Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 04/06

20060090064 - System and method for switching the role of boot processor to a spare processor responsive to detection of loss of lockstep in a boot processor: According to one embodiment, a method comprises detecting loss of lockstep (LOL) for a processor in a multi-processor system. The method further comprises determining that the processor for which the LOL is detected is assigned the role of boot processor, and switching the role of boot processor to a spare...

20060090065 - Method for authenticating electronic documents: A secure method for sending register, authenticated electronic documents is disclosed. The sender sends a first set of data, not including the plaintext message, encrypted with the public key of the recipient, and a second set of data, including the plaintext message, encrypted with a session key which was included...

20060090066 - System and method for the management of distributed personalized information: The present invention comprises a system and method useful for organization of information adapted for use in a computer system. Information stored on a local or remote data store may be organized and, hence, retrieved, by providing access to raw data to a computer system user, providing a user interface...

20060090067 - Method and apparatus for performing a secure transaction in a trusted network: A method is provided of enabling respective users (A, B) of first and second devices (12, 2) of a trusted network to perform a secure transaction between them. A communications channel, such as a telephone conversation, is established between the users (A, B). A verification identifier for the transaction is...

20060090068 - Method for separating ip packets which can be allocated to specific groups and corresponding ip packet: The invention relates to a method for separating IP packets which can be allocated to specific groups in a packet-based mobile radio network. All IP packets entering into the mobile radio network are tested in a first authorized network element of the mobile radio network with respect to allocation to...

20060090069 - Method and system for caching read requests from a shared image in a computer network: A shared image stored in a server is shared by a plurality of clients. The shared image includes data that may be downloaded over a computer network to each of the clients. To conserve network bandwidth when downloading the data, upon receiving a request from one of the clients to...

20060090070 - Method and system for verifying binding of an initial trusted device to a secured processing system: A method and system for verifying binding of an initial trusted device to a secured processing system binds an initial device or replacement when no binding information is available from another device in the system. A platform credential is issued only when a valid binding is verified, by sending a...

20060090071 - Systems and methods for project management: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for managing a project. In one implementation, a system is provided that comprises a set of data sources for providing project management data and project management tools, and a server computer that is coupled to the set of data sources. The server...

20060090072 - Computer system, management computer and data management method: A volume to encrypt and decrypt is determined by a user management program 112 of a management computer 100 according to a user's job. Further, as to whether to encrypt or whether to decrypt, a command of yes/no of the encryption and decryption is given to an encryption apparatus in...

20060090073 - System and method of using human friendly representations of mathematical values and activity analysis to confirm authenticity: A system and method for representing mathematical values in a human friendly way, identity authentication that comprises the use of a function (including a one-way mathematical (hash) value) for verification of activity and/or transaction veracity and/or the identity of a computer system, user-friendly graphical/audible verification representations of the same, and...

20060090074 - Encryption communication system: An encryption communication system, comprising a communication relay device that connects a first network and a second network, for encrypting a communication within the first network and a communication within the second network in a network system configured so that communications are performed between a client in the first network...

20060090075 - Method for integrating online and offline cryptographic signatures and providing secure revocation: A verification method and system including a verifier which can both interpret policies and determine if they are satisfied, and request and obtain relevant certificates. This new architecture includes a verifier which itself can both direct a retrieval mechanism and use a local database of information. Users and applications can...

20060090076 - Method for accounting a user accessing a prepaid service via an access control unit: The present invention relates to a method for accounting a particular user accessing a prepaid service, which prepaid service being supplied by a service provider, which communication device being coupled to the service provider via an access control unit, and comprising the steps of: sending an authorization from an authentication...

20060090077 - System and method for authorizing transfer of software into embedded systems: A method of authorizing transfer of software into an embedded system, comprising the steps of obtaining a hardware identification code (HWID) relating to one of a service/recalibration tool and an embedded system, obtaining a software identification code (SWID) relating to at least a portion of software information that is not...

20060090078 - Initiation of an application: A token having a symbol can cause initiation of an application....

20060090079 - Voice authenticated alarm exit and entry interface system: A security system includes biometric authentication such as voice authentication with wireless tag detection to identify both the user and a wireless tag carried by the user. When the user approaches the entrance to a building that is secured by the security system, a tag detector of a user interface...

20060090080 - Central console for monitoring configuration status for remote devices: The present invention allows for remotely and securely configuring settings for targeted devices within a network with multiple security-trust boundaries. Configuration information is encoded in messages that are digitally signed to ensure the integrity of the configuration information and sent in accordance with a standard messaging transport protocol. By utilizing...

20060090083 - Data protection system: Disclosed is a data protection system, including a data processing device and a decryption element. The data processing device accesses protected data that have been processed by the protection code. The decryption code stores the releasing code corresponding to the protection code by means of the memory unit. When requiring...

20060090081 - Device and method with reduced information leakage: The invention is directed to a data-processing system comprising a processor and first encrypted information in a first persistent memory whose level of information leakage is higher than that of a second persistent memory. In the second persistent memory is stored a first cryptographic key for decrypting the first encrypted...

20060090084 - Secure processing environment: Secure operations and components may be integrated into a conventional processing system executing a standard operating system. A secure processing environment where trusted secure application code is executed may be provided for performing secure operations. In this environment, the applications and components may access all of the components in the...

20060090082 - Systems and methods for multiple level control of access of privileges to protected media content: Systems and methods for multiple level control of access privileges to protected media content are disclosed. In one embodiment, first data is associated with media content. Different versions of the media content are produced using the first data. Each of the different versions include one or more portions of the...

20060090085 - Method and apparatus for improving computer security: Indicating when the cover for a computer chassis has been opened is disclosed. A computer of an embodiment of the invention includes a chassis and a basic input/output system (BIOS), or another type of firmware. The chassis has an openable cover, and circuitry indicating when the openable cover has been...

