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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7457942 | PC card control device, computer system using the PC card control device, and PC card identifying method A PC card control device includes a PC card identifying part configured to identify a type of a card connected with the connector. An identification information acquisition part of the PC card identifying part acquires identification information of the connected car... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457415 | Secure information distribution system utilizing information segment scrambling A method and apparatus for securing and, optionally, distributing an information stream by divided the information stream into a collection of segments and compressing the segments, rearranging the order of the segments and encrypting the segments. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454615 | Centralized authentication system Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes a mobile authentication registration system, a content provider and a wireless internet server. The mobile authentication registration system resides on a content provid... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451309 | Signature specification for encrypted packet streams Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for specifying a signature for an encrypted packet stream. One method receives the encrypted stream of packets, and encryption obscures the contents of a packet. A signature for insertion into the stream of packets is spe... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441266 | Wireless communication system utilizing wireless adapter An electronic system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the electronic system comprises a wireless communication adapter that includes an antenna for transmitting and/or receiving information and a connector configured to enable selective mating engagement of the conn... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437768 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program storage medium The CPU 11 of the personal computer 1 controls the CPU 32 of the adaptor 26 made of a semiconductor ID to compute a hash value of a content-managing music data base recorded in the HDD 21 and store it into the nonvolatile memory | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437772 | Method and system for access control based on content-ratings and client-specified rating allowances A method and system provides for restricting access to particular network content. In one embodiment, a gateway can receive, from a client device, a content request that includes a rating-allowance for the requested content. The gateway can also receive, from a cont... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434263 | System and method for secure storage data using a key In one aspect, a data structure to be encrypted is received in a device, the data structure including content along with a statement of conditions under which the content may be decrypted. The data structure is encrypted using a symmetric key of a processor of the d... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434258 | Method and communication system for controlling security association lifetime A method for selecting a time length of a security association (SA) between user equipment (UE) which transmits and receives communications and a control entity in a communication system in accordance with the invention, includes transmitting a registration message ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434265 | Information signal recording/reproducing system, information signal recording device, information signal reproducing device and information signal recording/reproducing process When digital image signals inputted through an inputting terminal are recorded on a disc, a medium-related information (a serial number in an TOC) of the disc, read from the disc, with a medium-related information reading section is spectrum-spread in an SS addition... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433474 | Method and apparatus of enciphering and deciphering data using keys enciphered and deciphered with other keys On a recording medium, first information obtained by enciphering data with the first key and second information obtained by enciphering the first key with each of the predetermined second keys are recorded. A deciphering method is characterized by comprising the ste... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424608 | Mechanism for layered authentication A system for secure communication over a computer network. The system includes a web server, a component, and a service gateway. The web server is operable to receive a message from a customer application via a transport layer and validate a digital certificate asso... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421077 | Mobile IP authentication Methods and apparatus for authenticating a mobile node are disclosed. A server is configured to provide a plurality of security associations associated with a plurality of mobile nodes. A packet identifying a mobile node may then be sent to the server from a network... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421741 | Securing digital content system and method A system and method of encrypting digital content in a digital container and securely locking the encrypted content to a particular user and/or computer or other computing device is provided. The system uses a token-based authentication and authorization procedure a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421740 | Managing user authorizations for analytical reporting based on operational authorizations Transactional access control information extracted from a transactional data source and used by a transactional application program is received at an analytical application program used for analytical processing. Each entry in the transactional access control inform... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421742 | Signal processing system, recording method, program, recording medium, reproduction device and information processing device A signal processing system includes a reproducing apparatus for reading information from a recording medium having unique information and an information processing apparatus for mutually authenticating and connecting the reproducing apparatus. The reproducing appara... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418736 | Network security system Security is provided in a network system. A message is received from a user, which message requires authentication of the user. An authentication message is sent indicating the identity of the user to an initial software security agent. The software security agent, ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415731 | Content addressable information encapsulation, representation, and transfer One embodiment is directed to a method for use in a computer system comprising at least first and second computers, wherein the first provides content addressable storage. A request to access a unit of data stored by the first computer is issued by the second comput... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409563 | Method and apparatus for preventing un-authorized attachment of computer peripherals A technique is disclosed for preventing un-authorized attachment of computer peripherals to a computer or computer network. Illustrative embodiments comprise two mating keyed-adapters between network/host computer ports and peripheral ports. One or both adapters can... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409710 | Method and system for dynamically generating a web-based user interface A method and system for dynamically generating web based user interfaces. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for displaying a user interface over a network to a user. The method begins by reading an HTTP request for authentication from a browser associated wit... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409719 | Computer security management, such as in a virtual machine or hardened operating system A security scheme provides security to one or more self-contained operating environment instances executing on a computer. The security scheme may include implementing a set of security applications that may be controlled by a supervisory process, or the like. Both ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409552 | Method for securing communications between a terminal and an additional user equipment Method for securing a session over a radio or infrared wireless link (101) between a terminal (11) and a mobile equipment (10), said session being secured with a SIM card (100) in said mobile equipment (10). The terminal (11... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403617 | System and method for copy protection for digital signals Embodiments of the present invention provide for the copy protection of distributed material after conditional access is applied, regardless of where the material is distributed. The solutions described provide the advantage of being sufficiently simple in implement... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7404085 | Authentication of handheld devices for access to applications The present invention provides a method and system for communicating via a handheld device to Internet applications such as customer relationship management applications. Automatically generated user information, such as an electronic mail (e-mail) address, containi... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7404077 | Extension of X.509 certificates to simultaneously support multiple cryptographic algorithms A technique permitting an X.509 certificate to simultaneously support more than one cryptographic algorithm. An alternative public key and alternative signature are provided as extensions in the body of the certificate. These extensions define a second (or more) cry... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400727 | Information embedding method, information extracting method, information embedding apparatus, information extracting apparatus, and recording media An apparatus for embedding secret information in an image signal transmitted with a shape signal showing the shape of an object is described. This apparatus comprises an embedding position decision unit for deciding a position in the object where the secret informat... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400731 | Scalable technique for ensuring real-time, end-to-end security in a multimedia mobile network A method for handing off a connection of a mobile device from a primary VPN to which the mobile device is connected to an angel VPN to which the mobile device may be connected in an Internet Protocol-based multimedia mobile network includes the steps of searching fo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401356 | Method and system for e-mail message transmission An e-mail firewall applies policies to e-mail messages transmitted between a first site and a plurality of second sites. The e-mail firewall includes a plurality of mail transfer relay modules for transferring e-mail messages between the first site and one of the se... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398556 | System and method for managing copyrighted electronic media Copyrighted electronic media are packaged in a secure electronic format, and registered on associated registration server, which serves to provide on-line licensing and copyright management for that media. Users are connected to the server, e.g., through a computer ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398391 | Content addressable information encapsulation, representation, and transfer Techniques for managing the storing of a digital asset by a first computer in a computer system that further comprises a second computer. The first computer receives a communication from the second computer including the digital asset, determines whether the digital... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395552 | Team based row level security system and method A team based row level security system and method are provided that permits items of data to be shared across a team. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395549 | Method and apparatus for providing a key distribution center without storing long-term server secrets One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for operating a key distribution center (KDC) that provides keys to facilitate secure communications between clients and servers across a computer network, wherein the system operates without having to store ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392376 | Security module A method and apparatus for restricting access of an application to computer hardware. The apparatus includes both an authentication module and a validation module. The authentication module is within the trusted firmware layer. The purpose of the authentication modu... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389413 | Method and system for filtering communication A e-mail relay provides message filtering services to an e-mail network. The e-mail relay monitors incoming communication and intercepts e-mail messages. The e-mail relay compares attributes of the messages to data derived from SPAM messages, which is stored in a SP... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380274 | E-mail firewall An e-mail firewall (105) applies policies to e-mail messages (204) between a first site and a plurality of second sites in accordance with a plurality of administrator selectable policies (216). The firewall comprises a simple mail transfer prot... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366897 | Method and system for communication via a computer network A method and apparatus for communication via a computer network (102) including registering a plurality of users (206, 222, 224) with a trusted body (110, 210). The trusted body (110, 210) verifies the identity of each user (206, 222, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366908 | Digital watermarking with content dependent keys and autocorrelation properties for synchronization A digital watermark detection method exploits autocorrelation properties of the watermarked signal that enable synchronization of the digital watermark despite temporal or geometric distortion of the host signal. Other watermark methods employ keys, including a key ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363505 | Security authentication method and system This identity authentication system is used in commercial transactions at a point-of-sale terminal. The system comprises a device for capturing a customer signature (signature pad or a smart pen), a sensor for capturing a biometric property of the customer during th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356847 | System for dynamically encrypting content for secure internet commerce and providing embedded fulfillment software A data distribution system is provided which supplies customers with an executable for requested secured data files to provide the customer with fulfillment software, obviating the need for the customer to download fulfillment software prior to requesting secure dat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356691 | Authentication of mobile wireless network component A wireless home entertainment system consistent with certain embodiments has at least one server, wherein the server includes a cradle having a first authentication switch forming a part thereof, wherein the first authentication switch is not a general purpose data ... | 04/08/2008 |
