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Authernative Granted U.S. Patent For Private and Secure Financial Transactions Method

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:10:21 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user and transaction authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company a patent for a private and secure financial transactions method.

The newly issued U.S. Patent No. 7,379,916, entitled "System and Method for Private and Secure Financial Transactions," adds to similar patent issuances in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China and Hong Kong. The patent describes an enhanced security and fraud protection system which enables financial account holders to perform highly secure financial transactions with or without disclosing private financial or personal information to merchants or sellers. The method describes a transaction-processing architecture for performing secure in-person, offline, online, or mobile financial transactions with the direct participation of the account holder's financial account provider (i.e. bank account, mobile provider, credit provider, e-wallet provider, etc.). The patent also introduces a random partial PIN/password recognition algorithm to authenticate the account holder.

"The advantage of this embedded privacy and security layer (EPSL(TM)) architecture is that it enables account holders to perform controlled secure transactions without disclosing private, financial, or any other personally identifiable information to the seller or merchant, thus enhancing consumers' privacy and mitigating the potential for fraud and identity theft," says Dr. Len Mizrah, CEO of Authernative. "Another advantage is that it opens an opportunity for any financial account provider to become a counterpart to the payment transaction and share revenue generated from transaction fees."

Key aspects of the patent include the following. Prior or during a transaction, the account holder gets connected to the financial account provider where the account resides. The financial provider securely authenticates the account holder and accepts the transaction parameter controls such as the amount limit, type of transaction, time validity, and the like. Upon the entire transaction authentication, which includes both the account holder and the transaction parameters, the financial account provider generates a one-time, transaction-specific alphanumeric signature (i.e. transaction identifier, one-time virtual card number) that is transferred to the account holder from the financial provider back office during the transaction authentication stage. "This one-time transaction-specific signature pre-authenticates the entire financial transaction," says Len Mizrah, "and it is only valid for the initiated transaction, for up to a specified amount limit, and up to an allowable time limit, irrespective of which merchant processes the purchase."

Then, the one-time transaction-specific signature is presented to the merchant along with the EPSL(TM) account number. The merchant transmits them to the financial account provider along with the exact transaction amount and time and business stamps for the transaction authorization. The authorization stage of the financial transaction occurs at the back office when the financial account provider receives the transaction signature and the other parameters from the merchant and positively matches it to the prior authentication record. Concurrently, the accounting stage is completed in order to reconcile the actual transaction amount against the predicted transaction amount and the funds in the account. "This ensures that the authentication, authorization, and accounting stages are coupled together and tied to the legitimate account holder and the specific transaction," says Len Mizrah. Importantly, the entire authentication, authorization, and accounting system is clocked, enabling secure and efficient mass user EPSL(TM) implementation at back offices utilizing high frequency synchronized global clocking of EPSL(TM) logic blocks.

The security advantages of this system are manifold. This payment solution is merchant-independent - the transaction signature can be submitted to any merchant. The EPSL(TM) account number is useless if intercepted by an intruder unless it is supported by the one-time transaction-specific transaction signature. If the transaction-specific signature is stolen from the merchant's database or a payment gateway, it cannot be reused like the static payment card number. Nor will capturing transaction data in transit yield the ability to perform fraudulent transactions. Moreover, the user controlled transaction parameters limit the fraud potential. In addition, the system utilizes a random partial PIN/Password recognition algorithm to securely authenticate the user and prevent against a credential compromise. Importantly, the use of a one-time transaction signature and a one-time PIN exceeds the Payment Card Industry (PCI) and Payment Application (PA) Data Security Standard (DSS) requirements as neither the static reusable card number nor the static PIN are passed or stored at the merchant, the payment gateway provider, or the POS device.

Electronic payments represent a significant growth opportunity for banks, payment processors, and retailers, as the focus shifts from replacing paper instruments to the next generation of electronic payment solutions. Concurrently, there is significant growth in fraud, undermining consumers' trust in the financial system, and constituting billions of dollars in losses for financial institutions, businesses and consumers. The methods of committing fraud are also growing in sophistication, including card theft, skimming devices, counterfeiting, mail interception, spoof sites, credential theft, mass financial database breaches, transaction data in-transit breaches, and consumer identity theft. In addition, the collection, data mining, and selling for profit, legally or illegally obtained, financial and personal consumer information is also escalating. As a result, there has been an increase in alternative payment methods adoption over the last several years. Consumers now view alternative payment methods as a trusted and viable way to pay for purchases.

Authernative's patented method offers a comprehensive set of capabilities in the (EPSL(TM)) architecture such as preventing fraud, giving the account holder control over the transaction, securely authenticating an account holder as part of the entire transaction authentication, and protecting the account holder's private personal information from merchants and other transaction counterparts.

The U.S. issued patent solidifies the company's ability to license private and secure financial transactions intellectual property and solutions.

About Authernative, Inc.:
Authernative develops, markets, and sells innovative patented software security solutions offering identity and access management capabilities including strong authentication, authorization, administration, and auditing. The company's products are used to prevent unauthorized access to confidential data, protected resources and financial transactions. They allow businesses to lower the cost of providing, deploying and managing strong user authentication for enabling e-commerce and regulatory compliance with customers, suppliers, partners, vendors, and employees.

