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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131337 | DEVICE ARCHIVING OF PAST CLUSTER BINDING INFORMATION ON A BROADCAST ENCRYPTION-BASED NETWORK Provided are techniques for the creation and storage of an archive for binding IDs corresponding to a cluster of devices that render content protected by a broadcast encryption scheme. When two or more clusters are merged, a binding ID corresponding to one of the cluste... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO DATA BASED ON LAYER Disclosed is an access control apparatus and method for giving access authority with respect to data. The access control apparatus may encrypt, using a Public Key (PK) of a terminal, a Node Key (NK) of a target layer in which the access authority is to be granted to the... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION An aspect of the present invention provides a method of communicating within a system having a first device, a second device, a key distribution device and an interactive service portal device. The method includes: storing a tag within the interactive service portal dev... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131343 | SERVER FOR SINGLE SIGN ON, DEVICE ACCESSING SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Disclosed are a server, a device accessing the server and a control method thereof, the server for single sign on including: a storage unit which stores user information of a second device; and a controller which identifies a second device which is accessed by a same us... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131338 | AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF A DEVICE BY A SERVICE USING BROADCAST ENCRYPTION Provided are techniques to enable a device that provides a service to authorize a second device for receiving the service and the delivery of the service to the second device and other devices within a trusted network. A signed Management Key Block (MKB) is generated an... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131340 | Enrollment of Physically Unclonable Functions Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a method that includes a physically-unclonable function (PUF) device that receives a communication that includes a first challenge value, a second challenge value and a remote message authenticity value. The method i... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING STORAGE SECURITY IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT A method of improving storage security in a cloud environment includes interfacing a secure microcontroller with a storage controller associated with a client device in the cloud environment to authenticate a platform associated with the storage controller and registeri... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130905 | TRANSACTION VERIFICATION ON RFID ENABLED PAYMENT AND TRANSACTION INSTRUMENTS A display enabled RFID tag (DERT) receives transaction details from the reader. DERT verifies that the details match their counterparts in the reader public key certificate. The process is aborted in case of a mismatch. DERT extracts and displays user-verifiable data. I... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110331 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A NETWORK NODE In a method for activating a destination network node (SN) to be woken up in a wireless network (1), in particular a sensor network, the destination network node (SN) is woken from a sleep operating mode if the destination network node verifies a received secret ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110330 | AUTOMATIC USER CREDENTIALS FOR REMOTE SUPPORT Various embodiments herein include at least one of systems, methods, and software to receive and process credential requests for remote support of computer applications. One embodiment includes receiving a credentials request in a first environment from a second environ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110329 | TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE DEVICE AUTHENTICATION A user authenticates a mobile device (MD) to a network-based service (NBS) for initial authentication. Policy is pushed from the NBS to the MD and the MD automatically obtains details about devices and attributes that are near or accessible to the MD in accordance with ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084562 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A SECURE BOOT DEVICE USING CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURED COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS UNSECURED NETWORKS Methods and systems for updating a virtual terminal associated with a secure network are disclosed. One method includes validating at a service enclave an identity of a user of a virtual terminal. The service enclave includes an authorization server, and the virtual ter... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084561 | TOKEN-BASED AUTHENTICATION USING MIDDLE TIER An intermediary system that facilitates a connection request from a client to a server. The intermediary system may participate in either or both of a token creation phase and a server connection phase. If participating in the token creation phase, the intermediary syst... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084563 | Systems and methods for multi-factor remote user authentication What is disclosed is a handheld multi-factor remote user authentication card device in the form factor of a prior art one factor of “what you have” security card. The handheld multifactor card-device has innovative features that enable this single card device itself... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084564 | SECURITY OPERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESS POINT A system and a method of operating a security for an Access Point (AP) are provided. The method includes sending, by a mobile terminal, a key code conversion request message to the AP, generating, by the AP, a conversion key code in response to the key code conversion r... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084566 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING AND CONTROLLING CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURE COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS UNSECURED NETWORKS Methods and systems for providing secure access to network resources are disclosed. A method includes defining in a provisioning utility one or more communities of interest, each community of interest including one or more users and associated with a key. The method inc... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072727 | MULTI-ISP CONTROLLED ACCESS TO IP NETWORKS, BASED ON THIRD-PARTY OPERATED UNTRUSTED ACCESS STATIONS A mechanism that allows sharing of an existing infrastructure for access to public or private IP networks, such as the public Internet or private LANs is provided. Specifically, infrastructure owners lease the infrastructure resources on a short-term basis to different ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054491 | RE-AUTHENTICATION IN CLIENT-SERVER COMMUNICATIONS Various embodiments of systems and methods for re-authentication in client-server communications are described herein. A composite key is constructed by cryptographic hashing of a master key and a user key. A payload is constructed using a user identifier and a validity... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054493 | SECURE WIRELESS LINK BETWEEN TWO DEVICES USING PROBES A secure wireless communication link (pairing) between two devices can be established using cleartext wireless transmissions between devices not joined to a network (“probes”). One device can broadcast a first probe indicating that it is seeking to establish a pairi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054492 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR SHARING RESOURCES, METHOD OF SHARING RESOURCES WITHIN MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SHARING RESOURCES BETWEEN WEB SERVER AND TERMINAL Provided are a mobile terminal for sharing resources, a method of sharing resources within a mobile terminal and a method of sharing resources between a web server and a terminal The mobile terminal for sharing resources includes a web browser using a web standard proto... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047365 | SECURE, AUDITABLE FILE EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND METHOD Secure and auditable file exchange between a professional and a client, patient, colleague, or other associate of the professional may be achieved via a file exchange service that automatically verifies the professional's professional status and identity and provides ap... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042163 | SECURELY IDENTIFYING HOST SYSTEMS Embodiments of the present invention allow for “end-user” provisioned instances to securely identify themselves beyond a simple user ID and password. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention use a multi-part security approach that includes (among other thi... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042165 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA ON MOBILE TERMINALS AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD A method for providing data on mobile terminals is provided. The method comprising the following steps: providing a continuous network connectivity of the plurality of mobile terminals of different users executing a local application on one of the terminals, which leads... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042164 | MONITORING BASED ON CLIENT PERSPECTIVE According to one general aspect, a method may include establishing a network tap point near, in a network topology sense, an intranet/internet access point device. The network tap point may provide a substantially non-intrusive means of viewing network communication thr... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036359 | THIRD PARTY VPN CERTIFICATION A virtual private network (VPN) over a telecommunications network is created by sending a request from a first VPN device to a second VPN device for establishing a VPN between the first and second VPN devices. The request includes a first signed certificate having a ver... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD ESTABLISHING TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS TO ENABLE SECURE EXCHANGE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION The invention disclosed here is aimed at enabling a trusted third party to manage user opt-ins which would enable growth of personalized information services, that is, enabling trusted business relationships between three types of entities—an end-user, an information ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036361 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A SERVICE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A MOBILE DATA SERVER FOR CONNECTING TO A WIRELESS NETWORK A method and system for establishing a service relationship between a mobile communication device and a mobile data server for connecting to a wireless network are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, an Internet browser receives a request to establish a servic... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS A verifier for verifying the authenticity of a communication sent via a communications network from a first network component to a second network component including input means/apparatus arranged for receiving via the communications network an encrypted communication f... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033652 | System and Method for Simultaneous Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Networked Communications A method and a system are disclosed for maintaining a simultaneous communication between a first wireless station and both an access point and a second wireless station. The first and second wireless stations are associated with the access point, or only one of the wire... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036358 | Document encryption and decryption A document encryption and decryption system for selectively encrypting and decrypting files and any other items and method for same to protect or secure its contents by helping to prevent unauthorized individuals from viewing data in human-perceivable or readable form. ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036363 | METHOD FOR KEY IDENTIFICATION USING AN INTERNET SECURITY ASSOCIATION AND KEY MANAGEMENT BASED PROTOCOL An initiating device: generates a message having an ISAKMP-based header that includes a security parameter index (SPI) field; identifies a key in the SPI field of the ISKMP-based header; and sends the message to a responding device. The responding device: receives the m... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMAL VERIFICATION OF OPERATIONS ON DYNAMIC SETS A system and method for cryptographically checking the correctness of outsourced set operations performed by an untrusted server over a dynamic collection of sets that are owned (and updated) by a trusted source is disclosed. The system and method provides new authentic... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030466 | RELAY DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, NETWORK SYSTEM, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD A relay device first uses latest authentication data to determine whether request-authentication data transmitted from a wireless communications device is valid. If the latest authentication data is used to determine that the request-authentication data is valid, the re... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030465 | Indirect Pairing of Communication Devices A method for establishing a communication link between two devices, the communication link employing a protocol that provides for link establishment information sufficient for establishing a link between two devices to be negotiated between those devices; the method com... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORKING System protects user's data on social networking websites by creating a data filter, which operates between the user and the social networks accessed by the user. The filter may be deployed as a user's web browser plug-in and operates in the following way. First, the fi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023333 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM When transmitting position/time information calculated by means of a GPS function to a server apparatus, authentication is carried out with the server apparatus. The position/time information may be certified as legitimate measured by a portable apparatus with a GPS rec... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023331 | MECHANISM FOR INTERNAL PROCESSING OF CONTENT THROUGH PARTIAL AUTHENTICATION ON SECONDARY CHANNEL Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to performing processing of content through partial authentication of secondary channel. An embodiment of a method includes performing a first authentication between a source transmitting device and a sink receiving de... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017085 | TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTITY-ENABLED INTERFACE DEPLOYMENT Techniques for providing identity-enabled interfaces for deployment are presented. Specifically, an agent of an enterprise infrastructure authenticates and acquires an agent identity for interacting with a cloud processing environment. Once the agent is deployed in the ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014521 | MOBILE PHONE AIDED OPERATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD The present system and method uses multiple digital devices with possibly different users operating in concert, for performing authentication and other cryptographic operations. The multiple digital devices include, for example, a mobile device such as a cellular phone,... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011360 | KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARED SECRET CIPHERS Various embodiments are described herein for a Key Management System (KMS) and associated methods for providing authentication and secure shared key distribution capabilities without revealing a device's secret key. The KMS allows one or more accessing applications or d... | 01/12/2012 |
