This is the generic class for apparatus and corresponding
methods for performing data processing operations, in
which there is a significant change in the data or for performing calculation operations wherein the apparatus or
method is uniquely designed for or utilized in the practice,
administration, or management of an enterprise,
or in the processing of financial data.
This class also provides for apparatus and corresponding methods
for performing data processing or calculating operations in which a charge
for goods or services is determined.
This class additionally provides for subject matter described
in the two paragraphs above in combination with cryptographic apparatus
or method.
SCOPE OF THE CLASS
1. The arrangements in this
class are generally used for problems relating to administration
of an organization, commodities or financial transactions.
2. Mere designation of an arrangement as a "business machine" or
a document as a "business form" or "business
chart" without any particular business function will not
cause classification in this class or its subclasses.
3. For classification herein, there must be significant claim
recitation of the data processing system or calculating computer
and only nominal claim recitation of any external art environment.
Significantly claimed apparatus external to this class, claimed
in combination with apparatus under the class definition, which
perform data processing or calculation operations are classified in
the class appropriate to the external device unless specifically
excluded therefrom.
4. Nominally claimed apparatus external to this class in combination
with apparatus under the class definition is classified in this
class unless provided for in the appropriate external class.
5. In view of the nature of the subject matter included herein,
consideration of the classification schedule for the diverse art
or environment is necessary for proper search.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Each subclass definition may contain an OTHER CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEMS listing that is to be used for informational purposes only.
These classification listings may change at any time after their
publication and are therefore not guaranteed to be current. In
addition, the classification listing does not necessarily indicate
the sole relationship between the U.S. Patent Classification System
and foreign classifications. Even where a single classification
is listed for a single U.S. subclass, a one-to-one correlation should
not be inferred. As a result, information contained therein is considered
to be only a guide to related subject matter.
Types of other classification systems may include:
• IPC7 , which indicates an
International Patent Classification (seventh edition) of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
• JPO/FI, which indicates the Japanese
Patent Office and its File Index (FI is a subdivision of the IPC
with related subject matter) classifications, or
• European Patent Classification (ECLA), which indicates
the European Patent Office s classification and also further subdivides
the IPC into related subject matter, or
• Derwent, which indicates a classification from
the Derwent Classification System.
Registers, various subclasses for basic machines and associated indicating
mechanisms for ascertaining the number of movements of various devices
and machines, plus machines made from these basic machines alone
(e.g., cash registers, voting machines), and in combination with
various perfecting features, such as printers and recording means.
In addition, search Class 235 for various data bearing record controlled
systems. Search
subclasses 375 through 386for a system having a detail of a record-sensing
device in combination with a system utilized for banking, determining
credit, maintaining an inventory, access control, vending, voting,
time or operations analysis and having no more than a nominal recitation
of a computer or data processing arrangement. Search subclasses
7+ for cash register; and subclass 61 for mechanically computing
a cost/price ratio. Note that a nominally claimed record
or card sensor is considered to be a peripheral of the data processing system.
Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems, various subclasses for generic residual electrical
transmission or interconnection systems and miscellaneous circuits.
Communications: Electrical, various subclasses for residual electrical communication systems,
subclasses 5 .1-5.92 for communication details including authorization,
vending, credit and access control; and see related classes elsewhere;
particularly subclasses 5.4-5.42 for credit authorization control,
and subclasses 5.9-5.92 for intelligence comparison for commodity
controlling (e.g., vending).
Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual
Display Systems,
subclasses 418 through 475for data presentation/computer graphics
processing; subclasses 581-618 for data presentation processing;
and subclasses 1.1-111 for the selective control of two or more light
generating or light controlling display elements in accordance with
a received image signal.
Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, which is an integral part of Class 369 following
subclass 18 , for record carriers and systems wherein information
is stored and retrieved by interaction with a medium and there is
relative motion between a medium and a transducer, for example,
magnetic disk drive devices and control thereof, per se.
Static Information Storage and Retrieval, various subclasses for addressable static singular storage
elements or plural singular storage elements of the same type.
Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, various subclasses for record carriers and systems
wherein information is stored and retrieved by interaction with
a medium and there is relative motion between a medium and a transducer.
Error Detection/Correction and Fault
Detection/Recovery, various subclasses for generic electrical pulse
or pulse coded data error detection and correction.
Telephonic Communications, various subclasses for two-way electrical communication of
intelligible audio information of arbitrary content over a link
including an electrical conductor. In addition, search
subclasses 111 through 132for a computer controlled telephone traffic and
charge determining arrangement; subclass 284 for a processor controlled central
switching arrangement.
Cryptography, appropriate subclasses for cryptographic apparatus
or method in general and foreign art collections FOR 103 through
FOR 150 for related foreign patents/nonpatent literature.
Image Analysis, appropriate subclasses for operations performed
on image data with the aim of measuring a characteristic of an image, detecting
variations, detecting structures, or transforming the image data,
and for procedures for analyzing and categorizing patterns present
in image data.
Education and Demonstration,
subclasses 107 through 110,219+ and 306 for education or demonstration
of business or economics, occupations and voting, subclasses 322+ for
question or problem eliciting response.
Amusement Devices: Games,
subclasses 1+ , when there is a recitation (according to paragraph
3, under Scope of the Class, in the Class Definition of this class
(705)) of a method or apparatus for moving or processing information
specified as game or contest information, especially subclasses
16+, where game or contest information relates to a chance-type
game (i.e., one that involves an award or prize based upon the occurrence
of a chance happening or event; e.g., lottery, keno, slot machine,
etc.). However, in order for the specified information to be considered
significant for placement in Class 463, there must be significant
game processing. For example, the mere printing of a selected lottery number is not significant
unless there is also included an element of a game for Class 463
(e.g., a determination of whether the number is a winning number,
such as by lot matching, a determination of an award or prize value
associated with a number, etc.). A "coupon" or
price adjustment given to a patron basedupon an item purchased or another predetermined
or nonrandom criteria is not considered to be a chance event or
happening appropriate for Class 463.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 90 through 306for devices or methods for controlling the processing
or manufacturing of, or being responsive to a physical or mechanical
condition of, a product or material, and. subclasses 245-264 for
robot control.
Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics,
Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,
subclasses 231+ for a speech recognition system.
Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating,
subclasses 100+ for electrical digital calculating computer combined
with diverse art device such as a checkbook or calendar or with
inputs or outputs specialized for a particular environment including
business.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Process Synchronization, appropriate subclassesfor multicomputer data transferring.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Support,
subclasses 150 through 194for cryptographic computer and digital processing
system support and foreign art collections FOR 123 and FOR 125 for
related foreign patents/nonpatent literature.
Electronic Funds Transfer, for art collections including a detail of a security
measure, an ATM machine, a terminal or an identifier used in an
electronic funds transfer.
SECTION III - REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
IPC G06F, for electric digital processing.
ECLA G06F, for electric digital data processing.
Derwent T01, for digital computers.
SECTION IV - GLOSSARY
ARRANGEMENT
Either a device or a
method of use of a device for
performing the indicated process.
CALCULATING OPERATIONS
Arithmetic or some limited logic operations performed upon
or with signals representing numbers or values.
COMPUTER
A machine that inputs data,
processes data, stores data, and outputs data.
CRYPTOGRAPHY
Secret information storage or communication. This includes
equipment or process which (a) conceals or obscures intelligible
information by transforming such information so as to make the information
unintelligible to a casual or unauthorized recipient, or (b) extracts intelligible
information from such a concealed representation, including breaking
of unknown codes and messages.
DATA
Representation of information in a coded manner suitable
for communication, interpretation, or processing.
DATA PROCESSING
(For the purpose of this class) A systematic operation
on data in accordance with a set
of rules which results in a significant change in the data.
DEVICE
An assemblage of components at a single location or which
may have its several components at geos:graphically distinct locations,
i.e., a network.
