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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8027472 | Using a trusted-platform-based shared-secret derivation and WWAN infrastructure-based enrollment to establish a secure local channel A system and method for establishing a connection on a mobile computing device. A secret is generated on a trusted platform of the mobile computing device. The secret is transported to a secure channel application. The secure channel application establishes a truste... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005218 | Authorization and authentication of user access to a distributed network communication system with roaming feature A system and method for providing roaming access on a network are disclosed. The network includes a plurality of wireless and/or wired access points. A user may access the network by using client software on a client computer (e.g., a portable computing device) to i... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7660417 | Enhanced security design for cryptography in mobile communication systems A basic idea according to the invention is to enhance or update the basic cryptographic security algorithms by an algorithm-specific modification of the security key information generated in the normal key agreement procedure of the mobile communication system. For ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7395050 | Method and system for authenticating user of data transfer device The invention relates to a method and system for authenticating a user of a data transfer device (such as a terminal in a wireless local area network, i.e. WLAN). The method comprises: setting up a data transfer connection from the data transfer device to a service ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370200 | Validation for secure device associations The present invention provides for validating an association between computing devices using a succession of human-perceptible stimuli such as sounds, lights colors or shapes. Commands are sent from the initiating device to the responding device in encrypted message... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356145 | Arranging data ciphering in a wireless telecommunication system Arranging data ciphering in a telecommunication system comprising at least one wireless terminal, a wireless local area network and a public land mobile network. At least one first ciphering key according to the mobile network is calculated in the mobile network and... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340612 | Method for device registration in a wireless home network A method for registering a device in a wireless network comprising a central controller. The method includes the step of asking a user whether he wants to install a new network or install a device on the network. In the case of installing a new network, the user ent... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336787 | Critical packet partial encryption An encryption arrangement for multiple encryption of television programs. A system according to embodiments of the present invention multiple encrypts only a portion of the data required for full presentation of a television program to permit coexistence of multiple... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330871 | Online machine data collection and archiving process An online machine data collection and archiving process generates a machine data profile of a customer computer accessing a transaction form of a merchant web site and links the machine data profile and a transaction record with customer identifying information usin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324645 | Method to authenticate a mobile station, a communications system and a mobile station A method to authenticate a mobile station B in a mobile network, so that the mobile station B is authenticated and an encryption key is agreed between mobile stations A and B using user data exchange during call setup. More specifically the mobile station B is authe... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322043 | Allowing an electronic device accessing a service to be authenticated A method for allowing an electronic device accessing a service to be authenticated. A communications device is loaded with a first identifier. To gain access to the service, the communications device transmits the first identifier to an authentication device which c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305556 | Secure printing with authenticated printer key Securely storing a public key for encryption of data in a computing device by using a user-specific key pair which is securely stored in the computing device, including receiving a target public key corresponding to a target device, obtaining a user-specific key pai... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305090 | Method and system for use of common provisioning data to activate cellular wireless devices A method and system is disclosed for using common provisioning data to activate cellular wireless devices. A wireless carrier may distribute multiple wireless devices containing a common set of pre-activation provisioning data, such as a common MIN/ESN pair, as well... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289484 | Call-fail-safe method for wireless traffic distribution across bands This invention presents an efficient and efficacious method for an equitable distribution of wireless traffic across the 800 and 1900 MHz bands. Even though traffic distribution across bands is desirable, there is a risk of call failure because of location of the mo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7286497 | Look up table for QRT A collection of methods of operating in a point-to-multipoint communication system with a base station and a plurality of remote stations, wherein the communication system maximizes the number of potential connections to each multipoint destination through the creat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286816 | Method for remote monitoring of elevators and/or escalators and/or moving walkways The present invention relates to a method for handling the PIN code of the SIM card of a GSM terminal of a remote monitoring device used for remote monitoring of elevators and/or escalators and/or moving walkways. According to the present invention, when the aforesa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283804 | Method of controlling a network entity and a mobile station A network entity and the mobile station are adapted to conduct a plurality of predetermined message exchange procedures, including encryption key generation procedures. The method comprises determining whether a received message from a mobile station is encrypted. I... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274950 | Method, apparatus and article to remotely associate wireless communications devices with subscriber identities and/or proxy wireless communications devices Apparatus and methods provide remote access to subscriber identity information and subscriber configuration information stored on one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs), to allow remote configuration of wireless communications devices. A SIM server provides ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272383 | System and method for controlling a mobile terminal using a digital signature A mobile terminal control system using a digital signature. The system including a server for preparing a command message for a relevant mobile terminal according to mobile terminal status information set by a user, adding a digital signature to the prepared command... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272788 | Client-server system for merging of metadata with images A method and system for merging metadata with digital images is disclosed, where the digital images are stored as image files having metadata fields associated therewith. The method and system include receiving data uploaded from a remote location, providing a web a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263063 | Per hop behavior for differentiated services in mobile ad hoc wireless networks Described are a system and method of providing quality of service assurances for transmitting packets over a channel capable of transmission at a nominal bandwidth. A plurality of classes is defined. Each class represents an aggregate behavior of packets and is allo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257839 | Calculation of identifier codes distributed among pan devices An ID is being calculated in a manner distributed among devices of the user's personal area network (PAN). The devices communicate in a wireless manner. A server runs a simulation of the PAN. If the server and the PAN calculate matching results, it is assumed that t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254386 | System and method for improved security in handset reprovisioning and reprogramming Systems and methods for improved security in handset reprogramming are provided that prevent a handset from being reprogrammed in the field without authorization from carrier. When a handset receives a reprogramming request, or detects a reprogramming attempt, the h... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239865 | Proxy authentication for tethered devices Methods and apparatus are presented herein for allowing a wireless communication device to perform a proxy authentication on behalf of a tethered device. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240218 | Method of using a mask programmed key to securely configure a field programmable gate array A field programmable gate array has security configuration features to prevent monitoring of the configuration data for the field programmable gate array. The configuration data is encrypted by a security circuit of the field programmable gate array using a security... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236477 | Method for performing authenticated handover in a wireless local area network A wireless local area network system (100) supporting mobile radio telephony reduces the time to complete an authenticated handover from one access point (104) to another (108) by a mobile station (102) by performing some of the steps nor... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228131 | IPv6/IPv4 tunneling method A mobile host MH and its home network HN correspond to both the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). An authentication server (RS) is accommodated in the home network HN. A corresponding host H corresponds to the IPv6 and is... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225159 | Method for authenticating and securing integrated bookstore entries A method and system for providing an electronic shopping service integrated into a software application, and for controlling the set of web sites that are reachable from within the shopping service. Each web site is represented by data which is signed by a private k... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215775 | Ad-hoc radio communication verification system An aspect of the present invention is to easily verify data integrity in data transmission and reception by means of an ad-hoc radio connection. A requester and requested end of an establishment of a cipher communication path are defined as source A and destination ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203481 | Radio communication system with high security level, and communication unit and portable terminal used therefor A communication system constituted with a portable phone, a hot spot computer, and a server unit establishing radio communication is provided. The portable phone includes a circuit receiving identification information from the hot spot computer, which is a party on ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188342 | Server controlled branding of client software deployed over computer networks This invention describes a system and method for branding software deployed over computer networks. A user contacts the distributor's web site and initiates a download of the software. When the user visits the download website, the identity of the particular web sit... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185208 | Data processing In one embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed a reversible method of processing data comprising the data being encrypted before being written to a non-volatile memory wherein the data cannot be accessed without decryption in the case of a direct phy... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181196 | Performing authentication in a communications system A method and apparatus for performing authentication in a communications system is provided. The method includes receiving a request for authentication from a server, the request for authentication including a first and a second random challenge, and comparing the f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174018 | Security framework for an IP mobility system using variable-based security associations and broker redirection In an IP-based mobile communications system, the Mobile Node changes its point of attachment to the network while maintaining network connectivity. Security concerns arise in the mobile system because authorized users are subject to the following forms of attack: (1... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7158776 | Techniques for voice-based user authentication for mobile access to network services Techniques for granting access on a network having a network service to a user of a mobile device having a microphone includes determining a first identification uniquely associated with a registered user having a registered voiceprint that matches a voiceprint of t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149773 | System and method of automated invoicing for communications between an implantable medical device and a remote computer system or health care provider Methods, devices and systems for automatically generating invoices when medical services are provided to a patient are described. Invoices are automatically generated by the system, for example, when monitoring of certain aspects of the performance of an implantable... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137025 | Key controlling system, key controlling apparatus, information encrypting apparatus, information decrypting apparatus and storage media for storing programs A key managing system including information transmitting apparatus which transmits a date and time when secrecy protection is ended to a key controlling apparatus. The key controlling apparatus searches a key control table for an encryption key associated with a dec... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7127234 | Radio LAN access authentication system A wireless LAN access authentication system capable of shortening the time required for an access authentication procedure of a radio terminal apparatus. In this wireless LAN access authentication system, when a radio terminal apparatus 116 of a user who has ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123721 | Enhanced subscriber authentication protocol The present invention provides a method of authenticating a pair of correspondents in a communication system, such as in a mobile phone network by utilizing a blend of public-key cryptography and symmetric cryptography. Each session between the mobile phone and the ... | 10/17/2006 |
