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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170911 | Incentive program awarding points per-mile-driven Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to incentive programs awarding loyalty points based at least in part upon the number of miles driven in a motor vehicle. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, reward points can be earn... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7996322 | Method of creating domain based on public key cryptography A method of creating a domain based on public key cryptography includes providing, by a content-providing server, a list of devices requesting content, and selecting, by a user, a device from the list; transmitting, by the server, discrimination information on revok... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7925589 | Systems and methods for authorizing account access The present invention provides systems and methods for authorizing access to one or more financial accounts. In some cases, the methods include providing an authorization document that incorporates a passcode. A request to authorize access to an account is received ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917443 | Authentication and tracking system A subset of unique codes are generated from a set of codes. The subset of codes are stored in a database on a secure server and each of the codes is marked on a corresponding instantiation of the product. The marked instantiations are distributed. During their distr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7873578 | Buy once play anywhere An on-line service manages downloads of purchased digital content. Information regarding the digital content items that are purchased by each user and the terms of use of those purchased items is maintained. Information regarding the formats of digital content items... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7827111 | Recording medium reproducer, cryptocommunication system and program license system The operating and other procedures of a disk or recording medium application system of the type for which a network is used are simplified. Disks or recording media have auxiliary data recording areas, where different IDs for individual disk, and/or cipher keys and/... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7788180 | Method for managing human resources Disclosed herein is an integrated method and system for managing human resources. Specifically, the method and system integrates several processes (e.g., a process for developing a strategy and particularly for developing a set of rules on how human resources will b... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7716138 | Method for discouraging the distribution of illegal copies of computer programs over file sharing networks Special CD-keys are generated so as to have special patterns recognizable by compliant installer programs, which require special actions to be taken by the compliant installer programs when recognized. Since the special patterns are different than those used for val... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7676437 | Real-time license enforcement system and method A license enforcement system is disclosed herein. The system receives digitized licenses associated with computer applications in a secure license store. The licenses are then monitored and compared with the actual use by users to determine compliance with licenses.... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7516103 | Method and apparatus for facilitating electronic acquisition and maintenance of goods and services via the internet Internet acquisition of goods and services from multiple service providers is facilitated in a uniform, automated manner. Online service account facilitation systems and methods are contemplated that allow for intuitive, uniformly-structured representations of servi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7509290 | Methods and apparatuses for differentiating users in multi-player web-based entertainment environments A server device is connected to at least one client device over at least one network. The server device hosts a website having entry controller logic that accesses a cookie on a client device that is seeking access to the hosted website. The entry controller logic i... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7433846 | Method of embedding permanent identification code into musical apparatus A method is designed for embedding an identification code into a musical apparatus which is allotted a serial number. The method is carried out by the steps of accepting an input of the serial number by a user of the musical apparatus, applying a specific operation ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418512 | Securely identifying an executable to a trust-determining entity A resource is obtained from a resource provider (RP) for a resource requester (RR) operating on a computing device. The RR has an identity descriptor (id) associated therewith, where the id including security-related information specifying an environment in which th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415439 | Digital rights management in a mobile communications environment The invention provides a method, system, and computer program product to control the access, copying, and/or transfer of a digital asset by mobile, wireless devices using a digital voucher. The digital voucher references a primary content that contains all of the ex... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7395438 | Digital rights management (DRM) encryption and data-protection for content on device without interactive authentication A device renders content on a medium by obtaining a table from the medium, obtaining a device key (DK) of the device and an index value of such (DK), indexing into an entry of the table based on the obtained index value, selecting an encrypted secret from the indexe... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390952 | Electronic music apparatus system useful for user registration In an electronic music apparatus system, a unique musical instrument ID is stored in an electronic musical instrument by means of a plant computer before shipment thereof. After purchase of the electronic musical instrument, a user transmits the stored musical instr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389428 | Data processing system, data processing method, and program providing medium The inventive data processing apparatus initially generates verifying values for verifying integrity of contents data stored in a memory device, then stores the verifying values in correspondence with contents data, and then, using the verifying values, the data pro... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366700 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a decoding key encoded with specific information to decode encrypted information of a record medium A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the da... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366701 | Copy protection of data A copyright protection scheme downloads data from a server, typically over the World Wide Web to a client for presentation to a user. The downloaded data is cryptographically protected, by encryption and hashing. When displayed by the client, storing and copying fun... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363276 | Broadcast receiving method and apparatus and information distributing method and apparatus A broadcast receiving method comprises storing first control information in a storage device, the first control information containing information unique to a receiver and required for the receiver to select broadcasted and encrypted contents information, and receiv... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362868 | Hidden link dynamic key manager for use in computer systems with database structure for storage of encrypted data and method for storage and retrieval of encrypted data A computer system (20) having a security domain (22), at least one client business domain (26), and a plurality of client terminals (34) utilizes a hidden link dynamic key manager (24, 84) and a database structure that includes enc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363507 | Device and method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs A device and a method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs. The device has input and output devices for bidirectional data exchange with an electronic computer and a first memory element containing a data file that can be transferred to the electronic c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363501 | Semiconductor integrated circuit with function to manage license information A semiconductor integrated circuit includes one or more function blocks, a nonvolatile memory unit which stores therein coded license information, and a decoder circuit which decodes the license information stored in the nonvolatile memory unit, and makes one of the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360252 | Method and apparatus for secure distribution of software Software is securely distributed with limited usage rights. The software may be an executable program and/or one or more data files such as image or multimedia data files. The software includes an access control object which prevents at least some usage of the softw... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357719 | Game system, game device, and storage medium When a character is lent from a first game device to a second game device, clocks of those two game devices are synchronized, a shared lending/borrowing expiration time is set, the use of the character is temporarily disabled in the first game device, and the use of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356668 | System and method for using address bits to form an index into secure memory A integrity control system uses the address bits to enable protection of data stored in a system memory. An address bus that determines the location of data to be stored or retrieved from system memory has a plurality of address lines. A subset of the address lines ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356557 | Content distribution system; content distribution method; distribution server, client terminal, and portable terminal used in the system; and computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for operating a computer used in the system A user accesses a sound data distribution server by operating a client terminal. The sound data distribution server transmits data for displaying a list of distributable music. The data are displayed on a display unit of the client terminal. While referring to the d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353542 | Storage system, computer system, and method of authorizing an initiator in the storage system or the computer system In a computer system in which one or more computers on which one or more initiators operate and a storage device on which one or more targets operate are connected with each other through a network, an authentication table for authenticating validity of a user of a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353208 | Transaction processing using intermediate server architecture A system and method of transaction processing is provided and includes a transaction terminal accessing a communications network. The transaction terminal sends first transaction information for a transaction across the communications network to a server. The first ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350081 | Secure execution of downloaded software Proprietary programs for execution in game systems or other computers are downloaded from an Internet server in encrypted form to protect the programs from unauthorized use. The encrypted programs can be decrypted and executed only in a secure cryptoprocessor that i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346581 | Copyright management apparatus, copyrighted-work distribution apparatus, and copyrighted-work distribution and receiving system A TV music broadcasting program is distributed from a distribution apparatus through a ground station and a satellite, and a musical-piece program is also distributed through a plurality of audio channels. A subscriber looks for the desired musical piece from a musi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343414 | System and method for distributing media assets to user devices and managing user rights of the media assets A system and method for distributing digital media assets to a plurality of users. A portal is provided comprising at least one server computer. The portal executes a media library database server application that manages access a master library of media 5 assets th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7334265 | System and program for preventing unauthorized copying of software A system for preventing an unauthorized software copying prevention mechanism from being invalidated by a program falsification, includes an inherent key generator for generating an inherent key peculiar to a software user data processing device, a secret informatio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331725 | System and method for monitoring unauthorized dissemination of documents and portable media A method for enforcing a distribution policy associated with an electronic document comprising the steps of: sending the document to an output device; determining said distribution policy associated with said document; instructing a marking module to embed a marking... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330871 | Online machine data collection and archiving process An online machine data collection and archiving process generates a machine data profile of a customer computer accessing a transaction form of a merchant web site and links the machine data profile and a transaction record with customer identifying information usin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330978 | Encrypted software installer An installation mechanism that securely installs encrypted software modules on a computer is described. The mechanism allows restricted software, such as domestic strength cryptography software, to be shipped directly to a user. The mechanism decrypts the software m... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330837 | Method for adapting a software product to an environment A method for adapting a software product to an environment is provided tat comprises providing the software product with a first portion of code including instructions for performing a predetermined function. At least one aspect of performing the predetermined funct... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325247 | Information management method using a recording medium with a secure area and a user-use area An information management method restoring electronic data using backup information upon the loss of electronic data stored on a recording medium. Information stored in a predetermined area of the recording medium having medium-specific information is encrypted usin... | 01/29/2008 |
