BackWeb Technologies Receives Patent on Polite Technology from
U.S. [BWEB-news]
BackWeb Technologies Receives Patent on Polite Technology from U.S. Patent
And Trademark Office
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BackWeb(R) Technologies
[BWEB-news], a leading provider of Priority Internet communication
infrastructure and applications software for the extended enterprise,
announced it has received a patent on its Polite Agent(TM) technology from the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. BackWeb's Polite communications
senses idle bandwidth, and uses those periods to efficiently transmit data
through networks. This avoids interruptions of other applications and
activities, such as accessing e-mail and the Web.
"With this patent, BackWeb further strengthens the barriers to entry for
other companies that may consider developing products similar to our Priority
Internet communication software," said Eli Barkat, CEO of BackWeb
Technologies. "With Polite, BackWeb has eliminated bandwidth issues for
companies that want to deliver time-sensitive, business-critical information
to their extended enterprise of customers, partners and employees."
The Polite Agent monitors the network activity of the client workstation
and communicates with BackWeb servers only when the connection is idle. For
this reason, companies are able to proactively deliver multi-media rich files
of any size without impacting other applications on the desktop. BackWeb
combined its patented technology with data compression, byte-level
differential updating and interruptible communications to enable companies to
reduce the amount of data to be transmitted.
Companies using BackWeb's patented Polite communications are found in four
main industries: Technology, Telecommunications, Finance and Retail. They
include U S WEST, Cisco, Compaq, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard Company, SAP AG,
Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Consulting, Network Associates, the Baan Company,
Schlumberger Dowell, Rite Aid and Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
About BackWeb Technologies
BackWeb Technologies is a leading provider of Priority Internet
communication infrastructure and applications software that enables companies
to communicate time-sensitive, business-critical information throughout the
extended enterprise of customers, partners and employees. Corporations such as
Cisco, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Schlumberger Dowell have deployed BackWeb's
Priority Internet communication infrastructure for managing critical changes
for key e-business and customer service applications. BackWeb Technologies is
headquartered in San Jose, California, and Ramat Gan, Israel. For more
information, visit its Web site at www.backweb.com or call 800-863-0100.
Statements in this news release which are not purely historical are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities
laws, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or
intentions regarding the future. Actual results could differ materially from
those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially include the risks and uncertainties detailed from
time to time in BackWeb's periodic reports and registration statements filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOTE: BackWeb is a registered trademark of BackWeb Technologies. Polite,
Polite Agent, Polite Upstream and Polite Neighborcast are trademarks of
BackWeb Technologies. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
SOURCE BackWeb Technologies
-0- 07/08/99
/CONTACT: Susan Kohl, APR of BackWeb Technologies, 408-933-1769, or
skohl@backweb.com; or Jesse Ciccone of FitzGerald Communications,
415-677-0207, or jciccone@fitzcomm.com, for BackWeb Technologies/
/Web site: backweb.com
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