PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem, wherein it is impossible for an electronic content information provider to provide commercially secure and effective method, for a configurable general-purpose electronic commercial transaction/distribution control system. SOLUTION: In this system, having at least one protected processing environment for safely controlling at least one portion of decoding of digital information, a secure content distribution method comprises a process for encapsulating digital information in one or more digital containers; a process for encrypting at least a portion of digital information; a process for associating at least partially secure control information for managing interactions with encrypted digital information and/or digital container; a process for delivering one or more digital containers to a digital information user; and a process for using a protected processing environment, for safely controlling at least a portion of the decoding of the digital information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

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Systems and Methods for Secure Transaction Management and Electronic Rights Protection

An automated communications system operates to transfer data, metadata and methods from a provider computer to a consumer computer through a communications network. The transferred information controls the communications relationship, including responses by the consumer computer, updating of information, and processes for future communications. Information which changes in the provider computer is automatically updated in the consumer computer through the communications system in order to maintain continuity of the relationship. Transfer of metadata and methods permits intelligent processing of information by the consumer computer and combined control by the provider and consumer of the types and content of information subsequently transferred. Object oriented processing is used for storage and transfer of information. The use of metadata and methods further allows for automating may of the actions underlying the communications, including communication acknowledgements and archiving of information. Service objects and partner servers provide specialized data, metadata, and methods to providers and consumers to automate many common communications services and transactions useful to both providers and consumers. A combination of the provider and consumer programs and databases allows for additional functionality, including coordination of multiple users for a single database.

Computer-based communication system and method using metadata defining a control-structure

A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a purchaser at a client system and received by a server system. The server system receives purchaser information including identification of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from the client system. The server system then assigns a client identifier to the client system and associates the assigned client identifier with the received purchaser information. The server system sends to the client system the assigned client identifier and an HTML document identifying the item and including an order button. The client system receives and stores the assigned client identifier and receives and displays the HTML document. In response to the selection of the order button, the client system sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item. The server system receives the request and combines the purchaser information associated with the client identifier of the client system to generate an order to purchase the item in accordance with the billing and shipment information whereby the purchaser effects the ordering of the product by selection of the order button.

Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network

In summary, the present invention is an information and advertising distribution system. A data server stores and updates a database of information items and advertisements. The information items and advertisements are each categorized so that each has an associated information category. Workstations remotely located from the data server each include a display device, a communication interface for receiving at least a subset of the information items and advertisements in the data server's database and local memory for storing the information items and advertisements received from the data server. An information administrator in each workstation establishes communication with the data server from time to time so as to update the information items and advertisements stored in local memory with at least a subset of the information items and advertisements stored by the data server. An information display controller in each workstation displays on the workstation's display device at least a subset of the information items and advertisements stored in local memory when the workstation meets predefined idleness criteria. At least a subset of the workstations include a profiler for storing subscriber profile data. The subscriber profile data represents subscriber information viewing preferences, indicating information categories for which the subscriber does and does not want to view information items. The information display controller includes a filter for excluding from the information items displayed on the display device those information items Inconsistent with the subscriber profile data.

Information and advertising distribution system and method

A network-based sales system includes at least one buyer computer for operation by a user desiring to buy a product, at least one merchant computer, and at least one payment computer. The buyer computer, the merchant computer, and the payment computer are interconnected by a computer network. The buyer computer is programmed to receive a user request for purchasing a product, and to cause a payment message to be sent to the payment computer that comprises a product identifier identifying the product. The payment computer is programmed to receive the payment message, to cause an access message to be created that comprises the product identifier and an access message authenticator based on a cryptographic key, and to cause the access message to be sent to the merchant computer. The merchant computer is programmed to receive the access message, to verify the access message authenticator to ensure that the access message authenticator was created using the cryptographic key, and to cause the product to be sent to the user desiring to buy the product.

Network sales system

A communication interface for decoupling one software application from another software application such communications between applications are facilitated and applications may be developed in modularized fashion. The communication interface is comprised of two libraries of programs. One library manages self-describing forms which contain actual data to be exchanged as well as type information regarding data format and class definition that contain semantic information. Another library manages communications and includes a subject mapper to receive subscription requests regarding a particular subject and map them to particular communication disciplines and to particular services supplying this information. A number of communication disciplines also cooperate with the subject mapper or directly with client applications to manage communications with various other applications using the communication protocols used by those other applications.

Apparatus and method for providing decoupling of data exchange details for providing high performance communication between software processes

Apparatus and method for providing decoupled data communications between software processes

A communication interface for decoupling one software application (16) from another software application (18); such communication between applications are facilitated and applications may be developped in modularized fashion. The communication interface is comprised of two libraries of programs. One library (32) manages self-describing forms which contain actual data to be exchanged as well as type information regarding data format and class definition that contain semantic information. Another library (30A) manages communications and includes a subject mapper to receive subscription requests regarding a particular subject and map them to particular communications disciplines and to particular services supplying this information. A number of communication disciplines also cooperate with the subject mapper or directly with client applications to manage communications with various other applications using the communication protocols used by those other applications.

Apparatus for decoupling in high performance communication between software processes

Gerät und Verfahren zur Entkupplung von Datenaustauschdetails zur Beschaffung einer Hochleistungskommunikation zwischen Softwareprozessen

Systeme informatique (92) fournissant un utilitaire dans lequel un "document vivant" (66) est compose de plusieurs pages (26) qui contiennent chacune un des nombreux elements d'information (18) dont certains peuvent refleter la valeur du jour de donnees en temps reel et les variations de la valeur de ces donnees en temps reel. Les elements d'information de chaque page sont definis par l'utilisateur pour ce qui concerne le contenu et la presentation de chaque page c'est-a-dire la position et le style tels que le jeu de caracteres, la couleur, le type de presentation, par exemple, un graphique (21), un teleimprimeur, etc. L'utilisateur peut egalement fixer des limites d'alerte (28) pour n'importe quelle valeur en temps reel et defini d'instructions des sequences types qui seront executees en cas de depassement d'une limite d'alarme. L'utilisateur peut aussi definir des "boutons" (19) qui seront mis en oeuvre de maniere graphique (21) ou autre par l'utilisateur. A chaque bouton est associee une sequence type d'une ou plusieurs instructions qui sont executees lorsque ledit bouton est mis en oeuvre. Le systeme est concu pour fonctionner en association avec le bus d'information Teknekron qui a ete l'objet d'une publication EPO N° 412, 232 A2 parue le 13 fevrier 1991, concernant l'obtention de donnees en temps reel pour qu'elles s'affichent sur le "document vivant" (66).

Dispositif et procede permettant de creer un document affiche sur ecran video qui est defini par l'utilisateur et qui presente les modification apportees a des donnees en temps reel

Marion Dale Skeen

Papers

Apparatus and method for providing decoupling of data exchange details for providing high performance communication between software processes

Apparatus and method for providing decoupled data communications between software processes

Apparatus for decoupling in high performance communication between software processes

Gerät und Verfahren zur Entkupplung von Datenaustauschdetails zur Beschaffung einer Hochleistungskommunikation zwischen Softwareprozessen

Dispositif et procede permettant de creer un document affiche sur ecran video qui est defini par l'utilisateur et qui presente les modification apportees a des donnees en temps reel