20060090087 - Apparatus and method for controlling power management: Embodiments of an apparatus and method for controlling a power management can reduce power consumption, generate less heat or increase the lifetime of the battery. When the operation mode of the CPU is changed into the deeper sleep mode (C4), an audible noise can be generated by the capacitors of...

20060090089 - Apparatus for supplying power to controller: An apparatus for supplying power to a controller has a main power switch provided on a power supply path of a main power to a controller, a sub power switch provided on a power supply path of a sub power to the controller, and a power supply controller that opens...

20060090088 - Method and apparatus for managing power of portable information device: Provided are a method and apparatus for managing power of a portable information device. The apparatus includes: a display unit displaying a power management mode picture when a wake-up signal is input during a low-power consumption state of the portable information device; and a processing unit setting the portable information...

20060090086 - Method and apparatus to monitor power consumption of processor: Briefly, a processor and a method to control a power consumption of the processor are presented. The method may include: counting a micro-architecture event of a component of the processor, estimating the power consumption value of the processor based on a weighted value of the counted micro-architecture event and filtering...

20060090091 - Method and system for reducing power consumption of handsets through uart auto flow control: Certain aspects of reducing power consumption in communication devices may comprise deasserting a signal indicating that an on-chip UART may be ready to receive data. The deasserted signal may be asserted when the on-chip UART is not ready to receive data. The deasserted signal and asserted signal may be a...

20060090090 - Multifunction computer power button: A computer includes an input/output (I/O) chip, a power button coupled to the I/O chip, and a controller coupled to the power button. In a first operational mode, the I/O chip switches power to the computer in response to an actuation of the power button. In a second operational mode,...

20060090092 - Clock timing adjustment: Apparatus and methods are provided for clock timing adjustment. One embodiment of a computing device, the device includes first processor, a memory in communication with the first processor. The device includes computer executable instructions stored in memory and executable on the first processor to identify a clock speed for a...

20060085628 - Adaptive booting from mass storage device: A prior art mass storage device for bootstrap loading of a computer operating system must be configured on a set-up computer whose BIOS has the same geometrical translation scheme as the BIOS of the host computer where the storage device is intended to be installed and used. The present invention...

20060085625 - Computer disposal apparatus, system, and method: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomically disposing a computer such as a workstation. The computer's local persistent storage medium is configured with pre-boot image which is configured with a set of functional modules that facilitate disposal or recycling of the computer to the next user. The disposal...

20060085629 - Mapping a reset vector: The present disclosure relates to booting a computing device, and more specifically mapping a reset vector to a block device attached via a peripheral device bus....

20060085627 - Method for acquiring edid in a powered down edid compliant display controller: A display controller coupled to a display device by way of a display interface and to a host device by way of a data port that includes a processor arranged to process executable instructions and associated data, a single memory device for storing the executable instructions and associated data and...

20060085626 - Updating system configuration information: A data storage system and associated method comprising system configuration information; a first processor adapted for identifying a portion of the system configuration information in response to a configuration change request to the memory space, and for signaling an update request incident with the configuration change request to a second...

20060085630 - Enabling attestation during return from s4 state with standard tcg hardware: A method and system for enabling security attestation for a computing device during a return from an S4 sleep state. When the computing device enters into the S4 state following a successful boot up, the attestation log is appended to the TPM tick count and the log is signed (with...

20060085631 - System and method for booting embedded systems using removable storage: A system and method of booting an embedded system having a processor, nonvolatile memory and a remote media interface connected to the processor. Boot code is executed within the nonvolatile memory. The processor determines if a storage device is connected to the remote media interface and, if a storage device...

20060085632 - Automatic device configuration using removable storage: A system and method of configuring an embedded system from removable media. The removable media is connected to the embedded system and the embedded system determines if the removable media includes a configuration key. If the removable media includes a configuration key, the embedded system determines if the configuration key...

20060085633 - Using a portable security token to facilitate cross-certification between ceritification authorities: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a portable security token (PST) to facilitate cross-certification between a first certification authority (CA) and a second CA, wherein the first CA and associated subscriber devices constitute a first public-key infrastructure (PKI) domain, and wherein the second CA and...

20060085634 - Device certificate individualization: A method of generating a device certificate. A method of generating a device certificate comprising, constructing a device certificate challenge at a device, sending information to a device certificate individualization server in response to the device certificate challenge, validating the device certificate challenge by the device certificate individualization server, and...

20060085635 - System and method for configuring a device using remote controller: A system and method for configuring a device using a remote controller are provided. The system includes at least one device which transmits and receives data using a wireless communication connection and performs a preset operation according to a received control signal; a server which communicates data with the at...

20060085636 - Method and apparatus for data storage: An apparatus, system, and method for avoiding unexpected exposure of important data in a storage system include a table that contains permission and conversion information regarding data transfer. When a storage system transfers a certain set of data from one logical device or volume to another area, e.g., a host,...

20060085637 - Authentication system and method: An authentication system and method for anonymous authentication of a data processing system from a group of data processing systems by a service provider are disclosed. A group key (110) is assigned to each data processing system (100) of the group of data processing systems. A service provider (120) is...

20060085640 - Methods and apparatus for accelerating secure session processing: Methods and apparatus are provided for an entity such as a CPU to efficiently call a cryptography accelerator to perform cryptographic operations. A function call causes the cryptography accelerator to execute multiple cryptographic operations in a manner tailored for specific processing steps, such as steps during a handshake phase of...

