Cryptography inventions 07/08

20080181395 - Cryptographic operation apparatus: In a cryptographic operation apparatus, the result of an encryption process, or decryption process, is obtained by disposing two operational circuits in parallel, each comprising four multiplying devices and an exclusive-OR device, and by processing an input data string in two cycles; or by processing an input data string by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080181396 - Data obfuscation of text data using entity detection and replacement: A data obfuscation method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed in which at least selected text entities such as words or abbreviations in a document are obfuscated to prevent the disclosure of private information if the document is disclosed. A user establishes various configuration parameters for selected text entities... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080181394 - Encryption/decryption device for secure communications between a protected network and an unprotected network and associated methods: The encryption/decryption device includes a plaintext unit, a ciphertext unit and a cryptographic unit connected therebetween. The plaintext unit may include a logic device such as a first programmable logic device (PLD), e.g. a field programmable gate array (FPGA), for interfacing with the protected network to perform encapsulation of data... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080181397 - Secure data transmission and storage using limited-domain functions: An encryption system and method using a set of reversible functions that iteratively reduce the message to be encrypted. In an exemplary embodiment, an encryption module can first receive a data set, or a message, to be encrypted. In a single iterative step, the message can be reduced to a... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080181399 - Composite cryptographic accelerator and hardware security module: The functionality of a hardware security module is combined with that of a cryptographic accelerator in a single device. A single device comprising a hardware security module configured to generate and securely store at least one cryptographic key is combined with hardware configured to accelerate cryptographic computations associated with a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20080181398 - Methods and apparatus for enhancing privacy of objects associated with radio-frequency identification tags: Encoding radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, each of the RFID tags having an tag identifier, t, and associated with a corresponding item, in a manner that preserves privacy of information associated with the item includes the steps of: generating a key, k; encrypting each of a plurality of tag identifiers, t,... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080181400 - Optimized content-based and royalty-based encoding and distribution of media data: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for performing content-based and royalty-based encoding. In one embodiment, the method comprises: selecting one or more encoding tools to encode media based on a royalty cost associated with at least one of the one or more encoding tools and a corresponding decoding tool... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080181401 - Method of establishing a secure communication link: In a method of establishing a secure communication link between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal is connected to a third terminal which can be connected to a mobile telephone network and the second terminal is connected to an authentication element of the telephone network. The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080181402 - Secure modulation and demodulation: A system and method are disclosed for securely transmitting and receiving a signal. A nonlinear keying modulator is used in the transmitter to encrypt the signal using a nonlinear keying modulation technique. A nonlinear keying demodulator is used in the receiver to decrypt the signal.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080181403 - Authenticating system, authenticating method, and authenticating program: The present invention is an authenticating system including: a client (hereinafter, referred to as C) including a creator for, by employing a first hash algorithm (hereinafter, referred to as 1A), creating a first hash value (hereinafter, referred to as 1V) from authentication information including an ID and a password, and... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080181404 - Encrypted packet communication system: A gateway device 3 prepares a public key and a secret key in a pair on the basis of a public key encryption system, and distributes the public key to terminals 2a-2c which are managed by the gateway device 3. The terminals 2a-2c subject a communication packet to a prior-art... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080181405 - Anonymous telecommunication traffic measurement data associated user identifications: The invention allows anonymization of user identifications associated with telecommunication traffic measurement data that is fast, secure, and easy to use with distributed traffic measurements. Acquired user identification is input as an initialization vector to a block cipher. The block cipher is executed in cipher-block chaining mode to output a... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080181410 - Content guard system for copy protection of recordable media: A system and method for enabling broadcast programs to be copied once only by consumer recorders includes writing a unique media identification on each blank disk to which content is to copied in a read-only area of the disk before it is initially recorded. Also, a one-way key management media... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080181408 - Method and apparatus for secure cryptographic key generation, certification and use: A confidential datum, such as a private key used in public key signature systems, is secured in a digital wallet using a “generation camouflaging” technique. With this technique, the private key is not necessarily stored in the digital wallet, not even in an encrypted form. Instead, the wallet contains a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080181409 - Method for guaranteeing security of critical data, terminal and secured chip: A method for guaranteeing the security of critical data, which is used in a terminal including a secured chip and includes the steps of: activating the secured chip by the terminal platform to receive cryptograph A of said critical data; parsing internally by the secured chip the cryptograph A with... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080181407 - Method for protecting a control device against manipulation: A method for protecting a control device against manipulation in which a number of key sentences for decoding cryptographic functions is provided, a key switch being additionally provided, via which the cryptographic functions access key sentences.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080181406 - System and method of storage device data encryption and data access via a hardware key: Systems and methods of storage device data encryption and data access via a hardware key are described herein. One embodiment includes a hardware key intercepting a request sent from a host to a storage device to access data stored on the storage device, wherein the data stored on the storage... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (onspec/tpl)

