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A financial transaction customer carries a card key containing a unique, machine-readable code. The code is an encrypted data set representing the user's thumbprint. A scanning system senses the user's thumbprint on or adjacent the card key as he turns the card key in a keyhole. The code and thumbprint are read by laser and must match previously recorded data before an indication of satisfactory identification can be returned. The identification system further includes a centralized database containing data and processing software for recognizing the encoded card keys of the system, in addition to data and processing software for authenticating a user's thumbprint. A network links this centralized database to a number of remote terminals at sites where identification is required. Such a distributed network is common in today's identification systems involving more than one remote site.
1. A personal identification system comprising:
a. a personal identification key encoded therein with fingerprint data, the fingerprint data inaccessible for scanning from outside the key;
b. a scanner to receive the key and to scan the fingerprint data in the key, the key comprising:
i. a hollow tube to receive the scanner;
ii. a print film on top of the tube;
iii. an optical data film for permanently storing the encoded fingerprint data; and
iv. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film;
c. a centralized data and processing unit in communication with the scanner;
d. a comparator to compare the data scanned by the scanner with data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit; and
e. an arbitrator to determine a match between the fingerprint data encoded in the personal identification key and the data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit.
2. The personal identification system of claim 1, wherein the cover includes a lip to temporarily latch the key to the scanner during a scan.
3. The personal identification system of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a top cover and a bottom cover.
4. The personal identification system of claim 3, wherein the top cover includes a window through which a finger print is scanned.
5. The personal identification system of claim 4, wherein the window defines a bowl to conform to a thumb.
6. The personal identification system of claim 3, wherein the bottom cover includes a ridge across the outer bottom of the cover that conforms to an index finger of a user.
7. The personal identification system of claim 1, wherein the scanner includes:
a. a source of laser light;
b. a beam splitter to split the laser light into an upper laser beam and a lower laser beam;
c. a scanning element to scan the upper and lower laser beams;
d. an upper scan mirror to reflect the upper laser beam onto a finger print of a user and to receive light reflected from the finger print;
e. a lower scan mirror to reflect the lower laser beam onto the encoded finger print data and to receive light reflected from the encoded finger print data; and
f. a photosensitive element to receive reflected laser light from the upper scan mirror and the lower scan mirror.
8. The personal identification system of claim 7, wherein the scanning element receives reflected laser light from the upper scan mirror and the lower scan mirror and reflects that light onto the photosensitive element.
9. A personal identification key comprising:
a. a hollow tube to receive a light scanner;
b. a print film on top of the tube;
c. an optical data film for permanently storing encoded fingerprint data; and
d. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film.
10. The personal identification system of claim 9, wherein the cover includes a lip to temporarily latch the key to the scanner during a scan.
11. The personal identification system of claim 9, wherein the cover comprises a top cover and a bottom cover.
12. The personal identification system of claim 11, wherein the top cover includes a window through which a finger print is scanned.
13. The personal identification system of claim 12, wherein the window defines a bowl to conform to a thumb.
14. The personal identification system of claim 11, wherein the bottom cover includes a ridge across the outer bottom of the cover that conforms to an index finger of a user.
15. A method of personal identification comprising the steps of:
a. permanently storing encoded finger print data on an optical data film;
b. mounting the optical data film in a windowed key in which the encoded fingerprint data is not scannable from outside the key, the key comprising:
i. a hollow tube to receive a laser light scanner;
ii. a print film on top of the tube;
iii. an optical data film for permanently storing the encoded fingerprint data; and
iv. a cover to partially enclose the tube, the print film, and the optical data film;
c. simultaneously scanning the encoded finger print data and a finger print with a laser light;
d. receiving light reflected from the optical data film and the finger print;
e. processing the received light to determine coincidence between the encoded finger print data and the finger print;
f. upon a threshold degree of coincidence in step e., indicating a satisfactory scan; and
g. upon failure of a threshold degree of coincidence in step e., indicating an unsatisfactory scan.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/047,544, filed May 23, 1997.
The present invention relates generally to the field of point-of-sale personal verification systems and, more particularly, to a method and system to ensure at a point-of-sale transaction that an individual in possession of a transaction device or instrument such as a credit or debit card key is the one authorized to have the transaction device. The present invention verifies that the holder is properly in possession of the transaction device without necessarily disclosing the identity of the holder, but may be adapted to provide a merchant or other business proprietor with the holder's identity.
In financial and commercial transaction systems today, there is a need to positively verify the status of a person who requests goods and services from a system at an unattended site or from someone to whom he is not known. The same is true of one who seeks access to a restricted site. Such systems are commonly used in connection with retail purchases using credit or debit cards, employee access control at restricted areas, and student identification cards at libraries and campus events, among others.
Some existing identification systems use a secret code, often referred to as a personal identification number (PIN). Other systems rely upon one's likeness to a photograph, or the possession of an instrument such as a key or an encoded card in an effort to confirm an individual's identity. Such a system is offered by Identicator Technology of San Bruno Calif. In this system, the verification process compares the holder's unique fingerprint features that are stored on the magnetic stripe of a card or smart card with the cardholder's live finger image. The fingerprint scanning is performed by the holder placing his finger on a peripheral device that authenticates the owner of the card and links the card to the cardholder. Thus, the scanning is performed apart from the data on the card.
Still other methods, including the evaluation of a signature, the matching of finger prints, sensing the likeness of a voice, the geometry of a hand, and other means, may use these or a combination of methods. Unfortunately, such systems often rely upon the skill and attention of busy sales or other service people, and there is often no way to detect if an instrument has been stolen or otherwise not in the possession of one who is authorized to hold the instrument. In other words, the possession of such an instrument does not confirm an individual's identity, or verify that the holder of an instrument is authorized to do so.
The most commonly used identification methods in use today for credit and debit cards is either the PIN system or comparison with a simple, hand-written signature in a space provided on the card. Such means have proved satisfactory in the vast majority of transactions, because most people are in fact honest. However, for the unscrupulous, the security provided by such means has proved to be inadequate. Thus, there remains a need for a means to positively verify the status of an individual at a point of sale for goods or services, or at an unattended site, such as at an automated teller machine and the like.
The present invention addresses these and other drawbacks of the prior art. In this system, the user carries a specially designed card key containing a machine-readable code that is unique to the proper holder of the card key. In one aspect of the present invention, the code is an encrypted data set representing the user's thumbprint. The system senses the user's thumbprint on or adjacent to the card key when the card key is inserted into or turned in a keyhole or card slot. The code and thumbprint are simultaneously read by a split laser beam and must match with previously recorded data before an indication of satisfactory verification can be returned.
The system further includes a centralized database containing data and processing software for recognizing the encoded card keys of the system, in addition to data and processing software for authenticating a user's thumbprint as just described. A network links this centralized database to a number of remote terminals at sites where identification is required. Distributed networks are common in today's identification systems involving a group of remote sites, and the present invention takes advantage of and improves upon the existing infrastructure of distributed networks.
At each remote site in the system, a counter-top device serves as a terminal unit. The terminal unit includes a keyhole that is readily accessible to the user. The terminal also contains the laser scanner which reads data from the encoded card key and from the thumbprint of the user. In one embodiment, this data is then encoded for secrecy and transmitted to the central database. The data is processed at the central database and a response is returned to the originating terminal. In another, preferred embodiment, authentication of the thumbprint scan and encoded data is performed at the terminal unit.
In another aspect of the present invention, the terminal may also read data from a card or other document or from a keyboard, and transmit this additional data. Further, the terminal may take data pertaining to heart beat, respiration, and oxygen metabolism, through a small hole in the top of the card key. This feature is particularly useful in ensuring that the thumbprint scan is being read from a living, breathing human being, and not a synthetic facsimile of the genuine image.
In a preferred application of the system of the present invention, a card key is issued to each user. All card keys look alike on the outside and differ only by the digital code within the card key. The card key preferably includes a small portion which conforms to the outline of the user's thumb and the entire card key is small enough to fit onto a common key ring. The end of the card key which conforms to the user's thumb has a covering of thin film stretched over it and the inside of the film is coated with a highly reflective material. When the user's thumb is placed over the thin film, the film receives the configuration of the user's thumbprint. The ridges and valleys of the thumbprint are thus reproduced on the mirrored surface of the inside of the film. Since the mirrored surface on the underside of the film is inside the card key, it is protected from surface scratches.
