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The Unique Device Identification (UDI) System is intended to assign a unique identifier to medical devices within the United States. It was signed into law on September 27, 2007, as part of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007. This act includes language related to the establishment of a Unique Device Identification System.

Digital watermarking apparatus and methods

The present invention relates to various digital watermarking methods and systems. In one embodiment, a handheld device displays a digitally watermarked ticket image at an event center. At the event center, a watermark decoder extracts the watermark to determine authorized entry. In another embodiment, a plurality of microlenses can provide a polarized luminance pattern on a display. The pattern corresponds to (or conveys) a unique device identifier. In yet another embodiment, monetary objects are watermarked with payload information to signify currency denomination. The payload information, once extracted, is used to provide feedback regarding the currency denomination. An audio signal or Braille output can be provided as feedback. In still another embodiment, a document management system is based on watermarks. Embedded watermarks are used to track document history, determine document version information, and enhance overall security. In still another embodiment, an inventory system reads watermarks that have been directly applied to inventory items. Inventory management is greatly enhanced. Handheld computing devices are advantageously employed with these embodiments.
Owner:DIGIMARC CORP

User-transparent system for uniquely identifying network-distributed devices without explicitly provided device or user identifying information

A technique for uniquely identifying devices without explicitly provided device or user identifying information in a networked client-server environment, e.g., the Mobile Internet, in which content is downloaded from a server to a device browser executing at a client device, and using static XML markup tags embedded in the content in a manner transparent to a user situated at the device browser, derives a globally unique device identifier. Device identifying information is captured and maintained in a device profile database associated with a globally unique device identifier. Specifically, mark up code embedded into a referring content page effectively downloads software from a distribution server, and then instantiates the software in the client device browser. The software transparently and dynamically inserts an Internet address request to a device identification management system. The device identification management system selects a device profile associated with a previously detected request from the device and retrieves its globally unique identifier from a database of all profiles for all previous devices requesting unique device identifications. If a matching profile is not found in the database, the device identifying information associated with the request is entered as a new device profile along with a globally unique identifier associated with that specific device in the database. The globally unique identifier is delivered back to the device or external systems for their own use, e.g., mobile Internet advertising management systems.
Owner:MEDIA STAMP

Method and system for controlling peripheral devices connected to a video device

A method and apparatus for effectively performing optimal connection configuration by recognizing the connection status between a video device and external peripheral devices. The method for identifying predetermined peripheral devices connected to a video device over serial communication control lines, includes, transmitting a command to establish connection of a current peripheral device having no given device ID to its upper peripheral device among the predetermined peripheral devices, and transmitting a command to disconnect a connection to its lower peripheral device; requesting unique device identification information to the predetermined peripheral devices; receiving a response to the request from the current peripheral device; and giving a device ID to the current peripheral device.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Method for verifying a consumer's identity within a consumer/merchant transaction

A method for verifying a consumer's identity in connection with a consumer / merchant transaction, including receiving a user-identifier from a user, receiving a unique device identifier from an electronic device associated with the user, associating the user-identifier and the unique device identifier of the user to a user account residing on a secured transaction server (“STS), the STS not operated by the merchant and including an identity verification agent. The method further includes receiving a consumer identity verification request at the STS, receiving a unique device identifier associated with an electronic device of the consumer at the STS, comparing, through the identity verification agent, the user's unique device identifier and the consumer's unique device identifier to determine at least one of a positive or negative user-identity verification, and then communicating to the merchant the at least one of the positive or negative user-identity verification.
Owner:MCKENNA JASON C

Inspection data recording apparatus and method

A system (10) and method for recording inspection data for geographically remote equipment assets. A portable inspection data recording device (14) is transported by a mobile inspector to a plurality of locations of equipment (12) to be inspected. The data recording device includes a location detection device (32), and a unique equipment identifier is associated with each remote equipment location, so that travel instructions may be displayed for directing the inspector to the location of selected equipment. Recordation of inspection data for selected equipment is enabled only when the portable inspection data recording device is located proximate the selected equipment. Data recordation may be enabled by displaying an equipment-specific data recordation form on input / output display (40) having selected data field automatically populated in response to the selected unique equipment identifier.
Owner:GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC

System and Method for Device Bound Public Key Infrastructure

Techniques are provided secured communication of data, such as in the context of a public key infrastructure (PKI). In one embodiment, the technique may involve using a private key that is bound to the device requesting the secure data, thereby making it harder for someone to copy, steal or fake. The private key may be generated by adding a filler code to a unique device identifier. The identifier may be based on at least one user-configurable parameter and at least one non-user-configurable parameter of the device.
Owner:DEVICE AUTHORITY LTD

System And Method For Dynamic Device Discovery And Address Assignment

A pool or spa system includes networked pool or spa devices that can be dynamically configured with network address by a controller. The controller can transmit a device discovery request on a network and can receive a discovery response from pool or spa devices that require a network address. The system determines and assigns the network addresses for the pool or spa devices based on unique device identifiers associated with the responding pool or spa devices. The network addresses assigned to the pool or spa device are transmitted to the pool or spa device to be used by the pool or spa devices to communicate with the controller over the network. The system can be used to discover and assign addresses to various types of pool or spa devices, such as pumps, underwater lights, chlorinators, water feature controllers, remote controllers, and / or other types of devices.
Owner:HAYWARD IND INC

System and Method for Monitoring Efficacy of Online Advertising

A system for determining efficacy of online advertising includes a server connected to a computer network. The server is specially adapted to provide functions for communicating with a web resource that provides a web media that contains links or JavaScript calls for causing a client device to generate a device identifier in response to a user of the client device retrieving the web media, receiving the device identifier via a network, associating and caching any impressions, clicks or conversions by the user with the device identifier, calculating total cached impressions, total cached clicks and total cached conversions associated with each unique device identifier, and displaying, for each unique device identifier, at least one of the total cached impressions, the total cached clicks, and the total cached conversions. The device identifier may be derived from a combination of a user-configurable machine parameter and a non-user-configurable machine parameter.
Owner:UNILOC 2017 LLC

Remote Update of Computers Based on Physical Device Recognition

A system for remotely updating a program configuration includes an update server in communication with a client device configured to execute a remote update program. The client device includes a first processor coupled to memory storing the program which, executed, performs physical device recognition on the client device to determine its machine parameters, and generates unique device identifiers based thereon, and a first transceiver configured to send the identifiers to the update server. The update server is configured to collect the identifiers from the client device, and includes a second processor for analyzing the identifiers and determining an updated program configuration based on the collected identifiers matching known identifiers, and a second transceiver configured to deliver data representing the updated program configuration to the client device for storage therein.
Owner:UNILOC 2017 LLC

Apparatus and method for proving the denial of a direct proof signature

In some embodiments, a method and apparatus for proving the denial of a direct proof signature are described. In one embodiment, a trusted hardware device convinces a verifier that the trusted hardware device possesses cryptographic information without revealing unique, device identification information of the trusted hardware device or the cryptographic information. Once the verifier is convinced that the hardware device possesses the cryptographic information, the verifier may issue a denial of signature request to the trusted hardware device, including at least one compromised direct proof signature. In response, the trusted hardware device issues a denial of the compromised direct proof signature by proving to the verifier that a cryptographic key held by the trusted hardware device was not used to form the at least one compromised direct proof signature. Other embodiments are described and claims.
Owner:INTEL CORP

Method and apparatus for provisioning of multiple devices with mobile subscriber identification information

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling use of such information by different communication devices. The use of a same generic mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on intercepting registration requests and simulated registrations can be performed without providing a unique device identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Owner:AT&T INTPROP I L P +1

Managing devices across NAT boundaries

An address management scheme allows a Network Management System (NMS) to manage devices in a private network operating behind a Network Address Translator (NAT) boundary. A device operating in the private network sends a communication to a Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address Translators (NATs) (STUN) server. The STUN server responds by communicating a public NAT IP address and a NAT port number back to the device. The device then provides the NMS with the public NAT IP address, a NAT port number associated with the device, a unique device identifier, and the private device IP address. The NMS stores this information in a table and then accesses this address information to manage the device in the private network. The device then uses the STUN server to identify any changes to the device address information and then sends the changes to the NMS.
Owner:CISCO TECH INC

System, method, and computer program product for sending remote device configuration information to a monitor using e-mail

In a monitoring system for networked devices, a system, method, and computer program product for obtaining a globally-unique identifier for a network device, and sending the same to a central monitor responsible for monitoring devices on multiple networks. A remote monitoring workstation monitors devices connected to a network using IP-based SNMP commands and stores the device monitoring information in a database. The remote monitoring workstation queries the database to obtain an IP address and the collected monitoring information for a device, uses the IP address to request a globally-unique identifier (e.g., a MAC address) from a device using SNMP commands, then sends the monitoring information including the globally-unique device identifier to a central monitoring workstation via an e-mail message.
Owner:RICOH KK

