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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7995755 | Method for management of access means to conditional access data A method for management of access means to conditional access data may include: initiating, from a security module of a multimedia unit, a verification of the next renewal date of the access means, which are associated to time information and are controlled by a man... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7711115 | Descrambler A descrambler adapted as an integrated circuit (IC) according to one embodiment. The descrambler comprises a control word ladder logic to produce, among other data, a control word to descramble incoming scrambled content. The descrambler further comprises copy prote... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7684567 | Smartcard dynamic management A method for securing a portable security module for use with a decoding element, the portable security module and the decoding element allowing to descramble scrambled audiovisual information. The method comprises analyzing at the portable security module a sequenc... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7466823 | Digital media distribution method and system A method and system for secure distribution of digital media files including text, video, audio and combinations of these is described. A particular embodiment involves the distribution of audio tiles (particularly music) which are presently being widely distributed... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7394834 | Common interface controller and method of descrambling transport stream channels A common interface controller and a method of descrambling channels of first and second transport streams using a conditional access module for descrambling channels of a transport stream as identified by respective PIDs wherein an intermediate data stream is provid... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383230 | System and method for the efficient exchange and pricing of services and intangible works An exchange system for intangible goods comprises a first user system, a second user system, a registry system, a clearinghouse system and a hash module coupled for communication with each other. The first and second user systems includes a content module for acting... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363504 | Method and system for keystroke scan recognition biometrics on a smartcard The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using keystroke scan biometrics in a smartcard-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a keystroke scan sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying bi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359871 | System and method for managing recurring orders in a computer network The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing complete electronic commerce (“E-Commerce”) transactions and solutions for a marketing company's products via the World Wide Web, including facilities for signing up new customers and recruit... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359441 | Packet data processing determination apparatus In a packet data processing determination apparatus (DBA1) for respectively and sequentially determining a plurality of packet data (P) composing an inputted transport stream (TS), a packet data storage section (270) stores the packet data (P) for a pr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353194 | System and method for managing recurring orders in a computer network A recurring order management system and method for a computer network is disclosed. The system receives a request to suggest a recurring order for one or more products or services. The system generates a profile which stores the suggested products or services, the s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346931 | Accepting a set of data in a computer unit A method for transferring at least one data record from an external data source into a processor unit, e.g., and a suitably designed processor unit are described. In such a method for transcribing at least one data record from the external data source to a processor... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337146 | Emergency information management system A wide-area emergency information management system includes a broadcasting entity (10) and delivers content to authorized receiver clients (20), such as PC's, laptops, wireless devices, etc. The specific content (26), which can include voice, t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324974 | Digital data file encryption apparatus and method A digital data file encryption apparatus and method, where a digital data server identifies the user and supplies an encrypted digital data file to the user in accordance with the identified result. A personal computer decrypts the encrypted digital data file suppli... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305555 | Smart card mating protocol A system is described for uniquely mating components of a communication network such as a smartcard and a set-top box. When mated, the smartcard and set-top box are tied together and have a single identity. Further, the smartcard operates properly only when inserted... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301583 | Device and method for transporting demodulated digital video data and corresponding digital television receiver A routing device is provided for transporting digital data from demodulated digital television signals. The routing device includes a network that routes the digital data to demultiplexers via at least one decoding module. The network includes means for connecting t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7275163 | Asynchronous configuration One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing access to digital services. Configuration information that has been transmitted asynchronously is received in a security component (that is configured to c... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266846 | System and method of facilitating compliance with information sharing regulations The present invention provides a system and method of facilitating compliance to one or more information sharing regulations. The present invention provides a computer system equipped with a processing unit capable of receiving input information and extracting one o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260829 | Terminal with multiple audio and video A novel advanced set top terminal capable of digital decompression, displaying picture-on-picture, outputting multiple video channels, outputting multiple audio signals, outputting multiple audio channels corresponding to a single video channel, and other advanced f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249106 | Information processing method and apparatus and program storage medium for prohibiting duplication of contents in large quantities A contents database 114 memorizes the discriminating information for discriminating contents and the temporal information as to the time of content duplication associated with the discriminating information. A recording program 113 acquires the discrim... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242772 | Encryption apparatus and method for synchronizing multiple encryption keys with a data stream A data stream, such as a digital motion picture, is encrypted in units of one or more blocks, each block having an assigned encryption key. A plurality of encryption keys is assigned to the complete data stream, with a synchronization index provided to map each indi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239469 | Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium A data recording apparatus recording data of a CD on an HDD in a manner such that the content of record in the CD is faithfully accounted for and shortening an operation time for a synchronized ripping operation. When the data recording apparatus reads, from the CD,... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240366 | End-to-end authentication of session initiation protocol messages using certificates End-to-end authentication capability based on public-key certificates is combined with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to allow a SIP node that receives a SIP request message to authenticate the sender of request. The SIP request message is sent with a digital... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239706 | Transcoder for decoding encoded TV programs A decoder device has a control unit for decoding encoded TV programs. The decoder device has an input for entering an encoded TV program, a decryption device for decoding an encoded TV program into a format which can be played on a television set, an output which ca... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225163 | Recording/reproducing device and recording/reproducing method A high-speed dubbing unit 10 for dubbing digital data from an optical disk 15 to a hard disk 16 at a high speed is connected via a public telephone line to a payment imposing unit 20. A control unit 13 is provided for generating in... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217191 | Gaming device with retractable remote controller A gaming system with a retractable remote controller is provided to remotely play a “slot” type gaming device. The retractable remote controller is tethered to the slot machine by a flexible connector such that upon initiation of play the retractable remote cont... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7203311 | Super encrypted storage and retrieval of media programs in a hard-paired receiver and storage device A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a tuner, for receiving a data stream comprising encrypted access control information and the program material encrypted according to a firs... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190792 | Systems and methods for retrofitting electronic appliances to accept different content formats Systems and methods are disclosed for using an arbitrary fixed channel to carry third-party information. In one embodiment, the present invention provides systems and methods for enabling existing content rendering devices to accept content encoded in a proprietary ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171565 | Method and system for producing wise cards A method (and system) for preventing counterfeiting and cloning of smart cards, includes providing a smart card with a cryptographic structure for authorizing the smart card which can not be accessed completely by a predetermined small number of readings. The crypto... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167820 | Apparatus for and method of testing applications A receiver/decoder (for example for digital television) normally receives and/or decodes transmitted data in a normal transmitted signal. In order to test an application running on the receiver/decoder, a special test signal could be generated, or a normal signal co... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167562 | Security method using information transmission by optical means, and an optical disk for implementing the method An electronic security device has a light-receiving interface that receives a modulated light signal emitted by the screen of a computer making use of the data medium, an output interface adapted to emit output information as a function of the received input informa... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159243 | Data carrier for the storage of data and circuit arrangement for such a data carrier A data carrier (1) intended for the storage of data in memory means (17) has a first memory access means (18) for accessing a first storage location (22) and has a second memory access means (33) for accessing a second storage loca... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146508 | Image processing apparatus and system and method of same An image processing apparatus capable of preventing a copy protect function of a video or other contents signal from being disabled. An encoder encodes a contents signal from a DVD reproduction unit. A copy protect circuit performs copy protect processing on the enc... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145741 | Recording apparatus server apparatus recording method program and storage medium A data recording apparatus recording data of a CD on an HDD in a manner such that the content of record in the CD is faithfully accounted for and shortening an operation time for a synchronized ripping operation. When the data recording apparatus reads, from the CD,... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134604 | Non-contact IC card In a non-contact IC card for performing communication with a reader/writer, an encryption block having a DES (data encryption standard) block for performing an encryption operation in accordance with a public key encryption algorithm and an ECC/SHA1 (elliptic curve ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134134 | Electronic program guide hardware card An electronic program guide (EPG) hardware card is disclosed. The card is insertable into a television tuning device having EPG capability. A non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, is situated within a case of the hardware card, and has data stored thereon repre... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7120251 | Data player, digital contents player, playback system, data embedding apparatus, and embedded data detection apparatus A data player for reading contents encrypted by a decoding key from a digital medium, and playing the encrypted contents by using the decoding key which is stored in a key storage unit, comprises: a key obtaining unit for performing mutual authentication with the ke... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113926 | Secure media on demand system whereby charge is determined in part from the periodicity of an encryption key An object of the invention is to provide a transmitting system of which data is difficult to be tapped and which is suitable for flexibly determining a watching and listening fee. In order to achieve the object, there is provided a combination of a transmitting meth... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110542 | Protecting audio/video content during storage and playback on a processor-based system A system for protecting audio/video content during storage and playback on systems with open buses receives a multiplexed signal, including a plurality of A/V signals and decryption keys. Following a request for a channel, a single scrambled A/V signal and its assoc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110982 | Secure access method and system A secure electronic content system and method is provided. The system includes a controller including an interface component, a host system coupled to the controller, the host system configured to present content under predetermined conditions, the host system opera... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7092729 | Method and apparatus for broadcasting and receiving entitlement management messages The present invention provides a method of broadcasting a message having a text portion to be communicated to a user, the method including broadcasting the message in the form of an entitlement management message for reception by the user. ... | 08/15/2006 |
