to validate post-deal brand integration effectiveness using a defined set of product placement-specific metrics. The system provides brand integration opportunities to be bought and sold throughout an entire lifecycle (pre-production, production, post-production, broadcast/distribution and post-broadcast) of a given program.

The invention discloses an Internet based fourth-party intellectual property transaction service platform system and method. The system comprises an intellectual property transaction cloud platform, a transaction service unit of a service mechanism, a fund authentication unit and a network dynamic bidding unit; the intellectual property transaction cloud platform realized virtualized data computing and storage via cloud computing; the service mechanism inputs intellectual property a transaction request, a fund authentication request or a bidding instruction of a transferor/transferee, and the transaction service unit of the service mechanism sends the fund authentication request to the fund authentication unit and the bidding instruction to the network dynamic bidding unit; and the fund authentication unit is connected with an authority server of an intellectual property management department, receives the fund authentication request of the transferor/transferee from the transaction service unit of the service mechanism, forms an authentication result, and sends the authentication result to the transaction service unit of the service mechanism. According to the transaction platform system, an agent mechanism serves as the third party, a patent management department serves as the fourth party, and a transparent and trustable transaction environment is established via the fund authentication unit.

A server runs a software program controlling a system and is connected to the Internet to communicate with one or more advertising agencies. A client of the agencies has a home location with a server connected to the Internet for communication with the server and the agencies. The client can have branches that are connected to the Internet for communication with the server and the Client Home and, in some circumstances, with the agencies. Also connected to the Internet are Media parties representing any and all types of advertising display parties such as radio, television, print, billboard, etc. The media parties also could be brokers that place the advertising with various media outlets.

A method and system for obtaining information items associated with the generation of subpoena documents using time-dependent data bases is presented. In accordance with the principles of the invention, the names and contact information of telephone companies that were assigned designated telephone numbers during designated time periods may be obtained using data bases formulated to include time-dependent telephone company assignment information items. From the information items, subpoenas are then generated which compel the selected telephone companies to reveal subscriber information items, such as name and address, associated with the designated telephone number during the designated time period. Further, the subpoenas containing the user's name can be generated to compel the subscriber to appear be a court or agency competent jurisdiction or disclose additional information.

A method and computer program is provided for enhanced efficiency in meeting staffing requirements that includes receiving one or more staffing requirements for employment positions from an employer, preparing one or more candidate lists, preparing credential information for each available employee candidate, and sending the candidate lists and corresponding credential information to the employer. Each candidate list identifies one or more available employee candidates meeting the staffing requirements from each of a plurality of staffing agencies.

The invention discloses an online patent transaction system which comprises a patent purchase information release module and a patent retrieval module, wherein the patent purchase information release module releases patents collected in real time and publishes information at least including patent name, patent application number, applicant information and agent contact information, and the patent retrieval module is matched with the patent purchase information release module in use and provides retrieval methods by name, patent number, applicant, patent classification number and agent. By adopting the technical scheme, the online patent transaction system provided by the invention, by adding a simple hardware device, can be used for carrying out effective management and review on intellectual property rights, provides a convenient management and transaction platform for the majority of personnel related to intellectual property rights, and meanwhile, can be used for effectively supervising intellectual property rights transactions. Moreover, the online patent transaction system is mature in adopted technology, low in cost and very suitable for large-scale promotion and use.

A method and system for territory based commission attribution. According to one embodiment, a Web engine receives a request for information about a product from a user, binds the user to at least one of a plurality of agencies that support the product in a sales territory associated with the user, and submits a booking request for the user to a supplier of the product along with an identifier of the at least one bound agency for commission attribution.

The invention discloses an intellectual property management system. The system comprises a front-end business platform, a server and a background management platform, wherein the front-end business platform receives data information input by a user and transmits the data information to the server, the background management platform acquires the data information input by the user from the server and performs statistical management, and new data information feedback is performed to allow the front-end business platform to perform data updating; the front-end business platform comprises a user registration module, an information sharing and updating module, a case management module and four business functional modules which are connected with the server, the four business functional modules include a patent right protection module, a trademark right protection module, a copyright protection module and an e-commerce right protection module, the four business functional modules share one user registration module, and the user registration module comprises name registration information and mobile phone registration information; the information sharing and updating module is used for synchronously sharing the data information of the four business functional modules from the server into the case management module and transmitting the data updated by the background management platform from the server to the case management module. The intellectual property management system has the advantages that enterprises or individual users can contact with intellectual property agencies, communication cost is lowered, the service quality of the intellectual property agencies can be increased favorably, and the intellectual property management system is simple to operate, fast and efficient.

