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Embodiments of the present invention provide a dispensing system (for dispensing a product) that helps prevent theft, while also providing a simple, easy to manufacture advancing or pushing system that advances product forward. In certain embodiments, the system comprises a base having a back portion, a platform having a track, a flexible plastic pushing device with a connecting end and a pushing end, wherein the connecting end is attached to the back portion of the base, and wherein the pushing end slides along the platform track to advance product to be dispensed forward, and a hood that covers the base.

Systems and methods are described that use tag authentication and presence verification techniques in connection with a variety of transactions. In certain embodiments, an authentication device may verify the authenticity of a secure tag by determining whether the secure tag stores secret information provisioned by a trusted authority. In some embodiments, such an authentication process may be performed without exposing the secret information to the authentication device, thereby maintaining integrity of the secure tag. In other embodiments, insecure tags and/or tags that do not include secret information are used.

The Invention is a center-of-intersection portable traffic light for emergency use. The portable traffic light features a cart with wheels, a telescoping light standard and one or more light assemblies. A preemption signal detector and traffic detector detect emergency vehicles and traffic, respectively. A control system controls the operation of the portable traffic light. A radio transceiver allows the portable traffic light to communicate with the other portable traffic lights. One of the portable traffic lights in a group acts as a master and controls operation of slave portable traffic lights. Any of the portable traffic lights in a group may act as master and any may act as slave.

A network, a system and a method distribute digital media from a substation and/or a server to a set-top box of a subscriber. The digital media is requested, is accessed and/or is transferred from the substation and/or the server to the set-top box via one or more nodes and/or one or more node clusters. The subscriber may utilize an interactive means in conjunction with the set-top box to access, to request, to receive and/or to display the digital media via a communication medium and/or a connection line. One or more nodes and/or one or more node clusters connect a central office to the substation. The digital media is stored in a server farm of the central office which is accessed by one or more nodes and/or one or more node clusters. The digital media is transmitted and/or is distributed to the set-top box via the communication medium, the connection line one or more of the nodes and/or one or more of the node clusters. The subscriber access, displays and/or views the digital media via the set-top box, a display monitor, one or more input devices and/or one or more output devices.

The invention relates to novel self-help shopping checkout system and method for supermarkets, relates to automatic checkout system and method and solves the problems of the existing self-help shopping systems. The novel self-help shopping checkout system transmits commodity information through a wireless network system. A body of each shopping cart is fully closed. A barcode scanning unit inputs barcode information of a scanned commodity into a central control unit. Information is transmitted between customers and the novel self-help shopping checkout system through a central processing unit and an embedded microcomputer system provided with a touch screen. Signals are received and transmitted between the novel self-help shopping checkout system and the intelligent shopping carts through the wireless network system. The received information is transmitted to a rapid channel server. The rapid channel server stores barcode information and checkout information of the commodities. The novel self-help shopping checkout system requires no queuing, makes the checkouts in supermarkets more efficient, and improves service quality.

Theft of decompressed digital content as the content is being rendered is prevented. A requested slow-down of the rendering of the content is detected. Transfers of relatively large amounts of data are detected. A re-compressor-based requested slow-down of the rendering of the content is detected. A re-compressor re-compressing the content is detected. In each situation, the detected activity is presumably initiated by a content thief attempting to steal the content. In each situation, the detected activity is responded to in a manner designed to frustrate the presumed attempt of the content thief to steal the content.

A lug nut locking device is provided to prevent theft of vehicle wheels. The locking device includes a collar adapted to fit over the lug nut. A tube fits within the collar and has a threaded first end to threadably mount onto the lug bolt. The second end of the tube has an opening to receive a tool to tighten the tube onto the lug bolt. A lock cylinder slides into the tube and has a tab extendable by a key into a recess within the tube to lock the cylinder in the tube. A decorative cap frictionally fits over the collar to cover the lock cylinder. The collar and cap spin freely about the lug nut, to prevent use of a wrench while the lock device is mounted on the lug nut and bolt assembly.

An object of the present invention is to provide a game machine which prevents a card from being left behind and prevents the player's sense of enjoyment from diminishing by preventing theft due to the card being left behind. The game machine reads individual data of a player from a card inserted into the card reception part (A721) and executes a game program, in addition to the game input data input from the input, gives notification by the notification when the card is detected and that the player is not seated in the seat is detected.

In a navigation apparatus in a vehicle, a user designates a validating route, which is stored in a memory device. A control unit invalidates a predetermined function of the navigation apparatus at a start-up, which is for the first time after an in-vehicle battery is connected or which results from turning on of a power source. Use of the navigation apparatus by the user is thereby disturbed. When the control unit determines that a route, which the vehicle has traveled through, is included in the previously designated validating route stored in the memory device, the control unit re-validates the invalidated predetermined function.

