264 results about "Business pattern" patented technology

A business model that is dedicated to supporting a wireless messaging device. The model offers unlimited services on a dependent device, including mixed limited/unlimited usage models, pre-and post-pay models, and models not found in a conventional monthly recurring charge system. The model further includes components that address service selection, suspension, resumption, service add-ons, account limitations and restrictions, detect device compatibility with support services, account analysis, charging cycles, billing methods, third-party add-ons and interfacing, and troubleshooting support.

Individual or multiple-unit vending systems/kiosks with the ability to create highly customized products at the time of sale, with audio-visual features, handicap access and additional abilities and/or components; with multiple delivery abilities of tangible and/or intangible product(s); new real estate opportunities and business models, including business opportunities and/or jobs for disadvantaged people. This invention provides products for humans, animals and plants, and takes in one or more of the following product categories, without limitation: water, beverages, foodstuffs, toys, games contests, greeting cards, photography/video, audio/music, personal care products; using converging technologies such as, but not limited to: telecommunications, wireless data transmission, smart cards, etc. Benefits include, without limitation: test marketing, focus groups, and new product introductions using consumer interaction; education, entertainment, rewards, promotions, advertising, contests, charitable support, etc.

KnowledgeByGo is a knowledge based Internet application service provider system (ASP), that tracks and analyzes browser behavior in real-time. Data analysis is delivered to the website owner or marketing agent to decide if a real time response or off line campaign needs to be initiated. KnowledgeByGo allows real-time behavioral tracking and prediction; customer relation management; one-to-one banner manager; site analysis reporting service; industry wide marketing research reports; product management; order processing; secure payment system; and customer contact manager. Subscribers get the immediate benefits of: collaborative filtering; real-time behavioral prediction; up-selling and/or cross-sell selling; banner advertisement income; Customer Relation Management (CRM); one-to-one banner management; site analysis reporting server; network-wide sales and marketing reports; product content and online pricing spidering; site management, backend product management, backend order processing, RMA processing, secured payment system, customer contact manager, price-search engine utility, and consolidated participation purchasing.

A method wherein digital content, distributed on DVD (standard and High Definition variants such as Blue-Ray), CD (Computer Disk), or other digital storage media or downloaded as one or more files or streamed or broadcast is played interspersed with one or more advertising slots (also referred to in this disclosure as just-in-time content slots). Also detailed is method and steps for discovery of advertising slot information and fetching content for each slot by DVD players or end-user equipment that enable just-in-time content slots per this disclosure. Also included is method and steps for managing DVD advertising slot inventory, targeting of advertisements, building and operating advertising network including market place for buying/selling/auctioning advertising spot inventory, making available advertisements for pickup by advertising slot publishers, and tracking of advertising performance as well as tracking of advertising slot performance. Further, method and steps to enable new advertising offerings, such as variable CPM, based on the length of advertising that has been watched plus method and steps to provide auto-detection of end-of-content is detailed which can facilitate new rental/purchase business models. Included are also method and steps for integrating social networking aspects.

Dynamic assignment of rights to content, such as in a closed distribution system. Noting state information generated by an item of current content, and modifying state or rights of new content in response. Pre-loading or dynamically sending new content to the owner of the current content, with rights being enabled only at a later time, in the playback device, with predetermined conditions. In response to current state information, dynamically sending a license for new content from a server. Conditional or dynamic licenses to new content, including a set of rights associated with a class of possible sets of state information. Assignment of limited rights to a content, with support in a secure player to enforce them; for purposes of rental, bonus content, trials and other business models.

Systems and methods for collecting, storing and updating talent information data related to broadcast productions. A computer network will be provided in connection with software, the latter containing all required forms and paperwork necessary to have union talent, and in particular, performers who are members of either the Screen Actors Guild (“SAG”), the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (“AFTRA”) or the American Federation of Musicians (AF of M). The software is operative to create a digital job jacket for all forms, contracts and talent details generated in relation to a specific broadcast production. Talent information data is continuously updated during the production process and can be selectively accessed over the computer network by those entities having a need to access such information, such as production companies, casting agencies, paymasters and performers. The systems and methods are operative to substantially eliminate inefficient and error prone practices utilized, as well as serve as a profitable business model.

