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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155313 | Systems and methods for employing duo codes for product authentication Systems and methods are provided that employ two or more cryptographically linked codes. The codes, when encrypted, become cipher texts that appear unrelated. The codes described herein are characterized by a series of bits including one or more switch bits. The cip... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7933406 | Encryption device and method, and image forming apparatus An encryption device which is capable of preparing an encrypted document not easily deciphered by a third person. The encryption device encrypts information formed on a recording member on the basis of a predetermined encryption code. A surface of the recording memb... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929695 | Printing system and printer with electronic signature capability and method thereof A printing system and printer with an electronic signature capability, and a method thereof are provided. To print security documents using an electronic signature stored in a portable memory, the printing system of the invention includes a portable memory for stori... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925015 | Image forming system, computer-readable recording medium storing a setting change program, and setting change method An image forming system according to one embodiment of the present invention has a user authentication mode for granting only authorized users a setting change for an image forming apparatus. This image forming apparatus 200 includes a user authentication sec... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916863 | Security printing method and system for enhancing security printing A security printing method includes generating a security file having a plurality of metadata fields and an information field concatenated together in an initial sequence. A security file identification is generated from the plurality of metadata fields and the info... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7809137 | Job allocation control apparatus and job allocation control method In a job allocation control apparatus, whether or not a job has security setting is discriminated, if it is decided that the job has the security setting, this job is set to a scheduling target to a clean device, and if it is decided that the job does not have the s... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7778416 | Print data communication with data encryption and decryption A printing job containing printing data is transmitted to a specified image forming apparatus through a communications medium so that the printing data can be printed by the specified image forming apparatus. The printing data is encrypted in an encrypting method sp... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7676038 | Secure printing method to thwart counterfeiting A method for authenticating a target item with a security code is provided. The method includes the steps of determining a first content of security information to be coded, determining a second content of security information to be coded, printing a plurality of co... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7657031 | Method and device for printing sensitive data In a method and system for printing of sensitive data, encrypted sensitive data to be printed is transferred to a printing device having a printing unit. This sensitive data to be printed is decrypted to create decrypted sensitive data. The decrypted sensitive data ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7620177 | Secure printing A system and methods provides secure end-to-end printing in networked computing environments, such as a corporate office environment employing a number of shared printers. The described system and methods are applicable in various scenarios to provide an enhanced so... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7440143 | Tampering judgement system, encrypting system for judgement of tampering and tampering judgement method A tampering judgement system is provided which is capable of easily checking whether or not a printed document has been tampered. An image feature information extracting section extracts image feature information from a document image. An image feature information e... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436956 | Document encryption Encryption of documents is used to restrict access to such documents to those users who have the appropriate decryption keys. The encryption of documents on public web servers hitherto has prevented indexing by search engines. By keeping words and possible sentences... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7389423 | System and method for registering a sensing device with a relay device A system for registering a sensing device with a relay device, the relay allowing the sensing device to communicate with a computer system. The registration is performed using a registration form, the registration form having disposed thereon or therein information ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386149 | Method and apparatus for embedding digital-watermark using robustness parameter An apparatus receives a document image and digital-watermark information and determines an embedding capacity based on a number of the letters in the document image. The apparatus determines whether or not the entire digital-watermark information is capable of being... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369659 | Item handling system An item handling system, comprising: at least one item preparation station for printing machine-readable symbols on items; and at least one item handling station for receiving items from the at least one item preparation station and being operable to machine read an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369279 | System and method to restrict copying, scanning and transmittal of documents or parts of documents A document-security system, methodology, resulting secured documents, and related matters, regarding establishing flexible and versatile control over the acts of scanning, copying, faxing, e-mailing, or otherwise reproducing or converting into another data format, s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353398 | Article, method, system and apparatus for decentralized creation, distribution, verification and transfer of valuable documents The invention described herein utilizes a universally known and accepted unique item that is independently identifiable and valuable so as to be constituted for difficulty of counterfeiting as an authenticator item. The identity of this item is included in an author... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343627 | Secure document-data-handling system and methodology The method and system which assure tight security over access to document data which is being handled in a system during scanning, copying, printing and faxing modes of operation. Security takes place with (1) substantially complete blockage of outside-world (networ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337387 | Intercepting document data from a spooler and using the data to retrieve related information from a data base to modify the document An improved document generation tool which intercepts data from a print spool and utilizes that data in conjunction with the database to cause certain changes to the final printed data. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337472 | System and method for ensuring secure transfer of a document from a client of a network to a printer The present invention relates to a system and method for ensuring secure transfer of a document from a client of a network to a printer. That is providing a system and method enabling safe printing of a print job by securing a transmission of the print job through a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330974 | Method and system for delivery of a secure document A method and system for issuing secure documentation, such as tickets or coupons. The method includes producing a secure document having printed information and coded data thereon, the coded data including a unique identifier indicative of the secure document. A cor... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7317546 | Certification method and device and certificate issuer system When a certificate is to be printed on a certificate form having a microchip built therein, an applicant for applying for the certificate sends microchip ID to a certificate issuer, and the certificate issuer stores certificate data in association with the microchip... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305556 | Secure printing with authenticated printer key Securely storing a public key for encryption of data in a computing device by using a user-specific key pair which is securely stored in the computing device, including receiving a target public key corresponding to a target device, obtaining a user-specific key pai... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301659 | Systems and methods for use of profiles in multifunction devices A system and method for the selection and execution of a profile. The system and method comprise a data store capable of storing profiles, a user console allowing interaction between a user and a multifunction device, a communication interface adapted to allow commu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298982 | Image forming method and apparatus for setting an image forming parameter based on a printing medium The type of printing medium on which an image will be formed is discriminated based upon the image of the medium surface read by an image reading unit for reading the surface as an image. If the discriminated medium type is other than a prescribed printing medium, t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296157 | Methods and apparatus for secure document printing Methods and apparatus are provided for securely printing a print job on a networked printer. An application program running on a networked computer instructs the printer to generate and exchange cryptographic keys. The application program then encrypts the print job... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293292 | Method and system for securely and selectively providing optional features or premium functionality in a printer A method and system of selectively and securely enabling an added or premium functionality in a printer can be created by transmitting or inputting to the printer an electronic key correlated to the unique serial number stored in that printer. In this way, the key u... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284279 | System and method for preventing unauthorized operation of identification and financial document production equipment Improvements in security relating to the use of personalized document production equipment. The invention has particular use with respect to printers that are used to produce plastic cards, such as financial cards and identification cards. The invention prevents the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283630 | Verification of authenticity of goods by use of random numbers Method of verifying authenticity of goods uses combination codes that have a random portion and a non-random portion that includes at least a secret portion that is encrypted. The combination codes are encrypted and may be applied to goods and checked to determine a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265853 | Postage server system and method A system and method for transmission of a document from a sending location to a receiving location by way of a trusted way location is disclosed. A selected document is physically or electronically transmitted by a sending location to a letter server operated by a d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266696 | Electronic postmarking without directly utilizing an electronic postmark server Systems and methods for performing electronic postmarking of data, without directly utilizing a regular electronic postmark (EPM) server (110), including receiving data from a data acquisition device (102), generating a MicroEPM data structure (106 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263724 | Unauthorized usage monitoring system for image forming apparatus When a digital copier is used, for monochrome images, image data is stored into a storage in association with user ID codes at a 5% possibility while for color images, image data is stored in association with user ID codes at possibilities ranging from 0 to 50% depe... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257558 | System and method for conducting a financial transaction between a sender and recipient of a mail piece In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257844 | System and method for enhanced piracy protection in a wireless personal communication device A key-sharing scheme is used to control distribution and use of video and audio content in personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other wireless devices. A private key is split into key-shares using a Blakley-Shamir key splitting technique and the key-shares are dis... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248693 | Secure network-based system for the distributed printing of documents An Internet-based printing system allows for the distribution and printing of documents and images in a secure, controlled manner. The system includes a secure printer that receives, decrypts and prints documents supplied by a document server. Security of the system... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243238 | Person authentication system, person authentication method, information processing apparatus, and program providing medium Disclosed are a person authentication system, a person authentication method, and an information processing apparatus which allow person authentication to be performed in an easy fashion in various devices by comparing a template serving as person identification dat... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226494 | Secure postage payment system and method In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and create encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents.... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222238 | Method and system for real-time registration of transactions with a security module In a method for real-time registration having high protection against tampering by means of a security module, an encrypted initial security value for translog file analyzers is made available an unencrypted real-time message is secured by appending an authenticatio... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7194443 | Method for protecting a security module and arrangement for the implementation of the method In a security module and a method for protecting a security module, wherein security-relevant data are stored in a memory in the module, proper insertion of the security module on a device motherboard is monitored with a first function unit and a second function in ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185193 | Person authentication system, person authentication method, and program providing medium A person authentication system includes a person identification authority. In the system, a service provider, a user device, or the like performs person authentication by acquiring a template from a person identification certificate created by the person identificat... | 02/27/2007 |
