Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 05/06

20060112263 - Basic input output system and computer reset method: A computer reset method activated by a South Bridge to directly reset a Central Processing Unit (CPU). First, a trigger signal is received. A CPU reset signal is delivered by the South Bridge when receiving the trigger signal. Thereafter, the CPU is reset when receiving the CPU reset signal from...

20060112264 - Method and computer program product for finding the longest common subsequences between files with applications to differential compression: A differential compression method and computer program product combines hash value techniques and suffix array techniques. The invention finds the best matches for every offset of the version file, with respect to a certain granularity and above a certain length threshold. The invention has two variations depending on block size...

20060112265 - Method and apparatus for translating information between computers having different security management: A system and method for communicating information between multiple locations. A computer receives, via a network, information signed and/or encrypted at a first location in accordance with a first signing and encryption methodology. The information is decrypted and the signatures of the information are validated using the first signing and/or...

20060112266 - Method and device for authenticating software: A method and device for authenticating software stored in non-volatile memory in a data processing device. The processor comprises an internal immutable memory, preferably a read only memory (ROM), and during the boot up procedure the software in external memory is authenticated using code that is stored in the internal...

20060112267 - Trusted platform storage controller: A method according to one embodiment includes accessing via a private link at least one security function provided by a trusted platform module (TPM), and controlling storage of data in mass storage utilizing the at least one security function. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing...

20060112268 - Data usage management electronic apparatus, method, program, and storage medium: An IP server sends e-mail to a mobile device MS. This e-mail includes an application specifier that specifies startup of a Java application stored in mobile device MS and a data specifier that includes data used in operations executed by mobile device MS in accordance with a Java application. On...

20060112269 - Level-specific authentication system and method in home network: A level-specific authentication method in a home network includes: endowing any one of a plurality of authentication levels to each of a plurality of user stations obtaining access to an access point, and to each of a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service servers, the authentication levels...

20060112271 - Cipher mail server device: A cipher mail server device includes a mail receiving unit, a management table, a determination unit and a processing unit. The mail receiving unit receives mail. The management table stores mail processing information indicating a processing content of mail for each account by associating with each account. The determination unit...

20060112270 - Password encrypting apparatus and method for encrypting password: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus of encrypting and/or decrypting password to secure secrecy of the password....

20060112273 - Efficient implementation of zero knowledge protocols: Zero knowledge protocols, such as the Fiat-Shamir and Guillou-Quisquater protocols are implemented using only Montgomery multiplications on Montgomery representations of numbers to effect a more efficient implementation of the protocols, particularly in devices that have restricted computational resource such as smart cards and other portable electronical devices....

20060112274 - Method for accessing wireless internet content in a mobile communication terminal: A method is provided for accessing wireless Internet content in a mobile communication terminal. An Internet shortcut key for which a string of keycodes for accessing specific content on a wireless Internet is assigned is registered. When the Internet shortcut key is input, the keycode string assigned for the Internet...

20060112272 - Packet transmission/reception device: A packets sending/receiving apparatus, comprising: authentication and key exchange means; encryption means for producing an encryption sending data; sending condition setting management means for producing sending condition setting information for setting sending condition of the sending packets; packetization means for producing the sending packets using the encryption sending data; receiving...

20060112275 - Facilitating and authenticating transactions: A device or “dongle” (30) is provided for controlling communications between a Subscriber Identity Module (for SIM) (12), such as of the type used in a GSM cellular telephone system, and a computer, such as a Windows-based PC (10). The SIM (12) can be authenticated by the telephone network, in...

20060112276 - Method for authenticating a user access request: A firewall for authenticating a user access request is disclosed. The firewall device may include a proxy process for processing incoming connection requests. The proxy is configured to receive an access request from a user over a first communication medium and prompt the user for a username over the first...

20060112277 - High-speed password attacking device: An improved high-speed password attacking device for finding the password of a long-term storage device includes a power supply, a control circuit, and an interface to the storage device. The control circuit submits potential passwords to the long-term storage device, resetting it as necessary. The storage device may be, for...

20060112278 - Method and system for biometric authentication of user feedback: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for receiving feedback with biometric authentication by sending a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a web-enabled feedback form to a user, sending the form if a matching server finds a match between a first biometric template derived from the user's biometric...

20060112279 - Method and system for biometric identification and authentication having an exception mode: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for authenticating an enrolled uses of a biometric authentication and/or identification system having an exception mode, in which the enrolled user submits a temporary password during authentication. The temporary password is only generated if the enrolled user's identity is verified and the...

20060112280 - Method and system for secure transmission of biometric data: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for securely transmitting a biometric identifier template across a network using a transport unit formed by appending a trusted time-stamp to the biometric template, and for authenticating such templates based on the time stamp. The method is applicable to fingerprint and other...

20060112281 - Anti virus device: Anti virus device is an electric mechanical circuitry to protect the hard disks of computers from virus, hooked up to the hard disk, with electric mechanical selection for the hard disk protected area, externally performed by the user, with totally isolated operation from the programs processed by the computer, with...

20060112282 - Integrated circuit for digital rights management: An ASIC for implementing digital rights management includes a processor for requesting encrypted digital data from a server and decrypting the data, and a player for transforming the decrypted data to analog signals. Preferably, the ASIC is tamper-resistant. Preferably, all the management code of the ASIC is stored on a...

20060112284 - Copyright management method, information recording/reproducing method and device, and information recording medium and method of manufacturing the medium: Reinforcement of a system renewability is realized skillfully utilizing properties peculiar to a system. As a result, there is produced such a new effect as to similarly reinforce required specification with respect to copyright protection of a content recorded in a medium for exclusive use in reproduction and a recordable...

20060112283 - Encrypting a credential store with a lockbox: The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for the encryption of a credential store by using a lockbox mechanism. In a credential store encryption method, a lockbox for a credential store can be retrieved and an encryption key can be selected from among a list of encryption keys...

20060112285 - Analog power management within power over ethernet system: A power management mechanism for a multi-port IEEE 802.3af-compliant Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) device supplying power to multiple links. The power management mechanism has an analog bus shared by PSE controllers for receiving current proportional to amount of power demanded by a respective link. A comparator associated with a PSE...

20060112288 - Increased power for power over ethernet applications: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for supplying power over Ethernet includes determining whether a first port of power sourcing equipment is supply current to a power over Ethernet device in a predetermined current range. The method also includes logically connecting a second port of the power...

20060112291 - Method and apparatus for managing power in network interface modules: A method and system for managing power consumption in a portable computing device having a network interface module is presented. A power management module receives inputs from other modules and determines when the network interface module is to be put in a doze state for a predetermined number of beacon...

