IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0335327
(1999-06-17)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
59 인용 특허 :
113 |
초록
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The present invention relates to a public, private, or cellular phone with access to the Internet for the purposes of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and for communicating voice and data. In addition the present invention relates to a universal advertising and payment system and metho
The present invention relates to a public, private, or cellular phone with access to the Internet for the purposes of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and for communicating voice and data. In addition the present invention relates to a universal advertising and payment system and method for networking, monitoring and effectuating e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and controlling vending equipment and applications. The system can effectuate electronic commerce and interactive advertising at the point of sale in this instance at a public, private or cellular phone. Vending equipment includes copiers, phones (public, private, cellular), facsimile machines, printers, data-ports, laptop print stations, notebook computers, palmtop computers (PALM PILOT), microfiche devices, projectors, scanners, cameras, modems, communication access, personal data assistants (PDA's), pagers, and other vending machines, personal computers (PC), PC terminals (NET PC), and network computers (NC). Vending equipment can be networked to each other through a first network, programmable and accessible by a PC, server, point of sale (POS) system, property or management information system (PMS/MIS), and networked to a second network. The first network and second network can be the same network. Complete control of a vending machine's functionality including usage, control, diagnostics, inventory, and marketing data capture can be effectuated locally or by remote connection to the network. Remote connection to the network includes Internet type connections, telecommunication (telephone, ISDN, ADSL), VSAT satellite, and other wire and wireless transmission. The present invention allows a user to obtain authorization for use, pay for products, and services, and configure the vending equipment with a smart card, or magnetic card (card). Magnetic cards include phone, smart card, credit card, debit card, pre-paid, automated teller machine (ATM) or other bank or private issued card. Users can also use a hotel room key/card or other insertion type-identifying device. Additionally, biometric identification such as handwriting, voice, finger, hand, or eye (iris scan) can be utilized to control the system.
대표청구항
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The present invention relates to a public, private, or cellular phone with access to the Internet for the purposes of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and for communicating voice and data. In addition the present invention relates to a universal advertising and payment system and metho
The present invention relates to a public, private, or cellular phone with access to the Internet for the purposes of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and for communicating voice and data. In addition the present invention relates to a universal advertising and payment system and method for networking, monitoring and effectuating e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and controlling vending equipment and applications. The system can effectuate electronic commerce and interactive advertising at the point of sale in this instance at a public, private or cellular phone. Vending equipment includes copiers, phones (public, private, cellular), facsimile machines, printers, data-ports, laptop print stations, notebook computers, palmtop computers (PALM PILOT), microfiche devices, projectors, scanners, cameras, modems, communication access, personal data assistants (PDA's), pagers, and other vending machines, personal computers (PC), PC terminals (NET PC), and network computers (NC). Vending equipment can be networked to each other through a first network, programmable and accessible by a PC, server, point of sale (POS) system, property or management information system (PMS/MIS), and networked to a second network. The first network and second network can be the same network. Complete control of a vending machine's functionality including usage, control, diagnostics, inventory, and marketing data capture can be effectuated locally or by remote connection to the network. Remote connection to the network includes Internet type connections, telecommunication (telephone, ISDN, ADSL), VSAT satellite, and other wire and wireless transmission. The present invention allows a user to obtain authorization for use, pay for products, and services, and configure the vending equipment with a smart card, or magnetic card (card). Magnetic cards include phone, smart card, credit card, debit card, pre-paid, automated teller machine (ATM) or other bank or private issued card. Users can also use a hotel room key/card or other insertion type-identifying device. Additionally, biometric identification such as handwriting, voice, finger, hand, or eye (iris scan) can be utilized to control the system. reight load but not directly related to operating the motor vehicle while moving the freight load. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein said revenue contribution identification comprises calculating a linehaul revenue contribution for each freight load by subtracting the non-linehaul costs associated with the freight load from the revenue contribution of the freight load, and said revenue contribution summation comprises summing the linehaul revenue contributions of the two or more freight loads to obtain total linehaul revenue. 4. The method of claim 2, further comprising: identifying loaded miles for each of the two or more freight loads during which the freight vehicle moves the freight load from one location along the round trip route to another location along the round trip route; identifying empty miles for the round trip during which the freight vehicle moves from one location along the round trip route to another location along the round trip route without moving any of the two or more freight loads; allocating the empty miles among each of the two or more freight loads; and adding the allocated empty miles for each of the two or more freight loads to the loaded miles for the freight load to obtain adjusted miles for the freight load, wherein said linehaul cost of each of the two or more freight loads is determined based on the adjusted miles of the freight load. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said empty miles allocation comprises: summing the loaded miles of each freight load to obtain total round trip loaded miles; calculating a ratio of the empty miles of the round trip to the total round trip loaded miles; and calculating the adjusted miles for each freight load by adding to the loaded miles for that freight load the product of the loaded miles for that freight load and the ratio of empty miles to total round trip loaded miles. 6. The method of claim 3, said total round trip cost apportioning comprising: calculating a relative revenue contribution for each of the two or more freight loads as a ratio of the linehaul revenue contribution for that freight load to the total linehaul revenue; summing the linehaul costs for each freight load to obtain total linehaul costs; calculating a relative cost contribution for each of the two or more freight loads as a ratio of the linehaul costs for that freight load to the total linehaul costs; and comparing the relative revenue contribution for the freight load to the relative cost contribution for the freight load. 7. The method of claim 6, said total round trip cost apportioning further comprising: calculating a load balance ratio for each freight load as 1 subtracted from the ratio of the relative revenue contribution for that freight load to the relative cost contribution for that freight load; calculating a cost balance adjustment for each freight load as the product of the load balance ratio for that freight load and the linehaul cost for that freight load; and calculating an adjusted cost for each freight load as the sum of the linehaul cost for that freight load, the cost balance adjustment for that freight load, and the non-linehaul cost for that freight load. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the round trip is defined as a complete series of freight vehicle movements occurring from a time the freight vehicle leaves a designated home location until the freight vehicle returns to the home location. 9. A computer-readable medium encoded with a plurality of processor-executable instruction sequences for analyzing the profitability of each of two or more freight loads moved during a roundtrip of a freight vehicle during which the two or more freight loads are moved, one at a time, from one location along the trip route to another location along the trip route by the freight vehicle, said instruction sequences comprising: identifying a revenue contribution of each of the two or more freight loads of the trip; summing the revenue contribu
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