...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151322 | Systems and methods for user access authentication based on network access point Systems and methods of authenticating user access based on an access point to a secure data network include a secure data network having a plurality of a network access points serving as entry points for a user to access the secure data network using a user device. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8079077 | System and method for distributed multi-processing security gateway A system and method for a distributed multi-processing security gateway establishes a host side session, selects a proxy network address for a server, uses the proxy network address to establish a server side session, receives a data packet, assigns a central proces... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7979585 | System and method to associate a private user identity with a public user identity The inventive system includes a host, a network including a security gateway, and a public application. Established are an access session between the network and the host and an application session between the public application and the network. An application sessi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7716378 | System and method to associate a private user identity with a public user identity The inventive system includes a host, a network including a security gateway, and a public application. Established are an access session between the network and the host and an application session between the public application and the network. An application sessi... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7675854 | System and method for an adaptive TCP SYN cookie with time validation Provided is a method and system for TCP SYN cookie validation. The method includes receiving a session SYN packet by a TCP session setup module of a host server, generating a transition cookie including a time value representing the actual time, sending a session SY... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7647635 | System and method to resolve an identity interactively A system and method for resolving an identity includes a security console, which displays security information regarding a secure network. The security information includes at least a first identity used to access the secure network. An operator selects the first id... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7552126 | Access record gateway Systems and methods of managing access records of user access to a secure data network include an access record gateway and an access record datastore; the access record gateway being in communication with an access server of the secure data network; and the access ... | 06/23/2009 |