20060112286 - Method for dynamically reprovisioning applications and other server resources in a computer center in response to power and heat dissipation requirements: Applications and other server resources in a computer center are dynamically reprovisioned in response to power consumption and heat dissipation loads. Power consumption and temperature of each of a plurality of data center components which comprise the computer center are monitored. Based on the monitored power consumption and temperature, one...

20060112289 - Method for enabling power-saving mode: In a method for enabling a power-saving mode for an electronic apparatus, a power mode index Ips is determined according to transmission indices Bit0˜Bitn and/or port situation indices Ip0˜Ipm. For example, when the transmission indices Bit0˜Bitn are all under inactive states or when all the port situation indices Ip0˜Ipm are...

20060112287 - Systems and methods for wake-on-lan for wireless lan devices: A system and method for wireless waking computing devices over a computer network is provided. A signal is broadcast over the network that includes one or more device specific wake-up data sequences. Each device specific wake-up data sequence includes multiple iterations of the hardware address of the wireless network card...

20060112290 - Vehicle-installed microcomputer system: The vehicle-installed microcomputer system includes an A/D converter converting analog signal sent from an onboard sensor circuit into digital signal, a microcomputer which operates in one of regular mode where a predetermined arithmetic computation on the digital signal is performed, and sleep mode where the predetermined arithmetic computation is prohibited...

20060112292 - Methods of computer power states management and computers utilizing the same: A method of computer power state management. When an operating system thereof is idle and the processor thereof transits to a clock-suspended power state (C3/C4 state), an arbitrary bit is asserted to prevent requests from being passed through the Northbridge. When the processor is in the C3/C4 state, if a...

20060112293 - Interface for compressed data transfer between host system and parallel data processing system: An apparatus and method for interfacing a host system having a system data bus, clock signals, and control signals to a parallel data bus is described. Setting configuration bits allows the interface apparatus to be programmed to operate as a transmitter or a receiver with selectable device interface modes. When...

20060112294 - Method and apparatus to deskew data to clock for memory: A description of deskewing data from the clock from a DRAM, such as, but not limited to a DDR3 DRAM is discussed. For example, the differential signals of a strobe and a clock signal are used to create a first and second loops that can be fed back to a...

20060112295 - Information processing device using variable operation frequency: An information processing apparatus and an information processing method for use therewith are provided so as to implement optimal signal processing without deterioration of performance when using variable operating frequencies. A frequency information operating section (12) of the apparatus adds a corresponding signal cycle to frequency information Inf about a...

20060107029 - Method and apparatus for multiple boot environments within a hard disk drive: This invention includes a method providing at least two boot environments with only one hard disk drive, by using at least two disk surfaces within the hard disk drive. The invention includes the hard disk drives implementing the method. The hard disk drive may include more than two disk surfaces...

20060107034 - Computer system with selectively available immutable boot block code: A computer system contains selectively available boot block codes. A first boot block is of the conventional type and is stored in storage media such as flash ROM on a system planar with the processor of the computer system. A second boot block is located on a feature card and...

20060107030 - Method and system for booting a plurality of computing systems from an operating system image: Method and system for booting two or more computing systems from an operating system image. Image may be stored in persistent memory on a host computer in communication with remote computing systems. Remote systems boot in a read only fashion from operable system image. Remote computing systems may not include...

20060107031 - Portable terminal: Screen display matched to the progress of execution of the initialization function in small and inexpensive devices such as a portable terminal is performed. Furthermore, reliability in the event of an error is improved without providing excessive redundancy and with limited capacity in a NAND flash memory storing programs. A...

20060107033 - Power-supply control device, power-supply control method, and computer product: A control device controls a device to be on and off in response to boot data that instructs boot of the device. The control device includes a receiving unit that receives the boot data through a network; a counting unit configured to count the number of the boot data received...

20060107032 - Secure code execution using external memory: New code routines for a secure system (e.g., a TPM) are stored in a memory (e.g., a flash memory) that is located external to the secure system. For example, a chip may include a TPM and an external flash memory may be connected to the chip. New routines for the...

20060107035 - Method and system for operation of a computer network intended for the publication of content: The invention relates to a method of operating a computer network which consists of a plurality of computer servers and at least one client terminal comprising a specific computer software program for consulting digital pages and which connects at least two different entities, namely: a rights management system and one...

20060107036 - Secure service network and user gateway: A secure service network (SSN) comprising an IP network infrastructure wherein the access of one participant to another participant in the network is controlled by a secure service gateway (SSG) in which a point of origination universal identifier (PoUID) represents a unique identifier for the participant within a participant's internal...

20060107037 - Facilitating and authenticating transactions: A computer, such as a Windows-based PC (10), has associated with it a Subscriber Identity Module (or SIM) (12), such as of the type used in a GSM cellular telephone system. The SIM (12) can be authenticated by the telephone network (16), in the same way as for authenticating SIMs...

20060107038 - Remote administration of smart cards for secure access systems: A method for remote administration of at least one smart card via a communication network is described. The method includes the steps of associating the at least one smart card with a remote administrator by storing administrator identification information of the remote administrator in the at least one smart card,...

20060107039 - Image formation system having authentication function: Image data is transmitted from a client PC to an image formation apparatus. Upon printing, an external server conducts an authentication process. A certificate indicating that the user has been authenticated is held, with its validity period provided in the image formation apparatus. Within the validity period, the time-consuming authentication...

20060107041 - Assembling a security access system: In an embodiment, a secure module is provided that provides access keys to an unsecured system. In an embodiment, the secure module may generate passcodes and supply the passcodes to the unsecured system. In an embodiment, the access keys are sent to the unsecured system after the receiving the passcode...

20060107040 - Setting up a security access system: In an embodiment, a secure module is provided that provides access keys to an unsecured system. In an embodiment, the secure module may generate passcodes and supply the passcodes to the unsecured system. In an embodiment, the access keys are sent to the unsecured system after the receiving the passcode...

20060107042 - Estimation of time within untrusted time device disconnected from trusted time device: Upon connecting to a trusted device, an untrusted device: (a) acquires a trusted current time; (b) stores an elapsed time; (c) determines an estimated current time; and, (d) stores a time difference between the estimated current time and an untrusted current time. The untrusted device (e) repeats (b)-(d) until turned...

20060107043 - Method for managing user key for broadcast encryption: A method of managing a user key for a broadcast encryption. The method includes assigning numbers to respective users and arranging the users on a ring-shaped structure in order to map hash chains onto the respective nodes of a ring-shaped structure. The method further includes making random node keys correspond...

