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20080256753 | Portable manway cover hinge device - A portable manway hinge device has a pair of hinge plates where each hinge plate has a support member with a hinge aperture positioned for alignment with a bolt opening of a manway cover and a manway flange, a linkage member adjacent a first end of each hinge plate and extending out of the plane of the hinge plate, and a pivotal connection coupling overlapping pairs of the linkage member of the pair of hinge plates. | 10-23-2008 |
20080256866 | Portable Manway Cover Hinge Device - A portable manway hinge device has a pair of elongated hinge members where each hinge member has a pair of longitudinally-aligned, elongated apertures, a support member slidably connected to each of the elongated apertures where the support member has a pin receiving end, and a linkage member pivotally connected to each of the pair of elongated hinge members. | 10-23-2008 |
20100125997 | Portable manway cover hinge device and methods - A method of handling the removal and installation of a manway cover to a manway flange includes removing a plurality of manway cover bolts from a portion of the manway cover that is located to one side of a vertical axis of the manway cover, providing a flange hinge plate of a portable manway cover hinge device with at least one hinge plate aperture therethrough, aligning the at least one hinge aperture of the flange hinge plate with a bolt opening in the manway flange, inserting a pin first end of a hinge plate fastening pin through the at least one hinge aperture and into the aligned bolt opening in the manway flange where the pin first end has a bore transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pin and extending beyond the manway flange, inserting a transverse rod into the bore of the pin, securing the flange hinge plate to the manway flange, providing a cover hinge plate of a portable manway cover hinge device where the cover hinge plate has at least one hinge plate aperture therethrough, aligning the at least one hinge aperture of the cover hinge plate with a bolt opening in the manway cover, inserting a pin first end of another hinge plate fastening pin through the at least one hinge aperture and into the aligned bolt opening in the manway cover and securing the cover hinge plate to the manway cover, pivotally connecting the flange hinge plate to the cover hinge plate, and removing any remaining manway hardware from the manway cover and the manway flange that prevents the manway cover from pivotally opening away from the manway flange. | 05-27-2010 |
20110017759 | Portable manway cover hinge device and methods - A manway cover-manway flange separating kit and method for use with a manway cover handling device includes at least one extended length cover supporting rod having end stops at each end of the cover supporting rod wherein at least one of the end stops is removable and wherein the cover supporting rod is adapted for positioning within one of a plurality of manway cover bolt openings exposed by the removal of a plurality of manway cover bolts and for maintaining alignment of the manway cover and the manway flange when the manway cover is a predefined distance away from the manway flange, and a flange separator including a separator component having a threaded rod and a pair of elongated flange plates, the pair of elongated flange plates rotatably connectable on a first flange plate end to the threaded rod wherein at least one of the pair of elongated flange plates has a threaded opening at the first flange plate end transverse to the flange plate that receives the threaded rod to provide translational movement of the flange plate along the threaded rod. | 01-27-2011 |
20120285975 | Portable manway cover hinge device - A method of handling the removal and installation of a manway cover to a manway flange includes removing a plurality of manway cover bolts, assembling a portable manway cover hinge device having a pair of hinge plates having a hinge aperture alignable with an existing bolt opening or a user formed bolt opening, forming one or more bolt openings in a peripheral portion of one of the manway cover and the manway flange, aligning a hinge aperture of the support member of each of the pair of hinge plates with the one or more bolt openings formed in the peripheral portion of the one of the manway cover and the manway flange or the plurality of existing bolt openings, inserting a pin into each hinge aperture of the hinge plates, and removing the remaining manway cover bolts from the manway cover. | 11-15-2012 |
20130078051 | Pull-up bolt assembly - A pull-up bolt assembly for frictionally supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure. The bolt assembly includes a pull-up bolt member having a threaded shaft with a first shaft end and a second shaft end, and an abutting member with a tapered surface formed at the first shaft end, the abutting member being wider than and tapering toward the threaded shaft, a nut component with an external torque-applying surface threadably connected to the threaded shaft, a tapered member with a tapered end portion and a flange formed between the external torque-applying surface of the nut component and the tapered end portion wherein the tapered end portion faces toward the tapered surface of the abutting member, and an expandable friction member disposed around the threaded shaft between the abutting member and the tapered member whereby the expandable friction member expands when the nut component is threadably moved toward the abutting member of the pull-up bolt member. | 03-28-2013 |
20140182112 | COVER ALIGNMENT TOOL - An alignment tool device for use in aligning a manway cover to a manway body/flange during installation of the manway cover includes a first plate with an L-shape has body with a pair of holes and a first tongue extending transversely from the plate. A second plate with an inverted-L shape has a body with a pair of holes and a second tongue extending transversely from the plate. The first plate is oriented substantially parallel to and opposing the second plate with the first tongue extending parallel to and overlapping the second tongue, where the first and second tongues extend in opposite directions. A height adjuster displaces the first plate relative to the second plate by adjustable engagement of the tongues. | 07-03-2014 |
