Abstract: A transaction network contains a networked certificate authority, by which one or more virtual certificates may be remotely defined and stored, such as by an issuer user through a issuer web portal interface. An acquirer user, through an acquirer web portal interface, may acquire one or more virtual certificates, which contain a secret public key portion, as well as a corresponding private key, which is established by the acquirer at the time of acquisition, and is stored at the certificate authority. At a redemption location associated with an acquired certificate, the acquirer (or an alternate recipient of an acquired certificate to whom the acquirer has communicated the established private key), submits the certificate information, along with the established private key, to redeem the certificate.

Abstract: A transaction network contains a networked certificate authority, by which one or more virtual certificates may be remotely defined and stored, such as by an issuer user through a issuer web portal interface. An acquirer user, through an acquirer web portal interface, may acquire one or more virtual certificates, which contain a secret public key portion, as well as a corresponding private key, which is established by the acquirer at the time of acquisition, and is stored at the certificate authority. At a redemption location associated with an acquired certificate, the acquirer (or an alternate recipient of an acquired certificate to whom the acquirer has communicated the established private key), submits the certificate information, along with the established private key, to redeem the certificate.

Abstract: The invention comprises a graphic designation method for visually differentiating each number individually for a set of telephone numbers within a printed telephone directory. In a particular instance, the invention is applied in cases in which each said telephone number in the set has been established as a link element for linking to online digital resources associated with said telephone number. The invention also teaches a method for establishing a printed telephone number directory simultaneously as a directory for a telephone number directory service. The invention also teaches a method for displaying instructions for Internet addressing within a printed directory.

Abstract: A transaction network contains a networked certificate authority, by which one or more virtual certificates may be remotely defined and stored, such as by an issuer user through a issuer web portal interface. An acquirer user, through an acquirer web portal interface, may acquire one or more virtual certificates, which contain a secret public key portion, as well as a corresponding private key, which is established by the acquirer at the time of acquisition, and is stored at the certificate authority. At a redemption location associated with an acquired certificate, the acquirer (or an alternate recipient of an acquired certificate to whom the acquirer has communicated the established private key), submits the certificate information, along with the established private key, to redeem the certificate.

Abstract: A transaction network contains a networked certificate authority, by which one or more virtual certificates may be remotely defined and stored, such as by an issuer user through a issuer web portal interface. An acquirer user, through an acquirer web portal interface, may acquire one or more virtual certificates, which contain a public key portion, as well as a corresponding private key, which is established at the time of acquisition, and is stored at the certificate authority. At a redemption location associated with an acquired certificate, the acquirer (or an alternate recipient of an acquired certificate to whom the acquirer has communicated the established private key), submits the certificate information, along with the established private key, to redeem the certificate.

Abstract: The invention comprises a graphic designation method for visually differentiating each number individually for a set of telephone numbers within a printed telephone directory. In a particular instance, the invention is applied in cases in which each said telephone number in the set has been established as a link element for linking to online digital resources associated with said telephone number. The invention also teaches a method for establishing a printed telephone number directory simultaneously as a directory for a telephone number directory service. The invention also teaches a method for displaying instructions for Internet addressing within a printed directory.

Abstract: A system providing flickerless operation of a gaseous discharge lamp utilizes a DC voltage applied across the lamp electrodes. Low starting voltage and power consumption are obtained by applying an AC voltage across a grounded conductor member and adjacent lamp electrodes. This is a division of application Ser. No. 443,825, filed Feb. 19, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,890,540.