20060107044 - System and method for enhanced data security in office machine environment: The present invention is directed to a system and method for adding data encryption services to a document processing device. Encryption enablement software, which includes two alternate encryption mechanisms, is received by an associated document processing device. The device then awaits an associated user's selection of an electronic document file...

20060107048 - Exclusive encryption: An exclusive encryption system is established using multiple computing devices. The exclusive encryption system allows for the exclusion of certain plaintext (e.g., by one of the computing devices) and ciphertext (e.g., by another of the computing devices) while at the same time maintaining the privacy created by the encryption (e.g.,...

20060107049 - Integrated circuit card with situation dependent identity authentication: This invention concerns an integrated circuit (IC) device, such as smart cards, electronic wallets, PC cards, and the like, and various methods for authenticating identities and authorizing transactions based on the authenticated identities in a situation-dependent manner....

20060107045 - Method for verifying validity of domestic digital network key: A verification of the presence or absence of a cryptogram (TK)NK is carried out according to the list {(TK)NK1, (TK)NK2, (TK)NK3 . . . }. The cryptogram (TK)NK is constituted from a test key (TK), provided by the verification center, encrypted by a network key (NK) of a security module...

20060107047 - Method, device, and system of securely storing data: Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method, device an/or system of securely storing data, for example, by preventing unauthorized disclosure of the stored data, and/or ensuring the integrity of the stored data. An apparatus able to securely store data may include, according to some demonstrative embodiments of the...

20060107046 - Method, system, and device for license-centric content consumption: A method, system, and device for license-centric content use or distribution, including a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of content; a shared license repository configured to access the data to govern the use of the content...

20060107051 - Method of receiving session key in home network and method of reproducing content using the same: A method of receiving a session key in a home network and a method of reproducing content using the same. The method of receiving a session key from a home server in a home network, includes: (a) whenever one of members of the home network changes, receiving and storing the...

20060107050 - Method used by an access point of a wireless lan and related apparatus: The present invention discloses a method used by an Authenticator of a wireless LAN. The Authenticator is capable of communicating wirelessly with a Supplicant of the wireless LAN. The Authenticator holds a plurality of candidate keys whereas the Supplicant holds one key. The key held by the Supplicant is included...

20060107052 - Integrated circuit card with situation dependent identity authentication: This invention concerns an integrated circuit (IC) device, such as smart cards, electronic wallets, PC cards, and the like, and various methods for authenticating identities and authorizing transactions based on the authenticated identities in a situation-dependent manner....

20060107053 - Digital certificates: A method for producing a certificate, the certificate including data, the method including choosing a seed s, the seed s including a result of applying a function H to the data, generating a key pair (E,D), such that E=F(s,t), F being a publicly known function, and including s and t...

20060107060 - Cellular telephone device having authenticating capability: A smart chip protection system contains a unique public/private identity key pair and uses a separate public/private signature key pair. The internally stored identity private key can not be read outside the chip. An issuing entity generates a descriptor containing the identity public key, attribute data, and a digital signature...

20060107059 - Method and apparatus for providing cellular telephone service using an authenticating cellular telephone device: A smart chip protection system contains a unique public/private identity key pair and uses a separate public/private signature key pair. The internally stored identity private key can not be read outside the chip. An issuing entity generates a descriptor containing the identity public key, attribute data, and a digital signature...

20060107057 - Method and apparatus for providing television services using an authenticating television receiver device: A smart chip protection system contains a unique public/private identity key pair and uses a separate public/private signature key pair. The internally stored identity private key can not be read outside the chip. An issuing entity generates a descriptor containing the identity public key, attribute data, and a digital signature...

20060107058 - Method and apparatus for uniquely and authoritatively identifying tangible objects: A smart chip protection system contains a unique public/private identity key pair and uses a separate public/private signature key pair. The identity private key is stored in permanent, secure storage such that it can not be read outside the chip. An issuing entity generates a descriptor containing the identity public...

20060107055 - Method and system to detect a data pattern of a packet in a communications network: A method and system for detecting a pattern derived from or related to a data signature in data packets is provided. An intrusion detection module accepts a data packet and compares all or portions of the data packet with a set of data patterns. One or more data patterns may...

20060107054 - Method, apparatus and system to authenticate chipset patches with cryptographic signatures: In some embodiments, a method, apparatus and system to authenticate chipset patches with cryptographic signatures are presented. In this regard, an authentication agent is introduced to lock values in chipset identification registers, to authenticate a signature of a chipset patch, and to validate the chipset patch. Other embodiments are also...

20060107056 - Techniques to manage digital media: Method and apparatus to manage digital media using watermarking and fingerprinting techniques are described....

20060107061 - Means and method for providing secure access to kvm switch and other server management systems: Disclosed is a secure switching system that utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to allow only authorized users to access a remote management or keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) switching system. The system includes a plurality of user workstations that allow a user to select, monitor, and operate remote devices using...

20060107062 - Portable personal mass storage medium and information system with secure access to a user space via a network: The invention relates to a portable mass storage, so-called personal medium (1), comprising a personal mass storage in which data are recorded, and forming a gateway process (P) capable of being loaded in the random access memory of a host station (5), and of being able to configure this host...

20060107064 - Api for a system having a passcode authenticator: Protecting the security of an entity by using passcodes is disclosed. A passcode device generates a passcode. In an embodiment, the passcode is generated in response to receipt of user information. The passcode is received by another system, which authenticates the passcode by at least generating a passcode from a...

20060107063 - Generating requests for access to a passcode protected entity: Protecting the security of an entity by using passcodes is disclosed. A passcode device generates a passcode. In an embodiment, the passcode is generated in response to receipt of user information. The passcode is received by another system, which authenticates the passcode by at least generating a passcode from a...

20060107065 - System that generates access keys: In an embodiment, a secure module is provided that provides access keys to an unsecured system. In an embodiment, the secure module may generate passcodes and supply the passcodes to the unsecured system. In an embodiment, the access keys are sent to the unsecured system after the receiving the passcode...

20060107067 - Identification card with bio-sensor and user authentication method: An identification card includes a bio-sensor, a memory, and a microprocessor. The bio-sensor is configured to collect a signature biometric characteristic from a verified user. The memory is configured to store the signature biometric characteristic. The microprocessor is coupled to the bio-sensor and the memory. The microprocessor is configured to...

20060107066 - Method for identification of person by recognition of a digital fingerprint: The invention relates to a method for identification of a person by recognition of a digital fingerprint, whereby the characteristic points on a digitised image of a digital fingerprint (E) are determined and transmitted (16) to a bank holding (17) the characteristic points of a number of digital fingerprints for...