20080181411 - Method and system for protecting signaling information: A path switch message in a mobile radio access network is protected as the message is sent over a user plane interface that may be insecure (e.g. lacks integrity and/or confidentiality protection). According to the invention a UE provides an AP with a fresh integrity key over an already existing... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080181412 - Cryptographic key containers on a usb token: A Universal Serial Bus (USB) compatible storage device is utilized as a security token for storage of cryptographic keys. A cryptographic subsystem of a processor accesses cryptographic keys in containers on the USB compatible storage device. Accessing includes storing and/or retrieving. The processor does not include an infrastructure dedicated to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080181414 - Method and apparatus for secure key delivery for decrypting bulk digital content files at an unsecure site: Rather than downloading each content document on demand from the publisher location to the user site, at the publisher location, each content document is encrypted and then multiple encrypted documents are assembled into a distribution archive that is itself encrypted with a scheduled key. The distribution archive is then downloaded... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20080181413 - Method and node for generating distributed rivest shamir adleman signature in ad-hoc network: A distributed Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA) signature generation method in an ad-hoc network and a node of an ad-hoc network. The distributed RSA signature generation method in an ad-hoc network includes distributing key share information, which is generated using a maximum distance separable (MDS) code and a random symmetric matrix,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080181415 - Systems and arrangements to adjust resource accessibility based upon usage modes: Systems and arrangements to adjust resource accessibility based upon usage modes are contemplated. Embodiments may include a supervisor instance such as an operating system that is adapted to select one or more supervisor keys from a set of supervisor keys available to the host node or platform upon which the... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080175376 - Method and system for protecting against side channel attacks when performing cryptographic operations: A method and system for protecting against side channel attacks on cryptographic systems that attempt to recover information from externally detectable signals, such as electromagnetic fields or power input variations. A system operates in accordance with the subject invention to process a message using a cryptographic protocol involving a secret... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080175377 - Methods and systems for digital authentication using digitally signed images: Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for digital authentication using digitally signed images. In one representative embodiment, a method comprising: extracting a first image portion from an image selected by a first party, the first image portion including a first encoded part of an second... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080175378 - Parallel encryptor and decryptor: An encryptor/decryptor which receives a continuous parallel data stream either in a single-ended TTL or a Low Voltage Differential Signaling format. The encryptor/decryptor selectively encrypts or decrypts the incoming data stream, using an LVDS encryptor/decryptor and then outputs the data stream in either a LVDS or TTL parallel format.... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20080175379 - Simple pairing to generate private keys for different protocol communications: An integrated circuit radio transceiver and associated method comprises a multi-mode device operable to support personal area network communications as well as traditional wireless local area network communications. In one embodiment, IEEE 802.11 protocol IBSS communications are used to transport Bluetooth communication data packets. In another embodiment, a direct link... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080175380 - Video processing apparatus and control method thereof, and electronic apparatus and control method thereof: A video processing apparatus and method of operation are provided. The video processing apparatus includes: a video processing part which performs a video processing of a video signal and allows to display a video based on the video signal; a storing part which stores a control program related to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080175381 - E-fuses for storing security version data: Methods and devices that may be utilized in systems to dynamically update a security version parameter used to encrypt secure data are provided. The version may be maintained in persistent storage located on a device implementing the encryption, such as a system on a chip (SOC). The persistent storage does... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080175382 - Centralized secure offload of cryptographic security services for distributed security enforcement points: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to network security and provide a method, system and computer program product for centralized secure offload of key exchange services for distributed security enforcement points. In one embodiment, a data processing system for centralized secure offload of key... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080175383 - Method and communication unit for communicating between communication apparatus: The present invention discloses a method for communicating between communication apparatuses and a communication unit. The method includes: sending, by a first communication apparatus, a first request for establishing a Peer to Peer (P2P) connection to a second communication apparatus through a server; initiating, by the first communication apparatus or... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080175384 - 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 data. The data distribution system is characterized by server technology which can... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080175385 - Qkd system with link redundancy: A QKD system having QKD link redundancy between two sites, with the system having only one QKD station at each site, and with two or more QKD links operably coupled to the QKD stations. The QKD stations have respective optical switches that are optically coupled to both QKD links and... Agent: Opticus Ip Law, Pllc