20140283359 | Alignment tool for a manway cover - An alignment tool for use in aligning a manway cover with a manway body/flange includes an alignment tool plate having a plate body, a first planar surface and a plurality of plate openings each spaced from a first edge where each of the plurality of plate openings are positioned to align with a corresponding opening in the manway body/flange, a tool beam support having a distal end portion and extending a predefined distance transversely from the tool alignment plate, a cover attachment plate having at least one through-opening sized and positioned for attachment of the cover attachment plate to the manway cover, and a height adjuster extending between and connecting the tool beam support to the cover attachment plate. | 09-25-2014 |
20140328643 | Pull-up Bolt Assembly - An improved pull-up bolt assembly adapted to be used for supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure, the bolt assembly having a pull-up bolt member, a nut component, a tapered member, and an expandable friction member, where the improvement includes one or more threads helically disposed about the expandable friction member, the one or more threads each having a height, a width and a helical angle. | 11-06-2014 |
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20080298309 | PROVIDING ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES - Advanced communications features are provided in a mobile communications network having at least one mobile switching center and at least one mobile station subsystem. The mobile switching center and mobile station subsystem each communicate signaling messages according to a mobile signaling protocol. | 12-04-2008 |
20090086742 | PROVIDING VIRTUAL SERVICES WITH AN ENTERPRISE ACCESS GATEWAY - Systems and methods to virtually and securely extend voice, data, and video services as well as applications on communication networks is provided. An access gateway device is used to provide interworking and extension of services from an enterprise network or a hosted enterprise network to a public network such as an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. The access gateway device can also enable handoffs between an enterprise access point and the service provider's radio network while maintain the user's session. The access gateway can also extend services from the enterprise network to the service providers network and vice versa. | 04-02-2009 |
20090156213 | INTERWORKING GATEWAY FOR MOBILE NODES - Systems and methods are provided that allow inter-working between communication networks for the delivery of service to mobile nodes. A gateway is provided that communicates with a femto cell to extend service to an area that otherwise does not receive coverage from a service provider. The femto cell is a small scale base station used to provide coverage over a small area (such as a home or business), and connect to a home or enterprise network. The femto cell provides service for a mobile node and a gateway permits communication over a broadband network. The gateway integrates the mobile nodes connecting via a femto cell into the service provider's network. The gateway also allows provisioning of services and applications, control of service levels, and provides seamless handoffs to macro base stations and other types of access technologies such as Wi-Fi. | 06-18-2009 |
20120044908 | INTERWORKING GATEWAY FOR MOBILE NODES - Systems and methods are provided that allow inter-working between communication networks for the delivery of service to mobile nodes. A gateway is provided that communicates with a femto cell to extend service to an area that otherwise does not receive coverage from a service provider. The femto cell is a small scale base station used to provide coverage over a small area (such as a home or business), and connect to a home or enterprise network. The femto cell provides service for a mobile node and a gateway permits communication over a broadband network. The gateway integrates the mobile nodes connecting via a femto cell into the service provider's network. The gateway also allows provisioning of services and applications, control of service levels, and provides seamless handoffs to marco base stations and other types of access technologies such as Wi-Fi. | 02-23-2012 |
20140098762 | APPLICATION AND CONTENT AWARENESS FOR SELF OPTIMIZING NETWORKS - Systems and methods are described for providing application and content awareness for self-optimizing networks. A computerized method includes receiving at a mobile gateway a session request from a mobile device, establishing a session between the mobile device and the mobile gateway, receiving a request from the mobile device at the mobile gateway to access a remote resource, establishing a connection between the mobile device and the remote resource via the mobile gateway, detecting application and content information of a service data flow of the connection, and sending the application and content information of the service data flow to a network server for network optimization. | 04-10-2014 |
20140136660 | EXTENDING MULTICAST/BROADCAST SERVICES TO WIDE AREA NETWORKS - Systems and methods are described for extending multicast/broadcast service to wide area networks. A computerized method includes receiving a multicast/broadcast discovery message from a client, encapsulating the multicast/broadcast discovery message at a gateway, forwarding the encapsulated multicast/broadcast discovery message to a multicast/broadcast server, receiving a multicast/broadcast discovery response message from the multicast/broadcast server with a server IP address, generating a server alias IP address for the multicast/broadcast server at the gateway, replacing the server IP address with the server alias IP address in the multicast/broadcast discovery response message, encapsulating the multicast/broadcast discovery response message at the gateway, and forwarding the encapsulated multicast/broadcast discovery response message to the client. | 05-15-2014 |
