Internet appliance

About: Internet appliance is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1974 publications have been published within this topic receiving 43571 citations.

Going Online, CD-Rom and the Internet

Abstract: The search process online, CD-ROM or the Internet choosing an online host, CD-ROM publisher or Internet service provider telecommunications costs and charging equipment and communications software downloading and post-processing copyright sources of further advice

Development of security scanner with high portability and usability

Abstract: In this paper, we propose and develop a security scanner with high portability and usability. Recently, illegal access has been increasing explosively. Not only experts but also beginners need to cope up with vulnerability of a system promptly and properly. In such cases, a security scanner is an efficient tool to point out the vulnerability. However, for general users, most of the presently available security scanners are hard to install and operate because they have considerably poor usability. We have developed a security scanner with high usability, called USAGI. USAGI is a Web based security scanner, therefore it should not depend on operating systems, and should not need any installation. However, Web based scanners cannot inspect a host which cannot issue a scan request such as Internet appliance. Moreover, a Web based scanner is not effective for a host inside firewall, if one would like to check vulnerability against insider threat. To overcome these problems, we design a portable version of USAGI, while keeping high usability. We adopted Perl and Macromedia Flash for development of the security scanner to realize portability. Since all the scanning processes are performed only by a few mouse clicks, our security scanner can be implemented on a small handheld computer without keyboard. In functionality, we have realized high extensionality and reliability by using the external script of Nessus.

Internet-based system for enabling information-related transactions over the internet

Abstract: A novel transaction-enabling method and system are disclosed, wherein a transaction-enabling Java-Applet is embedded within an HTML-encoded document stored in an HTTP server at predetermined URL. When a code symbol (e.g., magstripe or bar code) encoded with the URL is read using a code symbol reader interfaced with a Java-enabled Internet terminal, the corresponding HTTP document is automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal, and the transaction-enabling Java-Applet initiated for execution so that the customer, consumer or client desiring the transaction can simply and conveniently conduct the information-related transaction over the Internet. The transaction-enabling Internet terminal can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs. By virtue of the present invention, universal transaction machine (UTMs) can be easily deployed for use by the mass population so that they can easily conduct various types of transaction over the Internet.

The evolving Internet

Abstract: The World Wide Web and point‐and‐click browsers have revolutionized the way one looks at the Internet. The Internet is not just for computer scientists anymore—it links elementary schools, businesses, and homes around the globe. Addresses for resources on the World Wide Web appear in national magazines, local newspapers, and are televised on the evening news. Following a brief overview of the Internet and traditional text‐based Internet services, this presentation will focus on emerging multimedia uses of the Internet. Multimedia extensions for electronic mail allow us to share images and sounds. The MBone (Multicast Backbone) supports collaborative tools for audio and video conferencing, as well as a shared whiteboard. On the World Wide Web, one can look at the weather report, read colleagues’ technical papers, go shopping, and check the traffic conditions, all before leaving home for the office! While the Internet is straining to accommodate its escalating load, advances in networking technology promise...

Method and system for pre-loading internet content

Abstract: A dedicated Internet access device acts as an Internet appliance to reduce the complexity of Internet interactions. The access device stores an embedded operating system, embedded browser and user profile information in programmable read only memory so that a user may easily initiate an interface with the Internet by interfacing the access device with a communications medium, such as a telephone line, and by applying power to the access device. A dedicated portal site funnels information from the Internet and focuses the information to optimize utility and reduce complexity to the user. Information may be presented as topical channels that identify, organize and present relevant information to users with minimal user searching. In one embodiment, the access device reduces time associated with rendering an information from the portal site by preloading predicted information to the access device, and rendering for the predicted information if a user selects the predicted information. Updates to the operating system, browser, user profile and other information loaded in the programmable read only memory may be made through the Internet in a manner that is invisible to the user.