Cryptography inventions 03/09

20090080645 - Integrated shuffle validity proving device, proof integrating device, integrated shuffle validity verifying device, and mix net system: An integrated shuffle validity proving device (300) is provided correspondingly to an ordinal number κ which is an integer representing an order. The device (300) has a permutation proof commitment unit (310) which, on receiving a commitment public key and a permutation storage commitment containing a permutation proof text made... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090080646 - Method and architecture for parallel calculating ghash of galois counter mode: Disclosed is a method and architecture for parallel calculating GHASH of Galois Counter Mode (GCM), which regards the additional authenticated data A and the ciphertext C defined in the GCM as a single data M with an input order of a sequence M1M2 . . . Mm-1, and arranges the... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090080647 - Method and system for usage of block cipher encryption: A block cipher system for encrypting a plurality of blocks from plaintext to ciphertext, each of the blocks being associated with a constant root key, the system including an encryption key module to determine an input key for each of blocks based on a function having a plurality of inputs... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090080648 - Controlled cryptoperiod timing to reduce decoder processing load: Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling encryptor devices to provide real-time messages having offset cryptoperiods according to an offset algorithm within common crypto-sync pulse boundaries. A master clock aligns the encryptor devices to a common crypto-sync pulse. Subsequently, a cryptoperiod offset aligner assigns a different offset value according to... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20090080649 - Method and system for protecting data: Methods and systems for protecting data may include controlling encryption and/or decryption and identifying a destination of corresponding encrypted and/or decrypted data, utilizing rules based on a source location of the data prior to the encryption or decryption and an algorithm that may have been previously utilized for encrypting and/or... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090080650 - Secure email communication system: The present invention provides a method and system for securing a digital data stream. A first key of a first asymmetric key pair from a key store remote from a host node is received at the host node. A dynamically generated key is received at the host node, which is... Agent: Carr LLP

20090080651 - Semiconductor with hardware locked intellectual property and related methods: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to describe an intellectual property core with a key check mechanism configured to compare an external key with an internal key in response to a specified event. A pending instruction is executed in response to a match between the external key and the... Agent: Mips C/o Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20090080652 - System and method for password generation and storage: A mechanical device may have one or more user inputs and one or more password outputs to provide a plurality of secure passwords. A user may set and recover passwords by transposing one or more mechanical components of the device. A user may carry the device, but if the device... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090080653 - Partial encryption storage medium: An electronic storage device facilitates transmission or reception of multiple partial encrypted digital video has a segment of digital video content recorded on the electronic storage device as a data structure with a first set of data packets encrypted under a first encryption process so that the first set of... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20090080654 - Method to track the downloading and playing of audible presentations:

20090080655 - Network system, data transmission device, session monitor system and packet monitor transmission device: In a network system for communication between a first terminal with an encrypting function and a second terminal without the encrypting function, a control data transmission device includes a receiving unit receiving control data sent from the first terminal to the second terminal, a data processing unit for extracting cipher... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090080657 - Active-active hierarchical key servers: In one embodiment, group member devices may be divided into at least one cluster, wherein each cluster includes a primary key server designated to synchronize with a master key server. Each cluster further includes at least one registration server configured to communicate with member devices in the group within the... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090080658 - Method and apparatus for encrypting data for fine-grained access control: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for encrypting data for fine-grained access control. One embodiment of a method for encrypting data includes encrypting the data as a ciphertext, labeling the ciphertext with a set of one or more descriptive attributes, generating a decryption key for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Sri International

