公开(公告)号：US08447986B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-21

申请号：US12821321

申请日：2010-06-23

申请人： Karon A. Weber ,  Thaddeus C. Pritchett ,  Cesare John Saretto ,  Boyd Cannon Multerer ,  Arnold Blinn

发明人： Karon A. Weber ,  Thaddeus C. Pritchett ,  Cesare John Saretto ,  Boyd Cannon Multerer ,  Arnold Blinn

IPC分类号： H04L9/32

CPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/10 ,  H04L9/0825 ,  H04L9/3215 ,  H04L63/045 ,  H04L63/06 ,  H04L2209/603 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04W4/023

摘要： A license to use content (e.g., a movie, song, application, etc.) is provided to a consumer. The license allows for use of the content by the device the consumer is using (e.g., logged into) and devices near the device the consumer is using. For example, a first computing device obtains a license to restricted content. A second computing device obtains a copy of the restricted content; however, the second computing device is not licensed to use the content and may not be able to access the content because the content is encrypted or otherwise restricted. The first computing device is brought into proximity with the second computing device. In response to detecting that the first computing device is in proximity with the second computing device, the second computing device is provided with legal access to the restricted content. The second computing device can then decrypt (or otherwise access) and play the content.

摘要翻译： 向消费者提供使用内容（例如，电影，歌曲，应用程序等）的许可证。 许可证允许消费者正在使用（例如，登录）的设备和消费者正在使用的设备附近的设备使用内容。 例如，第一计算设备获得限制内容的许可。 第二计算设备获得受限内容的副本; 然而，第二计算设备未被许可使用内容，并且由于内容被加密或以其它方式被限制，因此可能无法访问该内容。 使第一计算设备接近第二计算设备。 响应于检测到第一计算设备与第二计算设备接近，第二计算设备被提供给受限内容的合法访问。 第二计算设备然后可以解密（或以其它方式访问）并播放内容。

公开(公告)号：US20110320819A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-29

申请号：US12821321

申请日：2010-06-23

申请人： Karon A. Weber ,  Thaddeus C. Pritchett ,  Cesare John Saretto ,  Boyd Cannon Multerer ,  Arnold Blinn

发明人： Karon A. Weber ,  Thaddeus C. Pritchett ,  Cesare John Saretto ,  Boyd Cannon Multerer ,  Arnold Blinn

IPC分类号： H04L9/32

CPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/10 ,  H04L9/0825 ,  H04L9/3215 ,  H04L63/045 ,  H04L63/06 ,  H04L2209/603 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04W4/023

摘要： A license to use content (e.g., a movie, song, application, etc.) is provided to a consumer. The license allows for use of the content by the device the consumer is using (e.g., logged into) and devices near the device the consumer is using. For example, a first computing device obtains a license to restricted content. A second computing device obtains a copy of the restricted content; however, the second computing device is not licensed to use the content and may not be able to access the content because the content is encrypted or otherwise restricted. The first computing device is brought into proximity with the second computing device. In response to detecting that the first computing device is in proximity with the second computing device, the second computing device is provided with legal access to the restricted content. The second computing device can then decrypt (or otherwise access) and play the content.

摘要翻译： 向消费者提供使用内容（例如，电影，歌曲，应用程序等）的许可证。 许可证允许消费者正在使用（例如，登录）的设备和消费者正在使用的设备附近的设备使用内容。 例如，第一计算设备获得限制内容的许可。 第二计算设备获得受限内容的副本; 然而，第二计算设备未被许可使用内容，并且由于内容被加密或以其它方式被限制，因此可能无法访问该内容。 使第一计算设备接近第二计算设备。 响应于检测到第一计算设备与第二计算设备接近，第二计算设备被提供到受限内容的合法访问。 第二计算设备然后可以解密（或以其它方式访问）并播放内容。

公开(公告)号：US20090307603A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：US12133807

申请日：2008-06-05

申请人： Sunil Gowda ,  Tracy Ard ,  Rafael Sagula ,  Arnold Blinn ,  Todd Buiten

发明人： Sunil Gowda ,  Tracy Ard ,  Rafael Sagula ,  Arnold Blinn ,  Todd Buiten

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： H04L67/2823 ,  G06F17/30905 ,  H04L67/306

摘要： An image service uses a uniform resource locator (URL) or other identifier to retrieve dynamic content presentations from the Internet. The image service uses a set of imaging parameters to render HTML files into a static image, sized appropriately, that can be presented on a static display device. A user enters URLs identifying locations of dynamic content within a configuration interface on the image service. The image service then dynamically pulls the selected content from the identified web sites, converts the web pages, or portions thereof, into static digital image files, and downloads the image files for display on a static display device.