ENTERPRISE
A conventional business organization, a governmental organization
or a nonprofit organization.
KEY
A formula, word or signal used to define a code in encryption
or decryption of the information. Such a signal is often a digital
signal having a predetermined or pseudorandom content
PRACTICE
A function directly related to the commercial activity
of an enterprise (e.g. the exchange,
buying or selling of commodities).
This class additionally provides for subject matter described
in the two paragraphs above in combination with cryptographic apparatus
or method.
AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT
ARRANGEMENT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein an electrical apparatus and its corresponding
methods perform the data processing operations,
in which there is a significant change in the data or for performing calculation operations wherein the apparatus
or method is uniquely designed for or utilized in the practice, administration, or management
of an enterprise, or in the processing
of financial data.
(1)
Note. The term "arrangement" as used in this
and its indented subclasses refers to either a device or to a method
of use of a device for performing the indicated process. Further,
a device may be an assemblage of components at a single location or
may have its several components at geographically distinct locations,
i.e., a network.
(2)
Note. The term "enterprise" as used in this
and its indented subclasses is intended to include governmental
and nonprofit organizations, as well as conventional business organizations.
(3)
Note. The arrangements in this and its indented subclasses
are generally used for problems relating to administration of an
organization, commodities, financial transactions, or recreation.
(4)
Note. Mere designation of an arrangement as a "business
machine" or a document as a "business form" or "business chart" without
any particular business function will not cause classification in this
or its indented subclasses.
Registers,
subclasses 379 through 383and 385 for a system having a detail of a record-sensing
device in combination with a system utilized for banking, determining
credit or maintaining an inventory, and having no more than a nominal
recitation of a computer or data processing arrangement. Note that
a nominally claimed record or card sensor is considered to be a
peripheral of the data processing system.
Telephonic Communications, 111-132 for a computer controlled telephone traffic and
charge determining arrangement;
subclass 284 for a processor controlled central switching arrangement.
Amusement Devices: Games,
subclasses 1+ , when there is a recitation (according to the (3)
Note of Section III of the Class 705 Definition) of a method or
apparatus for moving or processing information specified as game
or contest information, especially subclasses 16+, where
game or contest information relates to a chance-type game (i.e.,
one that involves an award or prize based upon the occurrence of
a chance happening or event; e.g., lottery, keno, slot machine,
etc.). However, in order for the specified information to be considered
significant for placement in Class 463, there must be significant game
processing. For example, the mere printing of a selected lottery number
is not significant unless there is also included an element of a
game for Class 463 (e.g., a determination of whether the number
is a winning number ,such as by lot matching, a determination of
an award or prize value associated with a number, etc.}. A "coupon" or
price adjustment given to a patron basedupon an item purchased or another predetermined
or nonrandom criteria is not considered to be a chance event or
happening appropriate for Class 463.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 90 through 306for a device which either controls the processing
of, or is responsive to a physical or mechanical condition of a product
or material.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
IPC7
G06F
17/60
for administrative, commercial, managerial, supervisory,
or forecasting purposes.
IPC7
G07F
1/12
for electronic cash registers other than digital
data-processing aspects thereof.
ECLA
G06F
17/60
for administrative, commercial, managerial, supervisory,
or forecasting purposes.
ECLA
G07F
1/12
for administrative, commercial, managerial, supervisory,
or forecasting purposes.
DERWENT
T01-J05
for administration, commerce, or information retrieval.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computer implemented system or
method particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery
organization.
(1)
Note. The terms "medical" and "health care" are
intended to cover all type of treatment or diagnosis of the human body,
such as dentistry, podiatry, pharmaceuticals, etc.
(2)
Note. The term "particularly adapted" refers
to having an element peculiar to a health care system. Incidental
use of a business arrangement of general utility, in a health care
environment will not be classified in this or its indented subclasses.
(3)
Note. Billing systems based on entered medical codes, for
example, ICDA codes (International Classification of Diseases Abstracted),
are included herein.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60A
for office automation (e.g., groupware, office work
in progress, etc.).