20060107068 - Method of generating access keys: In an embodiment, a secure module is provided that provides access keys to an unsecured system. In an embodiment, the secure module may generate passcodes and supply the passcodes to the unsecured system. In an embodiment, the access keys are sent to the unsecured system after the receiving the passcode...

20060107069 - System and method for tokenless biometric electronic scrip: The present invention satisfies these needs by providing an improved system and method for tokenless authorization of an electronic scrip transaction using at least one scrip supporter biometric sample and an electronic identicator. The preferred embodiment of the method comprises the steps of a scrip supporter registration step, wherein a...

20060107070 - Method and system for secure computational outsourcing and disguise: Method and system for secure computational outsourcing and disguise of data, computer programs, pictures, and databases from unauthorized access, theft, and tampering using disguising and tamperproofing operations. In some embodiments, the disguising operation includes generating a random number for each data element, and modifying each data element with the random...

20060107071 - Method and system for updating firmware stored in non-volatile memory: Improved approaches to update computer program code residing within a computing device are disclosed. By maintaining a former version of the computer program code, the computing device remains operable even if the update to the computer program code fails. Hence, the invention permits reliable updates to computer program code, which...

20060107072 - Semiconductor memory device: A semiconductor memory includes a memory control section and a memory core section. A command judgment circuit in the memory control section changes the operating mode of the semiconductor memory in response to a command sent from a controller of an information processing apparatus. In a first mode, a decryption...

20060107073 - System and method for equipment security cable lock interface: A cable lock apparatus that is operated by the computer equipment that the apparatus is intended to protect, rather than by a key, is disclosed. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cable lock is equipped with a hot-swappable computer interface, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB)...

20060107078 - Device initiated mode switching: Provided are a method, system, deployment and article of manufacture, wherein in one embodiment, a mode of operation may be switched to a service mode by detecting a device inserted into a connector of an input/output port of a system. In the illustrated embodiment, the device has a connector and...

20060107075 - Independent control of output current balance between paralleled power units: An information handling system power supply system has a plurality of power supply units (PSUs) with outputs connected in parallel and a current balancing circuit for equalizing current from these outputs. A pseudo output current value may be added to the actual output current value for each PSU so that...

20060107081 - Method and apparatus for managing power in network interface modules: A method and system for managing power consumption in a portable computing device having a network interface module is presented. A power management module receives inputs from other modules and determines when the network interface module is to be put in a doze state for a predetermined number of beacon...

20060107080 - Method and apparatus for specifying factors that impede power savings of a processor: A data processing system capable of specifying impeding factors that impede power savings is disclosed. The data processing system includes a central processing unit, an operation mode detection unit, and an impeding factors specifying unit. The central processing unit has multiple operation modes, and each of the operation modes has...

20060107074 - Method of using scan chains and boundary scan for power saving: The invention provides a method and circuitry to save power in a synchronous logic ASIC with low overhead. The scan chain(s) and boundary scan mechanism of the synchronous logic ASIC are used and modified for shifting out current states of internal memory devices of the synchronous logic ASIC to an...

20060107079 - Non-interacting transmission of identification information on communication lines: The invention relates to a connectivity box (1) and a method for connecting a mobile device (2), in particular an operator panel for an automation system, to a permanently installed infrastructure (3), the connectivity box (1) possessing an identity (ID) which is transmitted to the mobile device (2). The connection...

20060107077 - Programmable power transition counter: Method, apparatus and system embodiments are disclosed for one or more programmable registers to hold wakeup time values for power management. For at least one embodiment, information based on the values in the programmable registers may be utilized by a power management unit to determine whether a power island has...

20060107076 - System, method, and apparatus for reducing power consumption a microprocessor with multiple decoding capabilities: The present disclosure illustrates a system for reducing power consumption in a computer processor. Included is a 16-bit instruction decoder for decoding instructions with 16-bit words, a 32-bit instruction decoder for decoding instructions with 32-bit words, a word length select for indicating a present instruction's word length, and a first...

20060107082 - Microcomputer: A microcomputer includes a plurality of operation mode selecting terminals to which data for selecting plural operation modes are set. The plurality of operation mode selecting terminals is designed so as to be usable as general-purpose input terminals or output terminals. A decoder decodes the data set to the plurality...

20060107083 - Controlling clock rates using configuration information: Systems and methods for controlling clock rates of circuits are provided. The systems and methods, collectively referred to as clock rate control, generate a clock rate control parameter from data of one or more fuses. The clock rate control detects any overclocked signal of received clock signals by determining a...

20060101259 - Boot methods and computers utilizing same: A boot method is implemented in a computer comprising a main memory and a storage device. A partition of the storage device comprises a first operating system and a second operating system. The partition is formatted with a first file system compatible with the first operating system. The second operating...

20060101260 - Rebooting card and its method for determining a timing of restarting a reset mechanism: A rebooting card and its method for determining a timing of restarting a reset mechanism are proposed. The rebooting card is plugged into a socket of a motherboard of a computer system and includes a detection unit, a counter and a reset unit. It functions together with the basic input/output...

20060101261 - Security router system and method of authenticating user who connects to the system: Provided are a security router system for a network and a method of authenticating a user who connects to the system. The security routing system includes: a plurality of physical link ports inputting/outputting packets; a physical layer matching unit transmitting/receiving packets to the physical link ports and generating a media...

20060101262 - Wide area network using internet with high quality of service: A wide area network using the internet as a backbone utilizing specially selected ISX/ISP providers whose routers route packets of said wide area network along private tunnels through the internet comprised of high bandwidth, low hop-count data paths. Firewalls are provided at each end of each private tunnel which recognize...

20060101263 - System and method of allowing user mode applications with access to file data: In accordance with this invention, a system, method, and computer-readable medium that aggregates the knowledge base of a plurality of antivirus software applications are provided. User mode applications, such as antivirus software applications, gain access to file system operations through a common information model, which obviates the need for antivirus...

20060101264 - System and method of aggregating the knowledge base of antivirus software applications: In accordance with this invention, a system, method, and computer-readable medium that aggregates the knowledge base of a plurality of antivirus software applications are provided. User mode applications, such as antivirus software applications, gain access to file system operations through a common information model, which obviates the need for antivirus...

20060101265 - Data processing method, program thereof and device thereof: Synthetic key data hard to restore mutual authentication key data is generated by using the mutual authentication key data related to processing permitted to a user card 73 among processing relating SAM unit 9a and 9b. Then, the synthetic key data and key designation key data designating mutual authentication key...