A method, system and computer program product includes entering information from a tax notification into a system using a workflow where the system searches a database for a matching company. The system determines a status of the tax notification, generates a template letter to be communicated to the company, and places the tax notification on an active notice listing. An active notification is selected to process using a workflow. A research workflow is selected if research of the active notification is required. The system stores the research results in the database, determines a change in status of the active notification, and generates a template letter to the company. An actuals workflow is selected if payment of penalties and interest or receipt of refund is required. The system presents an abatement workflow when penalties and interest are due and generates template letters to the company of and an agency.

The invention provides a service oriented architecture (SOA)-based patent agency collaborative management system development method. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: 1) constructing an SOA integrated development system platform; 2) arranging a collaborative development middleware tool bag in a service layer; 3) integrating the conventional error recovery procedure (ERP) of a patent agency mechanism and other third-party application systems into a resource layer; 4) developing a collaborative management system; 5) integrating all parts of the developed collaborative management system into the service layer and the application layer respectively; and 6) developing a presentation layer interface by adopting a Portal middleware. The invention also provides a patent agency collaborative management system for implementing the method. The system is a Web Service technology-based Web service integrated application platform and comprises a four-layer structure, namely a presentation layer, an application layer, the service layer and the resource layer which are interconnected and interactively communicated from top to bottom. The method and the system provided by the invention are normative, standard, efficient and cross-platform, and have remarkable advantages.

The invention discloses an intellectual property operation service system, and belongs to the field of intellectual property service. The system comprises a login module, an application module, an intermediate module, a result module, an evaluation module, an association module and a patent information storage database. Each module is connected with the patent information storage database througha wireless network; the intellectual property operation service system provides comprehensive service for the whole process of patent application; according to the patent application management system, a client can conveniently obtain comprehensive information of patent application at any time without the help of any agency, all stages of a patent can be checked on the whole, and an evaluation module is additionally arranged and used for carrying out economic value evaluation on an authorization case to promote patent industrial conversion, so that innovation achievements can truly promote thedevelopment of productivity; and the client can be associated with the interested patent through the association module, so that the state of the concerned patent can be checked by logging in, and active inquiry to an agency is not needed.

The invention provides a patent on-line business processing system. The patent on-line business processing system comprises a network module, a business requesting module, a business generation module, a business writing module, a business auditing module, a business confirmation module, an aid application module, a privilege management module, and a database module, and the business requesting module, the business generation module, the business writing module, the business auditing module, the business confirmation module, the aid application module, the privilege management module, and the database module are respectively connected with the network module. According to the patent on-line business processing system, a high-efficiency, convenient, and informational management network between clients, agencies, and the Intellectual Property Office is established, and the problem of low efficiency of paper pieces is solved.

The invention discloses an internet-based intellectual property management method that is suitable for being performed in a computing device. The method comprises a user registration step, an automatic ranking step, a monitoring object selection step, an automatic monitoring module generation step, an automatic push step, and an agency and agent recommendation step. At the automatic ranking step,retrieving is carried out according to search keywords read in the user registration step; searching results are arranged in a descending order according to application amounts of applicants, and patent application information of at least top 20 applicants is displayed automatically. At the automatic monitoring module generation step, competitor monitoring modules are generated automatically. According to the invention, with monitoring of all competitors, patents of the competitors are monitored timely and accurately and the dynamic research and study information of industry giants are trackedtimely and accurately; and the dynamic information of the own patents of the enterprise is obtained timely by a patent butler. The whole operation becomes quick and convenient.

