Abstract: A method of processing an image including: receiving an image of pixel data; identifying an object within the image; determining a presence of a predetermined grid in at least part of the identified object; defining a shadow portion of the identified object; removing the defined shadow portion from the identified object; and storing the amended object.

Abstract: A virtual gateway for communicating between one or more remote machine to machine capillary networks and a local base transceiver station includes an interface for communicating with a local base transceiver station. The interface emulates a Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol in the communication. The virtual gateway also includes an interface for communicating with one or more remote capillary networks and a SIM emulation component for emulating a SIM card. The SIM card is used in association with the interface for communicating with the local base transceiver station.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing a device using a Web browser unable to support CSS, to request trough a network and display Web HTML pages including CSS while using all the presentation features of the included CSS that it can support through the network, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from the device for obtaining a Web HTML page; identifying the requesting device, aggregating all the device and network display possibility information, and suppressing the contradictory information, the network display possibilities being of the highest priority, the result forming a Request rule list; retrieving the requested Web page from a Web server; aggregating all the CSS presentation definitions of the Web page while suppressing the conflicting ones in a resulting CSS rule list; modifying the statements of the HTML page which are not related to CSS, reflecting the CSS rule list while taking into account the device and network possibilities as stated in the Request rule list; tra

Abstract: The subject matter described herein generally relates to methods and systems for controlling access to services and more specifically relates to a method and a system for controlling access to a variety of services within security sensitive sites. In one embodiment, the invention provides a system for controlling access to a plurality of services within an area, each service of the plurality of services being associated with a service identifier identifying the service, the system comprising: at least one service device storing a service identifier for identifying a service among the plurality of services, each service device covering a proximity zone within the area and being capable of activating the service identifier stored by the service device for the user, in response to the detection of a user in the proximity zone; and an access control subsystem to control the access of a user to a service identified by a service identifier activated for the user.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing a device using a Web browser unable to support CSS, to request trough a network and display Web HTML pages including CSS while using all the presentation features of the included CSS that it can support through the network, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from the device for obtaining a Web HTML page; identifying the requesting device, aggregating all the device and network display possibility information, and suppressing the contradictory information, the network display possibilities being of the highest priority, the result forming a Request rule list; retrieving the requested Web page from a Web server; aggregating all the CSS presentation definitions of the Web page while suppressing the conflicting ones in a resulting CSS rule list; modifying the statements of the HTML page which are not related to CSS, reflecting the CSS rule list while taking into account the device and network possibilities as stated in the Request rule list; tra