"Transmission of documents via telephone wires is possible in principle, but the apparatus required is so expensive that it will never become a practical proposition."
Dennis Gabor, British physicist
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190891 | Receiver, transmitter and communication control program A transmitter has a network interface unit connected to a wireless network capable of transmitting contents for which copyright protection is necessary, an encryption processing unit configured to encrypt contents for which copyright protection is necessary, an RTT ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190892 | Message authentication code with blind factorization and randomization The message authentication code with blind factorization and randomization is a computational method for improving the security of existing Message Authentication Code (MAC) methods through the use of blind integer factorization. Further, blind randomization is used... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185739 | Method and system for detecting successful authentication of multiple ports in a time-based roving architecture In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes authenticating an HDCP transmitting device at a first port of an HDCP receiving device. A port of the HDCP receiving device is connected to a pipe of an HDCP architecture of the HDCP receiving device at a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185738 | Data transmission method using an acknowledgement code comprising hidden authentication bits A method for transmitting data between a first and a second point comprises the steps of transmitting data, from the first to the second point, together with a signature comprising bits of a first authentication code, and transmitting an acknowledgement, from the se... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185737 | Communication across domains Communication across domains is described. In at least one implementation, a determination is made that an amount of data to be communicated via an Iframe exceeds a threshold amount. The data is divided into a plurality of portions that do not exceed the threshold a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176324 | Method and system for a secure virtual keyboard Methods and systems provide a secure virtual keyboard represented as an onscreen keyboard with multiple levels of security. The secure virtual keyboard provides keys that are a combination of numerals, alphabets and special characters. Different security features pr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176322 | Apparatus and method for moving and copying rights objects between device and portable storage device A method and apparatus for copying or moving a rights object having right information regarding digital contents between a device and a portable storage device to copy or move the digital contents there between are provided. According to the method and apparatus, th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176323 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) based authentication methodology using standard and private frequency RFID tags Disclosed is a self-contained hardware-based authentication system that incorporates different authentication protocols for access to soft and/or hard assets with different security levels. The system embodiments include the use of a RFID device that comprises dual ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171288 | System and method for authenticating users in a computer network A rule based biometric user authentication method and system in a computer network environment is provided. Multiple authentication rules can exist in the computer network. For example, there may be a default system-wide rule, and a rule associated with a particular... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171289 | Method and apparatus to provide authentication and privacy with low complexity devices A method and apparatus to provide a cryptographic protocol for secure authentication, privacy, and anonymity. The protocol, in one embodiment, is designed to be implemented in a small number of logic gates, executed quickly on simple devices, and provide military gr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171290 | System for authenticating remotely generated optical control signals An authentication system authenticates remotely generated optical control signals. A remote optical emitter transmits an optical control signal from a remote location. A remote authentication device collocated with the remote optical emitter receives an authenticati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171287 | Access control system for information services based on a hardware and software signature of a requesting device A system and method for the authorization of access to a service by a computational device or devices. A software agent generates a digital signature for the device each time it attempts to access the service and send it to an authentication server, which compares t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171291 | Method for checking the integrity of data, system and mobile terminal The invention relates to a method for checking the integrity of a message transmitted between a sender in a transmitting end and a recipient in a receiving end, in which method an authentication value is calculated for the first message and a random string is genera... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166297 | Systems and methods for controlling access to encrypted data stored on a mobile device Encrypted data on mobile devices is protected by remotely storing a decryption key. In order to decrypt the encrypted data on the mobile device, the mobile device obtains the decryption key from an access control system that is remote from the mobile device. The acc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166296 | User authentication system Techniques are provided for users to authenticate themselves to components in a system. The users may securely and efficiently enter credentials into the components. These credentials may be provided to a server in the system with strong authentication that the cred... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161282 | System and method for requesting and issuing an authorization document A device and method for supporting the issuing of an authorization document (6) to an applicant; the said device comprising: a computer (10(i)) comprising a first processor and a first memory containing stored first data and instructions to allo... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156331 | Information transfer Methods and apparatus are provided for securely inputting highly confidential information, exchanging the information via a network, and securely reflecting the information in a computer, without the information being stolen by malicious software. Upon a transfer of... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156332 | Peer-to-peer security authentication protocol A salt transmitted by a second node is received at a first node. The received salt is used to decrypt encrypted data. Optionally, authorization to access a service provided by the second node is received by the first node. In some cases the service includes access t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156336 | Device authentication Authentication of two devices in communication with a third device is achieved where the first and second devices each possess a shared secret value. The authentication includes communication of authentication values from the first device to the second device using ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156333 | Username based authentication security An apparatus and a method for an authentication protocol. In one embodiment, a client requests for an authentication challenge from a server. The server generates the authentication challenge and sends it to the client. The authentication challenge includes the auth... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156334 | Public key out-of-band transfer for mutual authentication Methods for key exchange and mutual authentication are provided that allow for inherent authentication and secret key derivation of parties communicating through an unsecured medium. These methods allow for greater security than existing key exchange and authenticat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156330 | Terminal for exchanging electronic business cards A terminal and a method for exchanging electronic business cards that can guarantee privacy and guarantee complete and consistent communications to the user are provided. The terminal for exchanging electronic business cards with a device connected via a communicati... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156335 | IP address secure multi-channel authentication for online transactions A method for multi-factor authenticating of a user using an application server and an authentication server is disclosed. The method includes receiving from the application server a first source IP address associated with a request for authenticating from the user b... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151110 | Methods and apparatuses for configuring products Methods and apparatuses for configuring products for security. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing a device, includes: determining a first executable code for the device, the first executable code being one of a plurality of different executable codes that are ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151111 | Processing device constituting an authentication system, authentication system, and the operation method thereof This comprises a storage that stores second partial authentication data that is part of the authentication data and that is the remainder of the first partial authentication data stored in another device, and second partial processing data that is part of the proces... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145906 | Binding update method in MIPv6 Provided is a binding update method in MIPv6 which includes: a first step of generating, with a mobile node, a HoTI (Home Test Init) message and transmitting the HoTI message to a corresponding node; a second step of generating a CoTI (Care of Test Init) message and... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145905 | Method and apparatus for efficient support for multiple authentications Disclosed is a method for multiple EAP-based authentications in a wireless communication system. In the method, a first master session key (MSK) is generated in a first EAP-based authentication for a first-type access. A first temporal session key (TSK) is generated... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140845 | Scheme for authentication and dynamic key exchange A scheme for authentication, dynamic key generation and exchange provides means for authentication of mobile nodes and networks, and for generation of per session, per node, security association and encryption keys for encrypting/decrypting communications between a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135953 | System and method for providing variable security level in a wireless communication system A system and method for providing variable security levels in a wireless communication network. The present invention optimizes the often conflicting demands of highly secure wireless communications and high speed wireless communications. According to a preferred em... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135952 | Method and system for secure position determination A system and method of security for navigation, positioning, and localization systems, and applications of cryptography thereto are provided. The security can be applied to navigation, aircraft landing guidance, air traffic control, location-based access control, th... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132006 | Cryptographic authentication and/or establishment of shared cryptographic keys, including, but not limited to, password authenticated key exchange (PAKE) A server (120) uses a password (π) to construct a multiplicative group (ZN*) with a (hidden) smooth order subgroup (), where the group order (Pπ) depends on the password. The client (110) uses its knowledge of the password... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132008 | Method and apparatus for communicating information between a security panel and a security server A security panel includes a processor, memory, and a network interface having a unique MAC address, and is configured to communicate over a network with a server. A method for registering the security panel with the server includes contacting the server utilizing a ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132005 | Establishment of a trusted relationship between unknown communication parties The present invention provides an establishment of a trusted relationship between two mutually unknown communication parties in a communication system without the use of a trusted third party. The invention is based on non-interactive proofs-of-work being purpose-bo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132009 | Authentication system An authentication system determines if a counterfeit ineligible unit is installed in a main device. When connected with a battery pack, a notebook PC generates and combines a random number and a function determination signal using a signal combining unit and transmi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132010 | Authentication system An authentication system determines if a counterfeit ineligible unit is installed in a main device. When connected with a battery pack, a notebook PC generates and combines a random number and a function determination signal using a signal combining unit and transmi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132007 | PANA authentication method and system A Protocol for carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) authentication system is provided. The system includes: a PANA client (PaC) which establishes, with a PANA authentication agent (PAA), a first PANA session and a second PANA session independent of the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122249 | Method and arrangement for providing a wireless mesh network Provided are a method and an arrangement for creating a wireless mesh network in which a new node is provided that is connected between mesh nodes and an AAA server located in an infrastructure network. Based on basic encoding data that is available to the new node ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122250 | Authentication in data communication Method of authenticating a client comprising the steps of sending a subscriber identity to an authentication server; obtaining at least one challenge and at least one first secret to the authentication server based on a client's secret specific to the client; formin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117446 | Method and system for secured real time protocol in scalable distributed conference applications A method of providing secured teleconference in a distributed teleconference system including providing one or more servers interconnected in a distributed structure, providing at least two participants which include at least one speaker; where each participant is a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117445 | Near field communication, security and non-volatile memory integrated sub-system for embedded portable applications An architecture is presented that facilitates integrating memory, security functionalities and near field communication (NFC) capabilities in a mobile device. A memory module is provided that comprises non-volatile memory that stores security software, sensitive dat... | 02/14/2012 |