Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an elasticized material having at least one elastic strand transversely positioned across the apparatus. The apparatus includes a first bonding module and a second bonding module positionable in proximity to the first bonding module.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a physical network access token at a network access terminal may be authenticated for modification of records at a remote server system. In some embodiments, a set of records and counterpart records having the same record identifiers and resource amounts may be stored independently on a physical token or user device and the remote server system. When a connection is established between an access terminal and the physical token (e.g., for authenticating a modification of record(s)), the access terminal may transmit input data to the token, which may use the input data with the records stored on the token to generate authentication data, which may be used by the remote server to authenticate a network action requested via the token.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a physical network access token at a network access terminal may be authenticated for modification of records at a remote server system. In some embodiments, a set of records and counterpart records having the same record identifiers and resource amounts may be stored independently on a physical token or user device and the remote server system. When a connection is established between an access terminal and the physical token (e.g., for authenticating a modification of record(s)), the access terminal may transmit input data to the token, which may use the input data with the records stored on the token to generate authentication data, which may be used by the remote server to authenticate a network action requested via the token.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a user device may detect, via pattern recognition by a user application, a pattern (indicative of a given code type) presented on a physical object. The user device may cause, via the user application, a code scanning application to be launched based on the detection to scan the pattern. The user device may obtain, via the user application, a code (associated with a biller entity) of the given code type from the code scanning application based on the code scanning application's scan. The user device may cause, via the user application, the code or information derived from the code to be provided over the Internet to a computer system hosting accounts of a user of the user application. The code or the derived information may be used by the computer system to complete transactions between the biller entity and at least one of the accounts.

Abstract: An item or object is exposed to electromagnetic light using a plurality of electromagnetic light emitters that are arranged throughout an enclosed structure. A plurality of images of the item or object is captured by a plurality of image sensors that are arranged throughout the enclosed structure. A first pattern in at least one image is recognized. The first pattern includes encoded information associated with the item and the first pattern is visible in response to the exposure of the item to the electromagnetic light. The encoded information is decoded and the item is identified based on the decoded information.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a user device may detect, via pattern recognition by a user application, a pattern (indicative of a given code type) presented on a physical object. The user device may cause, via the user application, a code scanning application to be launched based on the detection to scan the pattern. The user device may obtain, via the user application, a code (associated with a biller entity) of the given code type from the code scanning application based on the code scanning application's scan. The user device may cause, via the user application, the code or information derived from the code to be provided over the Internet to a computer system hosting accounts of a user of the user application. The code or the derived information may be used by the computer system to complete transactions between the biller entity and at least one of the accounts.

Abstract: Systems and methods that enable a payer to perform a secure electronic financial payment transaction to a point of sale biller without the need to transmit certain sensitive information to the point of sale biller are described herein. For example, systems and methods for improving the security of computer systems used for financial payment transactions are described herein. In some embodiments, a secure pass-through server is configured to receive biller data from an authorized user payment interface device to facilitate a bill payment to a biller without requiring sensitive payment information from the authorized user payment interface device or the biller during the transaction.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows highly compressed data files to be expanded in a standalone decoder having an output at least 80 times larger than the compressed input. In one embodiment, a universally available interface is used to transport encoded media from a host PC to a decoder external to the PC for expansion and presentation as a HD display image. In one embodiment, a USB port of the user's PC (or other storage device) is used to transport data at a rate of between 0.3 Mbit/sec and 5 Mbits/sec for expansion into a robust HD signal of up to about 3Gbits/sec or higher. In other embodiments, provision is made for reducing the decompressed expanded data file to below 480 Mbits/sec so as to accommodate retransport of the decompressed file back to the PC or storage device for temporary storage or display.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for constructing a backup route from a source node around an adjacent component. The source node derives a first set of nodes reachable from it without traversing the adjacent component and a second set of nodes from which a neighbor node of adjacent components is reachable without traversing the adjacent component. The source node then constructs a backup route via an intermediate node in the intersection of the first and second sets.

Abstract: A distributed digital data processing system includes a plurality of nodes which communicate over a network. A node maintains one or more objects, each of which may be a file, that is, an addressable unit in the system, such as a program, database, text file, or the like, or a directory which may contain one or more files or other directories. One node maintains a naming service which associates each object in the system with one or more protocol towers. Each protocol tower identifies the object name and a series of entries each identifying a name for each of the protocol layers, along with the communications parameters and address information, to be used in communicating with the object. When a node requires access to an object maintained by another node, it first retrieves from the naming service the protocol towers for the object. The node also maintains a tower identifying the names of each of the protocols over which it can communicate.