More information: www.authernative.com.

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9/11 Moves Firefighter to Protect Public from Bioterrorism with Patent for Air-Shield

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:57:50 GMT

Ground Zero experience moves rescuer to invent "Air Shield" Device

TONAWANDA, N.Y., April 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The week-long experience of retired N.Y. firefighter Jim Thomsen after 9/11 at Ground Zero volunteering to search steaming dust and rubble for survivors, made him determined to develop a protective Air Shield that might someday reduce the danger of inhaling toxic dust. Just outside Buffalo, N.Y., he found the small workshop of Ted Arts, and as partners developed new technology able to protect against anthrax or other airborne terrorism attacks.

Their determination was rewarded on February 8th, 2008 as the U.S. Patent office issued patent #7326387 for the Air-Shield technology in their Portable Air Safety System (PASS). Barely a week later, the urgent need was evident when deadly ricin dust was discovered at a Las Vegas Hotel. The PASS system is a suitcase sized unit that can suck in and neutralize anthrax, nerve gas, ricin, dirty bomb radioactivity and more. But not limited to rare events the PASS is used by health care, schools, emergency services for less deadly smoke, fumes, dusts, tear gas, TB, mold, etc. The small size of the unit's rugged steel housing on wheels can fit down an aircraft aisle or stored in a closet. HEPA filtration, UV light, and antiseptic ozone treatment are combined in the device to wipe out all infectious particles allowing entire rooms to be negatively pressured to stop contamination spread.

Rather than focus only on the military or health care uses the new PASS system was designed for schools, businesses, or personal home use for dozens of common hazards. Thomsen explained, "Your lungs acting like sponge shaped cheesecloth expose 2 quarts of your blood to anything you breathe allowing any toxin inhaled to be pumped to every cell in your body in less than sixty seconds." With the new device hazards can be sucked away from occupied areas or airflow reversed to push away toxins creating an Air-Shield of purified safe air zone. With an ozone feature in one weekend it made a FEMA trailer safe, killed mold, germs, and cruise ship viruses by turning contaminated air antiseptically sterile, particle free, and odorless. "Ozone acts on air the same way Clorox(R) Bleach does on surfaces by sanitizing through oxidation and killing any odor and yet an hour later it reverts to pure oxygen with a fresh clean smell," the inventors claim.

When ricin was found at a Las Vegas hotel recently, hotel staff and emergency responders could have inhaled or unknowing brought home contamination on their clothes exposing risk to their families. As NYC news rooms and others were targets of anthrax attacks in 2001 and cruise ships still struggling with norovirus outbreaks the risk of SARS or an Avian Flu pandemic highlight the perfect timing for this new technology? Costing less than $5,000.00 the durable PASS device can function for decades; often cutting 90% of potential medical and other costs to treat TB or infection exposed persons, cleaning the buildings and avoid business shutdowns, and lawsuits like the multimillion dollar moon suit clean-ups for anthrax at the Hart Senate Building.

Proven by Hazmat teams, hospital and military applications the unit is more often employed by contractors to remove airborne risks from accidental releases or household hazards like mold, asbestos, pesticides and by trauma cleanup crews at crime scenes. One contractor said after first using the system "that thing could suck your socks off" instead of just diluting airborne hazards by opening widows to ventilate which can leave deadly risks behind.

Family members with asthma, lung disease, HIV, compromised immune systems, undergoing chemotherapy or anti rejection drug therapy can now do more than wearing masks and gloves by actually sterilizing the air and all the surfaces it touches. In 30 minutes it's possible to treat the entire atmosphere of a 2,000 square foot home to antiseptic operating room standards allowing some patients now restricted to hospital isolation to return home safely reducing hospital stays and cost. When prescribed by physicians, the unit cost sometimes is tax deductible or covered under medical insurance.

PASS can also be set to treat unoccupied rooms to an antiseptic state with disinfecting ozone which also treats every surface, clothes, dishes, beds, furniture removing allergens, mold spores and dust. At day care centers, hotels, and other public places nightly PASS use would reduce the spread of colds, flu and other infections while neutralizing most foul odors. With FDA and EPA approval the PASS has been used by hospitals to treat TB, remove smoke after a fire, creating portable isolation rooms, and even to remove the burned popcorn smell in the cafeteria.

Fire departments, police, government, shopping centers, hotels, cruise ships and schools now have this new tool to respond to the threat of bioterrorist attacks, disasters and routine airborne hazards to protect their staff, the public and customers. This is especially important in the era of sealed buildings, underground workspaces or windows that cannot be opened.

Photos and information of the public version are at www.Air-Shield.net and the manufacturer's complete line of models for military and healthcare is at www.AirIso.com.