The present invention provides a mobile device ecosystem that is simpler than existing options for all of its participants regardless of their role or business model. The ecosystem includes a mobile device and operating software development kit and store, both of which are implemented as web-based services such that creation, testing, and distribution of customized mobile devices, as well as discovery, investigation, and delivery of same, can all be performed using a standard web browser. The device development kit offers such capabilities as simply personalizing the exterior decoration of an existing device, designing the physical form factor of a device incorporating existing electronic components, and even creating new electronic components for incorporation in multiple device designs. The operating software development kit offers such capabilities as rearranging or redrawing the user interface for existing devices, or designing entirely new complete operating systems usable across multiple target device brands or brand groups. The device and operating software store is also not specific to any mobile device brand or brand group, and integrates with both branded and independent application stores. Further, the web-based development kit and store are integrated with one another such that creation of new devices, operating software packages, and applications can be accelerated by incorporation or customization of existing items or components thereof. In addition, the development kit incorporates tools for creating and embodying logic, interfaces, data, form factors, and functionality which can be used intuitively by all people, including children and adults who are not skilled software or hardware developers, while at the same time offering compatible advanced capabilities to those who are so skilled. Finally, the ecosystem itself includes features that facilitate communication, interaction, community, and sharing among and between creators, users, and other interested parties.

A business model algorithm in which icons representing businesses, products, services and the like are displayed during the play of slot machines for a consideration of cash or cash credits. The icon displays, if properly aligned on a pay line, may represent an award of a product or service or a discount thereon. Thus, a business benefits by reason of a new customer and source of business contacting the business to collect the award and from the constant reminder of the business to those playing the slot machine and seeing the business icon; a casino or other owner of a slot machine benefits from the money received for playing the slot machine and the payout of a product or service which costs the owner of the slot machine nothing; the slot machine player benefits in that anything the player has won cannot be lost be being played back into the slot machine. Prior to activation of play of the slot machine, the player is offered choices for possible payouts of the slot machine including 1) being paid all in cash, 2) being paid all in products or services from the business, or 3) being paid in a combination of cash, and products or services.

The invention provides an intelligent medicine purchasing system based on a remote medical system and medical advice compliance monitoring. The system comprises a remote medical subsystem, a management subsystem linked with a medical unit information platform, and a medicine shopping guide service subsystem linked with a service information platform of a medicine sales network. With the adoption of the intelligent medicine purchasing system provided by the invention, a specific marketing channel is established for the medicine sales network, and a new business model and a new service model are synchronously developed; a patient can implement the follow-up visiting process and medicine purchasing process without going to a hospital and a drugstore, therefore, the medical visits can be reduced, the cost of medical visits is decreased, the probability of cross infection of a patient can be reduced, the efficiency and accuracy of medicine purchasing service can be improved, convenience is brought to medicine sales and the patient, and the burden on the patient can be decreased.

<heading lvl="0">Abstract of Disclosure</heading> A business model / process is described for conducting business transactions over the Internet, allowing buyers to reduce the price of the selected product / service based on the buyer's performance during a collateral activity. Sellers offer the product / service within a specified price range, and buyers accept the offer, in exchange for the opportunity to close the transaction at the lowest price offered by achieving a high score during the collateral activity. The ultimate price is within the agreed upon range, but is determined based upon the buyer's performance during the collateral activity. The activity may be a video game, electronic board game, sports bet, card game, or any other activity, and may be performed against the seller, a pre-programmed software opponent, a computer opponent, another buyer competing for the same or a different product, a player participating as a player only and not as a buyer, or anyone or anything else.

The invention discloses an electronic commerce platform online to offline (O2O) business model and relates to a business mode. According to the electronic commerce platform O2O business model, an internet website and a mobile terminal form an electronic commerce online trading platform, an experience store and a localized commercial tenant form an offline trading terminal, data sharing and collecting of the functions of the online trading platform and the offline trading terminal are achieved through the software development technique, all-network seamlessly connection can be achieved, trading can be completed anytime anywhere, member information can be guided in rapidly, and shopping and consumption can be achieved. By means of the electronic commerce platform O2O business model, the barrier of an electronic commerce traditional online platform and an offline retail trading platform is removed, each other's advantages can be complemented, multi-channel showing and selling of merchants' commodities are promoted, the brand influence is improved, more customers in different shopping channels are attracted, multiaspect interaction experience of users is improved, and brand-new commercial value is achieved.

