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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098821 | Data encryption/decryption method and mobile terminal for use in the same A mobile terminal including a sensing unit configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal, and a controller configured to calculate at least one from a degree and a pattern of the terminal motion detected by the sensing unit, and to encrypt input data accordin... | 01/17/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7397920 | Information processing device and method, and recording medium Data input to an encrypting/decoding portion are input to an erroneous decoding detector. The erroneous decoding detector judges whether the data input are correctly decoded or not. For example, if it is judged that audio data input are not correctly decoded, the er... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370204 | Watermark data embedding apparatus and extracting apparatus By a program process, CPU 31 embeds a watermark data into a waveform data stored in wave memory 41a. The program includes a step for detecting a characterizing part (attack part and loop part) of a waveform data that represents a waveform of a m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360235 | Systems and methods for operating a peripheral record/playback device in a networked multimedia system Systems and methods are disclosed of a network including a primary device, a plurality of remote devices, and a shared peripheral device. The network allows the remote devices to operate the peripheral device, such as a DVD player, VCR, or camcorder, via the primary... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359511 | Encryption transmission system A video signal and an audio signal are time division multiplexed, encrypted, and transmitted. A transmission side time-compresses the audio signal, multiplexes, encrypts, and transmits the time-compressed audio signal in a blanking period of the video signal. Contro... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7319756 | Audio coding Coding of an audio signal (x) is provided where the coded bitstream (AS) comprises a parametric representation of the audio signal. One component of the parametric representation comprises tracks of linked sinusoidal components (CS) where subsequently linked compone... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7283965 | Delivery and transmission of dolby digital AC-3 over television broadcast Methods and apparatus for broadcasting high quality audio “studio direct” with the same digital information employed in the studio by the video producer with AC-3 digital audio signals for broadcast to integrated receiver decoders (IRD). The methods and apparatu... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277766 | Method and system for analyzing digital audio files A method and system for analyzing audio files is provided. Plural audio file feature vector values based on an audio file's content are determined and the audio file feature vectors are stored in a database that also stores other pre-computed audio file features. Th... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249025 | Portable device for enhanced security and accessibility A portable device increases user access to equipment utilizing a communications interface providing communication with the equipment in accordance with various, combinable embodiments. In one embodiment, a speech generator generates speech based on commands relating... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245721 | Data encoding/decoding device and apparatus using the same A data encoding device has a serial data input and an encoded serial data output. The serial input is supplied to an encoding unit which combines each input bit with a plurality of additional encoding bits, to derive an encoded output bit and a plurality of updated ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240195 | Certified shuffle-decrypting system, certified shuffle-decrypting method and certified shuffle-decryption verifying method The present invention provides a certified shuffle-decrypting system, which does not require shuffled encrypted texts to be output, and in which the amounts of calculation and certificates are minimized to allow efficient processing, and the certified shuffle-decryp... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240217 | Reprogrammable subscriber terminal A reprogrammable subscriber terminal of a subscription television service which can have the control program code of its control processor modified by downloading new program code from the headend. The control processor stores a boot program in an internal read only... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228440 | Scan and boundary scan disable mechanism on secure device A circuit generally comprising a logic module and a security module is disclosed. The logic module may be configured to set a plurality of values to a plurality of predetermined values respectively while in a scan mode. The security module may be configured to (i) d... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224961 | Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method Disclosed are data transmission-reception system and data transmission method, in which a communication system includes: a first communication device for transmitting outgoing data including content identification data, transmitting party identification data, receiv... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203312 | Data reproduction apparatus and data reproduction module A cellular phone has distributed encrypted content data and an encrypted content key stored in a memory. The encrypted content key data read out from the memory is decrypted by a decryption processing unit using key data Kp stored in a Kp hold unit, and then applied... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203580 | Electrical control unit and control system comprising plural electrical control units When ENG frames created in an ENG transceiver unit and ECT frames subjected to gateway processing in an ECT gateway processor are transmitted around the same time, a transmission mediating unit alternately transmits each of the ENG frames and the ECT frames. Therefo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7174017 | Decryption system for encrypted audio An encrypted audio decryption system for decrypting encrypted audio sound. The system includes a hearing device and a key FOB. The hearing device is adapted to receive the encrypted audio sound, decrypt the encrypted audio sound, and transmit signals corresponding t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167561 | Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method A recording apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a compression process means for compressing an input digital signal corresponding to a predetermined compression process and segmenting the compressed digital signal into blocks, a fixed value generating means for g... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165123 | Apparatus and method for I/O management in a mobile environment wherein access to data from a wireless signal is restricted based on a persistent unique hardware identification The present invention provides an apparatus and method for a robust and configurable mobile computer architecture with navigation computational capabilities. The present invention further provides a bus network which allows for an efficient and durable Input/Output ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155013 | Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method A recording apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a compression process means for compressing an input digital signal corresponding to a predetermined compression process and segmenting the compressed digital signal into blocks, a fixed value generating means for g... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142675 | Sequence generator and method of generating a pseudo random sequence A sequence generator for generating a pseudo random sequence for random number generation or a stream cipher engine includes a plurality of linear feedback shift registers operable to generate a plurality of binary sequences. A plurality of nonlinear functions havin... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136677 | Portable terminal A portable terminal reading text, such as predetermined information sent as an electronic mail message, and/or viewable by using a browser in a convenient or user-friendly manner for a visually-impaired user. The portable terminal executes operations including, read... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129991 | Transmission method of digital audio data with video data Digital audio data that have a predetermined packet structure are divided into units including a predetermined number of bits; each unit of the divided digital audio data is converted into specific data to be encoded; the encoded data are arranged in blanking interv... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130426 | Digital data file encryption apparatus and method and recording medium for recording digital data file encryption program thereon A digital data file encryption system and method where digital data encrypted to a high level and an encryption key are received and stored in a computer. The stored, encrypted digital data is decrypted on the basis of the encryption key and stored in a buffer of a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130656 | Automotive information system and method of controlling the same, recording medium storing control program, disk playback apparatus, and semiconductor integrated circuit An automotive information system has a main unit including a CPU and component units connected to the main unit through a universal serial BUS (USB), such as a car audio system including a CD-ROM auto-changer, a security control system, and a telephone system. At le... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124444 | Method of converting audio data for a portable device and reproducing the converted audio data A method of converting audio data encrypted for anti-piracy and copyright protection to a suitable format so that the data can be played in a portable device. A computer first decrypts the encrypted audio data and inserts information for setting equalizer, then encr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7024554 | Systems and methods that authorize target devices utilizing proprietary software and/or hardware An integrated system comprises an authorization device that generates a second encrypted data stream in response to a first data stream, and a programmable logic device (PLD) that generates a third encrypted data stream in response to the first data stream, while si... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020251 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services, with real-time drilling via telephone A method and system for accomplishing real-time drilling in conjunction with interactive, real-time, voice transmission of information to a user is disclosed. A voice-based communication between a user and a first system is established and a report is transmitted to... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6977992 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services, with real-time database queries A method and system for accomplishing real-time queries in conjunction with interactive, real-time, voice transmission of information to a user is disclosed. A voice-based communication between a user and a first system is established and a report is transmitted to ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978377 | 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... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6961558 | Method and receiver for receiving a radio broadcast signal having encoded contents A receiver for a radio broadcast signal, in particular a car radio, and a method for receiving a radio broadcast signal, including a signal decoder for decoding an audio signal contained in the radio broadcast signal in encoded form, and/or for decoding a data signa... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959087 | Method and apparatus for transmitting encryption-resultant information and decrypting information An information signal is transmitted. The information signal contains 1) encryption-resultant information, 2) an error correction code signal, and 3) decrypting information. The error correction code signal is designed for correction of at least one error in the enc... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6954149 | Method for protecting a security module and arrangement for the implementation of the method In a security module and a method for protecting a security module, wherein security-relevant data are stored in a memory in the module, proper insertion of the security module on a device motherboard is monitored with a first function unit and a second function in ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950642 | System and method for reducing noise in a recording receiver An apparatus and method is related to wireless communication devices with a reduced-noise recording receiver. The recording receiver receives a transmitted signal, converts the received signal to a digital base-band signal and stores the digitized base-band signal i... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937728 | Verifiable anonymous channel Two El Gamal ciphertexts, which are input to a two-input two-output unit switching gates SW forming a permutation network, are randomized with a random number and randomly permuted, and a zero-knowledge proof, which proves the correspondence between the inputs and o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6904591 | Software development system for editable executables The invention provides a Software Development Program having a compiled programming language, Compiler for that language, and a built-in text Editor. The programming language has a block structure and simple syntax. The Software Development Program is distributed fr... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6836844 | Information signal copy managing method, information signal recording method, information signal output apparatus, and recording medium An information signal copy managing method for properly protecting the copyright of information signals and, at the same time, guaranteeing user advantages in copying information signals within a limited range. Information indicative of the start and end of each pie... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6633982 | Method and process for managing ultra secure electronic distribution of digital movies to commercial exhibitors A method and system for managing electronic distribution of digital movies to commercial exhibitors at warp speed is made ultra secure by utilizing synchronized and concurrent digitally bifurcated data transmissions via both satellite up-links/downlinks a... | 10/14/2003 |
