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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7826618 | Synchronization of encryption in a wireless communication system Disclosed embodiments include a method for synchronizing a cryptosystem. In one embodiment, the method uses existing control data that is transmitted as part of a connection establishment process in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, messages that a... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7747021 | Method and apparatus for fast secure session establishment on half-duplex point-to-point voice cellular network channels Methods and apparatus are provided for secure communication techniques in a communication system. The system can include a first device which communicates with a second device over a channel. A security association can be established during a first session between t... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7715563 | Rapid acquisition of state vectors in an encrypted data communication system A state vector acquisition technique for a counter-based cryptographic data communication system is disclosed. The acquisition technique facilitates receipt of the state vector components (the short component and the long components) in any chronological order. The ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7660420 | Wireless device synchronization A system and method for wireless device synchronization is provided. A default connection is established between a first wireless device and a second wireless using default connection values. Unique address information is exchanged over the default connection. A uni... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7577256 | 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 core-network-specific authentication protocol and a radio-bearer-specific ciphering process, and generating, for each ciphering proc... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7471795 | Information transmission system A sending apparatus generates a first initial vector, a second initial vector, and an encryption key in response to a pseudo random number. Original information is encrypted into cipher information in response to the encryption key and the second initial vector. The... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7436964 | Synchronization of encryption in a wireless communication system Disclosed embodiments include a method for synchronizing a cryptosystem. In one embodiment, the method uses existing control data that is transmitted as part of a connection establishment process in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, messages that a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421075 | Wireless online cryptographic key generation method A system and method for wireless cryptographic key exchange among participants in a wireless computing network is presented. This allows the authorized participants in the wireless communication session not have the same key before the wireless computing session beg... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7392450 | Method and apparatus of compensating for signal receiving error at receiver in packet-based communication system A method and an apparatus of compensating for a signal receiving error at a receiver in a packet-based communication system. In the invention, frequency offset estimation and DC offset estimation obtained in a current packet are re-used in a next packet if the recei... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383435 | Method for encoding and decoding communication data The invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding communication data, especially voice data, which is transmitted in a plurality of data packets in a digital communication network, especially for internet telephony. The communication data is encoded by mea... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380124 | Security transmission protocol for a mobility IP network The present invention supports a secure transmissions protocol for information packet transmission between a Mobile Node and a Foreign Agent. The information packets are encrypted and decrypted using an integrated software client that combines mobile IP communicatio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370978 | Encrypting data Embodiments disclose encrypting data used to adjust reflectivity of the screen. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362265 | Process for accurate location determination in GPS positioning system A base station (server) transmits assisting information to the user's receiver (rover). Signals from at least 5 satellites are used for 3-dimensional positioning. Pseudorange measurements are made in a system of equations having a minimum set of unknowns X,Y,Z, and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352718 | Spatial division multiple access for wireless networks Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology in conjunction with the IEEE 802.11 standard enables simultaneous communication of data packets to or from multiple users in the same frequency. Spatial divisional multiple access (SDMA) is thus provided. In this way,... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352688 | High data rate wireless bridging A specialized preamble is provided to facilitate matrix channel estimation of a MIMO channel. In a particular implementation, a channel training preamble provided by the IEEE 802.11a standard is modified to facilitate MIMO channel estimation. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346778 | Security method and apparatus for controlling the data exchange on handheld computers A method and system for protecting portable computer data from unauthorized transfer or using portable computers to download unauthorized data. The invention is applicable to any computer capable of transferring data, but in one embodiment a portable computer is des... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333826 | Voice hub processing Systems and methods are provided for routing voice communications to groups in a voice communication system using a voice hub system. The voice hub system allows a user to group communication devices into one or more logical networks and/or unit task organizations. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7313127 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing a radio telemetry system by way of transmitted-reference, delay-hopped ultra-wideband pilot signal A time-division-multiplexed radio communication system and method uses transmitted-reference, delay-hopped (TR/DH) ultra-wideband (UWB) broadcast signal to provide a pilot signal to all mobile devices in a coverage area from which time synchronization is derived. Us... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301924 | Media access control for MIMO wireless network The MAC layer of a wireless communication standard is modified to facilitate MIMO (multiple input multiple output) processing and thereby increase capacity and/or spectral efficiency. In one implementation, the IEEE 802.11a standard is modified in this way. A conten... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295635 | Method of signal processing in the presence of interference The invention relates to methods of processing signals subjected to interference. It consists, when this signal is formed of a first wideband channel and of a second narrowband channel modulating one and the same carrier in which these signals are cut off for the du... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289014 | System for automatically moving access barriers and methods for using the same An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers including a controller associated with at least one access barrier and a transceiver associated with the controller for transmitting and receiving operational signals. The system al... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277548 | Cryptographic method and computer program product for use in wireless local area networks An encryption system and method that may encrypt all of the transmitted and received data packets on the data link layer without collisions on the Initialization Vector (IV). In the encryption system and method a new final key value may be generated and applied to e... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274504 | System and method for advanced tight coupling of GPS and inertial navigation sensors A system and method for generating a navigation solution in high interference and dynamic environments using Global Positioning System (GPS) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data is described. The system includes an Advanced Tightly Coupled (ATC) tracking process... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272108 | Channel estimation in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems A system and method for estimating channel characteristics in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems with transmitter diversity is presented. The disclosed approach is compatible with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) â€... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269739 | Method and system for allowing for the secure transmission and reception of data in a processing system A method and system for allowing for the secure transmission and reception of data in a processing system is disclosed. The method and system includes providing at least one crypto algorithm in a region of a system memory in the processing system; and assigning a cr... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269416 | Universal vehicle based garage door opener control system and method A vehicle-based control system and method for use with a barrier operating system that includes a motor, a receiver in communication with the motor, and a remote transmitter for transmitting an activation signal to the receiver. The activation signal includes a radi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269742 | Microprocessor configuration with encryption A microcontroller for security applications includes an encryption unit between a bus and a functional unit. The encryption unit includes a gate and a key register. A memory is provided with a further encryption unit whose gate is connected between the register and ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266703 | Single-pass cryptographic processor and method A cryptographic processing system includes a cipher circuit and hash circuit. An input control unit and output control unit work together to process data packets in a pipelined manner wherein the data packets move through the processing system in a single-pass. The ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7239973 | Method and test adapter for testing an appliance having a smart card reader For testing of the appliance, a test adapter is used as an interface, which is inserted into the smart card reader of the appliance. Advantageously, a contact of the smart card reader is used for testing of the appliance, which is not used by the appliance, when ope... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230941 | Preamble channel decoding Rather than attaching a preamble to a data traffic subpacket, a preamble channel is transmitted along with a traffic channel. In a system wherein the data traffic subpackets are variably sized, preambles can also be variably sized if a target station can decode vari... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227949 | Separate self-synchronizing packet-based scrambler having replay variation A separated synchronizing scrambler/descrambler pair that removes the possibility of catastrophic error due to improper transmission of initial condition information without disrupting the OFDM modulation scheme of a system that includes error-correction coding circ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224704 | Wireless network scheduling data frames including physical layer configuration A wireless network is disclosed in which individual wireless stations can be configured to implement any of a plurality of physical configurations including antenna configurations. Such antenna configurations may include, without limitation, multiple input multiple ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224802 | Wireless communication device, and method for controlling the same, which authenticates partner device when connecting thereto When having been set into, for example, a mode for registering a Bluetooth device address (BD_ADDR) in accordance with the Bluetooth Standard or a mode for registering a Personal Identification Number (PIN) code in accordance with the Bluetooth Standard, a wireless ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209029 | Electronic lock system and method for providing access thereto A method for providing a security code comprises providing an access location identification and security device information. A user provides access location information and access duration information to a code generator system. The access location information and ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209560 | Data communications In a data communications system a remote data source outputs data as a series of application data units (ADUs). Each ADU is individually encrypted with a different key. The keys are transmitted (for example using Internet multicasting) via a communications network t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203318 | Secure transmission system for a digital trunked radio system A security system for a digital trunked radio system having a digital control channel and a plurality of working channels, wherein said working channels are assigned for temporary use of individual radio units by digital control signals transmitted over said control... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197768 | Software modem for communicating data using encrypted data and unencrypted control codes A communications system includes a physical layer hardware unit and a processing unit. The physical layer hardware unit is adapted to communicate data over a communications channel. The physical layer hardware unit is adapted to receive unencrypted control codes and... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194763 | Method and apparatus for determining authentication capabilities A method is disclosed for determining the authentication capabilities of a supplicant before initiating an authentication conversation with a client, for example, using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). In one aspect, the method provides for sending, to a su... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194629 | Apparatus for authenticating memory space of an authorized accessory An apparatus for authenticating memory space of an authorized accessory of a device includes an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is configured to define two secret keys K1 and K2, a random function which returns a random number R and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178035 | Write once system and method for facilitating digital encrypted transmissions A digital interface device is provided for facilitating key encryption of a digital signal which is communicated from a computer system to an associated peripheral device, such as a digital display device. The digital interface device has a digital output, digital o... | 02/13/2007 |
