Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Timothy Belvin

Anthony James Yeates

Pavel Anatolievich Dournov

Brendan O'Meara

Donna Lynn Whitlock

Derrick Steven Bazlen

Vaidyanathan Arunachalam

Balaji Balasubramanian

Kirk Blackwood

Eric Hawthorne

Yunqiang Zhu

A gateway server, point of sale device and protocol are provided for processing financial transactions. A public network interface is configured to couple to a public network and communicate financial authorization requests. The financial authorization requests can include, for example, transaction specific data, a merchant store or location invariant and a supplemental header. A gateway processor processes the financial transaction authorization requests and couples to a financial network interface configured to couple to at least one financial network. The gateway provides a response to the point of sale device based upon data received from the financial network and the authorization request.

Electronic draft capture

An authentication protocol is disclosed for use in enhancing the security of communications between software applications and Internet-based service providers. The protocol incorporates a two level authentication model based on a distribution of authentication responsibilities, wherein the application authenticates users and the service provider authenticates the application. Embodiments of the protocol incorporate public key infrastructure and digital certificate technology. Other embodiments of the present invention pertain to applying a corresponding protocol to peer-to-peer communication scenarios.

Systems and methods for enhancing security of communication over a public network

An electronic shelf label includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a plurality of wireless data tags associated with a plurality of retail products. The transceiver is further configured to communicate with a retail server system. A display displays information related to the plurality of retail products. A controller sends data to the retail server system related to the plurality of wireless data tags.

Electronic shelf label

A system and method are provided for wireless self-describing buildings. RFID tags are used to store information relative to a building. This information can be simple information such as a uniform resource locator, or more detailed information. Active and/or passive RFID tags can be used. Varying degrees of user access are provided. Accordingly, different users can be given access to relevant information based upon the type or identity of the user.

Wireless self-describing buildings

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Timothy Belvin