町の特許相談センター｜初心者のための知的財産申請講座. 0050080672. Creating customer loyalty Abstract A system for rewarding the loyalty of a payment cardholder comprises a dual card for facilitating credit transactions associated with a credit account and further facilitating stored value transactions associated with a stored value account.
The system further comprises a computer-implemented loyalty program for calculating a loyalty value based on the credit transactions of the dual card, the loyalty value being used to load the stored value account of the dual card. The system yet further comprises a rebate file produced by a credit card issuing bank. The rebate file contains a rebate based on the credit transactions. Related U.S. Claims The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Description [0001] This application is a continuation of PCT/IB03/04495, designating the United States, filed Oct. 13, 2003.
0050077350. Dual card Abstract A dual card, which facilitates payment for goods or services from either a credit account or a stored value account, operates on both an open network and a closed network.
The dual card is a payment card that integrates the ability to provide credit privileges and stored value privileges to a cardholder of the dual card. The features, benefits, and advantages of a stored value card are integrated with the credit card aspects of the dual card. The benefits, features, and advantages of a credit card are integrated with a stored value card. Related U.S. Claims The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: Socialcitnet.com. The Intellogist Blog. 10 Most Important SEO Patents: Part 1 - The Original PageRank Patent Application. I like looking at patents and whitepapers and other primary sources from search engines to help me in my practice of SEO.
I’ve been writing about them for more than 5 years now, and am putting together this series of the 10 Most important SEO patents to share some of what I’ve learned during that time. These aren’t patents about SEO, but rather ones that I would recommend to anyone interested in learning more about SEO by looking at patents from sources like Google or Microsoft or Yahoo. The first PageRank patent application was never published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), it was never assigned to a particular company or organization, and it was never granted.
The patent is Improved Text Searching in Hypertext Systems (pdf – 1.7mb), Patent Application number 60/035,205, filed on January 10, 1997. One of the other interesting aspects of the patent is the display of “PageRank” next to individual pages in search results themselves. Abstract Conclusion.