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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290142 | System and method for initializing a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent A system and method for initializing a SNMP agent in SNMPv3 mode. In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided that allows an operator to securely enter the initial SNMPv3 privacy and authentication keys into a SNMPv3 device and cause the device to enter in ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286515 | Method, apparatus, and software product for detecting rogue access points in a wireless network A method, an apparatus, and a software program to implement a method to detect a rogue access point of a wireless network. The method includes maintaining an AP database that includes information about managed access point (APs) and friendly APs, including the MAC a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286665 | System and method for transferring the right to decode messages Methods for transferring among key holders in encoding and cryptographic systems the right to decode and decrypt messages in a way that does not explicitly reveal decoding and decrypting keys used and the original messages. Such methods are more secure and more effi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287058 | Methods, systems and computer program products for performing document-inclusion operations over a network Performing operations over a low bandwidth and/or high cost networks, the operations requiring access to a document. Such operations may include sending/forwarding an e-mail with an attachment or printing/faxing a document over a network. A client, such as a mobile ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284127 | Secure communications A method of providing secure communications between a first and a second communications unit comprising a key exchange between the communications units resulting in a shared secret key, the key exchange including a user interaction. The method includes the steps of ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284061 | Obtaining temporary exclusive control of a device Remotely obtaining exclusive control of a device by remotely establishing communication with the device over a network, requesting to obtain remote exclusive control of the device's capabilities, and determining whether remote exclusive control of the device's capab... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284123 | Secure communication system and method for integrated mobile communication terminals comprising a short-distance communication module Disclosed is an encryption code for encrypting data to be transmitted or received during short-distance communication, namely, an encryption key generator for generating an encryption key, in order to transmit the encryption key to an integrated mobile communication... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283629 | Deriving keys used to securely process electronic messages A plurality of message processors exchange public and secret information. Based on the exchanged information, each message processor computes a key sequence such that any one of a plurality of keys may be derived from the key sequence depending on key derivation dat... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283526 | Method and system for providing a symmetric key for more efficient session identification A method and system for identifying sessions in a computer network is disclosed. The session is between a first computer system and a second computer system. The session consists of an exchange of a plurality of packets between the computer systems. Each of the pack... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284042 | Device plug-in system for configuring network device over a public network The present invention provides device configuration and policy configuration data to network devices over a public network, e.g., the internet. A secure communication link is first established over the public network to the network device. Next, policy and configura... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281273 | Protecting content on medium from unfettered distribution Digital content is encrypted according to a content key (CK) to form (CK(content)) and such (CK(content)), a license generator, a start-up file, and license-generating information are placed on a digital storage medium. The license generator is for generating a digi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281132 | Using token-based signing to install unsigned binaries The present invention provides for token based signing of an unsigned binary which may be a stream of bits (e.g., 0's and 1's). The unsigned binary is signed using a secret key which resides in a token (e.g., a smart card), which makes the secret key available to th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281128 | One pass security A system and method for secure network communication. In various embodiments of the present invention, data needed for authentication an encryption is included in each communication pass between network devices, so that when a network connection is broken, a secure ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281034 | System and method for media playback over a network using links that contain control signals and commands A method and system to provide media to a terminal coupled to a network, the terminal comprising a media playback component. The method and system provides for programmatically directing the terminal to access a first network site in the plurality of network sites, ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281068 | Wireless-boot diskless mobile computing A disk management server (“DMS”), to manage a remote storage device; a wireless communication network; and a mobile computer create a system for secure remote booting of a mobile computer's operating system. To facilitate access to remote boot code, a multiple c... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277941 | System and method for providing encryption in a storage network by storing a secured encryption key with encrypted archive data in an archive storage device In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a method is provided for performing a storage operation in a pipeline storage system in which one or more data streams containing data to be stored are written into data chunks. The method includes generating an encry... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275159 | Multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality A multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality enables the outputting of content in an encrypted form. The multimedia output device receives the content to be encrypted, encrypts the content, and generates an electronic output of the encrypted c... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275200 | Transparent error correcting memory that supports partial-word write A high-speed partial-word write operation is performed in a memory system. First, an error correction code (ECC) word, which includes a data word and associated error correction bits, is read from a memory array. A word line and a plurality of sense amplifiers are e... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275260 | Enhanced privacy protection in identification in a data communications network A method for enhanced privacy protection in identification in a data communications network includes enrolling for a service on the data communications network, receiving a randomized identifier (ID) in response to the enrolling, storing the randomized ID and using ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275158 | Home server including a proxy facility, for executing an authentication and an encryption process instead of a user terminal, in an electronic commercial transaction A home server includes a proxy facility and is provided between a user terminal and an electronic market server for executing authentication and encryption to the electronic market server, instead of the user terminal, in an electronic commercial transaction. The pr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275109 | Network communication authentication A communication system, for use with a communications network, includes a client configured to communicate with the server via the network. The client includes an input configured to receive a communication from a server via the network, a data set with identifiable... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275156 | Method and apparatus for establishing and using a secure credential infrastructure We present technology that allows layman computer users to simply create, provision, and maintain secured infrastructure—an instant PKI. This technology can be used in a wide variety of applications including wired and wireless networks, secure sensor networks (su... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272858 | Digital rights management (DRM) encryption and data-protection for content on a relatively simple device A device has a symmetric device key (DK) and a copy of (DK) encrypted according to a public key (PU) of an entity (PU(DK)). The device receives an object from a host computer, at least a portion of which is encrypted according to (DK). The device sends (PU(DK)) to t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272226 | Split-key key-agreement protocol This invention relates to a method for generating a shared secret value between entities in a data communication system, one or more of the entities having a plurality of members for participation in the communication system, each member having a long term private k... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272245 | Method of biometric authentication The present invention is a method of biometric authentication. The first step is taking a series of measurements of the biometric. The second step is averaging those measurements to create a valid iris model. The third step is generating a random number. The fourth ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269738 | High throughput and flexible device to secure data communication The present invention provides a device for securing data communication, said device being part of a system and comprising a dynamically reconfigurable logic array comprising separate blocks for algorithms needed for carrying out an application by the use of said de... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269730 | Method and apparatus for providing peer authentication for an internet key exchange A protocol for use as a phase 1 authentication (and key agreement) IKE protocol, similar to IKE phase 1 authentication with public key encryption, but using the IMS AKA trust infrastructure instead of the PKI trust infrastructure. The invention thus allows an initia... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266705 | Secure transmission of data within a distributed computer system A method for the secure transmission of data from a distributor to a client over a computer network. The method includes encrypting the data using an encryption confidentiality key known to the client, but not the distributor. The method also includes storing the en... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266700 | Code-string encryption method and apparatus, decryption method and apparatus, and recording medium An original code string is decomposed into preview data (trial data) and high-quality data in a code-string decomposer. The high-quality data is separated into first data having an exactly or almost regular pattern and second data other than the first data by a high... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266694 | Network relay device, communication device and network relay method In accordance with the present invention, a network relay device includes a first interface which is connected to a first network and sends contents information encrypted by key information, a second interface which is connected to a second network and sends the con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266693 | Validated mutual authentication A method of authenticating a user through a validated mutual authentication system is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes establishing a validating fractal image during an enrollment or other process. A plurality of fractal images are provided ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266201 | Non-disruptive authentication administration A configurable timer may be used for seamless authentication administration. A network administrator may set the timer value. Then the network administrator may begin to update the authentication configuration or key and the timer may begin to count down. While the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266366 | Services on demand in mobile communications system A method and an apparatus for implementing the method for using and implementing a service-on-demand in a mobile communication system. The services-on-demand are intended to be received by means of a mobile station. The mobile station monitors a cell transmission an... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266681 | Network communications security agent One embodiment of an inventive networking environment includes clients called sending clients because they send network content through a network, and clients called receiving clients because they receive the network content from the sending clients through the netw... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263188 | Data delivery system, server apparatus, reproducing apparatus, data delivery method, data playback method, storage medium, control, signal, and transmission data signal A data delivery system has a capability of effectively and reliably protecting copyright of the data. A video source of a movie or the like is delivered in the form of encrypted data from a server apparatus to a playback apparatus. A decryption key used to decrypt t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263357 | Method for fast roaming in a wireless network A roaming service method for a fast and secure wireless network is provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, an AP, which an STA associates with, transmits security keys needed for roaming to neighbor APs of the AP. When the STA moves to one of the neighb... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263361 | Provision of services via an information technology network Information services may be provided to a user of a personal digital assistant (PDA) via an infra red wireless communication port. The PDA recruits communication with a peer, such as a beacon, via this link, and the PDA and peer exchange messages containing the URLs... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260727 | Method for secure storage of sensitive data in a memory of an embedded microchip system, particularly a smart card, and embedded system implementing the method The invention concerns a method for secure storage of a piece of so-called sensitive data, for example an encryption key, in a memory (M) of an embedded microchip system, particularly a smart card (CP). The memory (M) comprises two physically distinct storage device... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260555 | Method and architecture for providing pervasive security to digital assets Techniques for providing pervasive security to digital assets are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a server is configured to provide access control (AC) management for a user (e.g., a single user, a group of users, software agents or devices) wi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260716 | Method for overcoming the single point of failure of the central group controller in a binary tree group key exchange approach An approach for managing addition or deletion of nodes in a multicast or broadcast group, which avoids introducing a single point of failure at a group controller, certificate authority, or key distribution center, is disclosed. A central group controller utilizes a... | 08/21/2007 |