20060101266 - Secure peer-to-peer messaging invitation architecture: A system and methods providing immediate peer-to-peer messaging between mobile devices in a wireless system. An invitation architecture is disclosed which enables the exchange of personal identification numbers (PINs) without requiring a user to directly access or provide his or her PIN. A messaging application encrypts its associated PIN before...

20060101267 - Key management system: An information provider encrypts a content by a first encryption key so as to generate an encrypted content and encrypts a first encryption key corresponding to the first encryption key by a second encryption key so as to generated key information. The information provider provides the encrypted content and the...

20060101268 - Communications method and communications device: The present invention relates to a communication method that includes an operation of receiving a succession of pages originating from a first site of a computer network. That method further includes an operation of memory storage of information representative of the said succession of pages, outside the said first site...

20060101270 - Determining a key derivation function: Methods, user equipment, a bootstrapping server function and computer programs determine a key derivation function to be used by user equipment. The user equipment sends an authentication request to a bootstrapping server function. The bootstrapping server function sends a key derivation function identifier along with a bootstrapping transaction identifier to...

20060101269 - Method and system for digital watermarking: A method for applying a digital watermark to a content signal is disclosed. In accordance with such a method, a watermarking key is identified. The watermarking key includes a binary sequence and information describing application of that binary sequence to the content signal. The digital watermark is then encoded within...

20060101271 - Method and system for conveying alternate acceptable canonicalizations of a digitally signed piece of electronic mail: Methods and systems for sending a digitally signed electronic mail (email) comprising a message are described. A first canonicalization of a first version of the message is generated. A second canonicalization of a second version of the message is also generated. A single digital signature that includes both the first...

20060101276 - Automatic custom interface based upon the security clearance of a user: A security access method for a multifunctional device, that includes receiving login information from a user, contacting a directory, receiving personal security level information about the user from the database, and generating a customized user interface for the user based upon the user's security level....

20060101274 - Data transfer in an access system: An access system includes an access terminal and a control panel. The access terminal is accessible to a user and capable of reading an authentication and/or identification information provided by the user. The control panel is located in a secure area remote from the input device and capable of initiating...

20060101277 - Detecting and remedying unauthorized computer programs: To protect a client system from unauthorized programs, a scanner application for detecting particular unauthorized programs is maintained on a host system and periodically provided to a client system that executes the scanner application. Targeted solutions to particular types of unauthorized programs also are maintained on the host system and...

20060101273 - Identification information protection method in wlan inter-working: By introducing a hierarchical encryption scheme and the use of asymmetric cryptography, the critical information in message exchanges is concealed from unauthorized entities. This helps greatly in preventing man-in-the-middle attacks faced by inter-working. In addition, access control is conducted by introducing a network structure having a rule interpreter that is...

20060101275 - Presence sensing information security: A method, system and apparatus for presence sensing security. A presence sensing security method can include the step of securing access to only a portion of a computing device based upon the presence of at least one of an authorized user and an unauthorized user. The securing step can include...

20060101272 - Securing and identifying label and the production and use thereof: Disclosed is a label for identifying in a cableless manner, by means of electromagnetic radiation, an object which is provided with said label. The inventive label comprises at least one antenna receiving an incident electromagnetic signal and means reducing the influence of dispersion capacities caused by the object on the...

20060101278 - User position utilizaion system: A system utilizing information on a user position via an IP network. The system includes storage unit for storing information for identifying a date and time when a user terminal has become communicable in a communication area provided by a predetermined radio LAN access point, information identifying the access point,...

20060101280 - Authentication method and system, and information processing method and apparatus: When having established communication with a data processing apparatus, a first apparatus determines whether or not to generate authentication information based on identification information about the data processing apparatus. If it is determined that generation of authentication information is necessary, then the first apparatus generates authentication information and saves it...

20060101279 - Image processor: A procedure for login in a case where a prescribed job is executed in an image processor is simplified. An image processor includes: input unit accepting an input of user authentication information from a user; user authentication unit performing user authentication by comparing the inputted user authentication information with the...

20060101281 - Finger id based actions in interactive user interface: A system and method for using biometric images is disclosed. In an embodiment, a plurality of biometric images belonging to an individual are scanned and associated with one or more functions. The user can cause different biometric images to be scanned so that different functions within the user interface can...

20060101282 - System and method of aggregating the knowledge base of antivirus software applications: In accordance with this invention, a system, method, and computer-readable medium that aggregates the knowledge base of a plurality of antivirus software applications are provided. User mode applications, such as antivirus software applications, gain access to file system operations through a common information model, which obviates the need for antivirus...

20060101284 - Address encryption method for flash memories: In order to further develop a data processing device, in particular an electronic memory component, comprising a plurality of access-secured sub-areas, in particular a plurality of access-secured memory areas, each having at least one assigned parameter (an, an−1, . . . , a0), in particular address, and a method of...

20060101283 - High-density optical disc, method for recording and reproducing encrypted data thereon: A high-density optical disc, a method for encrypting data and recording the encrypted data thereon, and a method for reproducing the encrypted data recorded thereon. Data recorded on a high-density optical disc such as a Blu-ray disc-read only memory (BD-ROM) is recorded in a discontinuous recording format as on a...

20060101285 - Secure and searchable storage system and method: A system and method for securely storing electronic documents is provided. The system includes a client portion and a server portion and the client portion is located at a trusted location. The client portion encrypts each electronic document and produces a list of terms of interest relating to the document,...

20060101287 - System, method, and apparatus for securely providing content viewable on a secure device: A system, apparatus, and method are directed to providing and securely viewing secure content. In one embodiment, a secure player provides secure screening/previewing of secure content, such as a motion picture, by a member of an awards organization. A content key is employed to selectively encrypt at least a portion...

20060101286 - Theft deterrence using trusted platform module authorization: A method for theft deterrence of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a trusted platform module (TPM) and storage medium. The method comprises providing a binding key in the TPM; and providing an encrypted symmetric key in the storage medium. The method further includes providing an unbind...

20060101288 - Secure implementation and utilization of device-specific security data: The invention concerns a tamper-resistant electronic circuit configured for implementation in a device. The electronic circuit securely implements and utilizes device-specific security data during operation in the device, and is basically provided with a tamper-resistantly stored secret not accessible over an external circuit interface. The electronic circuit is also provided...

20060101293 - Advanced power management for computer displays: Described is a method and system for power management of mobile computer displays, in which areas of the screen are selectively controlled to consume less power than other areas. For example, a foreground window having focus may receive normal brightness, while background areas are dimmed. To this end, the pixels...