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Epeius Biotechnologies Awarded U.S. Patent for Targeted Injectable Gene Delivery In Vivo

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:05:29 GMT

SAN MARINO, Calif., March 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation announced today the issue of U.S. Patent No. 7,347,998 for Targeted Gene Delivery in vivo. This patent provides additional intellectual property protection for the platform of highly advanced biotechnologies embodied in the company's leading anti-cancer agent, Rexin-G. Administered clinically by simple intravenous infusion, the Epeius tumor-targeted gene delivery system enables Rexin-G to seek out and accumulate selectively in cancerous tissues and remote metastatic tumor nodules that have spread throughout the body. Rexin-G delivers it tumor-killing payload precisely where it is needed most, by targeting cancer from the inside.

Rexin-G demonstrates profound single agent efficacy in a broad spectrum of chemotherapy refractory cancers, including pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of larynx, uterine cancer, gastric cancer, malignant melanoma, validating Epeius Biotechnologies' in vivo targeted gene delivery platform (Int'l J Oncol, 2006, 2007).

The response rates seen with Rexin-G are unmatched by any other tumor-targeted gene delivery system. The U.S. FDA has granted Orphan Drug Status to Rexin-G based on its performance as a single therapeutic agent in treating chemotherapy refractory pancreatic cancer. Based on its exemplary record of safety and efficacy as an anti-cancer agent in a broad spectrum of chemo-resistant tumors, Rexin-G received accelerated approval for the treatment of all solid tumors by the Philippine BFAD, leading to its registration.

Currently, Rexin-G is being tested as a single therapeutic agent in three separate U.S. Phase I/II Trials for recurrent or metastatic cancers of the breast or pancreas and for bone and soft tissue sarcoma respectively. Additionally, a Phase II Registration Protocol is underway for chemo-resistant osteosarcoma in Los Angeles, California.

About Epeius Biotechnologies
Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation is a privately held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the advancement of genetic medicine with the development and commercialization of its proprietary targeted delivery systems.

Credited with innovations ranging from proto-oncogene discovery, designer therapeutics, pathotropic (disease-seeking) targeting, high-performance vector engineering, to advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing and bioprocess development, Epeius Biotechnologies is well positioned to "launch" its enabling platform technologies for the benefit of cancer patients worldwide.

To learn more about Rexin-G(R) and the Epeius pipeline of proprietary biotechnologies currently available for licensing and clinical trials, please visit us at www.epeiusbiotech.com.

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IBC Announces Patent Pending on Energy Saving Technology

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:30:13 GMT

Insulated Electrical Box Expected to be Incorporated Into New Homes

BREVARD, N.C. - Feb. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Insulation Business Consultants announced today that the firm has developed a means of maintaining the thermal integrity of exterior walls, eliminating the voids in the insulation where electrical boxes (switch and receptacle boxes), create significant holes in the residential thermal envelope.

IBC invented the technology which incorporates insulating panels of Argon gas and an optional radiant barrier. IBC developed it while working on the development of a separate energy-saving technology relating to custom-formed batts for the Fibertek Corporation of Lakeland, Florida.

A University of North Dakota study in 2000 indicated that an average American home loses fifty dollars in heat energy each year through leakage of energy in and around electrical boxes. Since 2000, energy cost per unit, (BTU), has increased dramatically.

IBC found builders were unable to provide adequate insulation to the wall behind the electrical boxes using materials typically available on the jobsite. Thermal imaging always indicated substantial heat loss at the box regardless of efforts taken to mitigate the loss.

The new electrical box design allows building inspectors assurance that thermal performance of the exterior walls will comply with the existing building code language.

IBC is negotiating with several manufacturers of electrical boxes to incorporate the technology, and the newer boxes are expected to be available by summer of 2008.

Insulation Business Consultants (www.IBCofUSA.com) has long been involved with energy-saving technology. The firm owns insulation contracting companies and provides consultation services to insulation contracting services organizations nation-wide.

William Daviau
of: Insulation Business Consultants
Telephone: 828-883-4208
email - billdaviau @aol.com

176 Kituhwa Trail
Brevard, NC 28712
URL - http://www.ibcofusa.com/

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LogicEase Receives Notice of Allowance in the U.S. for Automated Loan Compliance Patent

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:01 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Jan. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LogicEase Solutions Inc., provider of the mortgage industry's leading suite of risk management solutions - ComplianceEase(R), announced today it has received a Notice of Allowance for a patent on its automated compliance system from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The allowed patent, "System and Method For Automated Compliance With Loan Legislation" primarily encompasses the ComplianceAnalyzer(R) automated compliance system.

ComplianceAnalyzer examines mortgage loans and, in real-time, produces audit reports with summary and detailed findings regarding loan-level compliance with applicable laws and regulations at multiple jurisdictional levels. The awarding of the patent further validates ComplianceEase's innovation in the regulatory compliance space and recognizes it as the pioneer of this important technology.

"At ComplianceEase we have pioneered the field of automated lending compliance and I am very pleased that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has recognized the novel innovations that we have developed," said Jason Roth, senior vice president and named inventor on the patent. "This important milestone helps us give the residential mortgage industry confidence that we will continue to be the leading compliance automation provider for years to come."