An auxiliary step and hand hold system for accessing a vehicle. The system includes at least one auxiliary step, at least one hand hold shaped to assist a climb into the trailer, and at least one pocket shaped to removably receive the at least one hand hold. The auxiliary step may be a rotating-retractable step that rotates between a use position and a stowed position. The hand hold is shaped to assist a climb into the cargo bay and may be inserted into the pockets in a use position and a stowed position. One or more stationary steps can also be used in connection with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The hand holds, pockets and auxiliary steps may be used alone or in combination to assist with access to a vehicle.

The invention discloses unattended wisdom park vehicle management method and system. The method comprises the steps that a vehicle detection device perceives that a vehicle comes into an identification area, and vehicle characteristic information and driver characteristic information are collected; a vehicle information database is queried according to the vehicle characteristic information and the driver characteristic information, and an authentication notification message is sent to a corresponding third party authentication terminal based on the a characteristic comparison result; and the operation of vehicle releasing is carried out according to an authentication result returned by the third party authentication terminal. According to the invention, depending on a vehicle detection or anti-theft device is not needed; through a third party validation mechanism, the automatic management of the integration of vehicle passing and tolling is realized; the management cost is reduced; and the passing efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a method and a terminal for controlling security of financial transactions. The method comprises the following steps: scanning a two-dimensional barcode picture saved in a user mobile terminal to acquire bank account information of the user; verifying identity of the user according to the bank account information; and carrying out financial transactions after the identity verification is passed. The terminal comprises a two-dimensional barcode scanning module, an identity verification module and a financial transaction module. In embodiment of the invention, financial transactions are performed by adopting the electronic two-dimensional barcode picture saved in the mobile terminal instead of the conventional magnetic stripe bank card, so that the security of the financial transactions is improved.

A system and method protects users against theft of personally identifiable information during both online and offline purchase transactions, registration transactions and identity authentication transactions. The system initially obtains a user's personally identifiable information as storable computer data, establishes an anonymous email address on behalf of the subscribing user, provides the anonymous email address to an email recipient when the subscribing user sends an email to the recipient, receives email communications from the recipient at the anonymous email address, stores the routing information from the email communications, scrubs the email communications for electronic viruses, forwards the email communications received from the recipient at the anonymous email address to the subscribing user, and forwards email communications to the recipient that are sent from the subscribing user to the anonymous email address by matching the stored routing information without ever revealing the subscribing user's real email address to the recipient.

The invention provides a method and a device for preventing login information from being stealed to solve the problem that the prior art cannot search and kill malicious softwares after variation timely when characteristics of the malicious softwares change. The method includes triggering and establishing monitoring threads by starting a target process, wherein the target process is used to input login information to complete login; monitoring the state of the thread detection target process before completing login; and performing operations of cleaning malicious softwares if the state of the target process is detected abnormal. The method and the device for preventing login information from being stealed are based on the method of malicious softwares stealing user login information, and aiming at the characteristics that malicious softwares use identical obtaining method with different characteristics to obtain user login information illegally, The method and the device play a defensive roll fundamentally, and prevent login information from being stealed. In addition, detection is conducted each time the target process is started, so that the safety of the user login information is guaranteed perfectly.

A method to realize mobile terminal data protection, the network side server receive the loss report that aim at a mobile terminal; the network side server side demand the current SIM card of the mobile terminal in the network according to the information in the loss report; the network side server send the locked software to the mobile terminal according to the information of the current SIM card; the mobile terminal run the locked software automatically, perform lock the operation of the mobile terminal; the network side terminal save the automatic reporting IMEI information and the corresponding SIM information of the mobile terminal when any mobile terminal renew the SIM card and startup; set the current IMEI information and the corresponding SIM card information. The method of the invention is that realize the lock of the mobile terminal when it startup and whether or not change the SIM card; avoid to blab the content information of the mobile terminal; also avoid the embezzlement of the mobile terminal of SIM card by other people.

The present invention provides a method of terminal accessing credible PDA and accessing system. The accessing method is authenticating identity of the terminal before accessing credible PDA, comparing the present platform state of the credible PDA with the credible state value of the pre-stored terminal platform, if passing the comparison, the terminal and the credible PDA are linked. The access system includes a credible PDA, a terminal having credible platform module, an interface server of the credible PDA running, an interface client running on the terminal, a certificate server, an integrity reference server. The invention avoids the data damage caused by the safety problem of the terminal self, effectively prevents information being stolen, and also effectively prevents identity counterfeit, platform state counterfeit, greatly improves security of the data sharing.