20080175386 - Method and system for seamless ssid creation, authentication and encryption: Using an identifier generation algorithm, a device coupled to a communication network generates an SSID and associated encryption key for a mobile device using its unique identifier. The encryption key and SSID are stored to a configuration database server coupled to the network. A wireless-capable device that provides access to... Agent: Arris International, Inc

20080175387 - Systems and methods for rejoining a second group of nodes with a first group of nodes using a shared group key: A method for rejoining a second group of nodes with a first group of nodes is described. A first state of a first group key associated with a first group of nodes is received. The first state of the first group key is multicast to a second group of nodes.... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080175388 - Control system and multicast communication method: A control system includes: a plurality of field equipments that are connected mutually to an IP network; a key management server that is connected mutually to the IP network and issues key information for authentication of the plurality of field equipments and security communication; and an attribute server having a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080175389 - Method for managing copy protection information of recording medium: A method, apparatus and storage medium for managing copy protection information are discussed. According to an embodiment, there is provided a method for managing copy protection information. The method includes reading copy protection information used for decrypting encrypted data, the copy protection information to be decrypted using a combination key... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080175391 - Apparatus and method for cryptographic protection of directories and files: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to encrypt a file with a file encryption key to produce an encrypted file. The file encryption key is encrypted with a directory encryption key to produce an encrypted file encryption key. The directory encryption key is encrypted with a public key... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080175392 - Image processing device: An image processing device having an improved configuration for holding a key used for encryption is provided. An image processing device for encrypting image data using an encryption key, includes a first storage in which stored information is lost when the image processing device is powered off, and for storing... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080175390 - Method of and system for secure management of data stored on electronic tags: A method of secure management of data records stored in an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag includes data fields whose contents are provided by different parties. Some of the data-fields contain public information data accessible to authorised end users. The data records are stored in encrypted form by encrypting data... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080175393 - Kerberized handover keying: A media-independent handover key management architecture is disclosed that uses Kerberos for secure key distribution among a server, an authenticator, and a mobile node. In the preferred embodiments, signaling for key distribution is based on re-keying and is decoupled from re-authentication that requires EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) and AAA (Authentication,... Agent: Watchstone P+d, Plc

