Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080235135 | Method and System for Restricting the Usage of Payment Accounts - A user's ability to spend and/or receive funds for payment accounts maintained in an electronic wallet are limited. These limitations include restrictions on where the user is able to spend the funds in a payment account (e.g., at which merchants the funds can be spent, whether the funds can be withdrawn from an ATM, etc.). These limitations may also include restrictions on what other payment accounts the user can receive funds from and/or transfer funds to, thereby limiting person-to-person fund transfers. | 09-25-2008 |
20080313356 | REMOTE CONTROL OF DEVICES THROUGH INSTANT MESSENGER - Computerized methods and systems for controlling a peripheral device based, at least in part, upon remote user instructions are provided. Upon receiving a communication from the peripheral device (e.g., using a USB port), a computing device recognizes the peripheral device. Next, a command manifest is automatically generated that includes one or more commands that correspond to at least one controllable function of the peripheral device. In addition, the command manifest may be communicated to a remote-user device configured to present the commands to the remote user, typically, by displaying a representation of the commands at a user interface associated therewith. A transmission that includes content indicating one or more of the commands may be received from the remote-user device. Consequently, commands are determined from content and transferred to the peripheral device, which performs the corresponding controllable functions. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313447 | DELEGATED PRE-CONFIGURATION - Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for delegated pre-configuration are described. In embodiments, an identification of a user is received. Further, in various embodiments, one or more pre-configuration instructions is received from a delegate. In various embodiments, one or more online service settings is processed in accordance with the one or more pre-configuration instructions. In various other embodiments an online service is presented in accordance with the processed one or more online service settings. | 12-18-2008 |
20090049198 | Validating change of name server - A Domain Name System (DNS) service provider may be engaged to host DNS service for a domain. Before providing service for a domain, the service provider may wish to verify that the entity that set up the service is the owner, or authorized controller, of the domain. The service provider gives the entity some information, such as a particular pair of name servers, and instructs the entity to have the domain registrar put the information into the name server (NS) record(s) for the domain. The service provider then queries NS for the domain and compares the NS record(s) returned with the information provided to the entity. If the NS records match the information given to the entity, then the service provider concludes that the entity has control over the domain, and uses the DNS records provided by the entity to provide service. | 02-19-2009 |
20100083363 | BINDING ACTIVATION OF NETWORK-ENABLED DEVICES TO WEB-BASED SERVICES - A method for associating a networked device with an online service is provided. The networked device may be an appliance or other device that has limited input capabilities, making it difficult to to download information such as digital media files from an online service without having to input a significant amount of information using the device or appliance. The method begins by establishing communication with a service over a network. A claim token is received from the service over the network. The claim token is returned to the service over the network after the claim token has been bound to an authorized user of the service. In response to return of the claim token, a device identifier binds the networked device to an account with the service that is associated with the authorized user. | 04-01-2010 |
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20080212616 | Services For Data Sharing And Synchronization - Systems and methods for sharing and synchronizing data using the addition of synchronization data to a feed that contains data items, and at least a node or endpoint that provides synchronization-related services to other endpoints, are disclosed. Such systems and methods, and client and service endpoints, may use the added synchronization data in multiple ways to share data, incorporate changes consistently, and resolve conflicts. | 09-04-2008 |
20080215450 | REMOTE PROVISIONING OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Remote provisioning of an IT network and/or associated services is provided. Hardware, software, service and/or expertise can be moved from on-premise to a remote location (e.g., central, distributed . . . ). Accordingly, at least a large degree computation can be moved to the center to exploit economies of scale, among other things. In such an architecture, computational resources (e.g., data storage, computation power, cache . . . ) can be pooled, and entities can subscribe to a particular level of resources related to a private entity IT network. | 09-04-2008 |
20080235336 | IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIVATE MESSAGING - A method is disclosed for sending messages such as emails where the sender and receiver in the exchange remain anonymous to each other. The method uses a service, which may for example be an Internet service provider, which acts as an intermediary between a first party and second party to a message. All exchanges between the first and second parties pass through the service, which masks all true identities while ensuring that the message is routed to the proper recipient(s). | 09-25-2008 |
20090144437 | Securing a Server in a Dynamic Addressing Environment - A dynamic address router may provide dynamically updated routing to a device with a dynamic network address as well as provide a security certificate for the device. The device may be routed using a subordinate domain name. The principal domain name and a security certificate may be held by a single service provider that may enable a simple setup and configuration mechanism, as well as to guarantee the authenticity of the security holder even though the holder may connect through a dynamic address connection. | 06-04-2009 |
20120209982 | NETWORK DEVICE MATCHING - Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to matching network devices on a computing device. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a computing device. The method includes receiving a match request from a first client device, finding a second client device based on one or more constraints, if a second client device is found, sending the match request to the second client device, and if a second client device is not found based on the one or more constraints, relaxing the one or more constraints until a second client device is found and sending the match request to the second client device. | 08-16-2012 |
20130143651 | CONTROLLING PUBLIC DISPLAYS WITH PRIVATE DEVICES - Techniques and tools for controlling public output devices (e.g., public display devices) with client devices over a network. In some examples, a time-limited proximity code is displayed by a public display device, and a client device can provide the code via a public network to verify that the client device is present within a proximity zone and is allowed to control the public display. Once authorized, the client device can provide control data to control visual content on the public display. A relay service can be used to relay data over a network via communication connections between client devices and public display devices. For example, the relay service can be implemented on a server connected to the network and can use HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) to relay data such as control data via messages from one device to another. | 06-06-2013 |