20060085641 - Multiple user authentication for online console-based gaming: A console-based multi-user authentication process allows multiple users of a game console to be authenticated together in a single request/reply exchange with an authentication entity. The results of which is the possession of a single ticket that can be used to prove authenticity of multiple authentication principals to one or...

20060085642 - Multiple user authentication for online console-based gaming: A console-based multi-user authentication process allows multiple users of a game console to be authenticated together in a single request/reply exchange with an authentication entity. The results of which is the possession of a single ticket that can be used to prove authenticity of multiple authentication principals to one or...

20060085638 - Portable computing environment: The described systems, methods and data structures are directed to a portable computing environment. A communication link is established between a portable device and a host device. The portable device is equipped with a processing unit and is configured to execute a process that is accessible by the host device....

20060085639 - Security features for portable computing environment: The described systems, methods and data structures are directed to a portable computing environment. A communication link is established between a portable device and a host device. The portable device is equipped with a processing unit and is configured to execute a process that is accessible by the host device....

20060085644 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus has an authentication & key exchange unit, a contents receiver, a contents decryption unit and a contents confirmation request unit. The authentication & key exchange unit performs authentication & key exchange processing by using a given protocol with the communication apparatus and generates a first key...

20060085643 - Key-exchange protocol using a password-derived prime: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a password-derived prime number to facilitate a secure key exchange between a client and a server across a network. During operation, the client receives a password from a user. Next, the client uses the password to determine a prime...

20060085645 - Software application integrity verification method and device: A method of verifying the integrity of a software application that can be executed on a host terminal includes (i) determining at least one series of control instructions forming an executable certificate for the software application, which can be executed by the host terminal during execution of the software application...

20060085646 - Device certificate self-individualization: Generating a device certificate. A method of generating a device certificate comprising forming a template that will generate a device certificate upon the occurrence of a triggering event, filling in an authorization root certificate section of the template; filling in an authorization certificate section of the template, filling in a...

20060085647 - Detecting compromised ballots: A facility for transmitting a ballot choice selected by a voter is described. The facility encrypts the ballot choice with a first secret known only to the client to generate a first encrypted ballot component. The facility also encrypts the ballot choice with a second secret known only to the...

20060085648 - Autonomic removal of a user from a client and network: A method that restricts a user's access to critical data on a client and network by requiring renewal of a client's lease for accessing the network by an administrative utility of the network during each login by a user to the client. A user/client logon policy is created for each...

20060085649 - Method and apparatus for accommodating multiple verifier types with limited storage space: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that accommodates different types of verifiers in a computer system. During operation, the system receives a username and a password. The system then computes a verifier based on the password. If the size of the verifier exceeds a storage limit, the...

20060085650 - Organism information authenticating apparatus, organism information registering apparatus, and organism information collating apparatus: An organism information authenticating apparatus has an organism information forming unit which forms organism information and a target processing unit which executes a target process regarding authentication by using the organism information. When the target processing unit instructs activation, the organism information forming unit notifies the target processing unit of...

20060085652 - Data security: In one embodiment, a method is provided that may include one or more operations. One of these operations may include, in response, at least in part, to a request to store input data in storage, encrypting, based least in part upon one or more keys, the input data to generate...

20060085651 - System and method for providing private inference control: Records in a secure database include attributes. A query homomorphically encrypts indices identifying one record and attribute. A secret key is generated at a certain query count and is divided into randomly generated key shares. A key share sequence is homomorphically encrypted. A table is formed by encrypting the indices,...

20060085657 - Acpi name space validation: A method and system for passively validating an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) name space are provided. A filter driver may be adapted for use as a verification tool that intercepts requests by the ACPI driver to evaluate objects in the ACPI name space. Prior to the ACPI driver...

20060085655 - Integrated circuit card for reducing power consumption: An integrated circuit card includes an interface block for performing an interface function with the external devices and a power controller for controlling power of a security integrated circuit for detecting if an operational environment is in an abnormal state, the power controller periodically and selectively applies power to the...

20060085653 - Method and system for transferring data with respect to a portable electronic device: Improved techniques for performing data transfer with respect to a portable electronic device are disclosed. The improved techniques enable the rate of data transfer to be dependent on at least one battery attribute of a battery utilized by the portable electronic device. As an example, the at least one battery...

20060085654 - Power management: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising at least two power management circuits and a signal line connecting the circuits. Each of the circuits is adapted to control a power supply to at least one functional component of the electronic device. Each of the circuits is adapted to detect...

20060085656 - Voltage id conversion system for programmable power supplies: Techniques are disclosed for converting voltage identification (VID) codes into analog signals suitable for input to analog-programmable power supplies. An encoding scheme is used in which each VID includes a plurality of fields (e.g., bits). Each field is associated with a particular voltage level to be output by an analog-programmable...

20060085658 - Psid and remote on/off functions combined: In a method and system for an improved power adapter providing power to a load, the power adapter is electrically coupled to the load via a multi-conductor connector. A change in a current flowing through a conductor of the connector is sensed in response to the coupling. The power output...

20060085659 - Power saving method for portable information processing unit, and portable information processing system: A system realize power saving of a portable information processing unit including an external device, when the external unit receiving the power supplied from the portable information processing unit is connected to the portable information processing unit. An operation mode according to the power supply state of the external unit...

20060085660 - Automatic dynamic processor operating voltage control: A technique to adjust a processor's operating voltage dynamically while preventing a user from placing the processor into a harmful operating voltage state in relation to the core/bus frequency ratio of the processor. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to a technique to control the operating voltage of the...

20060085661 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and image processing system using the same: A circuit system is provided capable of improving the throughput thereof by eliminating the operational constraint that if the operating frequency of a content addressable memory is lower than the operating frequency of a system LSI, two system clocks should be provided, or the higher frequency should be synchronized with...

