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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219234 | System and method for managing access rights and privileges in a data processing system An improved system and method is provided for managing system-level privileges and for granting access rights to system resources within a data processing system. System-level privileges are assigned directly to individual users. In contrast, access rights are assig... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7219151 | Computer system that enables a plurality of computers to share a storage device A computer system, method and apparatus includes: centrally managing user identification names and passwords that are assigned to users, target names of storage devices, addresses, and logical units; acquiring target names of storage devices and logical unit names f... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7219230 | Optimizing costs associated with managing encrypted data A plurality of file encryption groups are created for a plurality of files based on attributes of each file. An event is detected and a selected file encryption group is divided into a plurality of sub-groups in response to the event. The division is based on an acc... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216367 | Safe memory scanning A kernel mode memory scanning driver for use in safely scanning loaded drivers in the memory of computer systems utilizing Windows® NT based operating systems, such as Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, and other operating systems utilizing the Windows® NT kernel base,... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213147 | Methods and apparatus for managing secure collaborative transactions Different levels of security are provided in a security system so that users can decide the security level of their own communications. Users can choose a low level of security and maintain the security overhead as low as possible. Alternatively, they can choose hig... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7213258 | System and method for managing and controlling data A system for managing and controlling data. The system includes provisions for easily and rapidly updating and managing a computer system, particularly a complex computer system in which several computers communicate with one another. The system also includes a cent... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7213146 | System and method for establishing security profiles of computers A computer system enables a user to define the system's security profile while automatically detecting whether the security profile being defined creates data hazards for the computer system. To achieve the foregoing, the computer system utilizes memory and a securi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209556 | Encryption apparatus and method, and decryption apparatus and method based on block encryption An encryption apparatus for block data, comprises a first processing unit randomizing the block data in units of first portions obtained by dividing the block data, and a second processing unit diffusing the block data output from the first processing unit with resp... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209921 | Method and system for deploying an asset over a multi-tiered network A method and system of operating a computer system for targeting one or more digital assets on a distribution server connected to one or more networks so that the digital assets are compatible with one or more target nodes connected to the networks includes examinin... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206803 | Method and apparatus for controlling access to the contents of web pages by using a mobile security module The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling access to protected web pages on a web server by using a method of authentication. The method according to the invention is divided into a general method for authenticating the client and a dow... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203956 | System and method for the secure enrollment of devices with a clearinghouse server for internet telephony and multimedia communications Enrolling devices with a clearinghouse server for Internet telephony and multimedia communications. Enrollment can be the process of taking a network device (such as a router, gateway, gatekeeper, etc.) and exchanging encrypted information with the clearinghouse ser... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203843 | Method and system for transferring data A system is provided for improving security during data transfer. A transmitter side transfer controller (12) divides data to be transferred into a plurality of pieces, removes a portion of data from each piece and encrypts the piece, and uploads each encrypt... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203317 | System for enabling lazy-revocation through recursive key generation A plurality of users may have access to a file. The file is encrypted with a key. Access for a user to the file is revoked. A new key is generated from the current key of the file in response to said revocation, and the file is encrypted with the new key. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203312 | Data reproduction apparatus and data reproduction module A cellular phone has distributed encrypted content data and an encrypted content key stored in a memory. The encrypted content key data read out from the memory is decrypted by a decryption processing unit using key data Kp stored in a Kp hold unit, and then applied... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203842 | Method and apparatus for secure configuration of a field programmable gate array A field programmable gate array (70) has security configuration features to prevent monitoring of the configuration data for the field programmable gate array. The configuration data is encrypted by a security circuit (64) of the field programmable gat... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200230 | System and method for controlling and enforcing access rights to encrypted media A system for providing rights controlled access to digital media comprises a server data processor and a client data processor connected by a communications network. The user data processor provides access to a data object in accordance with rules associated with th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200747 | System for ensuring data privacy and user differentiation in a distributed file system A security module is configured to provide an owner the capability to differentiate between users. In particular, the security module is configured to generate an asymmetric read/write key pair for respectively decrypting/encrypting data for storage on a disk. The o... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200598 | System and method for efficiently replicating a file among a plurality of recipients having improved scalability A method of distributing a file from a first node to a plurality of recipient nodes comprises logically organizing a plurality of recipient nodes to which a file is to be distributed into a plurality of groups of recipient nodes. The file is distributed to the plura... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200868 | Apparatus for encryption key management An apparatus and a receiver, which is in a broadband communication system, includes the logic necessary for protecting keys used for encrypting content that is received by the receiver. The apparatus validates the keys and denies the receiver the use of the keys if ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197144 | Method and apparatus to authenticate a user's system to prevent unauthorized use of software products distributed to users A system for providing protection against pirating of software product or products or any other digital information being sent over the Internet, or by physical means, to a computer system. The system generates a set of parameters associated to the authorized user's... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197765 | Method for securely using a single password for multiple purposes A method receives input data and determines if a salt value exists. The method generates a salt value and stores the salt value in a table entry if the salt value does not exist. The method further retrieves the salt value from the table entry if the salt value exis... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197638 | Unified permissions control for remotely and locally stored files whose informational content may be protected by smart-locking and/or bubble-protection A machine system includes access-constraining mechanisms for protecting the information of certain classes of files from unauthorized intelligible access or from other kinds of access by way of requests supplied from unauthorized classes of programs which may be mad... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194621 | Method and apparatus for encrypting data communicated between a client and a server that use an unencrypted data transfer protocol Techniques for securing data in communications between a client and server using an unencrypted transfer protocol, which does not encrypt a payload defined by the transfer protocol, include selecting a subset from a set of data to be communicated in a particular pay... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191155 | License transmitting and distributing system under offline environment and method thereof An LA (License Agent) (or a license chip having the same function as the LA) is disposed in a PC (Personal Computer), a content distribution server, and a medium attached to a PD (Private Device or Portable Device) that use a license for electronic data. A content a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191344 | Method and system for controlling access to data stored on a data storage device A system and method of data encryption and decryption for controlling access to a data storage device such as a hard disk drive or optical drive is provided. The invented method utilizes data encryption and decryption techniques, combined with a token device, to con... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191438 | Computer functional architecture and a locked down environment in a client-server architecture A method, an apparatus and a computer program product are disclosed for providing a lockeddown client environment in a client-server architecture of a computer network. In the method, an asset database is checked via the computer network to validate settings for con... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191346 | Data transfer system, data transfer apparatus, data recording apparatus, edit controlling method and data processing method Disclosed is a method for causing either encrypted first content data or unencrypted second content data, to be selectively recorded to a storage medium in a data recording apparatus. When the data recording apparatus is to return the encrypted first content data to... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191252 | Data security system and method adjunct to e-mail, browser or telecom program Data security for e-mail or browser-input data operates on identified security sensitive words, characters or icons which are extracted leaving remainder data. Extracted data, in one system, is stored in a remote, extract store in a distributed computer system. Othe... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191335 | Method and apparatus for encrypted transmission A method of encryption of data in a digital television system communicated between a first decoder and a portable security module, wherein a precalculated key pair is stored in a memory of the first decoder, wherein the key pair includes a session key and an encrypt... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191342 | Methods and circuits for allowing encrypted and unencrypted configuration data to share configuration frames Described are methods and circuits that allow encrypted and unencrypted, or differently encrypted, configuration data to define the contents of the same physical memory frame or frames within a programmable logic device. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188252 | User editable consent Methods and system managing consent between client and network server. A user interface requests information from a user in response to a request from the network server for consent to use the information. After receiving the information, the network server is allow... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185205 | Crypto-pointers for secure data storage The present invention relates to pairing of a different cryptographic key with each pointer in a data structure to form a crypto-pointer. The cryptographic key is used to encrypt the contents of all data stored at the physical location on the storage device indicate... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185369 | Motor vehicle navigation system having a protected storage medium The invention specifies a navigation or multimedia system in which a check is carried out to determine whether a user of files, such as roadmap data, is authorized to use these files. To this end, the navigation system has means for checking authorized use of files ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181726 | Method for providing active protection to programming tools for programmable devices A method includes providing a programmable device, such as a mobile phone, having a plurality of operational modes and a key data, and providing a computer system having configuration data corresponding to the plurality of operational modes. An authorized portion of... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181619 | Method and system of remote monitoring and support of devices, using POP3 and decryption using virtual function A method involves retrieving from an email message, information concerning at least one remotely monitored device. The method involves obtaining a line of the email message containing the information, decoding the line obtained from the email message if it has been ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181016 | Deriving a symmetric key from an asymmetric key for file encryption or decryption One aspect relates to a process and associated device that provides a private key of an asymmetric key pair in a key device. A symmetric master key is derived from the private key of the asymmetric key pair. The symmetric master key is stored in a computer memory lo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177841 | Digital contents distribution system, digital contents distribution method, roaming server, information processor, and information processing method A digital contents distribution system including a client, a digital contents server, a roaming server, and a network connected between these terminals. The roaming server includes a receiving section for receiving from the digital contents server a digital content ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178033 | Method and apparatus for securing digital assets Digital assets are in a secured form that only those with granted access rights can access. Even with the proper access privilege, when a secured file is classified, at least a security clearance key is needed to ensure those who have the right security clearance ca... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178169 | Method and apparatus for securing transfer of and access to digital content A method and apparatus for securely accessing digital content is provided. The method of providing secure access to content comprises determining an identification (ID) from a secure medium including content. The method further comprises sending a session key and th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178038 | Apparatus and method for reproducing user data In an apparatus and a method for reproducing user data stored in encrypted form on a recording medium, in order to provide a higher level of protection against hacking of user data and, in particular, of decryption keys, which are used for encrypting said user data ... | 02/13/2007 |