In today's increasingly volatile market environment, regulatory compliance is becoming one of the most significant risk-management issues for financial institutions of all sizes. ComplianceEase's team of industry professionals recognized this need early on and created ComplianceAnalyzer - a web-based system that includes the use of rules-based artificial intelligence, an intuitive mapping of business concepts on the loan to concepts within the rules, and a natural language processor to manage all of the compliance rules in plain English sentences. The system not only determines if a loan complies with regulations but it also automatically determines which rules should apply to the loan, based on numerous aspects of the transaction in question.

About ComplianceEase
ComplianceEase, a division of LogicEase Solutions Inc., headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a premier provider of intelligent business solutions to the financial services industry. ComplianceEase's web-based platform, ComplianceAnalyzer, is the mortgage industry's leading automated compliance solution. The ComplianceEase expert system utilizes advanced reasoning and decisioning technologies as well as natural language processing to power beginning-to-end solutions in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of traditional approaches, while providing high levels of accuracy and integrity. ComplianceEase's significant and growing client base includes top tier mortgage lenders, banks, and Wall Street firms. The company is managed by a team of highly experienced and innovative mortgage professionals, and is funded by the First American Corporation, the WI Harper Group, and the senior management team.

For more information about ComplianceEase, please visit www.ComplianceEase.com.

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Authernative Granted U.S. Patent on Key Conversion Method for Communication Session Encryption and Authentication System

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:36:41 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Nov. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company its patent for a key conversion method.

The newly issued patent number US 7,299,356 titled "Key conversion method for communication session encryption and authentication system" describes a new encryption key management system integrated into an interactive mutual authentication protocol that accomplishes mutual authentication through a secure exchange of session-only random symmetric encryption keys without allowing authentication credentials to cross non-trusted communication media.

Security of key distribution is enabled with a new Key Conversion Array (KCA(TM)) technology. It embraces sequential random number generators seeded with authentication credentials and arrays of veiling random bits and/or bytes. Furthermore, these veiling bits and/or bytes are replaced at certain session-only random positions in KCA with disassembled symmetric key's bits and/or bytes. Key scrambling process of replacing veiling bits and/or bytes inside KCA with the actual key's bits and/or bytes is reversed at the receiving end with a reciprocal key reengineering process according to one of patented Bit-Veil-Unveil (BitVU(TM)), Byte-Veil-Unveil (ByteVU(TM)), and Bit-Byte-Veil-Unveil (BBVU(TM)) algorithms.

The patented technology provides secure mutual authentication and session-only random symmetric key distribution in client-server architecture, which eliminates asymmetric key usage and overcomes certain weaknesses and difficulties in implementation, administration, maintenance, and cost containment of public key infrastructure (PKI), Kerberos, and some other commercially available authentication and key distribution systems and protocols. Key Conversion Array technology allows for security scalable with CPU power and network bandwidth, while KCA is highly resilient against communication session eavesdropping attacks, replay man-in-the-middle attacks, online and offline computer-processing attacks, and session hijacking/phishing attacks.

KCA(TM) technology extends the end-to-end security capabilities of Authernative(R) AuthGuard(R) user authentication solution. AuthGuard(R) performs strong user authentication and client-server mutual authentication during the authentication stage of the communication session. The secure session-only symmetric random encryption key distribution having occurred during this stage can protect secure content delivery between client and server during the post-authentication stage of the same communication session.

The rise and sophistication of online attacks, tools and strategies to steal authentication credentials and sensitive data are rapidly growing. According to the September 17, 2007, Internet Security Threat Report released by Symantec Corp, cyber criminals are increasingly becoming more professional - even commercial - in the development, distribution and use of malicious code and services. Authernative's Key Conversion Array technology gives end-users higher security and confidence when conducting Web-based transactions.

This patent issuance is a significant validation of the company's intellectual property and business strategy to protect user access and security of proprietary or sensitive data, which is essential to successfully conducting electronic business on a global basis. The company also currently holds more than 28 issued and pending US and foreign patents relating to the front- and back-end of authentication and encryption key management technologies.

Authernative has been expending the vision of AuthGuard(R) and the addition of the Key Conversion Array patented technology is a significant milestone, allowing for new product lines, including secure content delivery, single sign-on, and federated identity.

About Authernative:
Authernative provides innovative patented software security solutions offering identity and access management capabilities including authentication, authorization, administration, and auditing. The company's products are used to prevent unauthorized access to confidential data, protected resources, and financial transactions. They allow businesses to lower the cost of providing, deploying and managing user authentication for enabling e-commerce and addressing regulatory compliance requirements.

More information: www.authernative.com.

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The Original Patent Troll Returns

Mon, 07 May 2007 15:00:00 GMT

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. - May 7 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- All of the fuss about Patent Trolls is driving coalitions of technology sector leaders to Washington, D.C. with their support of this year's Patent Reform Legislation. With all the fanfare, it is perfect timing for the Original Patent Troll to make his comeback in the recent re-release of "The Patents Video," from Intellectual Property Videos, LLC.

In 1994, the Patent Troll made his first appearance in The Patents Video. At its first release, The Patents Video was purchased by hundreds of corporations, universities, governmental entities and law firms. In The Patents Video, an unsuspecting victim is surprised by the Original Patent Troll who strategically positioned himself to collect patent licensing revenue.