20060101294 - Apparatus for controlling standby power: A standby power control apparatus includes: a power-supply unit for providing individual components with necessary power-supply voltages; an interface unit for interfacing a signal transmitted from a computer; an I/O terminal unit for transmitting input signals received from a mouse and a keyboard to a microprocessor; a switching unit for...

20060101295 - Computer for decreasing noise and a control method and medium for decreasing noise thereof: A computer having a CPU which operates with at least two operation modes, comprising: a mode signal output unit outputting an operation mode signal corresponding to the operation mode of the CPU; a CPU power supply supplying power having a voltage level corresponding to the operation mode signal outputted from...

20060101296 - Electric load management center: An electrical power distribution system is disclosed that includes a gateway module (100) including logic (112) to interface to a vehicle management computer (VMC) (50) via a dual redundant standard data bus (1). The gateway module (100) has redundant microcontrollers (114, 116) operably connected to the VMC (50) for selectively...

20060101289 - Instruction set with thermal opcode for high-performance microprocessor, microprocessor, and method therefor: A method (and system) of managing heat in an electrical circuit, includes using a thermal instruction appended to an instruction to be processed to determine a heat load associated with the instruction....

20060101290 - Method for multiple scheduled computer powers-on: A method of scheduling multiple automatic powers-on for a computer is provided. The multiple automatic powers-on are achieved by repeatedly reconfiguring the automatic power-on function of the computer's BIOS. The method provides a configuration software module and a renewal software module. The configuration software module, when executed, allows a user...

20060101292 - Power state selection heuristic: An algorithm automatically selects a power state based on device configuration parameters. The selected power state may then be returned and/or automatically implemented in a shutdown of the device. The parameters can include whether the device supports a system battery, whether the device is connected to an uninterruptible power supply,...

20060101291 - System, method, and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a microprocessor: Included in this disclosure is a circuit for reducing power consumption in a microprocessor. The circuit comprises a microprocessor, at least one full instruction decoder configured to decode a present instruction, and at least one subset instruction decoder configured to determine whether the present instruction potentially needs a register. A...

20060101297 - Reducing power consumption of a microprocessor: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for reducing the power consumption of a microprocessor. One or more signal transitions in an instruction set of a microprocessor are profiled. A probability of occurrence is assigned to each instruction in the instruction set. A binary operation code...

20060101298 - Wake-up system using oscillation: Disclosed is a wake-up system based on an oscillation principle adopted to wireless transmission/reception devices such as remote controllers, mobile communication terminals, etc. The wake-up system uses oscillation capable of performing a wake-up operation such that a receiver responds to a wake-up signal transmitted from a transmitter with a relatively...

20060101299 - Controller for instruction cache and instruction translation look-aside buffer, and method of controlling the same: There are provided a controller for an instruction cache and an instruction TLB (Translation Look-aside Buffer), and a method of controlling the same. The controller includes: a processor core outputting an address of a current instruction; a branch predictor performing a branch prediction of the outputted current instruction address to...

20060101300 - Phase-locked-loop power control during standby: A clock generator for supplying one or more clock signals to integrated circuits within a processor-based system is disclosed. The clock generator includes one or more PLLs and one or more configuration registers. The clock is supplied power from two different voltage sources, such that, during a standby mode of...

20060101301 - Non-volatile memory device: The operational information read out by the read-out sense amplifier (19) is transferred via the data line DB to a volatile memory section. The volatile memory section is configured with the volatile memory section (21) having a SRAM configuration and the second volatile memory section (23) configured with latch circuits,...

20060095753 - Information processing apparatus and boot control method: An information processing apparatus includes a main body, an input device that is provided on the main body and inputs input data that designates one of a plurality of boot devices, a reproduction unit that reproduces data for identifying the boot device that is designated by the input data, and...

20060095754 - Method and computer program product for offloading processing tasks from software to hardware: Offloading specific processing tasks that would otherwise be performed in a computer system's processor and memory, to a peripheral device. The computing task is then performed by the peripheral, thereby saving computer system resources for other computing tasks. In one preferred embodiment, the disclosed method is utilized in a layered...

20060095756 - Multimedia system for a vehicle: A scalable and fully configurable computing architecture for a mobile multimedia architecture used in a vehicle includes a head unit having a processor, a field programmable gate array and a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to communicate over a first bus that is a dedicated memory bus,...

20060095755 - System and method for information handling system image network communication: A system and method for information handling system manufacture analyzes an image to determine a traits definition that identifies the operating system, applications and unique information of the image, such as in a XML file. The image traits definition may be communicated to a manufacture site over a network and...

20060095757 - Firmware update method and system: An update method for firmware in an optical storage device. Detection programs are sent to the optical storage device to acquire storage related information thereof. Update programs corresponding to the firmware are sent to the optical storage device according to the storage related information. Original firmware programs are sent to...

20060095758 - Method and apparatus for providing security mechanism guaranteeing transparency at transport layer: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a security mechanism guaranteeing transparency at a transport layer. The method includes: receiving a data packet from an application program, and searching key information corresponding to the data packet in key information database; determining whether to request a key exchange module of...

20060095759 - Method and system for arranging communication between a data processing device and a remote data processing center: A method of establishing communication between a host data processing service center and a remote data processing device includes appending to a remote data processing device message request process, additional messaging information and content as required by the host data processing service center to either request data from the remote...

20060095760 - Method, system, and storage medium for eliminating password exposure when requesting third-party attribute certificates: A method for creating a proof of possession confirmation for inclusion by an attribute certificate authority into an attribute certificate, the attribute certificate for use by an end user. The method includes receiving from the attribute certificate authority in response to a request by the end user, a plurality of...

20060095762 - Method, program, and computer system for switching folder to be accessed based on confidential mode: There is disclosed a method for switching access folders in accordance with a confidential mode. In this method, a confidential root directory is located below a normal root directory. A directory structure constituted by the at least one confidential folder other than a confidential root directory is the same as...

20060095761 - Selective video encryption method and apparatus: A method and apparatus of selectively protecting data content, the method having the steps of: selecting content that is to be encrypted; applying an encryption algorithm to content selected in selecting step to create encrypted content; maintaining content not selected in the selecting step in its original format, thereby having...

20060095763 - Systems and methods for efficiently authenticating multiple objects based on access patterns: Techniques for efficiently authenticating multiple objects and clustering objects based on access patterns are provided. For example, in an illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for generating and/or reading authentication information, wherein the authentication information provides evidence that a plurality of objects were one of generated and sent by...