The person who is to be identified places the card key into the keyhole. As the card key is comfortably held, the user's thumb fits over the thin film stretched across an oblique cut at the end of the card key away from the keyhole. The position of the thumb is indexed to the proper orientation by an external tab underneath the card key. This tab fits naturally in the crease in the index finger bent into a crook, as the user grasps the card key between thumb and forefinger.
The presence of the card key in the keyhole activates the terminal. The terminal focuses a laser beam onto the interior reflective surface of the thin film and scans the impressed fingerprint. The beam is also made to scan the floor or bottom of the inside of the card key, extracting the coded data by reflection. Thus, the present invention in one aspect comprises a personal identification system. The system includes a personal identification card encoded with fingerprint data and a scanner to scan the fingerprint data on the card. The system further includes a centralized data and processing unit in communication with the scanner, a comparator to compare the data scanned by the scanner with data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit, and an arbitrator to determine a match between the fingerprint data encoded on the personal identification card and the data previously stored in the centralized data and processing unit.
As previously described, data may also be obtained from a card, a document reader, or a keyboard, rather than or in addition to the data on the inside of the card key. Biological data, such as heart rate, respiration rate, and oxygen metabolism may also be taken from the user. This package of data is then encoded and sent to the central database or processed at the remote terminal. Once the data is processed, it is matched against data already on file. An encoded reply is transmitted back to the terminal or developed at the terminal to indicate successful or unsuccessful verification or authentication.
A variety of features of this system ensure safe and secure operation. The card key encoding is on the interior of the card key, thus protecting the data encoded on the interior of the card key from damage or copying. For the remote terminal, the processing software is encased in a metal cover of the remote terminal, making it difficult for an intruder to gain access. The cover of the remote terminal is also constructed so that the software within the remote terminal is destroyed if an unauthorized attempt is made to penetrate the remote terminal. Further, thumbprint data is in the central database allowing a card key holder to use the card key at any remote terminal.
In certain known systems or the prior art, verification is begun by a user placing his hand on a surface for scanning, the same surface that every other user has put his hand on. In the present system, the user's thumb touches only his own card key surface, so there is no danger of a virus or a bacterium being passed from one user to another. The laser scan of the fingerprint is performed on the interior reflective surface of the thin film, and does not make contact with the user's thumb. The entire system is passive compared to known systems, even though other systems do not offer the security the present system offers.
These and other features of the present invention will be apparent to those of skill in the art from a review of the following detailed description along with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the personal identification system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a remote terminal of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a personal card key of the present invention as it is carried by a user.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a personal card key of this invention in an extended condition prior to scanning the user's thumbprint.
FIG. 4a is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the personal card key of this invention.
FIG. 5 is a side view of a card key as it is about to be inserted into a remote terminal in accordance with this invention.
FIG. 5a is a side view of an alternative embodiment of the personal card key as it is about to be inserted into a remote terminal.
FIG. 6 is a logic flow diagram of an enrollment process in accordance with a feature of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a logic flow diagram of a transaction process using the system of the present invention.
FIG. 8 depicts a perspective view of a preferred scanning mechanism.
FIG. 9 depicts an exploded view of a preferred key for use in the present invention.
The present invention comprises a number of aspects. In one aspect, the present invention includes an apparatus for unambiguously identifying an individual at a point of sale or at a site at which services are provided. In another aspect, this invention includes a system for verifying the entitlement of a person for goods or services requested by the person. In still another aspect, in an exemplary application, the present invention uses the apparatus and the system for enrollment of an individual into a service network, and in this embodiment may compensate the individual for his providing personal information about himself. Finally, the present invention also includes a method of enrolling, identifying, and authenticating the entitlement of enrolled individuals in the service network. Each of these aspects of this invention are described below.
The System
FIG. 1 depicts a block diagram of the various functional components of the system. The system, designated generally as a personal verification system 10, includes a remote access control terminal or identification authentication unit 12. A system employing the present invention includes many remote access control terminals. The remote access control terminal 12 receives a variety of inputs, which may variously include data from a keyboard 16, a swipe-card unit or identification card reader 18, a fingerprint sensor 20, and card key encoding data unit 22, as described more fully below with regard to FIGS. 3, 4, and 5.
Each of the keyboard, ID card reader, fingerprint sensor, and encoding data unit provides digital data to the remote access control terminal 12. The remote terminal may also receive data from a physiological sensor 24 which preferably provides an indication that the data provided by the fingerprint sensor is being provided by a live human being. The physiological sensor 24 may provide such data as heart beat, respiration, and oxygen metabolism sensed through a card key (FIGS. 3-5)
The remote terminal, upon local processing of the data thus provided, provides information for display for an alphanumeric display unit 26, as well as a go/no-go indicator 28, such as green light for "transaction approved" or a red light for "transaction denied."
If desired, authentication and transaction verification may be carried out at a centralized data and processing center 14. It is envisioned that a plurality of remote terminals will be networked to such a center 14. It should also be understood that a data line 30 is bi-directional so that data is freely communicated in both directions. For example, aperiodic updating of encryption data housed in the remote access control terminal 12 may be sent via the data line 30 from the centralized data and processing unit 14 to each of the remote units 12. The encryption data thus distributed may be the same for each remote unit, the data could be unique to each remote unit, or some combination of these features may be used.
The Remote Terminal and Card Key
FIG. 2 depicts a presently preferred embodiment of the remote access control terminal 12, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 depict a preferred personal card key 32, according to the present invention. The keyboard 16 is provided for the entry of various point-of-sale data in the conventional manner. The display 26 shows the information routinely required of a point-of-sale terminal, plus the customer identification and confirmation data as a result of the present invention. The display 26 also shows user-friendly instructions to the customer to guide him through a transaction.
The remote access control terminal 12 further includes a card key port 34 which receives the card key 32 described below. The card key port 34 is preferably accessible to a user or customer so that the customer can insert the card key 32 into the port 34 without assistance from an attendant. Once the card key 32 is inserted into the port 34, the customer may then rotate the card key and thereby turn the cylinder face 36. When the identity of the customer is satisfactorily verified, the customer may proceed to conduct a transaction as guided by instructions on the display 26.
The remote access control terminal 12 may also include a variety of other desirable features. A check reader 38 and a printer 40 provide enhanced capabilities for a terminal at a financial institution. The printer 40 may provide the customer with a hard copy of a transaction or a series of transactions. This feature may be embodied in DataGlyph™ Technology from Xerox.
The terminal 12 further includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports 42 to couple the terminal 12 to other components via a modem line or a direct link to another computer. The I/O ports 42 also link bar code information to other components for such things as inventory control or point-of-sale ordering and billing transactions. The terminal 12 also includes communications port 44 for the use of a smart card or other user card with embedded processor and memory in an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
The presently preferred embodiment of the card key 32 is shown in greater detail in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. FIG. 3 depicts the card key in the state in which it would normally be carried by a user. The card key comprises a body 46, preferably of molded plastic or metal, and a spring-loaded sliding cover 48. The cover 48 extends over the top and along both sides of the body 46 and the body and cover engage one another along the sides with a tongue and groove arrangement. On the top of the cover 48 is press-plate 50 that is engageable by the user's thumb. Opposite the press-plate 50 and extending from the bottom of the body 46 is a finger grip 52. The finger grip 52 allows the user to hold the body 46 steady while sliding the cover 48 forward in the direction of the arrow 54 in FIG. 4.
When the cover 48 is slid forward, a scan window 56 is exposed. The scan window is preferably covered with a very thin membrane 58, such as Milar. The membrane 58 is coated on the underside (i.e., inside the body 46) with a reflective surface. The membrane is thin enough to conform to the thumbprint of a thumb 60 pressed against the membrane. In that way, the thumbprint is readable from the underside of the membrane when the thumb of the user is registered with the card key as shown in FIG. 5. The scan window 56 is preferably located in a raised portion 62 of the body 46 and against a corrugated ridge 64 to assist the user in properly registering his thumb on the card key. The corrugated ridge 64 also includes the physiological sensors 24 as previously described.
