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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189788 | Hybrid symmetric/asymmetric cryptography with user authentication A device uses a user authentication factor to generate an asymmetric decryption key for use in cryptography. An asymmetric encryption key is generated from the asymmetric decryption key using a one-way function, and the asymmetric encryption key is used to encrypt a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180058 | Encryption of the scheduled uplink message in random access procedure Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a random access procedure that leverages encrypted and/or unencrypted data in a scheduled uplink message. A random access preamble can be sent from an access terminal to a base station, and a random a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170212 | Device, system, and method of establishing secure wireless communication Device, system, and method of establishing secure wireless communication. A system includes at least one wireless communication device having a sensor to measure one or more parameters of a physical event shared between that device and another wireless communication... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165299 | Network authentication An existing communications device, such as a WAP-enabled mobile phone or other device, can be used as an authentication token. This has the advantage that WAP-enabled devices include components which are used in public key/private key cryptographic systems as a part... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160253 | Method, transponder, and system for rapid data transmission A method for wireless data transmission between a base station and a transponder is provided, whereby a message, comprising at least one command and one data sequence, is transmitted by the base station, the message is received and evaluated by the transponder, at l... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160252 | Method and system for protecting broadcast service/content in a mobile broadcast system, and method for generating short term key message therefor Disclosed is a method for generating a Short Term Key Message (STKM) for protection of a broadcast service being broadcasted to a terminal in a mobile broadcast system. The method includes transmitting, by a Broadcast Service Subscription Management (BSM) for managi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155319 | Counter initialization, particularly for radio frames A method for protecting traffic in a radio access network connected to at least two core networks. The method comprises maintaining a corenetwork-specific authentication protocol and a radio-bearer-specific ciphering process, and generating, for each ciphering proce... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144873 | User interface technique for selection and activation of wireless service among multiple transport carriers A method and device are provided for handling network activation between a computer and a carrier. In one example, the method involves receiving a command to initiate network activation procedures. The network activation status of the computer is then determined. If... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130958 | Transmit power control for wireless security The present invention provides a method for establishing a secure channel between wireless devices. The method involves reducing the transmit power of the devices in conjunction with placing the devices in close proximity to one another. By reducing the transmit pow... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130957 | System and method for securing data In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for securing data for transmission to a wireless device. The disclosed systems and methods may include an electronic messaging system used to send and receive data over a first netwo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126147 | Secure terminal data loader system and in-flight entertainment management system A terminal data loading device on a mobile platform includes a media unit for receiving a transportable media element containing media data and outputting a media signal to a control processor unit. The control processor unit outputs an information signal to a wirel... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8103003 | Method for setting communication parameters and communication device A method for setting communication parameters in a plurality of communication devices includes setting communication parameters without an authentication process being performed for a second communication device in a case where a first communication device has recei... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094821 | Key generation in a communication system A communication system generates a Master Session Key (MSK) for accesses to a system entity that does not provide encryption to traffic. Both the home server and the user generate the same MSK. The MSK is used to generate encryption keys for traffic. In one embodime... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8068609 | Method and system for secured wireless data transmission to and from a remote device The device tracking location adherence and route adherence technology, according to an exemplary embodiment of this invention, at least provides for secure message reception from a remote device. The present invention allows for secure data transmission between a re... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064602 | Method and application for authentication of a wireless communication using an expiration marker Systems and methods of securing wireless communications between a network and a subscriber station are disclosed. One embodiment creates authentication triplets due to expire after a certain amount of time such that they may not be used indefinitely by an attacker w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064601 | Security in wireless communication systems Wireless security is enforced at L1, in addition to or in lieu of other layers. AP's can switch dynamically from serving to scanning. Scanners listen for authorized frame headers. Scanners either receive, or allow authorized frames to be received, at their destinati... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8036386 | System and method for providing electronic ticket, and electronic ticket vending apparatus and mobile telephone therefor An electronic ticket providing system capable of distributing and browsing the information relating to a ticket can be realized while maintaining the security and transferability of an IC card. The electronic ticket information is divided into formal ticket data and... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036385 | Apparatus and method for applying ciphering in a universal mobile telecommunications system Apparatus and a method for ciphering messages in mobile telecommunications system user equipment and network are disclosed. The apparatus is arranged to store a plurality of current ciphering configurations and/or a plurality of old (previously applied) ciphering co... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031874 | Station and method of collecting information corresponding to security in a wireless network A station and a method of collecting information corresponding to security. A wireless communicator transmits a request packet to search a wireless network to at least one external device and receives a response packet to the request packet. An authentication method... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027474 | Method and system for secure data aggregation in wireless sensor networks A method for transmitting sensed data in a wireless sensor network including multiple sensors, includes: encrypting the sensed data with an encryption key and a verification key to generate encrypted data in each of the multiple sensors that senses data; wirelessly ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019082 | Methods and systems for automated configuration of 802.1x clients Methods and apparatus for the automated configuration of 802.1x clients in wireless computer networks are described. In one embodiment, a wireless network client for a wireless network is configured automatically, by providing (using a software driver installed at e... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019081 | System and method for processing encoded messages Systems and methods for processing encoded messages at a message receiver. A received encoded message is decoded and stored in a memory. The stored decoded message can subsequently be displayed or otherwise processed without repeating the decoding operations. Decodi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005222 | Radio communication system, radio communication device, radio communication method, and computer program A scrambling initial value is shared without deteriorating transmission efficiency. On the transmission side, a scrambling initial value is created based on a part of a physical layer header not scrambled, a transmission signal sequence scrambled is created b... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005223 | System and method for exchanging encryption keys between a mobile device and a peripheral device Embodiments of a system and method for providing additional security for data being transmitted across a wireless connection that has been established using a known wireless protocol (e.g. Bluetooth) are described. An encryption key is exchanged between a computing ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7991159 | Layered mobile application security system A wireless communication network (20) including mobile applications (56-62) includes a security approach that uses a combination of at least two techniques (42, 50, 54, 72). One disclosed example includes a combination of all four techniq... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991160 | Method and system for securing wireless communications A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a Node B, respectively, perform joint randomness not shared by others (JRNSO) measurement to generate JRNSO bits based on a channel estimate between the WTRU and the Node B. The WTRU and the Node B then perform a reconcili... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978855 | Method for allocating authorization key identifier for wireless portable internet system The present invention relates to a method for allocating an authorization key identifier in a wireless portable Internet system. In a privacy key management version 2 (PKMv2) of the wireless portable Internet system, a base station generates PAK identifier, PMK iden... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974414 | Methods and apparatus for automatically grouping user-specific information in a mobile station Methods and apparatus for automatically grouping user-specific information items (400) in a mobile station (102) are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a method includes the steps of reading a first user-specific information item (404, 406, 408... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961883 | System and method for securing a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for securing a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device. Upon detecting at a network node that an address associated with the mobile communications device has changed, a challenge-and-response procedure... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957532 | Data protection for a mobile device A network-based data protection scheme for a mobile device utilizes encryption techniques and a remote key server that stores encryption keys on behalf of the mobile device. The mobile device stores encrypted data, preferably having no unencrypted counterpart stored... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957534 | System and method for security association between communication devices within a wireless home network Embodiments of the application describe a method and system for discovering and authenticating communication devices and establishing a secure communication link within a wireless home network without requiring a secure channel. According to an embodiment, communica... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957533 | Method of establishing authentication keys and secure wireless communication A method of establishing authentication keys at both a network and mobile equipment are provided. The authentication key generated by the mobile equipment is based on both mobile keys and network keys, which are each calculated by the mobile equipment. The authentic... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945051 | Method for setting up radio bearer in mobile communication system A method for setting up a radio bearer in a radio interface protocol, including transferring ciphering performance information from a designated layer to a radio resource control (RRC) layer, transferring the ciphering performance information from the RRC layer to a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940933 | Secure telemetric link A communications protocol is used to provide data privacy, message integrity, message freshness, and user authentication to telemetric traffic, such as to and from implantable medical devices in a body area network. In certain embodiments, encryption, message integr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936878 | Secure wireless instrumentation network system The present system having a secure wireless infrastructure with a key server acting as a key distribution center. The key server may be the core of the network, securely admitting new nodes or devices, deploying and updating keys and authorizing secure communication... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936879 | Derivation method for cached keys in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for providing improved security and improved roaming transition times in wireless networks. The same pairwise master key (PMK) from an authentication server can be used across multiple access points and a new pairwise transition key (PTK) is d... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925022 | Device pairing via device to device contact A system may include and/or involve a first device, a second device, and logic to effect pairing of the first and second devices upon detection of physical contact between the devices. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920705 | System and method for convert channel detection A communication system comprises a covert channel detector. The covert channel detector can be used in a multi-level security system (MLS) or multiple single levels of security (MSLS). The covert channel detector detects covert channels in a cryptographic system. Th... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912222 | Connection authentication in wireless communication network system In response to reception of a first piece of security code generating information from a wireless terminal by directional wireless communication, a wireless station sends wireless station ID information and a second piece of security code generating information to t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907732 | Radio frequency identification tag lock and key Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a radio frequency identification tag system includes a lock tag to secure an item or an area, and one or more key tags associated with the lock tag to allow access to the item or area or to otherwise valid... | 03/15/2011 |