20060085662 - Method and apparatus for controlling the flow of data between two circuits by generating one or more phase shifted clock signals: An interface circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a clock signal, a first phase locked loop coupled to the clock signal line and generating a reference clock signal, a second phase locked loop receiving the reference clock signal, and in accordance therewith, generating one or more...

20060080522 - Method, apparatus, and system for facilitating secure computing: A method, apparatus, and system are described for facilitating secure computing. A method of booting a computer invokes a program contained in a read-only memory on power-up of the computer, where the program contains at least a minimal operating system, then searches for at least an additional operating system program...

20060080521 - System and method for offline archiving of data: A data archiving system according to the invention performs offline backup of data stored at a target system connected to a network. To minimize downtime of the target system, the data is archived at a low level of abstraction, e.g., at the block level, rather than at the file system...

20060080523 - Method and apparatus for managing processor availability using a microcode patch: A method and apparatus for managing processor availability uses a disabling microcode patch to prevent unauthorized processor(s) usage. By loading the disabling microcode to one or more processors that are not authorized to be in operation (e.g., not currently licensed, etc.) the OS can not circumvent the disablement....

20060080525 - Identification and/or authentication method: m

20060080526 - Login system and method: One aspect of the present invention is to provide a login system and method which can be easily applied to corporate members, and which can prevent unauthorized use even if authentication information is copied. Because of a configuration in which login is carried out by using service right data for...

20060080524 - User access control to a server content from an information carrier player: The invention relates to a method of controlling a user access to a server content from an information carrier player (101) comprising a parental control access step (104) based on a current parental control level (Current PCL i) selected from among a set of parental control levels (PCL i), this...

20060080528 - Platform and method for establishing provable identities while maintaining privacy: In one embodiment, a method for utilizing a pseudonym to protect the identity of a platform and its user is described. The method comprises producing a pseudonym that includes a public pseudonym key. The public pseudonym key is placed in a certificate template. Hash operations are performed on the certificate...

20060080527 - Secure inter-process communications: Inter-process communications between a first process and a second process are secured. A first process recognizes that inter-process communications must be initiated with a second process. A first computer that supports the first process submits a request to initiate inter-process communications with a second computer that supports the second process....

20060080532 - Apparatus, method and system for generating a unique hardware adaptation inseparable from correspondingly unique content: The present invention includes an apparatus, method and system for generating a configuration of an adaptive circuit which is inseparable from selected content. Either the adaptive circuit or encrypted, selected content has a unique identifier. In one of the preferred method and system embodiments in which the adaptive circuit has...

20060080529 - Digital rights management conversion method and apparatus: A digital rights management (DRM) conversion method and apparatus are provided. The DRM conversion method includes: (a) obtaining a first content key for the first content and a second content key for the second content through reciprocal authentication between a DRM conversion apparatus and a DRM conversion server, the DRM...

20060080530 - Integrity ordainment and ascertainment of computer-executable instructions with consideration for execution context: An implementation of a technology, described herein, for facilitating the protection of computer-executable instructions, such as software. At least one implementation, described herein, may generate integrity signatures of one or more program modules—which are sets of computer-executable instructions—based upon a trace of activity during execution of such modules and/or near-replicas...

20060080531 - Integrity ordainment and ascertainment of computer-executable instructions with consideration for execution context: An implementation of a technology, described herein, for facilitating the protection of computer-executable instructions, such as software. At least one implementation, described herein, may generate integrity signatures of one or more program modules which are sets of computer-executable instructions—based upon a trace of activity during execution of such modules and/or...

20060080533 - System and method for providing e-mail verification: The present invention relates to a method and system for certifying the transmission of an electronic document that is being transmitted from a sender's electronic device to a recipient's electronic device wherein the electronic document contains at least a header portion containing addressing information and a body portion. A first...

20060080538 - Apparatus, method and computer program for distributing and rendering content: To distribute Web contents, while ensuring security without increasing a burden imposed on users. The present invention comprises a distribution server for distributing a web content, which is composed of a plurality of digital media associated with each other and has key data for removing a digital watermark embedded in...

20060080535 - Apparatus, system and method for securing digital documents in a digital appliance: Various embodiments include an apparatus and a method to secure protected digital document content from tampering by their user, such as unauthenticated use or use violating a policy of the digital document. The digital document file can be transferred from a network node such as a web site server to...

20060080537 - Illegal analysis / falsification preventing system: A hash function operation system comprises a hash function operation processing device comprising a plurality of hash function operation units connected in multiple stages and incapable of predicting an output from an input, an illegal access detecting device for detecting an illegal access, and an illegal access monitoring device for...

20060080534 - System and method for access control: A system and method for access control is provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a computing device connected to an access server that controls the ability of the computing device to access to a computing resource, such as the Internet. The access server connects to an activation server via...

20060080536 - System and method for distributing trusted time: Systems and methods for distributing trusted time, including trusted dates with digital data files, which are accessed, created, modified, received, or transmitted by devices that include a trusted time source in a tamperproof environment. The system includes one or more subsystems for providing trusted time for a moment in time....

20060080541 - Access and security control system and method: A system and method for automatically regulating access control levels in an access control system based on prevailing security levels including homeland security levels, local environment situations such as crowds, rioting, looting, severe weather and temporal states such as workdays, weekends, holidays, and open houses....

20060080542 - Access control system, authentication server, application server, and packet transmission device: A system for preventing spoofing to use a service provided on a network. The system holds correlation between a first identifier used by a user of a service provided on a network for first authentication for permitting a user to make connection to the network and a second identifier used...

20060080539 - Information processing system: An information processing system, an information processing method for use with the system, an information providing system, and information providing method for use with the system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method for use with the apparatus, a doll, an object, a program storage medium, and a program...

