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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171293 | Receiver non-repudiation via a secure device Techniques for assuring a receiver's non repudiation of a communication are provided via cooperation with a secure device. A secure device operates within a local environment of a receiver and exchanges certificates with a sender via the receiver. The sender encrypt... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8095794 | System and method of watermarking a signal A system and method of generating a watermarked signal are disclosed. The system segments the signal into overlapping blocks using a window function and processes the overlapping blocks according to whether each block is odd- or even-numbered. The system windows the... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8041749 | Systems and methods of managing specification, enforcement, or auditing of electronic health information access or use Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, related to managing specification, enforcement, or auditing of electronic health information use. In general, data characterizing a request to modify access rights to health information is received and the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037307 | System and method for securing on-line documents using authentication codes A system and method for providing an authentication code across a network for use in authentication of documents, such as printed lottery tickets. The system includes document-printing terminals that include a key that is used in a mathematical function with the bet... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019998 | Secure media peripheral association in a media exchange network A method for establishing secure access to a media peripheral in a home via a node in a communication network may include acquiring by the node, security data associated with the media peripheral. The method may include searching by the node, for a previously acquir... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015409 | Authentication for licensing in an embedded system An industrial automation system is provided. This includes at least one license component that is granted by a third party to permit access to a portion of an industrial control component. At least one protocol component that is based in part on a private key exchan... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7752445 | System and method for authentication of a hardware token Authentication of a hardware token connected to a computer includes storing, in the hardware token, a computer public key Ck generated in the computer; reading out, from the hardware token to the computer, a user public key Uk, registering the user public key Uk fro... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7689826 | Flexibly loading a tamper resistant module Methods and systems for flexibly loading an application, e.g., a software application, and associated data from an application provider (101) onto a tamper resistant module (TRM) (103) having an I/O buffer (115) and a memory (119). A meth... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7669055 | Key transformation unit for a tamper resistant module Methods, apparati, and computer-readable media for securely transporting a software application onto a tamper resistant module (TRM) (103) by using an individualized TRM key set. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises: storing a key pair uniqu... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7584359 | Secure media peripheral association in a media exchange network Certain embodiments of the invention may provide a method and system for secure access to a media peripheral in a home via a node in a communication network and may comprise attempting to identify previously acquired security data associated with the media periphera... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7565540 | Fully electronic identity authentication The present invention relates to a system and method for fully electronic identity authentication, with particular application to electronic election registration and voting. In particular, the present invention provides an authentication system that operates in con... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7549049 | Dynamic auditing of electronic elections The present invention relates to a system and method for dynamically auditing of electronic elections using an electronic registration and voting system. In particular, the present invention provides false voting data associated with false voters to the voting syste... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7475250 | Assignment of user certificates/private keys in token enabled public key infrastructure system A method and computer program to assign certificates/private keys to a token. This method and computer program allows a user to access a certificate authority and have certificates/private keys that are used for signature, encryption and role purposes generated and ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441121 | Device certificate self-individualization Generating a device certificate. A method of generating a device certificate comprising forming a template that will generate a device certificate upon the occurrence of a triggering event, filling in an authorization root certificate section of the template; fillin... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437757 | Token for use in online electronic transactions An online transaction system configured to implement authentication methods that allow for strong multi-factor authentication in online environments. The authentication methods can be combined with strong security methods to further ensure that the authentication pr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424550 | System and method for specifying access to resources in a mobile code system Mobile code, such as an applet, is permitted to create a network connection with a content server on a network, without restricting the applet only to connections from the computer from which it was downloaded. This is achieved in accordance with the principles of t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418401 | Secure internet transactions on unsecured computers The present invention is directed to a secure electronic registration and voting solution incorporating integrated end-to-end voting system architecture and processes providing secure identification and authentication, voter registration, ballot definition, ballot p... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409554 | Data processing system, memory device, data processing unit, and data processing method and program To provide an improved management structure of memory devices storing service-use applications. A card for a memory device applied to use various services is provided as one child card or more corresponding to each of the services, a parent card-stores data for chil... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409560 | Certification processing hardware, certification processing system and use management hardware Certification processing hardware is connected to a game apparatus utilized for connecting with a game server in a network game environment to execute a user certification process. The certification processing hardware includes: a storing unit which stores certifica... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409552 | Method for securing communications between a terminal and an additional user equipment Method for securing a session over a radio or infrared wireless link (101) between a terminal (11) and a mobile equipment (10), said session being secured with a SIM card (100) in said mobile equipment (10). The terminal (11... