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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191125 | System, apparatus and method for restricting data access An embodiment comprises a semiconductor integrated circuit for restricting the rate at which data may be accessed from an external memory by a device coupled to the circuit. The rate of data access is restricted if the data access satisfies one or more conditions. F... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191126 | Methods and devices for pattern-based user authentication Methods, devices, and systems are presented that facilitate pattern-based user authentication. In a first embodiment, a user may request registration from an authentication server. The authentication server may provide at least one image to the user, wherein the ima... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181234 | Authentication system in client/server system and authentication method thereof The security of an authentication system using a one-time password is increased, a shift from an authentication system using a fixed password is simplified, and a range of use is increased. An authentication system wherein a one-time password is synchronized with ti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176537 | Image formation apparatus, function extension method, and a computer readable storage medium having function extension program stored therein An image formation apparatus: previously stores first information allowing functions that a plurality of users are authorized to use, respectively, to be determined; receives second information input to determine a user, the second information allowing that user to ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176536 | Network systems and methods for providing guest access The present disclosure generally pertains to routers for providing guest access to networks. An integrated router in one exemplary embodiment comprises at least one local area network (LAN) interface, memory, and routing logic. The memory is configured to store secu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166529 | Method and device for authenticating a user in a variety of contexts The invention relates to a method and device for authenticating a user of an electronic device in usage contexts being able to use in said electronic device by using a usage context identifier, wherein in the method, a usage context being used in the device is selec... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161536 | Authenticating sessions in queryable caches Techniques for authenticating users when an operation requested by a user in one of the systems of a distributed system is redirected to another system of the distributed system. The user is authenticated in the usual way to the one system but is authenticated to th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156548 | Identification and authentication system and method An identification system 1 used for authenticating a user at a user station 30 requesting access to secure information at a base station 20, wherein the system 1 includes one or more base stations 20, one or more user stations 3... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151332 | Digital identity management One aspect relates to a process and associated device for managing digital ID lifecycles for application programs, and abstracting application programs for multiple types of credentials through a common Digital Identity Management System (DIMS) and Application Progr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8127344 | Rapid archivable WORM memory system based on a hard disc A process is described which permits particularly rapid writing and reading of small files, such as e-mails and scanned documents, for legally relevant WORM data storage which preserves evidential integrity. The process is implemented using currently available opera... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127345 | Method and system for managing access to protected computer resources provided via an internet protocol network A method and system for controlling access, by an authentication server, to protected computer resources provided via an Internet Protocol network that includes storing (i) a digital identification associated with at least one client computer device, and (ii) data a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8082577 | Systems and methods for deployment of secure shell devices A shell device with minimal software and/or hardware resources can download from a server configuration information and/or user data in order to allow the shell device to communicate with other computing devices (whether cell phones, personal digital assistants, lap... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074264 | Secure key distribution to internet clients A server may bridge between a wide area network, such as the Internet, and a local area network and may process authentication requests from clients on the wide area network. The server may filter the requests to enable specific types of requests to pass, and may fo... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069474 | Software-usage management system, software-usage management method, and computer product A software-usage management system that manages a usage of a software function by a client connected to a network includes a test-conducting unit that conducts a test relevant to a software function for a user of a client for which a specific software function is no... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069475 | Distributed authentication functionality A Passive Optical Network (PON) includes an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and an Optical Line Terminal (OLT). The ONT is configured for providing controlled port operations of authenticator Port Access Entity (PAE) functionality and the OLT is configured for provid... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065716 | Method, system and article for dynamic authorization of access to licensed content A content player receives a content carrier, which includes a first computer readable medium and a second computer readable medium, and determines whether a valid license exists for accessing content or a segment of content carried in the first computer readable med... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8028331 | Source access using request and one-way authentication tokens A method for authenticating an entity at a first data resource, the method comprising the steps of: sending a first request token from the entity (100) to a token distribution unit (20) to request a first one-way authentication token, the first request... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020199 | Single sign-on system, method, and access device A system, method, and access device enabling a user to securely access a plurality of password-protected servers with a single entry of the user's User ID and associated password. When the access device receives the User ID and password from the user, it sends only ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8020198 | Network device management apparatus and network device management method A network device management apparatus according to this invention is directed to a network device management apparatus, which is connected to a network and manages a network device connected to the network, acquires status information indicating the status of the ne... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015598 | Two-factor anti-phishing authentication systems and methods A computerized method of providing access to a secure resource includes, to each of a plurality of authorized users, providing a link to the secure resource. Each link includes a unique password embedded therein and each unique password relates to a particular user ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006291 | Multi-channel multi-factor authentication Systems and methods for authenticating electronic transactions are provided. The authentication methods employ a combination of security features and communication channels. These security features can be based, for example, on unique knowledge of the person being a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992196 | Apparatus and method for performing hosted and secure identity authentication using biometric voice verification over a digital network medium Apparatus, methods, and machine-readable articles of manufacture enable a means of performing vocal tract based authentication and vocal tract based enrollment via the Internet or similar computing network as a communication medium. A protocol and process is outline... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979899 | Trusted device-specific authentication An authentication system combines device credential verification with user credential verification to provide a more robust authentication mechanism that is convenient to the user and effective across enterprise boundaries. In one implementation, user credential ver... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979898 | System and method for monitoring and controlling software usage in a computer Methods and systems for providing real-time reporting of software usage includes an agent running on a local computer. The agent identifies new processes started on the computer and checks the new process against a restricted list. If the new process is on the restr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971237 | Method and system for providing fraud detection for remote access services An approach provides fraud detection in support of data communication services. A usage pattern associated with a particular account for remote access to a data network is monitored. The usage pattern is compared with a reference pattern specified for the account. A... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966653 | Method and data processing system for determining user specific usage of a network There is provided a method of determining user specific usage of a network, wherein a user is accessing the network for a session from a client system via a layer two access port of a switch, wherein the layer two access port of the switch is assigned to the user of... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7941835 | Multi-mode credential authorization A method for authenticating an identity involves first receiving a first credential over a first communications channel, and determining a second communications channel provisionally associated with the first credential. The second communications channel is differen... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941836 | Secure authentication systems and methods Systems and methods are provided for authentication by combining a Reverse Turing Test (RTT) with password-based user authentication protocols to provide improved resistance to brute force attacks. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method is prov... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7926095 | Efficient authentication system for primary and secondary servers An efficient authentication method for providing a user access to a primary server and at least one secondary server. An efficient authentication system for primary and secondary servers for providing secure access to a user. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7908649 | Method and apparatus for providing efficient authorization services in a web cache Web server and Web cache operations to permit efficient user authorization and cross-domain authentication without repeated login requirements are described. Techniques to prevent unauthorized use of protected resources are also discussed. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900243 | Method and system for managing execution of an application module A computer readable medium includes instructions for managing execution of an application module by receiving a request to execute the application module, where the application module is configured to execute on a virtual machine, retrieving license registration inf... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7886346 | Flexible and adjustable authentication in cyberspace To authenticate a user of a communications network, credentials from the user are centrally receiving. An authentication sequence is retrieved from a plurality of retrievable authentication sequences, and the retrieved authentication sequence is performed to authent... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7873989 | Wireless access device An access device includes means for receiving, via a wireless communication link, a key and validity information. The access device also includes wireless communication means for establishing a connection with another party, and for providing the key and validity in... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7856659 | System and method for user access to a distributed network communication system using persistent identification of subscribers A system and method for providing network access are disclosed. After connecting to a network at an access point, a user of a computing device registers for network access with a network provider. In response to the registration, the network provider sends a complet... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7840993 | Protecting one-time-passwords against man-in-the-middle attacks To authenticate a user having an associated asymmetric crypto-key having a private/public key pair (D,E) based on a one-time-password, the user partially signs a symmetric session key with the first portion D1 of the private key D. The authenticating entity r... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823192 | Application-to-application security in enterprise security services The present system allows disparate secure applications to communicate directly with one another in a heterogeneous application environment by providing for the creation of tokens that can be passed between the applications without human intervention. Security infor... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7823193 | Method and system for ordering, loading and using admission tickets Method and system for ordering, loading and using admission tickets for access to access-controlled service devices, in which admission tickets are ordered from a reservation center through transmission of order data via an order channel, the order data comprising t... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818790 | Router for use in a monitored network A network of routers is monitored by a monitoring server. Each router implements various security mechanisms to secure the operation of the routers. For example, each router comprises control logic that implements a security protocol dictated, at least in part, by c... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818791 | Fingerprint authentication method for accessing wireless network systems This invention provides a fingerprint authentication mechanism for accessing the wireless network system that is applicable to a wireless network communications apparatus, the mechanism including the steps of inputting data of users' fingerprints and converting the ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7784091 | Data processing system A data processing system is disclosed that includes a read unit configured to read unique information identifying an individual from an individual identification medium, an input unit configured to capture the unique information read by the read unit and convert the... | 08/24/2010 |
