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

20060143430 - System and method for computer hardware identification: A system for identifying specific information regarding the hardware configuration of a computer system improves resolution of problems via online crash and is usable for other purposes as well. Embodiments of the employ applications directed by remote computers functioning as servers, which use the specific computer system hardware-configuration information provided...

20060143432 - Method and apparatus to enhance platform boot efficiency: Methods and apparatus for improving network boot efficiency are disclosed. Under embodiments of the method, boot images that are initially sent from a boot server to various clients are cached at network devices along communication paths between the boot server and the clients. In response to subsequent boot image requests...

20060143431 - Method to provide autonomic boot recovery: In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method relating to autonomic boot recovery. In at least one embodiment, the present invention utilizes an out-of-band (OOB) microcontroller to safeguard boot information to be used in the event of a boot failure. The OOB microcontroller enables the preservation of “Last...

20060143433 - Virtual partition for recording and restoring computer data files: Some computer operating systems do not permit application programs to perform certain tasks. If there is a desire to perform a forbidden task, a virtual partition (228) is created (610) in a storage device (108), such as a hard disk drive, associated with the computer system (100). The virtual partition...

20060143434 - Delivery point validation system: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention encode a list so users of the list may make inquiries to the coded list without the entire content of the list being revealed to the users. Once each item in the list has been encoded by an encoder, a bit array...

20060143435 - Method and system for globally sharing and transacting digital contents: A method and system for globally sharing and transacting service including a digital content is provided. The method includes registering a digital content with a global multi-service platform (MSP), storing metadata or an electronic catalog for the digital content generated in a universal language or a local language, sharing the...

20060143436 - Method and system for providing and utilizing a network trusted context: A method and system for establishing a connection between a data server and a middleware server is disclosed. The method and system include defining a plurality of trust attributes corresponding to a trusted context between the middleware server and the data server and validating the plurality of trust attributes against...

20060143437 - System and method for integrating secure and non-secure software objects: A secure first process uses a non-secure software object by hosting said non-secure software object in a separate second process, where the first process's address space is inaccessible to the second process. The first process communicates with the second process, preferably by means of a COM API that the second...

20060143439 - Method and system for sensor data management: Methods and systems for real-time management of sensor data, based on application level logic made available at the edge of the enterprise are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, an intelligent data router is communicatively coupled to one or more data sensors and a data management server. In...

20060143438 - System and method for provisioning a wireless device to only be able to access network services within a specific location: A system and method for provisioning wireless devices such that they are only capable of accessing network services when in a specified location. A device surveys the current location of the device for existing base stations and stores a corresponding network environment profile. After the profile is stored, network services...

20060143441 - Biometric personal data key (pdk) authentication: Systems and methods are provided for an integrated device that persistently (or permanently) stores biometric data for a user in a tamper-resistant format. Subsequently, scan data collected from a user (e.g., a finger-print) can be compared against the biometric data. Once the user has been verified by the integrated device,...

20060143440 - Using authentication server accounting to create a common security database: A common security database is maintained by a RADIUS server based on the attributes the RADIUS server receives through accounting packets. When the common security database has conflicting entries, for example a MAC address and/or IP address appearing at two different network devices such as switches or routers, the RADIUS...

20060143442 - Automated issuance of ssl certificates: A system and process unifies DNS/Naming registration, trusted SSL certificate generation and signing. While installing a product, a customer registers it. This automatically enables the customer to use the DNS/Naming registration service offered by the entity, which automatically assigns a customer specified symbolic name for the product so that it...

20060143443 - Method and apparatus for deleting data upon expiration: A method and apparatus for efficiently deleting data including backup or snapshots upon expiration are disclosed. The data can be deleted even without physical access to the data. A data generation unit generates a data. Each data has an expiration time and should be deleted upon expiration. An encryption unit...

20060143444 - Method and apparatus for communicating scheduling information from a ue to a radio access network: A method by which a UE device and a Node B communicate information such as scheduling information to each other, including a step of sending the information as part of a communication signal instead of padding in the communication signal if the information can be fit by removing all or...

