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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191114 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining an originator of a network packet using biometric information Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining an originator of a network packet using biometric information are disclosed. A network packet is received from a network device. A header or a trailer of the network packet is analyzed to determine whet... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191109 | Application verification A device that is configured for wireless communication and for execution of at least one client application is disclosed. The device comprises an integrated security function configured to process a request for verification of a client application from an external d... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191111 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus An image forming system includes: an authentication server device having user information, for performing a user authentication via a computer network; and an image forming apparatus including: an authentication unit for accessing the authentication server device to... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191113 | Trusted network connect system based on tri-element peer authentication A trusted network connect (TNC) system based on tri-element peer authentication (TePA) is provided. An network access requestor (NAR) of an access requestor (AR) is connected to a TNC client (TNCC), and the TNCC is connected to and integrity measurement collector (I... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191112 | Image forming apparatus, method and medium storing program The image forming apparatus acquires authentication information for authentication of document data and an authentication result. When the result indicates success, the document data is converted and is added with the specific information to specify the authenticati... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191110 | Data processing network and method for operating a data processing network During operation of a data processing network, including a number of individual devices enabling user access, an identification object that can be carried by a user of the data processing network exchanges data in a wireless fashion with an access control device con... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185935 | Method and apparatus for dynamic home address assignment by home agent in multiple network interworking A method and apparatus for dynamic home address assignment by a home agent in multiple network interworking. The invention provides a method and apparatus send a key authorization request from a mobile station to a network device, the request indicating that the mob... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181228 | Network constructing method and communication apparatus In a wireless network communication device, multiple items of network identification information, which are for identifying wireless network systems, are read out of a memory and displayed on a display unit. Network identification information of a wireless network s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181226 | Method and apparatus for multimedia session transfer The invention consists of a first communications device on which an active session is taking place and a second communications device that is not involved in the active session. When a transfer of the session from the first communications device to the second commun... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181227 | System and method for client-side authenticaton for secure internet communications A system and method for client-side authentication for secure Internet communications is disclosed. In one embodiment, an intermediate device receives a web browser secure socket layer certificate from a web browser, authenticates the web browser using the secure so... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176531 | System for eliminating unauthorized electronic mail A system for eliminating unauthorized email sent to a user on a network employs an email-receiving server connected between the network and the user's email client for receiving email addressed to the user and rejecting those in which the sender address does not mat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176057 | Assessment of a user reputation and a content reliability A method and system for assessing a user reputation and/or a content reliability on contents sharing web sites is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes defining a networked association between users based on social activity information related to the user... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176529 | Apparatus and method for controlling devices in one or more home networks An apparatus for controlling devices in one or more home networks is provided. The apparatus includes an authentication unit, a control message generation unit, a control message transmission unit, a response message reception unit, and an information management uni... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176530 | Preventing a non-head end based service provider from sending media to a media processing system Systems and methods that prevent unauthorized access in a communications network are provided. In one embodiment, a system that prevents unauthorized access to a network device may include, for example, a network device and a headend. The headend may be coupled to a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171527 | Method and apparatus for securing unlock password generation and distribution A process may be utilized for securing unlock password generation and distribution. A first set of exclusive responsibilities, assigned to a trusted authority, includes random generation and encryption of an unlock password to compose a randomly generated encrypted ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171528 | Hybrid device having a personal digital key and receiver-decoder circuit and methods of use A hybrid device includes a personal digital key (PDK) and a receiver-decoder circuit (RDC). The PDK and RDC of the hybrid device are coupled for communication with each other. In one embodiment, the hybrid device also provides a physical interconnect for connecting ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171526 | Service providing system, information processing apparatus, service providing server and service providing method A service providing system is disclosed. The service providing system includes an information processing apparatus and a service providing server, each having an authentication mechanism, that are connected via a network, wherein the information processing apparatus... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166520 | Method and apparatus for handling invites to a multi-user communication session A method of handling Invite messages for a multi-user communication session utilizing the IP Multimedia Subsystem to set up and control the session. Two or more access servers control user access. A first access server receives from a session-initiating user, an Inv... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161528 | Detecting wireless interlopers In an exemplary apparatus implementation, an apparatus includes: at least one processor; and one or more media including processor-executable instructions that are capable of being executed by the at least one processor, the processor-executable instructions adapted... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161529 | High-assurance architecture for routing of information between networks of differing security level The present invention is directed to routing information between networks of differing security level. Communication to/from each network is handled by a dedicated Offload Engine (OE). Each OE interfaces to a Guard Engine through a Guard Data Mover (GDM) and include... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156544 | System and method for a WPAN firewall Systems and methodologies for implementing Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) security are provided herein. As disclosed herein, firewall functionality can be implemented for a WPAN-capable device to control access to resources of the device over a WPAN. In one e... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156541 | System, method, and computer program product for identifying unwanted activity utilizing a honeypot device accessible via VLAN trunking A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying unwanted activity utilizing a honeypot accessible via virtual local area network (VLAN) trunking. In use, a honeypot device is allowed to be accessed via VLAN trunking. Furthermore, unwanted... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156542 | Conditional data delivery to remote devices In one embodiment a method comprises enrolling a mobile device in a local area network by setting a variable to a mobile device identifier and authenticating the mobile device using a network gateway and the mobile device identifier. A request for data is received f... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156543 | Method and system for authenticating a party to a transaction One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method including receiving an alias identifier associated with an account associated with a presenter, determining an associated trusted party using the alias identifier, sending a verification request message to the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151320 | Remote access system, method and program A remote access system comprises a remote terminal, an access server accommodating a connection from the remote terminal, and first and second logical channels logically connecting the remote terminal and the access server. The remote terminal comprises a flow searc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151318 | Method and apparatus for reliably and asymmetrically distributing security information within a fibre channel fabric A reliable asymmetric method for distributing security information within a Fiber Channel Fabric. The Switching Fabric includes a set of security servers, which maintain among themselves a replicated copy of the Fabric security databases using the currently defined ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151319 | Authentication of devices in a wireless network A method for authentication of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a wireless network, wherein—a device (D1, D2, D3) periodically switches its mode from a read mode, in which it is able to receive authentication data from one or more ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146137 | Dynamic internet address assignment based on user identity and policy compliance In embodiments of the present invention, improved capabilities are described for a method presenting a client, providing client information and requesting an IP address from a DHCP server, where the DHCP server may formulate a first IP assignment and a first multipl... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141132 | Determining an invalid request A method of determining an indication of an invalid request, the method including the steps of, in a processing system: receiving data at step 100, comparing at least a portion of the received data to predetermined criteria at step 110, determining an ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8141133 | Filtering communications between users of a shared network Methods, systems, and products are provided for filtering communications between users of a shared network. Embodiments include receiving a communication from a sender for delivery to a recipient; retrieving a receipt policy for the recipient; retrieving a profile f... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136145 | Network authentication for accessing social networking system information by a third party application Exemplary systems and methods for network authentication are provided. Exemplary systems include an application program interface configured for receiving a request for an authentication code, a code generator in communication with the application program interface,... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8136144 | Apparatus and method for controlling communication through firewall, and computer program product An authenticating unit authenticates an external terminal and stores the result of authentication in an authentication state table. A receiving unit receives a first message containing information relating to a first application and identification information unique... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132232 | Controlling access privileges in a wireless domain Various systems, methods, and programs executable on a computer readable medium are provided for providing secure communications in a wireless domain. In one embodiment, a method is provided in which access to a network is established a client in an originating subn... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132235 | Method, system, and computer program product for providing e-token based access control for virtual world spaces A method for providing e-token based access control to virtual world (VW) spaces includes intercepting a request from a first VW member to invite a second VW member to a VW space within a VW network, the request intercepted outside of the VW network. The access cont... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132234 | Unauthorized terminal inferring system, unauthorized terminal inferring device, and communications terminal device There is provided an unauthorized terminal inferring device (100) device that is connected to a plurality of communications terminal devices (IDi) by a multi-hop network. The device (100) includes a communications terminal information control portion (... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132233 | Dynamic network access control method and apparatus A method of network access control identifies, in response to a request by an end node to access a network, attributes of the end node and of a device receiving the request. Based on the attributes, a network access control implementation is selected from a pluralit... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127339 | Automatic, connection-based terminal or user authentication in communication networks The aim of the invention is to permit the automatic identification of access rights to protected areas in networks, in particular on the Internet. This is achieved by a method for automatically identifying the access rights to protected areas in a first network usin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127340 | Communication apparatus An authentication unit performs an authentication processing to obtain a permission for a physical interface including a driver to establish a connection to a network to perform a data transfer. A detecting unit detects authentication state information indicating a ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122486 | Method and system for secure management of co-located customer premises equipment A method, system, and apparatus for managing customer premise equipment according to one embodiment includes establishing a secure connection between a first transport unit and a second transport unit. The secure connection includes an embedded operations channel an... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117646 | Method and system for providing online records A method is provided for providing a user with the ability to access and collect records associated with the user in a secure and private manner. The method includes assigning a phone number to the user for private fax and voice communications from service providers... | 02/14/2012 |