20060080540 - Removable/detachable operating system: An OS module is plug compatible with a host computer preferably through its USB port. The module includes a data signal gate, a hardwire write control device, a first memory device, and a second memory device. The first memory device holds portions of an OS that are unchanged during startup...

20060080544 - Method for handling passwork errors: Handling incorrectly entered passwords is accomplished by systems, devices, software and software products, and methods, that treat incorrectly entered passwords as case insensitive rather than rejecting them outright. As such, passwords that would normally be rejected, as a result of being entered incorrectly, typically inadvertently, such as if the “Caps...

20060080543 - Method of customizing the startup logo of a projector: A method of customizing the startup logo of a projector. The main steps of the method include the following. First, a projector is connected to an external device. Thereafter, in batches, image data is read from an image file in the external device, stored in a memory buffer and written...

20060080545 - Single-use password authentication: Systems, computer program products and methods for authentication using a one-time password. In system that includes a client, a service provider, and an authentication service, the authentication service generates an authentication service identifier for the client. Any suitable identifier may be used for the authentication service identifier, which generally takes...

20060080546 - System and method for regulating access to objects in a content repository: A content management system integrated with a web caching proxy that delivers content according to access control rules. An access control token is generated using a secret key when a user selects a desired object (to be provided only upon token validation, thus the object retrieval and delivery task can...

20060080549 - Biometric authentication device and terminal: A biometric authentication device and a terminal exhibit high security corresponding to a utilizing mode. The biometric authentication device includes a biometric information storage module performing mutual authentication with an electronic device by use of a common key, acquiring biometric information from the electronic device when validity is mutually authenticated...

20060080550 - Biometric authentication device, biometric information authentication method, and program: A biometric authentication device has high security by preventing intra-device information from being falsified and stolen by a third party. A biometric authentication device includes a biometric information storage module, a biometric information authenticating module for individual authentication, a mutual authentication module with the terminal, a registration counter corresponding to...

20060080547 - Biometrics authentication method and biometrics authentication device: A biometrics authentication device uses biometrics information to perform individual authentication. Primary and secondary verification of biometrics characteristic data from an image capture device are performed by a control unit and IC card. The biometrics character data is scrambled and transmitted between devices. The second registration data which is more...

20060080552 - Communication card for mobile network devices and authentication method for users of mobile network devices: A removable communication card for mobile network devices, respectively a corresponding authentication method, which communication card includes a network interface module for bidirectional transmission of data with a network, an identification module for storing identification data for users, a measurement device for capturing biometric features of a user, and an...

20060080551 - Recognition of live object in motion: Movement of a living object is measured by a movement sensor carried by one living object at a time for forming one measurement signal per one living object. The measurement signal is compared with a predetermined reference signal which may be measured from a known living object in a similar...

20060080548 - User authentication apparatus, electronic equipment, and a storage medium embodying a user authentication program: A user authentication apparatus includes: means for storing biometric authentication information obtained from a user; means for communicating with a electronic equipment, which authenticates the user with the user's biometric authentication information; means for sending, in response to a first inquiry from the electronic equipment, store location definition information, which...

20060080555 - Data synchronization systems and methods for pdas: A data synchronization system and method for PDAs. The system includes a network space and a PDA. The network space is connected to the Internet, and stores service data. The PDA has a mobile communication unit. The PDA directs the mobile communication unit to connect to the network space via...

20060080556 - Hiding and detecting messages in media signals: The present invention relates to steganographically hiding messages in media signals such as video and audio signals. In one implementation, a method of decoding an encoded media signal to extract a plural-bit auxiliary signal therefrom is provided. The media signal includes a plurality of intervals, with the plural-bit auxiliary signal...

20060080553 - Secure memory caching structures for data, integrity and version values: Methods and apparatus that may be utilized to reduce latency associated with encryption based on externally stored security metadata are provided. When encrypted data is accessed for the first time, a cache line containing corresponding metadata used for decryption may be placed in an internal security metadata cache. If that...

20060080554 - Strategies for sanitizing data items: Strategies are described for sanitizing a data set, having the effect of obscuring restricted data in the data set to maintain its secrecy. The strategies operate by providing a production data set to a sanitizer. The sanitizer applies a data directory table to identify the location of restricted data items...

20060080558 - Security system: Provided is a security system for managing which CD-ROM is used for a game device not having identifying information in advance. When a game device accesses a server via a communication network, a device ID, which is issued from the server, is stored in a nonvolatile memory This device ID...

20060080557 - Storage medium storing multimedia data for providing moving image reproduction function and programming function, and apparatus and method for reproducing moving image: A storage medium storing multimedia data for providing a moving image reproduction function and a programming function, and an apparatus and method for reproducing a moving image from the storage medium the apparatus including a storage unit which stores the program data downloaded from the storage medium or from a...

20060080562 - Data recording system and data access method: A data recording system and method are provided which, when the removal of a recording medium is detected during data writing, the data recording system retains accessed processing not executed in the data writing, and executes the retained access processing when the removed recording medium is inserted again into the...

20060080560 - Idling a processor pipeline: A processor disclosed herein comprises a clock configured to drive clock signals and a processor pipeline having a plurality of stages. The processor includes processor idling circuitry, which is configured within the stages and is responsive to an idle_request signal. A first stage comprises a device for stopping incoming instruction...

20060080561 - Information handling system having reduced power consumption: In response to an information handling system (“IHS”) being inactive, an instruction to place the IHS's processor in a low power state is generated. Also, in response to the instruction, a first value of an operational parameter of the processor is stored. Moreover, the operational parameter of the processor is...

