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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7111285 | Method and system for protecting software applications against static and dynamic software piracy techniques An application module is rewritten by overwriting executable code at identified authorization points with control transfers to a managed challenge system such that a rewritten application module results. The managed challenge system is constructed to include the ove... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111171 | Parallel distribution and fingerprinting of digital content Distributing information, including the steps of watermarking the digital content, distributing the digital content using a multi-source system, and partially fingerprinting digital content at each stage of moving information from a point of origin to the viewer. â€... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107460 | Method and system for securing enablement access to a data security device An embedded security subsystem, and method for implementing the same, which provide secure controllability of a data security device within a data processing system. The embedded security subsystem of the present invention includes a persistent enable flag for provi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103574 | Enforcement architecture and method for digital rights management An enforcement architecture and method for implementing digital rights management are disclosed. Digital content is distributed from a content server to a computing device of a user and received, and an attempt is made to render the digital content by way of a rende... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100199 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7100203 | Operating session reauthorization in a user-operated device An authorization-update process for use in a user-operated device re-authorizes an operating session after a rapid idle timeout using the authorization-update process, which has fewer steps than a normal authorization process. The re-authorization process can requir... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7100047 | Adaptive transparent encryption A technique for adaptive encryption of digital assets such as computer files. The system model monitors passage of files to uncontrollable removable storage media or through network connections and the like which may indicate possible abuse of access rights. In acco... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7100055 | Information storage system, information transfer system and storage medium thereof A storage medium includes a storage device for storing information, information required for encryption and encrypted information, and an I/F device for inputting and outputting information, information required for coding and store encrypted information in a storag... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096353 | Software modem with privileged mode decryption of control codes A communications system includes a physical layer hardware unit and a processing unit. The physical layer hardware unit is adapted to communicate data over a communications channel in accordance with assigned transmission parameters and receive an incoming signal ov... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096238 | Dynamic feedback for determining collection-set size A garbage collector collects a generation of a dynamically allocated heap in a computer's memory incrementally. A collection set within the generation is associated with each collection increment. The collector reclaims for reuse the memory space occupied by any col... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096004 | Test enabled application execution Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provides safe and secure application distribution and execution and controls the risk of providing a test environment associated with the testing of applications. Test enabled permissions are created and dist... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095895 | Semiconductor integrated circuit for realizing coding circuit Provided is a circuit for implementing the coding of a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) standard in a small size of hardware, at high speed, and with low power consumption. In a DVI coding circuit, the input of a number-of-levels comparison circuit 22 for judgi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095853 | System and method for preventing an illegal copy of contents The method of preventing illegal copy of contents encrypts a header using a key generated from the previous sector, performs variable-length coding to the encrypted header to shorten its length, and stores the decoded header into the recording medium as well as cont... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096355 | Dynamic encoding algorithms and inline message decryption In general, data exchanged between users is protected using any of various encoding approaches. An example of encoding is encryption, but any kind of encoding may be used. The data used to encrypt the data exchanged between the users, referred to as a “key”, is ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096357 | Cryptographic communication terminal, cryptographic communication center apparatus, cryptographic communication system, and storage medium A cryptographic communication terminal serving as one of information transmitting and receiving terminals in cryptographic communication includes a cryptographic algorithm storage section for storing one or more types of cryptographic algorithm used for cryptographi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096367 | System and methods for caching in connection with authorization in a computer system An authorization handle is supported for each access policy determination that is likely to be repeated. In particular, an authorization handle may be assigned to access check results associated with the same discretionary access control list and the same client con... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096354 | Central key authority database in an ABDS system Managing a database of a central key authority for a plurality of account holders, each account holder having at least one account associated with a public key of a public-private key pair of that account holder, includes maintaining for each account holder a record... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093298 | Apparatus and method for security object enhancement and management An apparatus and method for security object enhancement and management are provided. The apparatus and method make use of security objects in which security object data is encapsulated with security object attributes and methods defining the way in which the securit... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093134 | Method and apparatus for signing and sealing objects Signed objects and sealed objects can be generated using embodiments of the invention. A signed object is an object that has an associated digital signature that can be used to authenticate the object. A sealed object is an object that is encrypted to limit access t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093124 | Mechanism to improve authentication for remote management of a computer system According to one embodiment, a network is disclosed. The network includes a server computer and a client computer. The client computer accesses an authentication stack during power on self test (POST) that enables authentication of boot code that is to be downloaded... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093119 | Methods and computer program products for protecting source code of an interpreted programming language Methods and computer program products for protecting interpreted-language source code from unauthorized copying, alteration, distribution, or reverse engineering, without regard to the choice of programming language. A language identifier and the source code are inp... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093021 | Electronic device for secure authentication of objects such as computers in a data network An object is authenticated by transmitting a random number to the object. The object has an integrated circuit chip including a memory and encryption circuitry. The memory stores information defining an encryption scheme preassigned to the object. The encryption cir... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093020 | Methods and systems for coordinating sessions on one or more systems The present invention extends to methods and systems for providing a seamless user interface to one or more web-based external systems and applications that monitor and control access to information, products, and/or services provided by such web-based external syst... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093019 | Method and apparatus for providing an automated login process An automated login process is provided for a user connecting to a first server of multiple servers that are connected via a computer network. The server receives a connection to the user via a client data terminal, receives an identifier associated with a second ser... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092703 | Method and system for accessing a universal message handler on a mobile device A mobile information device may execute a Java MIDlet or a non-MIDlet application. The mobile information device may further include an object-oriented application program interface that allows one or more object-oriented object classes to allow input and output dat... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092524 | Device for and method of cryptographically wrapping information A device for and method of cryptographically wrapping information by first constructing information to be wrapped into an even multiple of y bits. Information to be wrapped is parsed into equal blocks P1, P2, . . . , Pn. Next, regist... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093139 | Unauthorized modification of values stored in flash memory The invention is a method and system in which an authentication chip having secret information stored within it, including secret data stored in multi-level flash memory, is protected from unauthorized modification of values stored in the flash memory. The secret in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093136 | Methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for limiting the dissemination of electronic email An e-mail sender client accesses an e-mail message and sets an associated “eyes-only” indicator indicating that functions that limit the opportunity to disseminate e-mail messages are to be applied to the e-mail message. The e-mail sender client then encrypts th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089426 | Method and system for encryption A method and systems are provided for creating an authentication of secure communications between a software video driver and a video display. A video driver transmitting digital video data deemed high-bandwidth digital content, to a display, can perform authenticat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089242 | Method, system, program, and data structure for controlling access to sensitive functions Provided are a method, system, and program for controlling access to a sensitive function in a class. A friend object is generated indicating objects from external classes external to the class including the sensitive function. The objects indicated in the friend ob... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089594 | Application rights management in a mobile environment The present invention provides a technique for implementing digital rights management for digital content that can be used on Java enabled mobile devices. It enables the controlled usage of the digital content on the mobile device after it is downloaded from a conte... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086087 | Information processing device, card device and information processing system It is a technological object of the present invention to provide an information processing device, a card and a card system that have a high level of security. In order to achieve the object described above, the present invention provides a data processing apparatus... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085927 | Secure data report preparation and delivery A technique is provided for securely storing user data and generating user reports. The user data is input manually or automatically and is transmitted to a service provider via a network. The data is stored in a secure database operating in a processing space which... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082533 | Gauging risk in electronic communications regarding accounts in ABDS system A system for communicating electronically over a communications medium regarding an account includes (a) maintaining information pertaining to the account in a database such that the information is retrievable by a unique identifier, the information including securi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080092 | Application view component for system integration An application view, or application view component, can represent a self-describing interface to functionality in a resource such as an application or enterprise system. An application view can abstract away much of the complexity in dealing with the application, su... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080249 | Code integrity verification that includes one or more cycles Cyclic verification of code integrity is applied to an object by identifying multiple segments of the object. Each segment is separated into multiple blocks, and a message authentication code (MAC) value of each of these segments is computed. The computed module MAC... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080257 | Protecting digital goods using oblivious checking Oblivious checking of a digital good is performed by identifying a plurality of key instructions within a function of a digital good. Each key instruction is an instruction that possibly modifies a register or a flag. An extra instruction is then inserted into the f... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080258 | IC, IC-mounted electronic device, debugging method and IC debugger Authentication circuits are provided between a debug I/F circuit and a debug terminal. The authentication circuit transmits a transmission key externally at the time of activation, and authenticates based on a reception signal and the transmission key, and enables a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076655 | Multiple trusted computing environments with verifiable environment identities A host computing platform 20 provides one or more computing environments 24 and includes a trusted device 213 arranged to form an integrity metric individual to each computing environment 24. The integrity metric is provided to a user ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076662 | Data alteration checking apparatus and method and recording medium MAC values formed with respect to each file belonging to a directory 122A and ICVs (D-ICVc) formed on the basis of the MAC values of all files belonging to the directory 122A are stored into a sequence page 121A. Sequence pages 121A, 1... | 07/11/2006 |