20080170684 - Multi-level file representation corruption: Methods and systems provide an approach for corrupting file representations at multiple different levels to provide a robust file corruption tool. In accordance with the described embodiments, file representation corruption can take place at a file's physical representation, logical representation and/or content representation.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080170685 - Data scrambling circuit: A data scrambling circuit is provided. The data scrambling circuit includes an integrated circuit having a digital logic device and an interface circuit coupled to the digital logic device. Also included is an external memory coupled to output pins on the interface circuit. The digital logic device communicates patterned data... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080170686 - Confidential information processing apparatus, confidential information processing device, and confidential information processing method: The confidential information processing device according to the present invention includes: a stream analysis unit which determines the target data by analyzing the data stream; a cryptographic computation unit which holds a context including a key used for the cryptographic computation, an initial value, and intermediate information during cryptographic computation,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080170687 - Device for and a method of processing an encrypted data stream: A device (3000) for processing an encrypted data stream (3001), wherein decryption messages are provided for decrypting each segment (1403) of the encrypted data stream (3001), wherein each decryption message comprises a number of decryption elements, wherein the device (3000) comprises a detection unit (3002) for detecting the number of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080170688 - Method of recording and reproducing data on and from optical disc: A method, device and computer program product for recording data on an optical disc while being encrypted using an encryption code. The encryption code is selectively recorded in a predetermined region of the optical disc. The encryption code is read from the predetermined region, and data read from the optical... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080170689 - Systems and methods for conducting secure wired and wireless networked telephony: The present invention relate to systems and methods for conducting secured telephony and transaction authentication via electronic devices. More specifically, the embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for conducting secure networked telephony, including but not limited to communications over the internet, other computer networks, wired or... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080170691 - Encryption and decryption device in wireless portable internet system,and method thereof: The present invention relates to encryption and decryption apparatuses in a wireless portable Internet system, and a method thereof. In the wireless portable Internet system, a subscriber station and a base station share an encryption during key distribution, and a message is encrypted with the encryption key and transmitted. In... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080170690 - Methods and apparatus for use in switching user account data and operations between two different mobile communication devices: Methods and apparatus for use in switching communications associated with a user account from a first (“source”) mobile communication device to a second (“target”) mobile communication device are disclosed. The source and target devices may be possessed and/or owned by the same end user. The source device is initially enabled... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080170698 - Apparatus and method for an iterative cryptographic block: A method and apparatus for an iterative cryptographic block under the control of a CPU and without a fixed number of stages. In one embodiment, a first cryptographic block descrambles received information using an internal key or a preprogrammed key to form a descrambled key or descrambled data. A data... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080170694 - Circuit security: A system is provided in which a first circuit is protected by security features provided by a second circuit. The first circuit comprises a processor which retrieves content from a memory. Initially, the contents of the memory are authenticated using security features of the second circuit to check that the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080170696 - Data providing system, data receiving system, computer-readable recording medium storing data providing program, and computer-readable recording medium storing data receiving program: A data providing system is provided which includes: a storage section which stores an encoded file obtained by encoding a data file to be distributed with a predetermined common key and an encoded information file obtained by encoding an information data file including information on the common key with a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080170693 - Format-preserving cryptographic systems: Key requests in a data processing system may include identifiers such as user names, policy names, and application names. The identifiers may also include validity period information indicating when corresponding keys are valid. When fulfilling a key request, a key server may use identifier information from the key request in... Agent: G. Victor Treyz

20080170695 - Method and apparatus to provide authentication and privacy with low complexity devices: A method and apparatus to provide a cryptographic protocol for secure authentication, privacy, and anonymity. The protocol, in one embodiment, is designed to be implemented in a small number of logic gates, executed quickly on simple devices, and provide military grade security.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080170697 - Methods and systems for using pkcs registration on mobile environment: The invention relates to method and system for using PKCS and especially PKCS#10 registration standard on a mobile environment and in particularly in a WPKI (Wireless PKI) environment comprising a registration server and a client provided with a key pair is provided only with a part of the certificate request... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080170692 - Systems and methods for distributing updates for a key at a maximum rekey rate: A method for distributing updates for a key is described. One or more update requests are received per unit of time. The number of received update requests per unit of time is multiplied by a maximum update period to estimate the number of active nodes in a group. The total... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080170699 - Method and device for managing a wireless resource: A method and device for managing a wireless resource are useful for securely transmitting data in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving at a target wireless communication device an encrypted identification of a relaying wireless communication device, an encrypted payload decryption key, and an encrypted payload. The encrypted... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080170700 - System for controlling access to digital information: Described is a method for renting or selling digital content, and a corresponding system for carrying out the method. The method includes the steps of providing a digital content storage device having stored therein digital content to be rented; embedding within the digital content storage device a firmware lock that... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20080170701 - Delegation system for decryption rights: An object of this ciphertext decryption rights delegation system is to enable conversion of PKE-system ciphertext into IBE-system encrypted ciphertext, and, in a delegation system with users using only an IBE system, of preventing restoration of the master-secret key generated by a PKG device (public key generation device) even when... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080170702 - Method for performing handover between communication systems: A method for determining an encryption algorithm includes: determining whether an encryption algorithm of a target communication system is received when a handover is initiated by a user terminal; acquiring an encryption algorithm corresponding to the target communication system according to predefined relationships between target communication systems and encryption algorithms... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080165951 - Techniques for evaluating live payment terminals in a payment system: Live payment terminals employing payment system public keys are evaluated. Dedicated test payment cards are internally issued by an operator of the payment system. Presentation of at least one of the cards to at least one of the terminals is facilitated. Testing the at least one of the terminals for... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080165953 - Processing method for message integrity with tolerance for non-sequential arrival of message data: One example embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for processing an application packet for transmission, includes breaking the application packet into a plurality of segments, creating first pseudorandom bits, and generating partial tags based on each of the plurality of segments and portions of the first pseudorandom bits... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080165952 - Secure booting a computing device: A method and an apparatus for executing codes embedded inside a device to verify a code image loaded in a memory of the device are described. A code image may be executed after being verified as a trusted code image. The embedded codes may be stored in a secure ROM... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc./blakely