20060080559 - System and method for regulating the power consumption of a computer system: A system and method for regulating the power consumption of a computer system is disclosed. The power supplied to the computer system is evaluated. If the power supplied to or delivered by the computer system is sufficiently substandard, a command is issued to cause the components of the computer system...

20060080563 - Power save module for storage controllers: A method and system using a storage controller for transferring data between a storage device and a host system is provided. The storage controller includes, a power save module that is enabled in a power save mode after a receive logic in the storage controller has processed all frames and...

20060080564 - Method and apparatus for storage device read phase auto-calibration: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for performing read phase auto-calibration of a storage device. The method includes writing the data with at least one predetermined pattern into the storage device, reading the data according to a read phase of a plurality of read phases, comparing the predetermined...

20060080565 - Method and related apparatus for adjusting timing of memory signals: A method and related apparatus for adjusting/calibrating timing of memory signals. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, reference signals of the same frequency and different phase are generated by a phase-lock loop. These reference signals are used to trigger sampling of signals for generating signals of different timing/delay; then...

20060080566 - Low power clocking systems and methods: A low power reconfigurable processor core includes one or more processing units, each unit having a clock input that controls the performance of the unit; one or more clock controllers having clock outputs coupled to the clock inputs of the processing units, the controller operating varying the clock frequency of...

20060075214 - Method and system for generating user-interface output sequences: A system and/or method that generates user interface output sequences controlled by a user interface output system. The user interface output system can provide event definitions to an application program that specify high-level actions to be performed by the sequence and can issue low-level commands to direct the actions of...

20060075215 - Configurable bios strings: A system and method for deploying various versions of a BIOS system having configurable text strings. When a text string is required, the BIOS or configuration tool may retrieve a text string from the text string location. The executable BIOS and configuration tool may be common for many applications while...

20060075217 - Method of booting an operating system: For use in a system where a plurality of servers are connected to an external disk device, a method is provided for a server to boot an operating system from the external disk device. The method includes the steps of searching for the port of a network switch to which...

20060075216 - System and method for safe booting electronic devices: An improved system and method for safe booting an electronic device. In situations such as where a virus is infecting various devices within a network, the present invention provides an authentication centre with the ability to instruct a device on the network to safe boot. During the safe boot, it...

20060075218 - Overriding processor configuration settings: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for setting an entry in an override register corresponding to a processor feature to override a processor configuration setting for the processor feature and overriding the processor configuration setting for the processor feature using the entry. The entry may be set...

20060075221 - Communications methods and appliances: Communications methods and appliances are described. According to one embodiment, a communications method includes prior to deployment of an appliance, establishing a trusted association between the appliance and a certificate authority, during deployment of the appliance, associating the appliance with a communications address of a communications medium, using the certificate...

20060075219 - Computer system and program to update ssl certificates: System and computer program product for updating an SSL certificate for a server. First program instructions detect when a change has been made to a name, domain or IP address of the server and detect that the server is using an SSL certificate based on a name, domain or IP...

20060075220 - System and method to authorize a device to receive a content work based on device capabilities and content-work permissions: Access to content works, or other information, may be granted based upon device capabilities. A content approving network device, or other device, may make a comparison of a device's components with permissions and then determine if access to a content work is allowed based on the comparison. Methods may include...

20060075222 - System for personal group management based on subscriber certificates: A method and corresponding equipment, for enabling a subscriber device (14) to engage a service provided by a server (12) to give a friend device (15) access to the service, including a step (21) in which the subscriber device (14) engages the server (12) to provide the service and obtains...

20060075223 - Scalable paging of platform configuration registers: A method, computer program, and system for paging platform configuration registers in and out of a trusted platform module. In a trusted computing platform, an unlimited number of platform configuration registers can be obtained through paging. The trust platform module encrypts and decrypts platform configuration registers for storage outside the...

20060075224 - System for activating multiple applications for concurrent operation: A single sign-on system enables a user to access multiple, disparate executable applications for concurrent operation in the system. The system includes a data source, an interface processor, and an authentication processor. The data source provides configuration data for multiple executable applications. The configuration data identifies an individual executable application...

20060075226 - Data file including encrypted content: A method for assembling a data file 10, 20 including encrypted content and a rights object 18, 26 enabling at least one electronic device 35 to decrypt the encrypted content. In order to enable a fast access to the rights object, the method comprises inserting an offset descriptor 51 into...

20060075225 - Digital content protection for peer to peer networks: Method and system of the present invention provide for distribution of content (e.g. videos, games, music, etc.) via peer-to-peer (P2P) network, while ensuring that the content is not usable until it is purchased or rented. Methods and systems of the present invention deliver content over the Internet. One system embodiment...

20060075228 - Method and apparatus for recognition and real time protection from view of sensitive terms in documents: A process for automatically selecting sensitive information in any form of document being displayed and/or generated on a computer to select sensitive information for protection by encryption, redaction or removal of only the sensitive text. Selection is done by using pattern recognition rules, dictionaries of sensitive terms and/or manual selection...

20060075227 - Portable information management device: A personal information management (PIM) device receives personal information such as user IDs, passwords, bank account information, credit card information, uniform resource locators (URLs) and the like, from a data input device and stores the information in the memory module. However, prior to storing the information in the memory module,...

20060075230 - Apparatus and method for authenticating access to a network resource using multiple shared devices: Means that allow multiple users to be authorized to authenticate through a single given mobile device are described. These means apply as well for the case that the number of users is so large the device does not store all of their authentication information in memory simultaneously. These means allow...

20060075233 - Electronic identification system and method with source authenticity: An RF electronic identification system (10) is disclosed and claimed. The system includes at least one transponder encoder (14.1) for writing data into a memory arrangement (52) of a selected transponder (1.1) of a plurality of transponders (1.1 to 1.n) adapted to receive data from the at least one encoder....