20060143445 - System and method for secure dual channel communication through a firewall: A server including a dual channel communications module operable to establish a communication session between the server and a client is provided. The server may be operable to receive a dual channel communication packet from the client. In a particular embodiment, the dual channel communication packet may include a header...

20060143446 - System and method to lock tpm always 'on' using a monitor: A computer may be secured from attack by including a trusted environment used to verify a known monitor. The monitor may be used to determine a state of the computer for compliance to a set of conditions. The conditions may relate to terms of use, such as credits available for...

20060143448 - Conditional access system providing access to multiple programs or services: A conditional access subsystem is proved which is to reside with an end-user for receiving, decrypting and decoding all programs distributed by a content provider that the end user is entitled to access so that the decrypted and decoded programs are available for display on one or more display devices...

20060143447 - Managing elevated rights on a network: A method includes associating a task with one or more elevated rights, wherein the task is associated with a user's job responsibility and granting an elevated right account to the user based on a principle of least privilege, wherein the elevated right account provides the one or more elevated rights...

20060143449 - Security-translator: A security translator (STL) that serves for connecting a data network (N2) pertaining to a lower security level to a data network (N1) pertaining to a higher security level examines its own integrity at definite intervals in order to ascertain malfunctions and, where appropriate, to trigger a transition to the...

20060143450 - Method and apparatus for authenticating a password: A password formed of several fields (101-105) is presentable in a series of instances (100, 110, 120, 130). The fields include at least one of (a) a static field (105) that does not change upon each instance of the password and (b) a dynamic field (101, 102) that changes with...

20060143451 - System for authenticating remotely generated optical control signals: An authentication system authenticates remotely generated optical control signals. A remote optical emitter transmits an optical control signal from a remote location. A remote authentication device collocated with the remote optical emitter receives an authentication challenge signal and transmits a compatible authentication response signal. A control optical signal processor positioned...

20060143452 - Verifying the ownership of an owner's authority in terms of product and service: The present invention provides an apparatus for verifying the authority of an owner, in terms of an identifier of a product, the first verification information for verifying the authority held at a terminal for an owner with the authority involving the product, and the second verification information for verifying the...

20060143453 - Inter-authentication method and device: An objective of the present invention is to obtain a mutual authentication method in which mutual authentication is carried out securely and conveniently. In order to achieve the above objective, in the mutual authentication process, a private key K0, being an initial value, is stored in a client and a...

20060143455 - Method and apparatus for secure pairing: A method and apparatus for securely pairing wireless devices is disclosed. The method comprises sending (304) from a first device (102) secure information, such as a Bluetooth code, a pin or combination thereof, over a wired link (260). Then receiving (306) from a second device (104) a confirmation to the...

20060143454 - Storage of multiple keys in memory: A method of storing multiple first bit-patterns in non-volatile memory of a device, the method comprising, for each of the first bit-patterns to be stored: (a) applying a one way function to a third bit-pattern based on a second bit-pattern associated with the device, thereby to generate a first result;...

20060143456 - Authenticated id-based cryptosystem with no key escrow: A method and system are provided for determining a shared secret between two entities in a cryptosystem. A first random secret is selected that is known to the first entity and unknown to the second entity. A first intermediate shared secret component is determined using the first random secret and...

20060143457 - Authenticated id-based cryptosystem with no key escrow: A method and system are provided for determining a shared secret between two entities in a cryptosystem. A first random secret is selected that is known to the first entity and unknown to the second entity. A first intermediate shared secret component is determined using the first random secret and...

20060143461 - Digital rights management: A digital rights management is provided. In the digital rights management method and contents service method, a user terminal of the digital contents encodes the digital contents based on specific information of the terminal. When using the digital contents encoded based on the identification of the terminal, the digital contents...

20060143460 - Household terminal device and method and program for updating it: A household terminal device updating method comprises a first transmission step for, in updating copy protection canceling CERT information provided from a networked external server, transmitting an authentication command added with CERT information already stored, a first reception step for receiving updated signature information encrypted using a first shared key...

