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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7336784 | Multimedia decoder method and system with authentication and enhanced digital rights management (DRM) where each received signal is unique and where the missing signal is cached inside the storage memory of each receiver An audio/video distribution system with enhanced digital rights management. configured for use with a source of programming, a third party responsible for authorization, and an audio/video output device at a recipient location, includes a source encryptor and a rece... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337323 | Boot-up and hard drive protection using a USB-compliant token A method and apparatus for booting a computer. The method comprises the steps of emulating a floppy disk drive communicatively coupled to a computer in a token via a USB-compatible interface, and booting the computer using the token. The apparatus comprises means fo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337324 | System and method for non-interactive human answerable challenges A system and method for automatically determining if a computer user is a human or an automated script. Human interactive proofs (HIPs) are currently used to deter automated registration for web services by automated computer scripts. Unfortunately, HIPs entail mult... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336773 | Method and system for multi-mode communication with sender authentication Enabling control over multiple forms of communication to a recipient, such as email, instant messages, cell phone calls, conventional phone calls, faxes, and the like. The recipient defines rules for authenticating senders and for determining when, where, and how co... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337325 | System and apparatus for information display An apparatus for displaying information received from a communication apparatus includes: a key information producing unit configured to produce key information for authenticating the communication apparatus; a key information display unit for displaying the key inf... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336175 | Methods and devices for locating and uniquely provisioning RFID devices Methods and devices are provided for identifying, locating and provisioning individual RFID devices in a network. According to some implementations of the invention, a combination of EPC code information and existing networking standards form the basis of identifyin... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337389 | System and method for annotating an electronic document independently of its content A system, method, and apparatus for annotating an electronic document independently of its content is provided. According to one variation, a tablet and stylus-based computer is programmed with a document browser that permits a user to annotate documents viewed thro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337468 | Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating seamless, virtual integration of online membership models and services Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating integration of the functionality associated with a first on-line service entity with the functionality associated with a second on-line service entity. Embodiments of the present invention allow a first on-line service e... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334128 | Accessing information on a network using an extended network universal resource locator To facilitate access to information on a network, an extended network universal resource locator is generated. The generated extended network universal resource locator has (i) a network address, such as an Internet URL, at which stored information, such as detailed... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334130 | Method and apparatus for managing confidential information The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information through the use of: (a) biometric keys to lock data storage devices; (b) a secure data input/output device and authorization procedures to... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334163 | Duplicating handles of target processes without having debug privileges A source process duplicates handles owned by a target process, without the source process having debug privileges. A handle duplication manager running in kernel space receives requests from source processes for duplicates of handles owned by remote target processes... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334248 | Conditional access filter as for a packet video signal inverse transport system A method and an apparatus for processing a packetized transport stream that determines whether a sequence of transport packets are received in a proper sequence and whether an error is present in a particular transport packet. The method includes the steps of determ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334064 | Application server blade for embedded storage appliance An application server blade for an embedded storage appliance is disclosed. The blade includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a connector for connecting to a chassis backplane including a local bus. Affixed on the PCB is a server, a portion of a storage controll... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334123 | Computer system including a bus bridge for connection to a security services processor A computer system including a bus bridge for bridging transactions between a secure execution mode-capable processor and a security services processor. The bus bridge may include a transaction source detector, a configuration header and control logic. The transactio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333958 | Electronic settlement system, settlement management device, store device, client device, data storage device, computer program, and storage medium An effective electronic settlement system in which the number of checks is small. The electronic settlement system includes a data storage device such as an IC card in which value information is stored, a client device provided with an information input/output funct... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334255 | System and method for controlling access to multiple public networks and for controlling access to multiple private networks A system and method for controlling access to multiple public networks and for controlling access to multiple private networks is provided. Authentication is used with unique public shared secrets and unique private shared secrets to control access to the networks. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334025 | Communication system using communication network and communication method A communication system for guaranteeing only one each of two processing operations, correlated with each other and executed on different devices. A server has a unit which, on receipt of a first processing request, with identification information, executes this proc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330570 | Face collation apparatus and biometrics data collation apparatus The invention provides a highly-reliable face collation apparatus and biometrics data collation apparatus in both of which when a person is to be identified, even at the time of a collation in which characteristic data on the person approximates to characteristic da... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330112 | Location-aware services In some embodiments, a technique for providing location-based functionality comprises providing functionality, wherein the functionality uses information provided by a location-aware device. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328849 | Smart card providing data mapping for multiple applications and related methods An integrated circuit for a smart card in accordance with an exemplary embodiment includes a transceiver and a processor for communicating with a host device via the transceiver and performing a plurality of smart card applications. Moreover, the processor may coope... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330973 | Safety judgment method, safety judgment system, safety judgment apparatus, first authentication apparatus, and computer program product Security of an information processing apparatus is ensured by performing biological information authentication and collecting the environment information about the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits the collected environ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330976 | Access control system and method Device files are disposed on respective routes through which a process accesses the same device, and access rules for those device files are unified. Foe example, where there exist two routes by which a certain process accesses a device, two device files are dispose... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328342 | Method for secure communication between two devices A method for a secure transmission of information between a first and a second module is disclosed. Each module contains one of the keys of two pairs of keys. A first number and a second number are randomly generated in the first module, and a third number is random... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327216 | Secret key programming technique for transponders using encryption A secret key is programmed into a key transponder from a base station wherein the key transponder stores a fixed ID, a first default key segment stored in a first memory page, and a second default key segment stored in a second memory page. The secret key comprises ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325253 | System and method for electronic consent and delivery of financial and/or other transaction-related information The present invention relates to a method and system for effectively and efficiently delivering financial and/or other transaction-related information to investors while complying with relevant governmental rules and regulations regarding notice, access and proof of... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325141 | Method and system for secure access If a user loses his password or pass phrase required for a computer or communication system, he must have some way of obtaining a new one. Typically, new passwords are provided to users manually, by another human, an approach that is expensive and insecure. The inve... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325142 | IP network and admission control method used therefor The access network manager terminal 5 makes a communication quality agreement with the core network manager terminal 3, the core network manager terminal 3 conducts resource assignment of the core network 100 based on the communication ag... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325134 | Localized network authentication and security using tamper-resistant keys The invention provides a secure Wi-Fi communications method and system. In an embodiment of the invention, unique physical keys, or tokens, are installed at an access point and each client device of the network. Each key comprises a unique serial number and a common... | 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 |
| 7325128 | Log-on service providing credential level change without loss of session continuity A security architecture has been developed in which a single sign-on is provided for multiple information resources. Rather than specifying a single authentication scheme for all information resources, the security architecture associates trust-level requirements wi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325140 | Secure management access control for computers, embedded and card embodiment A computer network management system for remotely managing a network device. The system includes a secure management access controller which is in direct communication with the network device. The secure management access controller provides access for remotely and ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324971 | Blind perturbation encryption method for protecting financial position information while providing risk transparency A method for protecting investment position information during risk or performance evaluation, comprising the steps of: sending position name information and corresponding position quantity information from a sender to a calculation agent by way of one or more inter... | 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 |
| 7325113 | Memory protection apparatus Memory protection apparatus to protect memory area to realize high interruption response and prohibit from access to the memory area that is previously designated. The memory area data registers 132 (1) to (m), respectively, retain data which designate... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324805 | Scheme for registration and authentication in wireless communication system using wireless LAN In the disclosed registration and authentication scheme, in the case of carrying out the registration and authentication of a wireless terminal with respect to a wireless base station provided inside the home, for example, a user of the wireless terminal must direct... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321957 | Debugging a trusted component in a system During debug operations in one embodiment of a trusted subsystem, passwords may be used to enable and disable access to selected areas, and to make access by different entities mutually exclusive. In another embodiment, programmable units may be used to define what ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321966 | Machine post-launch configuration and option upgrade By providing a secure EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) device or other non-volatile memory (NVM) as a system operation key (SOK) to control the configurable machine option attributes, various problems associated with machine option config... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321435 | System and method for authorizing printing services A system and method for proper authorization of printing services is described. The system and method allows networks to control which users have access to printing services and the type of services they may utilize. In one exemplary implementation, the system suppo... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319750 | Digital circuit apparatus and method for accelerating preliminary operations for cryptographic processing A digital circuit apparatus and method for cryptographic data processing includes steps and means for determining a first modulus having up to a first number of binary digits. A large integer is received which has up to a second number of binary digits that is great... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319859 | Wireless LAN device The present invention provides a wireless LAN system 22 that causes a client 40 to display information of a local unit. A wireless LAN device 20 has a function of connecting the client 40 of a LAN with another network 50. Th... | 01/15/2008 |