As shown in FIG. 3, an optical data memory 66 is mounted on the underside of the top surface of the body 46. The memory 66 stores data including the fingerprint identification information of the owner of the card key, account number, biographical data, and encryption information specific to the card key.
The data memory is in a format that may be scanned by a laser, as described below, such as that used in high-density CD ROM's and the like. Two-dimensional printed data techniques may alternatively employed, so long as sufficient data capacity is available. The interior of the body 46 is protected by a pair of spring-loaded doors 68 which are opened when the card key is inserted into a terminal.
As shown in FIG. 5, a card key is inserted into a terminal to activate the automatic identification function of the present invention. Inside the terminal is an optical train 70 for reading the data on the optical memory 66 and the thumbprint on the thumb 60. The optical train 70 includes a laser 72, a folding mirror/beam splitter 74, a scan mirror 76, and a scan mirror 77. The scan mirror 76 scans the laser onto the thumbprint and the scan mirror 77 scans the laser onto the optical memory 66. The splitter 74 and the scan mirror are mounted on an oscillating scanning arm 78. The scanning arm is oscillated by a drive motor 80. Insertion of the card key into the terminal is detected by a detector 82, such as a photoelectric detector or any other appropriate type.
When insertion of the card key is detected, the laser scanning mechanism and electronics are activated. The optical train 70 is then driven toward the card key by a screw drive mechanism 84. As the optical train is driven toward the card key, the memory element 66 is scanned and the data thereon is read into identification authentication unit 12 (FIG. 1). The scan mirror 76 continues into the card key until it scans the thumbprint. The scan mirror 76 scans the thumbprint a second time as the optical train is then withdrawn back into the terminal. The scan mirror 77 simultaneously scans the coded memory 66. If the scanning successfully indicates a satisfactory scan, showing a match between the card key (the coded memory 66) and the thumbprint, thereby verifying the status of the card key holder as authorized to possess the card key, the indicator 28 is illuminated and the display 26 may be activated with an appropriate readout.
FIGS. 4a and 5 b depict another preferred embodiment of the card key 32 of the present invention. Like elements are shown with like numbers. In this case, however, instead of a linear sliding motion, as in the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5, the card key is provided with a flip-top cover 86 that rotates about a mounting axis 88. This embodiment is significantly shorter along the long axis of the card key, but does require some space for opening the cover 86, which is easily available. In all other respects, the card key of FIGS. 4a and 5 b operate the same as previously described.
Card keys are preferably encoded at a central processing facility. Once received at the central processing facility, each card is encoded with a unique code which represents the fingerprint of the card holder. Delivery of the encoded cards at each stage should be made through a secure delivery institution to enhance security. All encoded cards are then be delivered back to an enrollment site for delivery to the customer. The customer may then personally pick up his card from a service provider at the enrollment site. The customer is given instructions on how the card works and the benefits of its use. The card is then activated at the enrollment site and is ready for use.
Aspects of the application of the present invention as described below, such as enrollment in an entitlement program and the verification process, are also adaptable to the use of magnetic-stripe cards. Customer's fingerprint images may be encoded on the magnetic stripes of credit cards. These features of the present invention, whether the card key of FIGS. 3-5 or magnetic-stripe card or other means, provide a means to certify one's identity as it relates to personal financial databases, such as bank or credit card accounts. Once it is determined that no one else is using the user's identity, this person can have his credit card, debit card, or even a personal check specially encoded with a fingerprint, thus making it virtually impossible for anyone but the true card holder to use it.
The service provider, in practicing the present invention, maintains a central processing facility for the purpose of enrollment screening of new cardholders and the encoding of cards. The service provider also licenses enrollment facilities to banks and merchants. Certain hardware systems components, such as fingerprint scanners and card readers known in the art, may be adapted to be compatible with this system.
The system verifies an enrollee's identity on site at the point-of-transaction, therefore making it unnecessary to change any existing credit card or debit card communications networks. By providing a secure and private method of spending money for consumers, through the use of encoded cards as described herein, the present invention will significantly increase the use of electronic money cards and therefore enhance profits for banks, merchants, and card issuers alike. This same system can also be used by government, private, and other entities to deter fraud.
The first step in implementing this system is enrollment. Enrollment involves accurate, one-time collection of customer information by any licensed financial institution and entry of the information into a computer system.
Initial Enrollment
Enrollment of applicants employs two basic screening techniques to check customer card applications. First is a search for similarities to other files using name, birth date, race, sex, physical description, and social security number. Next, a pattern-recognition search of the customer's fingerprint images is run against the database to detect possible duplication. Using both of these techniques renders it virtually impossible to fraudulently obtain credit under false pretenses using false identification.
FIG. 6 depicts the enrollment process of the present invention. Whether for a currently held credit card or for one newly applied for, the customer purchases the security feature from his credit card issuer as an option for a one time enrollment fee. This option would remain in force until the expiration date on the customer's credit card. The protection then can be renewed on the expiration date for an additional fee.
Referring to FIG. 6, at step 100 the customer applies for security protection at any financial institution or merchant employing this system, providing the same information normally needed for any credit card application: name, address, driver's license number or state ID card, and Social Security number. Driver's license and social Security numbers are most often used as financial identifiers in databases, and this official information would be linked to the customer's unique personal identifier—his fingerprint.
Before any data are entered, the customer checks for accuracy at step 102. If any data are incorrect, the changes are made at step 104.
At step 106, two of the customer's fingerprints (preferably thumbprints) are electronically scanned. The data thus collected are normalized to conform to a standardized format for later identity verification.
At step 108, all information is downloaded to the centralized data and processing center 14 (FIG. 1). In step 110, at the centralized data and processing center 14, a search is made against similar names, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers for duplications. The scanned fingerprints are marked at step 112 for characteristics, and a pattern-recognition search for duplicate fingerprint images is conducted.
If any duplications at step 114 are detected, processing ceases at step 116, and the applicant's file is flagged, it is then up to the appropriate card-issuing agency on how to proceed. A determination can then be made to ascertain if a fraudulent application has occurred.
If no duplications are found, the fingerprint images are compressed and encrypted to a specially designed algorithmic number at step 118. This number is then recorded on the magnetic stripe or a Xerox DataGlyph™ of the encoded version of the customer's credit card at step 120. Once this is done, the encrypted data representing the enrollee's thumbprint and associated identification data may be included on a check or other document, as in step 122, a card or other medium, as in step 124, and/or loaded into a protected database, as in step 126.
At this point, the encoded card and card key are returned to the enrollment site to enhance security. The new credit card is then hand-delivered to the customer. Once enrolled in the database, a customer may purchase the security feature of the present invention for any other credit card, debit card and checking account and the information necessary if available as recorded in step 126.
It is important that the enrollee's identification information be accurately verified prior to confirmed entry into the computer system, as the accuracy of this information is the basis of secure identification. An enrollee must be physically present at enrollment for fingerprinting and photographing. Some official identification (e.g., driver's license) may be fraudulent, but once attempts are made to enter this type of identification into the database along with a fingerprint identifier, enrollees may be screened and their enrollment appropriately delayed if questions arise about identity.
This process of pre-verifying applicants may be made available to participating financial institutions, such as credit bureaus. Any institution that uses this service may be required to adhere to the previously described enrollment procedures.
Through this enrollment process, screen process (described below) and the safeguards surrounding these, the present invention assures institutional and individual clients (assuming their full adherence to the system) that no unauthorized or inadvertently issued credit cards, debit cards, or related identification documents should then be able to survive in circulation. This system ensures the most stringent security requirements and maintains the integrity of clients' financial databases.
The Transaction Process
As previously described, enrollment occurs only one time at any licensed financial institution. After one has been enrolled, screening occurs repeatedly at points where a registered cardholder concludes a transaction. Whereas such transactions may take place at a bank (withdrawal of money or cashing a check), they will most commonly occur at a merchant's checkout counter.
