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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120072728 | RETRIEVING AND USING CLOUD BASED STORAGE CREDENTIALS The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for retrieving and using cloud based storage credentials. Embodiments of the invention include automatically retrieving cloud based credentials (e.g., storage keys) as needed, such as, for ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120008786 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT DELIVERY AND MESSAGE EXCHANGE ACROSS MULTIPLE CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS Methods and apparatus for providing protected content to subscribers of a managed (e.g., MSO) network via a content source accessible via an internetwork such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a user accesses a service provider portal (e.g., website), and requests con... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110289560 | Method And Apparatus To Bind A Key To A Namespace A method includes identifying an application installed on a device as an authorized application of a certain domain, the application being signed with a private key; deriving a signer identity using a public key that forms a key pair with the private key; mapping the ce... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110255692 | POWER SAVINGS THROUGH COOPERATIVE OPERATION OF MULTIRADIO DEVICES Trust establishment in short range protocol pairing between client and proxy devices includes a first aspect in which application level security is used to encrypt all packets transmitted between the client and proxy. An application-based security derives a public key f... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110235806 | Key distribution system The key distribution system comprises a terminal (10) and a server (20) which establish encrypted communication with each other by use of a common key cryptography using a communication secret key (K10). In processing of requesting issuance of a new... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110211700 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURITY KEY EXCHANGE AND SYSTEM PERTAINING TO SAME The present invention relates to a device and method that enable a security key to be shared using security key exchange between two terminals, and a system that supports the same. To achieve the above, an in-house generated public key is divided into two, said two publ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110194698 | Key Sharing System When each apparatus generates session information needed for calculating a session key used in a simultaneous communication, an encrypting apparatus and a key processing apparatus according to the present invention causes each piece of session information to include a v... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110164753 | Digital Rights Management For Media Streams This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling application of digital rights management (DRM) to media streams. In one embodiment, three license levels are used to protect numerous television channels without undue use of computing resources.... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110158412 | INFORMATION DISCLOSURE APPARATUS An information tray creation apparatus generates a pair of an encryption key and a decoding key, encrypts disclosure information using the encryption key, and generates encrypted disclosure information. Next, the information tray creation apparatus encrypts a decoding k... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110142242 | QUANTUM PUBLIC KEY ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, KEY GENERATION APPARATUS, ENCRYPTION APPARATUS, DECRYPTION APPARATUS, KEY GENERATION METHOD, ENCRYPTION METHOD, AND DECRYPTION METHOD Provided is a key generation apparatus that generates, based on a generated random number, quantum gates Ui, L and R corresponding respectively to m types of unitary operations Ui corresponding to n qubits and two types of unitary operations L and ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110103589 | KEY DISTRIBUTING METHOD, PUBLIC KEY OF KEY DISTRIBUTION CENTRE ONLINE UPDATING METHOD AND DEVICE A key distributing method, a public key of key distribution centre online updating method, a key distribution centre, a communication entity and a key management system. The system includes: communication entities, a carrying device, a key distribution centre and a data... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110099591 | SECURE WIRELESS PAIRING OF DIGITAL TV SHORT-RANGE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER Embodiments of wireless display of digital content include transmission using a television transmission standard, such as a set of standards defined by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) for digital television (TV) transmissions. The digital content is tra... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110085667 | VARIOUS METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SECURING AN APPLICATION CONTAINER A method, apparatus, and system for securing internet applications including a first internet application hosted on a source server and stored on a physical storage medium of the source server. The internet application is served across a network onto a client machine an... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110055567 | Secure Key Management in Multimedia Communication System Principles of the invention provide one or more secure key management protocols for use in communication environments such as a media plane of a multimedia communication system. For example, a method for performing an authenticated key agreement protocol, in accordance ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110038483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE MANAGEMENT OF PRESENCE INFORMATION FOR COMMUNICATION SERVICES Systems and methods are provided for managing user information comprising presence information, wherein authentication of requesting parties is based on public-private key pair encryption and key Domain Name Service (kDNS) infrastructure. Thus, a response to a request f... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110029773 | Optical Network Terminal Management Control Interface-Based Passive Optical Network Security Enhancement A network component comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to exchange security information using a plurality of attributes in a management entity (ME) in an optical network unit (ONU) via an ONU management control interface (OMCI) channel,... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100310078 | SYSTEM FOR USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT AND METHOD THEREOF A user terminal for a user-centric identity management system includes: a browser that requests a service to the service provider server and receives a service parameter in which a plurality of selectable protocol parameters corresponding to the service are recorded fro... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306530 | WORKGROUP KEY WRAPPING FOR COMMUNITY OF INTEREST MEMBERSHIP AUTHENTICATION Methods and systems for managing a community of interest are disclosed. One method includes creating a workgroup key associated with a community of interest, and protecting one or more resources associated with the community of interest using the workgroup key. The meth... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100290627 | KEY MANAGEMENT SERVER, TERMINAL, KEY SHARING SYSTEM, KEY DELIVERY PROGRAM, KEY RECEPTION PROGRAM, KEY DELIVERY METHOD, AND KEY RECEPTION METHOD In distribution and sharing of a cipher key to be used when performing encrypted communication among a plurality of terminals, to share a cipher key without the need for each terminal to constantly hold and manage a large number of keys. Also, to shorten the time needed... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100272259 | METHOD FOR FILTERING OF ABNORMAL ONT WITH SAME SERIAL NUMBER IN A GPON SYSTEM Disclosed is a method of registering only an authorized optical network terminal among a plurality of optical network terminals with the same serial number, in an optical line terminal, using a public key encryption algorithm, in a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100257602 | Method And Apparatus To Secure Contents On A Consumer Vital Appliance A simple to customize secure IT infrastructure architecture. The IT infrastructure architecture includes a secure general purpose virtualized architecture platform. The IT infrastructure architecture is well suited for delivering simple pre-packaged software solutions t... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100235625 | TECHNIQUES AND ARCHITECTURES FOR PREVENTING SYBIL ATTACKS Techniques and architectures for preventing Sybil attacks are provided. A node authenticates to a local certificate authority associated with a social networking group. The local certificate authority issues an encrypted certificate with a secret to the node. The node t... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100215181 | METHOD FOR IMPORTING RIGHTS OBJECT AND RIGHTS ISSUER A method for importing or moving a rights object (RO) is provided, which includes the following steps. A rights issuer (RI) receives a request message of importing or moving an RO to a target device, the request message including key information encapsulated by a public... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100191654 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CONTROL UNIT FOR AN IONIC FOOT BATH SYSTEM One particular implementation of the present invention may involve a control unit of an ionic foot bath or other health product. The control unit may be connected to a network or the Internet such that the control unit may be monitored or controlled by a third party, su... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100185855 | Data Repository and Method for Promoting Network Storage of Data In general, the invention features methods by which more than one client program connected to a network stores the same data item on a storage device of a data repository connected to the network. In one aspect, the method comprises encrypting the data item using a key ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100172504 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY STORAGE WHEREIN KEY SERVERS ARE AUTHENTICATED BY POSSESSION AND SECURE DISTRIBUTION OF STORED KEYS A key management system includes secured data stored on a first system secured by a control key stored securely on a key server. The secured data is secured against attacks such as unauthorized use, modification or access, where authorization to access the secured data ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100172503 | METHOD OF GENERATING A PUBLIC KEY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRNIC DEVICE A method for generating a public key for an electronic device is provided, wherein the method comprises generating a public key 103 based on a private key and a unique identifier associated with the electronic device 200. ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100169630 | Pre-boot Recovery of a Locked Computer System Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, articles, and removable storage devices for pre-boot recovery of a locked computer system. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100158254 | DISTRIBUTED ACCESS CONTROL FOR DOCUMENT CENTRIC COLLABORATIONS Document collaboration may be implemented by executing an access interest specification phase. The access interest specification phase may include receiving access requests from collaboration participants for access to a document instance, the access requests specified ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100150351 | Method of Delivering Direct Proof Private Keys to Devices Using an On-Line Service Delivering a Direct Proof private key to a device installed in a client computer system in the field may be accomplished in a secure manner without requiring significant non-volatile storage in the device. A unique pseudo-random value is generated and stored in the devi... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150353 | SECURE METHOD AND APPARATUS TO VERIFY PERSONAL IDENTITY OVER A NETWORK The present application provides an apparatus and method for verifying a user, via captured biometric characteristics of the user, who is interacting online. The captured biometrics are guaranteed to be captured in real-time, and avoids the possibility of providing biom... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100146280 | REMOTE ASSISTING METHOD AND SYSTEM A remote assisting method is applied in a remote assisting system, which includes a server, a help-asking device and a helping device. The remote assisting method includes the following steps. First, ticket information is encrypted into encrypted ticket information, whi... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100146057 | Alert Broadcasting to a Plurality of Diverse Communications Devices A system for the broadcast of alert messages to selected groups of recipients and their communications devices of a plurality of different types and communicating through a plurality of different communications means. Recipient profiles or characteristics are received v... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100138659 | ELECTRONIC NOTARY A process is disclosed for notarizing document, by a client in the presence of a notary, comprising the steps of registering the notary, the client and the document, from a local workstation coupled to a central office, to provide for assigning at least one respective e... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100128879 | FLEXIBLE MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY FOR MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENTS One embodiment is a method including computing or storing an access control polynomial. Further embodiments include systems and computer readable media including an access control polynomial. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefi... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100100739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, AND A MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM EXECUTING THE METHOD A system and a method for a secure communication, and a medium having a computer readable program therefor. The system for a secure communication comprises an identification information extracting unit for extracting identification information from a request message sen... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100095118 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FACILITATING SECURE ACCESS OF DATA PORTIONS TO CORRESPONDING GROUPS OF USERS Cryptographic Key Management System facilitating secure access of data portions to corresponding groups of users. In an embodiment, corresponding group key (asymmetric key pair) is provided for each group, with the private key being stored in a secure format requiring t... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100082976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING RELATED CERTIFICATES A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one embodiment, a certificate synchronization application is programmed to perform certificate searches by querying one or more certificate servers... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100067702 | KEY GENERATION DEVICE, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, KEY GENERATION METHOD, KEY PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM A key generation device according to the present invention hierarchically constructs a Y-ary tree structure where n reception devices are assigned to leaves, and forms subgroups where individual intermediate nodes existing between the leaves and a root of the Y-ary tree... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100049969 | System and method for providing security in mobile WiMAX network system A system for providing security in a mobile Microwave Access (WiMAX) network system is constructed with a licensed certification authority providing a certificate and a first encryption module storing the certificate provided by the licensed certification authority, enc... | 02/25/2010 |