20090080656 - Methods and computer program products for performing cryptographic provider failover: Performing cryptographic provider failover utilizing an integrated cryptographic provider to register for each of a plurality of service type—algorithm pairs already registered by each of a plurality of underlying cryptographic providers, such that the integrated cryptographic provider specifies failover support for all registered service type—algorithm pairs using the one or... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20090080659 - Systems and methods for hardware key encryption: Various systems and methods for implementing dynamic logic are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide systems for encrypting/decrypting data. Such systems include a hardware key, a memory, a hardware decoder and a message encoder. The memory includes an encoded encoding key that represents an original... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090080660 - Processorless media access control architecture for wireless communication: To provide greater flexibility in wireless communication design and implementation, a device and method for implementing media access control (MAC) layer functionality without using an embedded processor for MAC layer functions. A key table stores connection identification data and communicates the connection identification data to a transmit control module and... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090080661 - System and method for controlling message attachment handling functions on a mobile device: A system and method for controlling message attachment handling functions on a mobile device is described herein. An attachment handling control can be set to identify one of a number of selected attachment handling control modes. Depending on the attachment handling control mode identified, a request for the attachment structure... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090080662 - Key recovery in encrypting storage devices: A method for recovering a password includes: obtaining a request code from a data storage device, transmitting the request code to an external authority that produces a recovery code from the request code, and using the recovery code to recover a password and an encryption key from a hidden area... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP

20090080664 - Method of storing broadcast contents in mobile broadcast service terminal: Disclosed is a method of recording and storing a broadcast content received for mobile broadcast services in a transmitting-end level. A broadcast receiving terminal includes a type of the key profile in the header of the recorded file for the particular broadcast content, the CIEK which is used in encrypting... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090080663 - System and method for reducing latency on remotely-booted information handling systems: Systems and methods for reducing latency on a remotely-booted information handling system are disclosed. A method may include remotely booting an information handling system having a local storage resource. The method may also include establishing, at the start of a session, an encryption key for the local storage resource for... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090080665 - Method of generating secure codes for a randomized scrambling scheme for the protection of unprotected transient information: In many instances it is necessary to store and transfer information and data on a temporary basis. Typically this information and data is transient but is vulnerable to capture and piracy as it is not in an encrypted state. Therefore a unique method is disclosed that performs randomized scrambling of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090074178 - Accelerating scalar multiplication on elliptic curve cryptosystems over prime fields: A method and apparatus for accelerating scalar multiplication in an elliptic curve cryptosystem (ECC) over prime fields is provided. Multiplication operations within an ECC point operation are identified and modified utilizing an equivalent point representation that inserts multiples of two. Algebraic substitutions of the multiplication operations with squaring operations and... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20090074179 - Information security device and elliptic curve operating device: Resistance against simple power analysis is maintained while a smaller table is used. An IC card 100 decrypts encrypted information using elliptic curve calculation for calculating a point k*C by multiplying a point C on the elliptic curve E with a coefficient k that is a positive integer less that... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090074180 - Method and apparatus for performing elliptic curve arithmetic: A method of performing a cryptographic operation on a point in an elliptic curve cryptosystem using an elliptic curve. The method comprises the steps of obtaining information that uniquely identifies the elliptic curve and performing computations on the point to obtain the result of the cryptographic operation. The computations use... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20090074181 - Method and device for executing crytographic calculation: The invention concerns a method for executing cryptographic calculation in an electronic component, based on a specific cryptographic algorithm including at least one secret key operation (102) to be performed with a secret encryption key (103) comprising m secret encryption key blocks of n bits on a data block (101),... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090074183 - Information processing apparatus, electronic device, information processing method and information processing medium: The usage restriction of a first content which has already been distributed is made to efficiently function when processing in which a second content refers to the first content is performed. A secret key and a public key are generated for a first content, the public key is added to... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090074182 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a recording medium, and a program for importing and exporting a content with information missing controlled. A CPU extracts a sound track contained in the content in step S301, and converts a format of the extracted sound... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090074184 - Controlling data routing in integrated security systems: An integrated security system integrates broadband and mobile access and control with conventional security systems and premise devices to provide a tri-mode security network having remote connectivity and access. The integrated security system delivers remote premise monitoring and control functionality to conventional monitored premise protection and complements existing premise protection... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090074185 - Advanced multi-channel watermarking system and method: A method, computer program product, and computing device for modifying a first channel portion of a digital media data file to include at least a first primary watermark. A second channel portion of the digital media data file is modified to include at least a first secondary watermark, wherein the... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090074186 - Method for decrypting serial transmission signal: A method for decrypting a serial transmission signal includes the following steps. First, the serial transmission signal including a serial data signal and a serial clock signal is received. Then, m bits are sequentially read from the serial data signal according to the serial clock signal. Next, values corresponding to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090074187 - Wireless communication system and wireless communication method: In the wireless communication system of the present invention, under a control of a control communication processing portion 113 of an access point, a hash function arithmetic operation processing portion 112 generates a third identification number to be updated using a current identification number, hash key and random number for... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20090074191 - Gaming machine having multi-stage failure recovery feature and method of operating same: A gaming machine may include memory, a software program loaded into the memory and a trusted cache. The trusted cache may include a context data save engine, a context data recovery engine and a restart engine. The context data save engine may be configured to save the context and state... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20090074188 - Member certificate acquiring device, member certificate issuing device, group signing device, and group signature verifying device: It is an object of the present invention to enhance the security and reduce the data amount of data to be handled in a group signing system, in which when the group public key which includes: a description for four groups: group 1, group 2, group T, and group E... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090074190 - Method and apparatus for cryptographic conversion in a data storage system: When data is encrypted and stored for a long time, encryption key(s) and/or algorithm(s) should be updated so as not to be compromised due to malicious attack. To that end, stored encrypted data is converted in the storage system with new set of cryptographic criteria. During this process, read and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090074189 - Method of providing security for relay station: A method of providing security of a relay station is disclosed, by which the security can he provided for the relay station in a broadband wireless access system having the relay station. In a mobile communication system to relay a signal transfer between a base station and a mobile station,... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090074193 - Method for accessing a user operable device of controlled access: A method is provided for accessing a user operable device having limited access ability. The method comprises transmitting an inquiry from a mobile device of a user via a wide area transmission network to a key authority for obtaining an access key for accessing functions of the user operable device,... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090074192 - Systems and methods for enhanced quantum key formation using an actively compensated qkd system: Systems and methods for enhanced quantum key distribution (QKD) using an actively compensated QKD system. The method includes exchanging quantum signals between first and second QKD stations and measuring the quantum signal error. An error signal SE representative of the system visibility error is then generated. An error-signal threshold STH... Agent: OpticusIPLaw, PLLC

