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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190876 | Renegotiating SSL/TLS connections with client certificates on post requests A method and apparatus for providing securing a connection with a (Secure Sockets Layer) SSL/TLS-enabled server. In one embodiment, a web client establishes a new connection by initiating a communication with the SSL/TLS-enabled server. The communication includes a ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181010 | Distributed authentication user interface system A system for authenticating a request to access a protected network resource behind two security layers is disclosed. The system includes a client which contains a web browser, a first server tier, and second server tier. The first server tier is protected behind a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181011 | iSCSI name forwarding technique An iSCSI name forwarding technique allows a security appliance to assume iSCSI names of one or more clients and one or more storage systems in a network. The security appliance is coupled between each client and storage system, and is configured to intercept a data ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166293 | Client server distributed system, client apparatus, server apparatus, and message encryption method used therefor When encryption information including an encryption rule, an encryption range, and an encryption key is input to a server apparatus from a local maintenance console in advance, the server apparatus stores the encryption information in an encryption information setti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8122241 | Method for delivering a confidential e-mail A method for delivering a confidential e-mail is disclosed. The application software loads a first e-mail, checks if an attached file of the first e-mail is encrypted, opens a second e-mail for delivering a password of the attached file when the attached file is enc... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8095786 | Application-specific network-layer virtual private network connections Techniques are described for providing secure communication of network traffic from specific applications operating on a client device to a server device using a network-layer virtual private network (VPN). For example, a module on a client device may intercept netw... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8037298 | System and method for providing security via a top level domain A system and method is disclosed for providing end-to-end security for communications between registered clients of a top level domain without the need for further encryption/decryption protocols than those provided by said at least one of said plurality of secure c... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028161 | System for negotiating security association on application layer A first computer sends a list of possible security associations to a second computer in a message according to a protocol of an application layer, a security parameter index being contained in the message for each security association. The second computer selects a ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7984288 | Software protection apparatus and protection method thereof A software protection apparatus and its protection method are disclosed. The software protection apparatus includes a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit has a program area and a data area. The program area is used to save an executable. The process... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979691 | Computer virus protection A network is protected from e-mail viruses through the use of a sacrificial server. Any executable program or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe Ac... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7913078 | Computer network virus protection system and method A network is protected from viruses through the use of a sacrificial server, which may be physical or virtual. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-execut... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895431 | Packet queuing, scheduling and ordering A method and apparatus for ordering, synchronizing and scheduling work in a multi-core network services processor is provided. Each piece of work is identified by a tag that indicates how the work is to be synchronized and ordered. Throughput is increased by process... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7877594 | Method and system for securing e-mail transmissions A method for frustrating unauthorized access to an electronic mail message having address, body and attachment information and being transmitted from a first computer to a second computer, including: at the first computer: detecting a request to send the message; en... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870381 | Schema-based portal architecture for assessment and integration of silicon IPs Systems, methods, and media for a schema-based portal for assessment and integration of silicon IPs are disclosed. Embodiments may generally include an IP portal system having a portal interface to receive inputs from users and to provide output to users and a datab... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7840798 | Method for data transfer in a network First transmission data of a first device is received within a lower network layer and is processed, generating first intermediate layer data of an intermediate network layer. The first intermediate layer data is processed, generating higher layer data of a higher n... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840799 | Transmission of secure electronic mail formats A method and system for providing e-mail messages to a receiving e-mail application. The e-mail messages as sent from a sending e-mail application being secure and in opaque signed format. The opaque signed e-mail messages being converted to clear signed e-mail mess... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7822970 | Method and apparatus for regulating access to a computer via a computer network A method and apparatus for regulating access to a computer via a computer network is provided, in which a local computer has an application program, a proxy program, and a firewall program. The proxy program monitors the communication between the application program... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814308 | Debugging applications under different permissions A system and method that allows developers to debug a component while it is restricted by any arbitrary set of specific permissions, or restricted by an existing permission set associated with a security “zone.” A security sandbox is mimicked within the developm... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802089 | Analyzing interpretable code for harm potential Computerized facilitation of an assessment of risk associated with running interpretable code. The interpretable code under evaluation is parsed to identify a command unit within the interpretable code. One or more risk factors associated with the identified command... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7730297 | Automated public key certificate transfer Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for exchanging certificates, including generating a first container object including one or more of a sender's certificate and a request for a recipient's certificate, wher... