Class   705	DATA PROCESSING: FINANCIAL, BUSINESS PRACTICE, MANAGEMENT, OR COST/PRICE DETERMINATION
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BUSINESS PROCESSING USING CRYPTOGRAPHY

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. (1 indent ) Usage protection of distributed data files

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.. (2 indent ) Usage or charge determination

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... (3 indent ) Including third party for collecting or distributing payment (e.g., clearinghouse)

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... (3 indent ) Adding plural layers of rights or limitations by other than the original producer

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.. (2 indent ) Requiring a supplemental attachment or input (e.g., dongle) to open

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... (3 indent ) Specific computer ID (e.g., serial number, configuration, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Copy protection or prevention

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... (3 indent ) Having origin or program ID

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.. (2 indent ) Licensing

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. (1 indent ) Postage metering system

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.. (2 indent ) Reloading/recharging

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.. (2 indent ) Having printing detail (e.g., verification of mark)

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. (1 indent ) Utility metering system

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. (1 indent ) Secure transaction (e.g., EFT/POS)

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.. (2 indent ) Including intelligent token (e.g., electronic purse)

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... (3 indent ) Intelligent token initializing or reloading

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... (3 indent ) Including authentication

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... (3 indent ) Balancing account

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... (3 indent ) Electronic cash detail (e.g., blinded, divisible, or detecting double spending)

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.. (2 indent ) Home banking

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.. (2 indent ) Including key management

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.. (2 indent ) Verifying PIN

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.. (2 indent ) Terminal detail (e.g., initializing)

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.. (2 indent ) Anonymous user system

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.. (2 indent ) Transaction verification

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.. (2 indent ) Electronic credential

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.. (2 indent ) Including remote charge determination or related payment system

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... (3 indent ) Including third party

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... (3 indent ) Including a payment switch or gateway

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ELECTRONIC NEGOTIATION

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AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT

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. (1 indent ) Health care management (e.g., record management, ICDA billing)

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.. (2 indent ) Patient record management

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. (1 indent ) Insurance (e.g., computer implemented system or method for writing insurance policy, processing insurance claim, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Reservation, check-in, or booking display for reserved space

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.. (2 indent ) Coordination of plural reservations (e.g., plural trip segments; transportation and accommodation, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Operations research or analysis

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.. (2 indent ) Resource planning, allocation or scheduling for a business operation

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... (3 indent ) Scheduling, planning, or task assignment for a person or group

7.14

.... (4 indent ) Skill based matching of a person or a group to a task

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.... (4 indent ) Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group

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.... (4 indent ) Schedule adjustment for a person or group

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.... (4 indent ) Staff planning in a project environment

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.... (4 indent ) Calendar-based scheduling for a person or group

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....• (5 indent ) Meeting or appointment

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....• (5 indent ) Task assignment

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... (3 indent ) Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule (e.g., resource or task leveling, dynamic rescheduling, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Resource planning in a project environment

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... (3 indent ) Calendaring for a resource

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... (3 indent ) Needs based resource requirements planning and analysis

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... (3 indent ) Sequencing of tasks or work

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.. (2 indent ) Workflow analysis

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.. (2 indent ) Risk analysis

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.. (2 indent ) Market data gathering, market analysis or market modeling

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... (3 indent ) Market prediction or demand forecasting

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... (3 indent ) Market survey or market poll

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... (3 indent ) Market segmentation

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.... (4 indent ) Location or geographical consideration

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... (3 indent ) Price or cost determination based on market factor

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.. (2 indent ) Strategic management and analysis

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... (3 indent ) Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change

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.. (2 indent ) Performance analysis

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... (3 indent ) Scorecarding, benchmarking, or key performance indicator analysis

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... (3 indent ) Quality analysis or management

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... (3 indent ) Performance of employee with respect to a job function

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. (1 indent ) Voting or election arrangement

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. (1 indent ) Transportation facility access (e.g., fare, toll, parking)

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. (1 indent ) Discount or incentive (e.g., coupon, rebate, offer, upsale, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Trade or exchange of a good or service for an incentive

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.. (2 indent ) Incentive awarded or redeemed in connection with the playing of a video game

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.. (2 indent ) Determining discount or incentive effectiveness

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.. (2 indent ) Chance discount or incentive

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.. (2 indent ) Consumer transaction fee

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.. (2 indent ) Referral award system

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.. (2 indent ) Including financial account

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... (3 indent ) Investment account

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.. (2 indent ) Giving input on a product or service or expressing a customer desire in exchange for an incentive or reward

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... (3 indent ) Based on score

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.. (2 indent ) Based on funds or budget

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.. (2 indent ) Re-usable coupon

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.. (2 indent ) During E-commerce (i.e., online transaction)

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.. (2 indent ) Based on inventory

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.. (2 indent ) Based on user history

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.. (2 indent ) Avoiding fraud

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.. (2 indent ) Frequent usage incentive system (e.g., frequent flyer miles program, point system, etc.)

14.28

... (3 indent ) Frequent usage incentive value reconciliation between diverse systems

14.29

.... (4 indent ) On-line clearing house

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... (3 indent ) Multi-merchant loyalty card system

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... (3 indent ) Awarding of a frequent usage incentive independent of the monetary value of a good or service purchased, or distance traveled

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... (3 indent ) Frequent usage reward other than merchandise, cash, or travel

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... (3 indent ) Method of redeeming a frequent usage reward

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.. (2 indent ) Rebate after completed purchase (i.e., post transaction award)

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.. (2 indent ) Including timing (i.e., limited awarding or usage time constraint)

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.. (2 indent ) Incentive or reward received by requiring registration or ID from user

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.. (2 indent ) At kiosk

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.. (2 indent ) At POS (i.e., point-of-sale)

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.. (2 indent ) Online discount or incentive

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. (1 indent ) Advertisement

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.. (2 indent ) Determination of advertisement effectiveness

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... (3 indent ) Comparative campaigns

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... (3 indent ) Optimization

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... (3 indent ) Survey

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... (3 indent ) Traffic

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.. (2 indent ) Calculate past, present, or future revenue

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.. (2 indent ) Avoiding fraud

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.. (2 indent ) Based upon budget or funds

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.. (2 indent ) Targeted advertisement

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... (3 indent ) Based on event or environment (e.g., weather, festival, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) During E-commerce (i.e., online transaction)

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... (3 indent ) Based on statistics

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... (3 indent ) Based on user history

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.... (4 indent ) User search

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... (3 indent ) User requested

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.... (4 indent ) Registration

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... (3 indent ) Based on store location

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... (3 indent ) Based on user location

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... (3 indent ) During computer stand by mode

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... (3 indent ) Based upon Internet or website rating

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... (3 indent ) Based upon schedule

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... (3 indent ) Vehicular advertisement

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.... (4 indent ) Based on the position of the vehicle

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... (3 indent ) Wireless device

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... (3 indent ) At POS (i.e., point-of-sale)

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... (3 indent ) Based on user profile or attribute

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.... (4 indent ) Personalized advertisement

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.. (2 indent ) Period of advertisement exposure

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.. (2 indent ) Fee for advertisement

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... (3 indent ) Split fee

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... (3 indent ) Auction

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.. (2 indent ) Advertisement creation

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.. (2 indent ) Online advertisement

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. (1 indent ) Restaurant or bar

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. (1 indent ) Including point of sale terminal or electronic cash register

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.. (2 indent ) Having interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit

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.. (2 indent ) Having security or user identification provision (password entry, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Tax processing

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.. (2 indent ) Price look-up processing (e.g., updating)

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.. (2 indent ) Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers (ECRs) or to host computer (e.g., network detail, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Inventory monitoring

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.. (2 indent ) Input by product or record sensing (weighing, scanner processing)

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.. (2 indent ) Specified transaction journal output feature (e.g., printed receipt, voice output, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Specified keyboard feature

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. (1 indent ) Electronic shopping

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.. (2 indent ) Supply or demand aggregation

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.. (2 indent ) Regulated

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.. (2 indent ) Auction

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.. (2 indent ) Buyer or seller confidence or verification

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.. (2 indent ) Request for offers or quotes

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.. (2 indent ) Third party assisted

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... (3 indent ) Anonymizing

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... (3 indent ) Representative agent

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... (3 indent ) Neutral agent

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.. (2 indent ) Item configuration or customization

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.. (2 indent ) Item investigation

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... (3 indent ) Directed, with specific intent or strategy

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.... (4 indent ) Using item specifications

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.... (4 indent ) For generating comparisons

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.. (2 indent ) Item recommendation

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.. (2 indent ) List (e.g., purchase order, etc.) compilation or processing

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... (3 indent ) Processing of requisition or purchase order

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.... (4 indent ) Approval

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.. (2 indent ) Item location

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.. (2 indent ) Shopping interface

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... (3 indent ) Graphical representation of item or shopper

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. (1 indent ) Inventory management

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.. (2 indent ) Itemization of parts, supplies, or services (e.g., bill of materials)

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. (1 indent ) Accounting

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.. (2 indent ) Tax preparation or submission

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.. (2 indent ) Time accounting (time and attendance, monitoring billable hours)

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.. (2 indent ) Checkbook balancing, updating or printing arrangement

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.. (2 indent ) Bill preparation

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. (1 indent ) Finance (e.g., banking, investment or credit)

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.. (2 indent ) Portfolio selection, planning or analysis

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... (3 indent ) Tax strategies

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.. (2 indent ) Trading, matching, or bidding

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.. (2 indent ) Credit (risk) processing or loan processing (e.g., mortgage)

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.. (2 indent ) Including funds transfer or credit transaction

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... (3 indent ) Bill distribution or payment

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... (3 indent ) Having programming of a portable memory device (e.g., IC card, "electronic purse")

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... (3 indent ) Remote banking (e.g., home banking)

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.... (4 indent ) Including Automatic Teller Machine (i.e., ATM)

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... (3 indent ) Requiring authorization or authentication

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... (3 indent ) With paper check handling

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. (1 indent ) Collaborative creation of a product or a service

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. (1 indent ) Workflow collaboration or project management

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. (1 indent ) Product or service warranty

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. (1 indent ) Product recall

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. (1 indent ) Customer service (i.e., after purchase)

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. (1 indent ) Product repair or maintenance administration

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. (1 indent ) Product appraisal

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. (1 indent ) Rental (i.e., leasing)

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. (1 indent ) Product recycling or disposal administration

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. (1 indent ) Alternate dispute resolution

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. (1 indent ) Intellectual property management

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. (1 indent ) Legal service

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.. (2 indent ) Estate planning

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. (1 indent ) Real estate

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.. (2 indent ) Property management

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.. (2 indent ) Land development

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.. (2 indent ) Closing

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. (1 indent ) Business or product certification or verification

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.. (2 indent ) Product, service, or business identity fraud

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. (1 indent ) Social networking

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. (1 indent ) Human resources

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.. (2 indent ) Employment or hiring

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.. (2 indent ) Benefits package

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. (1 indent ) Destination assistance within a business structure or complex

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.. (2 indent ) Building evacuation

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. (1 indent ) Personal security, identity, or safety

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. (1 indent ) Education administration or guidance

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.. (2 indent ) Education institution selection, admissions, or financial aid

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.. (2 indent ) Career enhancement or continuing education service

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. (1 indent ) Fundraising management

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. (1 indent ) Shipping

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.. (2 indent ) Overseas transaction

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.. (2 indent ) Special goods or handling procedure

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.. (2 indent ) Tracking

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.. (2 indent ) Choice of carrier

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... (3 indent ) Pricing

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.. (2 indent ) Relationship between shipper or supplier and a carrier

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.. (2 indent ) Carrier internal procedure

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... (3 indent ) Routing method

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.. (2 indent ) Central recipient pick-up

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.. (2 indent ) Return transaction

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.. (2 indent ) Historical data

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. (1 indent ) Business documentation

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.. (2 indent ) Service or product manual or catalogue

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.. (2 indent ) Publishing content to a subscriber of a service

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. (1 indent ) Employee communication administration

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. (1 indent ) Customer communication at a business location (e.g., providing product or service information, consulting, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Business establishment or product rating or recommendation

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. (1 indent ) Business modeling

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FOR COST/PRICE

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. (1 indent ) Postage meter system

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.. (2 indent ) Special service or fee (e.g., discount, surcharge, adjustment, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Recharging

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.. (2 indent ) Record keeping

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.. (2 indent ) Data protection

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.. (2 indent ) With specific mail handling means

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.. (2 indent ) Including mailed item weight

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.. (2 indent ) Specific printing

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.. (2 indent ) Rate updating

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.. (2 indent ) Specialized function performed

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... (3 indent ) Display controlling

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. (1 indent ) Utility usage

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. (1 indent ) Fluid

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. (1 indent ) Weight

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.. (2 indent ) Correcting or compensating

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.. (2 indent ) Specific input and output device

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. (1 indent ) Distance (e.g., taximeter)

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. (1 indent ) Time (e.g., parking meter)

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MISCELLANEOUS

	CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

901

DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

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. (1 indent ) Licensing digital content

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.. (2 indent ) Adding plural layer of rights or limitations by other than the original producer

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. (1 indent ) Usage protection of distributed files

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.. (2 indent ) Hardware usage protection

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.. (2 indent ) Requiring a supplemental attachment or input (e.g., dongle, etc.) to open

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... (3 indent ) Specific computer ID (e.g., serial number, configuration, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Software or content usage protection

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.. (2 indent ) Usage charge determination

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... (3 indent ) Including third party for collecting or distributing payment (e.g., clearing house, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Copy protection or prevention

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.. (2 indent ) Having origin or program ID

	FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

FOR000

CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS

Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived.

APPLICATIONS (364/400)

FOR100

. (1 indent ) For cost/price (364/464.01)

FOR101

.. (2 indent ) Postage meter system (364/464.02)

FOR102

... (3 indent ) Including mailed item weight (364/464.03)

FOR103

.. (2 indent ) Utility usage (364/464.04)

FOR104

.. (2 indent ) Fluid (364/465)

FOR105

.. (2 indent ) Weight (364/466)

FOR106

.. (2 indent ) Distance or time (e.g., taximeters) (364/467)

ELECTRIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION (E.G., SCRAMBLING) (380/9)

FOR107

. (1 indent ) Distribution or redemption of coupon, or incentive or promotion program (705/14)

AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT (705/1.1)

FOR108

. (1 indent ) Electronic shopping (e.g., remote ordering) (705/26)

FOR109

.. (2 indent ) Presentation of image or description of sales item (e.g., electronic catalog browsing) (705/27)

FOR110

. (1 indent ) Operations research (705/7)

FOR111

.. (2 indent ) Allocating resources or scheduling for an administrative function (705/8)

FOR112

... (3 indent ) Staff scheduling or task assignment (705/9)

FOR113

.. (2 indent ) Market analysis, demand forecasting or surveying (705/10)

FOR114

.. (2 indent ) Job performance analysis (705/11)

FOR124

. (1 indent ) Cryptographic electronic funds transfer (e.g., automatic teller) (380/24)

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