Card-swiper devices, capable of reading the magnetic stripes on the backs of credit cards, are in common use at thousands of retail locations nationwide. The system of the present invention preferably functions via the same communications links already accessed by the card-swipers, with the appropriate modification to the swipers so that they could read encoded information, such as fingerprints and the like, to implement the present invention. The only additional hardware required is a fingerprint-scanner.
The following scenario typifies how point of transaction takes place:
To make a purchase of other commercial transaction, a customer provides a protected credit card (VISA™ as an example) to the checkout clerk. In step 130, the checkout clerk runs the customer's card through the card-swiper device already present at the merchant's register. To fully implement the present invention, however, the customer has in his possession a card key of FIGS. 3-5 and places the card key into the remote point-of-sale terminal in step 132. Alternatively, the customer places his finger on the merchant's fingerprint-scanner. Either way, a scan is then made of the customer's thumbprint in step 134.
The system then checks the image of the customer's thumbprint against the print information encoded on the credit card's magnetic stripe or DataGlyph™ in step 136. The preferred system always checks the customer's thumbprint against the information encoded in the key first, and only then checks against data on a card or DataGlyph™. If a match occurs between the print image and the specially encoded card, the transaction is cleared (i.e., a "good" result in FIG. 7) and is sent through the communication links for processing. If information does not match (i.e., a "bad" result in FIG. 7), the read data is checked against the data stored in the centralized data and processing unit 14 at step 138 to verify that the scan process at the point-of-sale is operating satisfactorily. If the information scanned from the customer's card still does not match the print data, the merchant (at his option) may seize the customer's credit card in contemplation of further investigation or otherwise terminate the transaction at step 140.
Returning to step 136, if the data encoded on the customer's card and the print data match, and the transaction is authorized, the customer turns the card key in the terminal to order the commercial transaction to proceed in step 142. If the transaction is authorized, the transaction is time and date stamped in step 144 and a receipt is generated in step 146. All of the information regarding the transaction is captured in step 148 and stored in the central database in step 150.
FIG. 8 depicts a currently preferred embodiment of a scanning mechanism 160 of the present invention. The scanning mechanism includes the laser light source, optics, and the chassis for such a mechanism.
The device of FIG. 8 has a laser 162 which comes packed with a collimator for a narrow beam of an appropriate cross-sectional shape. Since the entire mechanism and the image to be read are entirely enclosed during the operation of the laser, a low power laser is more than adequate. The laser light is directed through an optical box comprising a condenser and focusing element 164 to more narrowly focus the laser beam. The light is then directed onto a folding mirror 166 which reflects the beam onto a beam splitter/receiver 168. The beam splitter portion of the element 168 splits the laser light into two beams for illumination of the user's finger print and the stored data, respectively. The receiver portions of the beam splitter/receiver 168 allows a photo receiver to be placed in the two return beams. The two separate beams are then simultaneously directed onto a scanning element, such as a rotating mirror 170 in a manner known in the laser scanning art.
After reflection from the scanning element, the beams are directed onto a set of 45� angle mirrors 172,174. The mirror 172 directs the upper beam onto a finger print to be scanned and the mirror 174 directs the lower beam onto recorded data within the key. After the beams are reflected from the finger print and the recorded data, respectively, the somewhat scattered and diffuse light is reflected back onto the mirrors 172, 174 where they are directed back onto the rotating element.
The mirrors 172, 174 are mounted on the end of a platform 176, which moves in and out as the scan is conducted. Also mounted on the platform 176 are a set of scan line refiners 178 which help provide a clean, straight line of scan to ensure coordination of the scans of the fingerprint and the recorded data. The scan line refiners 178 are mounted two each on the top and the bottom of the platform 176.
After the two laser beams scan the finger print and the recorded data and are reflected from the mirrors 172, 174, the light is directed back onto the rotating element 170. The rotating element scans the reflected light back onto the beam splitter/receiver 168, which includes a photo sensitive element to detect the two beams and produce electrical signals, representative of the data from the finger print and the recorded data. These electrical signals are then provided to a receiver printed circuit board 179, which amplifies, filters, and conditions the two signals for subsequent processing as previously described.
The scanning mechanism 160 further includes the frame and drive mechanism for mounting the optics. The mechanism has a pair of parallel guide bars 180, 182, which are coupled by a cross bar 184 and a cross bar 186. The cross bar 184 also provides a mount for a drive motor 188, which drives the platform 176 in and out of the key. To accomplish this, the drive motor 188 and the cross bar 186 are mechanically coupled together by a screw drive 190.
The cross bar 186 is a flat plate to serve as a mount for the optics and circuitry as shown. The cross bar 186 mounts slidingly to the guide bars 180, 182 by a pair of sleeves 192, 194, which slide back and forth over the guide bars as the scanning is performed. Finally, the cross bar 186 may also provide a platform for a drive control printed circuit board 196 or this control circuitry may be provided off the mechanism 160.
In operation, the circuit board 196 controls the drive motor and the laser scan elements, including the laser light. Inserting a key into the mechanism in the direction of the arrow of FIG. 8 initiates a scan. Upon initiation of a scan, the drive motor turns the screw drive to drive the cross bar 186 forward, along with all the associated components. At the end of the insertion, the motor reverses direction and the screw drive pulls the mechanism out of the key. The scan is thus taken in both the forward and reverse directions during the procedure.
FIG. 9 depicts an exploded view of currently preferred embodiment of a key 200. The key includes a lower cover 202 and an upper cover 204, which fit tightly together to enclose the remaining elements of the key. The upper cover is molded form a bowl 206 which conforms to the contours of the thumb. The upper cover 204 is also molded to include a sprocket on its underside to hold a finger print film 208 in place. The underside also has a cavity to hold a SEEPROM PC board 210 in place. The front end of the upper cover has an upper lip 212 that latches the key 200 in the scanner during a scan. This lip 212 has electrodes (not shown) to the SEEPROM PC board for the input and output of data. The upper cover 204 also includes a finger print window 214 that receives the user's thumb to stage the print for scanning.
The key 200 further includes a tube that receives the platform 176 (FIG. 8) during the performance of a scan. The tube must be made of a light transmissive material to avoid interfering with the laser light, which passes through the top and bottom surfaces of the tube during a scan. The key further includes optical data film 218, which stores the image of the user's print for comparison. The bottom cover 202 is molded with a sprocket to hold corresponding holes in the film 218 in place.
The various parts of the key will now be described in greater detail. The SEEPROM PCB 210 is a serial electrically erasable programmable read only memory. This printed circuit board holds encoded and encrypted data about the key user. The data may be one or more of a variety different kinds of information, including thumb print data which never changes, or changing data such as bank accounts and credit accounts. The transactions, balances and approval codes are stored until updated.
The print window 214 is a hole that holds the thumb in place for a nearly identical print scan each time. The finger print scan through the window 214 comprises two parts, and the print film is segmented accordingly into a window 220 and a window 222. The window 220 is for biological data of the user the window 222 provides for the thumb print scan. Regarding the data that is to be acquired through the window 220, the blood in the user's thumb changes color as the body uses it changing from red to blue. The levels of change vary with each breath and heartbeat, for example. Thus, this factor is used to measure the heart rate and respiration of the user. This denotes health and/or stress of the user, for example, and provides other indicia of the user. The window 222 may be treated to accentuate the ridges of the thumb. This high contrast will make scanning the print faster.
The tube 216 is a slotted tube that is made of transparent plastic. The interior of the tube receiver the platform 176 to let the scanner in to read the optical data and scan the thumb print that is placed on the print film 208.
The optical data film 218 may be sixteen millimeter photographic film. The optical film may include a reflector beneath it to aid in the reading of the data. The data is stored in sixteen shades of gray equaling four bits per pixel. The data is stored at 80,000 bytes per square inch. The data thus stored cannot be changed since it is inaccessibly sealed within the key.
The bottom cover 202 has two large ridges 224 that run horizontally across the outer bottom of the cover. The ridges 224 capture the index finger and keep it back from the key port when in use. The part of the cover that is put into the key port has a lip 212 that is used to hold the key in place while being scanned.
