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7617540 Method for managing download of duplicate contents  
A method for managing downloads of contents. This method provides for a replay memory that stores a globally unique right object identifier (GUID) and a right issuer timestamp (RITS). A duplication...
7603343 Quality of web search results using a game  
A system combines individual estimates of the subjective appeal of web pages into a combined rating for each web page that can be used to rank web pages during a web search. In a gaming...
7603321 Electronic system and method coupling live event ticketing and interactive entries with the sale, distribution and transmission of event recordings, mastering system and intelligent terminal designs  
The present disclosure provides a method and system of electronically associating one or any combination of the production, balancing, editing, transmission, distribution and sale of live event...
7603102 Banded billing system for data communication service  
A banded billing system for data communication service is disclosed. A carrier's billing system maintains in data storage a banded-pricing schedule that divides a continuum of increments of data...
7594109 Digital content distribution system  
A digital content distribution system comprises a high definition television broadcaster and a consumer media unit. The high definition television broadcaster comprises a high definition television...
7593902 Communication system, communication method, server apparatus, and client apparatus  
The present invention is intended to lighten the user load for the distribution of content in an album form. In order to look at/listen to album content, a user executes album content purchase...
7593120 Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program  
Input raster image data is divided into objects of each attribute. The division results, and charge information representing a consideration accrued from a vectorized process for the division...
7590599 System and method of automatically maintaining and recycling software components  
In one aspect of the disclosure, a computer program product, system and method for maintaining and recycling software components is disclosed. A first set of usage data for one or more software...
7590550 Connecting consumers with service providers  
A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a...
7587368 Information record infrastructure, system and method  
A method of maintaining electronic medical records, comprising the steps of receiving a medical transaction record, encrypted with an encryption key relating to a patient association of the file,...
7587366 Secure information vault, exchange and processing system and method  
A system and method for providing an information vault so that individual owners of personal data may control and manage the access and dissemination of the personal data and provides for the owner...
7584150 Recording method, recording medium, and recording system  
An information recording medium and an optical recording system allow target information (such as an ad) to be displayed without requiring changes in hardware or physical specifications. The...
7581007 Method, apparatus and services for leasing volumes  
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system are presented for providing a data storage service. An apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention includes a first server coupled...
7580893 Acoustic signal coding method and apparatus, acoustic signal decoding method and apparatus, and acoustic signal recording medium  
Acoustic signal encoder is provided which comprises a subband filter band to divide an original signal into a plurality of frequency bands, a spectrum transformation circuit to detect the amplitude...
7580892 Automated teller machine printer system and method  
An automated banking machine ( 10 ) with customizable transaction receipts is provided. The automated banking machine may include a computer ( 30 ), at least one printer device ( 24, 44, 46 ), at...
7580858 Advertising revenue sharing  
A method for compensating all parties involved in producing the income stream for a content distributor is presented where the content-hosting site, the content writer and the user doing the...
7574731 Self-managed network access using localized access management  
The invention provides a method and system for locally tracking network usage and enforcing usage plans at a client device. In an embodiment of the invention, a unique physical key, or token, is...
7574507 System for determining unreturned standby resource usage  
An apparatus, program product and method for determining unreturned standby resource usage. Unreturned standby resource data is monitored and stored separately from other standby resource data for...
7574369 Data recording, billing, charges, and quality assurance software for mobile devices  
A software-based system and method for providing data collection, recording, billing, supply charges, and quality assurance for a mobile computing environment. Specifically, the present invention...
7571466 Parental consent service  
A user profile having consent information regarding a network server for a second party is created. Such consent information is received from a first party and stored in the user profile of the...
7571126 System and method for document processing operation accounting  
A system and method for accounting for document processing operations. Notification data is received from a networked document processing device, which indicates the presence on the network of the...
7567671 Encryption method and apparatus for use in digital distribution system  
A method to securely distribute media content such as Audio or Video with associated media information as part of a media package, in a media distribution system. The media content is encrypted and...
7565676 Portable device for receiving media content  
A portable device ( 200, 210 ) comprises a power source ( 70 ) and a processing system ( 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 ) for processing media content received from a service provider ( 100 ) via a delivery...
7565322 Systems and methods for serverless software licensing  
A system and method for licensing the use of “plug-in” type software that plays audio, video, and three dimensional content which logs the network address from which content is downloaded and...
7562397 Method and system for facilitating search, selection, preview, purchase evaluation, offering for sale, distribution, and/or sale of digital content and enhancing the security thereof  
A method for controlling the release of an as-rendered configuration of a digital work, comprising the steps of presenting said digital work as a composite of a plurality of layers comprising at...
