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Provided is a system and method for easily packaging and exchanging complex information such as that contained in a database in the form of objects and attached documents. The invention may include a server configured to create a viewer package containing data and viewer code that allows a client computer to read data within the viewer package. The viewer code provides a client computer with the ability to perform functions that are as robust and as useful to common functions of a database for viewing, consuming and manipulating data. The data to be accessed may be formatted in one or more universal formats so that a user opening the viewer package can access the data, independent of the medium onto which it is received.

The present invention performs printing without collapsing the appearance of the hyper document and embeds information about links in the printed hyper document so that access to the link destinations can be gained. The image processing apparatus of the present invention has a plotting control unit that, when outputting document data onto a recording medium as a document image, the document data having image elements containing link destinations and containing appearance information for defining the plotting positions of the image elements, plots the image elements in the plotting positions defined by the appearance information and embeds at least part of coupling information for specifying related information of the image elements in the plotting positions of the image elements.

The present invention provides a calendar channel that provides a user of a mobile electronic device simple access to calendar information. The user may customize the calendar content they receive on their devices. While using the calendar channel, users automatically receive broadcast calendar information, including event and appointment information. Example modes include: appointments view, event view, and month view. The appointment view mode is organized to display appointment information on the electronic device. The event view mode is arranged to display event information that is organized according to a day list format. The month view mode displays the days of the month. The calendar channel is synchronized and customized by the user from a single user interface.

A collaboration event framework can be used to schedule and automatically invoke a collaboration event. An event coordinator may schedule a collaboration event, and the framework will automatically initiate contact with event participants using participant contact preferences. Participants can be asked to enter an identifier to verify the participant's identity. An event coordinator may be presented with a display that indicates the status of participants of the collaboration event. A system administrator may review all scheduled collaboration events to determine resource shortages.

A lockout system for preventing a person from accessing electronic information through an interface device of a computer having a signal cable operably coupled at one end with a signal port and at the other end with an interface device of a computer, the signal cable configured to pass electronic information back and forth between the interface device and the port and a locking device including a relay having a set of contacts, the set of contacts coupled in-line with the signal cable, the relay when actuated, disabling the signal cable to prevent electronic information from passing between the interface device and the port. A plug lock insertable with the signal cable proximate the other end of the cable may be included for maintaining the other end of the signal cable in operable connection with the interface device to hinder a bypass of the lockout system.

A system and method for replicating a multithreaded application program using a semi-active or passive replication strategy, wherein the application program executes under the control of an operating system having a thread library. The method comprises piggybacking mutex ordering information at the Primary replica onto regular multicast messages specifying the order in which threads in the Primary replica have been granted their claims to mutexes; and receiving the multicast messages at a Backup replica containing the mutex ordering information which determines the order in which threads in the Backup replica are granted mutexes. Thread library interpositioning is preferably utilized to intercept calls to functions in the operating system's thread library, so that the system and method of the invention may be implemented transparently. The invention enforces strong replica consistency without the need to count instructions, add significant messaging overhead, or modify application code.

A purchasing system for food service industry professionals including a portal for a communication network, the portal including a buyer account registration area for processing buyer registrations; a vendor account registration area for processing vendor registrations; a login area for providing buyers and vendors access to either a buyer home area or a vendor home area; a buyer area for providing information about buyers; a vendor area for providing information about vendors; a contact area for food service industry professionals and vendors to communicate; an administrator contact area for communicating with a system administrator; a system information area for providing information about the system to buyers and vendors; and a system administrator area for providing information about the system administrators.

A method and apparatus includes providing a cryptographic key, in an inactive state, to a point in a supply chain for manufactured items, providing the cryptographic key, in an active state, and an activation code for activating the cryptographic key, to a verification centre, and providing the activation code to the point in the supply chain in response to the point in the supply chain transmitting information relating to the received cryptographic key. The method includes generating, at the point in the supply chain, an identification (ID) code for each manufactured item, derived from the cryptographic key in the active state and a dynamic key generated for each batch of manufactured items. Including providing the dynamic key for each batch of manufactured items to the verification centre, marking each manufactured item with the ID code, and counting the actual or correct number of ID codes marked on the manufactured items.

A method of providing incentives for customers to purchase goods or services from amongst a network of vendors including the step of providing a customer with a reward whenever the customer meets a reward criteria of a rewarding vendor, wherein the said reward is redeemable by a redeeming vendor in the network when the customer meets a redemption criteria of the said redeeming vendor, whereby, the redemption of the reward results in the redeeming vendor providing the customer with a further reward.

A system, method and computer program product for storing configuration data for use in configuring a device while a program utilizing the configuration data is undergoing a revision at the device. The method includes a first step of providing a data structure indicating a manner in which configuration data is to be stored, and storing the data structure and current configuration data according to the data structure. Then, a revised software program in the device may identify the data structure and access a particular configuration data, along with its format; and, apply a conversion function that translates the stored current configuration data to a format compatible for use by the revised software. This is accomplished in a manner such that no configuration data is corrupted. The data structure includes data self describing the stored current configuration data, such that a conversion function can easily access the self describing information and render the stored configuration data platform independent.