Ameritrade Licenses Patented Technology from Comfidex.Business and Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2002 Comfidex Corp. announced today that it has entered into a patent license agreement with Ameritrade Holding Corporation, the parent company of Ameritrade, Inc., one of the nation's largest online brokerage firms, by which Ameritrade obtained a license under U.S. Patent 6,189,009, covering Comfidex's FormFiler(R) technology. The Comfidex technology allows high-volume, online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. (OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing ) businesses to reduce the cost of creating and processing Internet-based forms. The technology also provides a secure means for conducting business, despite interruptions that may occur at standard mail service facilities. Comfidex's FormFiler technology permits companies to rendezvous See Bonjour and TIB/Rendezvous. 1. rendezvous - In Ada, the method of synchronising the activity of different tasks. 2. rendezvous - Query language, close to natural English. ["Seven Steps to Rendezvous with the Casual User", E. Internet-submitted, computer-readable data with original source documents, thus eliminating the costs associated with manual data entry. This helps organizations like Ameritrade accelerate their e-business (Electronic-BUSINESS) Doing business online. The term is often used synonymously with e-commerce, but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a presence on the Web. strategies while not requiring their end users to purchase or have any special hardware, software, or technical savvy. "FormFiler will greatly benefit market sectors such as brokerage/financial services, insurance, banking, health care, government, and education," said Bill Stratigos, president of Comfidex. "Our patented process has tremendous return on investment potential, and we are truly delighted to assist forward-thinking companies like Ameritrade in taking full advantage of the savings this technology makes possible." About Comfidex Corp. Comfidex is a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based firm that develops innovative solutions for the e-business community. For more information about the company and its solutions, visit www.comfidex.com. FormFiler and Comfidex are registered trademarks of Comfidex Corp. FormFiler is powered by Comfidex technology - U.S. Patent No. 6,189,009 and patents pending. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. About Ameritrade Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: AMTD AMTD Arithmetic Mean Temperature Difference AMTD Automatic Magnetic Tape Distribution AMTD Affordability and Manufacturing Technology Demonstration ) Ameritrade Holding Corporation (www.amtd.com) is a pioneer in the online brokerage industry with a 27-year history of providing clients a self-directed self-di·rect·ed adj. Directed or guided by oneself, especially as an independent agent: the self-directed study of a language. self approach to investment services. The award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" Company, through its Private Client and Institutional Client divisions, provides tiered levels of brokerage products and services tailored to meet the varying investing, trading and execution needs of individual investors, financial institutions and corporations. |
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