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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7107616 | Method of producing a response The present invention relates to a device (1) comprising an input for receiving an input; calculation means (P) for producing a response (OUTPUT) in response to the input (INPUT) and a secret key (A) by utilizing a first predetermined function (f), and an out... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107454 | Signature system presenting user signature information A user inputs identification information in a terminal, and generates identification information and bar code information about a signature program. A receiver reads the bar code information of the user using a bar code reader. The bar code reader executes a signatu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107248 | System and method of bootstrapping a temporary public-key infrastructure from a cellular telecommunication authentication and billing infrastructure A system, method and computer program for ordering, paying for and delivering goods and services through the use of certificates. These certificates insure that the buyer is only billed once for the good or service purchased and only for the correct amount. This sys... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103529 | Method for providing system integrity and legacy environment emulation A method and apparatus to provide pre-boot security and legacy hardware and environment support for a computing system having an extensible firmware architecture is described. A virtual machine monitor is employed to provide the virtualization of system state for th... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103152 | Lifestyle multimedia security system A method for remote monitoring of a premises. A geographically remote client is operatively coupled to a security system server capable of authenticating a user of the remote client. The remote client is then operably coupled to a security gateway capable of managin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100205 | Secure attention instruction central processing unit and system architecture A central processing unit comprising means for processing computer instructions. The Means for processing computer instructions includes means for receiving computer instructions and means for executing computer instructions. A secure memory unit is coupled to the p... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099474 | Key and lock device A key and lock device comprises a key having a first electronic circuit and a lock having a second electronic circuit. The key and the lock store secret information, some of which is unique for each device. The key and the lock exchange a random number through conne... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7096370 | Data security for digital data storage A computer system encrypts user generated data with an encryption process, wherein the encryption process is defined at least in part with information assigned to and associated with host computing logic. The information may comprise a multi-bit identification code.... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093049 | Recording medium holder having one or more recording mediums A recording medium holder enables a user to easily find a desired recording medium from recording mediums that the user manages. The recording medium holder includes a recording medium holding unit for holding a plurality of recording mediums, a liquid crystal displ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093133 | Group signature generation system using multiple primes A method is provided for generating a group digital signature wherein each of a group of individuals may sign a message M to create a group digital signature S, wherein M corresponds to a number representative of a message, 0≦M≦n−1, n is a composite number for... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093282 | Method for supporting dynamic password A method of generating dynamic password is disclosed. A method of generating a dynamic password comprising the steps of providing a plurality of variable parameters, each parameter from the plurality of variable parameters being variable upon predetermined criteria;... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093294 | System and method for detecting and controlling a drone implanted in a network attached device such as a computer A system and method for detecting a drone implanted by a vandal in a network connected host device such as a computer, and controlling the output of the drone. The system includes an inbound intrusion detection system (IDS), an outbound IDS, a blocker such as a fire... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093122 | Techniques for permitting access across a context barrier in a small footprint device using shared object interfaces A small footprint device can securely run multiple programs from unrelated vendors by the inclusion of a context barrier isolating the execution of the programs. The context barrier performs security checks to see that principal and object are within the same namesp... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089388 | Terminal for use in a system interfacing with storage media A method is adopted in a control apparatus for controlling ID information stored in a storage medium in conjunction with a terminal for reading the ID information from the storage medium and used to catalog information for the storage medium into a memory employed i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089416 | Information communication apparatus and method, information communication system, and memory medium It is intended, in the mobile information terminal, to achieve compactization, cost reduction and reduction in the burden of information processing, while taking the enciphering process for the information into consideration. The cipher signal process unit fo... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089419 | Control function with multiple security states for facilitating secure operation of an integrated system A technique is provided for facilitating secure operation of an integrated system. The technique includes passing a request for data through a data access controller incorporated within the integrated system, and selectively qualifying the request in accordance with... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089303 | Systems and methods for distributed network protection By distributing various information and monitoring centers that monitor distributed networks and unauthorized access attempts, it is possible to, for example, more quickly defend against an unauthorized access attempts. For example, a Level 1 monitoring center could... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083081 | Electronic card and ticket and methods for their use A method for issuing tickets proceeds by selecting an inactive ticket that includes an identifier. Payment is provided for the ticket, and the identifier and a payment amount is entered into a payment processing device. The identifier is transmitted to a host comput... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085382 | Communication device, communication device set, authentication method and method of wireless-connecting terminals A communication device which can be freely inserted into and extracted from a slot of a terminal device has its part exposed from the terminal device when inserted into the slot applied a color according to a kind of the communication device and includes a radio uni... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085386 | System and method for secure replacement of high level cryptographic keys in a personal security device A data processing system and method for generating and installing a master key replacement key and a new master key post issuance without using a potentially compromised master key to access a PSD's security executive. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085879 | Dynamic data structures for tracking data stored in a flash memory device One or more mapping data structures are maintained containing mappings of logical flash memory addresses to physical flash memory addresses. Each mapping data structure has a predetermined capacity of mappings. A master data structure is also maintained containing a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085840 | Enhanced quality of identification in a data communications network A method for enhanced quality of identification in a data communications network includes obtaining a user identifier that includes an identification server ID and an identification randomized ID. The identification server ID identifies an identification server peer... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085937 | Adaptive method for amortizing authentication overhead A method is disclosed for amortizing the authentication overhead of data transmissions. The method comprises establishing a first secure transmission of data between a transmitter and a receiver by transmitting at least one token to the receiver during the first sec... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085931 | Virtual smart card system and method A public key authentication system and method for use in a computer system having a plurality of users. The system includes a virtual smart card server, storage connected to the virtual smart card server, and a virtual smart card agent connected to the virtual smart... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7080259 | Electronic information backup system An electronic information backup system for safely back up electronic value information about electronic money and electronic ticket through communication in a server so as to exclude unauthorized actions when backup and restoring are performed and for restoring the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079655 | Encryption algorithm management system An encryption algorithm management system has a terminal unit and a center unit that have a common cipher-key to a ciphered encryption algorithm. The terminal unit includes a transmitter configured to transmit a demand to the center unit for obtaining an encrypted d... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080046 | Method for amortizing authentication overhead A method is disclosed for amortizing the authentication overhead of data transmissions. The method comprises establishing a first secure transmission of data between a transmitter and a receiver by transmitting at least one token to the receiver during the first sec... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080001 | System for monitoring a period of an operation clock signal of a CPU and stopping operations of the CPU when the period is out of a predetermined allowable range There is provided a technology for preventing disabling of function of a clock monitoring circuit by a hacker in a microcomputer for IC card provided with a clock monitoring circuit as a countermeasure for a hacker. In the microcomputer for IC card provided with the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076797 | Granular authorization for network user sessions Providing access to a mobile user session in a manner that more closely corresponds access to network resources to the trustworthiness of authentication methods and devices associated with the mobile user session. Characteristics of authentication methods associated... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076561 | Personalized audio system and method A personalized audio system and method that overcomes many of the broadcast-type disadvantages associated with conventional radio stations. According to one embodiment, the personalized audio system includes the following: (1) a user interface that enables a user of... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076059 | Method and apparatus to implement the data encryption standard algorithm A method and apparatus to encipher a block of data using the data encryption standard comprising exclusive-oring, using an exclusive-or gate, the output from a merged permutation and expansion (MPE) and a sub key block, and sending the output from the exclusive-or g... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076800 | IC card terminal unit and IC card duplication method In the case of an IC card having a decoding key for decoding data and an encoding key for encoding the data which are generated inside or set by an external unit, when a key takeout instruction for taking out the decoding key and encoding key in the IC card to an ex... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069442 | System and method for execution of a secured environment initialization instruction A method and apparatus for initiating secure operations in a microprocessor system is described. In one embodiment, one initiating logical processor initiates the process by halting the execution of the other logical processors, and then loading initialization and s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069439 | Computing apparatus and methods using secure authentication arrangements Computing apparatus comprises a memory means storing the instructions of a secure process and an authentication process; a processing means arranged to control the operation of the computing apparatus including by executing the secure process and the authentication ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069250 | Check based online payment and verification system and method A method and system for verifying a check that is being used for an on-line transaction, utilizes a hash code value either printed directly on the check, or obtained from an insert card provided by a check printer. To conduct an on-line transaction using a check, th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069447 | Apparatus and method for secure data storage A computer data storage device for storing confidential data incorporating data encryption and user authentication. The user authentication supports multiple distinct users each having their own PIN code or password and distinct access rights. Attempts to attack the... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065531 | Combining computer programs A file is created that includes two computer programs. The first computer program is combined with a second computer program in the file, for example, by adding the first computer program to the file and appending the second computer program to the file. A file loca... | 06/20/2006 |