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401218 | Home device authentication system and method A home device authentication system and method, wherein the home device authentication system includes one or more home devices each having device information including coding information for authentication and information on a service provider providing authenticat... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398396 | Electronic signature method, program and server for implementing the method In order to apply an electronic signature from a client station having authentication resources at a server, the following steps are carried out: the client station is authenticated at the server, thus establishing an authenticated communication channel; a private k... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395430 | Secure authentication using digital certificates The present invention provides in a method for providing secure authentication using digital certificates, an improvement to enable the selective transfer of authentication data. The said method comprises presentation of basic authentication data certified by an acc... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386713 | On-chip security method and apparatus A boot method an apparatus arc described which reduce the likelihood of a security breach in a mobile device, preferably in a situation where a reset has been initiated. A predetermined security value, or password, is stored, for example in BootROM. A value of a sec... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380125 | Smart card data transaction system and methods for providing high levels of storage and transmission security A smart card system is disclosed for secure transmission of post issuance data to a embedded chip using a chip relay module, a plurality of hardware security modules, a first communication system having two security layers and a second communication system having fo... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376837 | Built-in manufacturer's certificates for a cable telephony adapter to provide device and service certification System for using a manufacturer issued certificate to authenticate a CTA device during registration with an IP telephony network. In response to providing the manufacturer issued certificate, the issuance of another certificate allows the CTA to be provisioned by a ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373512 | Method and apparatus for providing information security to prevent digital signature forgery A method and apparatus utilizes a digital signature verification map containing a plurality of acceptable message header identifiers associated with a public key certificate identifier. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a digital signature verificatio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370203 | Method for indivisibly modifying a plurality of sites in a microcircuit card non volatile memory, in particular a contactless card A method of connecting a card to a terminal including the following steps: a) on receiving corresponding respective commands from the terminal, it modifies the contents of the card memory by provisionally recording in the card memory each of said interdependent item... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370268 | Systems and methods for managing and presenting multimedia and content rich data on a removable memory apparatus The various embodiments disclosed are generally directed towards systems and methods for managing and displaying content rich data, such as multimedia, residing on a removable memory apparatus inserted into a handheld device. In one aspect of the invention, a method... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367059 | Secure content activation during manufacture of mobile communication devices A method and apparatus for activating protected content on a portable memory device when the portable memory device is incorporated into a mobile terminal during the manufacture of the mobile terminal. During manufacturing, the portable memory device is coupled to t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360082 | System and method for downloading security context elements governing execution of downloadable and distributable agents A workflow, enterprise, and mail-enabled application server and platform supports distributed computing and remote execution of web applications. Lotus Domino online services (DOLS) is used by a web site administrator to configure Internet Notes (iNotes) clients to ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360253 | System and method to lock TPM always ‘on’ using a monitor A computer may be secured from attack by including a trusted environment used to verify a known monitor. The monitor may be used to determine a state of the computer for compliance to a set of conditions. The conditions may relate to terms of use, such as credits av... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355994 | CDMA messaging between wireless LAN access points A method for mobile communication includes arranging a plurality of access points in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to communicate over the air with a mobile station, and linking the access points to one another over a communication medium. The access points e... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337195 | Method and device for establishing synchronized recovery log points According to the present invention a method and a system is provided for establishing synchronized recovery log points in an infrastructure comprising at least a first database management system and a second database management system, whereby recovery log files are... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337229 | Method and apparatus for authorizing internet transactions using the public land mobile network (PLMN) Method and apparatus for authorizing Internet transactions using the public land mobile network (PLMN). An association, or linking, of a mobile terminal to a transaction being made with a more traditional Internet access device such as a PC is provided using the res... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325133 | Mass subscriber management An authentication and mass subscriber management technique is provided by employing a key table derived as a subset of a larger key pool, a network edge device, and authentication tokens attached on both the network edge device and on a subscriber's computing device... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325132 | Authentication method, system and apparatus of an electronic value An authentication system providing a safety authentication process of electronic values with the use of mobile terminals which do not have a tamper-resistant function. The electronic value including encrypted value authentication information (F(VPW)), wherein an aut... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325065 | Identifying unauthorized communication systems using a system-specific identifier An authorized client communication system seeking access to a host communication system may be identified by performing a mathematical computation on a client communication system-specific identifier and an access password. Communications from the client communicati... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318141 | Methods and systems to control virtual machines Methods and systems are provided to control the execution of a virtual machine (VM). A VM Monitor (VMM) accesses VM Control Structures (VMCS) indirectly through access instructions passed to a processor. In one embodiment, the access instructions include VMCS compon... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315945 | Directoryless public key cryptographic system and method A method of operating an identity based directoryless key-code cryptographic communication system having two users A and B and a universal authority U, involving the generation of a public modulus M, being the product of two primes P and Q, and the operation of a pu... | 01/01/2008 |