20060143459 - Method and system for managing personally identifiable information and sensitive information in an application-independent manner: Methods and systems are provided for managing personally identifiable and/or sensitive information (PII/SI) in a manner that is independent of a software application that is used for creating or editing a document containing the PII/SI. PII/SI in a document is marked or flagged in an application-independent manner so that a...

20060143458 - Method for the access of the mobile terminal to the wlan and for the data communication via the wireless link securely: The present invention relates to a method for the secure access of mobile terminal to the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and for secure data communication via wireless link, which, combining the common key encryption technology and the symmetry encryption technology, has resolved the failure in WLAN to provide effective...

20060143462 - Storage and authentication of data transactions: The various aspects of the present invention are based on four main principles: the provision, protection and validation of audit trails relating to data generated by and communicated between nodes of a network; authentication of communicating parties; enforcement of proof of receipt of data communications; and the detection of compromised...

20060143464 - Automatic enforcement of obligations according to a data-handling policy: Methods, systems and computer program products for automatically enforcing obligations in accordance with a data-handling policy are disclosed. Requests by users for accessing data stored in a data repository are intercepted. A determination is made whether any obligations apply to each data item requested in accordance with the data handling...

20060143463 - Keyless entry system and keyless entry method: A keyless entry system include a key device 13 for carrying out locking and unlocking operations, a mobile terminal 14 including a mobile terminal transmitting/receiving unit 18 for transmitting user-ID number data a1 used for identifying a user of the key device 13, and a key security system 15 including...

20060143465 - Method protecting a computer by adding a lock function to a mobile phone universal interface: The present invention is to provide a method of protecting a computer by adding a lock function to a mobile phone universal interface comprising the steps of installing a lock software in a mobile phone for locking the universal interface, and installing a driver program in the computer for driving...

20060143466 - Security architecture: A device for communicating with other devices to allow them to access applications, comprises: at least a first application; authentication means for authenticating a communicating device; and access control means accessible by a communicating device requesting access to the first application without the communicating device having been authenticated by the...

20060143467 - Authentication apparatus, user authentication method, user authentication: In an authentication apparatus, coordinates input from a coordinate detector via a plurality of discontinuous holes or openings, cutouts or marks provided on a member which is used to specify the coordinates are detected, and an authentication is made based on a comparison result of the detected coordinates and a...

20060143468 - Method for providing secure access to information held in a shared repository: A method for providing secure access to information held in a shared repository, for example to electronic business cards stored on a server. A data owner registers with the server and provides information to be shared with selected data users. The server returns public-key cryptography keys. To access the information,...

20060143469 - Method for identification a user, especially for process automation engineering devices: A method for the identification of a user, especially in the case of devices of process automation technology, where at least one person-specific feature of the user is registered with a sensor and compared with stored features. In the case of a match of the registered, person-specific feature with at...

20060143470 - Personal authentication apparatus: The present invention relates to a personal authentication apparatus which registers biometric information unique to each individual person, captures biometric information on the person anew when authenticating the person, and checks the captured biometric information against registered biometric information, whereby the security of registration is improved. A keyhole into which...

20060143471 - Personal authentication apparatus: The present invention provides a personal authentication apparatus that includes a permissibility information file for registering information indicating whether setting an ID common to more than one person is permitted or not. In the apparatus, only if setting of an ID common to more than one person is prohibited, an...

20060143474 - Method for authenticating, in particular, software components that can be loaded into a control unit of a motor vehicle: A method for authenticating a software package, which is provided by a software supplier and which contains a software component that can be loaded into a terminal. The software component is provided with a first authentication suffix, which is verified in order to carry out an authenticity test in the...

20060143472 - Method for protecting against manipulation of a controller for at least one motor vehicle component and controller: The invention relates to a method for protecting against manipulation of a controller for at least one motor vehicle component, the control device (1) comprising at least one microcomputer (μC) and at least one memory module (2, 3), at least one of the memory modules (2, 3) constituting a reversible...

