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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191116 | User equipment validation in an IP network An authentication and validation architecture utilizing a P-CSCF (proxy-call session control function) service to validate a source IP address against a registered contact IP address upon receiving an initial request for a dialog or a standalone request (except REGI... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191117 | Location-targeted online services Described are various implementations of location-targeted online services. When a user accesses the Internet from a supported location, he'll be able to use premium or exclusive online services (premium content, member-only discounts etc.) for free and without goin... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191118 | Preliminary verification system which has a authentication by phone on the internet environment A preliminary verification method under an Internet environment using a phone authentication service in a system including a first terminal, a web server, an authentication server, a host server, a call server and a second terminal, the method comprising the steps o... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191115 | Method and apparatus for extensible security authorization grouping A method and apparatus for providing an extensible grouping mechanism for security applications for use in a computer system. Groups may be established and maintained by non-system administrators and used to control actions that are taken with respect to objects, su... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181229 | Methods, systems and computer program products for operating a communications network with enhanced security A communications system includes a plurality of patch panels having a plurality of connector ports connected to individual communication channels, a switch that provides access to multiple networks via one or more switch ports, a system manager that controls interco... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181230 | System and method for adaptive approximating of a user for role authorization in a hierarchical inter-organizational model A system and method are provided for adaptive approximating of a user for role authorization in a hierarchical inter-organization model. The system includes an authorization redirector for receiving a request for an access control decision for a user. The system fur... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181231 | Method and system for transmitting authentication context information A system of the present invention uses an identity provider to provide the authentication services for multiple service providers. An identity provider communicates with one or more service providers. A user that wishes to gain access to a service provider is authen... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176532 | Secure access point for scada devices A programmable control unit interacts with a physical system. The physical system has a public network interface for communicating with remote computer systems. A user computer system is located remotely from the programmable control unit. A front-end security gatew... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171530 | Computer access security A method is provided for improved computer access security, the method including protecting an access record to prevent password access to a computer via the access record, creating an alternate access record corresponding to the protected record, enabling password ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171529 | Secure subscriber identity module service A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for a secure subscriber identity module service. Communication via a mobile network is activated in response to receiving a request to activate communication service for the system by a secure partition of th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166522 | Syndication methodology to dynamically place digital assets on non-related web sites An automated method is provided for obtaining selected content for a web page that allows for syndication of digital assets. The selected content itself is not initially part of the web page. The web page includes script associated with the selected content. Upon re... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166521 | Apparatus and method for monitoring communications A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to transmit a tracking request to a session information retriever for a targeted user of a network with the session information retriever storing se... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161530 | Behaviormetrics application system for electronic transaction authorization This invention discloses a system wherein behaviormetrics are utilized to authenticate electronic transactions, either alone or in combination with other identifiers such as PIN's, passwords, codes and the like. Probability profiles or probability distribution repre... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161531 | System and method for managing electronic communications A method and system are provided for allowing a user to efficiently manage communications. A system for allowing a user having a unique identity is provided, wherein the unique identity is associated with a plurality of electronic devices. The system includes a serv... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156546 | System and method for flying squad re authentication of enterprise users Enterprise users access several applications and services routinely to carry out their work-related activities on a day-to-day basis. These applications and services could be hosted within an enterprise or on a third-party data center. The enterprise users login int... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156545 | Method and apparatus for authorizing a communication interface A method and system for authorizing a communication interface between a first and second module comprises detecting a coupling between a first module and a second module, certifying a first pairing certificate is valid between the first module and the second module,... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151322 | Systems and methods for user access authentication based on network access point Systems and methods of authenticating user access based on an access point to a secure data network include a secure data network having a plurality of a network access points serving as entry points for a user to access the secure data network using a user device. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151324 | Remotable information cards An accessor function interfaces among a client, a relying party, and an identity provider. The identity provider can “manage” personal (i.e., self-asserted) information cards on behalf of a user, making the personal information cards available on clients on whic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151323 | Systems and methods for providing levels of access and action control via an SSL VPN appliance The present invention relates to systems and methods to identify a level of access for a resource being accessed via a secure socket layer virtual private network (SSL VPN) connection to a network, and to control the action on the resource based on the identified le... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151321 | Modular network-assisted policy resolution The present invention relates to a policy resolution method and system, access network and terminal device for enabling modular network-assisted policy resolution, wherein the policy resolution is divided into separate stages each handling specific types of trigger ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151325 | Optimizing device authentication by discovering internet protocol version authorizations Methods and computer-readable media are provided to enable an Internet protocol (IP) data session to be established between a mobile device and a telecommunications network. To establish an IP data session, it may be determined, prior to authenticating the device, w... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146138 | Access unit switching through physical mediation A plurality of access units may be established with varying levels of privilege and access rights, such that the user may perform tasks carrying with them a high risk of viral infection in an access unit with a low level of privilege and access rights. When an authe... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146139 | System and method of user authentication using handwritten signatures for an MFP The invention relates to the authentication of users for a multi-function peripheral (MFP) device using handwritten signatures. Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to a MFP that conditions access to MFP operations based on an authenticating process that c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146140 | Mobile IP bulk registration revocation Techniques for Mobile IP bulk registration revocation are described herein. According to one embodiment, a first mobile agent of a mobile IP network sends a registration revocation message to a second mobile agent of the mobile IP network. The registration revocatio... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141134 | Authentication engine for enrollment into a computer environment Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for enrolling a user into an authentication system. In some embodiments of the invention, a user completes a first portion of the enrollment or setup process using a first computer environmen... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136146 | Secure audit log access for federation compliance A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for allowing limited access to a federation partner's audit logs in a secure, controlled manner, for the purposes of compliance demonstration. A request for audit data is received by... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8136147 | Privilege management A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing privileges on a data processing system. The process initiates a privilege monitor. All other entities in the data processing system are prevented from assigning privileges. The privi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132237 | System of electronic document repository which guarantees authenticity of the electronic document and issues certificates and method of registering, reading, issuing, transferring, a certificate issuing performed in the system Provided are an electronic document repository system which guarantees authenticity of electronic document and issues certificates and methods of registering, reading, issuing, and transferring electronic documents in the system, and a method of issuing certificates... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132238 | System and method for identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials A computer-implemented system and method for pool-based identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repositor... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132236 | System and method for providing secured access to mobile devices A system and method for providing secured access of a mobile device is disclosed herein. Access to data included in the mobile device is permitted when the presence of an authentication device having the proper authentication information is received by the mobile de... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132239 | System and method for validating requests in an identity metasystem An information processing system in a computer network comprising an edge system, an identity provider, a relying party and a tracing service, in which the tracing service relays a queue of information of authorized user activity from a relying party to an identity ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127342 | Secure end-to-end transport through intermediary nodes A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126921 | System and method of transferring information A system and method of transferring information comprising an input module configured to receive an access parameter from an entity authorized to provide the access parameter, an access module configured to access a first database or a second database and communicat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127341 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, peripheral apparatus, and authority control system A printer driver configured to acquire print control information for controlling a function provided by a peripheral apparatus includes: a first access control information requesting unit configured to acquire print control information corresponding to an authority ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122487 | Method and apparatus for checking proximity between devices using hash chain A method of measuring round trip time (RTT) includes: chain-hashing at least one random number to create a plurality of hash values; (b) transmitting one of the created hash values to a device and starting to measure RTT of the device; and (c) receiving from the dev... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122488 | Media file distribution system and method A file distribution method and system for distributing media files to authorized recipients. The method and system exploit the advantages of peer-to-peer file distribution protocols, such as BitTorrent, while maintaining security and control over the file distributi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112789 | Systems and methods for facilitating distributed authentication A method for facilitating distributed authentication includes the step of requesting, by a user of a client machine residing in a first domain, access to a resource residing in a second domain. The client machine authenticates the user to an intermediate machine. Th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108913 | Architecture and method for controlling the transfer of information between users A system and method for marking and controlling the transfer of information between several users (2i, 9i). An authority (3) marks information to be transmitted. A directory (4) or device containing the certificates of all u... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104073 | Exchange of network access control information using tightly-constrained network access control protocols In general, techniques are described for securely exchanging network access control information. The techniques may be useful in situations where an endpoint device and an access control device perform a tightly-constrained handshake sequence of a network protocol w... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8104072 | Apparatus and methods for authenticating voice and data devices on the same port Embodiments of the present invention allow authorization for a particular device or user to have access into a particular network so as to be bound to a specific domain or VLAN (virtual local area network). When authorization is tied to a domain, several devices can... | 01/24/2012 |
