System and method for identifying favorite service providers

S Quarterman, M Grell - US Patent App. 11/388,104, 2007 - Google Patents
0002 A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to
copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by …

Method and apparatus for allowing a remote site to interact with an intermediate database to facilitate access to the remote site

JJ Philyaw - US Patent 7,487,259, 2009 - Google Patents
(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOWING (58) Field of Classification Search.........
709f2OO 203 A REMOTE SITE TO INTERACT WITH AN 709/217 227, 238 245; 705/9, 10 …

Communications network interface for user friendly interactive access to online services

JW Fulton, TN Shafer, M Shepard - US Patent 7,599,859, 2009 - Google Patents
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/506,405 filed on Feb. 17, 2000,
now abandoned which in turn was a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/962.912, filed …

Method, apparatus and business system for online communications with online and offline recipients

FM Weyer, TK Javaher - US Patent 6,671,714, 2003 - Google Patents
The present invention comprises a method, apparatus and busineSS System for allowing on-
line communications with members of a group of recipients for whom the invention has been …

Communication system and method for efficiently accessing internet resources

RB Himmelstein - US Patent 7,272,637, 2007 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention is a system for permitting internet users to access
network resources more efficiently. Particu larly, the present invention is a system which …

Method and system for establishing voice communications using a computer network

AJ Dezonno, WR Quayle - US Patent 5,991,394, 1999 - Google Patents
57 ABSTRACT A method and system (100) establishes voice communica tions between a
computer user (102) and an agent (104) of a busineSS Over a computer network, Such as …

Method, apparatus and business system for online communications with online and offline recipients

F Weyer, T Javaher - US Patent App. 10/747,881, 2006 - Google Patents
The present invention comprises a method, apparatus and business system for allowing on-
line communications with members of a group of recipients for whom the invention has been …

Prioritization of third party access to an online commerce site

S Leahy, A Cohen - US Patent 7,305,469, 2007 - Google Patents
Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party
applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to …

Method for performing a data query

J Getchius, C Scofield - US Patent 6,643,640, 2003 - Google Patents
The System for performing online data queries is a distrib uted computer System with a
plurality of Server nodes each fully redundant and capable of processing a user query …

System for delivering professional services over the internet

WW Whitmyer Jr - US Patent 6,182,078, 2001 - Google Patents
(56) References Cited A system is provided to deliver professional services over Us
'PATENT DOCUMENTS the Internet. The system includes a computer, a database 'of client …