Abstract: A Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal is equipped to process crypto currencies for transactions. The POS terminal generates a transaction-based digital wallet for a given transaction to receive a crypto currency payment for that given transaction. The transaction-based digital wallet, funded with the crypto currency for the given transaction, is transferred to a retailer's server where the crypto currency is transferred from the transaction-based digital wallet to a retailer's digital wallet for eventual exchange to a government issued currency.

Abstract: A Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal is equipped to process crypto currencies for transactions. The POS terminal generates a transaction-based digital wallet for a given transaction to receive a crypto currency payment for that given transaction. The transaction-based digital wallet, funded with the crypto currency for the given transaction, is transferred to a retailer's server where the crypto currency is transferred from the transaction-based digital wallet to a retailer's digital wallet for eventual exchange to a government issued currency.

Abstract: A Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal is equipped to process virtual currencies for transactions. A rate checker obtains a real-time conversion rate for the virtual currencies to a government issued currency. The virtual currencies can be held or immediately exchanged for the government issued currency. Analysis of trends in exchange rates and policy drives when the virtual currencies are exchanged for the government issued currency.

Abstract: A Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal is equipped to process virtual currencies for transactions. A rate checker obtains a real-time conversion rate for the virtual currencies to a government issued currency. The virtual currencies can be held or immediately exchanged for the government issued currency. Analysis of trends in exchange rates and policy drives when the virtual currencies are exchanged for the government issued currency.

Abstract: A Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal is equipped to process crypto currencies for transactions. The POS terminal generates a transaction-based digital wallet for a given transaction to receive a crypto currency payment for that given transaction. The transaction-based digital wallet, funded with the crypto currency for the given transaction, is transferred to a retailer's server where the crypto currency is transferred from the transaction-based digital wallet to a retailer's digital wallet for eventual exchange to a government issued currency.

Abstract: A system and/or process for scheduling patients in a medical practice may be adapted to achieve a set of predetermined scheduling goals of the practice. Such a system may involve collecting a set of scoring parameters for scoring a patient and assigning a numerical quantity to each scoring parameter according to a set of predetermined scoring rules. A patient score may be calculated as an average of the scoring parameters. A set of patient score ranges may be defined to categorize patients into a set of classes (i.e. patient buckets) based on their score. Time ranges may be defined relative to the present time (i.e. time of scheduling) wherein each range is associated with a set of scheduling rules governing the allowed ratio of patients from each patient bucket. A patient may be assigned to a given appointment time slot provided that no scheduling rules are violated thereby.

Abstract: The irrigation controller is for directing the times and duration of the flow of water to a set of irrigation zones within an irrigation system in accordance with irrigation program and schedule data. The irrigation controller includes a microprocessor and a memory which are programmed with an embedded Web server. The embedded Web server can send and receive irrigation program and schedule data in the hypertext mark-up language (HTML) format. The irrigation controller communicates HTML formatted program and schedule data through an on-board Ethernet chipset to a local area network (LAN). Accordingly, irrigation controller program and schedule data may be interactively accessed from any network accessing device having a standard Web browser which is connected to the LAN, such as for example a personal computer with a Web browser connected to the LAN. Moreover, if the LAN is connected to the Internet, the program and schedule data may be viewed or changed from a web accessing device connected to the Internet.