Abstract: A method and system for use by a health-care provider for pre-operatively determining the optimal size and shape of a replacement knee prosthesis for a patient. The maximum medial- lateral width of the patient's proximal tibia is measured and used to determine the optimal-size tibial component selected from a set of tibial components of varying size using data correlating the medial-lateral width with an optimal tibial component size. The size of the tibial component is then used to determine the optimal size of the femoral component selected from a set of tibial components of varying size using data correlating the tibial size with an optimal femoral component size. The size of the tibial and femoral components are then used to determine the optimal size of the tibial liner selected from a set of tibial liners of varying size using data correlating the tibial size with an optimal tibial liner size.

Abstract: A code carrier, on which multiple barcodes corresponding to independent entities are printed or stored, is disclosed. The barcodes are arranged on the code carrier and angled such that a barcode reader may individually read a desired barcode and the barcodes are surrounded in distinctive colors. A code carrier provider maintains a data base of users and their corresponding barcode identifiers.

Abstract: A method and system for processing financial transactions by receiving a payment transaction as an Issuing Payment Processor, converting the payment into one or more derivative transactions based on a defined rules set, and then sending, as a Merchant Payment Processor, the resulting derivative transaction or transactions to another Issuing Payment Processor, resulting in real-time settlement, faster and less costly implementation of discount, gift, and loyalty programs, and enhanced member credit card security and privacy.

Abstract: The disclosed technology can be used to develop systems and perform methods in which restriction, use, and/or interaction values can be assigned to license attributes associated with a first license to specify particular restrictions, uses (e.g., distribution), and interactions (e.g., manipulations) pertaining to a first protectable content. These restriction, use, and/or interaction values can be compared with corresponding attribute values associated with a second license and a second protectable content and such comparisons can serve as a basis for determining attributes associated with a third protectable content, where the third protectable content is based on a combination of at least some aspects of the first protectable content and the second protectable content.

Abstract: The disclosed technology can mitigate the risk of infringing a content owner's rights in legally-protectable content by operating as a trusted, third-party license authority between content owners and content users to ensure that a license governing at least some aspects of the protectable content is authentic and thus validly represents the restrictions imposed by content owners pertaining to the use, distribution, modification, combination, interaction, and/or other manipulation of such content. An identifier representative of the protectable content together with a profile of the license (which may include attributes that specify particular restrictions, uses, and interactions pertaining to the protectable content) can serve as a basis for determining the authenticity of the license associated with the protectable content.