1. A system to manage, control, track, or monitor access, usage, view, provide comments, or provide collaboration environment for digital contents or services, said system comprising:
an environment to offer digital contents or services by a provider; and
a network of one or more computers, telephones, communication devices, mobile devices, wireless devices, cellular devices, PDAs, electronic devices, nodes, routers, hubs, optical devices, connection means, or switches,
wherein said provider or another entity assigns one or more rights, constraints, limitations, or privileges to one or more users,
wherein said one or more users operate, access, or use said network, and
wherein said one or more users are controlled, monitored, constrained, or limited by said one or more rights, constraints, limitations, or privileges.
2. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system is used in an ASP service.
3. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system is used to collaborate on or jointly edit or modify a common document or digital content.
4. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system incorporates an encryption andor electronic signature scheme, method, or module.
5. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system incorporates one or more of the following for the authentication process: an e-mail ID, password, biometrics, digital certificate, hardware ID, software ID, cell phone ID, or a random number generator on a USB device.
6. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system enables a federated approach to control, monitor, or manage the comments, inputs, or feedbacks, andor enables a federated or centralized approach to managing the distributed user’s authentication and authorization, for all companies in a given country or spread globally.
7. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a mechanism to move a threaded conversation, e-mail trail, feedback trail, input, reply trail, response trail, or continuous collaboration from one version to another version.
8. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system manages one or more registered users and providers as a part of a community, circle, secured network, private network, virtual trusted network, or closed network.
9. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a mechanism to enable users in a circle to inherit items or characteristics supplied or applied by a provider, in addition to the users’ own items or characteristics.
10. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides continuous and persistent protection for said provider.
11. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a safe forum for exchanging, sharing, editing, conferencing, or collaboration on sensitive or confidential business information, through one or more documents, one or more web sites, or one or more business blogs.
12. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a network-based management of shared electronic files.
13. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system is used on the Internet.
14. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system is used for one or more of the following applications: information about a merger or acquisition, companies’ financial information, proprietary information shared with a corporate partner, information about a new product launch, research information around a proposed new patent, HR or compensation information on employees, or an intranet web site.
15. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system enables companies to send documents anywhere in the world, and receive a high level of protection, regardless of the location of users.
16. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides the foundation for a user, document delivery agent, or digital identity created from a composite of elements.
17. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides hierarchical structure for the documents or contents.
18. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides hierarchical structure for the rights.
19. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides hierarchical structure for the services.
20. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides composite documents or contents.
21. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides composite rights.
22. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides composite service offerings.
23. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides one or more withdrawn rights or expired rights.
24. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides executable codes.
25. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a central non-disclosure agreement registry for one or more entities or companies.
26. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a secure guaranteed on-line signing process for business or non-business contracts and agreements.
27. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a method to segregate threaded document messages into two or more message channels.
28. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system is used in a court or a legal organization.
29. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides the view of or access to the content for a selected set of users.
30. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system enables multiple users andor providers manage different versions of the same original digital object.
31. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a receipt of delivery and receipt of initial access.
32. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides alert to said provider.
33. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides notification of the key events.
34. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system is based on a browser-based or a desktop application.
35. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides link between digital objects.
36. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides link to one or more databases.
37. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides means of changing or viewing authorship andor ownership.
38. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system interacts with an address book.
39. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a role or context-based right assignment.
40. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a usage policy.
41. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system uses biometrics, fingerprint, signature, header, hash, or any other unique features for authentication.
42. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides the document or digital object keyword list.
43. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides employee registration.
44. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides audit trails.
45. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides digital signature and approval for documents, comments, or actions.
46. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides the delegation of one or more rights to another entity.
47. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a digital license or a token.
48. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a method to segregate threaded document messages into private and public message channels between two or more companies, andor within each divisions or functions of a company.
49. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides a mechanism that enables two or more users to share the simultaneous viewing of a document, wherein one of the users has the control of the document and its changes, actions, or movements.
50. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system presents intensity of the relationships as an indication of the frequency of interactions for one or more documents and the users.
51. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system presents intensity of the communication relationship as an indication of the frequency of interactions with comments for one specific document or series of documents.
52. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system uses the frequency of the usage of the keywords as an indication of the interest level of said provider or user with respect to the subject matter or keywords.
53. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system provides classification using keywords.
54. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system uses two or more keywords sharing some basic or fundamental concepts, to be able to classify.
55. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system stores history and activity.
56. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system status, parameters, or appearance is dynamically changing.
57. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system interacts with a group of users to expose and analyze the social interactions that arise from the shared objects.
58. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system only stores one copy of the e-mail for all the recipients or users.
59. A system as recited in claim 58, wherein said system prevents forwarding the e-mail to a third party.
60. A system as recited in claim 58, wherein said system allows the removal of a non-intended recipient’s name from the list of recipients in an e-mail, and wherein said system further allows the removal the right to access or usage associated with said non-intended recipient.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus configured to evaluate a charged power transmission conductor at a distance, comprising:
(a) a telescope assembly configured to transmit light to the conductor and receive a reflected light, in response to the transmitted light, from the conductor, the telescope assembly including:
(i) an infra-red laser and a red laser configured to transmit light at a first, infra-red frequency and a second, red frequency, respectively, through a collimating output lens to the conductor;
(ii) a telescope configured to receive the reflected light;
(iii) a dichroic splitter configured to split the reflected light received by the telescope into first and second light signals at the first and second frequencies;
(iv) first and second photodetectors configured to receive the first and second light signals, respectively; and
(b) control electronics connected to the telescope assembly and configured to analyze the reflected light and determine a ratio of reflectance of the first frequency to the second frequency, wherein the ratio is correlated with levels of iron oxide corrosion to confirm the presence of oxides that have leached through strands of the conductor, the control electronics including:
(i) first and second lock-in amplifiers configured to produce a near DC output signal, the first lock-in amplifier being connected to the first photodetector and the second lock-in amplifier being connected to the second photodetector;
(ii) first and second modulation controllers configured to modulate the infra-red and red lasers, the first modulation controller being connected to the infra-red laser and the second modulation controller being connected to the red laser; and
(iii) a microprocessor connected to the first and second lock-in amplifiers and the first and second modulation controllers, the microprocessor configured to control the apparatus and perform processing of the reflected light.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further including a handheld controller connected to the microprocessor, the handheld controller configured to activate a calibration mode of the apparatus and to provide conductor test information to a user.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the handheld controller includes a visual display to provide test information to the user.
4. A method of evaluating a charged power transmission conductor, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing an apparatus, comprising:
(i) a telescope assembly; and
(ii) control electronics;
(b) aiming the telescope assembly at a conductor to be evaluated;
(c) transmitting light from a first laser at a first, infra-red frequency and a second laser red laser at a second, red frequency through a collimating output lens mounted in front of the telescope assembly and then to the conductor;
(d) using the telescope assembly to receive a reflected light signal from the conductor;
(e) splitting the reflected light signal into two reflected light signals at the first and second frequencies;
(f) using the control electronics to process the reflected light signals and determine a ratio of reflectance of the first frequency to the second frequency that is correlated with levels of iron oxide corrosion to confirm the presence of oxides that have leached through strands of the conductor.
5. The method according to claim 4, further including the step of using a red dot sight to aim the telescope assembly at the conductor.
6. The method according to claim 4, further including the step of outputting the ratio to a visual display on a handheld controller.
7. The method according to claim 4, further including the step of splitting the reflected light signal into two reflected light signals at pre-determined frequencies.