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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8363836 | Using authentication tokens to authorize a firewall to open a pinhole Techniques are described for the use of a cryptographic token to authorize a firewall to open a pinhole which permits certain network traffic to traverse firewalls. An initiating endpoint requests a token from a call controller, which authorizes a pinhole though the... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8290162 | Combinational combiner cryptographic method and apparatus Another feature provides an efficient encryption method that safeguards the security of encrypted symbols. Each plaintext symbol is encrypted by using a separate pseudorandomly selected translation table. Rather than pre-storing every possible permutation of symbols... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8204223 | System providing dynamic quality of service signaling messages in a cable telephony network A system of Quality of Service signaling in an IP cable telephony system includes encrypting Quality of Service signals and sending them, instead of directly from an Internet Protocol Digital Terminal to a Cable Modem Termination System, indirectly via Broadband Tel... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8180053 | Secure communications system with assured synchronization for data exchanged among system ports A secure communications system has at least one processor and a control bus. A number of ports, each having a different fixed address, are coupled to the control bus. The processor assigns each port the address of another port whose data the port is permitted to rec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8023654 | Securing multimedia network communication A method for securing human to human communication over a network includes receiving, by a first computer, an incoming authenticated data stream from a second computer over a first communication channel, the incoming authenticated data stream having been computed us... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7881471 | Systems and methods for recording an encrypted interaction Systems and methods for recording an encrypted contact center interaction. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7796758 | Method and apparatus for securing transmission on a speakerphone or teleconference call Method and apparatus for securing the transmission of DTMF signals by a telephone over a telephone line. If the telephone is operating in a mode wherein another party may hear any DTMF tone generated by the telephone, such as over the loudspeaker of a speakerphone o... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7751566 | Apparatus using a time division multiple access bus for providing multiple levels of security in a communications system Systems including both distributed and centralized architectures for providing multiple levels of security using “virtual” switches. Ports and channels are assigned the same time slots on a TDMA bus only when they have matching security levels. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7623664 | System providing dynamic quality of service signaling messages in a cable telephony network A system of Quality of Service signaling in an IP cable telephony system includes encrypting Quality of Service signals and sending them, instead of directly from an Internet Protocol Digital Terminal to a Cable Modem Termination System, indirectly via Broadband Tel... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7570765 | Method and an apparatus to perform secure real-time transport protocol-on-the-fly A method and an apparatus to perform Secure Real-time Transport Protocol-on-the-fly (SRTPoF) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring negotiation between a first Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) device and a second VoIP device after a call... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7436962 | Method and apparatus for providing secured communication connections using a secured communication connection object An apparatus and method for establishing a communication connection between a first party and a second party using a secured communication connection object are provided. With the apparatus and method, a first party generates the secured communication connection obj... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7370193 | Computing system being able to quickly switch between an internal and an external networks and a method thereof The invention discloses a computing system such as a computer, a Personal Digital Assistant, or a mobile phone, being connected both to an internal network and an external network and being able to quickly and safely switch therebetween without being shut down while... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369537 | Adaptive Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) testing and selecting transport including 3-way proxy, client-to-client, UDP, TCP, SSL, and recipient-connect methods A Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) system includes clients that make management connections to an external manager server using web-browsing protocols. A discovery process tests a variety of transport methods by sending packets using different protocols to severa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356605 | System and method for controlling delivery of streaming media A system and method for controlling delivery of streaming media include the capability to receive streaming media at an endpoint device at a first delivery rate and at the endpoint device, determine whether to adjust the first delivery rate and generate a command to... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7336790 | Decoupling access control from key management in a network Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a Supernet, a private network constructed out of components from a public-network infrastructure. Supernet nodes can be located on virtually any device in the public network (e.g., the Internet), and ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330816 | Information providing method and information providing system An information providing method of providing information to a user includes the steps of receiving a providing request of first information from the user, acquiring contents of the first information from a database, presenting to the user a charge which the user bea... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327832 | Adjunct processing of multi-media functions in a messaging system A system and methods to allow messaging systems to efficiently perform multi-media processing functions are provided. An exemplary messaging system comprises a host computer interconnected to a network interface unit (NIU), that is, itself, interconnected to externa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308101 | Method and apparatus for transporting encrypted media streams over a wide area network A network processing device identifies call requests that require secure media connections and that also require transport over both a packet switched network and a circuit switched network. The network processing device establishes an IP link over the circuit switc... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7260222 | Shared data refining device and shared data refining method Each of a transmitter (1) and a receiver (2) divides temporarily-shared data into one or more purification blocks and one or more disposable blocks, and mixes each purification block so as to enlarge a Hamming distance between corresponding purificatio... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260520 | Enhancing source coding systems by adaptive transposition The present invention relates to a new method for enhancement of source coding systems using high-frequency reconstruction. The invention teaches that tonal signals can be classified as either pulse-train-like or non-pulse-train-like. Relying on this classification,... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254231 | Encryption/decryption instruction set enhancement A structure and associated method to implement encryption/decryption under the Data Encryption Standard (DES). Several additional instructions are included in the instruction set of a general purpose microprocessor to operate in conjunction with hardware included in... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248699 | Encryption method using synchronized continuously calculated pseudo-random key Prior methods of encryption can be broken by sufficiently powerful decryption techniques. The present invention provides a method of making decryption practically extremely difficult. It involves having synchronized processors continuously calculate a defined pseudo... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222242 | Interface for facilitating facsimile transmissions via wireless communications networks An interface for facilitating facsimile transmission via a wireless communications device operatively connected to a wireless communications network, including: a modem suitable for being communicatively coupled to a facsimile machine; a controller coupled to the mo... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206932 | Firewall-tolerant voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) emulating SSL or HTTP sessions embedding voice data in cookies A voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) client codes audio data as printable ASCII characters, then embeds the ASCII audio data inside a cookie that is sent over the Internet within an HTTP GET message. The GET message is sent to a server acting as a call proxy or ext... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196807 | Encrypted e-mail message retrieval system An electronic message retrieval system in which the electronic message, and any corresponding attachments, can be encrypted by the sender of the message and routed to the intended recipient, even if the intended recipient is in a mobile location or it is otherwise i... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185197 | Method and apparatus to facilitate secure network communications with a voice responsive network interface device A system for facilitating secure network communications includes a security computer system and corresponding software. The security system is utilized in conjunction with a voice browser residing on a server system. A user accesses the network by placing a call to ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182272 | System and method for facilitating control of irrigation systems A system for providing reliable communications between components of an irrigation system is provided. The system includes a central control, a number of communication systems each representing a transmission channel, an irrigation controller having a receiver that ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184553 | Method and system for encryption of optical signals A method, a system and a device for encrypting an optical signal to be transmitted via an optical fiber communication link by causing controlled chromatic dispersion of said signal. The controllable decryption device, as well as the controllable decryption device, c... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174017 | Decryption system for encrypted audio An encrypted audio decryption system for decrypting encrypted audio sound. The system includes a hearing device and a key FOB. The hearing device is adapted to receive the encrypted audio sound, decrypt the encrypted audio sound, and transmit signals corresponding t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171554 | Method, computer program product and system for providing a switch user functionality in an information technological network The invention is directed to a method for providing a switch user functionality in a server-agent environment in an information technological (IT) network in which at least one agent runs on a node of the IT network, comprising: generating a switch user (SU) certifi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7142648 | System for securing messages recorded in an IP telephony network A network apparatus communicates a recorded message from a calling party to a called party. A messaging controller accepts commands from the calling party and plays and records digital media including the recorded message. An encryption encoder/packager is coupled t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130424 | Systems and methods for utilizing an application from a native portable device within a non-native communications network The disclosed systems and methods include a native portable communications device having an application module that modifies communications between the portable device and a non-native communications device connected to a non-native communications network. The appli... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110548 | Cryptographic communication method, encryption algorithm shared control method, encryption algorithm conversion method and network communication system An operating encryption algorithm is converted to another encryption algorithm. When different encryption algorithms are operated by a personal computer 100 for use by a group A and a personal computer 200 for use by group B, an encryption algorithm, o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106845 | Dynamic security system and method, such as for use in a telecommunications system Rather than employing simple static personal identification numbers (PINs) that are susceptible to hacking, the disclosed security system provides multiple levels of security that may be selected by a user, based on his or her particular level of sensitivity at any ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085358 | Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incomi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080248 | System providing dynamic quality of service signaling messages in a cable telephony network A system of Quality of Service signaling in an IP cable telephony system includes encrypting Quality of Service signals and sending them, instead of directly from an Internet Protocol Digital Terminal to a Cable Modem Termination System, indirectly via Broadband Tel... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076059 | Method and apparatus to implement the data encryption standard algorithm A method and apparatus to encipher a block of data using the data encryption standard comprising exclusive-oring, using an exclusive-or gate, the output from a merged permutation and expansion (MPE) and a sub key block, and sending the output from the exclusive-or g... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7058044 | Hybrid type telephony system The hybrid type telephony system capable of establishing a connection between conventional type telephone sets contained in an exchange unit and LAN type telephone sets contained in an IP network, the system comprising: a gateway circuit connected between the exchan... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058685 | Validation and audit of e-media delivery The present invention provides a method, a computer-readable medium and a digital content delivery service system for sending and validating/auditing delivery of e-media. The method includes the steps of: obtaining/receiving e-media of a sender/user wherein the send... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7013390 | Cryptographic policy filters and policy control method and apparatus An apparatus for an integrated dynamic encryption and/or decryption for use in an application includes a policy filter, a policy filter module coupled to said policy filter, a service module coupled to said policy filter, and a cryptographic module, where the appara... | 03/14/2006 |
