Retail unit and a payment unit for serving a customer on a purchase and
method for executing the same
    41.
    发明授权
    Retail unit and a payment unit for serving a customer on a purchase and method for executing the same 失效
    零售单位和用于为客户服务的付款单位以及执行该方法

    公开(公告)号:US6076075A

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-13

    申请号:US50387

    申请日:1998-03-30

    申请人: Mordechai Teicher

    发明人: Mordechai Teicher

    摘要: A payment unit is provided for serving a customer making a purchase. The customer has an electronic wallet containing an electronic checkbook for making payments for purchases of not less than a minimal checkbook payment sum, the electronic wallet furthermore containing an electronic purse for making payments for purchases of not greater than the value stored therein, the payment unit being part of a retail unit containing a point of sale for determining a purchase price. The payment unit includes a wallet interface for communication with the electronic wallet and a transaction manager. The transaction manger is operative, upon receiving the purchase price and communicating with the electronic wallet, to selectively execute, upon the purchase price being less than the minimal checkbook payment sum, either receiving the purchase price from the electronic purse or receiving from the electronic checkbook a paid sum not less than the minimal checkbook payment sum, and adding to the electronic purse the difference between the paid sum and the purchase price.

    摘要翻译: 提供支付单元用于为购买的客户提供服务。 该客户具有电子钱包,该电子钱夹包含用于购买不少于最小支票簿支付金的电子支票簿,该电子钱包还包含用于购买不大于其中存储的价值的电子钱包的支付单元 作为零售单位的一部分,其中包含确定购买价格的销售点。 支付单元包括用于与电子钱包通信的钱包接口和交易管理器。 交易经理在接收到购买价格并与电子钱包进行通信时有效地选择性地执行购买价格低于最小支票簿支付金额,从电子钱包接收购买价格或从电子支票簿接收 支付金额不低于最小支票簿支付金额,并向电子钱包添加付款金额和购买价格之间的差额。

    Method and apparatus for video-on-demand with fast play capability
    42.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for video-on-demand with fast play capability 失效
    具有快速播放能力的视频点播方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US6057832A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-02

    申请号:US982287

    申请日:1997-12-02

    CPC分类号: H04N21/2387 H04N21/8455

    摘要: A method and apparatus for processing a coded data stream of video information (e.g., video-on-demand) for selective display according to a Normal PLAY Mode or a Fast PLAY Mode, by splitting the coded data stream into (a) anchor data constituted of anchor picture frames (e.g., I-frames) coded without reference to other picture frames, and (b) complemental data (e.g., B-frames and P-frames) complementing the anchor data; storing the anchor data in an anchor data file and the complemental data in a complemental data file; upon the selection of a Normal PLAY Mode, combining the data of both the anchor data file and the complemental data file to recompose and display the video information; and upon the selection of a fast PLAY mode, displaying only the data of the anchor data file.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于根据普通播放模式或快速播放模式处理用于选择性显示的视频信息(例如,视频点播)的编码数据流的方法和装置,通过将编码数据流分解成(a)构成的锚数据 编码而不参考其他图像帧的锚图像帧(例如,I帧),和(b)补充锚数据的补码数据(例如B帧和P帧); 将锚数据存储在锚数据文件中,并将互补数据存储在补码数据文件中; 在选择普通播放模式时,组合锚数据文件和互补数据文件的数据以重构和显示视频信息; 并且在选择快速播放模式时,仅显示锚数据文件的数据。

    Vending machine, a vending system and methods for operating same
    43.
    发明授权
    Vending machine, a vending system and methods for operating same 失效
    自动售货机,自动售货机和操作方法

    公开(公告)号:US5728999A

    公开(公告)日:1998-03-17

    申请号:US476548

    申请日:1995-06-06

    申请人: Mordechai Teicher

    发明人: Mordechai Teicher

    摘要: A vending machine for serving a plurality of customers, each having a payment card, which includes a vending unit for storing and displaying an accessible inventory and for selectively enabling and barring free access of a customer to a plurality of items therefrom, a card payment unit which upon receipt of a payment card from a customer, validates, prior to said enabling, that the payment card can be charged for the value of the accessible inventory, and which charges, after the barring, the payment card with a sum in accordance with the items removed from the accessible inventory by the customer and a control unit for coordinating the operations of said vending unit and said card payment unit.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于服务多个客户的自动售货机,每个客户具有支付卡,其包括用于存储和显示可访问库存的售货单元,并且用于选择性地启用和禁止客户对其中的多个物品的自由访问;卡支付单元 在从客户接收到支付卡之后,在所述启用之前验证支付卡可以对可访问的库存的价值收取费用,并且在限制之后,支付卡根据 由客户从可访问的库存中移除的物品以及用于协调所述售货单元和所述卡支付单元的操作的控制单元。

    Transaction authentication by a token, contingent on personal presence

    公开(公告)号:US11086978B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US11434818

    申请日:2006-05-17

    摘要: To authorize a transaction between a host and a server, a token is operationally connected to the host. The host receives an identification credential of a user. The identification credential is verified by the token and/or by the server. If the token detects a prescribed human action, the token generates token authentication data and the host sends the token authentication data to the server. Upon receiving the authentication data, the server authenticates the transaction. A device for authenticating a transaction includes a device interface for interacting with a host, a connector for reversibly operationally connecting the device to the host, and a controller that authenticates the transaction only once, contingent on detecting a prescribed anonymous human action. One such human action is providing one or more inputs at the host's user interface synchronously with outputs at the device's user interface.