20140172947 | CLOUD-BASED VIRTUAL LOCAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods are described for providing cloud-based virtual local networks. A computerized method for providing cloud-based virtual local networks includes receiving at a network gateway a request for a network address from a network switch, communicating with a user device management entity (uDME) server to authorize the network switch, receiving an authorization response from the uDME server for the network switch, receiving a network address pool at the network gateway from the uDME server, and creating at the network gateway a virtual home router containing a virtual home router context that is unique to the virtual home router and associated with the network address pool. | 06-19-2014 |
20140287760 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTERWORKING GATEWAY - Systems and methods are provided that allow inter-working between communication networks for the delivery of service to mobile nodes. A gateway is provided that communicates with a femto cell to extend service to an area that otherwise does not receive coverage from a service provider. The femto cell is a small scale base station used to provide coverage over a small area (such as a home or business), and connect to a home or enterprise network. The femto cell provides service for a mobile node and a gateway permits communication over a broadband network. The gateway integrates the mobile nodes connecting via a femto cell into the service provider's network. The gateway also allows provisioning of services and applications, control of service levels, and provides seamless handoffs to marco base stations and other types of access technologies such as Wi-Fi. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100001059 | Banking system operated responsive to data read from data bearing records - A system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100012719 | Banking system operated responsive to data read from data bearing records - A system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100318462 | BANKING SYSTEM OPERATED RESPONSIVE TO DATA READ FROM DATA BEARING RECORDS - A system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110125640 | Banking system operated responsive to data read from data bearing records - A system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110196785 | Banking system operated responsive to data read from data bearing records - An exemplary system includes an automated banking machine ( | 08-11-2011 |
20120205442 | Banking System Operated Responsive to Data Read from Data Bearing Records - A banking system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine is operative to conduct transactions including cash dispensing for users, responsive to data read from user cards and communication with a transaction host. The machine is also operative to provide output signals which drive external displays. A machine processor is operative to cause the machine to receive visual and/or audio content from content sources and to store data corresponding to the content. The content is then output through the external displays. | 08-16-2012 |
20120223135 | Banking System Operated Responsive to Data Read from Data Bearing Records - An exemplary system includes an automated banking machine which is operable to conduct transactions including cash dispensing for users responsive to communication with a transaction host. The machine is also operative to provide output signals which drive external displays which are separate from the machine. The machine is operable to receive visual and audio content from one or more broadcast content sources and to store the content in the machine. The content is then output through the external displays. The machine is also operative to receive and store a plurality of advertising messages. The advertising messages are output in a targeted manner to users of the machine. | 09-06-2012 |
20120305641 | Banking System Operated Responsive to Data Read from Data Bearing Records - A system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions can be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine is operable to conduct transactions for machine users responsive to data read from user cards and communication with a transaction host. The machine is operable to provide output signals which drive external displays. The machine is operable to receive visual and/or audio content from remote content sources, store data corresponding to the content, and then output the content through the external displays. | 12-06-2012 |
20130114877 | Banking System Operated Responsive to Data Read from Data Bearing Records - A banking system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine is operative to conduct transactions including cash dispensing for users, responsive to data read from user cards and communication with a transaction host. The machine is also operative to provide output signals which drive external displays. A machine processor is operative to cause the machine to receive visual and/or audio content from content sources and to store data corresponding to the content. The content is then output through the external displays. | 05-09-2013 |
20130168448 | BANKING SYSTEM OPERATED RESPONSIVE TO DATA READ FROM DATA BEARING RECORDS - A system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions can be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine is operable to conduct transactions for machine users responsive to data read from user cards and communication with a transaction host. The machine is operable to provide output signals which drive external displays. The machine is operable to receive visual and/or audio content from remote content sources, store data corresponding to the content, and then output the content through the external displays. | 07-04-2013 |
20130339236 | PROVIDING SERVICE TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER - A system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions can be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine is operable to conduct transactions for machine users responsive to data read from user cards and communication with a transaction host. The machine is operable to provide output signals which drive external displays. The machine is operable to receive visual and/or audio content from remote content sources, store data corresponding to the content, and then output the content through the external displays. | 12-19-2013 |
20140214198 | ROUTER FOR USE WITH A PNEUMATIC CARRIER SUITABLE FOR BANKING SYSTEMS - In an example embodiment, a router that is configured to pass a pneumatic carrier therethrough and comprises a solid continuous curved tube, a tube rotational support, and a drive. The tube includes a first open end and a second open end opposed of the first open end. The tube rotational support is in operative supporting connection with the tube and enables the tube to rotate about an axis. The first open end is generally aligned with the first opening. In a first rotational position of the tube, the second open end is generally aligned with a first of the plurality of second openings. In a second rotational position of the tube, the second open end is generally aligned with a second of the plurality of second openings. The drive is operative to cause the tube to move between the first and second rotational positions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140316983 | SELECTIVELY ROUTING A TRANSACTION FROM AN AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE BASED ON TRANSACTION PROCESSING FEES - In an example embodiment, a routing computer is operable to communicate with an automated banking machine and with a plurality of remote financial transaction authorization systems. The routing computer is operable to receive data representative of a requested transaction associated with a financial account associated with a user operating the automated banking machine. The routing computer is operable to determine for the plurality of remote financial transaction authorization system a transaction processing fee for the requested transaction. The routing computer is operable to select a selected one of the plurality of remote financial transaction authorization systems for the transaction, wherein the selected one of the plurality of remote financial transaction systems is selected based on having the lowest transaction processing fee for the requested transaction. | 10-23-2014 |
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20080265019 | Banking system controlled by data bearing records - A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The deposit accepting machine is in connection with a card reader operative to read data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards. The apparatus further includes an RFID reading device that is operative to read signals from RFID tags to obtain deposit information therefrom. The information can include data associated with of the deposit, such as an account number and the deposit amount. The information can include cash value. A computer is operative to credit a financial account for value associated with deposit items responsive to data read by the card reader and/or RFID reading device. | 10-30-2008 |
20110089230 | Banking system controlled by data bearing records - A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The machine includes a card reader that can read card data corresponding to financial accounts, and a biometric reader that can read user identification data. The machine also includes an RFID reader that can read signals from RFID tags to obtain deposit information therefrom. The deposit information can include deposit data such as an account number and the deposit amount. The machine also includes a computer that causes a financial account to be credited for the value of deposited items, responsive to data read by the various reader devices. | 04-21-2011 |
20110089231 | Banking system controlled by data bearing records - A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The deposit accepting machine is in connection with a card reader operative to read data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards. The apparatus further includes an RFID reading device that is operative to read signals from RFID tags to obtain deposit information therefrom. The information can include data associated with of the deposit, such as an account number and the deposit amount. The information can include cash value. A computer is operative to credit a financial account for value associated with deposit items responsive to data read by the card reader and/or RFID reading device. | 04-21-2011 |
20110266341 | Banking system controlled by data bearing records - A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The deposit accepting machine is in connection with a card reader operative to read data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards. The machine further includes an RFID reading device that is operative to read signals from RFID tags to obtain deposit information therefrom. The information can include data associated with the deposit, such as an account number and a deposit amount. The information can also include cash value. A computer is operative to credit a financial account for value associated with deposited items responsive to data read by the card reader and/or RFID reading device. | 11-03-2011 |
