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6928413 Method of product promotion  
A method of promoting a product. A user at a user location ( 100 ) is induced to obtain a first product having a unique ID from a first vendor to win a prize. The user registers the product via a...
6920637 Method and apparatus for implementing alerts on a browser running on a portable handheld device  
A method and apparatus for implementing alerts on a browser running on a portable handheld device is disclosed. The method generates an asynchronous notification action from the server and in...
6917722 Creation, transmission and retrieval of information  
A hand-held control device ( 10 ) for controlling a terminal ( 30 ) connectable by a communications network to an addressed resource. The device ( 10 ) comprises address input means for scanning...
6910180 Removing cookies from web page response headers and storing the cookies in a repository for later use  
Methods and apparatus to handle cookies in a response Web page requested by a client. One method includes the steps of (a) generating a session id to identify a new session, (b) striping off any...
6909999 Sound link translation  
A browser with a sound input receives a sound passage associated with a content site. The browser sends a representation of the sound passage to a service system where it is compared with stored...
6907568 Tangible icon representing network objects  
A tangible icon is permanently encoded with a URL of a first network object. Links (“shortcuts”) to other network objects are assigned as the contents of the first network object. A person in...
6892228 System and method for on-line service creation  
A system and method for on-line service creation in which end-users of a device using a platform owned by a platform owner may create a service for the device by configuring and linking pre-defined...
6885999 Digital identifiers and digital identifier control systems for intellectual properties  
A method and system thereof for controlling intellectual properties in an intellectual property management system. A unique digital identifier is assigned to each of the intellectual properties....
6885878 Method and system for using an electronic reading device as a general application input and navigation interface  
A method and system for controlling an electronic device uses a reading device and a specially formatted surface. The specially formatted surface includes a predefined address pattern and at least...
6879701 Tile-based digital watermarking techniques  
A tile-based arrangement is employed to effect watermarking of plural-bit auxiliary data into still or moving digital images. In a particular embodiment, the plural-bit auxiliary data is...
6880124 Methods of storing and retrieving information, and methods of document retrieval  
In one aspect, the invention encompasses a method of information storage and retrieval. A first communication is stored as data in a database with an identifier code. At least a portion of the data...
6877137 System, method and computer program product for mediating notes and note sub-notes linked or otherwise associated with stored or networked web pages  
A system and method of manipulating notes linked to Web pages, and of manipulating the Web pages. These Web pages (or portions of Web pages) can be stored at a Web site or in a local file system....
6868433 Input device having positional and scanning capabilities  
A multi-purpose input device ( 2500 ) for providing conventional positional tracking, and one or more read capabilities for automatically connecting a user PC ( 302 ) to remote node. In one...
6865716 Method and apparatus for dynamic localization of documents  
A method and apparatus are described for dynamic localization of electronic documents. A user sends a request for a computer system resource from a client computer system (client) via a client...
6859833 Method and apparatus for redirection of server external hyper-link references  
A message is provided to a tracking server system in response to a client system referencing a predetermined resource locator that corresponds to a resource external to the tracking server system....
6845915 Extended range bar code reader  
A focusing lens is manually moved to extend a range of working distances in which a bar code symbol can be electro-optically read. The lens movement enables reading of close-in and far-out symbols....
6848075 Internet web browser with memory enhanced hyperlink display  
A web browser displays historical information about hyperlinks shown on web pages. Initially, a computer receives user instructions to download an internet web page, and begins the download. The...
6845388 Web site access manual of a character string into a software interface  
An architecture for accessing a network server using one or more characters. A user computer ( 302 ) disposed on a global communication packet-switched network ( 306 ) is operable to communicate...
6842755 System and method for automatic retrieval of structured online documents  
A method and system for automatic retrieval of a document linking to a starting document that has a static address on a data network. A sequence of commands that cause a browser in a computer...
6839623 Positioning applications for an electronic reading device  
A method and system for retrieving position-related information uses a map of a selected geographical area printed on a surface that includes an address pattern. Each position on the address...
6832724 Electro-optical assembly for image projection, especially in portable instruments  
An arrangement for and method of projecting an image on a viewing surface include sweeping a light beam along a plurality of scan lines that extend over the viewing surface, and selectively...
6834372 Internet web browser with proximity sensitie hyperlink history report  
A web browser program presents historical information about hyperlinks shown on web pages. Initially, the computer determines whether it is receiving certain user input, such as placement of a...
6832116 Method and system for controlling an electronic utility device using an electronic reading device  
A method and system for controlling an electronic utility device is implemented using an electronic reading device. A sensor in the electronic reading device detects portions of an address pattern...
6826617 Territorial determination of remote computer location in a wide area network for conditional delivery of digitized products  
Digital products are delivered to a client computer through a wide area network such as the Internet only upon determination that the client computer is located in a geopolitical territory, such as...
6813396 Method for sharing information between electronic reading devices  
A method and system for electronic information sharing is implemented between two electronic reading devices. A first electronic reading device detects portions of an address pattern. The address...