20090067620 - Cryptographic hashing device and method: A device and a method of cryptographically hashing a message M, including the following steps: forming a sequence (M1, . . . , Mi, . . . , Mc) of data m-tuples M1=(a1,1, . . . , a1,m), . . . Mi=(ai,1, . . . , ai,m), . . .... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090067619 - Modular multiplier: Modular multiplication of two elements X(t) and Y(t), over GF(2), where m is a field degree, may utilize field degree to determine, at least in part, the number of iterations. An extra shift operation may be employed when the number of iterations is reduced. Modular multiplication of two elements X(t)... Agent: Robert C. Kowert Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090067618 - Random number generator: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with random number generators are described. One system embodiment includes a random number generator logic that may produce an initial random number from a first set of three inputs. The system embodiment may receive the three inputs from sources including an internal counter entropy... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay, LLC

20090067617 - Secure modular exponentiation by randomization of exponent scanning: Systems and/or methods that facilitate secure electronic communication of data are presented. A cryptographic component facilitates securing data associated with messages in accordance with a cryptographic protocol. The cryptographic component includes a randomized exponentiation component that facilitates decryption of data and generation of digital signatures by exponentiating exponents associated with... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090067623 - Method and apparatus for performing fast authentication for vertical handover: A method and apparatus for performing fast authentication for a vertical handover are provided. The method includes requesting a handover from a serving network to a target network and generating a derivative Master Session Key (MSK) for key generation, and transmitting the derivative MSK to the target network. Accordingly, a... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090067622 - Method and apparatus for protecting content consumer's privacy: Provided is a method of protecting a content consumer's privacy. The method includes classifying contents into content groups, encrypting the contents using different encryption keys, generating a plurality of decryption keys each of which can decrypt all contents in each of the content groups, and provides the generated decryption keys... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090067624 - System and method of protecting content of an electronic file using a computer: A system and method of protecting the content of an electronic file using at least one computer. The invention includes providing at least one local key file having unique local encryption key data. In addition, the method includes selecting a random portion of the local encryption key data, and selecting... Agent: Malloy & Mally, P.A.

20090067621 - Method of providing an encrypted data stream: A method of providing an encrypted data stream, includes obtaining a first data stream, partitioned into sections corresponding to key periods, each of a plurality of the key periods being associated with a respective value of a key, wherein each section corresponding to a key period associated with a value... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090067625 - Method for protection of digital rights at points of vulnerability in real time: As transmitted digital content is vulnerable commodity, its protection from piracy is receiving significant attention. It is possible today to extract the digital content from the temporary storage during processing and also form interfaces during transfer between blocks in a receiver system. When content is processed and frames are temporarily... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090067626 - Region-based transform domain video scrambling: A video communication system, for example, video surveillance and video conferencing, is disclosed in which regions of interest of video scenes are scrambled to protect privacy and/or allow anonymous participation. The regions of interest may be arbitrary and selectable by the participant or user, such as the face of the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090067627 - Method and system for transmitting data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device: The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting data from a first data processing device (2) to a second data processing device (1), wherein the first data processing device (2) has a display device (3). In the case of the method according to the invention, the... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20090067628 - Telecommunications networks: Various advantageous arrangements for use with the proposed SAE/LTE or 4G mobile telecommunications system are disclosed. An arrangement for allowing a mobile terminal/UE (1) to transmit data packets to duplicate access points (5) is disclosed. An IP combiner (20) receives the duplicate data packets from the respective access points (5),... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090067629 - Table-based encryption/decryption techniques for gaming networks, and gaming networks incorporating the same: The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to a light-weight encryption/decryption technique for peripherals (e.g., gaming machines, overhead displays, a jackpot controllers, etc.) attached to gaming networks. In certain exemplary embodiments, a peripheral device for use in a networked gaming environment is provided. A network interface is configured to send and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090067632 - Circuit updating system: An information processing apparatus is provided with a reconfigurable unit (101) in which a circuit can be reconfigured. The provision of a generation unit (103) enables the generation of design data of a circuit configured by the reconfigurable unit (101), and enables a reduction in the amount of design data... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090067631 - Memory efficient storage of large numbers of key value pairs: In one embodiment of the present invention, storing a plurality of key value pairs may be accomplished by first, for each of two or more quantities of most significant bits, determining how much overall memory usage will be saved upon removal of the corresponding quantity of most significant bits from... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20090067630 - Recording of a key in an integrated circuit: The invention concerns a method and a system for customizing electronic components (2), by substituting in a nonvolatile storage each one first secret key (Ks) with a second secret key (Ks′), using a secure authentication module (1) automatically generating said second key after reconstructing the first key from an identifier... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090067633 - Configuring host settings to specify an encryption setting and a key label referencing a key encyrption key to use to encrypt an encryption key provided to a storage drive to use to encrypt data from the host: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for configuring host settings to specify encryption and a key label referencing a key encrypting key to use to encrypt an encryption key provided to a storage drive to use to encrypt data from the host. User settings are received to... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20090060174 - Computer-implemented method and system for protecting a software installation after certification: A computer-implemented system and method for protecting a software installation after certification are disclosed. The system includes components to determine if a cryptographic value of a digital content set matches with a stored cryptographic value of a validated digital content set, to determine if a cryptographic value of a validation... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090060175 - Embedding a secret in a bit string for safeguarding the secret: A method and system for embedding a secret in a bit string for safeguarding the secret. In one embodiment, the method comprises computing the length of the overall bit string as a function of q and t, where q and t are determined from the length of the secret. The... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090060176 - Program converter, encrypting device, and encrypting method: A program converter (1) converts a program (P) which performs arithmetic addition processing to execute encryption, into a converted program (tP) which performs processing equivalent to the processing of the program (P). The program converter (1) includes: a key data extraction unit (10) which extracts key data from the program... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090060177 - 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 specified, and the signature identifies a type of data... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090060178 - Management system for web service developer keys: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for managing web service developer keys. A generic key identifier can be generated based on an original web service key. The generic key identifier is used within source code of an application being developed. Upon receiving a request to run the application, the generic... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090060180 - Method and an apparatus to generate pseudo random bits for a cryptographic key: Some embodiments of a method and an apparatus to generate pseudo random bits for a cryptographic key have been presented. In one embodiment, a set of Blum-Blum-Shub (BBS) pseudo random number generators is executed substantially in parallel. Each of the BBS pseudo random number generators may generate a series of... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090060179 - Method and an apparatus to generate pseudo random bits from polynomials: Some embodiments of a method and an apparatus to generate pseudo random bits from polynomials have been presented. In one embodiment, a set of finite field polynomials is used to generate a series of pseudo random bits in one or more cycles. Then a cryptographic key is generated from the... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090060181 - Local content security system: The present invention is a system for securing broadcasting content locally at receiving stations that may be remote to a broadcaster. Embodiments of this invention implement controllable and renewable security measures, compatible with many other content processing and display systems. These security measures may include re-encrypting received broadcast content using... Agent: Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