20130140358 | BANKING SYSTEM CONTROLLED RESPONSIVE TO DATA READ FROM DATA BEARING RECORDS - A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The deposit accepting machine includes a card reader operable to read financial account data from cards of depositors. The machine includes a RFID reader that wirelessly reads data from RFID tags on deposited items, including account number and deposit amount data. A computer credits the account for the read deposit amount. The machine, which can also dispense cash, further includes an NFC reader that can wirelessly receive cash loading data from an NFC component on a cash handler's cash transport bag. The cash loading data can include an amount of cash loaded into the machine. The machine can wirelessly transmit to the bag, dispense data that includes the amount of cash dispensed since the last cash loading. | 06-06-2013 |
20130146657 | BANKING SYSTEM CONTROLLED RESPONSIVE TO DATA READ FROM DATA BEARING RECORDS - A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The deposit accepting machine includes a card reader operable to read financial account data from cards of depositors. The machine includes a RFID reader that wirelessly reads data from RFID tags on deposited items, including account number and deposit amount data. A computer credits the account for the read deposit amount. The machine, which can also dispense cash, further includes an NFC reader that can wirelessly receive cash loading data from an NFC component on a cash handler's cash transport bag. The cash loading data can include an amount of cash loaded into the machine. The machine can wirelessly transmit to the bag, dispense data that includes the amount of cash dispensed since the last cash loading. | 06-13-2013 |
20140131439 | BANKING SYSTEM CONTROLLED RESPONSIVE TO DATA READ FROM DATA BEARING RECORDS - A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The deposit accepting machine includes a card reader operable to read financial account data from cards of depositors. The machine includes a RFID reader that wirelessly reads data from RFID tags on deposited items, including account number and deposit amount data. A computer credits the account for the read deposit amount. The machine, which can also dispense cash, further includes an NFC reader that can wirelessly receive cash loading data from an NFC component on a cash handler's cash transport bag. The cash loading data can include an amount of cash loaded into the machine. The machine can wirelessly transmit to the bag, dispense data that includes the amount of cash dispensed since the last cash loading. | 05-15-2014 |
20140166745 | DEPOSIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT EMPLOYS PREREGISTERED DEPOSITS - A deposit management system is operable responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system is associated with a plurality of financial funds depositories. Each depository can accept deposit items, such as deposit bags. Each depository includes a bar code reader that can read data from a bar code label that is located on a deposit bag. The system allows merchants to preregister a deposit before performing the deposit. A preregistered deposit is linked with a deposit identifier in a data store. The deposit identifier can be represented in a bar code. If the system determines that a bar code reader of a respective depository read a deposit identifier which corresponds in the data store to a preregistered deposit, then the respective depository is operated to automatically unlock its deposit entry door. The system also allows merchants to review their deposit history. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080313463 | Method and Apparatus For Use in a Downloadable Conditional Access System - In a downloadable conditional access system (DCAS), preferably all DCAS-specific code is implemented in a configurable secure (CS) processor that is in communication with the host processor. Preferably, no DCAS-specific code is executed in the host processor. The host processor delivers commands to the CS processor, which the CS processor performs to configure itself in accordance with the particular DCAS encryption scheme used by the DCAS. Once configured, the CS processor executes a DCAS software module that has been downloaded to the CS processor, which looks for the corresponding EMMs and ECMs, processes them to obtain the CW, and then uses the CW to decrypt the content stream. | 12-18-2008 |
20120155836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DIGITAL CONTENT - A device is provided for use with a digital content provider and a content purchaser. The content provider can provide digital content and a first digital key, wherein the digital content has quantified digital rights associated therewith. The device includes a receiving portion, a security portion, a content database, an interface portion and a transmitting portion. The receiving portion can receive the digital content and the first digital key. The security portion can access the digital content with the first digital key. The content database can store the digital content. The interface portion can offer to the content purchaser the digital content and can enable the content purchaser to purchase the digital content in accordance with purchased quantified digital rights. The security portion can further encrypt the digital content with a digital key such that the content purchaser may use the purchased digital content. | 06-21-2012 |
20140123172 | CHALLENGE-RESPONSE CABLE SET-TOP-BOX SYSTEM TO SECURELY AUTHENTICATE SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACES (APIs) - A system for securely authenticating software Application Program Interfaces (APIs) includes a handshake protocol provided between a Conditional Access System (CAS) and Middleware running on a Set-Top-Box. The handshake is a Challenge-Response protocol that includes several steps. The CAS or the Middleware can either act as a Claimant or Verifier in Challenge-Response process. First, a Claimant sends a request to a Verifier requesting access to a function F through the API. The Verifier reacts to the request by outputting a Challenge that is sent to the Claimant The Challenge is also retained by the Verifier for use in its internal calculation to verify the Claimant's response. The Claimant next processes the Challenge using components under a patent License Agreement, known as Hook IP, and issues a Response to the Verifier. The Verifier can then verify the Response to allow the Claimant access to the API. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123220 | BUSINESS METHOD INCLUDING CHALLENGE-RESPONSE SYSTEM TO SECURELY AUTHENTICATE SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACES (APIs) - A system for securely authenticating software Application Program Interfaces (APIs) includes a handshake protocol that is provided to validate whether the parties involved are licensed to use the system which includes rights to Intellectual Property (IP) and corresponding obligations. The handshake is a Challenge-Response protocol that includes several steps. First, a Claimant sends a request to a Verifier requesting access to a function through an API. The Verifier reacts to the request by outputting a Challenge that is sent to the Claimant. The Challenge is also retained by the Verifier for use in its internal calculation to verify the Claimant's response. The Claimant next processes the Challenge using components under the license, known as Hook IP, and issues a Response to the Verifier. The Verifier compares the possibly-correct Candidate Response from the Claimant to the known-correct Target Response and if a match occurs the Verifier allows the Claimant access to the API. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123242 | BUSINESS METHOD INCLUDING HANDSHAKE PROTOCOL TO CONTROL ACTORS AND FUNCTIONS TO PROPAGATE ACCEPTANCE OF AN IP LICENSE TO SECURELY AUTHENTICATE SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACES (APIs) - A system for securely authenticating software Application Program Interfaces (APIs) includes a handshake protocol that enables promulgation of licensing rights controlling Intellectual Property (IP) to multiple Actors. The handshake is a Challenge-Response protocol that includes a Challenge issued by one Actor who controls IP rights to verify a second Actor has Licensed IP rights when the second Actor Response includes use of a function IPF1. The function e.g. IPF1 is provided through the IP licensing agreement. Other Actors who wish to use software that the first Actor provides will be encouraged to acquire rights to the IP License to obtain the function IPF1 for access. Subsequent Actors who have IP rights controlled by another function IPF2 can be pulled into the same IP Licensing system, or another IP License that becomes part of the same ecosystem with the system controlled using function IPF1. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123321 | HANDSHAKE PROTOCOL TO CONTROL ACTORS AND FUNCTIONS IN A CABLE SET-TOP-BOX SYSTEM TO PROPAGATE ACCEPTANCE OF AN IP LICENSE TO SECURELY AUTHENTICATE SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACES (APIs) - A system for securely authenticating software Application Program Interfaces (APIs) includes a handshake protocol that enables promulgation of licensing rights controlling Intellectual Property (IP) to multiple Actors. The Actors include components of a cable system that can include a Conditional Access System, Middleware, a Browser for a Set-Top-Box, a Guide and a Guide Data Provider. The handshake is a Challenge-Response protocol that includes a Challenge issued by one Actor who controls IP rights to verify a second Actor has Licensed IP rights when the second Actor Response includes a Hook IP function IPF | 05-01-2014 |
20140163704 | SYSTEM, APPAREL, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PERFORMANCE OF WORKOUT ROUTINES - A system for automatically identifying performance of workout routines is provided. The system includes a set of sensors wearable on a body of an exerciser during performance of exercises. Each sensor is configured to measure a parameter selected from motion, acceleration, position, and applied force, and to communicate parameters measured. The system also includes a device configured to receive a set of parameters measured over a period of time by the set of sensors and to access stored pattern information corresponding to a plurality of predetermined exercise activities and a plurality of predetermined workout routines to identify one or more performed exercise activities performed by the exerciser and to identify a performed workout routine performed by the exerciser during the period of time. Apparel and methods are also disclosed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140219446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN A DOWNLOADABLE CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM - In a downloadable conditional access system (DCAS), preferably all DCAS-specific code is implemented in a configurable secure (CS) processor that is in communication with the host processor. Preferably, no DCAS-specific code is executed in the host processor. The host processor delivers commands to the CS processor, which the CS processor performs to configure itself in accordance with the particular DCAS encryption scheme used by the DCAS. Once configured, the CS processor executes a DCAS software module that has been downloaded to the CS processor, which looks for the corresponding EMMs and ECMs, processes them to obtain the CW, and then uses the CW to decrypt the content stream. | 08-07-2014 |
20140281557 | DIGITAL RIGHTS TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system is provided that includes a receiving component a first encrypting component and a second encrypting component. The receiving component can receive, from a first user, item identification data based on a tangible item and an ownership verification indicator. The receiving component can also receive, from the first user, image data based on the tangible item. The first encrypting component can generate encrypted item identification data based on the item identification data. The second encrypting component operable to generate encrypted image data based on the image data. The resultant set of encrypted information is stored so as to associate the image and the ownership data for use later as proof of ownership of an item and its associated rights. | 09-18-2014 |