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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191124 | Systems and methods for acquiring network credentials Exemplary methods and systems for acquiring network credentials for network access are described. The exemplary method includes receiving network configuration information from a network device on a communication network, generating a credential request, transmittin... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185937 | Systems and methods for universal password control A system and method is described for controlling the password(s) of one or more programs through a universal program. The universal control program allows access to one or more other programs and allows editing of the passwords of the other programs directly through... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176534 | Method and apparatus for provisioning a device to access digital rights management (DRM) services in a universal plug and play (UPnP) network A method and apparatus are provided for enabling a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device to be automatically provisioned to access services without the need for manual interaction. In accordance with the invention, when a UPnP device needs to be provisioned, it auto... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176535 | Information processing system, information processing method, and computer readable medium An information processing system includes: an organization information storage that stores organization information which defines an organization including users and groups of the users; a usage control information storage that stores usage control information which... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171532 | Management apparatus, management method and recording medium storing program A management apparatus which includes: a receiving unit that receives first authorization information for a first document that is already issued and contains document identification information identifying at least one document for which it is possible to issue aut... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171531 | Universal authentication token A universal authentication token is configured to securely acquire security credentials from other authentication tokens and/or devices. In this manner, a single universal authentication token can store the authentication credentials required to access a variety of ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166528 | Wireless communication system and wireless communication method The present invention provides a technology of effectively avoiding tracing on a terminal performed with an identification number being a target and DoS attack without making any significant changes to a communication system. In the wireless communication sys... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166527 | Optimized security association database management on home/foreign agent Techniques for security association management on a home and foreign agent are described. In one embodiment, in response to a first mobile network registration request from a mobile node, a remote authentication facility is accessed to retrieve a security associatio... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161534 | Authenticating users with memorable personal questions One embodiment provides a system that verifies a user's identity. The system generates a list including a plurality of items and formulates a substantially large set of security questions base on the plurality of items. The number of questions in the set is signific... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161533 | Just-in-time authentication of users of a digital home network A network has network nodes and a software system distributed over the network nodes within which, on first access to an access-protected object of the system, an authentication of the user is provided. The authentication is valid at least for a further access to an... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161535 | Control system and method A control system includes a user management server or server group, a Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF) server, an Access-Resource and Admission Control Function (A-RACF) server, and a control interface location between the user management server or server gro... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151331 | Information providing system and design information providing server A design information providing system, which does not allow continuation of manufacturing of products unless a patent license contract is concluded, includes a terminal apparatus (40a) of a user manufacturing a product (BD player (50)) and inclu... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146143 | Fraud detection In some embodiments, techniques for information security include receiving information related to an authentication credential, wherein the information is related to a failed authentication attempt; determining whether the authentication credential is related to a v... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146142 | Device introduction and access control framework In an embodiment, a method includes registering applications and network services for notification of an out-of-band introduction, and using the out-of-band introduction to bootstrap secure in-band provisioning of credentials and policies that are used to control su... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141136 | Method and system of replacing smart card The present invention disclosed a method and system of replacing smart cards. It uses a new identification device (a new SIM) to replace an old one (an old SIM) associated with a user account. The new identification device has an identification number (ICCID). The n... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8141137 | Authentication vector generation device, subscriber identity module, mobile communication system, authentication vector generation method, calculation method, and subscriber authentication method Authentication of a subscriber identity module issued by IMT-2000 network operator is performed with no decrease in the confidentiality of calculation processing, even in cases such as when a roaming network is a GSM network. An HLR of an IMT-2000 mobile communicati... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132240 | Electric field unit and method for executing a protected function of an electric field unit In order to develop a method for carrying out a protected function of an electrical field device in such a manner that a high degree of security against unauthorized accesses to the electrical field device can be ensured irrespective of the nature of the communicati... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132241 | Method for device insertion into a community of network devices A method for performing at least one evolution operation in a dynamic, evolutive community of devices in a network comprising at least a first device. The method comprises a step of sending at least one message over the network from the first device to a second devi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8117647 | Method for generating a plurality of unique secure numbers and card comprising such a number A process is provided for enabling the generation of valid secure numbers during a given period, these secure numbers having an optimal security level, while preserving the possibility for creating additional numbers or increasing the security level in accordance wi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117649 | Distributed hierarchical identity management A system and methods for identity management and authentication are provided herein. The present invention employs shadow domains to prove entity membership in an identity management system where responsibility for trust relationships is devolved to the user. The pr... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117648 | Secure information storage and delivery system and method A system for secure information storage and delivery includes a vault repository that includes a secure vault associated with a user, wherein the secure vault is associated with a service level including at least one of a data type or a data size limit associated wi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112791 | Secure launching of browser from privileged process Methods and apparatus include securely launching a web browser from a privileged process of a workstation to minimize enterprise vulnerabilities. The workstation includes a web browser pointed toward a web server and a Logon API for use with a password/credential. A... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112790 | Methods and apparatus for authenticating a remote service to another service on behalf of a user Methods and apparatus are provided for authenticating a remote service to another service on behalf of a user. A user client authorizes a remote application client to perform one or more actions with a server on behalf of the user client. The user client provides on... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108919 | Application identity design Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing user credentials over a network to a remote computer application. User credentials for the remote computer application are stored in a central repository that... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108917 | Management apparatus There is provided a management apparatus, which comprises a transmission condition judgment unit which refers to a target digital certificate and judges whether a predetermined transmission condition is satisfied based on a period of validity written in the target d... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108918 | Zero knowledge attribute storage and retrieval Some embodiments of zero knowledge attribute storage and retrieval have been presented. In one embodiment, the content of a piece of data is encrypted at a client machine. Further, an identifier of the piece of data is hashed at the client machine. The encrypted con... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108916 | User fraud detection and prevention of access to a distributed network communication system A system and method are disclosed for user fraud protection and prevention of access to a distributed network communication system. A first set of identification data associated with a first network access are stored. A second set of identification data associated w... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104075 | Trust management systems and methods Systems and methods are presented for facilitating the configuration of a trust management framework for use in conjunction with web services, digital rights management systems, and/or other applications. A method for configuring a trust management framework involve... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099767 | Secure agent-less enterprise infrastructure discovery Mechanisms for securing dynamic discovery of an enterprise computing infrastructure is provided. One implementation involves maintaining enterprise credential information in a secured trust store, receiving an access request through a secure connection for access to... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099766 | Credential caching for clustered storage systems A technique efficiently transmits credentials between network elements and disk elements in a clustered storage system. According to the novel technique, in response to a user request to access data served by a data element, a network element inserts (adds) a creden... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095970 | Dynamically associating attribute values with objects Dynamically associating an attribute and an associated value to an object includes dynamically associating attribute-value sets to an object, but is not so limited. An exemplary system includes a directory component that can be configured to dynamically assign diffe... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095969 | Security assertion revocation Security assertion revocation enables a revocation granularity in a security scheme down to the level of individual assertions. In an example implementation, a security token includes multiple respective assertions that are associated with multiple respective assert... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091122 | Computer program product, apparatus and method for secure HTTP digest response verification and integrity protection in a mobile terminal A mobile terminal for securely communicating with a network includes a user identity module (UIM) and a user equipment module. The user equipment module includes a client application. The UIM is in operable communication with the user equipment and includes a passwo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087072 | Provisioning of digital identity representations A system and method for provisioning digital identity representations (“DIRs”) uses various techniques and structures to ease administration, increase accuracy, and decrease inconsistencies of a digital-identity provisioning system. A system is provided using a ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082269 | Account item management system An account item management system is provided, wherein account item elements are classified into first to n'th groups in order from highest to lowest levels, such that the first group encompasses the highest-level concepts, and the n'th group encompasses the lowest-... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8065715 | Authenticating a user of a wireless data processing device A system and method for authenticating a user with a wireless data processing device. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: generating a new authentication code for a user at a data service, the data service communicatively co... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060918 | Method and system for verifying identity Verification facilitating company or companies X and verifying company or companies (e.g., credit service company or companies) Y may respectively manage member ID(s) and password(s) of user(s) 1 in mutually separate and mutually secret fashion. User(s) 1 | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060919 | Automated password tool and method of use A method of auto updating a password comprises opening a password file and a new password file and reading information from the password file including user ID type. The method applies the user ID type to a predetermined application type and executes password-updati... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060920 | Generating and changing credentials of a service account Technologies are described herein for generating and changing credentials of a service account. In one method, a credential schedule is retrieved. The credential schedule specifies when a plurality of credentials are scheduled to be changed. A determination is made ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056123 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing service access control for a user interface A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing service access control for a user interface is disclosed. A service secret is combined with a user access code, such as a user ID/password. A system can extract the service secret and determine whether acc... | 11/08/2011 |
