| 6681106 |
System and method for analyzing wireless communication records and for determining optimal wireless communication service plans |
| Jan-20-2004 |
In general, a system and method for analyzing wireless communication records and for determining optimal wireless communication service plans is disclosed. A transceiver is configured to receive billing... |
| 6681015 |
Digital recording/reproducing system |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A digital recording/reproducing system includes a set top box. The STB receives a digital television broadcast signal and transmits a scrambled data stream from a stream selector via an interface to a... |
| 6665721 |
Enabling a home network reverse web server proxy |
| Dec-16-2003 |
A computer network, method, apparatus or program product utilizing a local web server, a reverse proxy and an internet hosting web server to allow one or more remote users to access information on the... |
| 6658568 |
Trusted infrastructure support system, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce transaction and rights management |
| Dec-2-2003 |
The present invention provides methods and systems for secure, automated transaction processing for use in electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management over an electronic network... |
| 6658307 |
Method for configuring the functional properties of an audiological device |
| Dec-2-2003 |
The method for configuring the functional properties of an audiological device in the form of a hearing aid initially provides a hearing aid with an IC that can be differently configured in view of its... |
| 6647411 |
Secure cached subscription service |
| Nov-11-2003 |
A system and method for a secure cached subscription system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a content provider and a caching device connected to the content provider. The content... |
| 6633644 |
Conditional access system for controlling the access to a data content |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A conditional access system for controlling the access of receivers of end-users to data content transmitted from a data content source in an uplink system. The uplink system scrambles the content supplied... |
| 6615109 |
System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus |
| Sep-2-2003 |
The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic... |
| 6611821 |
Method of charging for the use of an internet service plus a service control unit and a service provider unit |
| Aug-26-2003 |
The invention concerns a method of charging for the use of an internet service (SERV) by a subscriber of a communications network (KN), plus a service unit (SERV_IN) of this communications network and... |
| 6604239 |
System and method for virtual television program rating |
| Aug-5-2003 |
A method and a system for combining at least two sources of television program rating information, including at least one source obtained through user input into an electronic interface, to provide a more... |
| 6601046 |
Usage dependent ticket to protect copy-protected material |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A usage-limit is associated with each copy of copy-protected material. A conforming playback device determines how much usage has been made of the copy, and only plays the copy-protected material if the... |
| 6601033 |
Pollution credit method using electronic networks |
| Jul-29-2003 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for effectuating commerce in claimant-driven individual pollution credits which allows gas utility consumers to claim pollution credit when reducing their... |
| 6594646 |
Method and apparatus for selling digital contents, processing program thereof and recording medium for the program |
| Jul-15-2003 |
The present invention relates to a digital contents selling system for selling digital contents. Identification information of digital contents selected by a customer is received. Personal digital contents... |
| 6591367 |
Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized copying and distributing of electronic messages transmitted over a network |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A method and apparatus for providing protection from unauthorized use of messages received by a system is described. The receiving system can receive a message from a sending system, for example, over... |
| 6587561 |
Key delivery in a secure broadcasting system |
| Jul-1-2003 |
A key delivery method for use in an encoded communications system in which at least one encoded item including a first item encoded with a first item control word is sent in a communication stream from... |
| 6571221 |
Network communication service with an improved subscriber model using digital certificates |
| May-27-2003 |
A network communication service with an improved subscriber model. In one embodiment, a mobile user (MU), also referred to as a subscriber, may access the network service through a portable computing device... |
| 6564253 |
Content authorization system over networks including searching and reporting for unauthorized content locations |
| May-13-2003 |
An Internet or other content authorization system consists of an Internet authorization notice in the form of a flag. This flag can be embedded in each original recording at the time of manufacture, such... |
| 6542870 |
Recording apparatus |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A recording and/or playback apparatus for recording data read out from a first storage medium into a second storage medium, includes a recording device for recording data read out from the first storage... |
| 6526146 |
Information recording system |
| Feb-25-2003 |
An optical disc recorder/reproducer, a personal computer, a television receiver, an IRD and so forth are connected mutually via a 1394 serial bus. When data transmitted from the personal computer to the... |
| 6516304 |
System component charging and accounting system |
| Feb-4-2003 |
At least one storage unit is used for storing software which is divided into a plurality of software components. At least one CPU controls hardware components of an image processing apparatus by running... |
| 6496824 |
Session management over a stateless protocol |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A method for session management over a stateless protocol the steps of comparing a first plurality of identifiers contained in a first request with a second plurality of identifiers contained in a second... |
| 6493763 |
Multimedia communication system and communicating apparatus |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A multimedia communication system is constructed by a terminal device for user which is used for the user to receive information, a terminal device for information provider which is used by an information... |
| 6477506 |
Terminal apparatus, information service center, transmitting system, and transmitting method |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A transmitting system in which a data once downloaded in a memory of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while the returned data is deleted... |
| 6463418 |
Secure and stateful electronic business transaction system |
| Oct-8-2002 |
A method for transacting business electronically includes storing first information in a database management module, reading the first information in the database management module by a network server... |
| 6460023 |
Software authorization system and method |
| Oct-1-2002 |
A system add method for controlling the execution or display to one or more pieces of software developed using the developer's software is provided. The system permits the developer to receive revenue... |
| 6446051 |
Document transfer systems |
| Sep-3-2002 |
A document transfer system enabling a consumer to obtain a document from an owner upon payment using a cryptographic protocol involving the consumer, the owner, a document source, such as printer, and... |