摘要翻译： 图像服务使用统一资源定位符（URL）或其他标识符从互联网检索动态内容呈现。 图像服务使用一组成像参数将HTML文件呈现为可以在静态显示设备上呈现的静态图像（适当大小）。 用户在图像服务的配置界面中输入标识动态内容的位置的URL。 然后，图像服务从所识别的网站动态地拉取所选择的内容，将网页或其部分转换为静态数字图像文件，并下载图像文件以在静态显示设备上显示。

公开(公告)号：US20060106944A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10990703

申请日：2004-11-16

申请人： Omar Shahine ,  Arnold Blinn ,  Pablo Stern ,  Brian Arbogast ,  Alina Vikutan

发明人： Omar Shahine ,  Arnold Blinn ,  Pablo Stern ,  Brian Arbogast ,  Alina Vikutan

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q20/382

摘要： A system and method for independently determining the geographical location of a user accessing a networked system. The method may include gathering a plurality of inputs about the user's geographic location; weighting each input based on whether said input identifies a likelihood of true geographic location; determining whether each input verifies a geographic location specified by the user; and summing weights of the input factors verifying the specified geographic location. A system for independently determining the geographical location of a user includes a user login routine, a heuristic user geographic location determination engine, and at least one data store including a user profile record having a user specified geographic location.

摘要翻译： 一种用于独立地确定访问网络系统的用户的地理位置的系统和方法。 该方法可以包括收集关于用户的地理位置的多个输入; 基于所述输入是否识别真实地理位置的可能性来对每个输入进行加权; 确定每个输入是否验证由用户指定的地理位置; 并验证指定地理位置的输入因子的权重。 用于独立地确定用户的地理位置的系统包括用户登录例程，启发式用户地理位置确定引擎和包括具有用户指定地理位置的用户简档记录的至少一个数据存储。

公开(公告)号：US20050197927A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-08

申请号：US11101206

申请日：2005-04-07

申请人： Teresa Martineau ,  Arnold Blinn

发明人： Teresa Martineau ,  Arnold Blinn

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0623 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q30/0641

摘要： An electronic item list system and method, such as a wish or gift list, for an electronic shopping mall/online shopping portal, or an item list system provided as a software service. The system and method provides a user with the ability to create a list of items that the user would like others to purchase for the user as a gift or as a list of items that the user would like to retain for a later purchase. A user interface is provided that allows the user to select items electronically to add to a user specific gift list. The items are not limited to specific products, but can include general product categories and/or products from a specific merchant or manufacturer. The user interface communicates through an interface component that extracts data from a number of databases. For example, the databases can include a merchant database, an offers database, a manufacturers database and a products database. The interface will extract data from one or all of the databases based on the amount of information in a gift list request and provide the best results. As records are removed from the databases, the interface allows for graceful degradation of the display, such that something is always displayed to the user.

摘要翻译： 用于电子购物中心/网络购物门户的电子商品列表系统和方法，例如愿望或礼物列表，或作为软件服务提供的项目列表系统。 系统和方法为用户提供了创建用户希望其他人为用户作为礼物购买的项目列表或用户希望保留用于稍后购买的项目的列表的能力。 提供了一种用户界面，允许用户以电子方式选择要添加到用户特定礼品列表的项目。 这些物品不限于特定产品，但可以包括来自特定商家或制造商的一般产品类别和/或产品。 用户界面通过从多个数据库中提取数据的接口组件进行通信。 例如，数据库可以包括商家数据库，报价数据库，制造商数据库和产品数据库。 该接口将根据礼品列表请求中的信息量从一个或所有数据库中提取数据，并提供最佳结果。 由于记录从数据库中删除，接口允许显示器的正常退化，以至于总是向用户显示某些东西。

公开(公告)号：US20050177458A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-11

申请号：US11100677

申请日：2005-04-07

申请人： Teresa Martineau ,  Arnold Blinn

发明人： Teresa Martineau ,  Arnold Blinn

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0623 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q30/0641

摘要： An electronic item list system and method, such as a wish or gift list, for an electronic shopping mall/online shopping portal, or an item list system provided as a software service. The system and method provides a user with the ability to create a list of items that the user would like others to purchase for the user as a gift or as a list of items that the user would like to retain for a later purchase. A user interface is provided that allows the user to select items electronically to add to a user specific gift list. The items are not limited to specific products, but can include general product categories and/or products from a specific merchant or manufacturer. The user interface communicates through an interface component that extracts data from a number of databases. For example, the databases can include a merchant database, an offers database, a manufacturers database and a products database. The interface will extract data from one or all of the databases based on the amount of information in a gift list request and provide the best results. As records are removed from the databases, the interface allows for graceful degradation of the display, such that something is always displayed to the user.

