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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7152239 | System and method for preventing detection of a computer connection to an external device A system and method are disclosed for preventing detection of a computer connection to an external device. The external device is connected to the computer via a connectionless port. A key to be used to generate valid authorization information to be included in all ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7117357 | Method, system, and product for pre-encrypting static information transmitted by secure web sites A data processing system, method, and product are disclosed for pre-encrypting static information transmitted by secure Web sites. The data processing system includes a server computer system coupled to a client computer system utilizing a network. The server comput... | 10/03/2006 |
| RE39297 | Mark forming apparatus, method of forming laser mark on optical disk, reproducing apparatus, optical disk and method of producing optical disk An object of the present invention is to provide a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, a reproduction apparatus, an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk, capable of providing a greatly improved co... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106861 | Digital AV data transmitting unit, digital AV data receiving unit, digital AV data transmitting/receiving unit, and medium A digital AV data transmitting unit includes a data significance deciding section for deciding the significance degree of digital AV data, and a transmitting-side plurality-of-authentication-rules storing section storing a plurality of types of authentication rules.... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107620 | Authentication in a packet data network Authentication method for authenticating a mobile node to a packet data network, in which a shared secret for both the mobile node and the packet data network is arranged by using a shared secret of the mobile node and a telecommunications network authentication cen... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103781 | OPTICAL DISK, AN OPTICAL DISK BARCODE FORMING METHOD, AN OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, A MARKING FORMING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF FORMING A LASER MARKING ON AN OPTICAL DISK, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL DISK Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical di... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099470 | Encryption apparatus using data encryption standard algorithm An encryption apparatus using a DES encryption algorithm is disclosed. The apparatus for encrypting 64-bit plain text blocks includes: input buffering unit for receiving a plain text block byte-by-byte and outputting a first and a second 32-bit plain text blocks in ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089426 | Method and system for encryption A method and systems are provided for creating an authentication of secure communications between a software video driver and a video display. A video driver transmitting digital video data deemed high-bandwidth digital content, to a display, can perform authenticat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085936 | System and method for using login correlations to detect intrusions A system and method are disclosed for detecting intrusions in a host system on a network. The intrusion detection system comprises an analysis engine configured to use continuations and apply forward- and backward-chaining using rules. Also provided are sensors, whi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085937 | Adaptive method for amortizing authentication overhead A method is disclosed for amortizing the authentication overhead of data transmissions. The method comprises establishing a first secure transmission of data between a transmitter and a receiver by transmitting at least one token to the receiver during the first sec... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072967 | Efficient construction of message endpoints In a distributed computing environment, a message gate may be the message endpoint for a client or service. A message gate may provide a secure message endpoint that sends and receives type-safe messages. Devices may have a gate factory (e.g. message endpoint constr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069440 | Technique for obtaining a single sign-on certificate from a foreign PKI system using an existing strong authentication PKI system A method and computer program in which a user (132) may have a digital certificate created using a strong authentication technique. Once the user has the digital certificate he may then request the generation of a “single sign-on” certificate that will al... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069427 | Using a rules model to improve handling of personally identifiable information The present invention is a system and method for handling personally identifiable information, using a rules model. The invention involves defining a limited number of privacy-related actions regarding personally identifiable information; constructing a rule for eac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065652 | System for obfuscating computer code upon disassembly A system for preventing accurate disassembly of computer code. Such code masking, referred to as “obfuscation,” is useful to prevent unwanted parties from making copies of an original author's software, obtaining valuable information from the software for purpos... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062660 | Method and apparatus for controlling the performance of a file system mount operation by a user lacking superuser authority A method and apparatus for controlling the performance of a mount operation changing the logical association of a first file system with a second file system of an information handling system by a user who may not have general authority to perform such a mount opera... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062651 | Network printer registration protocol In a network connected to a printer and a registration server, a network registration protocol for registering the printer on the network includes the steps of installing a secret unique identifier and public unique identifier in non-volatile memory in the printer a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058969 | Recognition system A first unit collects and stores data (bar codes 12) and reports to a second unit. The first unit keeps and communicates a first unit current record, for storage, of its (random and unpredictable) activities since last connection and a first unit past record ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058814 | System and method for providing time-limited access to people, objects and services A limited tracking system and associated method that enable the use of personal encoded identification media to limit access to tracking information. The tracking system provides concurrent time-limited access to a large number of people, objects, information, servi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058808 | Method for making a blind RSA-signature and apparatus therefor The essence of the invention is in that when making a digital blind RSA-signature a new technique for blinding an initial data by a RSA-encryption and corresponding technique for unblinding the signed blinded data are employed, which gives the possibility to use an ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055038 | Method and apparatus for maintaining secure and nonsecure data in a shared memory system A graphics processor receives a compressed encrypted video stream. The graphics processor decrypts the compressed encrypted video stream and stores a decrypted version (i.e., a decrypted compressed video stream) in a protected portion of an on-chip or off-chip video... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050584 | Method and system for regenerating a private key for a predetermined asymmetric cryptographic key pair After a key pair with a public key and a corresponding private key has been determined on the basis of an initial value, the initial value is made available to a user. The private key can then be erased. When the user wishes to carry out a cryptographic operation ba... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7051368 | Methods and systems for screening input strings intended for use by web servers Methods and systems of screening input strings that are intended for use by a Web server are described. In the described embodiment, an attack pattern is determined that can be used to attack a Web server. A search pattern is defined that can be used to detect the a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046801 | Method of calculating multiplication by scalars on an elliptic curve and apparatus using same and recording medium A cryptographic processing method in which dependence of cryptographic processing process and secret information on each other is cut off; and in which, when a scalar multiplied point is calculated from a scalar value and a point on an elliptic curve in an elliptic ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047409 | Automated tracking of certificate pedigree A method of automatically tracking a certificate pedigree is provided, in which a new user is provided with a piece of hardware containing a predetermined pedigree certificate stored therein, the predetermined pedigree certificate having a level of trust bearing a r... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046804 | System for producing a printable security device image and detecting latent source image(s) therefrom An image encoding/decoding system and method for producing a computer-generated security device which can be printed onto a document, such as a passport, to secure the document against data alteration. Deflection encoding means comprises means for applying a selecte... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047561 | Firewall for real-time internet applications The present invention relates to a firewall for use in association with real-time Internet applications such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The firewall applies an application proxy to the signaling and control channels and a packet filter to the bearer cha... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043017 | Key stream cipher device A symmetric key stream processor 60 that encrypts and decrypts text in accordance with the RC4 algorithm has a main processing block 62 and a host interface 64. The main processing block 62 includes an Sbox memory 78 implemented wi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043636 | Data integrity mechanisms for static and dynamic data The integrity of a dynamic data object that comprises one or more dynamic data items is ensured by storing the dynamic data object and dynamic authorization data in a memory. The dynamic authorization data may, for example, be a count of how many failed attempts to ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043638 | Material display The invention relates to a data storage medium storing data material having a data replay order, the stored data material being associated with dummy data material stored on the medium at a different position in the data replay order, in which metadata identifying t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039944 | Digital data file management method and recording medium for recording digital data file management program thereon The digital data file management method reads a header of the digital data file stored on an external medium. Based on the read header, the digital data file is selectively uploaded and/or managed. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039952 | Using patterns to perform personal identification data substitution The present invention is directed toward using patterns in APDU to perform identification data substitution. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a user inserts a smart card into a card reader connected to a client computing device. Then, t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039188 | Optical disc authentication method and apparatus The present invention relates to an optical disc authentication method and apparatus. The method, wherein each disc has a plurality of ways and a plurality of sectors in each way, includes the steps of measuring the quantity of sectors in each of a defined quantity ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035403 | Encryption method and apparatus with escrow guarantees A message to be transmitted through a network is encrypted such that the resulting encrypted message has associated therewith a proof of correctness indicating that the message is of a type that allows decryption by one or more escrow authorities. Each of at least a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7036145 | Method and apparatus for electronic entertainment device access control and interactive response system An access control system for an electronic entertainment device includes a processor and a memory comprising access control instructions for execution by the processor. The instructions periodically present a set of working queries during execution of an entertainme... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035405 | Method for establishing a common key between a central station and a group of subscribers The present invention provides a method for generating a common key between a central station and a group of subscribers, e.g., at least three subscribers, exhibit the same standard of security as the DH method. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7036010 | Method and apparatus for a secure communications session with a remote system via an access-controlling intermediate system A security protocol entity (20) is provided that includes a mechanism for enabling a first party (11) to communicate securely with a second party (60) through an access-controlling intermediate party (13) by nesting within a first securit... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7036150 | Data management apparatus, storage medium having stored therein data management program, storage medium having stored therein usage certificate data, and method of using data The invention provides a data management apparatus which can use data advantageously in terms of data capacity. A database server performs a registration process and a providing process. When a data registration request is received from a seller, the registration pr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032110 | PKI-based client/server authentication A client/server authentication system is disclosed. The system includes a filter, a plug-in, and an extension. The filter monitors sessions between a client and a server for proper authentication. The plug-in is coupled to the client and the server. The plug-in gene... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7032114 | System and method for using signatures to detect computer intrusions A system and method are disclosed for detecting intrusions in a host system on a network. The intrusion detection system comprises an analysis engine configured to use continuations and apply forward- and backward-chaining using rules. Also provided are sensors, whi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7032115 | Information processing apparatus and method An information processing apparatus and method consisting of the modules 1) peripheral control including power management resulting in increased battery life where a plurality of peripherals use a single power source to eliminate external power supplies, 2) universa... | 04/18/2006 |