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7702900 | Web services security test framework and method A computer-implemented system for managing security using a SOAP message is provided. The system includes a SOAP message that has a security portion. The security portion of the SOAP message has at least one security component. The system includes a custom class and... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694128 | Systems and methods for secure communication delivery Systems and methods for secure delivery of electronic communications are provided. A communication transmitted over a communications network is received by a system processor. The system processor selects a secure delivery mechanism for delivering the communication.... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7664947 | Systems and methods for automated exchange of electronic mail encryption certificates Systems and methods for automated exchange of encryption certificates for transmitting and receiving encrypted email messages are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of communicating an encrypted email message includes providing a recipient identifier, creating a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7650493 | System and method for integrating secure and non-secure software objects A secure first process uses a non-secure software object by hosting said non-secure software object in a separate second process, where the first process's address space is inaccessible to the second process. The first process communicates with the second process, p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647493 | Communication system and method The invention relates to a communication system which comprises at least one user equipment having a plurality of identities associated therewith. The user equipment has means for storing at least one of the identities. Storage means are provided for storing at leas... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7620807 | Method and apparatus for automatically constructing application signatures The present invention relates to a method and system for the automated construction of application signatures. In one example, an approach for automatically constructing accurate signatures for individual applications, with minimal human involvement or application d... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607007 | Method and apparatus for message routing in a computer system Method and apparatus for message routing in a computer system (100) is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a message in a compressed or encrypted form (302, 402); extracting a portion of the message in its compressed or encrypted form... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7603547 | Security control module A system for distributing information from a first process to one or more security service modules. The system comprises a remote interface, capable of accepting first information from the first process, and a provisioning service provider (PSP) coupled to the remot... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7603548 | Security provider development model A method for providing a security provider for a client comprises providing a service provider interface, that is compatible with a security framework layer, and one or more services. The one or more services include at least one of, authentication, authorization, a... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7571309 | Method and apparatus for providing security mechanism guaranteeing transparency at transport layer Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a security mechanism guaranteeing transparency at a transport layer. The method includes: receiving a data packet from an application program, and searching key information corresponding to the data packet in key inf... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7539857 | Cooperative processing and escalation in a multi-node application-layer security system and method A cooperative processing and escalation method and system for use in multi-node application-layer security management is disclosed. The method includes the steps of identifying individual application security nodes, grouping and configuring nodes for cooperative pro... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7506154 | Transmission of secure electronic mail formats A method and system for providing e-mail messages to a receiving e-mail application. The e-mail messages as sent from a sending e-mail application being secure and in opaque signed format. The opaque signed e-mail messages being converted to clear signed e-mail mess... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7506155 | E-mail virus protection system and method A network is protected from e-mail viruses through the use of a sacrificial server. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe A... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7444398 | System and method for delivering security services A flexible, scalable hardware and software platform that allows a service provider to easily provide internet services, virtual private network services, firewall services, etc., to a plurality of customers. One aspect provides a method and system for delivering sec... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444675 | Systems and methods for defining security information for web-services In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a web-services interface for a web-service comprises a security binding extension element operable to specify at least one security feature for a message transmitted to a service provider and a security algo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444505 | Method, system and software for maintaining network access and security A system, method and apparatus for securing communications between a trusted network and an untrusted network are disclosed. A perimeter client is deployed within the trusted network and communicates over a session multiplexing enabled protocol with a perimeter serv... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441119 | Offload processing for secure data transfer Improvements in security processing are disclosed which enable security processing to be transparent to the application. Security processing (such as Secure Sockets Layer, or “SSL”, or Transport Layer Security, or “TLS”) is performed in (or controlled by) th... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441270 | Connectivity in the presence of barriers A communication system includes a first endpoint located behind a first connectivity barrier, such as a firewall or a consumer gateway, and a second endpoint. A service is arranged to respond to a request from the first endpoint to establish communications with the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441114 | Methods and systems for management and control of an automation control module An automation control module (ACM) including an ACM central processing unit (CPU) and a web system electrically connected to the ACM CPU. The web system is configured to process security layer encrypted hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests from a network.... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437562 | Method and apparatus for digitally signing electronic mail that originates from a browser One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for digitally signing electronic mail that originates from a browser. The system operates by first receiving a message from a browser at a mail server. The mail server formats the message and returns the form... | 10/14/2008 |
