37 results about "Service provider" patented technology

Aspects of the disclosure provide a computer-implemented method and system for the assignment of roadside assistance service providers such as tow trucks to distressed vehicles/drivers requiring roadside assistance. The methods and systems may include a roadside assistance service provider system with a collection module, an assignment module, and a feedback module. The collection module collects roadside assistance service provider information and historical statistics from real-world information and stores the information in a database that may then be analyzed using particular rules and formulas. The assignment module assigns particular roadside assistance service providers to particular distressed vehicles/drivers based on one or more characteristics. The feedback module may provide near real-time cues to the tow truck driver's mobile device, such as alerting when the amount of time spent on a task exceeds a predefined threshold, flagging high priority tasks/assignments, providing a step-by-step checklist for the repair.

Methods and systems process a request for reimbursement of an expense incurred from a service provider by a customer. A first electronic packet having the reimbursement request is received at a coordination system. The reimbursement request includes an identification of the customer, an identification of a reimbursement-account provider, and a reimbursement amount. A second electronic packet is transmitted from the coordination system to a provider platform maintained by or on behalf of the reimbursement-account provider. The second electronic packet includes the identification of the customer, the reimbursement amount, and information related to a service provided for the customer by the service provider. A third electronic packet is received from the provider platform at the coordination system. The third electronic packet comprises an approval of the reimbursement request. Instructions are issued with the coordination system to effect payment for the service by the reimbursement-account provider.

Online professional services networks that create and provide access to professional service provider databases where the professionals are linked to others based on their referral relationships. The networks allow users, e.g., network members and other consumers (e.g. patients, clients) to search/identify, evaluate and select professionals based on their trusted relations and recommendations, as well as to perform various other tasks online such as negotiate service terms as well as request and submit payment.

A method and apparatus for interworking between customer edge (CE) devices connected to provider edge (PE) devices via attachment circuits (ACs), the PE devices routing packets across a service provider (SP) network, the CE devices including one or more Ethernet CE devices and a non-Ethernet CE. A virtual switch instance (VSI) is provided on a first PE device coupled to the non-Ethernet CE. The first PE device also including a virtual routing forwarding (VRF) entity interfaced with the VSI such that the SP network appears to offer L3VPN service toward the non-Ethernet CE and VPLS toward the one or more Ethernet CE devices. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).

An online communications network connects consumers with service providers from an unlimited number of different business sectors. The service providers include event organizers. The network allows consumers and event participants to maintain a profile of biographical data on the system. The single profile is available to either purchase services or register for events in a single electronic marketplace. A computerized method of arranging information about the service providers includes assigning codes, such as SIC and NAICS codes, to categories of services and arranging individual service providers, including event organizers, within their respectively assigned categories. Consumers and service providers communicate over the website to contract for work, rate each other's performance of the contract, provide referrals for other business. In the events section, event participants and event organizers share registration information. The system includes a social networking component for better relationships between service providers and their customers.

A digital camera (10) operable to capture, modify, and transfer a plurality of digital images to an Internet website (12) where the images may be viewed with an Internet web browser, the camera (10) comprising an image capture module (22) for capturing the images, a memory module (24) for storing the images, an image modification module (26) for modifying the images, a code generation module (28) for encapsulating the images in browser compatible code, an output module (30) for connecting to and transferring the code to the website (12) through a service provider (16). The camera (10) also includes an update module (32) for updating information stored in the camera (10). Additionally, the camera (10) may include an output capable of direct connection to a computer monitor and/or a television and an input capable of direct connection to a keyboard and/or a mouse.

A set top box or like device utilizing trusted applications in conjunction with an untrusted software framework. In one implementation, trusted or certified applications are received from a service provider for execution by a software framework of the device. Certification of a trusted application may entail, for example, verifying that the application is executable by the device in a manner consist with the industry standard certification process. The software framework may comprise, for example, an Android framework supported by an underlying Linux operating system environment and isolated in a Linux resource container. A secure access client/server interface may also be provided to support interactions between the software framework and trusted portions of the device. In further embodiments, both trusted applications and a set top box application utilized by the device to perform traditional set top box operations are implemented in at least one version of an Android or like framework.

A dynamic parking management platform (10) includes a mobile communication device (20), a parking server (12), and an electronic ticket device (30) that cooperate to enable a vehicle driver to effect electronically a secure parking fee payment transaction. The electronic ticket device emits a beacon signal to enable transmission of vehicle parking time and other information to a wireless communication device (40) carried by a parking service provider officer or attendant walking past a parked vehicle and not having to view a display surface on the electronic ticket device. A lock and key capability enables secure parking fee payments and prevents unauthorized parking fee transactions. The parking management platform configured to induce vehicle drivers to purchase a product or service by parking discount inducement or advertisement information from merchants whose stores are located nearby the vehicle parking area.

The invention relates to an aggregation network with centralized control. An access network is described in which a centralized controller provides seamless end-to-end service from a core-facing edge of a service provider network through aggregation and access infrastructure out to access nodes located proximate to the subscriber devices. The controller operates to provide a central configuration point for configuring aggregation nodes (AGs) of a network of the service provider so as to provide transport services to transport traffic between access nodes (AXs) and edge routers on opposite borders of the network.

The invention discloses a credit recording service method and system which is based on mobile terminal, the method includes: step one, recording information and relationship information of associator; step two, mobile terminal applies and downloads personal credit recording; step three, personal associator brings forth personal credit recording when he consumes at enterprise associator, identification equipment reads and obtains the personal credit recording serial number or input personal credit recording serial number by hand, then judging whether it is online, if it is online, enter step four, if else enter step five; step four, validating; step five, identification equipment reads the personal credit recording at home, accomplish consumption and add this recording to the identification equipment. The system includes: a service provider and terminal identification equipment; thereinto the service provider is a service group which includes: center service group and a local service system. The mobile terminal uses two dimension code identification and validating technique to record and manage client credit recording.

