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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171297 | System and method using information based indicia for securing and authenticating transactions A method, system, and apparatus for authenticating transactions and records is disclosed. A method for authenticating an information-based indicium includes receiving an article bearing a first identifier, wherein the first identifier substantially prevents a single... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156341 | Pattern recognition method and apparatus for data protection Provided a secure pattern recognition method. The method includes: receiving data and generating a probe by converting the received data into a template for pattern recognition; accessing a gallery that is a template registered and stored in advance; determining a r... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145911 | System and method for the electronic management and execution of transaction documents One aspect of the invention is a method for generating a certified electronic document that includes receiving identification information associated with a signatory user from a computer. From the same computer, identification information associated with a notary us... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140852 | Authenticating serialized commodities A system for authenticating a serialized commodity is presented. A fixed identification, serial number, and authentication code are received for a serialized commodity to be checked for authenticity. A reference table is searched for an entry that matches the receiv... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8090953 | Information storage system A system for storing information having a predetermined use which requires the information to be secured. The information may comprise credit card details used to complete a transaction. The system includes: (a) A client system for storing an encoded version of the ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8024573 | Method for authentication of elements of a group A method for authentication of elements of a group, especially for authentication of sensor nodes in a preferably wireless sensor network is disclosed. The group has one specific element—leading element—with which each of the group elements can exchange informat... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020004 | Forensic marking using a common customization function Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which enable flexible insertion of forensic watermarks into a digital content signal using a common customization function. The common customization function flexibly employs a range of different marking techniques that ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7925885 | Method for recording and reading a code of material products for protection and control of their authenticity, and a system therefor Material code recording and reading method and devices designed for protection of products and control of their authenticity. The marking device 1 embeds a sign upon the product 4, the marked product 5 is passed to camera 2 which films th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7900052 | Confidential data sharing and anonymous entity resolution A method, program and system for processing data is disclosed. The data comprises identifiers of a plurality of entities. The method, program and system comprising the steps of: (a) receiving one or more records, each record having a plurality of identifiers, each r... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7856556 | Codeword-enhanced peer-to-peer authentication Peer-to-peer authentication may be accomplished by sending a digital certificate to a responder, receiving a randomized codeword in response to the sending, creating a secure fingerprint based at least in part on the digital certificate and randomized codeword, crea... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7814328 | Digital signatures for embedded code Generating a digital signature of an entire embedded code project is provided while maintaining certain exclusion areas so that a productivity application can incorporate application-specific information into the embedded code project without hampering the digital s... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7797545 | System and method for registering entities for code signing services A system and method for registering entities for code signing services. The entities may be software application developers or other individuals or entities that wish to have applications digitally signed. Signing of the applications may be required in order to enab... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797544 | Attesting to establish trust between computer entities To establish trust between first and second entities, the first entity sends an attestation message to the second entity, including a code ID, relevant data, a digital signature based on the code ID and data, and a certificate chain. The second entity verifies the s... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783889 | Methods and apparatus for generating signatures Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for media monitoring are disclosed. In particular, the example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture generate digital spectral signatures for use in identifying media information. Initially, a frame of media ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7757091 | Method and apparatus for the creation of a self-authenticating document A self-authenticating printed document (101) comprises text and a symbol (102) printed on the document (101). The symbol (102) includes a verification value, which is representative of the entire data content of the text, and error correc... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752449 | System and method for generating a non-repudiatable record of a data stream A system and method for generating a non-repudiatable record of a communications data stream is provided, which is applicable to real-time and quasi-real-time data streams. A binary communication data stream is captured and segmented into defined frames. A key frame... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7711958 | Method and system for encoding signatures to authenticate files Method and system for verifying the authenticity and integrity of files transmitted through a computer network. Authentication information is encoded in the filename of the file. In a preferred embodiment, authentication information is provided by computing a hash v... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707424 | Secure file transfer A method and apparatus are provided for identification/authentication of file transfers, that limits the attackers window of opportunity and that aims at incurring a minimum of overhead on the information processing between a client (CL) and a server (SV). According... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7698560 | Information storage system A system for storing information having a predetermined use which requires the information to be secured. The information may comprise credit card details used to complete a transaction. The system includes: (a) A client system for storing an encoded version of the ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7676680 | Systems and methods for distributing private placement documents Methods of providing a private placement document to a potential investor in a private placement. The methods may comprise the step of generating the private placement document in an encrypted electronic format. The private placement document may include a unique id... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7574606 | Location authentication stamp attached to messages A location stamp automatically attached to messages indicates location information such as longitude and latitude information from a GPS device. The location stamp helps a receiver to identify the location of the sender or a transaction, identify the sender, and pro... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7558963 | Communication device and program The present invention provides a means for determining authenticity of a combination of files which are downloaded to a mobile station, and which are related to one another. To achieve the stated object, in a system according to the present invention, mobile station... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7516329 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus that enables management of copyrighted content to which identification information is not added. An arithmetical unit computes a hash value based on data from a portion of the content data recorded in a mini-disk (MD), and transmi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7472279 | Method for automized and synchronous execution of customized code on off-loaded retrieved documents in a document processing system A technique for executing customized code on off-loaded or retrieved documents in a document processing environment. The present invention provides a code component in the form of an agent that can be automatically executed relative to a document before a document i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7415612 | Image encrypting method, and image decrypting method An image decrypting apparatus derives spectral reflectance of the face of an original on the basis of obtained original image data, built-in light source data and basis function data, and obtains weighted coefficients of each pixel as object color component data. Th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412480 | Device and method for updating code The invention is directed to a method for a software provider to enable a software-acquiring entity to arrive from an existent first signed piece of code at a second signed piece of code. Both pieces of code were generated at the software provider by use of a first ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409541 | Method of transporting packets between an access interface of a subscriber installation and a shared network, and access interface implementing such method For transporting packets between an access interface of a subscriber installation and a concentrating router of a shared network the access interface carries out control operations on streams of packets transmitted to the concentrating router, within the framework o... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409543 | Method and apparatus for using a third party authentication server A method and apparatus for a third party authentication server is described. The method includes receiving a record ID for a user, and a one-time key generated by the server and encrypted with a user's public key by the server. The method further includes receiving ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409555 | Electronic document active content assurance A system and method are presented for assuring electronic documents containing active content. Aspects of the system and method are directed to storing a copy of input data called by the active content in a first invocation of the electronic document, then, on subse... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398395 | Using multiple watermarks to protect content material Content material is protected with a variety of watermarking processes. Different subsets of the protected content material are submitted to different watermarking processes. At the rendering device, a watermark detector is configured to detect one or more different... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395438 | Digital rights management (DRM) encryption and data-protection for content on device without interactive authentication A device renders content on a medium by obtaining a table from the medium, obtaining a device key (DK) of the device and an index value of such (DK), indexing into an entry of the table based on the obtained index value, selecting an encrypted secret from the indexe... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389420 | Content authentication and recovery using digital watermarks The disclosure describes methods for using digital watermarking to authenticate digital media signals, such as images, audio and video signals. It also describes techniques for using embedded watermarks to repair altered parts of a media signal when alteration is de... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383582 | Systems and methods for performing electronic surveillance A system performs an electronic surveillance in a packet-switched network. The system includes a first card (300), a second card (400), and an electronic surveillance device (120). The first card (300) stores first data identifying a firs... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382876 | Hash function constructions from expander graphs Hash function constructions from expander graphs are described. In one aspect, an expander graph is walked to compute a hash function. The expander graph is walked using respective subsets of an input message. A label of a last vertex walked is an output of the hash... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372262 | Methods and systems for active non-intrusive inspection and verification of cargo and goods Systems and methods are disclosed herein for the non-intrusive inspection and/or verification of cargo. In an exemplary embodiment, an elemental signature is determined at a first point in a supply chain and transmitted to a second point in the supply chain. When th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370206 | Self-signing electronic documents Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for performing digital signature operations on electronic content. An electronic document includes a digital signature module. The electronic document is accessed using a user applicati... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370204 | Watermark data embedding apparatus and extracting apparatus By a program process, CPU 31 embeds a watermark data into a waveform data stored in wave memory 41a. The program includes a step for detecting a characterizing part (attack part and loop part) of a waveform data that represents a waveform of a m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370354 | Method of remotely managing a firewall A method of remotely managing a firewall has been developed. The method includes receiving a control data packet at the firewall from a remote location. Next, the control data packet is analyzed to determine if the control data packet is authorized to access the fir... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367593 | Security documents and a method and apparatus for printing and authenticating such documents A security document and a method of making and authenticating the document in which the document contains a security feature of an image/background pattern printed in one subtractive color on the document and at least one other but different image/background pattern... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370202 | Security device for cryptographic communications Cryptographic systems and methods are provided in which authentication operations, digital signature operations, and encryption operations may be performed. Authentication operations may be performed using authentication information. The authentication information m... | 05/06/2008 |