Using known systems with the advantages of the present invention, bearers of stolen or forged cards are too often able to remain unidentified long enough to consummate fraudulent transactions. Merchants should be eager to reduce the loss that they suffer from such criminal acts through the personal identification system as herein disclosed. The present invention also serves to protect customers from such unauthorized use of credit or debit cards.
The principles, preferred embodiment, and mode of operation of the present invention have been described in the foregoing specification. This invention is not to be construed as limited to the particular forms disclosed, since these are regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. Moreover, variations and changes may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.
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In 2007, I saw posters and graffiti all over Havana denouncing el bloqueo, the embargo against Cuba.
Most age cohorts still supported it, but those who left Cuba after 1995 were against the embargo by 58-42 percent.
Ending the embargo would incur no danger to America, but it would present a considerable challenge to the Communist Party of Cuba.
A governmental restriction on trade for political purposes. The objective is to put pressure on other governments by prohibiting exports to or imports from those countries.


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Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach was the guest on Full Metal Jackie's radio show this past weekend. Leach spoke about the coming back into the fold with the band, working on the next Killswitch album and the Trespass America tour this summer. If you missed Full Metal Jackie's show, check out her interview with Jesse Leach below:


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Cafe de Donguri, the official Studio Ghibli character goods store, is preparing to celebrate Japan's Mother's Day holiday with a line of adorable flower pots and planters. Hit the jump to learn more.
Ensky's TsumuTsumu ("stack stack") are one of a couple of lines of Japanese mini figures ready to be piled on the of geek desks and shelves (Plex's TsumiColle being another notable). And, TsumuTsumu has gotten some good licenses lately, including Nintendo and Studio Ghibli. Third in the latter offering, after Totoro and Kiki's kitties is a set of Castle in the Sky robots. Get a look after the jump.
Looking for something a little more stylish than a Velcro wallet? Do you have a designer wallet that looks great and fancy, but wish it better communicated your love for all things My Neighbor Totoro? MOVIC and leather crafter Ozeki have a product for you! Hit the jump to give them a look.
It may not be a first in the world of character goods, but the latest My Neighbor Totoro plush is still an adorable creation. The Inemuri Totoro (Napping Totoro) is fast asleep in classic Totoro fashion, only this particular plush snores and talks in its sleep whenever someone squeezes Totoro's paw. Video and more after the jump!
Imagine a world in which Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro was more along the lines of Dragon Ball Z. What if Princess Mononoke disrupted nature with the gotta catch 'em all attitude of Pokémon? College Humor's latest short shows what it would be like if Miyazaki films were any other type of anime after the jump.
Here's a fun breakfast baking project using the iconic shape of everyone's favorite Ghibli forest spirit. kawaiisweetworld, a baking and crafting Youtube channel dedicated to making all sorts of cute things, have put together an instructional video on how to make Totoro poptarts. Get a look after the jump.
MyCupcakeaddiction has been receiving a lot of requests for anime cupcakes and cakepops, so, dessert instructor Elise has cracking into the subject with a new guide on how to make My Neighbor Totoro inspired goodies. Get a look after the jump.
CoolPencilCase.com has put together some fuzzy desk accessories to bring the spirit of the forest to your cubicle. A Totoro pelt mouse pad goes for $18.45, while a Catbus desk organizer goes for $14.45. Get a look after the jump.
On April 16, 1988, Studio Ghibli co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata introduced their classics My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies to Japanese audiences in a double bill theatrical run. Now UK movie-goers will the opportunity to view the two together thanks to Studio Canal. And, so American fans don't feel left out on the good news, Amazon is running a big discount on the Ghibli library. More after the jump.
Our pals at YATTAR JAPAN bring us pics and info on a fun set of origami papers that can be folded into characters from the Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro (yes, even the Catbus!). Get a look after the jump!
At this point, is there any beloved children's story that doesn't have an associated urban legend about the subjects being dead, dying or brain damaged? In Japan, there are persistent rumors that Doraemon is the product of Nobita's damaged mind. In the case of Totoro, Satsuki and Mei are supposedly dead. Five years ago, for Totoro's 20th anniversary, otaku idol Shoko "Shokotan" Nakagawa and Toshio "Otaking" Okada discussed the possibility. Get a look after the jump.
Good news for anime fans who enjoy picking up their merch at the local comic shop: Diamond Distributors now has rights for distribution of Studio Ghibli merchandise. Check out more after the jump.
It's the 25th anniversary of My Neighbor Totoro, and a milestone that huge for one of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's most beloved films simply can't pass by uncelebrated. Viz is stepping to the plate with two releases, My Neighbor Totoro: A Novel and a new edition of the My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book. Read on for more.


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FORMER News of the World editor Andy Coulson has described his affair with former News International colleague Rebekah Brooks as "wrong and it shouldn't have happened".
Rupert Murdoch has brought his son Lachlan back into the fold at his global media empire by appointing him co-chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox after seven years away.
Between 1992 and 1997, the 22 (later 20) football clubs in England's new Premier League shared £50.7 million a year in television revenue.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Lonnie Pryor, James Wilder Jr., and Debrale Smiley combined for seven rushing touchdowns Saturday to lead No. 7 Florida State to a 69-3 win over Murray State. Pryor ran for three TDs, and Smiley and Wilder added two apiece. Wilder finished with 106 yards rushing. Florida State (1-0) scored on their first touch of the new season on Rashad Greene's 47-yard punt return just 89 seconds into the game. EJ Manuel passed for 188 yards and a touchdown before retiring midway in the third quarter. Murray State's Casey Brockman passed for 117 yards, but was intercepted once and sacked six times, including four by Bjoern Werner. The Seminoles totaled 606 yards while holding Murray State (0-1), a Football Championship Subdivision school, to 156 yards
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RHEL4 Cannot detect SATA Disk(nForce 405)
Platform: Acer Power M8 gForce6100+nForce405 AMDX2 3800 MB
When I were installing RedHat RHEL4, that installation showed me "No available Disk....".
I download "NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.21.zip" and followed instrutions to install RHEL4, resulted to same fail.
Who can help me
(1) How to correctly use "NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.21.zip";
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I got the same issue with you.
All what I can do is to use IDE disc. It works well.
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RHEL4 is fairly old. Only uses a 2.6.9 kernel. Try with distro that have a newer kernel.
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Understanding the Heritage
Hummler, Madeleine, Antiquity
Obviously sites, monuments and finds like those we have just encountered need looking after. Cue the heritage, which includes curation but also a whole lot more, as the next few books demonstrate.
RODNEY HARRISON (ed.). Understanding the politics of heritage, xvi+336 pages, 92 illustrations. 2010. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press; 978-0-7190-8152-1 paperback 24.99 [pounds sterling].
SUSIE WEST (ed.). Understanding heritage and practice. xvi+340 pages, 78 illustrations. 2010. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press; 978-0-71908154-5 paperback 24.99 [pounds sterling].
TIM BENTON (ed.). Understanding heritage and memory, xvi+344 pages, 89 illustrations. 2010. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press; 978-0-7190-8153-8 paperback 24.99 [pounds sterling].
MARY BOWMAN-KRUHM. The Leakeys: a biography. 184 pages, 5 plates. 2010. Amherst (NY): Prometheus; 978-1-59102-761-4 paperback $17.