20080165954 - System for encrypting and decrypting data using derivative equations and factors: A data cryptographer encrypts and decrypts character data of any given length using derivative equations and factors. The use of factors and derivative equations introduces the randomness required for effective encryption without the use of complex mathematics. A set of equations determined by the user is used in a manner... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080165955 - Password protocols using xz-elliptic curve cryptography: Remote user authentication is provided using a password protocol based on elliptic curve cryptography. More specifically, the process uses the X-coordinate and the Z-coordinate of an elliptic curve when represented in projective coordinates, wherein point addition is defined over three dimensional space that includes the projective coordinate.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080165958 - Content distribution system and tracking system: A content distribution system encrypts a content by using different session keys assigned to user systems, encrypts each of the session keys with a public key corresponding to a decryption key unique to each user system, generates, for a group of user identification information items, header information including the encrypted... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080165956 - Content encryption schema for integrating digital rights management with encrypted multicast: Systems and methods provide a content encryption schema for integrating digital rights management (DRM) in a multicast/broadcast encryption system. In one implementation, an exemplary integrated key schema provides content encryption keys that can be employed by a multicast or broadcast process, while providing DRM protection of recorded multicast content via... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080165957 - Virtualization of file system encryption: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for using a virtual file system to encrypt files. The process registers a plurality of file systems on a data processing system with the virtual file system. The virtual file system is enabled to encrypt files without intervention from any file... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080165959 - Encrypted data players and encrypted data player systems: An encrypted data player device is configured to process encrypted key and encrypted data received through a system bus. The encrypted data player device includes a device key storage circuit and a decryption circuit. The device key storage circuit is configured to store a device key. The decryption circuit is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080165960 - System for providing copyright-protected video data and method thereof: A video data service system includes a web server for providing a web page which authenticates a member as a copyright holder and registers the member as a first member; an encoding server for inserting an identifier representing the copyright holder corresponding to the first member into first format video... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080165961 - Protection of audio or video data in a playback device: Method and apparatus to prevent hacking of encrypted audio or video content during playback. Hackers, using a debugging attachment or other tools, can illicitly access encrypted data in memory in a playback device when the data is decrypted during playback and momentarily stored in digital form. This hacking is defeated... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080165962 - Multistream distributor and multi-descrambler: A multistream distributor and a multi-descrambler are provided at low cost, which are capable of displaying a plurality of transport streams corresponding respectively to a plurality of channels on a plurality of receivers or the like. Three first scrambled transport streams received via tuners are time-multiplexed by a multiplexer into... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080165963 - Receiving apparatus: For enabling a counter-program recording when viewing a program, with only one (1) system of POD, a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, for receiving information being scrambled or coded, comprises a display unit for displaying the information being scrambled or coded thereon, a recording unit for recording the information being scrambled... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080165964 - Application steering and application blocking over a secure tunnel: Techniques are provided for enabling application steering/blocking in a secure network which includes a network entity, and a first tunnel endpoint coupled to the network entity over an encrypted tunnel. The first tunnel endpoint associates at least a first Security Parameter Index (SPI) to a first application identifier to generate... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080165966 - Information recording/reproducing device: [SOLVING MEANS] The information recording/reproducing apparatus creates a title key, encrypts the contents in accordance with a title key; stores the encrypted contents, stores navigation information on the reproduction of the contents containing the title key, encrypts the title key in accordance with the medium ID of an external medium,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080165965 - Method of two strings private key (symmetric) encryption and decryption algorithm: Two strings encryption algorithm where a long and a short strings are used. The byte values of the short string points to a location of the long string and the plaintext is aligned with the long string and encryption is performed using the long string's byte values and the plaintext... Agent: Louis Ventre Jr