    Controller for smart devices
    46.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11012253B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-18

    申请号:US16914584

    申请日:2020-06-29

    申请人: Mordechai Teicher

    发明人: Mordechai Teicher

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28 H04L12/24

    摘要: A controller for connecting to and controlling active units of smart devices according to a spreadsheet received from a programming device and stored in the controller's memory and current states received from other smart devices. The controller may operate to provide to programming devices the spreadsheet stored in the memory for restoring a cluster of smart devices. The controller may include a real-time clock and interpret spreadsheet formulas that include time parameters.

    Cluster of smart devices operable in hub-based and hub-less modes

    公开(公告)号:US10742442B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US16512409

    申请日:2019-07-16

    申请人: Mordechai Teicher

    发明人: Mordechai Teicher

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28 H04L12/24

    摘要: In a cluster of smart devices, an active device is selectably operable in either a hub-based mode under commands received from a control hub, or in a hub-less mode, where the active device autonomously decides how to respond to current states reported by other smart devices of the cluster. Optionally, an active device operating in hub-based mode automatically switches to hub-less mode upon failing to communicate with the control hub or upon detecting malfunction of the control hub.

    Devices and methods for device-mapping connectivity hub
    48.
    发明授权
    Devices and methods for device-mapping connectivity hub 有权
    设备映射连接集线器的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09223515B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-29

    申请号:US11860549

    申请日:2007-09-25

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06

    摘要: The present invention discloses devices and methods for a connectivity hub, for connecting a plurality of storage devices to a host system, including: a plurality of ports, each port operative to electrically engage with a storage device; electrical paths joining the plurality of ports to a common point operationally connected to the host system; and a controller operative to associate a relative physical location with a logical identity for each port. Preferably, the controller is configured to perform the association by correlating an insertion time of the storage device in a respective port with a detection time of the logical identity. A connectivity hub, for connecting a plurality of storage devices to a host system, including: at least 23 ports, each port operative to electrically engage with a corresponding storage device; and electrical paths joining at least 23 ports to a common point operationally connected to the host system.

    摘要翻译: 本发明公开了一种用于连接集线器的设备和方法,用于将多个存储设备连接到主机系统,包括:多个端口,每个端口可操作以与存储设备电接合; 将所述多个端口连接到可操作地连接到所述主机系统的公共点的电路径; 以及控制器,用于将相对物理位置与每个端口的逻辑标识相关联。 优选地,控制器被配置为通过将相应端口中的存储设备的插入时间与逻辑身份的检测时间相关联来执行关联。 一种用于将多个存储设备连接到主机系统的连接集线器,包括:至少23个端口,每个端口可操作以与相应的存储设备电接合; 以及将至少23个端口连接到可操作地连接到主机系统的公共点的电路径。

    Device and method for monitoring, rating and/or tuning to an audio content channel
    49.
    发明授权
    Device and method for monitoring, rating and/or tuning to an audio content channel 有权
    用于监控,评级和/或调谐到音频内容通道的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09077581B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-07

    申请号:US13336088

    申请日:2011-12-23

    摘要: Devices, methods and computer-readable code for simultaneously monitoring the content of at least two streaming audio content channels are disclosed. In some embodiments, the monitored content is analyzed, and one or more features of the monitored content channels are computed, including but not limited to music classification features, content genre features, and spoken content features. These computed features may be used, for example, to compute a rating or score for each monitored audio channel, for example, a rating computed relative to user listening preferences, expressed, for example, in preference rules. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed device includes a channel selector for automatically tuning, for example, to a channel assigned a higher rating at a given time. Alternatively or additionally, content rating scores may be displayed to a user who manually selects and tunes to an audio content channel.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于同时监视至少两个流式音频内容频道的内容的设备,方法和计算机可读代码。 在一些实施例中,分析所监视的内容,并且计算所监视的内容频道的一个或多个特征,包括但不限于音乐分类特征,内容类型特征和口头内容特征。 例如,可以使用这些计算的特征来计算每个被监视的音频通道的评级或分数,例如,相对于用户收听偏好计算的评级,例如在偏好规则中表示。 在一些实施例中,本公开的装置包括一个频道选择器,用于自动调谐,例如,在给定时间内分配给较高等级的频道。 或者或另外,可以向手动选择和调谐到音频内容频道的用户显示内容评分分数。