Abstract: A system for allowing electronic payments through use of a unique proxy includes a first server, a first registration database and a first lookup database. The first server receives an electronic registration request message, including registration information of a first user, from a financial institution of the first user. The first registration database then copies a subset of the registration information, including a unique proxy of the first user, to the first lookup database as the first user's lookup information. When the first server receives an electronic proxy payment request message, including the unique proxy of the first user, from a financial institution of a second user, the first server looks up the first user's lookup information in the first lookup database on the basis of the unique proxy of the first user and transmits the first user's lookup information to the financial institution of the second user.

Abstract: A system for allowing electronic payments through use of a unique proxy includes a first server, a first registration database and a first lookup database. The first server receives an electronic registration request message, including registration information of a first user, from a financial institution of the first user. The first registration database then copies a subset of the registration information, including a unique proxy of the first user, to the first lookup database as the first user's lookup information. When the first server receives an electronic proxy payment request message, including the unique proxy of the first user, from a financial institution of a second user, the first server looks up the first user's lookup information in the first lookup database on the basis of the unique proxy of the first user and transmits the first user's lookup information to the financial institution of the second user.

Abstract: A method for the configuration of devices on a network is described. The method is preferably implemented using a network management software application and comprises initially retrieving configuration information from a text-based configuration file of a selected network device. The method further comprises a user changing a value of a parameter within the retrieved configuration information to a variable token. The variable may comprise an attribute of the network management application or a variable of a network device such as an SNMP MIB variable. The method further comprises applying the changed configuration information to selected network devices, by replacing the variable token with a corresponding value for each of said selected network devices.

Abstract: In a computer network, a method for obtaining information regarding a device in a network, including obtaining said information using Telnet and using said information in the discovery of a network. The method uses a computer program on a computer readable medium loadable into a digital computer or embodied in a carrier wave. Said program comprising of the steps of, in respect of a device, creating a socket; connecting said socket to a Telnet port on said device; if connection was not successful, displaying the device as a generic device on a network map; if connection was successful, reading the login banner data; if the data did not read OK, display the device as a generic device on network map; if the data did read OK, parse the login banner data to obtain type; and use information to obtain device type ID and display relevant device on network map.