*(Photo Caption: The Original Patent Troll as seen in the re-released 1994 "The Patents Video")

Using dramatic vignettes, entertaining scenarios, humor and expert advice, The Patents Video explains the most commonly misunderstood concepts and the most critical information about patents. The Patents Video was designed to visually make key messages memorable. Topics include intellectual property (IP) law basics, domestic and foreign patent bar dates, patenting of ideas, and claim language with respect to patent infringement.

Engineers, scientists, marketers, managers, executives and corporate attorneys have a lesson in Bar Dates that no one forgets when they watch The Patents Video. Og, a caveman in a dream, has invented the wheel. Og and Thak push the wheel through downtown - all in public view. The Patents Video, an entertaining educational tool, explains how and why Og and Thak have lost their foreign patent filing rights and explains, in detail, how to avoid triggering U.S. and foreign patent Bar Dates.

A free viewing of a 3.5 minute clip from the 32 minute video is available by visiting www.ogandthak.com. YouTube viewers give the clip Five Stars.

Easy video streaming is available for $19.95 per view (volume discounts available) and a DVD copy can be purchased for $299 by visiting www.ogandthak.com. Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit is also available.

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Village Technology's Affordable SMRrTRAM People-Mover Design Receives U.S. Patent

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:30:00 GMT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Mar. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Village Technology, an urban-solutions think-tank in Annapolis, Maryland, has been awarded a U.S. patent (7,082,879) - with a Canadian patent pending - for its unique SMRrTRAM People-Mover method that transforms affordable, zero-emission electric buses into high-convenience people-movers for congested urban corridors.

The SMRrTRAM design uses computer logic to synchronize the movements of oppositely moving electric tram-buses in a single, narrow, dedicated guidelane. The synchronization method provides pedestrians the opportunity to board a tram-bus going in either direction every 150 seconds from each stop along the route. The elevator-like convenience of the synchronization generates carrying capacities up to 5000 people per hour. Most important for cities and traffic planners, the single SMRrTRAM guidelane can be inserted, on-grade, into virtually any existing streetscape without eliminating traffic lanes.

The method's use of simple, battery-electric tram-buses makes the SMRrTRAM people-mover an affordable alternative to expensive fixed-rail or elevated guideway systems. The simple electric tram-buses, which can be manufactured by a number of companies in the U.S. and Canada, have the additional advantage of being able to be driven out of their guidelane to share maintenance and storage facilities with conventional buses.

"We believe SMRrTRAM offers a breakthrough opportunity for congested urban business and shopping corridors," said Village Technology president and founder, John Alt. "It offers, for the first time, a highly convenient, yet practical means for pedestrians to move conveniently back and forth through congested urban areas, for connecting intercept parking facilities with downtown cores, or for extending pedestrian access to and from major event sites, like convention centers. And it's a solution cities can easily afford to build."

Village Technology, comprised of Alt and two partners, has been developing and studying the SMRrTRAM method and its applications for several years. With the U.S. patent in hand, and Canadian patent pending, they are now seeking development and financing partners to build a demonstration SMRrTRAM project and make the system available to cities and urban contexts as rapidly as possible.

"This technology fits perfectly with the emerging goals of reducing carbon emissions and building urban sustainability," says Alt. "One of these zero-emission people-movers could replace thousands of parking-search car movements every day - and eliminate the carbon emissions those car movements would have produced."

For more information about the SMRrTRAM People-Mover Architecture, visit: www.villagetechnology.com.

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Patented Energy Saving System for Recovering Wasted Heat in Boiler Rooms

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:45:00 GMT

Applying System throughout U.S. Would Lead to Tremendous Savings

ST. JOHN, Ind. - Mar. 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Scientific Research Inc. is introducing a new energy saving system, based on the patents 4,759,195 and 5,878,588. The Wasted Thermal Energy Recovery System is designed to recover heat from boiler rooms, which are found all over the world. It is easy to see that The Wasted Thermal Energy Recovery System saves both money and tremendous energy.

Boiler rooms, which are found in many facilities, are full of wasted heat. In the winter boiler room temperatures are about 110-degrees F (at the ceiling), and in the summer the temperature climbs to 135-degrees F. All of this is wasted heat and wasted energy.

All of the wasted heat escapes from: the boiler shell, hot water heaters, un-insulated steam pipes the stack pipe and other equipment in the boiler room. Most of the heat escapes through the ceiling.

The Wasted Thermal Energy Recovery System recovers the heat from the ceiling, not from around the boiler, with a heat exchanger, (heat absorber), that has cold water running through it. This ceiling heat supplies the three therms/hour needed to raise the inlet water temperature about 30-degrees F, It is channeled into the water inlet, which supplies the boiler.

This saves money and energy. Example: A 350hp boiler at 82 cents per therm would save about $21,000 a year on the cost of natural gas. This system does not use any pumps or holding tanks.

Other technologies preheat intake water such as stack recovery systems. Though these systems can raise the inlet water temperature higher then ours, they are extremely expensive. For example, a 350hp boiler (one which would be found in a factory) would cost $30,000 approximately for the unit and installation. Our unit can be designed to fit any size boiler. Our system cost is $8,200 a unit, and about $2,000 for installation. Our system pays for itself in six months.