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter wherein the system processes the records
of diagnosis or treatment of a patient.
(1)
Note. Included herein is processing the records of diagnosis
or treatment as contrasted to processing information to obtain
the diagnosis or treatment, which processing is classified elsewhere.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computer implemented system or
method for writing an insurance policy or processing an insurance
claim.
(1)
Note. Included herein is a system for administering an insurance
backed security, investment or credit card.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60D
for financial accounting; calculating earned income,
interest, insurance premium, and taxes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computerized record keeping system
for recording allocation of space in advance of use (e.g., airplane,
train or concert reservation).
(1)
Note. The term "space" is intended to include
seating.
(2)
Note. Such allocation includes airplane, train, or concert
seating, as well as hotel room assignment.
This subclass is indented under subclass 5. Subject matter wherein the processing system coordinates
multiple distinct reservations for a single itinerary.
(1)
Note. The term "multiple distinct reservations" is
not intended to include a plurality of similar reservations (e.g., reservations
for a plurality of seats).
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60C8D
[for organizing, forecasting, or planning] of
routes, e.g., traveling salesman.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for the
systematic and scientific analysis and evaluation of a the operation
of an organization or the programmed scheduling of an organization.
Registers,
subclass 376 for record-sensing devices in combination with systems
utilized for operations analysis.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60C
for organizing, forecasting, or planning
ECLA
G606F
17/60C8
for optimization.
ECLA
G06F
15/46
for optimization during production.
DERWENT
T01-J05A2
for administration and management tools including
management, resource allocation, business, education, government,
marketing and law; also includes decision support, MIS, stock control,
and workflow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Subject matter for the distribution of resources or for
scheduling in a business or commercial environment.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 95 through 212for this subject matter combined with a step of,
or structure for product manufacture or parts assembly or allocation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Subject matter including processing of market data in order
to predict future demand of a product or service.
(1)
Note. Use of a data processing arrangement in surveying or
polling in order to obtain data is included in this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Subject matter which evaluates the efficiency or productivity
of an employee or other entity employed by an organization.
Registers,
subclass 386 for a system which reads sheets bearing hand-coded
indicia representative of various categories and provides a total
for each category.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60R
for betting on an outcome of an event, e.g., a
race, an election, etc.; totalisators.
DERWENT
T05-F
for voting and lottery apparatus, generating random
numbers.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter controlling access to a vehicle or vehicle
related facility in response to payment or other precondition for
such access.
(1)
Note. The term "vehicle related facility" designates
a location for which payment for vehicle admission is required.
(1)
Note. The reference to "other precondition" is
intended to include passenger or baggage inspection.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter particularly designed for price reduction
of, or premium credit resulting from, the purchase of a commodity
or service.
(1)
Note. A coupon dispensing or redeeming electronic cash register
is classified in this subclass.
(2)
Note. A display or advertising system is included herein.
Amusement Devices: Games,
subclasses 1+ , when there is a recitation (according to the (3)
Note of the Class 705 Class Definition) of a method or apparatus
for moving or processing information specified as game or contest
information, especially subclasses 16+, where game or contest
information relates to a chance-type game (i.e., one that involves
an award or prize based upon the occurrence of a chance happening
or event; e.g., lottery, keno, slot machine, etc.). However, in
order for the specified information to be considered significant
for placement in Class 463, there must be significant game processing. For
example, the mere printing of a selected lottery
number is not significant unless there is also included an element
of a game for Class 463 (e.g., a determination of whether the number
is a winning number, such as by lot matching, a determination of
an award or prize value associated with a number, etc.}.
A "coupon" or price adjustment given to a patron basedupon an
item purchased or another predetermined or nonrandom criteria is
not considered to be a chance event or happening appropriate for
Class 463.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60B2
for promotions, coupons, services, and market research.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter particularly designed for use in an establishment
serving food or drink to buyers.
(1)
Note. Classification in this subclass requires some relationship
to either the preparation or serving of food or drink. Incidental
placement of a system in such an environment (e.g., an electronic
cash register in a restaurant) does not of itself cause classification
in this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for including
a mechanism for effecting a transaction and determining the amount
of a sale which may also be a terminal in a system.
(1)
Note. The mechanism for effecting a transaction may include
a mechanism for handling cash, or debiting an account or prepaid
card.
(2)
Note. The sale may include a plurality of goods at different
prices.
Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or
Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems,
subclass 14 for an electrical register for registering counts for
different monetary amounts.
Electronic Funds Transfer, subcollection 22 for a cross-reference art collection
of disclosures of a point of sale terminal absent significant claimed data
processing.
Amusement Devices: Games,
subclasses 1+ , when there is a recitation (according to the (3)
Note of the Class 705 Class Definition) of a method or apparatus
for moving or processing information specified as game or contest
information, especially subclasses 16+, where game or contest
information relates to a chance-type game (i.e., one that involves
an award or prize based upon the occurrence of a chance happening
or event; e.g., lottery, keno, slot machine, etc.). However, in
order for the specified information to be considered significant
for placement in Class 463, there must be significant game processing. For
example, the mere printing of a selected lottery
number is not significant unless there is also included an element
of a game for Class 463 (e.g., a determination of whether the number
is a winning number, such as by lot matching, a determination of
an award or prize value associated with a number, etc.}.
A "coupon" or price adjustment given to a patron based upon an item purchased or another predetermined
or nonrandom criteria is not considered to be a chance event or
happening appropriate for Class 463.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60B
for data processing in a buying-selling transaction.
ECLA
G06F
17/60B4
for exchange business, e.g., quotations or sales
transactions of stock or other commodities
ECLA
H04L
12/18B
for stock quotation systems.
DERWENT
T05-L
for point-of-sale equipment, EFT, and other currency
handling systems.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter further including an arrangement for reading
a customer associated payment effecting data bearing record or carrier.
(1)
Note. Such a data bearing record is intended to include a
credit card, debit card, or a value bearing ticket.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter having an arrangement to either prevent unauthorized
use of, or access to, the cash register; or to identify the user
of the cash register.
Amusement Devices: Games,
subclasses 1+ , when there is a recitation (according to the (3)
Note of Section III of the Class 705 Definition) of a method or
apparatus for moving or processing information specified as game
or contest information, especially subclass 29 for access or authorization
to enter or select a game.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Support, appropriate subclasses and particularly
subclasses 182 through 186for system access control based on cryptographic user
identification.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter including a feature of a memory or file arrangement
for looking up the price of an item being purchased where an item
designator is entered into the terminal.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein two or more spaced apart electronic
cash registers (ECRs) are connected for cooperation therebetween;
or a connection to an ECR is connected for cooperation with a host
computer spaced apart therefrom.
(1)
Note. The ECR’s are most often connected in a network
configuration.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization, appropriate subclassesfor a plural computer network of general utility.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60B6
for centrally controlled vending systems.
ECLA
G06F
17/60C
[for organizing, forecasting] plurality
of machines.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the cash register includes an arrangement
for establishing, maintaining, or updating a record of a store of goods.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter the sales information is input by sensing
a property of the product being purchased or a record attached thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement which
enables a purchaser to inspect or select from a plurality of different items,
or effect a purchase of one or more items at a location geographically
separated from the system user.
(1)
Note. A remote shopping system is included in this subclass.
(2)
Note. Browsing of a selection without a purchase transaction
is classified in this or its indented subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Subject matter which includes a feature enabling a user
to inspect a listing, or other visual or audible representation
of plural items available for purchase.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for establishing,
maintaining, or updating a record of a store of goods.
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for generating
an itemized listing of the components needed either totally or based
on specific tasks in an organization.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclass 107 for a bill of materials system combined with a
step of or structure for, product manufacture.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for recording,
analyzing, verifying, or reporting of funds or other quantitatively
innumerable factors used in a business.
Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or
Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems,
subclass 14 for electrical registers for registering counts
for different monetary amounts.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60D
for financial accounting; calculating earned income,
interest, insurance premium, taxes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 30. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for determining
or submitting a tax or tax form to a governmental entity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 30. Subject matter for analysis or allocation of hours either
(1) worked by an individual, or (2) utilized by and billable to
an individual or other entity.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 14 through 16for time responsive sequential or selective processor
controller arrangement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 30. Subject matter including an arrangement for attaching a
data processing device to a checkbook, which processes transaction
data to verify, or carry forward, the checkbook balance, or to print
a check, upon to entry of an account transaction.
Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating,
subclass 106 for a checkbook attached digital calculator, in
which the transaction information is limited to the date or transaction
amount.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for planning
the disposition or use of funds or securities, or extension of credit.
Registers,
subclass 379 for record-sensing devices in combination with
a system that maintain financial accounts; i.e., a banking system;
and subclass 380 for a system that includes the ascertaining of
credit.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60B
for data processing in buying-selling transactions.
ECLA
G06F
17/60D
for financial accounting.
DERWENT
T05-
J05I
includes banking, billing, point of sale (POS),
electronic fund transfer (EFT), and metering.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for planning
the selection or evaluation of securities or other investments for
a single entity.
(1)
Note. The term "entity" refers to an individual
or other legally recognized body.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
ECLA
G06F
17/60B4
for exchange business, e.g., quotations or sales
transactions of stock or other commodities, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Subject matter including the trading or exchange of securities
or commodities within an organized system.
(1)
Note. This subclass includes distribution of services or products
(e.g., utilities, heating, etc.) in a building by an "auction" or
bidding system.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for evaluation
of the risk factors in a loan determination.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for transferring
funds by debiting one account and crediting another by the same amount.
(1)
Note. The accounts may be of the same or different individuals
or entities.
Electronic Funds Transfer, appropriate subcollections for a cross-reference
art collection of disclosures of electronic funds transfer without
significant claimed data processing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement for generating
notices of payment due, or transferring funds in response thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter having a user operated arrangement for programming
an object having a value carrying memory (e.g., an ATM
card) prior to use, with details of the desired transaction.
(1)
Note. Such cards usually include an integrated circuit (IC)
element, and are often referred to as "smart cards".
(2)
Note. Included herein is a transaction specific card preprogramming
arrangement.
Electronic Funds Transfer, subcollection 26 for a cross-reference art collection
of disclosures of an ATM or similar card carrying semiconductor or
processing circuitry.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
DERWENT
T04-K
for smart cards, i.e, cards incorporating integrated
circuit memory, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter for an arrangement for effecting the custody,
loan, exchange, or issue of money for the extension of credit or
for facilitating the transmission of funds from a computer at a location
geographically spaced apart from a banking establishment.
(1)
Note. Such a computer may be located in a user"s
residence or place of business.
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter drawn to a computerized arrangement to either
(a) accept for deposit by a user*, or (b) convey for withdrawal
to a user*, a financial document or currency; in connection
with a computerized concurrent transaction.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Support, appropriate subclasses and particularly
subclasses 182 through 186for system access control based on cryptographic user
identification.
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Subject matter which processes a paper document authorizing
the transaction check as part of the funds transfer operation.
(1)
Note. The document may be a check, deposit slip or withdrawal
slip.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter including cryptographic apparatus or methods
uniquely designed for or utilized in the practice, administration,
or management of an enterprise, the processing of financial data,
or where a charge for goods or services is determined.
(1)
Note. Excluded herein is subject matter related to business
processing having only nominal recitation of cryptographic processing
such as encrypting, scrambling, etc. Such nominal recitation of cryptography
combined with business processing is classified elsewhere.
400 - 418, and 500 for business data processing
in general or in combination with nominal cryptography.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
Type:
Class/Subclass:
Group:
Description:
IPC
G06F
17/60
for administrative, commercial, managerial, supervisory,
or forecasting purposes.