6813366 Steganographic decoding with transform to spatial domain  
To decode information that is steganographically encoded (“watermarked”) within an image, the image is first transformed into another domain. A variety of techniques can then be applied in...
6804378 Methods and products employing biometrics and steganography  
Digital or analog objects are steganographically encoded with plural bit digital data. The encoding may proceed with reference to biometric data, such as fingerprint or retinal scan data. One...
6801911 Data processing system and method for accessing files  
A data processing system and method are provided for using URLs to access files located on the Internet in a similar manner used to access local files.
6775392 Computer system linked by using information in data objects  
Various improvements to steganographic systems, and applications therefore, are disclosed. The improvements include facilitating scale and rotation registration for steganographic decoding by use...
6769018 System and method for providing easy access to the world wide web  
A system for quickly and easily accessing preselected desired addresses or URLs on the Internet is disclosed in which a unique jump code for a particular desired address is published by printing it...
6766363 System and method of linking items in audio, visual, and printed media to related information stored on an electronic network using a mobile device  
A system and method for enabling a user with a mobile device to link to information, on a local or global electronic network, related to an item of interest to the user while observing a visual,...
6763123 Detection of out-of-phase low visibility watermarks  
The present invention relates to detecting digital watermarks. In a preferred embodiment, media is embedded with a digital watermark component. The media includes a cyan color plane, a magenta...
6754697 Method and apparatus for browsing and storing data in a distributed data processing system  
A method and system for browsing a distributed database. Storage is allocated in a computer for a file, wherein the file is used for storing references to data in the distributed database for...
6750978 Print media information system with a portable print media receiving unit assembly  
The present invention relates to a novel interactive information system which can be used to make a traditional print medium such as a magazine, “interactive”. When the traditional print medium...
6748386 System and method for automated construction of URL, cookie, and database query mapping  
A method for constructing a URL, cookie, and database query mapping is disclosed. The method is employed within a content delivery system comprising a Web server, an application server and a...
6745227 Method, article of manufacture and apparatus for providing browsing information  
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for providing browsing information to a user browsing a plurality of network addresses using a browsing program. Specifically, the invention renders...
6742030 Method to keep a persistent trace of weblink use per user  
A method of monitoring transmissions across a network by recording a history of user-selected network transmission requests to a network client in a trace object, wherein the history of...
6738768 System and method for efficient information capture  
Provided is a system and method for enabling a user to efficiently capture information from a data processing system user interface. A user performs information capture actions such as browsing...
6738053 Predefined electronic pen applications in specially formatted paper  
A method and system for initiating functions on an electronic device includes using a sensor to detect a pattern on a specially formatted surface. The pattern can comprise an arrangement of dots, a...
6738754 Apparatus and method for directing internet users to health care information  
A method of directing a patient to a source of health care information. The method comprises placing on a prescription sheet an address for the Internet web site, identifying an ailment of the...
6735586 System and method for dynamic content retrieval  
Systems and methods for collecting information distributed over a computer network are described. Problems addressed by the invention include the marking of content distributed over a network, the...
6725260 Method and apparatus for configuring configurable equipment with configuration information received from a remote location  
An architecture for automatically configuring equipment. A piece of equipment connected externally to a user PC has one or more machine-resolvable codes (MRCs) associated therewith. The piece of...
6721781 Method of providing an alternative audio format of a web page in response to a request for audible presentation of the same  
In accordance with the present invention, a web server supports a client choice of audio or standard video presentation of essentially the same web content. A client passes information requesting...
6718047 Watermark embedder and reader  
A watermark system includes an embedder, detector, and reader. The watermark embedder encodes a watermark signal in a host signal to create a combined signal. The detector looks for the watermark...
6714969 Mobile terminal with integrated host application software  
A method of integrating host application software with data collection devices (e.g., bar code scanners) located on remote, wireless terminals. A data collection object executes on the host...
6707470 Apparatus for and method of gathering information, which can automatically obtain HTML file of URL even if user does not specify URL  
An information gathering apparatus includes a history memory unit, an assigning unit, a requiring unit, and an HTML obtaining unit. The history memory unit stores a plurality of specific URL...
6708208 Unique bar code for indicating a link between a product and a remote location on a web network  
A unique bar code for indicating a link between a product and a remote location on a web network. The present invention dicsclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises system for...
6700990 Digital watermark decoding method  
To decode a digital watermark from an image notwithstanding geometrical corruption of the image (e.g., scale, rotation, etc.), a Fourier-Mellin transform is advantageously used. In a particular...
6701376 Web server enabling browser access to HTML and Non-HTML documents  
A client/server network enables access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML files. A system user requests a non-HTML file from a database...
6694302 System, method and article of manufacture for personal catalog and knowledge management  
The present invention provides a system, method and article of manufacture for personal catalog and knowledge management. The system includes a data collection module for collecting data from a...
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