公开(公告)号：US5897622A

公开(公告)日：1999-04-27

申请号：US732012

申请日：1996-10-16

申请人： Arnold Blinn ,  Michael Ari Cohen ,  Michael Lorton ,  Gregory J. Stein

发明人： Arnold Blinn ,  Michael Ari Cohen ,  Michael Lorton ,  Gregory J. Stein

IPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06F17/60 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0635 ,  G06Q30/0641 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： The present invention provides a merchant system for online shopping and merchandising. The merchant system architecture provides great flexibility for a merchant to adapt the merchant system to their existing business practices, promotions and databases. The merchant system includes a dynamic page generator, a configurable order processing module and a database module capable of retrieving data from the database without regard to its schema. The present invention enables merchants to create electronic orders which are easily adaptable for different sales situations. The order processing module includes multiple configurable stages to process a merchant's electronic orders. The merchant system is capable of generating pages dynamically using templates having embedded directives. The database module and the dynamic page generator allow merchants to modify their databases and page displays without having to reengineer the merchant system.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于在线购物和商品销售的商家系统。 商家系统架构为商家提供了很大的灵活性，以使商家系统适应其现有的商业实践，促销和数据库。 商家系统包括动态页面生成器，可配置订单处理模块和能够从数据库检索数据而不考虑其模式的数据库模块。 本发明使商家能够创建易于适应不同销售情况的电子订单。 订单处理模块包括多个可配置阶段来处理商家的电子订单。 商家系统能够使用具有嵌入指令的模板来动态地生成页面。 数据库模块和动态页面生成器允许商家修改其数据库和页面显示，而无需重新设计商家系统。

公开(公告)号：US08379540B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-19

申请号：US12772813

申请日：2010-05-03

申请人： Timothy S. Gill ,  Arnold Blinn

发明人： Timothy S. Gill ,  Arnold Blinn

IPC分类号： H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/56 ,  A63F13/12 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： A63F13/358 ,  A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/34 ,  A63F2300/402 ,  A63F2300/407 ,  A63F2300/534 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04L67/38

摘要： A system is disclosed for switching between synchronous and asynchronous network connections for implementing a turn-based multiplayer game. A network connection manager handles client device connections to set the connection to either an asynchronous network connection or a synchronous network connection. The connection manager may switch between the asynchronous and synchronous network connection modes based on a variety of triggering criteria.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在同步和异步网络连接之间进行切换以实现基于回合的多人游戏的系统。 网络连接管理器处理客户端设备连接，将连接设置为异步网络连接或同步网络连接。 连接管理器可以基于各种触发标准在异步和同步网络连接模式之间切换。

公开(公告)号：US08156418B2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-10

申请号：US12133859

申请日：2008-06-05

申请人： Sunil Gowda ,  Tracy Ard ,  Rafael Sagula ,  Arnold Blinn ,  Todd Buiten

发明人： Sunil Gowda ,  Tracy Ard ,  Rafael Sagula ,  Arnold Blinn ,  Todd Buiten

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30

摘要： An image service uses a uniform resource locator (URL) or other location identifier to retrieve static images embedded in dynamic content presentations from the Internet. The image service uses a set of imaging parameters to extract one or more static images embedded in the dynamic content presentation that can be consumed by the static display device. URLs to existing web pages are entered into a configuration interface on the image service. The image service parses the web pages, identifies a direct location identifier for the embedded image, and passes the direct location identifier to the static display device for direct retrieval of the embedded image. In another implementation, the image service dynamically pulls the selected embedded images from the identified web sites, and downloads the static image files for display on the static display device.

摘要翻译： 图像服务使用统一的资源定位符（URL）或其他位置标识符来检索嵌入在来自因特网的动态内容呈现中的静态图像。 图像服务使用一组成像参数来提取嵌入在静态显示设备可以消耗的动态内容呈现中的一个或多个静态图像。 到现有网页的URL被输入到图像服务的配置界面中。 图像服务解析网页，识别嵌入图像的直接位置标识符，并将直接位置标识符传递给静态显示设备，以直接检索嵌入图像。 在另一个实现中，图像服务从所识别的网站动态地拉取所选择的嵌入图像，并且下载静态图像文件以在静态显示设备上显示。

公开(公告)号：US20110179469A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-21

申请号：US13076164

申请日：2011-03-30

申请人： Arnold Blinn ,  Wei-Quiang Michael Guo ,  Wei Jiang ,  Raja Pazhanivel Perumal ,  Iulian D. Calinov

发明人： Arnold Blinn ,  Wei-Quiang Michael Guo ,  Wei Jiang ,  Raja Pazhanivel Perumal ,  Iulian D. Calinov

IPC分类号： G06F7/04 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04L63/08 ,  G06F21/41 ,  H04L63/0815 ,  H04L63/168 ,  H04L63/20

摘要： Providing services within a network of service providers sharing an authentication service and a set of business rules. A central server receives a first request from a first server to provide a first service to a user via a client without forcing the user to present credentials. In response to the received first request, the central server stores data identifying the first service on the client. The central server further receives a second request from a second server to provide a second service to the user via the client after the user presents the credentials to the second service. After receiving the second request and the presented credentials, the central server allows the user access to the second service. In response to allowing the user access to the second service, the central server further allows the user access to the first service as a result of the stored data.

摘要翻译： 在服务提供商的网络内提供共享认证服务和一组业务规则的服务。 中央服务器从第一服务器接收第一请求，以经由客户端向用户提供第一服务，而不强制用户呈现凭证。 响应于接收到的第一请求，中央服务器将识别第一服务的数据存储在客户机上。 中央服务器还在第二服务器接收第二请求之后，在用户向第二服务呈现证书之后，经由客户端向用户提供第二服务。 在接收到第二请求和所提供的凭证之后，中央服务器允许用户访问第二服务。 响应于允许用户访问第二服务，中央服务器还允许用户作为存储的数据的结果访问第一服务。