20060095768 - Data communication method and system: A data communication method for forwarding a session control message designating a destination server with an IP address to the destination server via a session management server, wherein, when an application program or encrypted communication software on a client issues a connection request designating a destination server with an IP...

20060095767 - Method for negotiating multiple security associations in advance for usage in future secure communication: The present invention describes a novel security model in which security context is pre-negotiated and is used at future instances to secure messaging between nodes involved in sending and receiving data during the execution of the protocol. This anticipatory pre-negotiation of security context avoids expensive handshakes to establish security contexts...

20060095764 - Method, system and computerized medium for making secure message transmission: A method for making secure message transmission includes a step of transmitting the message and its signature by the transmitter (1) as well as an identification information of the transmitter (CRYPTIDENT) and a supplementary information derived from the message (IDEM), and the receiver (2) likewise determines an information derived from...

20060095765 - On-machine communication verification: The present invention provides for validating that one or more modules reside on the same machine. When a second module wishes to establish communication with a first module, a shared memory that is accessible by the modules—but inaccessible by modules outside the machine—is used to store random data. The first...

20060095766 - System and method for secure transmission of rtp packets: A system and method for establishing a shared secret media key between each of a caller endpoint and a callee endpoint for securing a real time media channel comprises: i) establishing a caller authenticated signaling session with the caller endpoint using a caller shared secret authentication key and a symmetric...

20060095769 - System and method for initializing operation for an information security operation: A method and apparatus for initializing operation for information security operation for an entity utilizes shared information, such as shared secret information, that may be shared between the entity and other applications or operations within a system to initialize an entity. Prestored shared information that can be used as entity...

20060095770 - Method of establishing a secure e-mail transmission link: A method of establishing an e-mail secure transmission link between an initiator and a responder for the transmission of secure e-mail messages over a network comprising creation of a unique initiator designator or number, generation of a unique initiator exchange key component including the unique initiator designator or number, transmission...

20060095771 - Security device for cryptographic communications: Cryptographic systems and methods are provided in which authentication operations, digital signature operations, and encryption operations may be performed. Authentication operations may be performed using authentication information. The authentication information may be constructed using a symmetric authentication key or a public/private pair of authentication keys. Users may digitally sign data...

20060095772 - System and method for establishing a secure association between a dedicated appliance and a computing platform: An apparatus is provided that includes a dedicated appliance operable to interface with a computing platform. A provisioning process may be initiated such that the dedicated appliance responds by monitoring a port for a connection request from the computing platform. Upon receiving the connection request the dedicated appliance completing a...

20060095773 - Authentication system, light emitting device, authentication device and authentication method: The invention provides a new authentication system which is capable of not being deceived by copied images and excellent in authentication accuracy and convenience. An image with built-in authentication information to be used for authentication is emitted by an emission angle-dependent light emitting device while being diffracted at a specified...

20060095776 - Content selecting device, content multiplexing device, content selecting method and content multiplexing method: A switching control circuit monitors the results of decision by illegality decision circuit for the presence of an illegally copied content or contents. In the absence of an illegally copied content, the switching control circuit turns on switches to allow the transmission of contents on all of transmission lines to...

20060095777 - Contract execution system and process: The present invention may be used for contract preparation and contract performance payment. A request for performance may be initiated to a provider by a buyer. A contract may be created by a provider at a first system terminal of a central operating and data base element for the performance....

20060095775 - Fragile watermarks: Disclosed is a fragile watermarking scheme for detecting and localizing malicious alterations made to a database relation with categorical attributes without introducing distortions to cover data. A watermark for a tuple group may be inserted by selectively switching the position of tuples in tuple pairs using a tuple hash associated...

20060095774 - Message file editing process: A system for facilitating the translation of messages from an original language to a language preferred by an end user is provided. The system allows distributors, end users or others to create translated versions of messages used by an application program, while protecting against changes that might affect operation of...

20060095778 - Analog and digital indicia authentication: An authentication-enabled indicium contains authentication information in a digital recording medium. The information may be a digital signature that verifies the manufacturer's data and/or an analog signature. The analog signature is generated by placing a randomized pattern on a product package or label and encoding information about the randomized pattern...

20060095780 - System and method to facilitate importation of user profile data over a network: A system and method to facilitate importation of user profile data over a network are described. In one preferred embodiment, a request to import the user profile data is received from a user, the user profile data being stored in a source user account within a source entity. Prior to...

20060095779 - Uniform resource locator access management and control system and method: In an enterprise server environment having a uniform resource locator (URL) access management and control system. The server includes a user authentication logic to authenticate users attempting to connect to the server to access URL file and directories residing in the server. In one embodiment of the present invention, the...

20060095781 - Method for mapping a shared resource in a network: A method for mapping a shared resource of a server by a client in a network includes the steps of enabling the client to broadcast automatically a user identity thereof through the network, enabling the client to receive an IP address and shared resource allocation information of the server transmitted...

20060095784 - Apparatus and system for controlling access to a data storage device: A data storage device is secured by extracting timing information encoded within a password-related symbol stream received by the storage device and denying access if the timing information is incorrect or the symbol stream is not identical to a valid authentication sequence. In one embodiment, each symbol corresponds to a...

20060095786 - Communication networks and methods and computer program products for preventing tracking of network activity thereon through use of identity pseudonym domains: A communication network is operated by associating a first pseudonym with a user of the communication network in a customer domain. A second pseudonym is associated with the user in a customer-contact domain. Communications between the user and a customer-contact associated with the customer-contact domain are translated by mapping the...

20060095787 - Communication networks and methods and computer program products for tracking network activity thereon and facilitating limited use of the collected information by external parties: A communication network is operated by associating a pseudonym with a user of the communication network. The user's activities are monitored on the communication network and associated with the pseudonym....

20060095783 - Machine readable medium and method for controlling access to a data storage device: A data storage device is secured by extracting timing information encoded within a password-related symbol stream received by the storage device and denying access if the timing information is incorrect or the symbol stream is not identical to a valid authentication sequence. In one embodiment, each symbol corresponds to a...

20060095782 - Machine readable medium and method for data storage security: A data storage device is secured by extracting timing information encoded within a password-related symbol stream received by the storage device and denying access if the timing information is incorrect or the symbol stream is not identical to a valid authentication sequence. In one embodiment, each symbol corresponds to a...

20060095785 - System, method, and computer program product for user password reset: A system, method, and computer program product utilizing a default user ID, such as “help,” that has no assigned password. When the user logs into the computer using this ID, their login is “captured” and a crippled windows manager is started along with a web browser pointed to a specific...