20060143473 - Software key implementation using system management firmware: In some embodiments system management firmware of a computing platform is to receive a software key, determine if the software key is valid, and enable a system management feature of the computing platform if the software key is valid. Other embodiments are described and claimed....

20060143476 - Disk sanitization using encryption: A technique for sanitizing data storage devices, such as magnetic disks, is disclosed. Logical data storage units such as files or portions thereof may be individually deleted and sanitized on a disk. A disk is divided into physical disk regions, each comprising one or more blocks. The contents of the...

20060143475 - Updating firmware securely over a network: A method according to one embodiment may include: receiving a first encrypted signal at a server of a computing network, the first encrypted signal comprising firmware encrypted by a first encryption algorithm having a first complexity level; sending a second encrypted signal over the computing network to at least one...

20060143478 - Controller to move contents and control method thereof: Even when a content is split due to a failure occurrence in the course of moving the content, the contents having been split are combined and reconstructed. A controller to move contents that moves the content stored in a first storage unit to a second storage unit, includes means for...

20060143479 - Data transmission apparatus, control method therefor, and program: A read document image is stored in a storage apparatus. The destination of data to be transmitted is set, and the data is transmitted to the destination. If transmission fails, the data is discarded on the basis of settings of the data....

20060143480 - Method of managing copy protection information of a recording medium, recording medium with copy protection information for contents recorded thereon, and reproducing method for the recording medium: The present invention relates to a method of managing CPI (Copy Protection Information) for preventing unauthorized copy of encrypted content recorded on a high-density recording medium such as a BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc ROM). In the present method, when main content data is recorded in encrypted manner, CPI that is necessary...

20060143481 - 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...

20060143477 - User identification and data fingerprinting/authentication: A user identification and file fingerprinting/authentication system for identifying a user, and fingerprinting and authenticating at least one file. The system includes a network server, a database, a user identification block, and a file fingerprinting block. The database includes contact information of a plurality of users including the user. The...

20060143483 - Method and apparatus for power management by user needs: A portable computer system with a battery and a processor, a memory, a display and storage device; all powered by the battery which includes a power management circuit configured to control the operation of the processor and memory in order to vary an amount of power consumed. The power management...

20060143482 - Methods and devices for controlling the distribution of power on a printed circuit board: A mixed signal controller (MSC) is used to vary the rise times and trim voltages used on a printed circuit (PC) board. The use of an MSC reduces the number of components on a PC board which may reduce the complexity, cost and size of the PC board....

20060143487 - Computing system with operational low power states: A method is described that involves operating a computing system within a normal on state and transitioning from the normal on state to a main CPU/OS based state. In the main CPU/OS based state one or more components of the computing system are inactivated so as to cause the computing...

20060143484 - Dynamic control of reduced voltage state of graphics controller component of memory controller: A method includes detecting a trigger condition, and in response to detecting the trigger condition, reducing a voltage applied to a graphics controller component of a memory controller. The reduction in voltage may cause the voltage to be reduced below a voltage level required to maintain context information in the...

20060143486 - System and method to profile an unconstrained power of a processor: A method and system to profile unconstrained power of a CPU are provided. The method includes identifying a rate of power constraining in the CPU, identifying a threshold to activate power constraining, and determining unconstrained power of the CPU based on the rate of power constraining and the threshold....

20060143485 - Techniques to manage power for a mobile device: System, apparatus, method and article to manage power for a mobile device are described. The apparatus may include a power management module to save an operating context for a processor to at least one memory unit, and reduce power to the processor below a context retention point. Other embodiments are...

20060143488 - Dynamic successive start up algorithm: A power over Ethernet controller comprising: control circuitry; at least one temperature sensor operatively connected to the control circuitry; and a plurality of electronically controlled switches responsive to the control circuit, each of the electronically controlled switches enabling power to a respective port and having associated therewith inrush current limiting...

20060143489 - System and method for power saving delay locked loop control: The delay locked loop (“DLL”) delay interval can be locked to stop the DLL from wasting power in unnecessarily switching to synchronize the device with the DLL is associated to the system clock. This is achieved by adding logic sensing when a DRAM device will not imminently be called upon...