20060075229 - Method and apparatus for maintaining a communications connection while guarding against bandwidth consuming attacks: A method and apparatus for maintaining a communications connection with data packet authentication wherein a data packet is received. For each received data packet, a determination is made as to which communications connection the received data packet is associated with, authenticating the data packet to the associated communications connection and...

20060075232 - Method and apparatus for secure access to dedicated network resources: An approach for providing secure access to inroutes or return channels in a radio communication system including a hub communicating with terminals is disclosed. A quality of service level (QoS) corresponding to one of the terminals is determined. An identifier is assigned to the one terminal for communicating over a...

20060075231 - Terminal for exchanging electronic business cards: A terminal and a method for exchanging electronic business cards that can guarantee privacy and guarantee complete and consistent communications to the user are provided. The terminal for exchanging electronic business cards with a device connected via a communications network stores the first public key and the first secret key,...

20060075234 - Method of authenticating device using broadcast cryptography: A method of authenticating a device having its own device key allocated by an authentication server according to broadcast cryptography is disclosed. The method includes receiving a device identifier of the device and an encrypted device identifier generated by encrypting the device identifier with the device key; and examining whether...

20060075236 - Method and apparatus for high assurance processing: A method and apparatus for providing high assurance processing are herein disclosed. According to this example method, high assurance processing is provided by selecting a first active partition. A processor access cycle is received from a processor. Data is retrieved from a device according to the processor access cycle. The...

20060075235 - Wireless video surveillance system and method with security key: A surveillance system and method having at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, and a security key for ensuring or denying access, including the steps of providing base system; at least one user accessing the DIR via user interface...

20060075241 - Character and vector graphics watermark for structured electronic documents security: The present invention is a method and apparatus for watermarking text or vector graphics documents. It is based on character-wise or vector graphics element-wise grayscale or color modulation. At high resolution, halftone or dither modulation can also be used in addition or in place of grayscale/color modulation, for printed representation...

20060075239 - Embedding multiple watermarks: In order to enable a data signal, such as an audio or video signal, to be marked with multiple watermarks a set of different codes or keys is used within a given application field. The set of codes/keys is known to a watermark embedder (20) and a watermark detector (22)....

20060075237 - Fingerprinting multimedia contents: Disclosed is a method and arrangement for extracting a fingerprint from a multimedia signal, particularly an audio signal, which is invariant to speed changes of the audio signal. To this end, the method comprises extracting (12,13) a set of robust perceptual features from the multimedia signal, for example, the power...

20060075245 - Long-term authenticity proof of electronic documents: Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for providing long-term authenticity proof of an electronic document having a digital signature, wherein the electronic document is digitally signed with a digital signature and the electronic document and its digital signature are archived in a data archive. Such methods, systems and...

20060075240 - Lossless data embedding: Many methods for reversible watermarking (embedding schemes that allow perfect reconstruction of the original host signal) are highly fragile in the sense that the slightest modification of watermarked content prohibits the recovery of both the original signal as well as the embedded auxiliary data. In order to obtain robustness against...

20060075238 - Method for processing an analog signal: The present invention relates to a method for processing an analog signal. The method involves hiding a digital watermark signal in the analog signal by combining the watermark signal with the analog signal (103). The watermark signal may be detected and extracted by a device (108) receiving the analog signal....

20060075246 - Signature-generation method, signature-verification method, public-key distribution method, and information-processing apparatus: To generate and verify signature data using a known signature algorithm whose safety is ensured from the viewpoint of calculation quantity and ensuring the authenticity thereof over a long time period. A message to be signed is transmitted, a padding-data item is added to the message, and a signature-data item...

20060075242 - System and method for user certificate initiation, distribution, and provisioning in converged wlan-wwan interworking networks: A system and method for user certificate initiation, distribution, and provisioning in converged WLAN-WWAN interworking networks. A computing device operable in a wireless local area network sends a public key to a mobile device operable in a wireless cellular wide area network. The mobile device performs a bootstrapping procedure with...

20060075243 - Systems and methods of providing content protection for digital video products: A digital watermark is affixed to an existing image file prior to being copied onto a destination media. In one embodiment, the image file is encrypted using content scrambling system (CSS) encryption. In another embodiment, the image file is also compressed prior to being copied onto the destination digital video...

20060075244 - Tracing content usage: Disclosed is a system configured to process content to enable tracing of at least one of a multitude of subsequent uses of content by at least one user. The system provides for: making markable content from content, iteratively marking the markable content with information such as use information; and later...

20060075248 - Method for authentication of elements of a group: A method for authentication of elements of a group, especially for authentication of sensor nodes in a preferably wireless sensor network is disclosed. The group has one specific element—leading element—with which each of the group elements can exchange information and wherein the authentication of the group elements takes place with...

20060075247 - System and method for establishing an authenticated timestamp and content certification: A digital signature containing a timestamp from when a digital document is generated is attached to the digital document. Timestamp information is obtained from a time source that is traceable to a time standard, such as a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

20060075249 - Electromagnetic security device: This invention is directed to a security thread having electromagnetic properties allowing the thread to have an electromagnetic signature. By using an electromagnetic scanner, the electromagnetic signature of the security thread can be read and compared with an authentication value so that if the values match, the thread is authentic....

20060075252 - Method of managing computer system: An embodiment of a method of managing a computer system begins with a step of placing a virtual machine monitor on a computer. The virtual machine monitor includes an interface for a module. The method continues with a step of forming a computing platform on the computer. The virtual machine...

20060075251 - Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing service access control for a user interface: A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing service access control for a user interface is disclosed. A service secret is combined with a user access code, such as a user ID/password. A system can extract the service secret and determine whether access to service functions should be allowed...