A method, secure cell phone and system for securely accessing an automated banking machine using such secure cell phone. The secure cell phone includes a read only memory device in combination with two linear feedback shift registers for generating a unique security transaction code, which includes a cell phone identification concatenated with two pseudo random codes. The automated banking machine is called from the cell phone. One of the pseudo random codes is input into a software emulation of the cell phone circuitry running on the automated banking machine to generate a computed pseudo random code. This computed code is concatenated the input pseudo random code and a determined cell phone identification to generate a computed transaction code. The automated banking machine is securely accessed using the secure cell phone if the computed transaction code matches the unique security transaction code.

The invention discloses a method and a system for preventing confidential conference information from leakage. The method comprises the following steps that a terminal receives a conference start message sent by management equipment so as to enable participants to carry out conference sign-in according to the message; the terminal receives conference files sent by the management equipment after the participants complete sign-in and encrypts the conference files; after receiving a conference end message sent by the management equipment, the terminal deletes the conference files. According to the method, the conference files are encrypted by the terminal and safety of the conference files in the conference process is realized; after the conference end message sent by the management equipment is received by the terminal, the conference files are deleted, so that prevention on the possibility that the conference files are stolen after a conference is completed is realized; by the method, conference efficiency is also improved and labor cost is reduced.

An anti-theft device for an electronics apparatus, including (a) locating means for determining an actual location, (b) storage means for storing a permissible location, and (c) processing means connected to the locating means and storage means. The processing means is configured to retrieve the actual location from the locating means, and to compare the actual location against the permissible location. The processing means is further configured to disable at least part of the functionality of the electronics apparatus if the actual location is more than a predetermined distance from the permissible location. The processing means is further configured to enter the anti-theft device in a standby mode, wherein the electronics apparatus is never disabled by the anti-theft device, and the standby mode may be entered for a predetermined time period.

Purpose of the invention is to disclose secure general transaction system, which is capable of connecting to multiple bank system and diversified mobile terminals. Thus, mobile terminal possesses payment function and function of collection of payment. Main technique is to setup payment system between mobile terminal and bank system. Through payment system, mobile terminal can connect to multiple bank system to implement transaction. Through the payment system, security of transaction is guaranteed.

The invention relates to a processing method for enciphered data. The processing method for enciphered data is arranged in a first electronic terminal, and includes acquiring the first biological characteristic data of the current user through a sensor after receiving a command for outputting enciphered data; decrypting the enciphered data by means of a first secret key which is generated from the first biological characteristic data; outputting the decrypted data if the enciphered data is decrypted successfully; and detecting whether the identity of the current user changes after outputting the decrypted data, and stop outputting the decrypted data if changes of the identity of the current user are detected. The above method can improve the security of data. In addition, the invention also provides a processing apparatus for enciphered data.

The present invention relates to a height control device for a saddle or handlebar of a bicycle, which facilitates the control of the height of a saddle or handlebar of a bicycle, and which enables the height-controlled saddle or handlebar to be fixed without rotational movement in the axial direction. A height control device for a saddle or handlebar of a bicycle comprises: a tube guide, of which an end is integrally formed with or connected with the tube of a bicycle and the other end is coupled with a stay clamp; a post, of which an end is fixed to the saddle or handlebar of the bicycle and the other end is inserted into the tube guide so as to slide in the vertical direction; the stay clamp for fixing a clamp which controls the height of the post; and a locking pin for locking or releasing the post. The post has an indented groove formed in the longitudinal direction, and the stay clamp has a protrusion formed in the longitudinal direction at a position corresponding to the indented groove, so that the rotation of the post in the axial direction may be prevented in the tube guide.

A method of ensuring individual line subscriber to get on the Internet pre-configures configuration information aiming at DHCP optional information on DHCP server supporting DHCP optional function; the DHCP message sent by user is added with the DHCP optional information after passing through the access apparatus and then transmitted to the DHCP server; the DHCP server searches the matched configuring information according to the received optional information in DPCH message and returns the corresponding configuring information to the access apparatus by response message, and backfills the optional information in the response message; the access apparatus obtains the configuring information of the user by the response message and utilizes the configuring information to generate dynamic binding relationship to the user terminal. The invention conquers the problem the static IP address binding function used in the prior art is difficult for being managed, has large configuration workload and the IP address is easy to be stolen; the invention can simplify the configuration and is convenient for management and increases the safety of IP address.

The invention discloses a working method of a dynamic token. The working method comprises the following steps: judging the type of the pressed key when an effective key is detected by the dynamic token, detecting whether a current starting-up mark is set when the pressed key is a power key, restoring if yes, otherwise, setting the key and checking whether a lock mark is set, logging in a decoding code input interface if yes, otherwise, logging in an information interface; deleting the data of the bottom end of a block buffer cache when the pressed key is a deletion key; storing corresponding data to the block buffer cache when the pressed key is a number key, and the dynamic token is unarranged at the information interface; judging whether the pressed time of the pressed key is longer than a predetermined time when the dynamic token is arranged at the information interface, logging in a power-on password correcting interface if yes, storing the corresponding data to the block buffer cache if not; judging whether the data in the block buffer cache is true or qualified when the pressed key is the enter key and the dynamic token is unarranged at the information interface, generating a dynamic password and displaying corresponding content when the dynamic token is arranged at the information interface.

The invention discloses a blockchain-based instant messaging method and device, a computing device and a computer storage medium. The method comprises the steps: receiving an instant messaging messageciphertext sent by a first user, wherein the second user is a receiver of an instant messaging message specified by the first user; sending the instant messaging message ciphertext to a second user,so that the second user decrypts the instant messaging message ciphertext to obtain the instant messaging message; writing the instant messaging message ciphertext into the blockchain. According to the technical solution, the method realizes decentralized distributed storage of instant messaging messages by using the blockchain, and stores instant messaging messages in a ciphertext manner, so themethod can effectively protect the communication information from being stolen, tampered, deleted and maliciously attacked, thereby better ensuring the security of user communication privacy.

The invention discloses a safety management method of electronic wallets, a system and a device thereof, and relates to the fields of internet, communication and electronic business. The method includes the following steps: after receiving a triggering instruction pointing to the electronic wallet of a mobile terminal, an electronic wallet business platform detects the legality of the electronic wallet of the mobile terminal; if judging the electronic wallet of the mobile terminal is illegal, the business platform then sends a locking instruction to the mobile terminal by wireless communication mode, and when receiving the locking instruction, the mobile terminal sets the electronic wallet in a lock-out state. The invention also discloses a system, a server and a terminal corresponding to the method. The use of the invention can effectively ensure the safety of the funds in the electronic wallet of the mobile terminal.

The invention provides an anti-lost method of a mobile terminal and a device thereof, wherein the anti-lost method comprises the steps of: acquiring a maximal off time interval and an antitheft starting condition between a mobile terminal and anti-lost equipment; detecting whether connection between the mobile terminal and the anti-lost equipment is off when the antitheft starting condition is satisfied, and if connection off time between the mobile terminal and the anti-lost equipment exceeds a maximal off time interval, performing alarming. The anti-lost method of the mobile terminal and the device thereof detect whether connection between the mobile terminal and the anti-lost equipment is off when the antitheft starting condition is satisfied. Furthermore when the connection off time between the mobile terminal and the anti-lost equipment exceeds the maximal off time interval, alarming is performed. While effect of mis-alarm to the user is reduced, the user can be alarmed for preventing stealing of the mobile terminal.

A device for locking a piston rod of a hydraulic piston and cylinder assembly in an extended condition so that mobile construction equipment or other heavy machinery cannot be driven from a job site. The locking device is placed in ensleeving relation to an extended piston rod between a proximal hydraulic cylinder and a distal bearing point to prevent retraction of the piston rod. The device has a hollow sleeve configuration formed of confronting first and second sleeve parts that are hingedly connected to one another. A first lock secures the first and second sleeve members to one another along a longitudinally extending parting line. A second lock is opposed to the first lock and prevents hinged movement of the first and second sleeve parts relative to one another even if the first lock is defeated. The device is adaptable to a variety of hydraulic piston and cylinder assemblies.

A semiconductor device includes a stored device identifier that is accessible to external systems, and a stored secret key that is inaccessible to external systems. The device also includes an input, which in operation receives a system identifier, representing the system into which the device is to be incorporated, and an authorization key. An authorization unit within the device is then used for enabling or disabling the device in accordance with the values of the stored secret key, the received system identifier and the authorization key. The authorization key is typically supplied by a support center in response to being notified of the device identifier. In one embodiment, the authorization unit encrypts the system identifier using the stored secret key as the encryption key and then compares the result against the authorization key.

The invention relates to the field of an IC (Integrated Circuit), in particular to an IC card transaction method and an IC card. The method comprises the steps of: before transaction of the IC card, judging whether a payment switch is switched on or not; if not, receiving a switching-on command and switching on the payment switch; and carrying out transaction. The IC card provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a receiving unit for judging whether the payment switch is switched on or not before transaction of the IC card, wherein if the payment switch of the IC card is not switched on, the receiving unit receives the switching-on command; a starting unit for switching on the payment switch of the IC card according to the switching-on command; and a transaction unit for carrying out transaction. According to the method and IC card, a card holder can set and then transact before any transactions and actively controls the transactions, so that, not only is the benefit of the card holder ensured and fund in the card prevented from being stolen, but also the card holder actively prevents illegal stealing behaviors so as to find and restrain immediately.