This would benefit: schools, hospitals, buildings, factories, and universities. The Wasted Thermal Energy Recovery System is much more economical, therefore is a more practical investment.

In order to insure that this system can be fully beneficial, and accessible we have decided to make it available for licensing. Applied Scientific Research Inc. is a small company, working with energy saving technology, in a world where energy is over used, and wasted. We would like to see this wasted energy be put to use by saving money, energy, and conserving natural gas.

More information: (219) 776-4623.

Applied Scientific Research Inc, P.O. Box 35, St. John, IN 46373-0035 USA.

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Authernative Granted U.S. Patent for User Authentication Method and Interface

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:30:00 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Mar. 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the US Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company its patent for a user authentication method and interface.

The newly issued patent number US 7,188,314 titled "System and method for user authentication interface" describes a graphical user interface supporting an interactive client-server authentication based on Random Partial Pattern Recognition algorithm.

Unlike the standard static password recognition algorithm which requires the user to enter the entire password in one authentication session, the patented Random Partial Pattern Recognition algorithm requests only a random session-specific subset of the user's credential. This technology significantly reduces the credential's entropy leakage and renders one-time authentication responses difficult to compromise. Moreover, the method's virtual keyboards and menus containing alpha-numeric characters, images or colors enable high combinatorial security and an easy cognitive way to select, remember, and enter the user's credentials. The user authentication interface also includes indicators for elapsed time and status of the authentication session. The combination of these security and usability features provide stronger protection against known attacks while delivering a simple and more engaging user experience.

This patent, together with the recently granted patents (European Patent Office, patent number EP1434408, titled "Authentication System and Method Based upon Random Partial Pattern Recognition" and US Patent & Trademark Office, patent number 7,073,067, titled "Authentication System and Method Based upon Random Partial Digitized Path Recognition") provide for a protected intellectual property and technology foundation for Authernative(TM) AuthGuard(R) authentication product - a versatile authentication platform offering different methods and levels of authentication security consolidated through one user interface.

Authentication options include the following methods: legacy password, enhanced password, patented one-time challenge - one-time response, patent-pending out-of-band, and strong mutual authentication. These authentication factors, used alone or in combination, allow for one-factor, layered, or multi-factor highly scalable authentication security, while preserving high usability, low total cost of ownership, and online self-service capabilities. Hence, the AuthGuard(R) product enables enterprises, application & consumer service providers to select and mandate different authentication methods depending on who is logging in, where the log-in is taking place, and for what purpose.

Furthermore, organizations can offer end-users the ability to choose the most appropriate authentication method from variety of different options. This allows for personalized security and usability, making the end-user authentication process more engaging while providing tangible and feasible protection. Given such options, security motivated and conscious users could choose a higher level of authentication security.

The issued patent solidifies the company's intellectual property portfolio, strengthens its technology and product legal protection, and extends its licensing opportunities.

About Authernative:
Authernative provides innovative patented software security solutions offering identity and access management capabilities including strong authentication, authorization, administration, and auditing. The company's products are used to prevent unauthorized access to confidential data, protected resources, and financial transactions.

They allow businesses to lower the cost of providing, deploying and managing strong user authentication for enabling e-commerce and addressing regulatory compliance requirements.

More information: www.authernative.com.

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Authernative Granted EU Patent for User Authentication Method

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:21:00 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Feb. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the European Patent Office has granted the company its patent for a user authentication method. The newly issued patent number EP1434408 titled "Authentication System and Method Based upon Random Partial Pattern Recognition" describes a "what user knows" authentication method which provides stronger security than traditional passwords.

Unlike the standard static password recognition algorithm which requires the user to enter the entire password in one authentication session, the patented Random Partial Pattern Recognition algorithm requests only a random session-specific subset of the user's credential. This technology significantly reduces the credential's entropy leakage and renders one-time authentication responses difficult to compromise. Moreover, the method's virtual keyboards and menus containing alpha-numeric characters, images or colors enable high combinatorial security and an easy cognitive way to select, remember, and enter the user's credentials. The combination of these security and usability features provide stronger protection against known attacks while delivering a simple and more engaging user experience.

The patented technology is just one of the authentication methods available in Authernative's AuthGuard(R) authentication product. Authernative was the first to pioneer what Gartner calls Versatile Authentication Server (VAS) - "a common enterprise infrastructure supporting multiple open and proprietary authentication methods. This approach enables an enterprise to use different forms of authentication depending on who is logging in, where the login is taking place and for what purpose. A VAS also gives an enterprise a simple means of migrating to new authentication methods as its needs change and new methods emerge."

AuthGuard(R) versatile authentication server offers a range of legacy and innovative authentication methods having scalable security, high usability, low total cost of ownership, and self-service capabilities. Authentication options include the following methods: legacy password, enhanced password, patented one-time challenge - one-time response, patent-pending next-generation out-of-band, and strong mutual authentication. These authentication factors, used alone or in combination, allow for one-factor, layered, and multi-factor authentication security. All are provided through a single product which allows the personalization of the level of security and the ease-of-use particular to users' needs or companies' policies - whether at service providers with millions of users, global enterprises, ASPs, or small and medium businesses.