Synchronizing messages on connected devices

A method, system and computer program directed to synchronizing messages of an associated user that uses a plurality of electronic devices to receive messages, wherein each of the electronic devices utilizes a common messaging application. If two phone with two different phone numbers, both use the same app for sending and receiving messages and communication with a unique device identifier (e.g., telephone number, MSIDSN, etc.) as the address identity, all information such as messages and more can be synchronized in a secure way between the phones and applications if both applications are registered with the same secure identity on a messaging application server.
Owner:SONY CORP

Cross-device user corresponding and user tracking methods and systems

The invention provides cross-device user corresponding and user tracking methods and systems. According to the cross-device user corresponding and user tracking methods, a user corresponding system arranged at a user device obtains a unique device identification of a mobile device, associates the obtained device identification with each user identification in a pre-stored cookie file, and correspondingly sends the device identification as the identity of the user identifications to a corresponding website, and then a user tracking system arranged at a service terminal of the website obtains the device identification from the mobile device, a user identification from the user device and a device identification from a corresponding mobile device, and carries out cross-device user tracking based on trace data, generated in the website, of the user identifications and the device identifications and corresponding relations of the user identifications and the device identifications. According to the cross-device user corresponding and user tracking methods and systems which are provided by the invention, the association of the device identifications of the mobile devices and the user identifications is effectively established, so that a bridge function for cross-device user tracking and data mining is realized.
Owner:BEIJING SANKUAI ONLINE TECH CO LTD

Method and apparatus for assigning unique device identifiers across a distributed computing system

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates assigning an identifier to a device within a distributed computing system, wherein the identifier is unique across the distributed computing system. The system operates by detecting the presence of the device within a local computer system within the distributed computing system. If an identifier has not been assigned to the device, the system assigns an identifier to the device by, attempting to retrieve the identifier from a local pool of device identifiers within the local computer system. If the local pool is empty, the system retrieves at least one additional identifier for the local pool from a global allocator for device identifiers located within the distributed computing system. Next, the system assigns the retrieved identifier to the device so that the identifier can be used to reference the device.
Owner:ORACLE INT CORP

Power bus current bounding using local current-limiting soft-switches and device requirements information

An energy management control method and controller reduce power supply current and / or subsystem cooling overhead that reduces system efficiency, may reduce system reliability and may increase ambient noise. Multiple device connectors are supplied from corresponding soft switches that are programmed to provide a current level that is sufficient to supply the maximum current for the device installed in the corresponding device connector. The current level may be determined from device information provided from the device during initialization, which may directly specify a maximum current requirement. Alternatively, the maximum current requirement can be determined from other device-identifying information such as a unique device identifier. As a result a guaranteed maximum current or power and power dissipation can be determined, and multiple power supplies and / or cooling devices such as air movement devices (AMDs) may be enabled, disabled or otherwise controlled accordingly.
Owner:IBM CORP

System and method for actively identifying and communicating with vehicles

The invention discloses a system and a method for actively identifying and communicating with vehicles, wherein a vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal transmits information to a remote server and receives information transmitted by the remote server, and transmits a unique device identifier as the identifier of the vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal together with vehicle information of the vehicle to the remote server in a wireless mode, so as to realize the binding of the vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal and the vehicle; a GPS (global positioning system) positioning system on the vehicle obtains the GPS positioning information in real time, and uploads the positioning information together with the unique device identifier to the remote server; after the server receives unique device identifiers, the vehicle information and the position information uploaded by all vehicle-mounted intelligent terminals, the data are stored into a databank in a mode that each unique device identifier is used as an item; and the remote server receives and processes the information transmitted by the vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal, and transmits the processing result to a corresponding vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal. With the adoption of the system and the method, identification of vehicles at near distance and point-to-point information communication between vehicles are realized.
Owner:上海永畅信息科技有限公司

Systems and methods for high resolution signal analysis and chaotic data compression

