Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Google Inc.

Oracle America, Inc.

Stephen Uhler

Rinaldo S DiGiorgio

Kevin Chen

Olga Irzak

Rapheal Kaplan

Ian Loic McKellar

Colin Stevens

Roger Charles Meike

Robert P St Pierre

Michael S Bender

Moshe Levy

David W Curbow

Rinaldo Digiorgio

Eric Macintosh

Kevin Tien Chen

Ian Loic Mckellar

A system and machine-implemented method of wireless network access are provided. First network credentials for a first wireless network hosted by a wireless-enabled device are received from a server. A first network connection with the wireless-enabled device in the first wireless network is established based on the first network credentials. Second network credentials for a second wireless network are provided to the wireless-enabled device via the first network connection. A second network connection with the wireless-enabled device in the second wireless network is established based on the second network credentials.

Wireless network access

An Internet phone may be physically located based on its credential. The credential is related to a MAC address of the Internet phone. The MAC address is related to a port identifier of a network switch in communication with the Internet phone. The port identifier is related to a physical location of the Internet phone.

System and method to determine a location associated with an internet phone

A system for conducting a conference call based on a community document. The system includes a data network, a first conference client device and a second conference client device communicatively coupled to the data network, wherein the first conference client device is associated with a first user of the conference call and the second conference client device is associated with a second user of the conference call, and a conference server device communicatively coupled to the data network.

Web guided collaborative audio

A method and apparatus for providing a Web application framework is provided. The framework includes four main components which are used in combination to create Web servers of varying complexity depending on the needs of the end use. The framework includes a Server object, a Handler object, a Properties object, and a Request object. A Server object is created with an initial set of properties and calls a Hander object. The Handler object defines how URL requests are processed by the Web server. When a request appears at the server, the Request object obtains and formats the request for subsequent processing. The Handler object works with the Properties object to process the request. Multiple Handler objects may be chained together to create a Web application that can perform many operations without being restricted to traditional server designs.

Architecture for building web applications

The Smart Card URL Programming interface (UPI) builds a local web or card server around a card terminal and the inserted smart card. This server can also support secure object storage, which stores serialized, secure signed, compressed objects (or applications or data) for delivery to the card or for off-loading from the card. The secure object storage is also web addressable. The object storage program stores objects with the option of signing and/or encrypting and retrieves objects which may require cryptographic credentials. If a user desires to run applications on a card that exceeds the memory capacity of the card, information about the applications, including pointers and their digital signatures, is acquired and stored on the card by the card server. The card server manages the applications on a card and their movement on and off the card.

Adding secure external virtual memory to smart cards

Architectures that enable different types of security devices to operate interchangeably in very large network environments for authentication and metered access to services are described. The system relies on a lease-based access to the network services. The leasing model supports a smart card type payment for services allowing for payments to be automatically forwarded from the smart card type device to the service whenever a service is leased. To lease a service, the requesting service must first be authenticated using devices like cellular phones, smart cards, Personal Data Assistants, or similar devices that have processing and memory capabilities and in some instances, wireless communication capabilities. Services may enter or exit the environment at will. Devices and services in this environment have public certificates that are used for authentication. Services may customize access to its products to make them available only to desired services.

Method and apparatus for authentication and payment for devices participating in Jini communities

The present invention is a universal secure token scheme that provides two way authentication, credit, debit, and stored value operations. The invention permits the use of universally available networks to access corporate, private, and proprietary devices. The invention provides strong authentication, offers optional encryption of the established session, and operates without requiring special permission to reconfigure firewalls. One application of the invention provides a universal token scheme that can be used in debit and stored value transactions. In one embodiment, devices and services are treated as URLs and a smart card is configured to perform the necessary HTTP protocol to access the URL.

Universal smart card access system

A system and method for delivering parking information is disclosed. Embodiments of the present claimed invention utilize video imaging to analyze the availability of parking spaces. More specifically, a computer is used to process video images of a parking location to determine if a parking space is available.

System and method for delivering parking information to motorists

A method and apparatus for providing modular I/O expansion. Apparatus are provided on a host computing device and an expansion unit to support multiple port types, and multiplexing apparatus are provided to support simultaneous I/O sessions between multiple applications on the host computing device and multiple I/O ports on the expansion unit over a single host I/O port. The expansion unit is equipped with one or more port interface modules that are each configured to support data transmission in accordance with one port type from a set of port types. Apparatus on the expansion unit perform multiplexing and demultiplexing of data transmitted between the host computing device and the port interface modules of the expansion unit. Port interface objects in the host computing device each support data transmission in accordance with one port type from the set of port types. A host multiplexor on the host computing device performs multiplexing and demultiplexing of data between the expansion unit and the port interface objects. A registry is maintained to map port interface objects to port interface modules.

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Stephen Uhler