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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166539 | Authentication of baseboard management controller users in a blade server system User authorization and access information may be stored in a remote assistant card or chassis management module (CMM). The CMM may be in communication with each baseboard management controller (BMC) in a blade server system. Each BMC may authenticate its authorized ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151342 | Contents execution device equipped with independent authentication means and contents re-distribution method The present invention particularly relates to a digital content providing service method and a content execution device for the same, for maximizing user convenience and maintaining a sufficient level of security using a smart card. The inventive content execution d... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146149 | Apparatus and method for protecting a medical device and a patient treated with this device against harmful influences from a communication network Apparatus for interacting with a medical device which is suitable for connection into a communication network which comprises at least one insecure area and a secure area on the device side, wherein the apparatus comprises a transmission device for transmitting comm... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146150 | Security management in multi-node, multi-processor platforms Multi-node and multi-processor security management is described in this application. Data may be secured in a TPM of any one of a plurality of nodes, each node including one or more processors. The secured data may be protected using hardware hooks to prevent unauth... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146151 | Safe file transmission and reputation lookup Safe file transmission and reputation lookup. As a part of the safe file transmission and reputation lookup methodology, a data file that is to be made available to a data file receiver is accessed and it is determined whether the data file needs to be provided a pr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132253 | Memory security override protection for manufacturability of information handling systems Systems and methods are disclosed for providing memory security override protection for improved manufacturability of information handling systems. A security authentication system is added to a software driven security override signal for unlocking programmable mem... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8117651 | Method and system for authenticating an accessory A method, system, and connector interface for authenticating an accessory. The method includes performing a first authentication operation on the accessory by the media player, where an authentication certificate is validated; and performing a second authentication ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8087077 | Information processing apparatus and security protection method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an input module to input a password, a biological authentication device including a storage unit for storing biological information and identification information, and an authentication contro... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8087076 | Method and apparatus for preventing loading and execution of rogue operating systems in a logical partitioned data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing operating systems. A request from an operating system is received in the multi-partitioned data processing system to register for access to hardware in the multi-partitioned data processing system. The requ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074271 | Method and apparatus for making a decision on a card Method and devices for making access decisions in a secure access network are provided. The access decisions are made by a portable credential using data and algorithms stored on the credential. Since access decisions are made by the portable credential non-networke... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060928 | Information-processing apparatus, method for controlling information-processing apparatus, and storage medium The present invention can control a logout procedure of each user according to an operation state and provides an information-processing apparatus with enhanced security and excellent usability. A method for controlling an information-processing apparatus capable of... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8037521 | Information processing apparatus allowing multiple logins An information processing apparatus accepts operating instruction only from a user who has logged into the information processing apparatus, and is assigned with a screen of the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a login ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8020204 | Method and apparatus for migrating a virtual TPM instance and preserving uniqueness and completeness of the instance A migration scheme for virtualized Trusted Platform Modules is presented. The procedure is capable of securely migrating an instance of a virtual Trusted Platform Module from one physical platform to another. A virtual Trusted Platform Module instance's state is dow... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011006 | Access controller and access control method An access controller controls access to control target resources by a program. The access controller includes a function access detection unit and a resource access control unit. The function access detection unit detects loading of a control target function from th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8011005 | Hardware encryption key for use in anti-tamper system In one embodiment, a system comprises application-specific functionality, anti-tamper functionality to detect an unauthorized attempt to interact with the application-specific functionality; and a hardware key interface to communicatively couple the system to a hard... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001591 | Distributed resource access protection A method includes determining, at a first requesting component of an integrated circuit device, a first key value based on a first set of one or more bits of a first address associated with a first access request of the first requesting component. The method further... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984497 | System and method for binding a subscription-based computing system to an internet service provider A system for binding a subscription-based computer to an internet service provider (ISP) may include a binding module and a security module residing on the computer. The binding module may identify and authenticate configuration data from peripheral devices that att... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7950054 | Client-side security management for an operations, administration, and maintenance system for wireless clients An Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OA&M) 16 provides security for managed resources on a wireless client device 10 at many levels of granularity, from the entire device, to subsystems, to software and hardware components, services and appl... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7930738 | Method and apparatus for secure execution of code One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates secure execution of code. During operation, the system executes a section of code. Upon executing an instruction that raises a privilege of the section of code, the system checks if the secti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7900251 | Method and apparatus for securing a communications device using a logging module A logging module is disclosed. A communications device can include, and so be made secure through the use of, the logging module. The logging module is configured to communicate information regarding a change to a configuration of a subsystem of the communications d... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7865947 | Computer system lock-down Systems and methods for allowing authorized code to execute on a computer system are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for locking down a computer system. A customized, local whitelist database is stored with a memory of the computer system... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7840997 | Method and device for computer memory protection against unauthorized access A METHOD FOR PROTECTION COMPUTER MEMORY AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS includes partitioning data received via communication links and instructions for controlling the processing of data incoming from a protected computer by means of an external controller. To substant... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827605 | System and method for preventing detection of a selected process running on a computer A system and method are disclosed for preventing detection of a monitoring process running on a computer. A request to access a process file concerning a process running on the computer is received from a user. It is determined whether the process file requested by ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7797739 | Automated verification of correctness of aspects of an information technology system A method for verifying correctness of an Information Technology (IT) structure instance D of an IT structure R, a method for detecting an unauthorized change in an operating instance X of an IT structure R, a method for verifying conformance of an IT structure to an... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7739732 | Graphical user interface that permits the selection of a security setting to control access to a removable storage device A system comprises a processor, a display, an operating system executable on the processor and an executable application that is separate from the operating system. The operating system provides settings that can be used to control access to a removable storage medi... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7690033 | Electronic computer system secured from unauthorized access to and manipulation of data In general, the invention relates to a method for securing a computer system. The method includes monitoring an operating system in the computer system and trapping, in response to the monitoring, a process system call where the process system call originated in a h... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685634 | System and method for managing access to a storage drive in a computer system A system and method for unlocking storage drives during the transition from a low power state to an operational state in a computer system is disclosed. During initiation of the computer system, a password for each password-protected storage drive is saved to a memo... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7624439 | Authenticating resource requests in a computer system Systems and methods consistent with the present invention authenticate resource requests in a computer system having a resource controller and a bus. Such systems and methods may monitor the bus for resource requests made to the resource controller, intercept at lea... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7624440 | Systems and methods for securely providing and/or accessing information The invention is directed to a secure data communication system and method for use in connection with a potentially untrusted host computer. The system includes a storage medium that is connectable with the potentially untrusted host computer. The system also includ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7594263 | Operating a communication network through use of blocking measures for responding to communication traffic anomalies A communication network is operated by detecting an anomaly in the communication traffic at a plurality of nodes in a communication network. A first blocking measure A is independently applied at respective ones of the plurality of nodes to the anomalous traffic tha... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7577989 | Enterprise responder for emergencies and disaster A enterprise security management (ESM) system having a web-based platform for authorizing and monitoring visitors of a secure facility and for further providing a time-stamping process for noting the time of arrival and departure of the visitors and for alerting aut... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7559083 | Method and apparatus for generating secured attention sequence Aspects of the invention pertain to a processing device having a non-keyboard user interface. In an embodiment of the invention, a user makes a gesture indicating a request for a secured attention sequence, wherein the gesture is made without using a keyboard. The s... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7526802 | Memory authentication for intrinsically safe field maintenance tools A memory authentication technique for field maintenance tools is provided. A non-volatile electronic memory includes a unique software identifier. A non-reversible algorithm is applied to the unique software identifier to obtain a result. The result is then encrypte... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7454787 | Secure direct memory access through system controllers and similar hardware devices A method and system for providing secure, direct access to computer system resources, such as system memory, by a non-trusted processing entity running in an unprivileged state that request access to the resource through a device that directly accesses the resource.... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444368 | Methods and systems for selecting methodology for authenticating computer systems on a per computer system or per user basis Method and systems are disclosed for enabling a computer system to generate a request that includes an instruction identifying the authentication method or methods to be used when authenticating a subset of the client computer systems or users network connected to a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444668 | Method and apparatus for determining access permission A method and apparatus for determining access protection (96) includes receiving a plurality of access requests (84) corresponding to a plurality of masters (12, 14), determining access permissions (86), providing state information (60... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437767 | Method for enabling a trusted dialog for collection of sensitive data The present invention is a method for enabling a trusted dialog for collection of sensitive data, including the steps of: storing a personal security token specified by a user; receiving an input dialog request from an application; determining whether the applicatio... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434256 | Security management for wireless clients An Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OA&M) 16 provides security for managed resources on a wireless client device 10 at many levels of granularity, from the entire device, to subsystems, to software and hardware components, services and appl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434063 | Authentication method, apparatus, and system In an authentication apparatus, at least one authentication program corresponding to an authentication method of the user's choice executes an authentication process based on data received from a sensor unit and personal feature data. An authentication determination... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430758 | Prompt authentication An authentication graphic included in a password prompt can allow a user to visually authenticate the password prompt. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a client device receiving a password challenge from a server, and displaying a prompt asking the ... | 09/30/2008 |
