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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080276301 | Method and System for Software Installation A network based installation management system that dynamically manages secure software installation on a client. The server is configured to determine the software required and prepare an appropriated response containing the list of software and an information file con... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276302 | System and Method for Providing Data and Device Security Between External and Host Devices A secure data exchange system comprising a security device including a first external device plug, and a security engine operative to enforce a security policy on data transfer requests received from the host; an external device including a second external device plug; ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276303 | Network Type Advertising A technique for network type awareness involves providing network type information associated with a wireless network to stations. The stations, or users of the stations, can then select which network best meets their needs.... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276304 | Method and System for Handling Content Delivery in Communication Networks A system for handling transactions in a communication network, wherein the transactions include at least one technology-dependent request for a given content made by a requester to at least one server. The system operates based on an access content list including permit... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276305 | Systems, Methods and Computer-Readable Media for Regulating Remote Access to a Data Network A system, which comprises an authorization controller operable for regulating establishment of user sessions over a data network; a processing subsystem operable for monitoring the user sessions and applying a walled garden policy, wherein application of the walled gard... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276306 | Implicit Authentication to Computer Resources and Error Recovery A method for implicit authorization to a computer resource includes defining a behavioral signature including a plurality of defined computer actions known to an authorized user of the computer resource. A first performed computer action of a user is registered. The fir... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276307 | Computer System and Access Right Setting Method IC cards (R11, R12, and R21) are issued respectively to users α, β, and γ. An identification code (ID(11)) of a computer (11) supplied to user α and environment information (ENV(11)) that indicates a normal network environme... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276308 | Single Sign On A method to securely access systems (I, II) of a distributed computer system by entering passwords is described, wherein some systems are accessible by equal, and some systems are accessible by different passwords, comprising the steps of:
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| 20080276309 | System and Method for Securing Software Applications A system and method for securing software applications installed on a computer network is disclosed. An authorized user is provided a digital credential and loads a secure access client onto a computerized device that can be connected to the network. The secure access c... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276310 | Network Security System A method of authenticating a transaction between a local device under control of a user and a remote server, comprising: determining a series of data specific to the local device; —determining a series of data specific to the user of the device; —transmitting the de... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276311 | Method, Apparatus, and software for a multi-phase packet filter for internet access A Time Gate Packet Filter (TGPF) for controlling data flow and Internet Access in a small environment. The TGPF is self-contained, simple to use, does not require IT expertise, and requires no software installation. The TGPF utilizes multi-phase filtering to control net... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276312 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SOFTWARE EXECUTION CONTROL PROGRAM, SOFTWARE EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD AND SOFTWARE EXECUTION CONTROL SYSTEM A character string indicating a date obtained from a calendar clock is combined with a fixed-value character string held internally to generate a hash character string using a hash function. The hash character string is compared with an input character string. When ther... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276313 | Applianced Domain Name Server A software installation package for a domain name server (DNS) comprises a hardened operating system, a domain name server software, a management interface. To detect and block attack attempts (2-1), the software installation package also comprises an atta... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276314 | SOFTWARE PROTECTION INJECTION AT LOAD TIME A method to apply a protection mechanism to a binary object includes using operating system resources to load a binary object from a storage medium along with a manifest and a digital signature. Authentication of the binary object is performed using the digital signatur... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276315 | ANTI-PHISHING FILTER A method operates to detect personal identifying or account information exchanged in a real-time electronic communication occurring between computer network users, such as electronic chat. A detected personal identifier may be recognized as an attempt on the part of one... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276316 | Intrusion detection strategies for hypertext transport protocol A hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) inspection engine for an intrusion detection system (IDS) includes an HTTP policy selection component, a request universal resource identifier (URI) discovery component, and a URI normalization module. The HTTP policy selection comp... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276317 | Detection of Multi-Step Computer Processes Such as Network Intrusions Multi-step processes such as intrusions into computer networks are detected from individual activities or events such as communications by identifying anchor points (FIG. 2, 220) that are likely to be part of the process, proceeding from the anchor points to extr... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276318 | Spam detection system based on the method of delayed-verification on the purported responsible address of a message A spam detection system employs a “Delayed-Verification on Purported Responsible Address” (DVPRA) module which verifies the validity of the return address of a received e-mail message in mail server in a time delay interval specifiable by the user. An implementation... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276319 | Real-time user awareness for a computer network A computer system, device, computer software, and/or method performed by a computer system, is provided for determining a user name likely to be associated with an attack, a configuration, or a vulnerability. First data is obtained which associates user names with indiv... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276320 | Byte-distribution analysis of file security A method for scanning files for security, including receiving an unfamiliar file for scanning, if the determining indicates that the mime type is suitable for analysis, then processing a buffer of file data from the unfamiliar file, including generating a histogram of f... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276321 | Secure Transfer Of Product-Activated Software To A New Machine Using A Genuine Server Systems and methods for secure transfer of product-activated software are disclosed. A user may request a license transfer from an original machine to a new machine. The request cause the machine identity and proof of purchase from the original machine to be sent to an ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276322 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INTER-TASK COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE PROGRAM FOR THE SAME An information processing method has a mechanism wherein mutual verification is performed between tasks and a computer operating system at the time of activating tasks, thereby judging the validity of tasks. The operating system evaluates a key which the task holds at t... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276323 | METHOD FOR MANAGING RECORDED STREAMS IN A REWRITABLE RECORDING MEDIUM A method and apparatus for managing digital content are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes receiving digital content and protection information for protecting the digital content; obtaining at least one of user interface application data and mark... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276324 | Encoding With Watermarking Prior to Phase Modulation In watermarking systems, hackers may try to remove the watermark using a so-called collusion attack. If the attacker has access to multiple identical signals with different watermarks (this typically occurs in electronic content delivery systems), simply averaging the s... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276325 | Method and apparatus for providing content control via detection of modifications to a signal A method and apparatus is provided for generating or providing any of various types of modifications purposely made to generally known signals, waveforms, conditions, functions, etc. The modifications are sensed, read, detected or interpreted to provide a content contro... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276326 | Electronic Device Disabling System and Method A method for tracking, locating and disabling an electronic device. A method includes checking if an application component operated correctly during last power-up of the device; and placing the device under control of power on self test to proceed with powering-up the d... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276327 | Methods and Compositions Related to Delivery of Chemical Compounds to Invertebrate Embryos Disclosed are methods and compositions related to the delivery of chemical compounds to invertebrate embryos.... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276328 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ANTI-TUMOR AND/OR ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS DRUGS WITH DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE 5'-MONOPHOSPHATE N-GLYCOSIDASE AS THE TARGET The present invention relates to a novel target for identifying and/or screening antitumor and/or antiangiogenesis agents using the rcl encoded deoxynucleoside 5′monophosphate N-glycosidase.... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276329 | Rice Cultivar CL171-AR A rice cultivar designated CL171-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL171-AR, to the plants of rice CL171-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL171-AR with itself or another rice variety, and to m... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276330 | PLANTS AND SEEDS OF CORN VARIETY CV256816 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV256816. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV256816, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plan... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276331 | Enhancement of Beta-Carotene Content in Plants The present invention relates to a nucleic acid construct having a nucleic acid molecule configured to silence β-carotene hydroxylase expression, and host cells, expression systems, plants, and plant seeds having the nucleic acid construct. The present invention also r... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276332 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE AGRONOMIC AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF PLANTS The present invention provides means and methods of transforming plant cells, seeds, tissues or whole plants in order to yield transformants capable of expressing all enzymes of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway that are essential for the targeted host plant to accumu... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276333 | Recombinant Constructs for Use in Reducing Gene Expression Recombinant constructs useful for reducing the expression of at least one target nucleic acid fragment of interest and any substantially similar endogenous nucleic acid fragment of interest are disclosed. In particular, a recombinant construct comprising at least one nu... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276334 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTS) isolated from soybean are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for und... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276335 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from maize are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for under... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276336 | Methods For Identifying Proteins With Starch Phosphorylating Enzymatic Activity The present invention relates to a method for identifying proteins involved in the phosphorylation of starch and nucleic acids which code for such proteins. The present invention further relates to plant cells and plants which exhibit an altered activity of a protein wh... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276337 | NON-TOXIC ENDOPHYTES, PLANTS INJECTED THEREWITH AND METHODS FOR INJECTING PLANTS Isolated endophytes selected from the group consisting of ATCC Deposit No. PTA-6499, PTA-8827, PTA-8828, and PTA-8829 are disclosed. Seeds of plants stably infected with these endophytes are also disclosed.... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276338 | Apple tree named 'AB17' A new and distinct variety of apple tree denominated varietally as ‘AB17’ which produces fruit which is larger than that produced by the ‘Kidd's D-8’ apple tree under the ecological conditions prevailing near Ephrata, Wash. and which is further less acidic and w... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080276339 | GRAPE PLANT NAMED 'PINOT GRIGIO/PINOT GRIS (TEHACHAPI CLONE)' A new distinct variety of grape plant characterized by producing small round white berries suitable for producing outstanding white wine. The new variety distinguishes itself from other white fruit mutations of ‘Pinot Gris’ by ripening earlier and having a larger, m... | 11/06/2008 |
