Abstract: A method of operating a Synthetic Aperture Radar ‘SAR’ to acquire image data of a swath comprising one or more subswath(s) is provided, wherein the SAR is carried on a platform moving along a flight direction and a radiated beam is directed towards the swath, the method comprising: electronically steering the beam in azimuth direction along one subswath for each burst; and mechanically steering the beam in a direction opposite to the flight direction during each burst. The method allows to obtain an improved swath to resolution ratio.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for securely printing coupon prints and for facilitating a digital couponing platform for creating, managing, and publishing digital coupon campaigns are disclosed. In an aspect, such digital couponing platform allows creators to market (i.e., create and publish) and review data related to promotional coupons, and consumers may request and print physical coupon prints. Consumers may request coupon prints via an application virtual machine (e.g., Java® applet) executing on an Internet-enabled computing device with several selected security features. In some aspects, coupon prints are printed by a consumer without presenting the consumer with a graphical representation of coupon print so that coupon print counterfeiting opportunities via utilization of screen capture software are reduced.