Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a portable electronic device, having a plurality of commands including a plurality of resource commands and a plurality of local commands, with a remote resource over a costed communications channel includes processing the plurality of commands on the device without communicating any of the resource commands over the channel to the remote resource while aggregating the resource commands to produce a set of resource commands; communicating the set of resource commands to the remote resource over the channel to produce a resource output responsive to the set of resource commands; communicating the resource output to the device from the remote resource; and processing the resource output on the device using the set of local commands.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, program, and data structure for controlling access to a sensitive function in a class. A friend object is generated indicating at least one external function from at least one external class external to the class including the sensitive function. A call from a calling function in a class external to the class including the sensitive function is processed and the calling function is permitted access to the sensitive function in response to determining that the friend object indicates that the calling function can access the sensitive function.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for controlling access to a sensitive function in a class. A friend object is generated indicating objects from external classes external to the class including the sensitive function. The objects indicated in the friend object are capable of being modified during runtime. A call from an external function in one class external to the class including the sensitive function is processed during runtime. The calling function is permitted access to the sensitive function if the friend object indicates that the calling function can access the sensitive function.

Abstract: A secure access system provides security for a computer connected to a data store. Initially, an authentication key, a user name, and a computer identifier are received. The authentication key is parsed to obtain a parsed user name and computer identifier. The parsed user name and computer identifier are validated using the received user name and computer identifier. Additionally, if the received user name and computer identifier are validated, the authentication key is parsed to obtain a server user identifier and a server password. Then, the parsed server user identifier and server password are used to connect to a database server computer.

Abstract: A system, a program storage device and a software method for efficient handling of multiple Unicode formats in the same database on a table level is provided. The routines of the method are used to create a plurality of database tables and specify each table data storage format, including a first table for storing data in a first Unicode format and a second table for storing data in a second Unicode format. The method inputs characters which are encoded in the first Unicode format. When the data should be stored in the second Unicode format, the method uses a conversion routine for transforming some inputted characters into the second Unicode format and stores them in the second table, and then stores unconverted inputted characters in the first table. The first Unicode format is preferably the UCS-2 format and the second Unicode format is the UTF-8 format.

Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a portable electronic device, having a plurality of commands including a plurality of resource commands and a plurality of local commands, with a remote resource over a costed communications channel includes processing the plurality of commands on the device without communicating any of the resource commands over the channel to the remote resource while aggregating the resource commands to produce a set of resource commands; communicating the set of resource commands to the remote resource over the channel to produce a resource output responsive to the set of resource commands; communicating the resource output to the device from the remote resource; and processing the resource output on the device using the set of local commands.

Abstract: A system, a program storage device and a software method for efficient handling of multiple Unicode formats in the same database on a table level is provided. The routines of the method are used to create a plurality of database tables and specify each table data storage format, including a first table for storing data in a first Unicode format and a second table for storing data in a second Unicode format. The method inputs characters which are encoded in the first Unicode format. When the data should be stored in the second Unicode format, the method uses a conversion routine for transforming some inputted characters into the second Unicode format and stores them in the second table, and then stores unconverted inputted characters in the first table. The first Unicode format is preferably the UCS-2 format and the second Unicode format is the UTF-8 format.