The invention discloses a novel patent fee management system which comprises an application fee paying module, an authorization module, an annual fee management module and a client withdraw module. The application fee paying module comprises a fee examination and approval qualification notification fee module and fee non-retard advice note module. The authorization module comprises a registration permission advice note module and an authorization advice note module. The annual fee management module comprises an age limit management module of invention annual fee and an age limit management module of utility models and appearance designs. The client withdraw module comprises a commission fee annual fee module and a public expense module. By means of the novel patent fee management system, agencies or individuals using the novel patent fee management system can know fees needed to pay for patents as quickly as possible, and the agencies can charge clients quickly and conveniently, and the novel patent fee management system is easy to operate, convenient to use and quick.

The present invention discloses a method for recommending a patent agency for a project owner, wherein a suitable patent agency can be recommended according to characteristics of a project. The method is implemented by using an input device, a storage device, a processor and an output device. The method comprises: information of a patent agency is stored into a storage device; an input device is used for inputing patent information that a project owner needs to write; a processor reads the patent information that needs to be written and that is input by the input device, and matches the patent information with the information of the patent agency stored in the storage device, that is, calculates a text similarity degree between the patent information and information of each case of the patent agency, and selects the patent agency whose one or more cases have the highest text similarity degree as a matching result; and the processor displays the matching result to the project owner by means of an output device.

The invention discloses a data interaction platform, comprises a client login management system, a technical disclosure information management system, a case progress tracking system and a fee paymentsystem, wherein the client login management system can provide a login and registration environment for a user, and the client login management system can also carry out confidential storage management on the information of the client when registering/logging in. The data exchange platform is an on-line interactive system for agent/agent and applicant/individual to provide technical disclosure data and post-management, Users can submit their own company's technical disclosure materials on the interactive platform, As well as the checking of the first draft, the payment of fees and the real-time tracking of the case progress information, it is convenient for the reporting unit/individual to know what kind of state the case of the technical data is in through the mobile terminal in time, and the information of the user can be treated confidentially, so as to prevent the economic loss caused by the information leakage.

The invention provides a patent agency data management system comprising an agency management module used for managing headquarter and branch agency information; the employee management module is usedfor managing employee information; the notification processing module is used for processing a notification file compression package issued by the national knowledge production authority and associating the processed notification file with a client corresponding to the client management module; the client management module is used for managing the basic information of the client and generating case state information and a time node shaft of the case state according to the notification file under the name of the client; the attention reminding module is used for paying attention to the to-do list according to the patent case state of the client management module; and the statistics module is used for carrying out statistics and analysis on patent numbers corresponding to all customers in the customer management module according to various classification modes. According to the invention, the state of the case can be concerned in real time through coordinated work of the modules, and property loss and official disputes caused by the overtime processing of the case can be avoided.

The invention provides a quality evaluation system of a patent application file and an evaluation method thereof. The quality evaluation system is composed of a logging-in module, a data module, an authority module and a user operation module. The data module consists of a patent data module, an authority data module, an information sending module and an evaluation result storage module. The authority module contains an authority access module and an authority scheduling module. The user operation module includes a flow personnel operation module, a management personnel operation module, and an expert operation module. In addition, the invention also provides an evaluation method based on the quality evaluation system of a patent application file. According to the system, an application file is evaluated based on a patent evaluation standard; an agency can examine performances of an agent based on an evaluation result; and an agent can be required to write a patent application file again or is forced to participate in a writing promotion training according to the evaluation result. Therefore, the quality of the patent application file can be guaranteed to the certain extent.

The invention particularly relates to an airport self-service tax refunding terminal and a tax refunding method. The airport self-service tax refunding terminal comprises a living body detection module, a certificate reading module, a human-certificate-in-one identity verification module, an information input module, an information display module, a two-dimensional code scanning module, an information storage module, a wireless transmission module and a printing module. The information storage module is used for storing user tax refunding information, and the airport self-service tax refundingterminal is connected to a customs tax system through the wireless transmission module. According to the airport self-service tax refunding terminal and the tax refunding method, the load of agency salesmen is reduced, the processing time of each business can be shortened under the condition that the number of transactions is large, the waiting time of overseas passengers is greatly shortened, the user experience is improved, and compared with manual input of transfer information, the accuracy is higher, and the tax refunding efficiency is greatly improved.