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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7742600 | Prepaid pay television system A system includes a managing center transmitting a data stream encrypted by control words included in control messages. The data stream is received by at least one user unit linked to a security module identified by a unique address. The security module contains a c... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7428307 | Data reproduction apparatus capable of safely controlling reproduction time of encrypted content data and data reproduction circuit and data recording apparatus used for the same A decryption processing unit decrypts encrypted content data using a license key Kc. When an elapsed time after reception of the license key (Kc) does not exceed a hold time at a time of the license key (Kc) included in reproduction control information (ACp), reprod... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7400725 | Information recording medium for recording a scrambled part of content information, and method and apparatus for reproducing information recorded therein An information recording medium, such as an optical disk or the like, is provided for recording at least copyrighted content information and cipher key information. A part of the content information is scrambled and recorded in the information recording medium, and ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7383230 | System and method for the efficient exchange and pricing of services and intangible works An exchange system for intangible goods comprises a first user system, a second user system, a registry system, a clearinghouse system and a hash module coupled for communication with each other. The first and second user systems includes a content module for acting... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380134 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus and method of executing encryption processing An information recording apparatus has a content encryption section which encrypts content information with an encryption key and outputs encrypted content information, a control section which identifies an already moved area in the content information and generates... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380137 | Content guard system for copy protection of recordable media A system and method for enabling broadcast programs to be copied once only by consumer recorders includes writing a unique media identification on each blank disk to which content is to copied in a read-only area of the disk before it is initially recorded. Also, a ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380135 | Diligent control of preview of stored contents A method of transmitting contents, which are to be received at a reception side where a portion of the contents is previewed while the contents are not accessible for playing other than for a preview purpose, includes the steps of encrypting the contents by a first ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370210 | Apparatus and method for managing processor configuration data The present invention provides a data processing apparatus and method for managing processor configuration data. The data processing apparatus comprises a processor operable in a plurality of modes and a plurality of domains, said plurality of domains comprising a s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363504 | Method and system for keystroke scan recognition biometrics on a smartcard The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using keystroke scan biometrics in a smartcard-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a keystroke scan sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying bi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356144 | Control of usage of contents in digital broadcasts A method of transmitting a content to a reception side includes the steps of encrypting the content by use of a scramble key that varies with time, encrypting scramble-key-associated information that includes at least the scramble key and usage-control information, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346931 | Accepting a set of data in a computer unit A method for transferring at least one data record from an external data source into a processor unit, e.g., and a suitably designed processor unit are described. In such a method for transcribing at least one data record from the external data source to a processor... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340758 | Method and device for routing of specific data, particularly receiving rights, in a pay-TV terminal A method and device for relaying specific data, especially receiving rights, to a pay television terminal. The data originating from a transmitter is transmitted to the pay television terminal via a transmission medium with the application of mobile data carriers, e... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336788 | Electronic book secure communication with home subsystem The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the system are a subsystem for placing text in a video signal format and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337146 | Emergency information management system A wide-area emergency information management system includes a broadcasting entity (10) and delivers content to authorized receiver clients (20), such as PC's, laptops, wireless devices, etc. The specific content (26), which can include voice, t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327259 | Method and apparatus for managing online and offline documents with RFID technology Provided are a method and an apparatus for managing online and offline documents using RFID technology. The method includes: pre-registering online and offline documents using radio frequency identification tag information stored in at least one of the online and of... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324974 | Digital data file encryption apparatus and method A digital data file encryption apparatus and method, where a digital data server identifies the user and supplies an encrypted digital data file to the user in accordance with the identified result. A personal computer decrypts the encrypted digital data file suppli... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305695 | System for providing video on demand with pause feature A system for providing video upon request may transmit encrypted video information to one or more recipients for viewing at a later time. The recipient may make a request to view one of the received video files. This request may be provided to a video transmitter wh... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302578 | Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, program-initiation error processing method, and recording medium An information processing apparatus has a detection unit to detect a recording medium and initiates a program read from the recording medium detected by the detection unit. In the information processing apparatus, an operation check unit performs an operation check ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299494 | File management method and files The invention relates to a method of managing files. In this invention, a method of managing a file stored in an external memory device of a computer having an application that starts when it is read by the computer consists of a step of accepting an instruction for... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7281267 | Software audit system A software audit system is provided in conjunction with an anti-virus system. A computer virus scan request received by the anti-virus system (16) is used to trigger an audit data generator (18) to generate audit data. The audit data generator (18 | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278165 | Method and system for implementing digital rights management In one embodiment, a content license is created that defines parameters for accessing a piece of digital content. A first logical expression in the content license defines a plurality of playback devices that are authorized to access the piece of digital content. A ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263188 | Data delivery system, server apparatus, reproducing apparatus, data delivery method, data playback method, storage medium, control, signal, and transmission data signal A data delivery system has a capability of effectively and reliably protecting copyright of the data. A video source of a movie or the like is delivered in the form of encrypted data from a server apparatus to a playback apparatus. A decryption key used to decrypt t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251821 | Method for retrieving product information over a communication network Method for retrieving product information over a communication network. A method for retrieving product information including at least product/service identification or description and related to a commercial event and associated with a remote location on a communic... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251693 | System and method for data quality management and control of heterogeneous data sources System and method for data quality management and control of heterogeneous data systems. In a preferred embodiment, the system functions as a resource management tool that simplifies the process of managing data systems. More specifically, the system provides connec... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249106 | Information processing method and apparatus and program storage medium for prohibiting duplication of contents in large quantities A contents database 114 memorizes the discriminating information for discriminating contents and the temporal information as to the time of content duplication associated with the discriminating information. A recording program 113 acquires the discrim... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246234 | Transmitter device, transmitting method, receiver device, receiving method, communication system, and program storage medium A memory stores a hash value of content management data. When an IEEE1394 interface authenticates a personal computer connected thereto via a network, the IEEE1394 transmits content management data to the personal computer while receiving a hash data of the content ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239704 | Method and apparatus for recording of encrypted digital data A method relating to recording transmitted digital data in which transmitted digital information is encrypted by a recording encryption key. The recording encryption key is stored by a recording means on a recording support medium. Further, the recording encryption ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225163 | Recording/reproducing device and recording/reproducing method A high-speed dubbing unit 10 for dubbing digital data from an optical disk 15 to a hard disk 16 at a high speed is connected via a public telephone line to a payment imposing unit 20. A control unit 13 is provided for generating in... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209893 | Method of and a system for distributing electronic content A terminal device, a memory module and a system for and method of distributing electronic content. A content provider stores a number of multimedia files. A first integrated circuit card interface receives a host integrated circuit card containing first authorizatio... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197143 | Digital video authenticator The Digital Video Authenticator (DVA) addresses law enforcement concerns for a means to authenticate digital video (DV) so that it will be admissible and trusted as evidence in court. The DVA is a peripheral device attached to a commercial digital video recording de... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7146508 | Image processing apparatus and system and method of same An image processing apparatus capable of preventing a copy protect function of a video or other contents signal from being disabled. An encoder encodes a contents signal from a DVD reproduction unit. A copy protect circuit performs copy protect processing on the enc... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146008 | Conditional access television sound A digitally encrypted audio signal may be transmitted with an analog television signal. Access to the analog television video signal may be controlled by using graphics overlay techniques. The use of digital encryption techniques on the audio channel prevents improp... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131006 | Cryptographic techniques for a communications network Techniques are described for enabling authentication and/or key agreement between communications network stations and service networks. The techniques described include the negotiation and use of a cryptographic primitive shared between a service network and a home ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7131133 | Access control method and information utilization apparatus The encoded contents of a piece of delivered information is accompanied by an applicable time data indicating a specific time period for authorizing a particular mode of utilization. When a request for utilizing the contents is issued in an information utilization a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120251 | Data player, digital contents player, playback system, data embedding apparatus, and embedded data detection apparatus A data player for reading contents encrypted by a decoding key from a digital medium, and playing the encrypted contents by using the decoding key which is stored in a key storage unit, comprises: a key obtaining unit for performing mutual authentication with the ke... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113926 | Secure media on demand system whereby charge is determined in part from the periodicity of an encryption key An object of the invention is to provide a transmitting system of which data is difficult to be tapped and which is suitable for flexibly determining a watching and listening fee. In order to achieve the object, there is provided a combination of a transmitting meth... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110982 | Secure access method and system A secure electronic content system and method is provided. The system includes a controller including an interface component, a host system coupled to the controller, the host system configured to present content under predetermined conditions, the host system opera... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7092914 | Methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information Rights management information is used at least in part in a matching, narrowcasting, classifying and/or selecting process. A matching and classification utility system comprising a kind of Commerce Utility System is used to perform the matching, narrowcasting, class... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088823 | System and method for secure distribution and evaluation of compressed digital information A method for controlling access to digital information is performed based on a plurality of decryption keys sent by the information provider. A first type of decryption key instructs a user's host system to reproduce the digital information in accordance with a firs... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7076467 | Network-based method and system for transmitting digital data to a client computer and charging only for data that is used by the client computer user A flexible product distribution and payment system for computer network based electronic commerce is disclosed. Primary content data is made available to customers through a detachable local storage medium, such as a DVD or CD-ROM disc, or over a network connection.... | 07/11/2006 |