Use of advanced authentication factors for stronger, layered, or multi-factor authentication is increasingly becoming a generally accepted approach around the world. However, key challenges remain not only when it comes to the ease-of-use, the cost to purchase, deploy, and manage authentication solutions, but also to provide a flexible range of options appropriate for different business requirements and user personalized choices. Authernative solutions best address these requirements.

About Authernative
Authernative provides innovative patented software security solutions offering identity and access management capabilities including strong authentication, authorization, administration, and auditing. The company's products are used to prevent unauthorized access to confidential data, protected resources, and financial transactions. They allow businesses to lower the cost of providing, deploying and managing strong user authentication for enabling e-commerce and addressing regulatory compliance requirements.

More Information: www.Authernative.com.

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Authernative Granted Patent in China for Private and Secure Financial Transactions Method

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:34:00 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Dec. 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user and transaction authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the People's Republic of China Patent Office has granted the company its patent for a private and secure financial transactions method. The newly issued patent number 01143367.1, entitled "System and Method For Private and Secure Financial Transactions," adds to similar patent issuances in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The patent describes an enhanced security and fraud protection system which enables financial account holders to perform secure financial transactions with or without disclosing private personal information to merchants. The method describes a transaction-processing architecture for secure online and offline transactions that are initiated and authenticated directly through the financial institutions where the consumers' accounts reside. The patent introduces for the first time a random partial PIN/password recognition algorithm to authenticate the account holder.

Electronic payments represent a significant growth opportunity for banks, payment processors and retailers, as the focus shifts from replacing paper instruments to the next generation of electronic payment solutions. According to ACI Worldwide and Global Insight research in May 2006, the annual number of electronic payment transactions, currently at approximately 210 billion worldwide, is expected to double by 2010.

As credit card payments and other types of offline and online electronic payments continue to grow, so does the fraud which undermines consumers' trust in the financial system, and constitutes billions of dollars in losses for financial institutions, businesses and consumers. The methods of committing fraud are also growing in sophistication, including card theft, skimming devices, counterfeiting, mail interception, spoof sites, mass financial database breaches, and consumer identity theft. The increasing involvement of organized criminals, driven by a profit motive, further exacerbates the fraud trends which are expected to continue.

Authernative patented method's key capabilities allow preventing fraud, giving the account holder control over the transaction, securely authenticating an account holder along with the transaction authentication, and protecting the account holder's private personal information from merchants and other transaction counterparts.

The issued patents solidify the company's ability to provide and license secure and private electronic payment solutions.

About Authernative:
Authernative develops, markets, and sells innovative patented software security solutions offering identity and access management capabilities including strong authentication, authorization, administration, and auditing. The company's products are used to prevent unauthorized access to confidential data, protected resources and financial transactions. They allow businesses to lower the cost of providing, deploying and managing strong user authentication for enabling e-commerce and regulatory compliance with customers, suppliers, and employees.

More Information: www.Authernative.com.

ACell Wins Again in Federal Appeals Court

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:57:00 GMT

Federal Appeals Court Denies Cook Biotech's and Purdue Research Foundation's Petition for Rehearing in ACell's Victory on Patent Infringement

JESSUP, Md. - Oct. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ACell, Inc., the owner of highly valued extracellular matrix (ECM) patents, along with co-defendants Dr. Stephen Badylak and Dr. Alan Spievack, today won another legal victory against Cook Biotech, Inc. (Cook) and Purdue Research Foundation (Purdue) when the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Cook's and Purdue's Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc.

In the Petition Cook and Purdue had requested both the original Federal Circuit three judge panel and the entire Federal Circuit Court to reconsider a detailed 29 page written opinion issued on August 18, 2006. In that opinion the three judge panel unanimously reversed a July 2005 finding against ACell of patent infringement, holding instead that ACell's product does not infringe Purdue's patent. The Federal Circuit is the federal court which specializes in patent law and provides guidance to federal district courts on patent law issues.

ACell's ECM is a graft material that can be implanted at the site of an injury or damaged tissue in order to stimulate a unique healing response. The graft attracts the body's own progenitor cells which have the potential to diversify into site specific tissues. Consequently, instead of the body's default healing mechanism of scar tissue formation, the body heals by remodeling with new tissue almost as if the injury had never occurred.

Because ACell already has multiple Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals allowing its ECM to be placed in humans, the victorious conclusion of this litigation eliminates a major hurdle to the use of ACell's technology for solving a wide range of medical problems in various fields including orthopedics, cardiovascular, urology, gastrointestinal, general surgery and wound care.

"ACell's plan is to accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced medical therapies involving our unique ECM technology by partnering with leading companies in the life sciences industry," explained Jim DeFrancesco, ACell's CEO and President. "This litigation was the biggest impediment to our ability to finalize partnerships. The difference in the way we are being perceived within the industry now that these victories are behind us is remarkable. We are delighted to finally be receiving the attention that we always felt we deserved."