A set of three new textbooks which began as Open University courses and are now published by Manchester University Press should set up students and libraries of institutions that offer heritage courses nicely: over 1000 pages for about 75 [pounds sterling]. They are well put together, unashamedly didactic, intelligently illustrated and each chapter follows a dear pattern: exposition, case study, reflection and conclusion, followed by a list of references and suggested further reading. Each book is complemented by a glossary and an index, sometimes also appendices. The vastly expanded field of heritage studies has been divided into three volumes: politics, practice and memory, each edited by a main author (who contribute much to the eight chapters in each volume) working in tandem with Open University colleagues (5 in HARRISON's book, 9 each in WEST and BENTON). All three take account of recent discussions in heritage circles and encourage students to think through the implications of heritage decisions, particularly concerning the Authorised Heritage Discourse (or AHD), a concept put forward and critiqued by Laurajane Smith. To summarise what is in each book would take far more words than this column allows. Suffice to say that the books tackle a broad mesh of entangled concepts in clear language: purpose, authenticity, the idea of a canon, subjectivity, universality, representativeness, tangible and intangible heritage, manipulation, sanitisation, relationships of power, pluralism, multiculturalism, tourism, globalisation and more. …


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The first quarter included runs by both teams as the Rockets used an early 10-2 run to take a 19-10 lead, before the Suns countered with their own 8-0 spurt to close within one at 22-21. Wesley Johnson continued his recently solid play with 10 first quarter points to lead all scorers. Jermaine O'Neal also contributed with four points off the bench in his return to action. Donatas Motiejunas led the Rockets with seven points. Ultimately, Houston was able to impose their style and reached 30 points in the quarter. Score: Rockets 30, Suns 25.
The Suns started the second quarter with four reserves, along with Johnson, and quickly closed the gap, taking their first lead since 2-0 at a score of 35-34. The Suns even extended this lead to 43-38 before the wheels fell off. At that point, the Suns' discomfiting strategy appeared to be to dig as deep a hole as possible and then crawl into it to die. Houston closed the half on a 20-2 run. Twenty to two. Even that may not do justice to exactly how deplorably the Suns stumbled to the buzzer. 19 minutes of competitive spirit transmuted into five minutes of ineptitude in the blink of an eye. Score: Rockets 58, Suns 45.
Houston finished the half with three players in double figures, with James Harden leading all scorers with 13 points. Smilin' Wes had 12 for the Suns, but only two in the second quarter. Jermaine O'Neal had six points and two blocked shots in his return, but also gave away four turnovers. The Suns trailed by 13 points despite shooting 50% from the field. Houston was plus ten from the line as they shot three times as many free throws (21) as the Suns (7). The Suns also failed to adequately defend the three point line as the Rockets were 5-10 from deep. Goran Dragic had a relatively quiet first half after his fourth quarter pyrotechnics Saturday night as foul trouble hindered his effectiveness and limited him to five points and four assists.
The third quarter started like the first half ended, as Houston's run ballooned to 27-5 before the Suns decided to rejoin the game for a brief interval. Oh, the brevity of consistent play by this team. That use of bold was to emphasize brief. After the Suns closed a 17 point gap to 11 at 67-56, the massacre ensued. Not just your standard annihilation, either. The Rockets began globetrotting while the Suns generaled along. The Suns appeared so pathetically overmatched that it is stupefying that the Suns actually knocked off this team just four days prior. The Suns lost the quarter 32-17, and if you were watching it probably didn't feel that close.
The fourth quarter was garbage time. Hot, fetid garbage. Congratulations if you actually made it all the way through the game because you showed more heart than the Suns did tonight. That is all.
Final Score: 111-81
Player of the Game:
The Rockets had a balanced attack (and the Suns were far too terrible to have a player in consideration), but I'll go ahead and give it to Motiejunas since he set a new career high with 19 points.
Comments of the Game:
No offense to Luis, but I hope we can trade him in the offseason.
Turnover. Turnover. Turnover. Turnover.
Suns basketball
Suns look quite relaxed
i.e. sleepwalking through the game
We played them even with Dragic in there.
Our offense just completely disappears when he takes a seat.
Houston running away with it
Uh oh
Last game it was Koufos.
Now, Asik. Both of them defensive centers scoring in our paint defense. Yikes.
Garrett cuts it to 30!
The Good:
Indomitable spirit. Well, that may be too strong an adjective, or completely inapplicable after the way this game degenerated into a savage beating, but the Suns are still coming out to play despite their obvious lack of talent. I know I'm reaching, but I hate leaving this section empty.
The Bad:
After the strong early start, the Suns' effort appeared to dissipate. As soon as the Rockets punched, the Suns cowered instead of punching back. The Suns' play in the second half was sloppy and uninspired... and downright embarrassing.
The Suns' defense is so bad that we're going to need to start thinking up some new the Suns defense is so bad jokes. Let me start. The Suns defense is so bad that they're now calling the free throw line AND the three point line the charity stripe. Feel free to insert your own in the comments. Who says I don't spread levity?
The Ugly:
20-2. Really? Way to close out a half, Suns. Definitely makes you salivate for the second half after being victimized by watching that bloodbath.
Final Thoughts:
Add this to a list of forgettable games this season. Some nights, the Suns just can't compete. This was one of them. For every glimmer of hope, there is the crepuscular morbidity of games like tonight. It sure doesn't feel like we're building something good here.
At least the Suns lost.
When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 5:00 PM local time (8:00 EST)
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Watch/Listen: TV: FSAZ, Radio: 620 KTAR
Last Meeting:
Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Phoenix
In the second game with a new starting lineup that included Wesley Johnson and the Morris twins the Suns stunned the Houston Rockets 107-105 despite a preternatural performance by James Harden. Harden finished with 38 points on 11-17 shooting, including seven three pointers, while distributing eight assists, but also committed eight out of 21 total team turnovers that led to 28 points for Phoenix.
Jared Dudley led the Suns with 22 points and seven assists, but it was Goran Dragic's 13 points in the fourth quarter that helped the Suns overcome 19 three point field goals by the Rockets in the game.
Team Bios:
Houston Rockets: 34-30
Points per game: 106.8 (1st) Points allowed: 103.6 (29th)
Rockets are fast. The Rockets are fast. Houston pushes the pace to the tune of a league leading 106.8 points per game. More shots equal more assists and more rebounds as well, and the Rockets are also top 10 in those categories. Houston has hovered around .500 all year, so their recent stretch of 3-4 is fairly reflective of their season to date.
James Harden has blossomed into a quintessential star since arriving in Houston, quelling doubts that he was better suited as a secondary player. He has led both teams in scoring in exactly half (32) of Houston's games this season. He has the distinction of being the only player in the league in the top five in scoring (26.4) and steals (1.9). Omer Asik tows the line inside and is second in the league in rebounding at 11.8 per game.
The Rockets are 20-9 at home and ensnarled in a battle to make the playoffs, so expect a valiant effort in front of an obstreperous home crowd.
Phoenix Suns: 22-42
Points per game: 94.6 (20th) Points allowed: 100.3 (21st)
The renascent Suns are 4-3 in their last seven games, much to the befuddlement and vexation of a faction of their fans. While the inspired play of precocious players on the roster is very encouraging moving forward it also provides a dilemma for the rooting interest of their faithful fans. Coaches coach. Players play. The effort has been apparent and the wins and losses take care of themselves.
A lineup in tumult has provided a spark of interest lately, as Wesley Johnson, the twins and Hamed Haddadi are all playing integral roles. The Suns will need solid performances from these players to overcome a Rockets team that is in a melee for playoff seeding. While the Suns are only 7-25 on the road, they have had impressive victories over the Bulls, Grizzlies and (most recently) Spurs. However, it is somewhat apocryphal logic to think that the Rockets won't be jacked to play the Suns tonight after Saturday's loss.
What To Watch For:
James Harden: He always seems to torch the Suns. Despite going for 30, 40 and 38 points in the last three meetings, the Suns did manage to hold him to just 10 points in the game prior to his torrid streak. For some reason, though, I get the feeling that this is more about how Harden plays than how the Suns defend him.
Marcus Morris/Scola/Dragic: All three players return to Houston for the first time after being traded, amnestied and leaving in free agency. Suffice to say that the Rockets no longer desired their services. Look for vindication from this trio tonight. Morris has averaged 12.7 points while shooting 51% from the field and 52% from three his last six games. Dragic needs to bounce back after an unimpressive performance against the Nuggets following a 13 point fourth quarter against the Rockets and 17 points and 16 assists against the Kings. Hopefully Scola can break out of a recent shooting slump. The effort still appears to be there, evinced by his 13 rebounds (his third highest total of the season) against the Nuggets.
2013 Lottery Watch
The Suns are currently tied with Cleveland for sixth in the lottery standings. A loss tonight could move them as high as a tie for fourth. It would also help them keep the Rockets in front of the Lakers. The Wizards and Kings play at home tonight (against the Bucks and Bulls respectively) in winnable games which could help the Suns. The Timberwolves and Pistons play on the road against teams with winning records, which will very likely result in losses.