20060075250 - Touch panel lock and unlock function and hand-held device: A lock and unlock function triggered by a touch panel of a hand-held device. The hand-held device detects a pattern input from the touch panel, and execute the lock/unlock function to enable or disable the keypad and the touch panel once the input pattern matches the specified pattern using a...

20060075253 - Method and system for batch task creation and execution: A method of granting permission to use computer software resources when the user may be offline is accomplished through the use of proxy accounts. Each proxy account encapsulates a single set of user credentials. A set of user credentials contains at least a user name and a secret identifier, such...

20060075254 - Smart card functionality from a security co-processor and symmetric key in rom: Smart card functionality is implemented utilizing a security co-processor already included on a device and external memory. An internal private key is stored in NVROM on the die of the security co-processor and a private RAM, accessible by only the security co-processor, is also included. Blocks of data stored in...

20060075256 - Associating biometric information with passwords: Associating biometric information with passwords is disclosed. If biometric information received from a user matches stored biometric information, stored passwords associated therewith are retrieved. If these stored passwords are identical to access-enabling passwords, then the user is permitted to gain access associated with the access-enabling passwords. If the biometric information...

20060075255 - Biometric authentication system: There is described an authentication system in which during an enrolment process a distinctive characteristic of a subject being enrolled is measured to generate a reference number representative of the subject. Authentication data is then generated using the reference number, and the authentication data is stored for use in a...

20060075257 - Test authorization system: A method of identifying a test-taker is disclosed. The method includes the step of sampling a biometric characteristic of the test-taker, and may include the step of sampling a second biometric characteristic of the test-taker. The method may include the step of identifying the test administrator by sampling a biometric...

20060075258 - Archive system and method for copy controlled storage devices: A data archiving system and method is described. A storage device (10) is arranged to communicate with an archival device (40) and to upload a stored file (30) thereto. The storage device (10) is arranged to generate a file encryption key and encrypt the file with the file encryption key...

20060075259 - Method and system to generate a session key for a trusted channel within a computer system: A method and system to exchange a private encryption key via a rusted path between a device and an application executed in a trusted platform of a computer system to generate a session key. In one embodiment, the session key is used to encrypt data to be exchanged via an...

20060075260 - Information security method and system: The present invention discloses an improved information security system and method. A polymorphic engine is used to enhance the security features of a software application and the data generated by or made available to the application and/or the operating system. The polymorphic engine operates to randomly alter the standard executable...

20060075261 - Method for enabling services on a fixed image platform: A method for enabling services on a fixed image platform which includes installing a fixed image onto an information handling system, installing a key creation utility onto the information handling system, during initial power on of the information handling system executing the key creation utility to create a key, and...

20060075262 - Apparatus and method for securely storing data: An apparatus and method for securely storing data. The apparatus for securely storing data in a predetermined device, includes: a key generator generating a protection key used to encrypt data based on a random number generated by inputting predetermined secret information in a predetermined random number generation function, and generation...

20060075264 - Security state watcher: A security device watches over the secure functionality in a computer system. This “watcher” security device may be integrated within the computer system or may be separate from it. The security device queries the secure functionality to determine whether the state of the secure functionality is acceptable. If no satisfactory...

20060075263 - System and method for security and file retrieval from remote computer: A system and method that secures select data in a mobile computing device and retrieves the select data at a remote server. An application is installed on the mobile computing device which sends a periodic signal to the remote server and receives an acknowledgement signal from the remote server indicating...

20060075268 - Apparatus and method for controlling consumption of battery power in multi-function terminal: Disclosed is a battery power consumption control apparatus and a method for controlling the same in a multi-function terminal, which has at least two functions and is supplied with electric power from one battery, the battery consumption control apparatus including a battery information reading unit for reading capacity of the...

20060075269 - Distributed link-layer wake-up agent system, method, and device for universal plug and play function with low power proxy: Provided are improved systems, methods, and devices for a distributed network architecture for permitting a low power proxy to wake a power saving device from an offline power saving mode using a wake up agent operating a link layer wake up mechanism. The distributed network architecture using wake up agents...

20060075267 - Integrated circuit device: The integrated circuit device includes a CPU having an arithmetic circuit and a PMU implementing power control of the CPU through a power IC. The PMU has no arithmetic circuit. The PMU includes RAM storing a plurality of commands and a control section implementing power control of the CPU according...

20060075266 - Selector circuit for power management in multiple battery systems: A selector circuit configured to select among a DC power source and a plurality of batteries for an electronic device. The selector circuit includes a first comparator configured to compare a first input signal representative of a voltage level of the DC power source with a first threshold level and...

20060075265 - Self-organized parallel processing system: Systems and methods for improving the performance of a multimedia processor system by dynamically evaluating the current performance of the system and, if necessary, updating the configurations of the individual processors to improve the performance of the system. One embodiment comprises a method implemented in a multiprocessor system, including evaluating...

20060075270 - Computer power control: A computer including a CPU, a power output unit to output driving power needed for driving the CPU, a CPU state output unit to output a first state information signal when it is detected that the CPU is driven in a power saving mode, a signal switching unit to output...

20060075271 - Methods, devices and circuits for activating a communication device connected to an external bus: Methods for activating operations of a communication device coupled to an external communication bus include detecting a communication event on the external communication bus at a wake up circuit while a host controller coupled to the external communication bus is in an inactive state. An interrupt signal is provided to...

20060075272 - System and method for using network interface card reset pin as indication of lock loss of a phase locked loop and brownout condition: A method for providing an indication from a network interface controller to a microcontroller is disclosed wherein upon occurrence of a particular condition within the network interface controller, an indication is provided from a reset pin of the network interface controller to the microcontroller unit. Upon receipt of the indication...