Update support in database content management
The present invention provides a computer system that updates a data object that is maintained in data storage external to a database management system (DBMS), after receiving an update request from a... Read More
Inventors: Hsiao, Hui-I; Narang, Inderpal Singh;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Data management apparatus, storage medium having stored therein data management program, storage medium having stored therein usage certificate data, and method of using data
In view of the unsolved problems encountered with such conventional techniques, it is an object of the present invention to provide a data management apparatus capable of using data while being advant... Read More
Inventors: Onishi, Joji; Aoki, Mikio; Taniguchi, Shinya;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Content receiving apparatus and method, storage medium, and server
An object of the present invention is to provide a superior content receiving apparatus and a superior content receiving method with which a specific user can suitably receive chargeable content, such... Read More
Inventors: Ezaki, Tadashi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (JP) |
Security system and method for financial institution server and client web browser
The present invention pertains to a system and method for providing a secure communication mechanism between a financial server and a user associated with a web browser. The communication mechanism is... Read More
Inventors: Chang, Sheueling; Marks, Stuart;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
System and method for rejecting services in a information service system
OF THE INVENTION The shopping service system as an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 20. FIG. 1 illustrates the total str... Read More
Inventors: Souma, Kazuya; Mineo, Akira; Kimoto, Kenji;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for adaptively companding data packets in a data communication system
I claim: 1. A method for adaptively compressing data packets for transmission between a first communication device and a second communication device, the method comprising the steps of: a) generating,... Read More
Inventors: Geiger, Robert L.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc, (Schaumburg, IL) |
Method and system for secure lightweight transactions in wireless data networks
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above described problems. According to a preferred embodiment, the present invention is a method and system for establishing an authenticate... Read More
Inventors: Liao, Hanqing; Boyle, Stephen S.; King, Peter F.; Schwartz, Bruce V.;, Assignee: Phone.com, Inc. (Redwood City, CA) |
Dynamic selection of network providers
Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to present a method, apparatus and system by which two or more cooperating end-users of the Internet and/or other network can dynamically select a... Read More
Inventors: Guerin, Roch A.; Krishna, Arvind; Peris, Vinod Gerard John; Verma, Dinesh Chandra;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method for providing access to the internet via a radio telecommunications network
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of providing Internet access to a roaming mobile subscriber operating a mobile station in a visited service area served by a serving Mobile... Read More
Inventors: Brunner, Robert F.;, Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, SE) |
Method and system for validating subscriber identities in a communications network
It is therefore, a feature and advantage of the instant invention to address, from a fraud perspective, the mismatch between authenticating and non-authenticating wireless networks, or network element... Read More
Inventors: Owens, Leslie D.; Plecity, Mark S.; Davis, Alvah B.; Kiswani, David T.; Yu, I-Hsiang;, Assignee: Iridium LLC (Arlington, VA) |
Dynamic radio link adaptation
OF THE EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1-a to 1-c show the OSI model and its application to this invention. FIG. 1-a show the OSI layers in general, and FIG. 1-b show the OSI layer affected by the link protocol. A... Read More
Inventors: Gage, William Anthony; Janevski, Goran; Sonti, Jagdish; Coskun, Risvan; Kenward, Gary;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited. (St. Laurent, CA) |
Portable authorization device for authorizing use of protected information and associated method
The invention provides an authorization system and associated method for selectively authorizing a host system to use one or more items of protected information associated with the host system. The au... Read More
Inventors: Cronce, Paul Allen; Fontana, Joseph M.;, Assignee: Pace Anti-Piracy, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Multiple credit card system
In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a card having information concerning the cardholder's credit card accounts encoded thereon. The card is placed into a card reader which, under the co... Read More
Inventors: Kashkashian, Jr., Arsen;, Assignee: |
Integrated voice and business transaction reporting for telephone call centers
What is claimed is: 1. An integrated voice and data business transaction detail reporting for a call center of a telephone system, comprising: an automatic call distributor for directing incoming call... Read More
Inventors: Zazzera, Andre C.;, Assignee: |
Information consolidation within a transaction network
A system for determining value in a stored value transaction system has a plurality of value transferring devices including a local device, a collection device, a consolidation device and a settlement... Read More
Inventors: Davis, Terry L.; Hart, James A.; Russell, James F.; Sears, John W.; Trice, Philip H.;, Assignee: Electronic Payment Services, Inc. (Wilmington, DE) |
Context-sensitive presentation of information to call-center agents