The present invention provides a multimodal network community system capable of transmitting a message to and collecting responses from multiple specific persons in a short period of time and a method of controlling the same, which can transmit a notice (message) to and collect responses from a plurality of members of a specific group or groups in a short period of time according to a predefined procedure via various methods, such as a telephone call, an email, a text message, a web message, an instant message and a voice message, and can collect the results of the recipients' reception of the message and responses via various communication means, automatically arrange them in a database and transmit them to a message transmitter, so that the message transmitter can simultaneously transmit a desired message to a number of persons at one time, the recipients can perfectly receive the message via communication means set by them with a high probability of success and in a timely manner, and a message relay service provider can create a profit-generating business model through sticky and frequent online traffic generated by community and group members, with the result that a number of members can be recruited and retained and the management of members can be facilitated through the application thereof to network community business.

The systems and methods of the present invention enable users to identify whether a composition of matter, technical design, product, service, component, technology, feature, business model or any other item may have intellectual property issues associated therewith. The present invention includes a set of screens, filters, comparison sheets, and/or questionnaires (referred to generically as screens) which are derived from patent claims and used to evaluate whether a composition of matter, technical design, product, service, component, technology, feature, business model or any other item may have intellectual property issues associated therewith. The present invention further comprises systems and methods designed to help groups of people, in a collaborative environment, manage the use of screens.

A business model algorithm in which icons representing businesses, products, services and the like are displayed during the play of slot machines for a consideration of cash or cash credits. The icon displays, if properly aligned on a pay line, may represent an award of a product or service or a discount thereon. Thus, a business benefits by reason of a new customer and source of business contacting the business to collect the award and from the constant reminder of the business to those playing the slot machine and seeing the business icon; a casino or other owner of a slot machine benefits from the money received for playing the slot machine and the payout of a product or service which costs the owner of the slot machine nothing; the slot machine player benefits in that anything the player has won cannot be lost be being played back into the slot machine; and valuable marketing information is collected for the businesses concerned by recording the choices winners make in selecting product/service payouts.

The invention discloses a block chain and internet of things-based logistics information platform, and relates to the technical field of logistics management. The logistics information platform comprises a block chain bottom platform, an internet of things platform and terminal equipment, wherein the block chain bottom platform is used for processing distributed logistics information; the internetof things platform is used for acquiring the distributed logistics information; the internet of things platform comprises a logistics information acquisition unit which is used for acquiring data through internet of things equipment; and the terminal equipment is used for supporting the block chain bottom platform and the internet of thing platform. According to the logistics information platform, centralized logistics information platform architectures are optimized and replaced by block chain-applying distributed system architectures, so that the problem that the information platforms are low in reliability, bad in safety and low in system interaction ability is solved. The business model of the logistics information platform is changed from internet-based SAA platform providers into block chain technology-based internet of value companies so that the logistics information platform can become a fourth-party logistics credit investigation platform with credibility and a logistics ecosphere platform.

A method is provided for integrating model and domain semantics in business models. The method includes a business model inputting step for inputting the business model to be realized; a domain semantics locating step for locating the domain semantics of the modeling element of the business model within the domain ontology and outputting the corresponding domain model semantics; a model semantics transforming step for transforming the modeling element of the business model into business model semantics that are represented by a model ontology; and a unified semantic model forming step for combining the aforesaid business model semantics and domain model semantics and then outputting a unified semantic model. The teachings disclosed are directed to facilitate the integration and utilization of the semantics embedded in business models.

Disclosed is a Framework that applies object-oriented state-machine techniques to provide automation, control, and operation of business processes. The Framework provides a working environment from which software applications are created and customized. A visual modeling tool provides an end user with an intuitive and simple way to model processes. Once the model is imported into a database, an Engine automates the process, assigning tasks to users in order to control the accomplishment of each task. The Builder is a customization tool that allows fields or attributes to be customized, defines displays, policies, and business rules, and generates system-initialization data for each application. A Software Development Kit allows the development of applications with specific needs. A Business Model allows distributors to implement applications with the Builder and to obtain earnings both from direct sales of their applications and from royalties for the use and sale of their applications by other distributors.

A business model data management method can include identifying a business object within a business object structure document for a business application, locating data management rules for the identified business object in a business object descriptor document, and executing the located data management rules to represent the identified business object in a database for the business application.