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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145900 | Crypto-pointers for secure data storage This disclosure relates to pairing of a different cryptographic key with each pointer in a data structure to form a crypto-pointer. The cryptographic key is used to encrypt the contents of all data stored at the physical location on the storage device indicated by t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131999 | Distance-preserving anonymization of data An embodiment includes a system with a processing unit and a communication unit. The processing unit is configured: to compute a first reference point of a data point that represents a private data item and has a first distance value to the data point, wherein the f... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8065520 | Method and apparatus for encrypted communications to a secure server An embodiment of the invention includes a secure server. A user at a terminal, communicatively coupled to the secure server by a secure link, can obtain web pages from web sites in a network, in encrypted form, via the secure link. Addresses associated with the web ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7996670 | Classification engine in a cryptography acceleration chip Provided is an architecture for a cryptography accelerator chip that allows significant performance improvements over previous prior art designs. In various embodiments, the architecture enables parallel processing of packets through a plurality of cryptography engi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984293 | Secure host network address configuration A Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card may establish, via a non-secure network, a secure communications channel between a computer and a secure network. The non-secure network may define a first address space. The secure network may ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7913082 | Authenticating address ownership using care-of address (COA) binding protocol A method for authenticating address ownership using a Care-of Address (CoA) binding protocol, the method includes a comparison of two hash-function-processed result values, i.e., a first hash-function-processed result value transmitted from a home agent, the first h... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908475 | Method and apparatus for transferring a communicaton session Session Inter-Device (SID) mobility networks (50, 100, 150) are described in which a seamless transfer of a communication session from a first device (56, 106, 116) to a second device (66, 116, 166) can be achieved without interrupting the activ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7849309 | Method of securing network access radio systems A method of providing security for network access radio systems and associated access radio security systems used with the systems. The method includes connecting an access radio having a radio link to a network; communicating between the access radio and a computer... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836299 | Virtualization of software configuration registers of the TPM cryptographic processor A virtual PCR (VPCR) construct is provided that can be cryptographically tagged as optionally resettable or as enduring for the life of a client (process, virtual machine, and the like) and that can be loaded into a resettable hardware PCR to make use of the functio... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822977 | System for eliminating unauthorized electronic mail A system for eliminating unauthorized email sent to a user on a network analyzes the sender address of incoming email and determines whether it is to be rejected by returning a standard “no such user” error code or accepted depending upon executing processing ru... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7779251 | Information communication apparatus and method, information communication system, and memory medium It is intended, in the mobile information terminal, to achieve compactization, cost reduction and reduction in the burden of information processing, while taking the enciphering process for the information into consideration. The cipher signal process unit fo... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770004 | Methods and systems for image sharing over a network Methods and systems are provided for sharing images over a network. A first user selects an image for sharing and designates an image recipient. Metadata for the first image is transmitted from the first user's terminal to the image recipient's terminal. At least pa... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7757080 | User validation using cookies and isolated backup validation A system for storage of user access information is described. The user access information is used for validating a user for access data on a computer server over a network. The system may comprise an encryption module for encrypting the user access information using... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7757081 | Launching a secure kernel in a multiprocessor system In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes verifying an initiating logical processor of a system; validating a trusted agent with the initiating logical processor if the initiating logical processor is verified; and launching the trusted agent on ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7739497 | Method and apparatus for anonymous IP datagram exchange using dynamic network address translation Methods, apparatus, system and computer program are provided for concealing the identity of a network device transmitting a datagram having a network layer header. A unique local identifier and broadcast address are determined in accordance with a next-hop address. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7716472 | Method and system for transparent bridging and bi-directional management of network data A network-communication method includes detecting network activity between a local area network and a wide area network, decoding the network activity, responsive to the decoding step, obtaining at least a source network address, and using the source network address... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7694132 | Secure intermediary communications system A system for communication of a message in which the message intended for a third computer is first encrypted by a first computer and is sent to a second computer. The second computer, acting as an intermediary, + decrypts the message and re-encrypts the message bef... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7624264 | Using time to determine a hash extension An extensible cryptographically generated network address may be generated by forming at least a portion of the network address as a portion of a first hash value. The first hash value may be formed by generating a plurality of hash values by hashing a concatenation... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7594109 | Digital content distribution system A digital content distribution system comprises a high definition television broadcaster and a consumer media unit. The high definition television broadcaster comprises a high definition television transmitter configured for multicasting, on a repeating periodic bas... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7577836 | 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... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7546456 | IPv6 address ownership solution based on zero-knowledge identification protocols or based on one time password A method and system for proving ownership of an IPv6 address of a node in an IP based communication system. The node generates or has a private key corresponding to a public key, computes an address using the public key. The node verifies owning the address by gener... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7536546 | System and method for providing encryption for rerouting of real time multi-media flows A system for providing encryption for the rerouting of multi-media data flow packets is disclosed. Generally, a first endpoint is connected to a second endpoint, wherein the first endpoint comprises a transceiver, encryption software stored within the first endpoint... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533260 | Method and apparatus for encoding and storing session data Session data is encoded in a tag-length-value format and encrypted using a modified encryption key. A session cookie is then formed by concatenating the length of the length of the secret, the length of the secret, the secret itself, and the encoded and encrypted co... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7533261 | Method and apparatus for encoding and storing session data Session data is encoded in a tag-length-value format and encrypted using a modified encryption key. A session cookie, formed by concatenating the length of the length of the secret, the length of the secret, the secret itself, and the encoded and encrypted configura... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7509490 | Method and apparatus for encrypted communications to a secure server An embodiment of the invention includes a secure server. A user at a terminal, communicatively coupled to the secure server by a secure link, can obtain web pages from web sites in a network, in encrypted form, via the secure link. Addresses associated with the web ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7461251 | Public key certification issuing apparatus A host requests a public key certificate from a gateway, and the gateway requests a public key certificate from a Certification Authority (CA). The CA generates a public key certificate, which is sent to the host through the gateway. The host sets an IPv6 address ba... | 12/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7444666 | Multi-domain authorization and authentication A method of multi-domain authorization/authentication on a computer network comprises: a user making a request to a policy enforcement point of a computer for access to information on the computer; providing a location address for a user's authorization and/or authe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441116 | Secure resource distribution through encrypted pointers A secure pointer. The secure pointer can include an encrypted pointer to a resource disposed in a communicatively coupled computing device. The secure pointer also can include a network address of a server computing device able to locate the resource based upon a de... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437553 | Systems and methods for providing autonomous security Systems and methods for providing autonomous security are configured to modify an original header associated with an original data packet wherein key information is added; encrypt original data associated with the original data packet in response to the key informat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434069 | Method and device for encryption/decryption of data on mass storage device A method and device performing encryption/decryption of data on a mass storage media. A plurality of different encryption/decryption algorithms with associated keys can be utilised on different storage areas of the media, such as blocks/sectors on a hard disk drive,... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434046 | Method and apparatus providing secure multicast group communication An approach for establishing secure multicast communication among multiple members that participate in a multicast group is disclosed. In one feature, multiple multicast proxy service nodes (MPSNs) are defined and control when members join or leave the multicast gro... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428576 | Addressee-defined mail addressing system and method A mail delivery system and method utilize unique delivery addresses, each for a corresponding addressee, and addressee-controlled delivery codes. Each delivery code is embedded in a message address but is distinct from the unique root delivery address for the addres... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424116 | Method and apparatus for providing authentication in a communication system A method includes receiving an authentication request from a mobile station (401) and determining whether to forward the request to an authentication agent. When it is determined to forward the request, the request is forwarded to the authentication agent ( | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421082 | Data delivery method and data delivery system using sets of passkeys generated by dividing an encryption key A data delivery system providing multipoint delivery of encrypted digital data to specific destinations. A plurality of pieces of key information are generated on the basis of an encryption key specific to each digital data item to be delivered. The multiple pieces ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412061 | Encrypting a digital object on a key ID selected therefor To encrypt a digital object, a key ID is selected for the digital object, and a function ƒ( ) having an input and an output is selected. The selected key ID is then employed as the input to the function ƒ( ), and the output of such function ƒ( ) is employed as th... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409544 | Methods and systems for authenticating messages Disclosed is an authentication mechanism that provides much of the security of heavyweight authentication mechanisms, but with lower administrative and communicative overhead while at the same time not being limited to a 64-bit limit on the length of a cryptographic... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398387 | Device and method for scrambling data by means of address lines A device and method for scrambling data by means of address lines is disclosed, which includes a seed generator, a first parameter generator, a data scrambler and a de-scrambler. The seed generator is connected to an address bus for generating a seed in accordance w... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395359 | Automatic configuration of network components having separate unprogrammed network devices configured to communicate with separate interconnected network terminals The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing configuration information to terminals and network components within a network. In particular, a specialist is no longer necessary in order to exchange a terminal or a component for the network. T... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392538 | Firewall apparatus Communication using IPv6 is carried out, and conversion is given to a prefix of an IPv6 address in a firewall. A security channel for mutual authentication with an out-of-home apparatus or the like is carried out by the firewall, and only identification of an in-hom... | 06/24/2008 |