This invention is directed to solving these and other problems and disadvantages of the prior art. Applicant has realized that a key to making the call center agents' job significantly easier is to pr... Read More
Inventors: Anderson, Gregory Lane;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Access card for multiple accounts
In one form of the invention, a credit card owner carries a single card, which preferably does not identify the owner by name. The card bears a code, which is used by a secure system to retrieve other... Read More
Inventors: Rose, Manning I.; Hoevel, Lee W.;, Assignee: NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH) |
Programmable multiple company credit card system
The present invention relates to a smart universal financial data card which allows its holder to keep track of all his financial data and financial transaction data in a highly portable package. The ... Read More
Inventors: Wynn, Sol H.;, Assignee: Wynn; Sol H. (Elk Grove, CA) |
Computer-printer terminal for producing composite greeting and gift certificate card
I claim: 1. A computer-printer Internet terminal for producing under the control of its user a composite card having printed thereon a greeting card section and a gift certificate section which is red... Read More
Inventors: Spector, Donald;, Assignee: |
Card holder-type balance reader
The function of an electronic purse is to perform and process a variety of transactions using a micro-computer with relatively high functions. The function of previous card holder-type balance readers... Read More
Inventors: Abe, Yuhei; Urushibara, Atsuhiko; Ohki, Masayuki; Hoshino, Takeshi; Hanyu, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and system for providing controlled access to information stored on a portable recording medium
The above object is achieved and the disadvantages of the prior art are overcome in accordance with the subject invention by means of a system and method for recording information and controlling acce... Read More
Inventors: Basso, Jr., Micheal R.; Lee, Joonho; Li, Chunhua;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Application package and system for permitting a user to use distributed application package on the term of the use thereof
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS For the sake of better understanding of the following description, it will be useful to define some terms to be used. Charged information provided by an information provi... Read More
Inventors: Uranaka, Sachiko; Kiyono, Masaki;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Automated unmanned rental system and method
OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 shows a schematic/block diagram of an embodiment of an automated unmanned rental system of the present invention. Referring now to FIG. 1, Automated Unmanned Rental System 100... Read More
Inventors: Hunt, Douglas Harold;, Assignee: Audio Visual Services Corporation (Long Beach, CA) |
System and method of secure electronic commerce transactions including tracking and recording the distribution and usage of assets
The present invention relates to electronic commerce transactions. In particular, the invention relates to a system and method for electronic commerce transactions that provides for tracking the usage... Read More
Inventors: Hamilton, Dave; Brinkman, John; Longawa, John; Randall, Charles Corris; Rampley, Rob; Ryle, Marcus;, Assignee: Line 6, INC (Agoura Hills, CA) |
Method, apparatus and system for directing access to content on a computer network
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the instant invention employ a network of computers and programs for controlling one or more of such computers for directing access to content by use... Read More
Inventors: Shuster, Brian;, Assignee: Ideaflood, Inc. (Zephyr Cove, NV) |
Flexible computer resource manager
The subject invention improves upon existing resource management techniques by providing an intelligent, multithreaded component called the Flexible Resource Manager, or FRM, which facilitates thread-... Read More
Inventors: Coffey, John;, Assignee: e-Lysium Transaction Systems Inc. (Hollywood, FL) |
Dynamic modification of multimedia content
FIG. 1 depicts an example of an Internet environment having features of the present invention. As depicted, one or more content servers (135) are connected to a network (165) whereas client stations ... Read More
Inventors: Malkin, Peter Kenneth; Schloss, Robert Jeffrey; Snible, Edward Charles; Willebeek-LeMair, Marc Hubert; Yu, Philip Shi-Lung;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Networked appliance for recording, storing and serving digital images
An improved image server is provided by virtue of the present invention. In one embodiment of an image server according to the present invention, images are captured on a digital camera, which include... Read More
Inventors: Savitzky, Stephen; Wolff, Gregory; Roth, Rithy K.;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for providing access to a legacy application on a distributed data processing system
What is claimed is: 1. A method in a data processing system for providing access to an application, the method comprising: transforming data from the application having a host format into a first mark... Read More
Inventors: Li, Yongcheng; Tan, Yih-Shin;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method for processing a request for information in a network
From the foregoing, it may be appreciated by those skilled in the art that a need has arisen for a system and technique that can locate an appropriate server to fulfill an information request by using... Read More
Inventors: Menditto, Louis F.; Housel, Barron C.; Tsang, Tzu-Ming; Zallocco, Mauro; Shah, Gaurang K.; Vilhuber, Jan; Bhargava, Anurag; Tiwari, Pranav K.; Batz, Robert M.; Brim, Scott W.;, Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
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