7562026 Healthcare procedure and resource scheduling system  
A User Interface system provides a physician with a user-friendly overview of operational and resource information of a Radiology Information System (RIS) and uses rules and hospital knowledge to...
7555464 Multiple DRM management  
In one embodiment, a method for enabling a single assembly of content to be played on a plurality of player devices, each having at least one available digital rights management (DRM) algorithm...
7555126 Game apparatus managing system, game apparatus, controlling method, computer program and recording medium  
A license managing apparatus comprises an inputting device, an encrypting device for encrypting information inputted from the inputting device to produce encrypted information, and an outputting...
7552473 Detecting and blocking drive sharing worms  
A worm detection module (WDM) ( 212 ) stops worms and other malicious software from spreading among computer systems ( 100 ) on a network ( 210 ) via open drive shares. The WDM ( 212 ) monitors (...
7552341 Licensing the use of software on a particular CPU  
Software is licensed for use on a particular computing device, such as a gaming console or a multimedia console. An unlocking code is provided from a distribution service to the computing device...
7539873 Original data circulation method, system, apparatus, and computer readable medium  
An original data circulation system for storing or circulating original data which is digital information is provided. The original data circulation system includes an issuer apparatus, a user...
7539648 Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system  
A system and method include means for processing a cryptographic certificate adapted to provide security functionality. A register means is provided and means for adjusting the register means to...
7539647 Using power state to enforce software metering state  
A pay-per-use or metered-use computer uses directives from an operating system or other software component to determine whether to meter or not. Because such directives may not be trustworthy, a...
7533065 Advanced method and arrangement for performing electronic payment transactions  
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for making electronic purchases. In the method according to the invention, a creditor ( 11 ) grants to a customer ( 10 ) a certificate provided...
7530116 Controlling the downloading and recording of digital data  
A method and apparatus for enabling a licensed end user to record digital data as described is particularly useful to the music industry as it enables them to make audio data available over the...
7529929 System and method for dynamically enforcing digital rights management rules  
A system and method for enforcing digital rights management (DRM) rules in a terminal, even when the requesting rendering application is already operating. Content, which may be encrypted, is...
7529712 Content distribution system and method  
A method and system for the secure distribution of content to authorized persons. A content provider uploads encrypted content to the system and specifies the institutions or individuals to which...
7529370 Digital media-playing device and a method of playing digital media therein  
An aspect of the present invention is a digital media-playing device. The digital media-playing device includes a controller and a compensation-enabled component for playing digital media coupled...
7526809 System and method for computer protection against malicious electronic mails by analyzing, profiling and trapping the same  
A system and method in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention advantageously provide trapping of suspected electronic mails in dedicated mail address accounts under predetermined...
7526657 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program storage medium  
An information processing apparatus and method prevent the use of content by any unauthorized third parties and enable content to be used on any desired information processing apparatuses. An...
7526452 Apparatus, methods and computer programs for metering and accounting for services accessed over a network  
Apparatus, methods and computer programs provided for metering and accounting in a commercial e-services infrastructure address the requirement for handling composite services in which higher-level...
7526450 Interface for presenting downloadable digital data content format options  
A transaction for downloadable digital data is facilitated over an electronic network. A presence is maintained on the electronic network to which a consumer may connect. A page is transmitted from...
7523071 On-line software rental  
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for a rental service through a computer network. A collection of virtual containers is assigned to a set of users including one...
7519672 Active session queue management using contextual systems with an instant messaging proxy service  
A system and method for providing implementing proxy handling of instant messages and the like, wherein proxy recipients are designated by an original recipient, and one or more redirection rules...
7519558 Biometrically enabled private secure information repository  
A system for remote data acquisition and private and secure and authenticated, centralized processing and storage is disclosed called the DataTreasury™ Repository System. The DataTreasury™...
7519180 Method and apparatus for copy protection  
Copy protection techniques that utilize a watermark and a permission key are disclosed. The copy protection techniques can provide single-copy copy protection in addition to different levels of...
7519165 Method for providing digital notification and receiving responses  
A method to provide a digital notification and response to groups of users comprising storing user contact data for at least one group of users, user selected priority information, and user...
7516104 Methods of providing software over a network and related systems and computer program products  
Providing software over a network may include receiving a redirected access over the network from a user device at a central server, and receiving an identification of a network device and/or...
7513424 Digital system and method for home entertainment  
A digital system for home entertainment includes a multi-function DVD Receiver and a remote large capacity digital library of multi-national materials. The system also includes a high speed...
7506046 Network usage analysis system and method for updating statistical models  
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a system and method for analyzing a stream of network data. The method includes generating a statistical model from a set of record events. A most...
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