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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094820 | Information recording/reproducing device [PROBLEM] To provide an information recording/reproducing apparatus, an information recording/reproducing method, an information recording/reproducing program and a record medium, secure contents are reproduced with a mobile device so that a check-out can be made on... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7437757 | Token for use in online electronic transactions An online transaction system configured to implement authentication methods that allow for strong multi-factor authentication in online environments. The authentication methods can be combined with strong security methods to further ensure that the authentication pr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437447 | Method and system for authenticating a requestor without providing a key A method for authenticating a requesting entity in a communications environment. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes determining a client identification of a client node associated with the requesting entity, and determining whether the requesting entity... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7400725 | Information recording medium for recording a scrambled part of content information, and method and apparatus for reproducing information recorded therein An information recording medium, such as an optical disk or the like, is provided for recording at least copyrighted content information and cipher key information. A part of the content information is scrambled and recorded in the information recording medium, and ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7380135 | Diligent control of preview of stored contents A method of transmitting contents, which are to be received at a reception side where a portion of the contents is previewed while the contents are not accessible for playing other than for a preview purpose, includes the steps of encrypting the contents by a first ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380134 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus and method of executing encryption processing An information recording apparatus has a content encryption section which encrypts content information with an encryption key and outputs encrypted content information, a control section which identifies an already moved area in the content information and generates... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370210 | Apparatus and method for managing processor configuration data The present invention provides a data processing apparatus and method for managing processor configuration data. The data processing apparatus comprises a processor operable in a plurality of modes and a plurality of domains, said plurality of domains comprising a s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7360088 | Method and system for authenticating service using integrated circuit card A system is provided which compensates a low operational performance of a conventional integrated circuit (IC) card by setting a substitute server computer between the IC card and a business server computer in a system using the IC card. Substitute processing using ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353384 | Collapsing chained credentials An intermediate entity can generate a necessary credential to allow two other entities to bypass the intermediate entity when establishing communications between two other entities in a computing system represented by either a directed or an undirected graph. The in... | 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 |
| 7343489 | Low cost packet originator verification for intermediate nodes A technique to transmit data from a sender to a receiver via a network, preferably a LAN and/or the Internet etc., where the sender transmits the data to a base station, and where the sender is verified by a server, in particular a AAA-server etc. In order to preven... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336788 | Electronic book secure communication with home subsystem The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the system are a subsystem for placing text in a video signal format and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330550 | Cryptographic system and method that uses excitation spectroscopy A cryptographic system includes: a) a light source for generating an excitation light signal; b) a spatial light modulator for encoding the excitation light signal with data; c) a wavelength dispersive element for transforming the excitation light signal into a spec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327843 | Data reproducing device, hard disk, and data storing disk A hard disk A has is constructed to include: a disk 10 in which copy protection information is written in advance in a surface shape such as slits or corrugations in a pre-recording region 13 over a substrate 11 other than a data storage region ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325131 | Robust watermark for DSD signals A robust watermark embedded into a Direct Stream Digital (DSD) audio signal including a flat frequency response in a specific frequency range which does not extend below 20 kHz or above 100 kHz. The watermark is therefore hidden in the noise spectrum of the DSD sign... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320138 | Image authentication apparatus, image authentication method, and image authentication program A system classifies an image file into a first group if authentication data included in the image file has been generated using a private key cryptosystem, and classifies the image file into a second group if the authentication data included in the image file has be... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308573 | Enrolling / sub-enrolling a digital rights management (DRM) server into a DRM architecture A Digital Rights Management (DRM) system has a plurality of DRM servers performing DRM functionality and an entering DRM-E server is enrolled into the system by an enrolling DRM-R server such that the entering DRM-E server is to be trusted within the system. The DRM... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305087 | Digital home network and method for creating and updating such a network The local digital network comprises: access devices, for receiving data originating from outside the network and transmitting them at a point of the network; and presentation devices for receiving the data flowing in the network and presenting them at a point of the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302578 | Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, program-initiation error processing method, and recording medium An information processing apparatus has a detection unit to detect a recording medium and initiates a program read from the recording medium detected by the detection unit. In the information processing apparatus, an operation check unit performs an operation check ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299494 | File management method and files The invention relates to a method of managing files. In this invention, a method of managing a file stored in an external memory device of a computer having an application that starts when it is read by the computer consists of a step of accepting an instruction for... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7299355 | Fast SHA1 implementation Provided is an architecture (hardware implementation) for an authentication engine to increase the speed at which SHA1 multi-loop and/or multi-round authentication algorithms may be performed on data packets transmitted over a computer network. As described in this ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287270 | User authentication method in network When a network connection request is sent from a user's personal computer (2) to a server (1) on the Internet (5), the server (1) sends an authentication confirmation number generated by a random number generating unit (13) to the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287157 | Digital content system A specific client computer acquires content that has been stored in a content server. To accomplish this, the ID of the client computer is registered with the content server. The IP address, etc., of the content server is encrypted to obtain a check code and the che... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281132 | Using token-based signing to install unsigned binaries The present invention provides for token based signing of an unsigned binary which may be a stream of bits (e.g., 0's and 1's). The unsigned binary is signed using a secret key which resides in a token (e.g., a smart card), which makes the secret key available to th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281267 | Software audit system A software audit system is provided in conjunction with an anti-virus system. A computer virus scan request received by the anti-virus system (16) is used to trigger an audit data generator (18) to generate audit data. The audit data generator (18 | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278165 | Method and system for implementing digital rights management In one embodiment, a content license is created that defines parameters for accessing a piece of digital content. A first logical expression in the content license defines a plurality of playback devices that are authorized to access the piece of digital content. A ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7260726 | Method and apparatus for a secure computing environment An apparatus to enable operation of a computer by authorized users when in a secure mode of operation is provided. One exemplary apparatus includes a hub configured to be in communication with the computer. The hub includes a card reader, a card microprocessor and a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251331 | Method and arrangement for controlling access The invention describes a method for controlling access in a telecommunication system comprising a first transmitter-receiver unit, a second transmitter-receiver unit and a remote-controllable server. The method comprises establishing a telecommunication connection ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7248696 | Dynamic system bus encryption using improved differential transitional encoding The present invention provides data encryption for a differential bus employing transitional coding. The present invention maps, encodes and encrypts input data as a logic status for a given bus transfer cycle. The mapping, encoding and encrypting of the input data ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249256 | Encryption protocol The present invention relates to a method, a system and a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable components in connection with transfer of information data to a recipient. The invention is based on the idea that generation of random number data and the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234169 | Method and apparatus for integrating and monitoring key digital cinema system components as a means to verify system integrity One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture for monitoring components of a digital cinema system. A digital cinema system utilizes an exhibitor system (that has one or more components) to display media con... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224820 | Electronic document, genuineness management method for print medium thereof, genuineness management system, program, and program recording medium A method for managing genuine characteristics of both an electronic document and a print medium comprising: a step for recognizing image data contained in the electronic document; a step for applying an extraction condition of an image feature previously determined ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7197143 | Digital video authenticator The Digital Video Authenticator (DVA) addresses law enforcement concerns for a means to authenticate digital video (DV) so that it will be admissible and trusted as evidence in court. The DVA is a peripheral device attached to a commercial digital video recording de... | 03/27/2007 |