Systems and methods for processing, compressing, and distributing data, such as an audio file, are provided. Single- and multi-channel data streams are transformed into a single signal in a Unified Domain. A high resolution frequency analysis based on phase evolution provides accurate frequency estimates and distinguishes between oscillatory and noise-like signal components. The unified signal components are then prioritized using a Psychoacoustic Model. The prioritized components can be arranged in layers based on the component priorities and compressed (e.g., with a chaotic compression scheme). The least psychoacoustically important layers can be removed to lower the transmission bitrate. Digital rights management tools based, for example, on a unique device identification can be used for secure distribution.
Owner:GROOVE MOBILE

System and method for automated identification of end user devices by a universal remote control device

A system and method for more efficient and simple configuration of a universal remote control device is disclosed. The inventive system and method includes a universal remote control device which incorporates a transceiver. Further, end user devices, which the universal remote control issues function command include a transceiver. The universal remote control device polls end user devices, for each type of supported end user device, with a query that is unique for each type of end user device. In response to such polling, each polled end user device responds to the universal remote control device with its unique device identifier code. The universal remote control device, using the received unique device identifier code, automatically programs / configures itself to transmit commands to the respective end user devices.
Owner:GENERAL INSTR CORP

System and Method for Media Distribution on Social Networks

An apparatus and method for distributing media via an exchange club or social networking site effects or includes the process of identifying a member by authenticating a unique device identifier received from the user's computing device when accessing the social networking site, enabling the member to select one or more media for sharing or broadcasting to other members of the site using information obtained from the site, enabling members to select or enter contact information of friends with whom the user would like to share the media or information about the media, and rewarding the member for any purchase of the media resulting from the broadcasting.
Owner:UNILOC LUXEMBOURG

Pairing of devices

A server computer to provide a web service including exercise data user accounts, acquire and store a unique device identifier of at least one physiological sensor device, associate each of the acquired at least one device identifier with one of the exercise data user accounts, detect that an exercise application of a user terminal successfully accesses a specific exercise data user account, and provide the user terminal with the at least one device identifier which is associated with the specific exercise data user account. There is further provided a user terminal to successfully access the specific exercise data user account in the web service, acquire the at least one device identifier from the web service, and apply the acquired at least one device identifier in determining whether or not to allow the user terminal to wirelessly pair with a physiological sensor device.
Owner:POLAR ELECTRO

Method, system, and program product fo rmanaging device identifiers

Method, system, and program product for managing device identifiers. A set of device entries is managed at a server. Each device entry includes a device identifier and associated correlation data. A device can request a device identifier from the server using correlation data for the device. A unique device identifier can be generated when the request is received and / or when the device entry is created. In any event, the device identifier can be communicated to the device that made the request.
Owner:IBM CORP

Unique device identifier provision method and apparatus

A method and apparatus for providing a user device with a unique identifier for reinforcing the security of communication with a server includes displaying a CAPTCHA image including a security key received from a server in response to a connection attempt to the server; receiving a security key input by the user, the security key being included in the CAPTCHA image; computing a hash value using the security key input by a user; transmitting the hash value to the server; and registering, when a connection response is received from the server in response to the hash value, the security key based on hash value as a unique identifier necessary for connection with the server.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Massively Distributed Processing System Architecture, Scheduling, Unique Device Identification and Associated Methods

A massively distributed processing system and associated methods are described that utilize an advantageous processing architecture for a multitude of widely distributed devices to process distributed workloads for a plurality distributed processing projects. To provide the infrastructure processing power for the distributed processing system, a modular client agent program, including a system component with a core agent module and a separate project component with at least one task module, is configured to operate on the distributed devices and to process a variety of project workloads. For each different distributed project, different project components or task modules may be provided by a server system to the distributed devices to run on the core agent module or system component. In addition, a capabilities database can be used by a server system to schedule workloads based upon the capabilities of the distributed devices. Furthermore, scheduling, device ID, task wrapper and further infrastructure and application development implementations are also provided.
Owner:HUBBARD EDWARD A +6

Consumer incentives using mobile devices with point of sale processing systems and methods

Disclosed are systems and methods for responding to the arrival of a person within a defined geographic area after receiving a virtual presence by applying discounts at a point-of-sale are defined. A mobile electronic device stores user profile and consumer incentive data and periodically outputs a unique device identification number and position data. A host server monitors the position data and when it is within the defined geographic area, the user profile and consumer incentive data is received from the mobile electronic device and transmitted to a servers and a point-of-sale for enhanced customer services and savings. When the user leaves the defined geographic area, the profile data is removed.
Owner:UBETTERKNOWME COM
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