20060143490 - Inter-device adaptable interfacing clock skewing: Inter-device adaptable interfacing clock skewing. The invention is operable in either one of both of a transmit mode and a receive mode to perform skewing of a transmitted and/or a received signal. The operational parameters including frequency and phase may be determined during auto detect/auto negotiation, they may be programmed...

20060143491 - Memory system and method for strobing data, command and address signals: A memory system couples command, address or write data signals from a memory controller to a memory device and read data signals from the memory device to the memory controller. A respective strobe generator circuit in each of the memory controller and the memory device each generates an in-phase strobe...

20060136702 - Methods and apparatuses for configuring products: Methods and apparatuses for configuring products for security. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing a device, includes: determining a first executable code for the device, the first executable code being one of a plurality of different executable codes that are capable of being executed on the device, the plurality...

20060136703 - Apparatus and method for booting a system: A method and apparatus for booting a system are provided. The apparatus may comprise a boot block and a baseboard management controller coupled together in the system. The baseboard management controller may be configured to receive a request from the boot block for a basic input/output system image; determine at...

20060136708 - Information processing system, program product, and information processing method: A method for is disclosed. A boot block that contains a first public key is activated and a system Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) that contains a second public key and a first digital signature is verified, the verifying being performed by confirming that the first and second public keys match....

20060136705 - Multiple stage software verification: A communication unit (101) includes a transceiver (105) for communication over a communication network (107), and a processor (103). The processor (103) can install software components, including a first software component and a second software component. Responsive to a boot, the processor (103) can verifying the first software component against...

20060136707 - Portable electronic apparatus, information processing method, and program: Disclosed is a portable electronic apparatus that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The portable electronic apparatus includes a storage section and an acquisition section. The storage section stores a communication program for communicating with the information processing apparatus. The acquisition section communicates with the information...

20060136706 - Product configuration during boot process: A boot process for a product is initialized. During the boot process, an early configuration signal is recognized, and the boot process places the product into a receive information data mode. Received information is processed to modify information stored with the product....

20060136704 - System and method for selectively installing an operating system to be remotely booted within a storage area network: A management computer controlling operations of computer systems in a number of positions within a chassis is programmed to receive a signal indicating that one of the computer systems has been installed and to determine whether it has been installed in a previously unoccupied position, installed in a previously occupied...

20060136709 - System for managing boot-up of target computers: A system for managing boot-up of target machines. In a preferred embodiment, a server computer acts as a managing computer. A target machine notifies the server that the target machine has been powered-up. The server allocates an IP address and sends a response to the target machine. The target machine...

20060136710 - Allowing or disallowing firmware upgrade based on comparison of firmware-related bits: A first series of bits corresponds to compatibility information of firmware of a computer system. Each bit corresponds to an attribute of the firmware or the system, is equal to one when the attribute denotes a potential incompatibility factor as to the attribute, and is otherwise equal to zero. A...

20060136711 - Disk device using disk to rewrite firmware and firmware determination method: In the case where a disk storing firmware for rewriting is used to upgrade firmware stored in a flash memory, byte codes #15, #16 of the disk corresponding to a reserve code (byte codes #15, #16) of the flash memory are ignored. Specifically, byte codes #1 to #14 of the...

20060136714 - Method and apparatus for encryption and decryption, and computer product: Each of a client and a server has a pattern table. The client reads a public key from the pattern table to encrypt data. The client adds a pattern number corresponding to the public key used for encryption to the encrypted data, and transmits the encrypted data to the server....

20060136713 - System and method for providing fault tolerant security among a cluster of servers: A system and method are described for performing security operations for a cluster of servers. In one embodiment, a global secret is generated which is used to perform security operations for the cluster of servers. A plurality, n, shadows are generated based on the global secret. A subset of the...

20060136712 - Using optimized libraries to improve performance of deployed application code at runtime: A method to automatically replace computationally intensive functions with optimized functions in managed code is disclosed. If the underlying processor has associated optimized functions, managed application code is disassembled and parsed to find computationally intensive functions. The computationally intensive functions are then replaced with optimized functions, and the application code...

