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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190893 | Portable security transaction protocol A technique for providing message authenticity includes accepting transaction information, accepting a first data item used for authenticating an originating user, cryptographically processing the transaction information using only a second data item, wherein the en... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190894 | Method and system for generating ciphertext and message authentication codes utilizing shared hardware A method and system for generating ciphertext and message authentication codes utilizing shared hardware are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided of generating ciphertext message data and message authentication codes utilizing shared authenti... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181024 | Data processing apparatus In the configuration performing a data processing by a hardware processing circuit (accelerator), to provide a technology capable of improving a poorness of processing efficiency by multiple accesses to the data, the following solving means are provided. A network d... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166300 | Extending the DRM realm to external devices Disclosed is a method and a system for rendering content on external devices securely. The method comprises setting up a communication channel between a proxy rendering server of a mobile device and an external rendering server of an external device, authenticating ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166299 | Secure messaging A messaging method and system sends secure emails (14) by the email originator (10) removing the portion of the email (14) which is confidential (24) from the body of the email (14). The removed portion (24) is sent to a sec... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8145907 | Secure data transfer The invention concerns secure data transfer from a first radio communication device of a first party to a second radio communication device. A random first symmetric key is generated at the first terminal device. User data of the first terminal device is encrypted w... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140846 | System for managing program applications storable in a mobile terminal Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information c... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132011 | System and method for authenticating at least a portion of an e-mail message A system and method allows some or all of an e-mail message, such as the sender or its contents, to be authenticated, for example, to identify a message as potential spam. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132012 | Method and apparatus for the secure identification of the owner of a portable device An authentication system is provided that includes a portable device and a decryption node. An individual uses the portable device, such as a portable device like a cell phone to compute a challenge and a response. The challenge and response is sent to a decryption ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122253 | Data validation using signatures and sampling Architecture that facilitates validation of a data mapping of data from a data source to a data target. There is included a signature generation component that generates a source signature of all or a portion of the data source and a target signature of all or a cor... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122252 | Cascaded digital signatures Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for methods and apparatuses for generating digital signatures of digital contracts, such as digital health care contracts. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and sy... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117451 | Device controller, method for controlling a device, and program therefor A device controller for controlling a device, comprises: a sending section that sends a message from an execution object to an operation section; and a control section that controls the device according to a procedure that is preset corresponding to the message in r... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117450 | System and method for secure data transmission A system for secure data transmission comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a string generator stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The string generator is adapted to generate a character string. The system also comprises a h... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112629 | Stateless challenge-response protocol A two-party stateless protocol by which a server receives a request from a client, transmits a tamper-resistant challenge to the client, receives a response to the challenge, and validates the response, where each of the challenge and the response contain a copy of ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108675 | External signature device for a PC with wireless communication capacity External signature device for a PC, with capacity for wireless communication with the computer, which can be used immediately in electronic banking and electronic commerce or in any other system based on electronic signature requiring a high level of security with a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103874 | Object delivery authentication Provided is a method and system for authenticating object delivery including the steps of receiving by an object receiver an object delivery information package from an object deliverer over a call network during a communication between the object receiver and the o... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103875 | Detecting email fraud through fingerprinting Methods, systems, and products for detecting phishing attempts through fingerprinting are provided. In an embodiment, there is a computer program product that comprises a computer-readable medium and computer program instructions encoded on the medium for deterring ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103873 | Method and system for processing auditory communications A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for processing auditory communications is disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving an auditory communication, comparing a portion of the communication to a lexicon comprising a plurality of keywords to det... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099598 | Secure messaging system with automatic recipient enrollment A public-key based secure messaging system with automatic receiver enrollment is disclosed. A sender in the system first determines whether a receiver has a public key. If the receiver has a public key, the messages will be sent to the receiver using a standard publ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086855 | Access to PLMN networks for non-PLMN devices, and to issues arising in interfaces in general between PLMN and non-PLMN networks Interface device for interfacing between a PLMN network and a non-PLMN network, the PLMN network being configured to recognize cellular base stations as nodes thereof through which to mediate connections to cellular mobile devices, the non-PLMN networks each compris... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086856 | Disabling on/off capacity on demand Apparatus and article of manufacture for disabling on-demand access to computerized resources on a computerized apparatus are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a disablement code; validating the disablement code; and disabling an on-demand resource if the va... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074073 | Certificate-based encryption and public key infrastructure A digital message is sent from a sender to a recipient in a public-key based cryptosystem comprising an authorizer. The authorizer can be a single entity or comprise a hierarchical or distributed entity. In some embodiments, no key status queries or key escrow are n... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8051287 | Imparting real-time priority-based network communications in an encrypted communication session This specification describes technologies relating to imparting real-time priority-based network communications in an encrypted session. In general, aspects of the subject matter described can be embodied in methods that include establishing, based on cryptographic ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051288 | Data validation using signatures and sampling Architecture that facilitates validation of a data mapping of data from a data source to a data target. There is included a signature generation component that generates a source signature of all or a portion of the data source and a target signature of all or a cor... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032751 | E-mail certification service A method is provided to handle an electronic mail message such that the receiver of the e-mail message can verify the integrity of the message. A request is provided from a sender's side to a service. The request includes information regarding the e-mail message. Th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032750 | Method for establishing a secure e-mail communication channel between a sender and a recipient A method for establishing a secure e-mail communication channel between a sender (10) and a recipient (5), wherein: 1) said sender sends an e-mail addressed to said recipient over an e-mail encryption system (16 | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032749 | Method for remotely controlling and/or regulating a system The invention relates to a method for remotely controlling and/or regulating at least one system (1), in particular an industrial system using a communications device (2) which is assigned to the system (1), and at least one receiver device (... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019997 | Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus by which a communication channel providing a high degree of privacy is established between a PDA and a data communication server. Data encrypted with a temporary key is shared by a PDA and a memory... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001382 | System for and method of monitoring an item A system for monitoring an item including a plurality of item identification devices, each item identification device including unique information indicative of the item and being disposed during use on the item, a plurality of supplier identification devices, each ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991999 | Block-based media content authentication A technique for security and authentication on block-based media includes involves the use of protected keys, providing authentication and encryption primitives. A system according to the technique may include a secure device having a security kernel with protected ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987365 | Subscription-based computing implemented in hardware of computing device A subscription-based computing device has hardware and a subscription enforcer implemented in the hardware. The enforcer has an accumulator that accumulates a usage value as the computing device is being used and an expiration value register that stores an expiratio... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984297 | System and method of spam proof e-mail bounce tracking A system may account for the number of bounced e-mails by adding a number of records over the desired quantity to ensure that a minimum number of e-mails are not returned. To calculate an accurate number of extra records to identify, a system may need to track the p... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979706 | Systems and methods for queuing an action in industrial automation systems The subject invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating automated manufacturing processes in a regulated industrial controller environment, wherein operator commands are tied to one or more signature requirements before the requested commands take eff... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971061 | E-mail system and method having certified opt-in capabilities An opt-in email system in which a recipient that has opted in to an email list can recognize and trust that an email has actually come from a desired sender. When a recipient desires to opt-in to an e-mail list, the recipient is sent to a trusted third party certifi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966492 | System and method for allowing an e-mail message recipient to authenticate the message A system and method allows a recipient to authenticate an e-mail message to ensure that the message came from its purported source and was not altered or was highly unlikely to be altered. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962749 | Method and system for creating a non-repudiable chat log A system for creating a non-reputable chat log. An initial quote is performed of a value of a register in response to a secure chat session being initiated. The value of the register is extended to record a message measurement within the register for the secure chat... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958353 | Information security device The present invention provides an apparatus for securely acquire a circuit configuration information set corresponding to a new cryptosystem without increasing the number of reconfigurable circuits. A content playback apparatus 100 includes an FPGA 122... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958354 | High-order knowledge sharing system to distribute secret data Using a high order shared knowledge mechanism where multiple parties are given multiple shares of a shared ‘common’ secret data, dependent upon role and scenario. It is possible to distribute pre-generated, accountable, as well as escrowed key material to remote... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953977 | Security and ticketing system control and management A security device of this invention includes a nonvolatile storage unit 22 for storing a validity check unit including a counter updated every time signature function means 30 is called up, a volatile storage unit 24 for reading and storing a co... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949874 | Secure firmware execution environment for systems employing option read-only memories A method for providing a secure firmware operating environment includes detecting the presence of a new component, for example, a peripheral device. Next, a determination is made as to whether the peripheral device includes an option read-only memory. Next, a determ... | 05/24/2011 |