IPC
G07G
1/12
for electronic cash registers other than digital
data processing aspects thereof.
IPC
H04K
1/00
for secret communication.
IPC
G09C
for ciphering or deciphering apparatus for cryptographic
or other purposes involving the need for secrecy.
IPC
H04B
for transmission.
IPC
H04B
1/66
for reducing bandwidth of signals.
IPC
H04B
1/69
for spread spectrum techniques in general.
IPC
H04B
14/08
by using a sub-carrier.
IPC
H04J
for multiplex communication.
IPC
H04N
7/16
for secret or subscription television systems.
IPC
H04L
9/00
for arrangements for secret or secure communication.
DERWENT
T01-J05
for administration, commerce, or information retrieval.
DERWENT
T01-J05A2
for administration and management tools -- includes
management, resource allocation, business, education, government,
marketing, and law. Also includes, decision support, MIS, stock
control, workflow control, and project management
This subclass is indented under 50. Subject matter wherein the usage of distributed information
representing a selection by an individual is controlled by encryption.
(1)
Note. Examples of such distribution can be by way of a storage
medium such as a CD or by downloading.
Cryptography,
subclasses 227 through 230for video electric signal modification using cryptography
via record or coin control, and subclasses 231 - 234 for video electric
signal modification using cryptography having usage or charge determination.
This subclass is indented under 52. Subject matter wherein a third party not associated with the
actual distribution of the selected data is utilized to gather
or disperse payment therefor.
This subclass is indented under 52. Subject matter wherein a party other than the originating
source places further restriction or proprietary interest on the
use of the selected data.
This subclass is indented under 55. Subject matter wherein the interaction uses a signal
that describes or is characteristic of a particular data processing
system.
This subclass is indented under 57. Subject matter wherein a copy protected distributed data
file is supplemented by a unique identifier of a source of the
file or of the file itself.
This subclass is indented under 50. Subject matter wherein a charge for mailing an article is
determined, markings representing this charge are affixed to the
article, and respective modifications to an account balance are
made.
Cryptography,
subclass 51 for electric signal modification with printed copy
production and subclass 55 for cryptographic printed copy production
in general.
Registers,
subclass 379 for a coded record actuated banking system and subclasses
380 - 382.5 for a coded record operated credit system absent signal
encryption.
Electronic Funds Transfer, appropriate subclasses, particularly
subclass 2 for a cross reference art collection of transmitted
data protection which may be via encryption.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Support,
subclass 159 for cryptographic multiple computer communication
central trusted authority authentication having intelligent token
and subclasses 185 and 186 for digital processing access control
using record or token.
Electronic Funds Transfer,
subclasses 25 through 29for cross reference art collections utilizing a
specific identifier (e.g., bank card)in electronic funds transfer.
Cryptography,
subclass 229 for video signal modification which is record or coin
controlled and includes authentication, subclass 232 for video signal modification
which has usage or charge determination including authentication,
subclasses 247 - 250 for cellular phone cryptographic authentication,
and subclass 258 for a communication system which is position dependent
or has authentication.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Support,
subclasses 155 through 159for multiple computer communication using cryptography
having central trusted authority providing computer authentication, subclass
161 for multiple computer communication using cryptography where
packet header denotes cryptographically protected data and having data
authentication, and subclasses 168 - 181 for multiple computer communication
using cryptography having particular communication authentication
technique, particularly subclasses 172 - 174 for multiple computer
communication authentication using an intelligent token.
This subclass is indented under 65. Subject matter including reconciliation of cumulative transaction
data on the portable data carrier with corresponding data
from a host.
for point of sale terminal having security identification
provision absent encryption and subclass 44 for funds transfer authorization
absent encryption.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Support,
subclass 183 for system access having password entry and subclass
184 for a PIN generator device.
This subclass is indented under 64. Subject matter wherein the details of a transaction are cryptographically
processed to allow subsequent confirmation thereof.