The Lakers, who have passed the Jazz and hold the eighth seed in the Western Conference, play at Atlanta tonight, so cheer for the Hawks to beat a Lakers team that is just 12-20 on the road this season. Utah, who is 2-7 in their last nine games, plays at OKC tonight, so don't expect much help there. In fact, Utah has been playing so poorly that the Mavericks are sneaking up on them for ninth.
The Lakers are actually playing for the sixth seed at this point, so hopefully Houston (who the Lakers now control their destiny against) and the Warriors can hold them off and give LA the best possible odds of getting knocked on their ass in the first round of the playoffs. Both the Rockets and Golden St. play exceedingly winnable games at home tonight.
The Final Word(s):
Will the Suns be emboldened by recent success? Are their fledging players too young and dumb to realize they shouldn't be able to compete in this game? Can they keep up with a Houston squad whose talent preponderates that of a Suns team mired in an underwhelming season?
I wouldn't count on it. But while this matchup seems heavily weighted in the Rockets advantage on paper, anything is possible. The Suns beat them just four days ago despite the juggernaut that is Harden having a dominant game and the Rockets had just as much on the line then. What I would forecast is an entertaining game with plenty of points as I expect the Rockets to impose their pace on the Suns.


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Cann, Dorset
Cann, or Shaston-St-Rumbold, a parish in Dorsetshire, on the verge of the county, adjoining Shaftesbury, and 4 1/2 miles SSE of Semley railway station. Post town, Shaftesbury, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 987; population, 501. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £200. Patron, the Earl of Shaftesbury. There are two Primitive Methodist chapels.
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The parish register of baptisms, marriages and burials begins in 1563. The original register books are now deposited with the Dorset Archives Service, but have been digitised by Ancestry.co.uk and made available on their site (subscription required).
Details of the places of worship in Cann, and their records, can be found on the following pages:
- St. Rumbold (Church of England)
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Old maps of Cann are available on the old-maps.co.uk site, and a current map is available on the Streetmap.co.uk site.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the Dorset County Chronicle and the Sherborne Mercury online.
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Benchlands is a hamlet in Alberta within the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8.[1] The Ghost River is located on the hamlet's south side, while Highway 40 borders the north side.
Benchlands grew from the homestead of Guy Gibson, who selected the section as a returning World War I veteran, much to the chagrin of the lands registry and the Veteran's Affairs Department, who insisted that the land could not be farmed and was, in any event, a highly irregular choice.
In that respect it matched Mr. Gibson to a "T". He had mistakenly married prior to departing for the Great War and was unable to tolerate his bride. He chose the land to preserve his isolation and to find peace in the beauty of the mountains. He built a log cabin for himself on the banks of the Ghost River, and it is said that Guy immersed himself in the icy waters of the Ghost each day, cutting through the ice if need be.
Gibson raised funds by building log cabins for others including the Suitor, Fisher and Manning families, and selling off large lots on the benches to city folk. He never married or had children and died in the mid 1960s. Cabins grew and flourished on the benches of the Ghost.
As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Benchlands had a population of 42 living in 24 of its 37 total dwellings, a -14.3% change from its 2006 population of 49. With a land area of 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 107.7/km2 (279/sq mi) in 2011.[2]
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- ^ Alberta Municipal Affairs (2010-04-01). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
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Inbox message purporting to be from "Mark Zurckerberg" claims that the user's Facebook Page has violated the Facebook Terms of Service and may be permanently deleted unless the account is verified by clicking a link in the message.
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Brief Analysis
The message is not from Facebook. Instead it is a phishing scam designed to trick users into divulging their Facebook login details to Internet criminals. The perpetrators of this crude scam have not even managed to spell Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's name correctly. If you receive this message do not click on any links that it contains.
Dear Facebook user, After reviewing your page activity, it was determined that you were in violation of our Terms of service.Your account might be permanently suspended.
If you think this is a mistake,please verify your account on the link below.This would indicate that your Page does not have a violation on our Terms of Service.
We will immediately review your account activity,and we will notify you again via email.
Verify your account at the link below:
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This Facebook inbox message, which purports to be from Facebook CEO Mark "Zurckerberg", claims that the user's Facebook account is in danger of being permanently deleted because the user's Facebook Page activity was in violation of Facebook's Terms of Service. The Page owner is advised to click a link in the message to verify the account and show that the Page does not have a TOS violation as claimed.
But, the message is a phishing scam designed to trick users into handing over their Facebook account details to cybercriminals. It was certainly not sent by "Mark Zurckerberg" – the criminals could not even get Zuckerberg's name right – nor do the TOS violation claims have any validity.
Those who fall for the ruse and click the link will be taken to a fake "Facebook Login" web page created to resemble a genuine Facebook Page. After users enter the Facebook username and password on the bogus site, they will be automatically redirected to the "Help" section of the real Facebook website and may not realize until it is too late that they have been on a scam site.
Meanwhile, the login information submitted by victims can be collected by the scammers and used to hijack the real Facebook accounts. Once they have gained access to the compromised accounts, the scammers can use them to launch even more scam and spam campaigns, posing as the rightful accounts holders.
For the record, if Page owners did have TOS violations that were detected by Facebook, they might receive an official notification from Facebook. But, they certainly would not receive a personal message from Mark Zuckerberg himself about the issue.
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Last night, Scranton lost it's biggest tourist attraction after Chien-Ming Wang.It was to Scranton as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is to Trenton. Much like most of the Yankee prospects who have moved through Moosic, it stayed there about three years too long. Nevertheless, like Alberto Gonzalez pitching in the ninth, you had to watch.So... you missed it, eh? You were watching the Knicks or the Rangers or - gasp - The Mentalist. What happened? Well, not much. There were tears and speeches. It kept both heels pressed on the poignancy pedal. But the plot arcs ended happily. We were left - as Yankee fans often are - pondering a change, and we're not sure in which direction it will take us. Of course, like Seinfeld, Cheers, Taxi, et al, this will go on forever in syndication. If you missed last night, no problem. It will keep replaying until the asteroid hits, and if the machines outlast us, it will keep replaying after we're gone.But everybody in Scranton today knows that it's ove...
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With Mercury moving into the sector of you chart governing your roots, your thoughts start to move in the direction of the past, putting you in quite a sentimental and nostalgic frame of mind at times. Although you'll enjoy mulling over old memories, do your best not to neglect the present because youre so wrapped up in the past. Nevertheless, you could hear from someone who's been quite a stranger recently, and that will trigger a fresh wave of memories.
Mercury moving into your chart's communications zone makes you want to be extra active and gregarious. There will be times when you'll find it almost impossible to sit still and you'll want to be on the move as much as possible. Short journeys will be interesting, enjoyable and productive, and you'll make some new contacts in the process. You'll also get a buzz out of putting pen to paper, whether youre writing letters or keeping your diary up to date.
Your ruler Mercury moves into your chart's wealth zone, so you will gain goodwill as well as more money from travelling, paperwork and perhaps a fresh outlook on life too. Should you have another Gemini or a Virgo in your circle, they might be giving you some good advice - so maybe you should listen.
Mercury enters your own sign this week and in doing so makes you feel more chatty than you've been for a long while. At last youre more confident about sharing your thoughts with others, so they'll find you more forthcoming than of late. You'll also have lots of nervous energy to get rid of, and it'll make you feel restless and on edge unless you can get out and about as much as possible.
Mercury moving into your chart's most secretive zone puts you in a rather more reflective and quiet mood, making you much less eager to share your thoughts with others. Even so, you could benefit from confiding in someone, provided you trust them absolutely not to broadcast your innermost secrets to all and sundry. Failing that, you might like to write your thoughts down in a diary and keep them in a safe place.
Mercury, your ruler, moves into your chart's social sector and heralds the start of a phase when friends and other contacts will play an important part in your life. This is also a good time for mixing business with pleasure, because youre at your most charming right now and you'll be able to impress some very important people. However, go easy on the food and drink, otherwise you'll feel awful afterwards!
Mercury moving into your chart's ambitions zone gives you the perfect opportunity to make some creative changes in your work environment if it's been getting you down lately. You might even be inspired to apply for a new job or seek promotion, and the planets are certainly working in your favour now.
Mercury moves into the area of your chart that rules travel and education - and something is going to arouse your curiosity and you'll enjoy learning more. It's time to give your grey cells a little exercise - whether you do this for pleasure or profit. Right now, you aren't content with your current level of knowledge and want to increase it in some way. You might even be thinking of taking a college course or learning a foreign language.
As Mercury moves into your chart's power sector, this is a great time for talking with anyone who has a big impact on your heart or your bank balance. The more open and honest you can be with them, the more successful your conversations will be.
With Mercury moving into your chart's relationships zone, the best way to understand other people is to talk to them at every opportunity. Otherwise, you'll be left guessing about their needs and motives, and you could easily get things wrong as a result. This is a very good time for any negotiations and discussions, because you're eager to hear what others have to say. But dont be too keen to reach compromises - it's far better for you to hold out for what you think is right.
As Mercury moves into your chart's heath and work sector, you may not be feeling 100% and you'll find that colleagues have plenty of advice or help for you. So, there's no need for you to struggle on alone - reach out to others. You might also make some extra money at work, perhaps when youre offered a pay rise or bonus.
Mercury is moving into your chart's most social sector, so matters related to abroad seem to be important. Furthermore, foreigners in your circle are at their most sociable and you'll be inundated with invitations to enjoy yourself; whilst doing so, there's going to be plenty of opportunity for casual romance.
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For the second year in a row, a Trimble County teenager will be participating in the historic Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Fourteen-year-old Haley Wright, Bedford, will appear with an all-American group of cheerleaders from around the country performing dance routines along the 1.4-mile parade route.
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The annual event originally started with sales at local businesses in 1990, said Jon Dunlap, senior vice president of president of Bedford Loan and Deposit Bank.
The first year, then called "Fantastic Friday," had Payne Crafton and the Sweet River Band performing while Farmhouse Restaurant had a sale on fish and Little Town and Country also sold food at a discount, Dunlap said.
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Now is the optimal time for Kentucky forage producers to cut hay to ensure they get good quality and yield.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. – Spring-cleaning season has arrived, and for many Kentuckians that means burning unwanted debris. But before you light that burn pile, the Kentucky Division for Air Quality reminds you to 'learn before you burn.' Many people may not realize that burning garbage is illegal in Kentucky and could result in fines of up to $25,000 per day per violation.
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The Madison Community Band, which has a large contingent of Trimble County players, will be performing an outdoors patriotic concert on Tuesday, June 30. The concert will take place at the Bicentennial Park on Vaughn Dr. in Madison, Indiana, at 7:30 p.m.
The Bedford Post Office staff will host a farewell retirement party from 9-11 a.m. today for longtime route one postal carrier Larry Chilton. Chilton will retire on May 29, 2015, after 28 years of postal service, according to Bedford Postmaster Denise Dewitt.
"We would like to invite the public to drop in and wish him well," Dewitt said. "We will be serving cake in the lobby for all who would like to come."
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The vehicle registration system is changing to "print on demand" decals for license plate renewals. Instead of clerk offices having to stock booklets of preprinted decals, the new decals are printed at the time of registration.
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Beth Massi is a Senior Program Manager on the Visual Studio team at Microsoft and a community champion for .NET developers. Learn more about Beth.
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I just released two more videos (#15, #16) in the Forms Over Data video series. One is on understanding data binding and how it works from database all the way to the controls you see on forms. We talk about the relationship between the TableAdapter, the BindingSource and the DataSet and I show how to work with data in your code.
The second one explains how to update related data tables like I explained in this post. This video doesn't go into how to set up the transactions but you can read about how to do that here. I've also attached the code from the videos here.
Dear Beth,
I am new to vb.net and I have almost the same problem as posted by Nyein Htoo above. Basically, I have an order screen in which I have the Order header in detail format in the upper portion of the screen. In the lower half of the screen, I have the OrderDetail in datagridview with itemnumber, quantities, unit of measures, etc. However, what I couldn't make it work is I want is to show the item description next to the item number right after the user enters it. I modified the SELECT statement in the tableadapter to reflect the join with the item table. It tested fine in the execute button in the configure menu. However, it ran into problem as soon as I ran the application.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for the video series!
Hi Beth,
I seen "Create a search form" (#4 of your video series). It's as great as the other videos.
I want to use the code for two related tables in VB2008 (ie.: customer and orders). I set the relationship to "Both relation and foreign key constraint" and "Update" and "Delete" rules to cascade. In my form I show customer table in detail-mode and orders table in datagridview-mode.
In "CustomerTableAdapter" I create, with QueryBuilder, a search query (similar to your lastname query) and I write the following code:
Private Sub frmSearch_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.CustomerOrdersDataSet.EnforceConstraints = False
Me.CustomerTableAdapter.FillByLastName(Me.CustomerOrdersDataSet.customer, "D") 'Lastname with first letter = D
Me.CustomerOrdersDataSet.EnforceConstraints = True
End Sub
Without "EnforceConstraints" debugger generate error. With previous code the "EnforceConstraints=false" don't rise error, but "EnforceConstraints=true" rise a Constraint Exception.
So....I can't use your code for two tables (is it correct?). But, if I have two related tables, what's the correct way to obtain a search form?
Thanks in advance,
Hello Mesi, I need code for Master-Details Windows Form In Vb.net
Hi Marco,
When EnforceConstraints is True this means that for every child row in the child table there must be a cooresponding parent row in the parent table. You need to make sure that if you are only pulling the "D" customers that you also are only pulling the orders for those customers. It looks like you are pulling all the orders and this will cause the constraints to fail.
Hi Mohammed,
Take a look at this page for Winforms videos and associated code sample downloads: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb466226.aspx#formsoverdata
Specifically this one for Master-Details in VS 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/cc138241.aspx
Thank for your video series, and We need you to continue in it, because we need more and more.
also if you show us how to we can make a look up table in datagrid view. i try to do that by using the drop down list and it work, but what if the look up table have a lot of data. especially now it have a delay when you click it to view.
Best regards.
dear Beth,
thank you very much for your video series, especially in forms over data. i've learned a lot especially in databinding.
now, i'm beginning to create a simple application using vb 2005.
i have a question for you.
i have a two tables, ex.: student, registration
in Student Registration
StudentID RegistrationID
LastName StudentID - foreign key
Name Level
i did fill in data in both tables (but some students didn't have a level, i leave it blank), and i also did bind them, like what you did in video #16 and it work just fine..
now my question is this:
how can i display a student without a level? is this possible displaying in the way of making a query?
any help would be greatly appreciated..again thank you so much for the video series...a very big help to a beginner like me..
I want to learn vb.net Can you give the video about all of lesson
Hi G.K.M Piyangani,
All of the Visual Basic videos are here:
i want a complete code of datagridview manupulation, and flex grid also, +923014112602
I had the same problem as Liju. Something squashed the insert command in my table adapter. I did exactly as you said and recreated the insert command. For some strange reason, the query builder will not retain the full name of the table, i.e. [db].[owner].[table], so I'm the only one that can use the table. Any ideas as to why?
Hey Beth massi, thank you a lot for the wondeful information. Thanks a lot for all of them.
Hallo Beth,
Thank you very much for your video's , you are the greatste.
Really you do good work , and i am greatful so much for you.
I Know that you have a littel time. but we need more tutorials, and make it against cost, but do make it expensive to us , take from me you have a fist customer.
But Beth we need a tutorials the useful are for the markt , i mean how we can make invoice , how we can make a purchase order on vb net , you know some doucument which are used in the company world.
Again you are the greatst. and i love so much
Hey Beth
Can you please help me with code that inserts data in a child table that is on the next form in details view? And too, could you retrieve last entered data (for example ID) from the primary table?
Beth, in How Do I: Get Started with the DataGridView, you do not show how you transform the EmployeeID column to combobox. And is important!