Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Other

Antoni Drudis

Bill Serra

Paul A Serra

Salil Pradhan

Rafael Luis Brugnini Mallo

Dominique Sandraz

Differing network services can be provided to a single network agent such that a single agent can access services billed to different accounts. Different services and billed to different accounts by the network agent sending a network agent identifier to the network which identifies the agent. After an agent is identified, it sends a service qualifier that identifies a service being requested and an account to which the service should be billed or charged.

Providing different network services to a network agent

A system for delivering messages to a receiver mobile device and a method and memory storing instructions therefor are described. The system comprises a key server arranged to: transmit a first signal responsive to receipt of a message from a sender mobile device; transmit a delivery confirmation notice responsive to receipt of a second signal from the receiver mobile device; transmit a key to the receiver mobile device responsive to receipt of the second signal from the receiver mobile device; and a message server communicatively coupled with the key server and arranged to: transmit a third signal to the receiver mobile device responsive to receipt of the first signal from the key server; transmit a fourth signal to the sender mobile device responsive to receipt of the delivery confirmation notice from the key server.

Delivery of messages to a receiver mobile device

A method of facilitating an eCommerce transaction between a consumer and an eCommerce merchant via a third party entity is provided. The eCommerce merchant receives a selection of goods for purchase and a first code from the consumer. The eCommerce merchant transmits at least a second code to the third party entity to request confirmation of the eCommerce transaction. The second code is at least partially derived from the first code. The eCommerce merchant receives the confirmation from the third party entity. The eCommerce merchant ships the goods only if the confirmation indicates that the consumer has approved, via the third party entity, the eCommerce transaction. The merchant is unaware of financial information belonging to the consumer and at least one of identity of the consumer and a shipping data that is specific to the consumer. The eCommerce merchant receives payment for the eCommerce transaction from the third party entity.

Methods for providing secure eCommerce transactions

In a communications network, data that establishes a network agent's entitlement to network services is stored within the network agent and not within the network. Network services are provided to the network agent by storing network service authorization information and network service usage allowance information within a network agent, which the network agent transmits to the network when network service is requested. The network does not store an account balance for the network agent but instead stores authorization information and actual network service usage information for the network agent.

Providing network services to a network agent

Data from a data source is received. A location in a spreadsheet is determined for placing at least a portion of the data from the data source based on location information for the data source.

Determining a location for placing data in a spreadsheet based on a location of the data source

A cell of a spreadsheet is automatically updated and a comment is determined to have a command associated with the update. In response to detecting the command, the command is processed.

Embedded spreadsheet commands

A database system embedded in an operating system command. The system is invoked by operating system commands and uses no system resources except when performing a command. Searching is performed by binary search on a sorted file and sequential search on an unsorted file. New and changed records are appended to the unsorted file and the files are merged whenever the unsorted file becomes too long.

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Antoni Drudis