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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191135 | Secured web based access of failed flows in an integration server A method for accessing failed events in an integrated server environment is disclosed. The method comprises providing a thin client in an application server within the environment, wherein the thin client provides role-based access to a failed event, and wherein the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185948 | Image forming apparatus capable of allowing easy operation of data while maintaining confidentiality An image forming apparatus which requests authentication for login processing based on user information when a user requests specific processing includes a communication interface for receiving data, a print mechanism for performing printing processing on data, a re... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171542 | Advanced encryption standard to provide hardware key interface A system to control access to at least one protected device, the system comprising a test access port operable to mate with an external key device and an internal key device that is operable to receive synchronized cipher words during an idle state of the test acces... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161544 | Trusted communications with child processes A method to identify a child process to a parent process in an operating system includes obtaining a token and login identifier from the operating system. The parent process creates a remote procedure call communications endpoint to communicate with the child proces... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146152 | Image processing apparatus, processing flow control method, image forming system, and storage medium An image processing apparatus capable of reducing the number of processing flows and also reduce time and effort required by a user in searching a desired processing flow. The image processing apparatus including an authentication unit adapted to execute user authen... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141145 | Method to control the execution of a program by a microcontroller The aim of the present invention is to propose a method and a device with the aim of avoiding problems which could ensue following the de-synchronization of a program counter during the execution of a program. This aim is achieved by a method for controlling ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136153 | Securing CPU affinity in multiprocessor architectures In an embodiment of the present invention, the ability for a user or process to set or modify affinities is restricted in order to method for control a multi-processor environment. This may be accomplished by using a reference monitor that controls a process' capabi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127351 | Program execution control apparatus and program execution control method A program execution control apparatus and a program execution method are provided by which even when a program is rewritten into an illegal program after the first-mentioned program is checked, execution of the rewritten illegal program can be avoided, and also, whi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122496 | Secure display method and device A secure display device is designed to display on a screen a first set of information edited by an open operating system. A secure operating system resident in a dedicated circuit edits a second set of information. A filter allocates, independently of the open opera... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108925 | Authentication printing system and authentication printing method An authentication printing system, comprising: an authentication unit that acquires authentication information from a user and authenticates based on the authentication information that the user possesses the authority to execute authentication printing (referred to... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104083 | Virtual machine file system content protection system and method A method includes creating a first virtual machine comprising a remote file system. The method further includes causing all input/output from a second virtual machine to be redirected to the remote file system, the first virtual machine and the second virtual machin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099779 | Federated management of content repositories A method for integrating a plurality of content repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising providing credential information to each one of said plurality of content repositories, receiving authorization information from each one of said plurali... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099778 | Method for access control to conditional access data A method is disclosed for access control to conditional access data in a multimedia unit comprising at least one security module. This process includes: reception by the multimedia unit of a control message ECM containing at least one control word cw; transmi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095975 | Dynamic document merging method and system A document merging method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system from a first user, a plurality of documents and a command for tagging portions of each document according to various parameters. The computing system assigns identification tag... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095976 | Data excess protection Systems, methods, and computer program products that can be used concurrently or alternatively to detect errors in data as well as to protect access to data are provided. Embodiments enable a coherent data set (CDS) which is a data set guaranteed to be genuine and e... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095974 | Methods, systems, and products for identity verification Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for identification verification. A signature, representing the presence of a device, is acquired. The signature is compared to a reference signature. When the signature favorably compares to the reference signature, then ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087078 | Communication device With regard to data, stored in mobile phone 40, whose a security level is high and contents whose copyrights are protected, mobile phone 40 encapsulates data and contents, and includes the encapsulated data or the encapsulated contents. Further, mobile... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082582 | Authorization system of navigation device and associated authorization method An authorization system of a navigation device includes a first identification (ID) module and a second ID module. The first ID module is arranged to perform authorization for a first portion of the navigation device, and the second ID module is arranged to perform ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079078 | Encryption apparatus, program for use therewith, and method for use therewith An encryption apparatus capable of effectively preventing encryption data from being illegally generated is provided. Based on apparatus identification data of an integrated circuit (IC), which is input from a computer, a secure application module (SAM) selects an e... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074273 | Security management system, medical device and method for managing security A security management system, comprising: an authentication unit for authenticating an operator of an operating terminal in order to determine whether the operator is permitted to log in or release a lock; a current operator information inquiry unit for inquiring fo... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074272 | Browser security notification Tools are described that notify a user of a security risk in a network browser. The tools can determine that a security setting of a network browser poses a security risk and notify the user of this risk. In some situations the tools also enable a user to reduce the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060929 | Method and system for providing security to processors There are various methods of securing programs and data on a processor. The external address enable pin of the processor is sampled upon a power-on or reset to the processor, to determine whether or not accesses to external memory are allowed. Other changes to the e... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056126 | Authentication system for instruction processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, authentication control method, and authentication control program An authentication system for an instruction processing apparatus includes first and second authentication portions each for performing user authentication at the time of using the instruction processing apparatus, and a controller which makes the first authenticatio... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051476 | Method and system for accessing a secure area A system for accessing a secure area. In response to reading a plurality of security device orientations, the plurality of security device orientations are recorded. The plurality of recorded security device orientations are compared with stored security device orie... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042173 | Semiconductor device with high security having JTAG ports A semiconductor device includes JTAG ports receiving integrally command information representing a command and password information representing a password, a processor for performing a process in response to the command, an output port outputting consequence inform... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8024790 | Portable secured computing environment for performing online confidential transactions in untrusted computers A portable secured computing environment for performing online confidential transactions in an untrusted host computer. The secured computing environment may be loaded from a portable storage device, such as a USB stick, plugged into a peripheral port of the host co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8001592 | Methods and apparatus for accessing resources using a multiprocessor in a trusted mode A system and method are disclosed which may include entering a secure mode by a processor, whereby the processor may initiate a transfer of information into or out of the processor, but no external device may initiate a transfer of information into or out of the pro... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984498 | Methods and apparatuses for selecting privileges for use during a data collaboration session In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses select a primary group name; identify a first device associated with the primary group name wherein the first device is a member of the primary group name; specify a privilege associated with the member of the primary g... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979902 | Using object based security for controlling object specific actions on a surface based computing device The present invention discloses a solution for object level security on a surface based computing device that includes software objects and behavior tokens. The behavior tokens can control an extent that users are able to manipulate the software objects using the su... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971241 | Techniques for providing verifiable security in storage devices A verifiable security mode is provided for securing data on a storage device, such as a hard disk drive. When the verifiable security mode is enabled, only authenticated accesses to data stored on the storage device are permitted after entering a password. An end us... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966657 | Method for a secure information transfer A method of securely transmitting information between a user device and a central computing device, located in a self-contained network. The method includes: sending a request from the user device to a second computing device located outside of the self-contained ne... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7958552 | System to establish trust between policy systems and users A system and method are provided to establish trust between a user and a policy system that generates recommended actions in accordance with specified policies. Trust is introduced into the policy-based system by assigning a value to each execution of each policy wi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7941844 | Information processing apparatus and control method thereof Access right information of a login user is acquired, and an object accessible by the login user is identifiably displayed on an area corresponding to the user. When a collaboration mode in which a plurality of users log in and make a cooperative work is set, an obj... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7926101 | Method and apparatus for controlling execution of a computer operation Computer operations whose execution would increase usage costs may require use of authorization and notification to prevent unauthorized execution. The computer operations may be designed to execute only if a authorization and notification routines are properly regi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7877797 | Non-intrusive background synchronization when authentication is required A non-modal notification user interface element is displayed persistently but unobtrusively such that a user may easily determine that authentication credentials are required by a background synchronization process. The non-modal notification is configured such that... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865949 | Provisional administrator privileges A system grants “provisional privileges” to a user request for the purpose of provisionally performing a requested transaction. If the provisionally-performed transaction does not put the system in a degraded state, the transaction is authorized despite the user... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865948 | Method and apparatus for restricted execution of security sensitive instructions A method and apparatus for restricting the execution of security sensitive instructions. A first security identification (ID) is associated with each of a plurality of instructions or a set of instructions that are to be executed by a processor. Software code runnin... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7840998 | System and method for authentication of replaceable modules A module installable in a machine includes a memory device attached thereto for storing electronic data associated with the module. The memory device allows an individual to verify the authenticity or inauthenticity of the module without having to install the module... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840999 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus authorizing the use thereof by carrying out user authentication prevents fraudulent use of the processor and/or a data leak due to a user's forgetting invalidation of authentication or other reason. When a user is authenticated, whether... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832002 | Secure electric anti-theft device, anti-theft system comprising one such electric device and method of matching electric devices The invention particularly relates to an electrical device for connection to a predetermined network containing at least one watchdog device. The electrical device comprises configuration means for authorizing its operation in the presence of said watchdog device, w... | 11/09/2010 |
