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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190884 | Network identity management system and method Users of Internet services (e.g., SKYPE messaging service, GOOGLETALK messaging service, AOL INSTANT MESSENGER messaging service, and MICROSOFT MESSENGER messaging service) that are initially identified using separate identifiers that may be associated with respecti... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190882 | Information processing system, information processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium An information processing system is disclosed which configured to: distribute publicly a first key by a change in a ray of light emitted from a light source; extract the first key from the ray of light emitted from the light source; encrypt a second key with the ext... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190883 | Network identity management system and method Users of Internet services (e.g., SKYPE messaging service, GOOGLETALK messaging service, AOL INSTANT MESSENGER messaging service, and MICROSOFT MESSENGER messaging service) that are initially identified using separate identifiers that may be associated with respecti... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181015 | System and method for establishing historical usage-based hardware trust Establishing trust according to historical usage of selected hardware involves providing a usage history for a selected client device; and extending trust to a selected user based on the user's usage history of the client device. The usage history is embodied as sig... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166067 | Method and apparatus for providing access to files based on user identity A storage device provides a file system to a host based on the access rights of a user determined during authentication. If the authentication does not succeed, the storage device provides to the user a file system restricted to files authorized by public access rig... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161278 | System and method for distributing keys in a wireless network A technique for improving authentication speed when a client roams from a first authentication domain to a second authentication domain involves coupling authenticators associated with the first and second authentication domains to an authentication server. A system... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156326 | Method to search for affinities between subjects and relative apparatus A method to search for affinities between subjects comprises registering a user with a certification authority, receiving first information relating to the user, memorizing the first information in a portable electronic device of the user, and synthesizing the first... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151107 | Method and system for detecting concurrent logins Concurrent login detection system includes: a message receiving unit configured for receiving a log message which is indicative of a user identifier of a user, login/logout state of the user, and a session identifier, from an external server; a corresponding message... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145897 | Direct anonymous attestation scheme with outsourcing capability A Direct Anonymous Attestation (DAA) scheme using elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) and bilinear maps. A trusted platform module (TPM) may maintain privacy of a portion of a private membership key from an issuer while joining a group. Moreover, the TPM can outsource... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8108668 | Associating a multi-context trusted platform module with distributed platforms In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for creating an instance of a virtual trusted platform module (TPM) in a central platform and associating the instance with a managed platform coupled to the central platform. Multiple such vTPM's may be ins... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8060740 | Authentication system and method for an interactive optical disc A method for authenticating an interactive optical disk, wherein first content is stored on the interactive optical disk for reproduction by a reproducing system, the method comprising: transmitting a first request to a content server to access second content from t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060742 | Method and apparatus for secure communications The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a trusted service provider (TSP) which assists with the secure exchange of data across the public switched telephone network. Communications are routed via a TSP, which uses cryptographic techniques to concea... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060741 | System and method for wireless mobile network authentication A method for operating a wireless communication system including a mobile relay station group, a base station group, and an authentication server, includes: configuring, by the authentication server, group information into the mobile relay station group and the base... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046579 | Secure gateway with redundent servers A secure gateway includes a TLS server for authenticating connecting devices, a connection manager for routing requests from the TLS server to service provider adapters, and a key management system for providing key management functions, wherein when a device provid... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037299 | Domain-less service selection A method and apparatus for providing domainless service selection (DLSS) are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, there is a service selection network element used to provide access of computing devices to a set of one or more services provided b... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032742 | Dynamic updating of trusted certificates and certificate revocation lists in a computing system This application generally describes techniques for dynamically updating trusted certificates and CRLs, generally referred to herein as certificate information. That is, techniques are described for updating trusted certificates and CRLs without terminating existing... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024559 | Security authentication system and method Authentication system and method are provided. The authentication system includes: a server configured to provide at least two security levels and configured to transmit one of at least two security modules corresponding to the security level of a user terminal, via... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015398 | Set membership proofs in data processing systems A method and apparatus for proving and a method and apparatus for verifying that a secret value is a member of a predetermined set of values. The proving mechanism receives a set of signatures which has respective values in the predetermined set signed using a priva... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010783 | Service provider invocation A service provider may provide one or more services to and/or for a client. Providing a service may involve receiving a service request including a security token at the service provider and determining whether the security token is valid. Providing the service may ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006083 | Image forming apparatus, authentication method, and recording medium An image forming apparatus is configured to receive user authentication information and perform image formation based on an image formation request and is connected to au external authentication server which performs authentication based on the user authentication i... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996668 | Distributed system and computer program product for establishing security in a publish/subscribe data processing broker network A technique for establishing security in a publish/subscribe data processing broker network is presented. The technique includes providing a security extension module from a publisher to a broker of the network, wherein the security extension module is for a topic a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991995 | Method and apparatus for protecting information and privacy A system for protecting software against piracy while protecting a user's privacy enables enhancements to the protection software in a user device and extended protections against piracy. The protection system allows the user device to postpone validation of purchas... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991994 | Method for securing an authentication and key agreement protocol An authentication method including operation of a personal token, a personal token for a terminal in a communication network, an authentication server, and a computer program for an authentication server. The secure server producing derived key material on the basis... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987357 | Disabling remote logins without passwords A method and apparatus for disabling password-less remote logins. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a remote login request at a first computing system from a user of a second computing system. Both of the first computing system and the second computi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987356 | Programmable security platform A dynamically programmable security device. The device includes: a secure nonvolatile read only memory (NVMROM) for securely storing a unique device cipher key; a secure interface for dynamically loading authenticated application code; a cryptographic engine for enc... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984290 | System and method for encrypted communication In an encryption communication using VPN technologies, a load on a VPN system becomes large if the number of communication terminals increases. When an external terminal accesses via an internal terminal an application server, processes become complicated because it... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7984289 | Methods and systems for establishing an electronic account for a customer Registration information is sent form a customer to a registration system over a network. The registration system creates an electronic account for the customer and facilitates the validation of the customer's identity. When the customer's identity is validated, the... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962744 | Terminal communication system Portable terminal MS downloads coupon data and public key KEYP2 of IP server 20 from IP server 20. Service terminal T obtains from IP server 20, a server certificate to which a digital signature is applied by secret key KEYS2. One ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958347 | Methods and apparatus for implementing authentication A proxy (e.g., a switch) resides in a respective network environment between one or more clients and multiple servers. One purpose of the proxy is to provide the clients a unified view of a distributed file system having respective data stored amongst multiple remot... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953969 | Reduction of false positive reputations through collection of overrides from customer deployments An automated arrangement for reducing the occurrence and/or minimizing the impact of false positives by a reputation service is provided in which overrides for a reputation of an adversary are reported to a reputation service from security devices, such as unified t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937582 | Secure XML feeds A system receives an Extensible Markup Language (XML) feed, where the XML feed includes a reference to secure content. The system downloads secure content from a remote location based on the reference included in the XML feed. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925878 | System and method for creating a trusted network capable of facilitating secure open network transactions using batch credentials A system and method for creating a trusted network capable of facilitating secure transactions via an open network using batch credentials, such as batch PKI certificates, is presented. A certificate is bound to a group, or batch, or devices. This certificate is ref... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913080 | Setting information distribution apparatus, method, program, and medium, authentication setting transfer apparatus, method, program, and medium, and setting information reception program A setting information distribution apparatus belonging to a first network, comprises: authentication unit that receives and authenticates an authentication request from a user terminal which requires an access authentication by using a network access authentication ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912762 | Customizable sign-on service Techniques are described for providing customizable sign-on functionality, such as via an access manager system that provides single sign-on functionality and other functionality to other services for use with those services' users. The access manager system may mai... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908474 | Method for improved key management for ATMs and other remote devices A method, article, and system for providing an effective implementation of a data structure comprising instructions that are cryptographically protected against alteration or misuse, wherein the instructions further comprise a trusted block that defines specific key... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900041 | Software conditional access system Systems and methods which may be implemented as software to control access to content streams transmitted from a service provider's server. A software solution forces each set top box (STB) to periodically uplink to the server and to receive authentication from that... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895432 | Method and apparatus for using a third party authentication server A method and apparatus for a third party authentication server is described. The method includes receiving a record ID for a user, and a one-time key generated by the server and encrypted with a user's public key by the server. The method further includes receiving ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7865719 | Method for establishing the authenticity of the identity of a service user and device for carrying out the method The invention relates to a process and a device for establishing the authenticity of the identity of a service user relative to a service provider for release of an access authorization (password) for a service using two different data input terminals, a registratio... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861078 | Password-authenticated asymmetric key exchange Communicating keys between network devices on a network using asymmetric cryptographic techniques, for which asymmetric keys may be derived from a single (same) password. Knowledge or partial knowledge of the password may be the only information shared between parti... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7861076 | Using authentication server accounting to create a common security database A common security database is maintained by a RADIUS server based on the attributes the RADIUS server receives through accounting packets. When the common security database has conflicting entries, for example a MAC address and/or IP address appearing at two differe... | 12/28/2010 |
