Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for social networking services integrated with gift card services. In general, a profile of a member of a social networking service may be presented with one or more merchant credit services for prepaid merchant account credit, data characterizing a request to provide a credit service from the merchant credit services and a mobile phone number associated with an intended recipient of the first credit service may be received, and a message may be caused to be sent to the mobile phone number, where the message characterizes provision of the first credit service to the intended recipient. Interest in the credit service may be tracked and associated with a loyalty indicator associated with the member.

Integration Of Gift Card Services For Mobile Devices And Social Networking Services

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for payment card terminals for mobile phones. In general, data characterizing a payment card and a settlement amount for a transaction may be received, where the data is user-generated input and is received at a mobile phone associated with a mobile phone number. Wireless transmission of data characterizing a request to provide a payment card settlement service of a merchant account of a merchant account provider for the transaction may be initiated, where the wireless transmission is to be from the mobile phone over a carrier data network to an application server. Data characterizing authorization of settlement of the transaction with the payment card may be wirelessly received by the mobile phone from the application server.

Payment card terminal for mobile phones

A system for creating rich content displayable on a webpage. The system includes content files stored on a server and an editor displayed by a client in a Rich Internet Application (‘RIA’). The editor has a region into which content objects may be inserted to create a rich content item. At least a portion of the content objects are linked to content files stored on the server. The system generates a code segment operable to generate a display on a webpage based on the rich content item that does not use the RIA. The display is substantially equivalent to the rich content item displayed in the editing region using the RIA. The code segment is configured to be search engine friendly. The system may broadcast a common Rich Content item between a Broadcaster and a viewer both of whom may edit the Rich Content item at the same time.

Rich content creation, distribution, and broadcasting system

Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products1 are provided for wirelessly synchronizing datasets that are stored on a wireless device and at a network device, such as a network server or database. Present aspects provide for a simplified and efficient synchronization process, whereby synchronization can be completed in a single round-trip of wireless communication between the wireless device and the network device. Single round-trip synchronization provides for less use of network resources, shorter overall synchronization cycle times and lessens the likelihood of wireless network failures, such as call drops or the like, causing the synchronization process to fail. Additionally, simplification and efficiency are further realized by creating a synchronization process that allows the network dataset to be independent of the wireless device datasets, i.e., the network server does not require a full change history nor is the network server required to know the wireless device dataset version. The synchronization may be applied to network-based gaming applications.

Methods and apparatus for dataset synchronization in a wireless environment

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for gift card services. In general, data characterizing a request to provide a merchant credit service to an intended recipient is received and a message to be sent to the intended recipient is generated, where the message characterizes a phone number to call to activate the merchant credit service. Data characterizing authentication by a call to the phone number to activate the merchant credit service from the mobile phone number of the intended recipient is received, where the authentication includes checking caller identification of the call to ensure the call is from the mobile phone number of the intended recipient. The merchant credit service is activated. Credit associated with an account of a merchant credit service may be redeemed by providing an account number of the service. Redemption may be authorized based on caller identification of a mobile phone number associated with an account.

Gift card services for mobile devices

PURPOSE: A wireless virus protection method and a system for the same are provided to download the latest anti-virus vaccine program from a server and to get the vaccine program with a TSR(Terminate and Stay Resident program) type on a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is initially connected to a mobile communication service provider or is in a waiting state. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises several steps. A mobile terminal is switched on(200), being bootstrapped and setting detailed system states by obtaining data like default data of a NAM(Number Assignment Module) parameter, a primary frequency channel and a secondary frequency channel(205). The mobile terminal is tuned to the primary frequency channel, being recovered to a pilot channel within a designated time(210), and obtaining a synchronization channel(215). The mobile terminal synchronizes an internal timer with a timer of a mobile communication service system(220). The mobile communication service system generates a subscriber profile at an HLR(Home Location Register) and a VLR(Visitor Location Register), and simultaneously transmitting system data on the mobile terminal to a wireless vaccine distribution system(225). The mobile terminal checks whether an outdated vaccine resides on the terminal(230). In a case that the outdated vaccine resides on the mobile terminal, the terminal transmits version data on the vaccine to the wireless vaccine distribution system(235, 240). In a case that there is no vaccine on the mobile terminal, the terminal informs the wireless vaccine distribution system that there is no vaccine(250).