20090060182 - Apparatus and method for enhancing the protection of media content: An aspect of the current invention involves an apparatus and method for protecting media content from being read and copied by an unauthorized party. In one embodiment of the invention, this is accomplished by storing keys for decrypting encrypted media content on a secure memory device located in proximity to... Agent: At&t Corp.

20090060185 - Method and system for providing for security in communication: A method (and system) of securely communicating, includes using one of a preliminary secure transmission and exchange or acquisition of secret information that provides parties with a random sequence known only to first and second parties in communication with one another, the random sequence comprising a fixed length sequence of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090060183 - Private lock infrastructure: A method and system for securely transmitting data from a sender to a receiver wherein a private lock is created by a receiver. The private lock is freely distributable while the key remains with the receiver. To receive encrypted data, the lock is sent to the sender who uses the... Agent: Dubois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz, LLP

20090060184 - Systems and methods for providing autonomous security: Systems and methods for providing autonomous security are configured to modify an original header associated with an original data packet wherein key information is added; encrypt original data associated with the original data packet in response to the key information; and form an encrypted data packet including the modified header... Agent: James M. Wu Jw Law Group

20090060186 - Method and apparatus for providing secured communication connections using a secured communication connection object: An apparatus and method for establishing a communication connection between a first party and a second party using a secured communication connection object are provided. With the apparatus and method, a first party generates the secured communication connection object by setting parameters identifying and limiting the use of the secured... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090060188 - Determining security states using binary output sequences: A system for determining security associations using binary output sequences is described. In an example systematic embodiment, a first device is coupled over a network to a second device. Each device includes a processor and an indicator mechanism coupled to the processor. The indicator mechanism is configured to output a... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20090060187 - Device certificate based appliance configuration: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to configuring a computing appliance and provide a method, system and computer program product for device certificate based virtual appliance configuration. In one embodiment of the invention, a virtual appliance secure configuration method can be provided. The method... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090060189 - Terminal device, group management server, network communication system, and method for generating encryption key: A network communication system has terminal devices belonging to a group, the terminal devices generating, if there is a leaving terminal device leaving from the group, an updated group encryption key corresponding to a new group encryption key, from a deletion key corresponding to the leaving terminal device and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060190 - Efficient and low power encrypting and decrypting of data: The present invention relates to the field of computer data encrypting and decrypting, especially for mobile equipments like PDA, mobile phones, smart cards and the like, which need a good trade-off between computing speed, power consumption and security strength. Embodiments of the invention provide encrypting/decrypting methods implementing simple data operation.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090060191 - Interface circuit, information processing device, and information processing system: A scrambling circuit 104 for encrypting command information is provided in a sending side host computer 3001, and a descrambling circuit 101 for decoding the encrypted command information is provided in a receiving side information processing overall circuit 3003. A converter circuit 102 is provided in an interface circuit 103.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090060192 - Method and apparatus for providing security in wireless communication networks: A method includes receiving data at a first wireless node in a wireless network, where the data is associated with an industrial control and automation system. The method also includes decrypting the received data using a first encryption key to produce decrypted data and encrypting the decrypted data using a... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20090060193 - Device for encrypted communication: A communication device for encrypted transmission of information via unencrypted transmission paths has at least one loudspeaker, one microphone, one audio processing facility, one encryption facility, and one transmission facility. Information is encrypted by the encryption facility and transmitted via unencrypted transmission paths by the transmission facility by further communication... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090060194 - Adaptable microcontroller based security monitor: A method is provided for protecting embedded cryptographic processing circuits (112, 114), software and data, contained within electronic equipment. The method involves monitoring with a first processing device (210) embedded in the electronic equipment parameter values generated by sensors (108) provided in the electronic equipment. The method also involves evaluating... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby PC

20090060197 - Method and apparatus for hardware-accelerated encryption/decryption: An integrated circuit for data encryption/decryption and secure key management is disclosed. The integrated circuit may be used in conjunction with other integrated circuits, processors, and software to construct a wide variety of secure data processing, storage, and communication systems. A preferred embodiment of the integrated circuit includes a symmetric... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20090060195 - Storage apparatus and data managament method: Provided is a storage system that includes a first storage apparatus and a second storage apparatus each connected to a host computer. The first and second storage apparatuses each include a controller and a disk drive. The controller manages an encryption status and an encryption key for each of a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090060196 - Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, and content transmitting method: A transmitting apparatus includes a transaction transmitting unit configured to transmit to a receiving apparatus a content to be moved to the receiving apparatus, by using a first transaction established with the receiving apparatus, a counter unit configured to count a progress quantity representing a degree of progress of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060200 - Method of converging different group keys from island into single group key in wireless transport network: The present invention provides a method of distributing a new group key by a designated group key server, comprising: receiving a group key by a wireless device from each of a newly discovered neighbor. The next step is to receive a list of devices that the newly discovered neighbor connects... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090060198 - Secure message transport using message segmentation: Data is divided into a plurality of blocks. A unique identifier is assigned to each of the plurality of blocks. A key is generated that identifies how to reconstruct the data from the plurality of blocks. The key and each of the plurality of blocks are transmitted to a recipient.... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090060199 - System and method for updating a transactional device: Systems and methods for updating a transactional device having a reader is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: reading data on a command token, wherein the data is stored in a memory device; identifying the token as a command token based on the data; generating transaction data that include... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090060201 - Secure peer-to-peer distribution of an updatable keyring: A distributed peer-to-peer document archive system provides version-control, security, access control, linking among stored documents and remote access to documents usually associated with centralized storage systems while still providing the simplicity, personalization and robustness to network outages associated with personal and peer-to-peer storage systems. A “keyring” is an encrypted repository... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090060202 - Ternary and higher multi-value digital scramblers/descramblers: Ternary (3-value) and higher, multi-value digital scramblers/descramblers in digital communications. The method and apparatus of the present invention includes the creation of ternary (3-value) and higher value truth tables that establish ternary and higher value scrambling functions which are its own descrambling functions. The invention directly codes by scrambling ternary... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC