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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117439 | Issuing secure certificate using domain zone control validation A requester requests a secure certificate for a domain name from a validating entity, such as a certification authority. To verify that the requestor has control over the domain name, the validating entity generates a pass string. The requestor enters the pass strin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117438 | Method and apparatus for providing secure messaging service certificate registration A method and apparatus for providing an automated SMS registration mechanism to support authentication, authorization, creation and maintenance of PKI related tasks using web authentication that is keyed by corporate Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) are ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112623 | Communication terminal apparatus, server terminal apparatus, and communication system using the same A communication terminal apparatus includes a storage section configured to store a library function in which a first specific instruction is executed a process to be executed prior to a communication with a communication target and a second specific instruction is ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108669 | Image forming apparatus for generating electronic signature An image forming apparatus for attaching an electronic signature to image data read from a paper document is disclosed. Validity of a first public key certificate that certifies a first signature key is determined. A first electronic signature-for the image data is ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103868 | Sender identification system and method A database is queried based upon data contained in a message to obtain sender identification information, at least part of which is not contained in the message as it was sent. The sender identification information is presented to a recipient, which can send a signa... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099593 | System and method for retrieving related certificates A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one embodiment, a certificate synchronization application is programmed to perform certificate searches by querying one or more certificate ser... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099595 | Synchronizing certificates between a device and server Systems and methods for processing messages within a wireless communications system are disclosed. A server within the wireless communications system maintains a list of certificates contained in devices that use the server. The server synchronizes or updates the li... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099594 | Certificate processing Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices for processing a certificate are disclosed. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095788 | Method and apparatus for integrated provisioning of a network device with configuration information and identity certification According to one aspect, a provisioning server comprises a configuration module that configures a network device and an identification certification module that certifies the identity of the network device. With use of the provisioning server, the network device doe... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095787 | Systems and methods for optimizing SSL handshake processing A method for buffering SSL handshake messages prior to computing a message digest for the SSL handshake includes: conducting, by an appliance with a client, an SSL handshake, the SSL handshake comprising a plurality of SSL handshake messages; storing, by the applian... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090939 | Digital certificate that indicates a parameter of an associated cryptographic token In at least some embodiments, a method comprises obtaining a digital certificate that indicates a parameter of a cryptographic token associated with the digital certificate. The method further comprises associating a level of trust with the digital certificate based... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086848 | Automated process for a web site to receive a secure socket layer certificate The present invention provides systems and methods for enabling encrypted communication capabilities for a Subscriber's Web Site, thereby allowing Customers to access the Subscriber's Web Site in a secure manner. A Hosting Provider, that hosts the Subscriber's Web S... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074067 | Member certificate acquiring device, member certificate issuing device, group signing device, and group signature verifying device It is an object of the present invention to enhance the security and reduce the data amount of data to be handled in a group signing system, in which when the group public key which includes: a description for four groups: group 1, group 2, group T, and group E of t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074066 | System and method for sending secure messages Electronic messages are sent from a sending system to an identified recipient and are encoded using information contained in a certificate. A key store is accessed by a messaging application to determine if a certificate associated with the recipient is present. If ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069347 | Method for the application of implicit signature schemes A method of verifying a transaction over a data communication system between a first and second correspondent through the use of a certifying authority. The certifying authority has control of a certificate's validity, which is used by at least the first corresponde... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069346 | Implicit certificate verification A method of computing a cryptographic key to be shared between a pair of correspondents communicating with one another through a cryptographic system is provided, where one of the correspondents receives a certificate of the other correspondents public key informati... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065516 | Hard disk drive with certification function A magnetic disk drive is provided capable of reducing a processing load even in a mode of, for example, reproduction during recording. In one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive includes a storage unit for storing certificate information that relates to the magnetic d... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065517 | Method and system for transferring information to a device A system and method for transferring information include generating a public/private key pair for programming equipment and sending the programming equipment public key to a certificate authority. A programming equipment certificate is generated using the programmin... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8041942 | Robust peer-to-peer networks and methods of use thereof A method of authentication of peers of a peer-to-peer network includes a certificate issuer tracking at most a predetermined number of node IDs for each peer on the peer-to-peer network, a requesting peer requesting from the certificate issuer a certificate for auth... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032744 | Method and apparatus for self-authenticating digital records A method for proving the validity of a digital document digitally signed using a digital key that corresponds to a digital certificate in a chain of digital certificates issued by certification authorities within a hierarchy of certification authorities. At least on... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032743 | Reliance server for electronic transaction system A method of managing reliance in an electronic transaction system includes a certification authority issuing a primary certificate to a subscriber and forwarding to a reliance server, information about the issued primary certificate. The reliance server maintains th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028162 | Methods and systems for automated authentication, processing and issuance of digital certificates A computer system and process for issuing digital certificates use domain-control vetting to issue certificates. A requestor requests a certificate from a certificate authority, which identifies at least one approver to approve issuance of the digital certificate. I... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024560 | Systems and methods for securing multimedia transmissions over the internet In one embodiment, the systems and methods utilizes an enciphered permit identification number, called a session certificate, to reference the policy attribute values and session key that are stored in a secured, online reference monitor (SRM). The session key is us... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024561 | Using digital certificates to facilitate enforcement of product licenses One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses digital certificates to facilitate enforcing licensing terms for applications that manipulate documents. During operation, the system obtains a credential, wherein the credential includes a private ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019989 | Public-key infrastructure in network management A method of granting a public-key certificate to a managed node in an IT network is provided. A request from the managed node to grant the certificate is received at a certification server. It is ascertained whether an initialization-to-request time interval between... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019990 | Authority-neutral certification for multiple-authority PKI environments A method for facilitating electronic certification, and systems for use therewith, are presented in the context of public key encryption infrastructures. Some aspects of the invention provide methods for facilitating electronic certification using authority-neutral ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015400 | Certificate management and transfer system and method A method and system for Certificate management and transfer between messaging clients are disclosed. When communications are established between a first messaging client and a second messaging client, one or more Certificates stored on the first messaging client may... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015399 | Communication apparatus, communication system, certificate transmission method and program A communication apparatus includes an authentication part for authenticating another communication apparatus with a first digital certificate, and a certificate transmission part for transmitting a second digital certificate when the authentication part succeeds in ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010785 | Information processing apparatus There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising a process execution unit, a designated information obtaining unit to obtain designated information relating to authority for use, a certificate generating unit to generate a digital certificate which h... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010784 | Method and apparatus for achieving conformant public key infrastructures Method and apparatus are described wherein, in one example embodiment, a public key certificate issued by a certificate authority includes at least one characteristic that does not conform to at least one rule established for the operation of a public key infrastruc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010786 | Systems and methods for managing digital certificate based communications A system for providing interoperability between PKI networks is provided in which a identity management server converts PKI requests received in a client-specific format into a generic format, identifies an appropriate certificate authority for handling the request,... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006084 | Apparatus and method for managing plurality of certificates An apparatus and method for managing a plurality of certificates are provided. The apparatus for managing a plurality of certificates includes a plurality of certificates, a certificate search table, a low-performance file system, and a verification module. The cert... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001371 | Method and system for authorizing client devices to receive secured data streams A method and system for authorizing client devices to receive secured data streams through the use of digital certificates embedded in the client devices. A freely distributed cryptographically signed group file with an embedded expiration date is associated with ea... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001372 | Methods for secure enrollment and backup of personal identity credentials into electronic devices A method and system for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into personal identification devices. The system of the invention comprises the manufacturer of the device and an enrollment authority. The manufacturer is responsible for recording serial numb... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996669 | Computer platforms and their methods of operation A computer platform (100) uses a tamper-proof component (120), or “trusted module”, of a computer platform in conjunction with software, preferably running within the tamper-proof component, that controls the uploading and usage of data on the plat... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991996 | Architecture and design for central authentication and authorization in an on-demand utility environment A Centralized Authentication & Authorization (CAA) system that facilitates secure communication between service clients and service providers. CAA comprises a Service Request Filter (SRF), a Service Client Authentication Program (SCAP), a Service Authorization Progr... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984291 | Method for distributing certificates in a communication system The invention relates to a method for delivering certificates in a communication system using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). The identity of a mobile node is sent to a gateway from which the identity is sent to a network entity. In the network entity is s... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979696 | System and method of providing security A method and system for providing security between a service providing server and a user device, the system including: a user device to request a service and to transmit a packet including a first public key; an authentication server to receive the packet, to authen... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979695 | Program generating device and medium for the same A program generating device connected with at least one first device and at least one second device on a network comprises an authority information acquiring system that acquires authority information representing a process that the at least one second device is aut... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971055 | Trust management systems and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for making efficient trust management decisions. A trust management engine is provided that processes requests for system resources, authorizations or certificates, and the identity of one or more root authorities t... | 06/28/2011 |