20060136715 - Mac security entity for link security entity and transmitting and receiving method therefor: An apparatus and method for providing a security function of frames transmitted between optical network terminals (OLTs) and optical network units (ONUs) in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) providing media access control (MAC) services are provided. The apparatus includes: a frame classifier distinguishing the type of a frame, and...

20060136716 - Routing voice over internet (voip) call: A method and system to rout a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call based on a service class of a subscriber enables efficient utilization of bandwidth by providing service corresponding to the subscriber service class, while enabling use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) which provides security to a VoIP...

20060136718 - Method for transmitting digital data in a local network: An aim to reach may be on one hand, to allow the reading of a content stored by a digital video recorder from a decoder of the local network regardless of the time elapsed between storage and reading, and on the other hand to prevent the transfer or improper copying...

20060136717 - System and method for authentication via a proximate device: Techniques are provided to authenticate components in a system. Users may enter credentials into an input device and the credentials may be authenticated and/or securely transmitted to the components. The components may then provide the credentials to a server in the system. Strong authentication may thus be provided to the...

20060136719 - System and method for graphical indicia for the certification of records: A system and method for authenticating records. Certification information may be encoded in graphical form. This graphical form, or design, may be referred to as an “Indicia.” The record at issue may be printed out by a computer or stored electronically and bear on it an indicia that relates to...

20060136720 - Computer security management, such as in a virtual machine or hardened operating system: A security scheme provides security to one or more self-contained operating environment instances executing on a computer. The security scheme may include implementing a set of security applications that may be controlled by a supervisory process, or the like. Both the set of security applications and the supervisory process may...

20060136723 - Data processing apparatus and method: An encoding data processing apparatus is described which is operable to generate protected compression encoded data representative of protected media signals. The apparatus comprises a data analyser which is operable to receive compression encoded data representative of the media signals and to select low perceptibility data bits in the compression...

20060136721 - Method and apparatus for secure communications and resource sharing between anonymous non-trusting parties with no central administration: A unifying network model with a structure and architecture configured to address security, interoperability, mobility, and resource management, including priority and quality of services is provided. The network of the network model is structured as a hierarchical mesh network, with dynamically generated routing tables. The configuration of the network model...

20060136724 - Relay method of encryption communication, gateway server, and program and program memory medium of encryption communication: The relay method for relaying an encryption communication in a gateway server between a client device and a content server includes the steps of receiving an encryption communication connection message to the content server from the device; producing a temporary encryption communication permit and a private key of its counterpart...

20060136722 - Secure communication system and communication route selecting device: A communication system for realizing a secure communication comprises a selecting device for making a selection between a communication route for a direct communication with a communication partner side and a communication route via a security checking device for checking security of communication, in accordance with a communication partner or...

20060136726 - Multifunction device with secure job release: A secure release of a job request is managed at a document processing system that has been issued a private key and a public key. In one embodiment, the job request includes a first part specifying job information that is encrypted using a symmetric key, and a second part specifying...

20060136725 - Use of variant and base keys with two entities: A first entity configured to authenticate a digital signature supplied by a second entity, wherein one of the entities includes a base key and the other of the entities includes a variant key and a bit-pattern, the variant key being based on the result of applying a one way function...

20060136727 - Distributed digital signature generation: A server, e.g., a client (105, 107, 109), receives a request for a digital signature to be applied to digital information, obtains a representation of the information, determines a designation of key pair(s) to be applied thereto; and transmits a request for the digital signature to a front end server...

20060136729 - Copy protection for optical discs: Optical discs, such as CDs, have been protected by the use of an authenticating signature which cannot be copied to another disc. A playing device is required to identify the existence of the authenticating signature in order to access the content of the disc. The authenticating signature may comprise bad...

20060136728 - Method and apparatus for authentication of data streams with adaptively controlled losses: Methods, components, and systems for efficient authentication, either through a digital signature or message authentication codes, and verification of a digital stream sent from a source to a receiver via zero or more intermediaries, such that the source or intermediary (or both) can remove certain portions of the data stream...