Miles Grody, ACell's Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, commented "Cook and Purdue have had their day in court, and there can be no question now that ACell's technology is completely independent of the claims they have made. Despite extensive document reviews and depositions during this three year litigation they failed to raise any legitimate material issue of fact meriting a trial. This attempt by Cook and Purdue to deprive ACell of its proprietary technology has completely failed, and we are glad to have it behind us."

About ACell, Inc.
ACell, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in June 1999 for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, and marketing products in the field of regenerative medicine. These tissue engineered products are based on naturally occurring ECM scaffolds. The Company's proprietary ECM technology changes the fundamental healing response by encouraging the body's own regenerative capabilities to repair tissues and restore them to natural health.

ACell's business plan involves building strategic relationships with leading companies in the life sciences field to make valuable ECM products available across a broad range of medical applications.

More information: www.acell.com

Cellular Jewelry Receives Patent

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:38:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Oct. 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Cellular Jewelry, Inc. (www.cellularjewelry.com), a leading provider of cellular technologies and solutions, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded Cellular Jewelry(TM) a U.S. patent (Patent Number 6,954,659).

The Cellular Jewelry(TM) work as an alerting device and flashes when a signal is received within 3 feet of a cellular phone. Cellular Jewelry's products line includes Cellular Pens(TM), Cellular Bracelets(TM) and Cellular Watches(TM) - all that illuminate within feet of a ringing cellular device, successfully combining technology and fashion.

The bright LED lights on the Cellular Jewelry products are designed to operate on GSM, TDMA & iDEN networks "This patent represents a significant advancement in wireless technologies and should prove to be a valuable accessory for public safety as well as consumer and enterprise applications that require new innovative technology and reliability," said David Cadis, President at Cellular Jewelry.

While the Cellular Pen caps illuminate for the more professional consumer, the Cellular Bracelets and Cellular Watches cross over to consumers in the fashion market. Targeting teenagers and adults alike, the patented Cellular Bracelets contain patented beads and charms in a variety of bright colors and designs, making impressive accessories.

Cellular Jewelry Inc., headquartered in Woodland Hills Calif., is a new global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing of Cellular Jewelry's new patented products.

"Trials are going on with Fortune 100 companies, and major cell phone carriers have expressed strong interest," said Cadis, who holds a new Cellular Jewelry(TM) patent and has 42 more applications pending. One Los Angeles-based manufacturer has already commented: "Cellular Jewelry's patented micro chip can turn any existing product into a valuable alerting device using their patented technology."

More information: www.cellularjewelry.com.

Patented Digital Data Compression Method Effectively Moves Parallel Data Over Serial Media

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:37:00 GMT

SILER CITY, NC - Aug. 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Pegasus Web Services Inc. is pleased to announce it has received a Patent (Patent Number 7,096,360) from the Patent and Trademark Office today for its "Frequency-time based data compression method." The "Frequency-time based data compression method" allows High Volume Transport of Digital Data over Serial Transports. It also has claims for High Volume Digital Data Storage and a Multi-Dimensional Encryption/Decryption algorithm providing unsurpassed data security.

This digital data compression method is expected to catapult web based and networking technologies into a world where data throughput over the wire is virtually unlimited.

It can be applied to data storage as well (imagine a floppy disk that can store 1.28 GigaBytes of data) or when applied to a 32 bit computer buss effectively creating a 32,000 bit computer buss.

As quoted by Jeff Fries, Pegasus Web Services Inc. V.P., "We are entering a new age ofperformance."

The HyperDrive(TM) Patented Digital Data Compression Method also features an extremely complex embedded encryption algorithm preventing hacker or terrorist data attacks.

Pegasus Web Services Inc. envisions Applications of the HyperDrive(TM) Digital Data Compression Method to include:

"This invention is expected to significantly change the way we use computers in the future. We will no longer be constrained by the box; i.e. the number of slots in the computer backplane). The network becomes the computer backplane. The total computing power available is the sum of the parts of all computers on the network," noted Jeff Fries, Vice President - Pegasus Web Services Inc.

Jeff also noted "This Patented Digital Data Compression Method opens the floodgates allowing High Speed Data Delivery of High Volume Data solving one of the most fundamental problems associated with today's Internet. Data can be Delivered at speeds which will catapult the industry into the next generation of Truly Interactive Web Browsing instead of pointing and clicking on Hyperlinks as in use in today's Web Browsers.

"Imagine Consumer Interactivity whereas the Consumer has the ability to walk through Virtual Mall Worlds, passing Water Fountains, Sculptures and more. Upon seeing a Store Front, the Consumer walks through the storefront door and enters a Virtual Store.

"The HyperDrive(TM) Digital Data Compression Method is an enabling technology. When used with VRML, Virtual World Malls become a reality."

IPR Licenses are available today.

Pegasus Web Services Inc.'s Home Office is based in Siler City, NC. Pegasus Web Services Inc. is accepting applications for Sales people as the Patented Intellectual Property Rights will be Licensed and is looking for Sales people to sell the licenses.

Web Site: www.fly-pegasus.com