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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373656 | Automatic configuration for portable devices The present invention relates to a portable device configured to interact with any number of host computing devices. In operation, the portable device will initially appear to a host computing device as a known device type. The host computing device will be configur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370212 | Issuing a publisher use license off-line in a digital rights management (DRM) system A publishing user publishes digital content and issues to itself a corresponding digital publisher license to allow itself to render the published digital content. The publishing user is supplied with a publishing certificate from a digital rights management (DRM) s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370209 | Systems and methods for increasing the difficulty of data sniffing Disclosed are systems and methods for increasing the difficulty of data sniffing. In one embodiment, a system and a method pertain to presenting information to a user via an output device, the information corresponding to characters available for identification as p... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366703 | Smartcard internet authorization system A system and method are disclosed for conducting electronic commerce such as a virtual purchase transaction with an on-line merchant. A user is provided with an intelligent token, such as a smart card containing a digital certificate. The intelligent token suitably ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337328 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, data is provided into a first portion of memory on a video card and the first portion has a first level of protection. The dat... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337329 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, a system comprises a graphics processor unit (GPU) for processing data that is to be rendered on a monitor. Memory is operably... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7310421 | Particular plaintext detector An object is to enhance the difficulty in decrypting ciphertext. In order to do input into an encryption algorithm that receives plaintext to output ciphertext, a particular plaintext detector for detecting that the plaintext satisfying a predetermined condition is ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305668 | Secure method to perform computer system firmware updates A secure method for updating computer firmware online is described. The firmware storage locations are write protected prior to loading the operating system. Updating the firmware after loading the operating system helps to reduce downtime. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305092 | Method and system to accelerate cryptographic functions for secure e-commerce applications A device and method for accelerating functioning of a software application having multi-layer, high overhead protocols, wherein the device has a processor (12) operating a software application (20) having a multi-layer protocol; a high performance proc... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305567 | Decoupled architecture for data ciphering operations In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a microcontroller unit to store instructions into an execution queue. The apparatus also comprises an execution queue unit to generate a widely decoded functional execution instruction based on at least one instruction store... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302586 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, unencrypted data is provided in a video card memory. The unencrypted data is encrypted on the video card and transferred off o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302573 | Computer system and method for controlling output of reproduced video data A computer system with a monitor display, comprises a decoder unit configured to decode video data containing digital watermark information to derive decoded data, and configured to determine, based on information included in the video data, whether or not first cer... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299365 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, data that is stored in memory other than a video card memory is encrypted and transferred over a bus to the video card. The en... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287226 | Methods and systems for effecting video transitions represented by bitmaps Multi-media project editing methods and systems are described. In one embodiment, a project editing system comprises a multi-media editing application that is configured to enable a user to combine multiple different video clips into a video project. A bitmap proces... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284133 | Information processing unit An information processing unit and methods therefore which render it more difficult to infer information being processed within an information processing unit by observing the unit's current consumption or electromagnetic radiation. Specifically, the information pro... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283837 | Portable terminal apparatus, recording medium, and portable terminal apparatus control method A portable terminal apparatus with an operation key includes at least one shift key, a key setting map, a key control section, and a key setting change section. The key setting map stores information about the settings of functional operations of the operation key a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272723 | USB-compliant personal key with integral input and output devices A compact, self-contained, personal key is disclosed. The personal key comprises a USB-compliant interface releaseably coupleable to a host processing device; a memory; and a processor. The processor provides the host processing device conditional access to data sto... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269742 | Microprocessor configuration with encryption A microcontroller for security applications includes an encryption unit between a bus and a functional unit. The encryption unit includes a gate and a key register. A memory is provided with a further encryption unit whose gate is connected between the register and ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251632 | Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system An on-line VBI printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing a variety of required security standards. A client system provides a user friendly GUI for facilitating the i... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249093 | Method of and system for making purchases over a computer network A method of and system for making purchases over a computer network using an ATM card or the like is provided. In accordance with the invention, a consumer transmits his ATM card number over the network to an on-line merchant. The on-line merchant then forwards the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7225465 | Method and system for remote management of personal security devices A method and system for installing, activating and customizing proprietary information contained within the secure domain of a personal security device such as a smart card over a network using a communications pipe. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224801 | Wireless secure device A method and apparatus for securely connecting one or more wireless peripheral devices such as keyboards, mice, gamepads, remote controllers, joysticks and one or more host systems such as personal computers or workstations, the secure connection reducing the vulner... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214874 | Venting device for tamper resistant electronic modules A tamper resistant enclosure for an electronic circuit includes an inner copper case, a tamper sensing mesh wrapped around the inner case, an outer copper case enclosing the inner case and the tamper sensing mesh, and a venting device forming a vent channel from ins... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209732 | Audio scrambler and recorder for cellular telephones A security device for a cellular telephone includes a cellular telephone interface for coupling the device to the cellular telephone, a microphone, a speaker, and an analog scrambler coupling the microphone and the speaker to the cellular telephone interface. The sc... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200229 | Modular communication platform A modular radio includes a chassis holding a network infosec unit module; a power amplifier module; and at least one transceiver module. Each of the modules include a separate housing and is removable and replaceable. The modules communicate via a bus and are reconf... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197648 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, a video card comprises a graphics processor unit (GPU) for processing data that is to be rendered on a monitor. The GPU compri... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7183929 | Control of toys and devices by sounds A method of controlling at least one device by incidental sound produced by a living creature and including: attaching a sound-maker to a living creature so that the natural movements of the living creature will cause the sound-maker to emit a sound; receiving the s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181767 | Keypad device security system and method The present invention increases the difficulty of interpreting electromagnetic emissions from a keypad system by facilitating randomness in the electromagnetic emissions associated with a particular key activation. A keypad security circuit utilizes a set of digital... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7146499 | Security system for replicated storage devices on computer networks Through associating each data partition within a replicated storage domain of networked storage devices with one of multiple secret keys shared with a file manager, a credential is issued from the file manager to a client requesting access to a partition. The creden... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7133792 | Method and apparatus for calibration over time of histological and physiological biometric markers for authentication The present invention is directed toward a method for calibrating a biometric authentication device over time. The method of the present invention involves obtaining an authenticating biometric value from a biometric measurement. The biometric value is then weighted... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124938 | Enhancing smart card usage for associating media content with households Various enhancements are made to using smart cards that are associated with (or to be associated with) a household. In one embodiment, data that is expected to be of value to a user (e.g., electronic money) is attached to that user's smart card(s), thereby providing... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114076 | Consolidated technique for authenticating a user to two or more applications A user of a client computer is authenticated for first and second applications executing in a server. The server authenticates the user for the first application based on a userID and password of the user, and the server returns a token of the authentication to the ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111324 | USB hub keypad A method and apparatus for securing a token from unauthorized use is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first message transmitted from a host processing device and addressed to a PIN entry device according to a universal serial bus (USB) protoc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103769 | IEEE 1394 link layer chip with “5C” authentication and key exchange accelerator Authentication and key exchange functions, such as those conforming to the Digital Transmission Licensing Authority's (DTLA) Digital Transmission Content Protection (5C) Specification, are incorporated into a link-layer access device of a conventional processing sys... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103840 | Effect adding device, effect adding method, effect adding program, storage medium where effect adding program is stored The present invention is capable of easily and quickly selecting and applying desired effects. In the present invention, single-shot effects and continuous effects for specifying special effects for images are arranged and displayed in the order of use in a single-e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103575 | Enabling use of smart cards by consumer devices for internet commerce A method, system, and computer readable code for enabling use of smart cards by consumer devices for Internet commerce. This is achieved by integrating an existing “Integrated Circuit Card Specification for Application Payment Systems” standard (commonly known a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7082539 | Information processing apparatus Since a conventional information processing apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor devices, there is a problem that sensitive information may reside on a system bus in the apparatus or a semiconductor memory device serving as main memory therein. To obviate... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7065651 | Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In various embodiments, data that is intended for use by a video card can be encrypted such that any time the data is provided onto a bus (e.g. a... | 06/20/2006 |