A mobile requisition system; said mobile requisition system including an internet and GPS enabled mobile communication device; said mobile communication device interacting over internet-based services with a Broking Facility in a first instance to acquire information of goods and or services from participating goods and or service providers; said mobile communication device interacting over said internet in a second instance with said Broking Facility to purchase a said good or service from a selected said participating goods and services provider; said mobile communication device interacting over said internet in a third instance to transfer payment to said provider; said mobile communication device enabled to display data providing evidence of said purchase and said payment.

A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of a number of different call connection processes depending on the call type. For voice channel cellular connections, an in-band modem cellular connection is preferably established in most instances using a connection retry strategy that includes primary, secondary, and possibly tertiary connection attempts each of which utilize at least one of a number of different voice and data call origination processes. The system and method can be carried out in connection with various cellular system technologies, but is especially suited for use with GSM systems.

Systems, methods, and devices provide financial account services. The computer system provides financial services between one or more service requestor devices and one or more service provider devices. The computer system establishes links to one or more service provider devices by providing configuration to support the connection type, protocol and format of data exchanges with each of the service provider devices that have established links. The computer system authenticates each service provider device to establish trust for data exchanges. The computer system supports the reception of service requests from one or more service requestor devices. Then by using the configured link information, the computer system determines the type and format of service requests. The computer system transcodes the service request. The computer system permits the flow of service requests to two or more service provider devices when the configured link information are not similar.

The invention discloses a household-type endowment monitoring system combining medical resources with endowment resources, and the system comprises a nursing main unit, a medical care main unit, a user terminal, a server and a relevant party terminal, wherein the nursing main unit, the medical care main unit, the user terminal, the server and the relevant party terminal are connected to the Internet. The server is the basis of data and business, and the user terminal is used for detecting a user input signal, and transmitting the corresponding information to the nursing main unit, the medicalcare main unit and/or the relevant party terminal according to the input signal through the server. A nursing service provider party, a medical service party, a monitored person and a relevant party are unified together through the nursing main unit, the medical care main unit, the user terminal and the relevant party terminal, and the medical resources are combined with the endowment resources, so as to provide the services for the monitored person. Moreover, the system also can carry out the emotion communication with the relevant party terminal and the user terminal, so as to improve the emotional care, achieve the combination of the medical resources and the endowment resources and the informationization of the resources, and improve the utilization efficiency of the medical resourcesand the endowment resources.

A method and apparatus for exchanging user-specific data from a mobile network (104) to a service application (108A1) needing certain user data for providing a requested service to a mobile user (100). A unique Application User Identification (AUID) code is generated and assigned to a combination of the mobile user and the application. The assigned AUID code is then sent to the application. A request for the needed user data is received from the application together with an AUID code. It is then determined whether the application is allowed to retrieve the requested user data. If so, the requested user data is retrieved based on the received AUID code, and is sent to the application. The procedure may be implemented in a single data control server (114), enabling efficient control and communication of user data between a mobile network and service applications.

A sponsor compensates an entity, such as a wireless service provider or an intermediary, in exchange for allowing the sponsor to advertise on a card, such as a phone card. The card, which is available for purchase by consumers, is used to purchase a wireless service. In some embodiments, the compensation paid by the sponsor to the entity subsidizes the cost of the wireless service for the consumer. In use, the card is coupled to an advertising-enabled wireless terminal. The advertising that appears on the card is visible to the user through the back cover of the wireless terminal. The sponsor card must remain coupled to wireless terminal for the consumer to use the service that was purchased via the sponsor card.

A system and a method for intelligently managing waiting lists and other similar lists for service providers are disclosed. The system is configured for customer to request the scheduling of at least one appointment, to schedule one or more appointments of a customer, to store the information related to the customer in a database, to manage the different intelligent waiting list, to prioritize one or more appointments on the different waiting lists and to confirm and notify the customer when an appointment is automatically assign. Generally, the system is configured to be used over a communication network such as the Internet to allow a customer to be electronically notified of the scheduling of an appointment.

The invention provides a Beidou high-precision positioning control system of an Android platform. The Beidou high-precision positioning control system comprises a data exchange layer, a system framework layer, a hardware adaptation layer, a driving layer and a Beidou module, the data exchange layer is connected with the system framework layer, the system framework layer is connected with the hardware adaptation layer, the hardware adaptation layer is connected with the driving layer, and the driving layer is connected with the Beidou module. The data exchange layer is used for exchanging differential data with a server, and the system framework layer is used for receiving broadcast sent by the data exchange layer, analyzing the differential data and sending the differential data to the hardware adaptation layer; the hardware adaptation layer is used for receiving differential data of the system framework layer and issuing the data; the driving layer is used for transmitting and receiving data between the system and the Beidou module. According to the invention, access of a plurality of high-precision differential data providers is compatible and supported, and more service provider choices are provided for clients. A high-precision service provider SDK does not need to be integrated, and a third-party application can use the system-level Beidou high-precision position service without secondary development.

The invention provides a load control method, a service provider NF and a service user NF. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a service request message sent by the service user NF; sending a service response message to the service user NF, wherein the service response message carries a resource address of load control information; According to the embodiment of the invention, theresource address of the load control information is carried in the service response message, so that on one hand, the problem that different operations cannot be carried out on a plurality of resources in one service call in an existing HTTP protocol is solved, and a universal end-to-end load control mechanism can be superposed during service call; and on the other hand, a large number of parameters with complex types are prevented from being expanded in an HTTP protocol, flexible expansion of the load control information is facilitated, and the compatibility problem is avoided.