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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181028 | Method for secure system shutdown In one embodiment, a key list entry corresponding to a user's private key is securely deleted from a key list of a user device on shutdown of the user device. Subsequently, input of the user's private key will not allow decryption of an encrypted partition storing e... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176331 | Method to secure data exchange between a multimedia processing unit and a security module A method for protecting multimedia data exchanged between a multimedia processing device and a security module managed by a management center, the multimedia processing device receiving an encrypted multimedia data, decrypting the encrypted multimedia data and conve... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171299 | Data communication apparatus, data communication method, data communication program, and storage medium storing the program A data communication apparatus which is capable of preventing reception of undesired data by a destination without increasing the load on a network, etc. Data and a destination thereof are input. A sender ID related to a sender who sends the input data is input. The... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171298 | Methods and apparatus for dynamic user authentication using customizable context-dependent interaction across multiple verification objects An authentication framework is provided which enables dynamic user authentication that combines multiple authentication objects using a shared context and that permits customizable interaction design to suit varying user preferences and transaction/application requi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161288 | Secure user access subsystem for use in a computer information database system A user access security subsystem of a computer information database system utilizes computer grouping criteria and user type criteria to control user access to both computer profile data and system administrative features. Computer grouping criteria determine profil... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145912 | System and method for using a visual password scheme A system and method for inputting a password. The system and method operates to associate unique non-descriptive graphical features with unique text-based characters. The system and method operates to receive in sequence, a plurality of text-based characters. The sy... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140853 | Mutually excluded security managers A shared key and a private key unique to one or more resource sets are generated. Each of the resource sets identifies the resource. The shared key and the private key are transmitted to a security access point. The security access point controls access to the resou... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132016 | Method, system, and computer program product for the authentication of multiple users in a common session A first information handling system (“IHS”) receives identification information of a first user of a second IHS. The first IHS initiates a network session in response to authenticating the identification information of the first user. Within the network session,... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122258 | System and method for secure operating system boot There is provided a method for operating a basic input/output system (BIOS) of a pay-as-you go computer system. In one example embodiment, the method includes periodically resetting a watchdog timer, wherein failure to reset the watchdog timer indicates a security v... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108684 | Method and system for controlling a security system using near field communication A security system control system using a host object with a near field communication device and a target object with a near field communication device. The target object broadcasts a carrier signal to the host object. Using the near field communication device, the h... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108683 | Mitigating dictionary attacks on password-protected local storage The invention includes a method for key creation and recovery based on solutions to puzzles solvable by humans and not computers. In some exemplary embodiments, the key is created and recovered based on the solution(s) in conjunction with the password entered by the... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108685 | Apparatus and method for indicating password quality and variety A method of presenting password information to a user, the method comprising: receiving a password; determining the number of unique character sets utilized in the password; and displaying the number of unique character sets that are contained within the password. | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095799 | Ticket authorized secure installation and boot A method and apparatus for secure software installation to boot a device authorized by a ticket are described herein. A ticket request including a device identifier of the device is sent for the ticket which includes attributes for one or more components to boot the... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078597 | System and method for providing extensible controls in a communities framework A communities framework is disclosed which contains resources in a repository. The repository contains data stored in nodes wherein each node has data associated with a collaboration resource and each resource has a set of properties or attributes. A server can prov... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078880 | Portable personal identity information A user interacts with a client containing personal identity information operable to identify the user to a relying party when the relying party is presented with claims comprising a portion of the personal identity information. The personal identity information incl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074075 | Authentication system To provide an authentication technology making it compatible to facilitate inputting of authentication information and to ensure the security. An authentication device connected to a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal via a communication line, receives a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060751 | Access-control method for software module and programmable electronic device therefor A programmable electronic device (10) stores a number of cipher-text software modules (14) to which access is granted after evaluating a user's token (55, 80, 82), a software-restriction class (58) for a requested software module (14 | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060750 | Secure seed provisioning A technique is utilized in the configuration and seeding of security tokens at third party facilities, particularly at facilities of a configuration agent, such that a token can be configured without the configuration agent having security-defeating knowledge about ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051296 | System and method for initializing secure communications with lightweight devices System and methods for initializing secure communications with lightweight devices are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes enabling a device manager to securely communicate with a lightweight device, the method comprising receiving encrypted dat... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046587 | Method off-line authentication on a limited-resource device One feature provides a method for granting authenticated access to off-line, limited-resource mobile devices. A public-private key pair is generated by a service provider and the public key is used to digitally sign a username and (possibly) access privileges to obt... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8020005 | Method and apparatus for multi-model hybrid comparison system A user authentication system collects measurements of physical and/or behavioral characteristics of a user. The measurements are processed by two or more processing engines to produce initial confidence measures, and a unified confidence measure is prepared from wei... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005849 | Database access server with reformatting A database access server includes a network interface device and a processing device coupled to the network interface device via a bus. The network interface device receives a data request. The processing device retrieves data having a first data type. The processin... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996682 | Secure prompting Techniques are described herein for securely prompting a user to confirm sensitive operations, input sensitive information or the like. The techniques include receiving or intercepting calls from applications to prompting routines. When a call to a prompting routine... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992005 | Providing pattern based user password access The Pattern Based Password Tool provides a user with a unique, single-use password that is hard to steal, but easy for the user to remember. The Pattern Based Password Tool assigns a password to a user, wherein the password specifies a spatial position of at least o... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7992006 | Smart card data protection method and system thereof A data protection method and system thereof used for a smart card, wherein, the user may select a data frame in a smart card through a data access interface, and input data into the data frame. The data protection system includes a data protection module, an encrypt... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979714 | Authentication and access control device Authentication and access control device (104) includes a first security key sub-system (110, 112, 114, 116, 118). The first security key sub-system is responsive to an input signal for providing a first key code required for permitting a user access t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979715 | Replaceable print cartridge A replaceable print cartridge includes a container and a memory coupled to the container. The memory is configured to limit use of printing material that is to be contained in the container. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974956 | Authenticating a site while protecting against security holes by handling common web server configurations Techniques are provided through which a user is verified as authorized to modify a website. A web crawler generates a filename and content for the user, who purports to be authorized to modify a particular website. The web crawler sends the filename and content towa... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971065 | Method and apparatus for path concealment in networks and graphs A method for data concealment between two parties in a system, including: permitting the system to solicit one or more data from a user; permitting the system to generate a traversed path in a graph by using the one or more data provided by the user to generate the ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966496 | System and method for single sign on process for websites with multiple applications and services A system and method for integrating the Internet front end-sign on processes of the various systems of a financial institution which allows a customer to view and access its various financial accounts with the institution. During the initial sign up for the o... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7941670 | Data processing apparatus in which data is accessed in response to an access request from a plurality of access request sources A data processing apparatus is provided which is capable of improving the responsiveness of communication in which only a maximum of one access request source has write authorization and the other access requests do not have write authorization when communication is... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941669 | Method and apparatus for enabling a user to select an authentication method The present invention facilitates access to a restricted service related to secure transactions via a network. The present invention allows a user to select a minimum security level of authentication for its own login to a restricted service. The user's selected min... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937589 | Computer grid access management system An apparatus and program product manage access to a remote computing grid that is not normally accessible to a client. A client computer may communicate with the computing grid via a dropbox configured to receive and distribute data between the client computer and t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930552 | Intelligent encryption key with biometric identification function and operating method for the same The present invention relates to an intelligent encryption key with biometric identification apparatus and method. Embodiments of the invention include an intelligent encryption key with biometric identification apparatus, comprising a biometric acquisition unit, a ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921297 | Random biometric authentication utilizing unique biometric signatures A user can be challenged to provide at least one randomly selected biometric attribute. The randomly selected biometric attribute input by the user is automatically compared to a plurality of biometric attributes of the user contained in a user profile. The user can... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913089 | Identification information creating apparatus, identification information resolving apparatus, information system utilizing the apparatuses, controlling method and program thereof An ID creating apparatus includes a derivative value creating unit for creating a derivative value, a user ID encrypting unit for creating encrypted ID by encrypting information including the user ID and the derivative value based on an encryption key, and a derivat... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908485 | Printing system An imaging system is provided with an authentication data storage that stores a plurality of pieces of authentication data in relationship to user IDs respectively representing owners of the plurality of communication devices. Further included is a reading system th... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904728 | Consumable resource access control A consumable resource access control unit includes a consumable resource and an authorization interface coupled to the consumable resource. The interface is configured to limit use of the resource. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895443 | Secure authentication using hardware token and computer fingerprint A method and apparatus for secure authentication of a hardware token is disclosed. In one embodiment, a host computer fingerprint is used to generate a partial seed for a challenge-response authentication which is performed on the hardware token. In another embodime... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890767 | Virtual smart card system and method A public key authentication system and method for use in a computer system having a plurality of users. The system includes a virtual smart card server, storage connected to the virtual smart card server, and a virtual smart card agent connected to the virtual smart... | 02/15/2011 |