20080165967 - Method and device for migrating a specifically encrypted access object from a first terminal unit to a second terminal unit: The present invention provides a method, a migration server and a terminal device mor migrating specifically encrypted access objects (such as e.g. a license) between mobile terminals such as e.g. computers and/or cellular telephones. Method for migrating a specifically encrypted access object from a first terminal unit to a second... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20080165968 - Efficient data path encapsulation between access point and access switch: In one embodiment, a method for processing encrypted wireless station data at a network device includes receiving from an access point, one or more frames comprising wireless station data fragmented into a plurality of encrypted protocol data units. The frames are configured to identify the encrypted protocol units associated with... Agent: Cindy S. Kaplan

20080165969 - Pilot transmission in a wireless communication system: Techniques for transmitting pilot and traffic data are described. In one aspect, a terminal may scramble its pilot with a scrambling sequence generated based on a set of static and dynamic parameters. The static parameter(s) have fixed value for an entire communication session for the terminal. The dynamic parameter(s) have... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080165970 - runtime mechanism for flexible messaging security protocols: Methods and arrangements to handle network messages containing security information are disclosed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to handle network messages containing security information by configuring an application to generate messages containing security information. The configuring may include creating a data structure to store security information... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080165971 - Trusting an unverified code image in a computing device: A method and an apparatus for configuring a key stored within a secure storage area (e.g., ROM) of a device including one of enabling and disabling the key according to a predetermined condition to execute a code image are described. The key may uniquely identify the device. The code image... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc./blakely

20080165972 - Method and system for encrypted email communication: An email encryption method and system in which a sender generates an encryption key, which is sent to a key server along with a message key and the recipient's user identification, the sender encrypts the email message, sends the encrypted message and message key to a recipient, and the encryption... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080165973 - Retrieval and display of encryption labels from an encryption key manager: A method, system and program are provided for the retrieval of key label codes enabling access to encrypted data in a storage cartridge. An external key manager (EKM) wraps the data key used to encrypt the data with one or more encryption keys to form one or more encryption encapsulated... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Tucson

20080165974 - Communication method and communication system using decentralized key management scheme: A decentralized key management scheme that implements key management of a tree structure comprised of only group members without using a key management server is proposed, and communication method and system that can contribute to secure group communications is provided. Each member constituting a group updates tree structure data of... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080159526 - Architecture and instruction set for implementing advanced encryption standard (aes): A flexible aes instruction for a general purpose processor is provided that performs aes encryption or decryption using n rounds, where n includes the standard aes set of rounds {10, 12, 14}. A parameter is provided to allow the type of aes round to be selected, that is, whether it... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080159527 - Method and system for digital rights management and digital signatures: Methods and systems for digital rights management are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a system and method that allows the author of a design file to encrypt the file's contents, so that only authorized users can view the file, and that allows the author to identify specific users... Agent: Venable LLP

20080159528 - Method for processing multiple operations: In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method capable of processing a variety of different operations. A method according to one embodiment may include loading configuration data from a shared memory unit into a hardware configuration register, the hardware configuration register located within circuitry included within a hardware accelerator... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, Pllc C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080159529 - Identification system using mechanical vibrations on identifier: The invention relates to an identification system, wherein the identifier is a body comprising an inhomogeneous material, which body is identified by subjecting it to mechanical vibrations, in particular acoustic vibrations, observing how the propagation of this mechanical vibrations is affected by inhomogeneities present in the body, and recognizing the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080159530 - Gadget to encrypt and keep account login information for ready reference: The invention introduces a stand-alone small electronic device that provides the means for computer users to encrypt and keep their everyday confidential account login information in an indexed notebook or stored in a removable memory module for easy reference. Such account information includes User-Names, passwords, secret questions, and secret answers... Agent: Mehran Randall Rasti

