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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8010784 | Method and apparatus for achieving conformant public key infrastructures Method and apparatus are described wherein, in one example embodiment, a public key certificate issued by a certificate authority includes at least one characteristic that does not conform to at least one rule established for the operation of a public key infrastruc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010786 | Systems and methods for managing digital certificate based communications A system for providing interoperability between PKI networks is provided in which a identity management server converts PKI requests received in a client-specific format into a generic format, identifies an appropriate certificate authority for handling the request,... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010785 | Information processing apparatus There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising a process execution unit, a designated information obtaining unit to obtain designated information relating to authority for use, a certificate generating unit to generate a digital certificate which h... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006084 | Apparatus and method for managing plurality of certificates An apparatus and method for managing a plurality of certificates are provided. The apparatus for managing a plurality of certificates includes a plurality of certificates, a certificate search table, a low-performance file system, and a verification module. The cert... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001372 | Methods for secure enrollment and backup of personal identity credentials into electronic devices A method and system for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into personal identification devices. The system of the invention comprises the manufacturer of the device and an enrollment authority. The manufacturer is responsible for recording serial numb... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001371 | Method and system for authorizing client devices to receive secured data streams A method and system for authorizing client devices to receive secured data streams through the use of digital certificates embedded in the client devices. A freely distributed cryptographically signed group file with an embedded expiration date is associated with ea... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996669 | Computer platforms and their methods of operation A computer platform (100) uses a tamper-proof component (120), or “trusted module”, of a computer platform in conjunction with software, preferably running within the tamper-proof component, that controls the uploading and usage of data on the plat... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991996 | Architecture and design for central authentication and authorization in an on-demand utility environment A Centralized Authentication & Authorization (CAA) system that facilitates secure communication between service clients and service providers. CAA comprises a Service Request Filter (SRF), a Service Client Authentication Program (SCAP), a Service Authorization Progr... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984291 | Method for distributing certificates in a communication system The invention relates to a method for delivering certificates in a communication system using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). The identity of a mobile node is sent to a gateway from which the identity is sent to a network entity. In the network entity is s... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979695 | Program generating device and medium for the same A program generating device connected with at least one first device and at least one second device on a network comprises an authority information acquiring system that acquires authority information representing a process that the at least one second device is aut... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979696 | System and method of providing security A method and system for providing security between a service providing server and a user device, the system including: a user device to request a service and to transmit a packet including a first public key; an authentication server to receive the packet, to authen... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971055 | Trust management systems and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for making efficient trust management decisions. A trust management engine is provided that processes requests for system resources, authorizations or certificates, and the identity of one or more root authorities t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966487 | Communication-efficient real time credentials for OCSP and distributed OCSP Facilitating a transaction between a first party and a second party includes, prior to initiating the transaction, one of the parties obtaining an artificially pre-computed OCSP response about a specific digital certificate, where the artificially pre-computed OCSP ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7958348 | Method for securing an electronic certificate A method is for securing and verifying an electronic certificate issued by an authority to an owner. The certificate is stored in the memory of a user unit operated by the owner. The user unit transmits all or part of the data of the certificate to the authority. Fu... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953971 | Synchronizing certificates between a device and server Systems and methods for processing messages within a wireless communications system are disclosed. A server within the wireless communications system maintains a list of certificates contained in devices that use the server. The server synchronizes or updates the li... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953970 | Method and apparatus for storage of security keys and certificates A method and apparatus for storage of security keys and certificates is provided in which the keys and certificates are fragmented into non-uniform lengths and stored in a data file (110). The fragments (152, 154) of the keys and certificates are inter... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937583 | Method of aggregating multiple certificate authority services The disclosure relates to the management of PKI digital certificates, including certificate discovery, installation, verification and replacement for endpoints over an insecure network. A database of certificates may be maintained through discovery, replacement and ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7904713 | Card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method A cash dispensing automated banking machine that operates in response to data read from user cards includes a cash dispenser, keypad, and a card reader. The card reader is operative to read data bearing records such as user cards that include financial account infor... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7890751 | Method and system for increasing data access in a secure socket layer network environment A system for increasing data access in a secure socket layer network environment includes a web server computer having SSL acceleration server software (SSLAS) and a client computer communicatively linked to the web server computer having SSL acceleration client sof... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890465 | Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886144 | System and method for retrieving certificates associated with senders of digitally signed messages A system and method for retrieving certificates and/or verifying the revocation status of certificates. In one embodiment, when a user opens a digitally signed message, a certificate that is required to verify the digital signature on the message may be automaticall... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882347 | Image printing device, verifying device, and printed material An image is split into a plurality of blocks, a feature quantity is extracted from each of the blocks, data is embedded into each of the blocks based on a difference between feature quantities of that block and at least one adjacent block, and data embedded blocks a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873827 | Communication system, certificate update device, and communication device There is provided a communication systems in which a public key certificate is easily updated. The administration PC transmits SSL communication request to the print server which is searched by the print server search broadcast. If the server certificate (public key... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865720 | System and method for supporting multiple certificate status providers on a mobile communication device A method and system for supporting multiple digital certificate status information providers are disclosed. An initial service request is prepared at a proxy system client module and sent to a proxy system service module operating at a proxy system. The proxy system... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861079 | Method for securely creating an endorsement certificate in an insecure environment A method and system for ensuring security-compliant creation and signing of endorsement keys of manufactured TPMs. The endorsement keys are generated for the TPM. The TPM vendor selects an N-byte secret and stores the N-byte secret in the TPM along with the endorsem... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844816 | Relying party trust anchor based public key technology framework A public key (PK) framework for allowing a relying party to act as a trust anchor to authenticate a subscriber. The framework provides a directory system under the control of the relying party, wherein the directory system includes: a storage system for storing cert... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831824 | Hallmarking verification process and system and corresponding method of and system for communication The present invention discloses a hallmark verification process for verifying a hallmark of a web site, the process comprising the step of a user activating a hallmark verification process on a device with access to the web site in which the web site does not have a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827400 | Security certificate management A system and method for establishing a mutually authenticated secure link between a mobile platform system and a remote system is provided. An onboard computer system (OCS) generates a dynamic certificate and digitally signs the dynamic certificate with a static cer... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7827399 | Certificate processing Briefly, an embodiment of a method of certificate path processing is disclosed, which includes the following. A certificate is accessed. A first set of preferences is searched. Various preferences correlated to the certificate are identified. The correlated preferen... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822974 | Implicit trust of authorship certification Techniques for establishing implicit trust of authorship certification are provided. A message's domain is validated in response to a valid domain certificate. A message's author is validated in response to an author identification, which is acquired from the messag... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822975 | Authentication of data transmitted in a digital transmission system A method of authenticating data transmitted in a digital transmission system, in which the method comprises the steps, prior to transmission, of determining at least two encrypted values for at least some of the data, each encrypted value being determined using a ke... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809940 | Remote certificate management A system for managing security certificates on a plurality of remote computers comprises a certificate manager that can determine in accordance with at least one preestablished criterion whether a security certificate on a remote computer is to be managed. The syste... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805605 | Server, terminal control device and terminal authentication method Information on whether a prefix is distributable to a MN is held by a CA. The server section of the HA allots prefix information to a MN approved by the CA. When the server section of the HA receives an IKE packet from the MN, the server section generates an IPsec S... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802093 | Methods and systems for proofing identities using a certificate authority A digital certificate is provided to a customer having an electronic account linked to the customer's physical address. Using the digital certificate, the customer performs electronic transactions with a third party. A proofing workstation receives a request from a ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7802092 | Method and system for automatic secure delivery of appliance updates A system and method to securely deliver software updates to an appliance are provided. The system comprises a key generator, a reporting module, and a certificate signing request (CSR) module. The key generator may be configured to generate, at the processing system... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797533 | Communication system and method in public key infrastructure In a communication system wherein a device and a client communicate data with each other through a network, the device holds a root certificate including a public key in a pair of the public key and a private key and signed with the public key. When data is sent, a ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797534 | Controlled path-based process execution There is proposed a method for executing a workflow, comprising providing the workflow comprising process level activities, at least one process level activity being able to access system resources, the access to the system resources being mediated by a plurality of... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797531 | Wireless ad-hoc communication system, terminal, method for suggesting issuance of attribute certificate and method for requesting issuance of attribute certificate in the terminal, and program for causing the terminal to execute the method A wireless ad-hoc communication system in which an attribute certificate can be independently and dispersedly issued is provided. A terminal (B200) transmits a beacon (2011) for participating in a network in the wireless ad-hoc communication system. Th... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797532 | Device authentication system Disclosed herein is a device authentication system capable of authenticating devices efficiently using the common key system. When a CE device requests service offerings from a service server, the service server in turn requests the CE device to be authenticated by ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793097 | Extension of X.509 certificates to simultaneously support multiple cryptographic algorithms A technique permitting an X.509 certificate to simultaneously support more than one cryptographic algorithm. An alterative public key and alternative signature are provided as extensions in the body of the certificate. These extensions define a second (or more) cryp... | 09/07/2010 |