20060136730 - Method and system for establishing trusting environment for sharing data between mutually mistrusting entities: A method and system for sharing data and interrogating data include establishing a level of trust between mutually mistrusting entities so that data may be shared therebetween based on the level of trust. The method and system include interrogating data provided from one of the entities to the other entity...

20060136731 - System and method for providing an online electronic signature: A system is provided for generating an online electronic signature. The system includes a computer interface module which records movement of a cursor on a computer screen and outputs the recorded data. A signature generation module which receives the recorded data and generates a graphical image based upon the recorded...

20060136732 - Data storage and removal: A system and method for data storage and removal includes providing databases and providing encryption keys. Each database is associated with a database time period and each encryption key is associated with an encryption time period. Data items are received and each data item is encrypted using the encryption key...

20060136733 - Anti-pirating system: A software distribution system which uses a removable medium for distribution of software programs. In the preferred embodiment, a primary software program and a secondary software program are used. The secondary software program is used to establish an identifier and then to erase the secondary software program from all files....

20060136735 - Encryption based security system for network storage: The presently preferred embodiment of the invention provides an encryption based security system for network storage that separates the ability to access storage from the ability to access the stored data. This is achieved by keeping all the data encrypted on the storage devices. Logically, the invention comprises a device...

20060136734 - Identification display device: Identification display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. The identification display device has a display, and a non-volatile memory having image content depicting a user stored therein. An authentication control system has a user input system that is adapted to sense a user input and an authentication...

20060136737 - System and method for password validation: A method and system for password validation. A user identifier (ID) and a user keying password are received from a user in conjunction with reception of a request from the user to obtain access to an application. The user keying password is a sequence of characters including at least one...

20060136738 - System and method for password validation: A method and system for password validation. A user identifier (ID), a user password, and a sequence of user values are received from a user. The user password consists of plain text characters. The sequence of user values consists of at least one non plain-text parameter associated with each plain-text...

20060136736 - Time managing system and method: A time managing system and method for controlling usage time of information equipment can improve security of the information equipment. The system includes a security identifying module, a setting management module, and a control operation module, and is internally built in the information equipment. The security identifying module verifies authority...

20060136740 - Apparatus, system, and method for generating and authenticating a computer password: An apparatus, system, and method for constructing, transmitting, and authenticating a password utilized by an authentication device to authenticate an access device. The authentication device receives the password from the access device, authenticates the access device if the password matches stored information, and returns an acknowledgment message that includes an...

20060136739 - Method and apparatus for generating one-time password on hand-held mobile device: According to the invention, a system and an apparatus to use the One-Touch button on a mobile hand-held device to generate one time passwords (OTP) are disclosed. Components of this system comprise: a mobile hand-held device, a built-in One-Touch button on the mobile device, a Global Authentication Server, and an...

20060136742 - Personal digital key and receiver/decoder circuit system and method: The present invention enables automatic authentication of a personal digital key based upon proximity of the key which is associated with a person. The system enables linking of the personal digital key to an account based upon the automatic authentication. The personal digital key includes encrypted digital data unique thereto,...

20060136741 - Two factor token identification: An apparatus, method and program product allow two factor token authentication in the presence of multiple tokens. When multiple tokens are detected, a user desiring access needs merely to provide a unique biometric identifier, referred to as a capture BIR, and that capture BIR is evaluated against a stored BIR...

20060136744 - Method and apparatus for electro-biometric identity recognition: A method and apparatus for electro-biometric identity recognition or verification that produces and stores a first biometric signature that identifies a specific individual by forming the difference between a representation of the heartbeat pattern of the specific individual and a stored representation of common features of the heartbeat patterns of...

20060136743 - System and method for performing security access control based on modified biometric data: An access control method achieves enhanced security and accuracy compared with other systems through recognition of one or more distorted biometrics. The method includes detecting a distorted biometric for input into an identification system, comparing the distorted biometric to one or more distortion patterns, and controlling access to a restricted...

