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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| 8190914 | Method and system for designating and handling confidential memory allocations Methods and systems for designating and handling confidential memory allocations of virtual memory are provided in which the operating system provides a memory allocation flag that applications may use to indicate any arbitrary area of physical memory marked with th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190920 | Security features in an electronic device A method of establishing security in an electronic device. The method includes generating a statistically unique root key value and storing the root key value in a one-time programmable memory of the device. The method also includes isolating firmware in the device ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190918 | Interoperable digital rights management In one aspect, there is provided a storage medium, the storage medium having a media content portion; and a plurality of digital rights management (DRM) envelopes, wherein each of the plurality of DRM envelopes corresponds to a different DRM format; wherein each of ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190913 | System and method for content protection on a computing device Systems and methods for handling user interface field data. A system and method can be configured to receive input which indicates that the mobile device is to enter into a protected mode. Data associated with fields displayed on a user interface are stored in a sec... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190919 | Multiple stakeholder secure memory partitioning and access control A machine implemented system and method that effectuates secure access to a flash memory associated with a mobile device. The system includes a security component that intercepts transactions between an external processor and the flash memory and implements authenti... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190917 | System and method for securely saving and restoring a context of a secure program loader A system, method and program product that securely saves and restores the context of a secure program loader is presented. An interrupt is sent to a secured program running on an special purpose processor core that is running in isolation mode. The special purpose p... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190915 | Method and apparatus for detecting data tampering within a database One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates detecting data tampering within a table in a database. The system operates by hashing a row in the table to create a row-hash. The system then hashes a block of consecutive row-hashes to crea... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190916 | Methods and systems for modifying an integrity measurement based on user authentication A computer system is provided that comprises a processor and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) accessible to the processor. During a boot process, the BIOS determines an integrity measurement for the computer system and modifies the integrity measurement based on a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190922 | Extensible and flexible electronic information tracking systems and methods A method and system for tracking electronic information includes the steps of: encrypting an electronic file stored on a hardware storage device; attaching or incorporating with the file a standalone executable program that implements a request for a decryption key ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190921 | Methodology for vaulting data encryption keys with encrypted storage A method is provided to allow for encryption keys to be safely vaulted and for restarts after system failures, even when an external key server is not accessible. In one embodiment, the encryption keys are stored in memory in an encrypted format, the encryption keys... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185752 | Method and system for providing data field encryption and storage An approach is provided for securely storing and managing sensitive data. A system and method are provided that include a central device that receives an actual data value from a requester, encrypts the actual data value, obtains a replacement value for the encrypte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185751 | Achieving strong cryptographic correlation between higher level semantic units and lower level components in a secure data storage system A data storage architecture for networked access by clients includes a file server capable of communication with the clients via the network, physical storage organized as a plurality of logical volumes, and an encryption device in communication with both the file s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181039 | Disc drive counterfeiting countermeasure Counterfeiting of optical disc drives used with game systems is prevented by storing an obfuscated authentication key in firmware of the disc drive. Each disc drive can implement a different obfuscation scheme. The authentication key is parsed into components and th... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176338 | Hash-based data block processing with intermittently-connected systems Methods are provided for detecting the processing status of data blocks in systems having intermittent connections. A hash value is used at times in place of a block's data content, thereby reducing processing of the block. Hash values may be maintained locally. Blo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175441 | Playback program A plurality of audio object (AOB) files and a plurality of picture object (POB) files are stored. Default Playlist Information and sets of Playlist Information each show an order in which AOBs stored in the plurality of AOB files are to be reproduced. The DPLGI incl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171311 | Transferring data values via a data bus or storing data values using a selectable representation Data values being stored and transferred within a data processing system 8 have a selectable representation, such as true and complement, as indicated by an accompanying representation specifying bit. This assists in obscuring the operation and the power sign... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171310 | File system filter authentication A software entity on a host device attempting to access protected content in a secure memory device must be authenticated using a challenge/response authentication mechanism before the secure file system can be accessed. A file system filter determines whether reque... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166314 | Selective I/O to logical unit when encrypted, but key is not available or when encryption status is unknown A method is provided for controlling I/O request access to an encrypted storage device when the encryption key for the encrypted storage device is not available. The method comprises the unordered steps of: providing an I/O filter driver in operable communication wi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166313 | Method and apparatus for dump and log anonymization (DALA) According to one embodiment of the invention, an original dump file is received from a client machine to be forwarded to a dump file recipient. The original dump file is parsed to identify certain content of the original dump file that matches certain data patterns/... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161297 | Printing system, information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, print management method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus encrypts data that is to be printed by a printing apparatus and stored in a storage device detachably connected to the information processing apparatus so that the encrypted data can be decrypted by the printing apparatus. Once th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161296 | Method and apparatus for managing digital content A method and apparatus for managing digital content, which can detect the leakage of an encryption key when the encryption key used for encrypting the digital content is leaked or cracked. When the encrypted digital content is decrypted by an illegal device, a modul... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156347 | Semiconductor memory card, playback apparatus, recording apparatus, playback method, recording method, and computer-readable recording medium An audio stream is divided into a plurality of audio object (AOB) files that are recorded having each been encrypted using a different encryption key. At least one piece of track management information (TKI) is provided corresponding to each track. Playlist informat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151121 | Secure data storage Securely storing data to an optical disc has been described, including generating write data that includes the data and overhead data that facilitates reading the data from the disc; and configuring the overhead data according to a key. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140866 | Secure storage in file system A node may contain a secure store agent. A process executing on the node may request connection information from the secure store agent. An encryption key phrase may be accessed, responsive to the request for connection information, to decrypt the requested connecti... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140864 | Computer system, storage system, and data management method for updating encryption key A computer system encrypts write-data to be written to the volume in response to a write command. The system transmits a rekey command from host computer system to the storage system when the key data stored in the host key data memory is changed to second key data.... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140863 | Automatic security action invocation for mobile communications device A mobile communications device, server, and method for providing security on a mobile communications device are described. In accordance with one example embodiment, the mobile communications device comprises: a processor; a communications subsystem connected to the... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140867 | Specifying a set of forbidden passwords Various embodiments are described for providing password approval on a device. The password approval includes getting the user password, generating at least one symbolically equivalent password and then comparing the at least one symbolically equivalent password wit... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140859 | Secure storage and replay of media programs using a hard-paired receiver and storage device A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a data stream comprising the program material encrypted according to a first encryption key, decrypting the program mat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140865 | Pre-configuring of encryption bands on a disk for use in a plurality of array configurations A computational device receives input information on characteristics of customer data, critical metadata, and non-critical metadata, and characteristics of disk array configurations, wherein customer data is to be stored encrypted, wherein critical metadata is to be... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140862 | Memory device A memory device includes a storage unit having a decryption key storage section that stores key information for decryption and a data storage section that stores to-be-read data requested from the exterior, and a decryption control unit capable of decrypting an exte... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140861 | Method and system for content-based encrypted access to a database Some aspects of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for inserting an encrypted problem signature into a symptom database. A problem signature is first provided, which is then used to derive a hash value. The problem signature is the... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140860 | Policy-driven file system with integrated RAID functionality A filing system controls block-level storage and selects a required level of performance and reliability for a file stored on a storage system on a file-by-file basis. A policy manager contains at least one rule relating to a RAID level of protection for a file stor... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135964 | Apparatus, system, method, and computer program product for executing a program utilizing a processor to generate keys for decrypting content An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product are provided for executing a program provided a second party utilizing a processor to generate keys for decrypting content of a third party. In operation, content and a program to confidentially generate key... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132025 | Management method for archive system security Creating a plaintext index from a text that is extracted from a file presents the risk of a leak of confidential information from the created index. To address this problem, provided is a computer system which has a computer, a storage subsystem coupled to the compu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132024 | Digital work protection system, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, and recording medium A recording and reproduction apparatus for preventing illegitimate use of contents. A recording medium stores an inherent number in an unrewritable area. The recording apparatus writes media key data and an encrypted content onto the recording medium. The media key ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127151 | Hardware-based key generation and recovery A system and method of recovering encoded information contained in a device by storing and retrieving at least part of the necessary decoding data by setting and measuring the physical characteristics of the device. Storage and recovery options include, but are not ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126947 | Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A receiver receives a command requesting for the execution of predetermined processing. A storage unit store... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127147 | Method and apparatus for securing data storage while insuring control by logical roles A storage device with hardened security features has a storage medium, an interface, and a controller. The interface is adapted to communicatively couple the storage device to a host system. The controller is within the storage device and is adapted to read and to w... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127148 | Information recording device, information playback device, information recording method, information playback method, and information recording medium and program providing medium used therewith An information recording/playback device stores beforehand, on a recording medium, secret information in which a writing/reading method thereof cannot be analyzed and which can be read only by a special reading method. The secret information is applied to a key for ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127149 | Method and apparatus for content based encryption A method, system and computer-readable medium for encrypting a file on a computer system based on the content of the file. The method is setting an encryption policy, wherein the encryption policy is at least one attribute related to content of at least one file, sc... | 02/28/2012 |
