Abstract: A computer-implemented method that requires an inventive special-purpose software apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises software subsystems that facilitate discovery of people wearing badges because they are service providers in a specific vicinity and want to be found easily by consumers employing their services so that the consumers may submit gratuities easily, quickly, and electronically to them.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to generate and display a virtual avatar that represents a user of the virtual venue application. The virtual venue application also displays a virtual venue, where the display of the virtual venue is based on a position of the virtual avatar within the virtual venue. The virtual venue application also transports a virtual avatar from a first location to a second location.

Abstract: A computer-implemented subsystem that requires an inventive special-purpose software apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises software subsystems that facilitate reselling hotel rooms or properties that have been leased, but the leaser is no longer able to make the agreed lease date and times and would like to resell their existing lease to a new leaser.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to generate a virtual tour of a virtual venue within a virtual environment. The virtual tour is then displayed within the virtual environment.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method that requires an inventive special-purpose software apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises software subsystems that facilitate Patrons using a Mobile Application, to easily find and then submit gratuity payments to Service Providers.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to store digital information, where the virtual venue application displays the stored digital information within a virtual environment, and where the virtual environment is presented by one or more two- or three-dimensional screens displayed within a user interface. The virtual venue application further enables interaction between users in a virtual environment.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to display an object within a virtual environment. The virtual venue application also associates a unique identifier with the display object, wherein the unique identifier defines a maximum quantity of copies of the display object that are allowed within the virtual environment.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to store digital information, where the virtual venue application displays the stored digital information within a virtual environment, and where the virtual environment is presented by one or more two- or three-dimensional screens displayed within a user interface. The virtual venue application further enables interaction between users in a virtual environment.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to generate and display a virtual avatar that represents a user of the virtual venue application. The virtual venue application also displays a virtual venue, where the display of the virtual venue is based on a position of the virtual avatar within the virtual venue. The virtual venue application also transports a virtual avatar from a first location to a second location.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to generate a virtual tour of a virtual venue within a virtual environment. The virtual tour is then displayed within the virtual environment.

Abstract: A computer software language capable of expressing registered queries that operate on one more or more data streams continuously. The language of the present invention is based on a publish/subscribe model in that queries subscribe to data streams and publish to data streams. Also, the language of the present invention can express queries that operate directly on data streams. Since queries expressed in the language of the present invention may be executed continuously and directly on data streams, the language includes a clause for specifying time-based and/or row-based windows for the input data stream. Operations are then performed on the data within such windows. In one embodiment, the language is also SQL-like and includes a clause for defining named windows (which can be used in any number of queries); a clause for detecting a pattern, and correlated database subqueries for correlating data stream data with database tables.

Abstract: A Continuous Query Processor processes queries on continuously updating data sources or data streams and includes a Publication Manager for accepting published structured elements of data from data stream Publishers, a Subscription Manager for giving structured elements of data to one or more data stream Subscribers, a Query Module Manager for processing queries represented by Query Modules, a Query Module Store for maintaining deployed Query Modules, a Query Primitive Manager performing processing for various primitives that comprise a Query Module, and a Schedule Manager for coordinating when a primitive within a Query Module gets processed in order to maintain that each continuous query is continuously updated immediately upon the arrival of structured element data affecting any part of a continuous query.

Abstract: The present invention advantageously provides the ability to link one or more personas in order to authenticate that they are the same electronic persona, real person, or real world non-person entity such as a corporation, organization, or computer process. Additionally, embodiments of the present invention facilitate the collection and validation of one or more Attributes of some or all linked personas. In particular, the present invention employs a novel software subsystem and snail-mail procedure that links a real person's Attributes in order to authenticate the link to declared associated one or more electronic personas. The software that performs the authentication is embodied as a Linked Personas Authenticator and associated subsystems and files associated therewith.