20060095788 - Authenticating a login: Techniques for authenticating a login that avoid the imposition of memorization burdens on users of a computer system. The present techniques include determining whether an appropriate token is stored on a client system that originates the login, authenticating a login by communicating with a user via a secondary communication channel,...

20060095790 - Location and user identification for online gaming: The present invention provides methods and devices for determining the location, identity and age of a user who desires to initiate a gaming session from an uncontrolled environment such as a home, a gaming kiosk or a hotel room. In some implementations, the user's location is determined in part by...

20060095789 - Method and system for establishing a biometrically enabled password: A method (10) and system (50) for using a biometrically enabled password can include an input device (58) capable of entering a password entry and a processor (56) coupled to the input device. The processor can monitor (16 or 26) a cadence such as monitoring a keystroke signature, store the...

20060095791 - Method and apparatus for protecting data from unauthorized modification: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that protects data from unauthorized modification in a table, wherein the table contains one or more rows, and wherein each row contains one or more columns. During operation, the system chooses in a row one or more columns to be protected....

20060095792 - Super-distribution of protected digital content: Super distribution of protected digital content is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention previously purchased encrypted digital content is received from a purchaser of the digital content. The purchaser of the previously purchased encrypted digital content is different from the recipient of the encrypted digital content. A secure...

20060095793 - Secure memory control parameters in table look aside buffer data fields and support memory array: Techniques and apparatus for utilizing bits in a translation look aside buffer (TLB) table to identify and access security parameters to be used in securely accessing data are provided. Any type of bits in the TLB may be used, such as excess bits in a translated address, excess attribute bits,...

20060095794 - Data storage security apparatus and system: A data storage device is secured by extracting timing information encoded within a password-related symbol stream received by the storage device and denying access if the timing information is incorrect or the symbol stream is not identical to a valid authentication sequence. In one embodiment, each symbol corresponds to a...

20060095795 - Document management apparatus and document management method, and storage medium storing program: A document management apparatus includes a hash generator that generates a hash value based on digital document data stored in a database, a communication unit that inputs time information, and a microfilm writer that performs processing to record a converted document data, converted to image data based on the digital...

20060095800 - Electronic apparatus and method for controlling electric power consumption of the electronic apparatus: A PDA can perform a wide variety of electric power consumption control performances of turning off a display unit, dimming a light source, lowering definition of image in video reproduction processing by a decoding calculation processing unit, and an electric power consumption control unit includes an electric power consumption setup...

20060095799 - Information processing apparatus and power control method for use in the same: An information processing apparatus that is powerable by a battery includes a main body in which the battery is detachably mounted, a processor that is provided in the main body, a unit that acquires battery type information that is indicative of a rating of the battery from the battery that...

20060095798 - Method and apparatus to control temperature of processor: Briefly, a method to control a temperature of a processor and a processor that includes a thermal controller to control a temperature. The thermal controller may decrease the power level of the processor to a first power level for a first predetermined time period and may vary the power of...

20060095797 - Switching device for selective delivery of electrical power: A switching device is provided for determining to which parts of a notebook computer an electrical power is delivered. The switching device is used in a notebook computer having an independently operating media module. The switching device is located at the output terminal of the notebook computer's power supply and,...

20060095796 - Thermal control method: A method and system are provided for thermal management of a CPU. Both hardware and software data are used to periodically calculate a power consumption index. An internal database is provided to convert power consumption data to rotational speed of an associated cooling fan for the CPU. Based upon a...

20060095803 - Method and related apparatus for reducing chipset power consumption: A chipset has a plurality of driving units, each unit connecting to an address pin of a memory module for driving a one-bit address signal while accessing the memory module. The method detects configurations of memory modules, and determines which address pins are unused and makes corresponding driving units stop...

20060095801 - Optical record carrier recording apparatus: The present invention relates to an optical record carrier (55) recording apparatus (5) such as a small form factor optical drive and to a portable device (1), such as a mobile phone or a palmtop computer, comprising such an optical record carrier (55) recording apparatus (5). To enable different accessing...

20060095804 - Physical layer device and power-saving method for physical layer device: A method for saving electrical power for a physical layer (PHY) device including a plurality of sub-circuits is disclosed. The method includes the steps of outputting a plurality of link pulses, asserting a plurality of disabling signals-between two adjacent link pulses for disabling the sub-circuits, respectively, and deasserting the disabling...

20060095802 - Scan chain disable function for power saving: An apparatus, a method and a computer program product are provided for conserving energy during functional mode of a processor by disabling the scan chain. By inserting logic gating into the scan chain it is possible to disable the scan chain during the processor's functional mode. During functional mode the...

20060095806 - Method and apparatus for enabling a low power mode for a processor: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a triggering event is initiated to place a processor in a low power state. The processor may or may not flush a cache upon entering the low power state depending on a power status signal. The power status signal may indicated...

20060095805 - Suppression of sleep mode in a computing device via date/time windows: Date/time windows may be defined to indicate periods during which a computing device should not enter a power conservation mode such as a sleep mode. If the sleep mode is requested while the device is operating, a determination may be made whether the current date/time falls within any of the...

20060095807 - Method and apparatus for varying energy per instruction according to the amount of available parallelism: A method and apparatus for changing the configuration of a multi-core processor is disclosed. In one embodiment, a throttle module (or throttle logic) may determine the amount of parallelism present in the currently-executing program, and change the execution of the threads of that program on the various cores. If the...

20060095808 - Method and apparatus for using internal delays for adjusting setup and hold times in a memory device: A method and apparatus for compensating address and control lines to account for clock delays within a memory device is disclosed. Latches are located directly within a the storage area of the memory device, so that the parasitic capacitance inherent within the address and control lines can be advantageously employed...

20060095809 - Methods and systems for clock signal distribution and fault location detection in a multi-shelf modular computing system: A method and system are described for distributing at least one clock signal between shelves in a multi-shelf modular computing system includes a clock signal generator for generating a first clock signal, an inter-shelf bus for carrying the first clock signal to a second shelf, and a first shelf manager...

20060095810 - Microcomputer, method of controlling cache memory, and method of controlling clock: A microcomputer that can increase the usage efficiency of a cache memory and increase the process speed is provided. In this microcomputer, a group of registers hold cache usage information that specifies whether the cache memory is to be used in execution of a process. When processes to be executed...

20060095811 - Apparatus and method for graphics memory controlling hub (gmch) clocking support for dual television encoders: An apparatus and method for graphics memory controlling hub (GMCH) clocking support for dual television encoders are described. In an embodiment, the apparatus is a GMCH that includes a digital video output (DVO) interface, a DVO clock input, and a reconfigured video graphics array (VGA) clock input. The DVO interface...