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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING PROTECTION OF MEDIA FILES FOR DOWNLOAD Method and apparatus for providing copyright protection of downloaded media files (audio, video or images) is provided. The method and apparatus specifically comprise wrapping the copyrighted media file into an executable wrapper along with information about the media, ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120051543 | System and method for providing synchronized broadcast and simulcast of media content A system and method of receiving a radio broadcast and simulcast of media content, including: receiving a digital radio broadcast comprising digital radio content over a terrestrial radio broadcast spectrum; receiving media content separately over a multicast network; t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045064 | Key Distribution Scheme for Networks of Information A method for control ling information object (102) usage in a network of information (100) wherein information objects (102) are identified by information object identities and locations of the information objects (102) are indicated by locat... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120030467 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN VEHICLES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS Methods and systems for facilitating communications between a vehicle and a service provider are provided. A first address of a vehicle communication device and a second address of a service provider communication device are obtained at a remote location that is remote ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120002812 | DATA AND CONTROL ENCRYPTION Secure communication of data between devices includes encrypting unencrypted data at a first device by reordering unencrypted bits provided in parallel on a device bus, including data and control bits, from an unencrypted order to form encrypted data including a plurali... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110302410 | SECURE DOCUMENT DELIVERY A method, machine-readable medium, and server to create a key, set an expiration event for the key to expire, send the key to a first client device to encrypt the document, authenticate a second client device that is in receipt of the encrypted document, delete the key ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295708 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE RENTAL SERVICES TO DEVICES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK Methods and computer readable media for providing a rental service for a software application via a network. The user of a device downloads a rental agent application via the network and installs a rental agent application in the device. The user also downloads a softwa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTITY-BASED KEY MANAGEMENT Systems, methods and devices for distributing a group key between a transmitter and a group of receivers connected over a network. The described group key distribution can be implemented in any television network for encrypted transmission of television related content ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293097 | VIRTUAL MACHINE MEMORY COMPARTMENTALIZATION IN MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURES Techniques for memory compartmentalization for trusted execution of a virtual machine (VM) on a multi-core processing architecture are described. Memory compartmentalization may be achieved by encrypting layer 3 (L3) cache lines using a key under the control of a given ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110261962 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS IN A HIERARCHIZED NETWORK A method is presented for distributing cryptographic keys in a hierarchized network including at least one device in charge of a higher group of devices, wherein at least one of the devices of the group of devices is also in charge of a lower group of devices. The metho... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261963 | METHOD FOR SHARING AN INFORMATION CIPHERING AND DECIPHERING KEY, A KEY SHARING SYSTEM AND AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM APPLYING THIS METHOD This method is characterized in that it includes the following steps, a step for establishing a key root database in the transmitter and said at least one receiver, a step for generating in the transmitter a sequence of bits called an index, a step for having this index... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255696 | KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM The present invention discloses a key distribution method and system, and the method includes: a card issuer management platform generating initial keys of a supplementary security domain corresponding to an application provider, importing the initial keys and a Trust P... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249817 | METHOD OF MANAGING GROUP KEY FOR SECURE MULTICAST COMMUNICATION A group key management method for secure multicast communication includes: creating a tree having a root node, internal nodes and leaf nodes to manage group keys of a receiver group by a group key management server; generating user keys of all nodes excluding the root n... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249816 | HYBRID KEY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR ROBUST SCADA SYSTEMS AND SESSION KEY GENERATION METHOD Disclosed is a hybrid key management method for a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system in which a master terminal unit (MTU), a plurality of sub-master terminal units (sub-MTUs), and a plurality of remote terminal units (RTUs) are sequentially and hie... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110243331 | SHARED RANDOM NUMBERS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN SECRET COMMUNICATION NETWORK In a secret communication network including a center node and multiple remote nodes, the center node is provided with a virtual remote node which functions as a remote node similar to each of the remote nodes. Random numbers shared between the center node and each remot... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110219232 | CONTROLLER TO BE INCORPORATED IN STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE, SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STORAGE MEDIUM DEVICE The present invention is a controller capable of preventing card makers from conducting unauthorized acts. The controller includes: a controller key storage unit 511 configured to hold a controller key that has been generated by a controller manufacturing device ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110213965 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE OPERATIONS A method and system for identity management certificate operations is described.... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213977 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COMPUTING A SHARED ENCRYPTION KEY Embodiments described herein are generally directed to methods and devices in which computing devices, and mobile devices in particular, establish a shared encryption key for a device group comprising at least three mobile devices. In accordance with one example embodim... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110206206 | Key Management in a Communication Network A method and apparatus for key management in a communication network. A Key Management Terminal KMS Terminal Server (KMS) receives from a first device a request for a token associated with a user identity, the user identity being associated with a second device. The KMS... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110194697 | MULTICASE KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD, UPDATED METHOD, AND BASE STATION BASED ON UNICAST CONVERSATION KEY A multicast key distribution method, an update method, and a base station based on unicast conversation key, the distribution method includes the following steps: 1) the base station composes groups of multicast key distribution; 2) the base station broadcasts the group... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110182426 | Dynamic Group Creation for Managed Key Servers A technique for dynamically creating and deleting groups to support secure group communication sessions is provided herein. A request for creation of a dynamic group that enables group members to participate in a secure group communication session is received by a netwo... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110185181 | NETWORK AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME A network authentication method is to be implemented using a network authentication device and a user end for authenticating the user end. The network authentication method includes the steps of: configuring the network authentication device to store hardware informatio... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110185186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA ON A MOBILE DEVICE Methods and systems are disclosed for protecting data on a mobile device. A data protection module on the mobile device receives a transmission including a secret key. The secret key is used in encrypting data on the device and is then deleted. Subsequent to an event de... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110173452 | METHOD OF GENERATING COMPOUND TYPE COMBINED PUBLIC KEY The present invention constructs a compound type combined public key system on the basis of a combined public key CPK system. The combined key is combined by an identity key and a randomly defined key. The randomly defined key can be defined by a center, called a system... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110161660 | TEMPORARY REGISTRATION OF DEVICES In a method of temporarily registering a second device with a first device, in which the first device includes a temporary registration mode, the temporary registration mode in the first device is activated, a temporary registration operation in the first device is init... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110158411 | REGISTERING CLIENT DEVICES WITH A REGISTRATION SERVER In a method of registering a plurality of client devices with a device registration server for secure data communications, a unique symmetric key is generated for each of the client devices using a cryptographic function on a private key of the device registration serve... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110161656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA SECURITY IN A HOSTED SERVICE SYSTEM Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for protecting sensitive data in a hosted service system. The system includes a host system and the host system includes a key management system (KMS) and a metadata service system (MSS). The KMS and ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110142241 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO PERFORM ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME In a communication apparatus, a storage device stores encryption keys for encrypted communication with another communication apparatus on a network. A determination is made based on a storage state of encryption keys stored in the storage device whether to provide first... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110135097 | Updating Encryption Keys in a Radio Communication System Encryption keys in a communication system are updated according to rekey groups having a common set of encryption keys or CKRs. Each group includes a number of radios with active and inactive keysets. A database records the relationships between rekey groups and keys, a... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110138185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING DATA A method and apparatus for updating data, the method including: receiving a forced update command to forcibly update at least one of a first digital rights management (DRM) module and a first device key stored in the device; receiving a DRM package including at least on... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110131414 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR END-TO-END SECURE SIP PAYLOADS Methods, systems and communication nodes for protecting Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message payloads are described. Different protection techniques can be used to protect SIP payloads depending upon, for example, whether a recipient client application resides in a... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110116636 | Intelligent File Encapsulation An improved network-based system and network implemented method of distributing and controlling the release of an encapsulated content. The system comprising an archive creation tool configured to create a self-extractable archive comprising an encrypted content, distri... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110099373 | Digital Broadcasting System and Method of Processing Data in Digital Broadcasting System A digital broadcasting system and a method for processing data in the same are disclosed. A method for controlling a digital television (DTV) located in one independent space among a plurality of independent spaces physically separated from one another is disclosed. The... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110085661 | CONTENT RECEIVING TERMINAL, CONTENT REPRODUCING TERMINAL, CONTENT WRITE-OUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM During the export processing for the video content (S107), the content receiving terminal causes an encryption key for content stored in the recording medium, to be present in the content receiving terminal (S103, S105, and S106). Only when t... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110075847 | KEY DISTRIBUTION IN A HIERARCHY OF NODES Methods, a client node and a key server node are provided for distributing from the key server node, and acquiring at the client node, self-healing encryption keys. The client node and the key server node are part of a key distribution network that comprises a plurality... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075841 | DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT PROTECTION FOR CONTENT IDENTIFIED USING A SOCIAL TV SERVICE A method is provided for viewing a bookmarked video clip. The method includes establishing communication over a broadband network with a first network element on which at least one bookmark resides. The bookmark includes metadata identifying a bookmarked video clip of a... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110069839 | AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION GENERATING SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, CLIENT APPARATUS, AND AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION GENERATING PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD A secret information server 300 on a network 10 and a client apparatus 100 constitute an authentication information generating system. The secret information server 300 has a function to confirm the validity of a user in accordance with user ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110058673 | PUBLIC KEY ENCRYPTION FOR GROUPS A system is comprised of a user and a group, wherein the group is comprised of a group leader and a group of M members where M is equal to or greater than one. The group leader generates a group public key and a group leader “master” private key. The group leader cr... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110038482 | Scalable Key Archival A solution for scalable key archival includes, at a network device, determining whether a key management device that is not part of a current key management device configuration has been newly added to a network. The method also includes, if the key management device ha... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040967 | System and Method for Multilevel Secure Object Management A system and method for secure transport of data, the method comprising: sharing of key information with a key distributor, wherein the key information is for enabling decryption of first and second encrypted data, the key distributor being for making one or more decryp... | 02/17/2011 |