This subclass is indented under 64. Subject matter wherein the determination at a remote vendor
site of a payment due or a transfer of funds from a buyer to a remote
vendor.
This subclass is indented under 77. Subject matter wherein an additional party remote from the
vendor sends a notice of payment due to a remote buyer or receives
funds transferred from a remote buyer.
This subclass is indented under 77. Subject matter wherein the transfer of funds or payment
due includes a communication node connecting two different financial
networks.
Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems:
Support,
subclasses 153 and 154 for a particular node in cryptographically
protected multiple computer communication.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein the data processing or calculating
computer is designed for or utilized in determining charges for
goods or services.
for a specific application of business practice
and management, particularly subclasses 5+ for a reservation
system including means for calculating a fare, subclasses 16+ for
a cash register for calculating cost/price of commodity, and
subclasses 50 - 80 for business processing using cryptography.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter wherein the data processing or calculating
computer comprises means for determining and printing cost required
for mailing an article.
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Subject matter wherein a basic postage fee is modified to
accommodate a particular postage service or condition.
(1)
Note. The particular postage service includes, for example,
express mail, certified mail, C.O.D., special delivery, insurance,
return receipt, etc.
(2)
Note. The condition includes,for example, discount, surcharge,
adjustment, the least costly fee, etc.
(3)
Note. A mere recitation of functional inputting means representing
special service or charge without a step or procedure to carry out
the modification of the fee is excluded from this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Subject matter wherein said data processing or calculating
computer comprises means for resetting a stored value of credit
representing a postage fund available within a postage meter system.
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Subject matter comprising means for storing a list of cumulative
historical information related to a postage activity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Subject matter comprising means for preventing postage information
from being inadvertently modified or destroyed.
Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information, appropriate subclasses for printing information
dot by dot using an ink- jet, an electric, a thermal or a light
or beam recording apparatus.
for postage meter system comprising means for modifying
a basic postage fee to accommodate a particular postage service
or condition (e.g., discount, surcharge, adjustment, etc.)
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Subject matter wherein the data processing or calculating
computer is programmed to carry out a sequence of instructions
related to a predetermined task associated with the postage meter
system.
(1)
Note. Tasks includes input and output distribution, interrupt
processing, job scheduling, message transmitting, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 410. Subject matter wherein the sequence of instructions is for
visually presenting postage related information to an operator.
(1)
Note. Operation for controlling devices solely for producing
a "hard copy" (e.g., printer, plotter, etc.)
is excluded from this subclass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter in which the charges reflect a consumed quantity
of power or energy (e.g., electricity, gas, therm , etc.) or water.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter in which the charges is determined for a
dispensed volume or a delivered quantity of a flowing substance
(e.g., liquid or gas).
Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing,
subclasses 101+ for calibrating of weight measurements and subclasses
173+ for a weight measurement system.
This subclass is indented under subclass 414. Subject matter comprising means for obtaining an accurate
weight measurement of the goods by means of a zero correction factor,
tare weight, or weighing scale motion detection.
This subclass is indented under subclass 414. Subject matter comprising details of means for entering
or visually presenting information relating to the goods.
(1)
Note. The details include, for example, control panel, input
unit with functional keys, reader means, interactive display means,
dot matrix printer, cathode ray tubes, etc.
Registers,
subclasses 33+ for fare registers; and subclass 384 for record-sensing
devices in combination with means that determine the price based on
distance travelled.
Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing,
subclasses 150+ for orientation or position measurement systems,
particularly subclasses 158+ for the measuring of linear
distance or length.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter not provided for in any of the preceding
subclasses of this class.
(1)
Note. This subclass also includes subject matter under the
subclass in which the data processing is not clearly described as
electrical or being performed by a computer.
Foreign art collection wherein the data processing
system or calculating computer is designed for or utilized in determining charges
for goods or services, or is utilized for the solution of a problem
in this area.
Foreign art collection under the class definition
which encrypts a signal for authorization, or authorization request
(e.g., password), for credit or debit of funds to a customer"s
account.
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