System and Method for providing protection for the wireless communication devices against the wireless virus

PURPOSE: A method and a system for processing an M2M(Mobile-to-Mobile) direct data communication are provided to achieve multipoint information providing and sharing more actively and smoothly by distributively arranging information, concentrated at wired Internet servers, at wireless communication devices. CONSTITUTION: A mobile station(10) is an independent host having an intrinsic address at a wired/wireless integrated Internet network. As an M2M application program containing a server execution part and a client execution part is installed in the mobile terminal(10), an M2M direct data communication is achieved. The moment the mobile station(10) accesses a wireless Internet network after booting, the mobile station(10) allocates an internally set fixed address or is allocated a dynamic address from a gateway(20). Confirming the address of the mobile station(10), the gateway(20) updates the information of the mobile station(10) and secures a path to an M2M management server(30).

Method and system for Direct Data Canmunication Between Wireless Telecommunication Devices

PURPOSE: A web-hard operation and management method using CDN(Content Delivery Network) is provided to transmit/receive data to/from a conventional web storage device on Internet using a cache server of CDN. CONSTITUTION: A conventional global web storage system(510) is positioned at the Internet network. A local web storage system(500) is located at a cache server(210) provided by a CDNSP(CDN Service Provider). An ISP(Internet Service Provider) subscriber or a local network user can determine whether the data stores to the global web storage system(510) or the local web storage system(500) according to kinds and characteristics of data. That is, the data for holding in common with the same ISP subscribers or local network users is stored to the local web storage system(500) and the data for holding in common with all Internet users is stored to the global web storage system(510).

Method of Operating with Web Hard using CDNContent Delivery Network

PURPOSE: A bi-directional local area communication payment system using a code and a method therefor are provided to allow a user to check purchase information through a mobile terminal before payment. CONSTITUTION: When a payment terminal unit(200) generates a code made for purchase information and/or payment amount and outputs it to a screen output unit and/or printer output unit, a mobile terminal(100) recognizes the code through a code processor, extracts the purchase information and/or payment amount included in the code and outputs it to a screen of the mobile terminal. After performing a series of payment authentication process, banking information and/or payment information for settlement is extracted from an IC chip. The extracted banking information and/or payment information is transmitted to a payment terminal unit(200). Then, the payment terminal unit(200) performs payment.

Bi-directional local area communication payment system using a code and a method therefor, concerned with enabling a user to check purchase information through a mobile terminal before payment

PURPOSE: A remote application loading method and system is provided to load an application, e.g., a vaccine program, offered by an ASP(Application Service Provider) server, at a virtual memory of a client located at a remote place. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises an ASP server(105) and a client(125). The ASP server(105) includes an application management database(110) and a transmitter(115). The client(125) includes an application container(130). The application management database(110) stores application data blocks to be instantly loadable to a main memory of the client(125). The transmitter(115) streams the application data blocks to the client application container(130). The application container(130) buffers the application data blocks to be streamed from the server(105), and loads the application data blocks at a memory of the client(125) by referring to an OS(Operating System) of the client(125).

Kwon Bong Gi

Papers

System and Method for providing protection for the wireless communication devices against the wireless virus

Method and system for Direct Data Canmunication Between Wireless Telecommunication Devices

Method of Operating with Web Hard using CDNContent Delivery Network

Bi-directional local area communication payment system using a code and a method therefor, concerned with enabling a user to check purchase information through a mobile terminal before payment

System and method for doing the remote-load with the application service via networks