| 6442525 |
System for authenticating physical objects |
| Aug-27-2002 |
A system for authenticating physical objects in which the authentication key cannot be determined by reverse engineering the software or hardware of a controlling microprocessor. Two highly secure integrated... |
| 6434538 |
Data control method, for embedding data control information, method for detecting data control information, device for embedding data control information and device for recording data |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A data control method includes the steps of: A) at least one of the following steps: A-1) embedding prohibition information in data, wherein copying of the data is to be prohibited; and A-2) embedding... |
| 6389403 |
Method and apparatus for uniquely identifying a customer purchase in an electronic distribution system |
| May-14-2002 |
A system for tracking usage of digital content on user devices. Content sites for distributing digital content over a computer readable medium to users. The content sites associate unique content identifier... |
| 6351745 |
Communication system for distributing such message as advertisement to user of terminal equipment |
| Feb-26-2002 |
In the communication network for distributing messages such as advertisements to terminal users, an information providing system provides the suitable information to each user. The system includes a terminal... |
| 6343284 |
Method and system for billing on the internet |
| Jan-29-2002 |
The present invention discloses an Internet billing method which can reject invalid orders with reliability, and which can be used without a credit card. In the present invention, a terminal makes a request... |
| 6337911 |
Deferred billing, broadcast, electronic document distribution system and method |
| Jan-8-2002 |
An electronic document delivery system and method in which a broadcast center periodically sends a "catalog" of available documents to a receiving computer, thereby allowing a user to browse through the... |
| 6334118 |
Software rental system and method for renting software |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A software rental system and method are provided having at least one rented program permitting at least one service to a customer with a customer's response means. The rented program has no access to a... |
| 6330549 |
Protected shareware |
| Dec-11-2001 |
The functionality of "protected shareware" is controlled by digitally signed messaging protocol. Protective code within the shareware controls the functionality of the shareware in response to authorization... |
| 6325632 |
Computer-aided learning method and systems matching students with instructors |
| Dec-4-2001 |
A computer-aided learning method and apparatus allowing a student to select an instructor from many instructors to learn a subject, and vice versa. Each user has an identifier. The apparatus can include... |
| 6317755 |
Method and apparatus for data backup and restoration in a portable data device |
| Nov-13-2001 |
A portable data device (300) having a memory (302) is provided. The memory (302) is segmented into a plurality of sectors (304-312). A backup memory buffer (312) and a plurality of applications (304-310)... |
| 6311054 |
Method to determine charging information in a mobile telecommunications system and a mobile station |
| Oct-30-2001 |
A method and system to determine charging information in a mobile communications system comprising one or more mobile stations and a mobile telecommunications network wherein the system collects information... |
| 6308269 |
Arrangement for independently requesting a playing authorization for a reproduced encrypted information signal |
| Oct-23-2001 |
An arrangement, for verifying a playing authorization for an encrypted information signal reproduced by a reproducing device and for supplying a decrypted information signal when a playing authorization... |
| 6298441 |
Secure document access system |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A method for downloading a document via a communications medium operatively associated with a communications interface, the method including receiving the document from the communications medium, placing... |
| 6289314 |
Pay information providing system for descrambling information from plural sources and rescrambling the information before sending to a terminal or terminals |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A server scrambles received pay information in an internal scrambler and then transmits the result to a terminal which sent a request. A second charge managing portion determines a charge for the pay information... |
| 6275825 |
Data access control apparatus for limiting data access in accordance with user attribute |
| Aug-14-2001 |
This invention provides a data access control apparatus arranged to automatically set access right information limiting data access, in accordance with a user attribute when a user accesses a database.... |
| 6272535 |
System for enabling access to a body of information based on a credit value, and system for allocating fees |
| Aug-7-2001 |
An accounting apparatus has a money input, by which a user can input an amount of money into the apparatus. A receiver receives a body of information transmitted over a communication medium, and a register... |
| 6249865 |
Systems and methods for a user to access digital data provided by an on-line server over a data network |
| Jun-19-2001 |
Systems and methods are provided for a user to access digital data provided by an on-line server over a data network, and for allowing a billing system separate from the on-line server to charge the user... |
| 6240185 |
Steganographic techniques for securely delivering electronic digital rights management control information over insecure communication channels |
| May-29-2001 |
Electronic steganographic techniques can be used to encode a rights management control signal onto an information signal carried over an insecure communications channel. Steganographic techniques ensure... |
| 6230081 |
Information system for golf carts and system for calculation of use and/or acquisition of use data |
| May-8-2001 |
The invention concerns an information system for displaying in a vehicle used to transport at least one person playing golf. This system comprises a base station which is located in the area of a club... |
| 6216125 |
Coarse indexes for a data warehouse |
| Apr-10-2001 |
A coarse database index, and system and method of use therefor, that will quickly indicate which data partitions of a table contain a given key. Once the target data partitions are located, the exact record... |
| 6205550 |
Tamper resistant methods and apparatus |
| Mar-20-2001 |
In one apparatus, a number of obfuscated programming instructions are equipped to self-verify whether execution of the obfuscated programming instructions is being observed. In another apparatus, a number... |
| 6202056 |
Method for computer network operation providing basis for usage fees |
| Mar-13-2001 |
A computer network having a requesting node and a providing node permits data transfer therebetween when permitted by an authorizing node. Reports generated in response to authorizations and reports generated... |
| 6200216 |
Electronic trading card |
| Mar-13-2001 |
A system for the application of a trading card metaphor to a disassociated computer program and the unique design of several hardware and software systems supports and enhances collecting, trading, game... |
| 6199054 |
Automated software metering of digital payloads |
| Mar-6-2001 |
A system monitors a data payload that is being transmitted in a secure form over the Internet and provides rate computations for such payloads based on the size of the data. A data container may be implemented... |