20080159531 - Video slice and active region based multiple partial encryption: A television set-top box has a receiver receiving a digital television signal comprising, a plurality of unencrypted packets; and a plurality of encrypted packets. The encrypted packets are of at least one selected packet type and the at least one selected packet type has at least one of the following:... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080159532 - Architecture for supporting high definition content protection decryption over high definition multimedia interface links: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a first encrypted data stream in a cipher, receiving parsed condition information in a first state machine, where the parsed condition information corresponds to the first encrypted data stream, and decrypting the first encrypted data stream in the cipher... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20080159533 - System and method of processing data: A system and method of processing data are provided. The method may include encoding a first watermark into a data file to form first watermarked data. The data file may include audio data. The method may also include sending the first watermarked data to a remotely located user device associated... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080159534 - Method to authenticate and accessory: An apparatus (100) used by a plurality of devices to authenticate an accessory (120) is configured to operate with a device (110) of the plurality of devices. The accessory (120) applies an authentication algorithm to a key and a challenge (130) received from the device (110) and generates a response... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080159536 - Automatic wireless network password update: An approach is provided that allows an administrator to set a new password at a wireless access point, such as a traditional WAP or a wireless router. The wireless access point creates a message that includes the new password. The message is encrypted using the old password that was previously... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080159535 - Method of protecting broadcast frame, terminal authenticating broadcast frame, and access point broadcasting broadcast frame: A method of protecting a broadcast frame, the method comprising broadcasting a beacon and a maintenance beacon frame (MBF) from an access point (AP) to a plurality of terminals during a maintenance beacon waiting period (MBWP); and broadcasting broadcast management frames (BMFs) from the AP to the plurality of terminals... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080159537 - System and method for information scrambling in a wireless communication system: The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for scrambling in a wireless communication system. In one example, the method includes receiving a bit group representing at least a portion of a signal, where a total number of bits in the bit group is defined by a modulation... Agent: Timothy F. Bliss

20080159538 - System and method for secure broadcast communication: A method for providing a communication device access to a secure broadcast communication is presented. In the method, an encrypted message originating outside the communication device is received into an electronic component of the communication device. The encrypted message is then decrypted within the electronic component, resulting in a decrypted... Agent: Setter Roche LLP

20080159540 - Methods and a device for secure software installation: A method for secure installation of software applications. The user receives the software, partly encrypted, and an installation token for a number of licenses from the software provider, plugs the software and the installation token into a computer, and launches the installation application. A Secure Authenticated Channel is established between... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080159539 - System and method for providing secured integrated engineering analysis: A method, computer-readable medium, and semiconductor device for securing integrated engineering analysis are provided. A die ID is generated from a lot ID, wafer ID, die coordinates, or other product information. The die ID is encrypted with a key and written to the die. The encryption key and encrypted die... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080159541 - Methods and apparatus for protecting data: An augmented boot code module includes instructions to be executed by a processing unit during a boot process. The augmented boot code module also includes an encrypted version of a cryptographic key that can be decrypted with a cryptographic key that remains in the processing unit despite a reset of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080159542 - Key storage apparatus, key storage method, and program: In a system in which multiple sensor nodes is distributed and communication using an encryption key is carried out between the respective distributed nodes, a key necessary for communication is flexibly specified and stored for each node even if node arrangement is irregular or if multiple distribution methods are used... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080159543 - Public key cryptographic method and system, certification server and memories adapted for said system: The invention relates to a public key cryptographic method and system, a certification server and memories adapted for said system. In said public key cryptographic system, there is insufficient information contained in an electronic public key certificate alone to retrieve the public key. The inventive system comprises at least a... Agent: Young & Thompson