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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160250 | Monitoring usage of encrypted broadcast services Embodiments include a method and system for monitoring usage of an encrypted broadcast service, such as an encrypted television program, in a secure client module such as a SIM card. An encrypted entitlement control message is received from a head-end system via the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8098820 | Conditional access system for broadcast digital television A method for managing access to scrambled broadcast or transmitted events received from a variety of service providers (including broadcast television networks, cable television networks, digital satellite systems). Each service provider employs the same public key ... | 01/17/2012 |
| RE42044 | Recording of scrambled digital data A system for transmitting and recording digital data is included. Further, a system for transmitting transmit scrambled audio data that is to be recorded on a mini disc reader is included. A system for transmission and recording of digital data includes transmission... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7577253 | Conditional access method and devices A data stream contains content data that can be decrypted using control words. ECM messages that are included in the stream and contain the control words that is required for decrypting nearby content data. EMM messages contain management information for entitling s... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7529370 | Digital media-playing device and a method of playing digital media therein An aspect of the present invention is a digital media-playing device. The digital media-playing device includes a controller and a compensation-enabled component for playing digital media coupled to the controller wherein the compensation-enabled component is non-by... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7492897 | Conditional access system for broadcast digital television A method for managing access to scrambled broadcast or transmitted events received from a variety of service providers (including broadcast television networks, cable television networks, digital satellite systems). Each service provider employs the same public key ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7486793 | Invoicing management method of a service transmitted per time unit The objective of the present invention is to propose an accounting method of the consumption of transmitted services per time unit to a decoder in a system implementing a content encrypted by control words, the latter being modified according to a period named crypt... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7424739 | On-machine communication verification The present invention provides for validating that one or more modules reside on the same machine. When a second module wishes to establish communication with a first module, a shared memory that is accessible by the modules—but inaccessible by modules outside the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412606 | Copy protection using detailed copy control information Based on the detailed reproduction control information defining the reproduction control state of data to be transmitted, the CPU 12 of the data transmission apparatus creates a simplified reproduction control information roughly defining the reproduction con... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7397918 | Dynamically shifting control word A method for generating a plurality of control words, each control word controlling access to an object. The method includes providing a control word packet (CWP), generating a first control word (CW) from the CWP, providing a second CW generation input and producin... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7373657 | Method and apparatus for controlling data and software access A proximity based computer access system is provided. According to the invention, a local key associated with a workstation wirelessly communicates with a local key which is associated with a user. If the user, and remote key, are outside of a preset radius of the w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367040 | View restriction method, view restriction setting method, receiver, and device and programs for setting view restriction A view restriction method surely blocks a program voluntarily designated by a viewer from view. When a restricted program is designated by the viewer (step S1), receiver identification information for identifying a receiver of a viewer is associated with the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363511 | Method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device, a system, and an electronic device A method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device comprises at least one control block for controlling the operation of the electronic device, and a memory. The audiovisual information is encrypted. The control block is provided with a protecte... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356144 | Control of usage of contents in digital broadcasts A method of transmitting a content to a reception side includes the steps of encrypting the content by use of a scramble key that varies with time, encrypting scramble-key-associated information that includes at least the scramble key and usage-control information, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356509 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program recording medium, and data recording medium A management center registers user information that includes user identification information for identifying a user terminal and improvement-information identification information for identifying improvement information recorded in an optical disk and processed by t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356705 | Biometric authentication for remote initiation of actions and services In one aspect, the invention relates to generating a trusted communication channel with a client. An agent module is provided at the client along with a task set including one or more tasks. One or more client components needed to complete each of the tasks of the t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353531 | Trusted computing environment A trusted computing environment 100, wherein each computing device 112 to 118 holds a policy specifying the degree to which it can trust the other devices in the environment 100. The policies are updated by an assessor 110 which re... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352670 | System and method for optical media information storage life tracking Expiration information stored on an optical medium is applied to determine an expiration date of the optical medium that provides a predetermined reliability of information archived on the optical medium, such as a predetermined acceptable defect level of the inform... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349886 | Securely relaying content using key chains A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards generating chains of encrypted decryption keys for content in a highly distributed environment. In one embodiment, the key chain may be provided within an Entitlement Control Message (ECM). An access key that enab... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349541 | Method and apparatus for controlling content consumption A method and apparatus is provided in which playable content is transmitted in response to a playable-content request; a key for the playable content is separately transmitted in response to a key request. Quality information about the playable content is used to ge... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349553 | Watermarks for secure distribution of digital data A visible first watermark and invisible second and third watermarks are embedded in digital media content, in order to protect the media content from piracy. The visible first watermark protects the media content during distribution and storage, while the invisible ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346779 | System and method for authenticating electronic documents A method for securing an electronic document (22) comprising attaching a biometric characteristic (20) and the electronic document (22) to form a biometric characteristic-document combination and encrypting the biometric characteristic-document ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343614 | Program delivery system for VOD A novel network manager for use with a cable television system headend capable of monitoring and managing headend components and set top terminals in a television delivery system. The invention relates to methods and apparatus that manage and coordinate the receptio... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337462 | System and method for providing timing data for programming events A video production facility system may produce closed caption data that includes text data and timing data. The system may receive script data for a video program. The system may then determine identifiers for individual programming events that make up the program. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337321 | Digital content protection using invisible and visible watermarks A technique for distributing digital contents capable of effectively protecting copyrights and the like on the basis of invisible electronic watermark information and electronic watermark information is to be provided. On the sending side, additional information inc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336784 | Multimedia decoder method and system with authentication and enhanced digital rights management (DRM) where each received signal is unique and where the missing signal is cached inside the storage memory of each receiver An audio/video distribution system with enhanced digital rights management. configured for use with a source of programming, a third party responsible for authorization, and an audio/video output device at a recipient location, includes a source encryptor and a rece... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333935 | Methods and apparatus for recognizing compact discs and issuing corresponding credits For possible use in an electronic content distribution system, automatic recognition of compact discs or other storage media containing particular content, and corresponding account crediting is described. In an electronic content distribution system, such as those ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310821 | Host certification method and system A system and method is provided for authenticating a device. A method includes receiving a certificate from the device, the certificate including a plurality of fields, including a field holding a digital signature from a certifying authority, verifying the digital ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310809 | Scalable pay-by-time technique for secure multicast distribution of streaming content A method for receiving information content from an information distribution system, wherein the information content is divided into a plurality of content portions, the method comprising: subscribing to a multicast group representing at least one content portion; an... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308100 | Method and apparatus for time-based charging for broadcast-multicast services (BCMCS) in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for time-based charging for viewing content from a broadcast-multicast service (BCMCS) at a mobile station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. A count value (SKCount) is determined based upon the number of generated short-term key... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305366 | Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage the content revocation is recognized, validated, and stored in a secur... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302574 | Content identifiers triggering corresponding responses through collaborative processing Fingerprint data derived from audio or other content is used as an identifier. The fingerprint data can be derived from the content. In one embodiment, fingerprint data supplied from two or more sources is aggregated. The aggregated fingerprint data is used to defin... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302585 | System for providing a trustworthy user interface The preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a computer system which employs a trusted display processor (260), which has a trusted processor (300) and trusted memory (305, 315, 335, 345) physically and functionally distinct from the proc... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302698 | Operation of trusted state in computing platform A computing entity comprises a trusted monitoring component having a first processing means and a first memory means, the trusted monitoring component being a self-contained autonomous data processing unit, and a computer platform having a main processing means and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299501 | Electronic book selection and delivery system having encryption and security features 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... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7299504 | System and method for implementing security management using a database-modeled security policy A database-modeled security policy includes policy statements stored in a database. Each policy statement has associated standards, guidelines, and procedures. Policy statements are grouped together into tag groups, which are in turn grouped together to form metapol... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
