41 results about "Web transactions" patented technology

Computational puzzles are parameterized by a difficulty variable which may be assigned based on at least one component from the group of components: time component, location component, reputation component, usage component, content component, and social networking component. For example, in one embodiment, the proof-of-work puzzle comprises a location component directed by the geographic location of the client that can be applied to any web transaction or application. One such application involves online ticket sales including those that employ purchasing robots. Another application involves accessing and using webmail.

A client-based collaborative approach called WebProfiler is used for diagnosing Web transaction failures. The WebProfiler leverages end-host cooperation to pool together observations on the success or failure of Web transactions from multiple vantage points. These observations are utilized by a collaborative blame attribution algorithm to identify a suspect network entity that caused the Web transaction failure.

A method of instrumenting a COM object is disclosed. The COM object is invoked by a client for performing a selected business logic. The method comprises intercepting a request from the client for creating the COM object. A wrapper object corresponding to the requested COM object is then generated. The wrapper object implements a universal interface having a plurality of virtual functions each indexed by a number corresponding to an index number of a method associated with an interface of the requested COM object, and the client is provided with a reference pointer to the wrapper COM object. Upon invocation of a method associated with an interface of the requested COM object by the client, a virtual function of the universal interface of the wrapper object, which is indexed by a number corresponding to an index number of the requested method, is invoked. The invoked virtual function references instructions for saving a start time marker, executing instructions corresponding to the requested method, and saving a stop time marker upon completion of execution of the instructions associated with the requested method.

This invention provides a reliable and secure method and framework for verifying and authenticating electronic web-based payment customers. This invention describes the enrollment and authentication processes. This invention uses a biometric identification card, a hand-held owner-controlled integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) mobile device hereinafter referred to as the smart device, scanner reader writer device, personal computer, merchant host server, remote backend host server, and gateway host server. This invention describes a method for a customer to enroll in the system whereby the customer's personal, account and biometric information are stored in a BID card or smart device. It also describes a method for a customer to pay for web transactions on a merchants website using one of the accounts stored in the customer's biometric identification card or smart device.

An opportunity server tracks in vehicle information system wireless web transactions using anonymous, reusable session identifiers, aggregates session records into classes of session data, and provides aggregated data to a plurality of data consumers in exchange for compensation. Credits are posted to share revenue and offset costs of OEM equipment and network access metered fees, thereby reducing the cost of said transactions by a user and promoting unfettered use of in vehicle information systems for a variety of services, purposes, and transactions.

The present invention relates to systems, apparatus, and methods of using usage data to determine the dependency structures of a web application, including dependency structures between follow-on objects of an initial object in a web transaction. In one embodiment, an input URL and associated dynamic response data are analyzed for such nested or dependent relationships. In further embodiments, analysis of these relationships are used to improve prefetching operations to lower overall page load times.

An apparatus and method for detecting a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) botnet based on the densities of transactions. The apparatus includes a collection management unit, a web transaction classification unit, and a filtering unit. The collection management unit extracts metadata from HTTP request packets collected by a traffic collection sensor. The web transaction classification unit extracts web transactions by analyzing the metadata, and generates a gray list by arranging the extracted web transactions according to the frequency of access. The filtering unit detects an HTTP botnet by filtering the gray list based on a white list and a black list.

A method and system for generating performance tests for cloud based applications using data from real traffic. HTTP and API call transactions are recorded and converted to performance tests that can be used as is or manipulated for increased variability allowing for the creation of realistic performance tests for web based applications, allowing for the measurement and analysis of user performance metrics under real conditions.

A method and procedure in creating a receipt by a Web server (10) for a Web based transactional application (11) by drawing data (51) from a Web transaction onto a pre-defined template image (FIG. 3B), making the resulting digital image file (FIG. 3D) available to the Web client (16) or e-mail client (19) as a receipt document for the transaction (17).

The present invention relates to systems and methods for securing web-based transactions. A system for securing web-based transactions includes a credential strengthener coupled to a client browser. The client browser communicates with a web server in a web-transaction. The credential strengthener converts a web credential entered by a user at the client browser to a higher entropy web credential associated with the user. The client browser then returns the higher entropy web credential for further use in the web transaction. A method for securing a web-based transaction includes steps of converting a web credential entered by a user at a client browser to a higher entropy web credential associated with the user, and returning the higher entropy web credential to the web server to continue the web transaction.

Embodiment methods and systems enable completing online transactions when there is insufficiently reliable connectivity between the initiating computing device and the remote server to enable completing the transaction directly. Transactions in such situations are accomplished using a RESTful Delay Tolerant Network. A set of messages constituting the web transaction are bundled, together with instructions and other metadata, in a manner that enables intermediate nodes in the network to complete the transactions on behalf of the source computing device. The source computing device then delegates the web transaction to an intermediate node. If the intermediate node can complete the transaction with the destination device, it does so on behalf of the source computing device. If not, the intermediate node delegates the web transaction to another intermediate node, which may be repeated until an intermediate node is able to complete the transaction with the destination.

A web transaction visualization system may include at least one web transaction visualization (WTV) processor adapted to automatically extract massive amounts of web transaction data from at least one data source for visual classification based on at least one aggregate transaction metric and to display the classified web transaction data interactively in three dimensions without overlapping.

A web transaction system and a method thereof provide an intermediary platform for network transaction. Thereby, the present invention can make a first consumer able to provide a first article information and a self-determined price on-line and automatically perform a intermediary process directed to a second article information provided by a second consumer to exchange the first article corresponding to the first article information and the second article corresponding to the second article information. In addition, the present invention also provides a valuation platform to find out the prices of articles similar to the first article and the second article from preset famous shopping or auction websites and calculate a first reference price and a second reference price. Network consumers can determine the prices of their articles according to the reference prices.

A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for enforcing a security policy, comprising: determining when an endpoint device initiates a web transaction with a web server; establishing a side channel to a security service when the endpoint device initiates the web transaction with a web-enabled application; performing a categorization and policy enforcement operation via the security service in parallel with initiating the web transaction, the categorization and policy enforcement operation determining a security policy result regarding the web transaction; withholding content resulting from performance of the web transaction at the endpoint device until the security policy result is provided by the security service; and, releasing the content resulting from the web transaction to the web-enabled application of the endpoint device upon receipt of an affirmative policy result from the security service.

The present invention discloses a web transaction system and the method for the same. The web transaction system includes a plurality of merchant severs which deal with customers through a trading platform. Financial providers supply the merchant servers or customers with financial services respectively. A trustee service provider, coupled to the financial providers, provides the merchant servers with entrusting services for reduction in trading risks.

A method and apparatus for providing a secure domain name services by utilizing a hypervisor to provide an isolated execution environment in which a secure browser session can be instantiated. The secure browser session utilizes a secure DNS server to provide domain name services.