20060136745 - Methods for detecting executable code which has been altered: Methods of detecting executable code which has been altered are provided. Upon an initial loading of an executable code a calculation is performed to generate a score associated with the executable code, the initial score is retained. Subsequently, one or more additional calculations are performed on the executable code to...

20060136747 - Changing product behavior in accordance with license: A computer or other electronic device uses a cryptographic capability and hardware identifier to verify a provisioning packet for changing the mode of operation of the device or a licensed component. A secure memory stores the provisioning packet for future reference. A sequence number may be used to limit replay...

20060136746 - Security system for preventing unauthorized copying of digital data: A digital data security system to prevent the unauthorized reproduction thereof by utilizing security hardware integral with the end user recording device and the copying device and security codes impregnated within the data that must correspond with a security code embedded in the disc....

20060136748 - Method and system for using a compact disk as a smart key device: A data processing system accepts a removable storage media, which becomes electrically engaged with a system unit within the data processing system, after which the removable storage media and the hardware security unit mutually authenticate themselves. The removable storage media stores a private key of a first asymmetric cryptographic key...

20060136749 - Method for generating data for detection of tampering, and method and apparatus for detection of tampering: In a target apparatus which stores at least one piece of domain key information in a first area and a plurality of pieces of content key information each associated with any one of the domain key information in a second area, a method for generating data for detecting tampering of...

20060136750 - Protecting digital goods using oblivious checking: Oblivious checking of a digital good is performed by identifying a plurality of key instructions within a function of a digital good. Each key instruction is an instruction that possibly modifies a register or a flag. An extra instruction is then inserted into the function for each of the key...

20060136752 - Security hardened disc drive: A storage device assembly includes a sealed housing having a base and a cover. A storage medium is disposed within the sealed housing. A security feature within the housing is adapted to damage at least a portion of the storage medium if the sealed housing is opened....

20060136751 - Using electrically programmable fuses to hide architecture, prevent reverse engineering, and make a device inoperable: Techniques and systems whereby operation of and/or access to particular features of an electronic device may be controlled after the device has left the control of the manufacturer are provided. The operation and/or access may be provided based on values stored in non-volatile storage elements, such as electrically programmable fused...

20060136756 - Low power firmware: In some embodiments, the invention involves reducing platform power consumption. In an embodiment, the platform may handle a predetermined set of events by the platform firmware when the platform is in sleep, or low power, mode, thereby eliminating the need to wake the processor and utilize the operating system. Other...

20060136759 - Method and apparatus for system power control through sensing peripheral power consumption: A method and apparatus senses peripheral power consumption for system power control. In a digital processing system, an increase in current drawn by a peripheral device coupled to the digital processing system while the digital processing system is in a reduced power consumption state is sensed, wherein the increase in...

20060136753 - Method of power on/off management for electronic device: A method manages power on/off procedure of an electronic device with security mechanism. A user input setting is established to perform power on/off procedure and to provide security mechanism for the electronic device. The electronic device in first-time use is powered on to a stand-by state with a default power...

20060136760 - Method, program and apparatus for power control through an electronic information device in a magnetic disk unit: A power control method for a magnetic disk unit is disclosed. The method includes identifying a type of a last instruction sent to a magnetic disk unit and, in response to identifying the type, setting a wait time that varies according to the type. In response to the wait time...

20060136757 - Multi-regulator power supply chip with common control bus: A system and method for implementing a common control bus in a multi-regulator power supply integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may, for example, comprise first and second power regulator modules that control at least one characteristic of respective power signals. The integrated circuit may also, for example, comprise a communication...

20060136758 - Power off controllers and memory storage apparatus including the same and methods for operating the same: Memory storage apparatus include a non-volatile memory for storing data and a power management unit configured to sense a level of an external power supply and to predict a loss of the external power supply. A power-polling time control circuit is configured to control a time when a voltage level...

20060136754 - Power-on management for remote power-on signals to high density server module: A method and apparatus for managing power in a server system having clustered server modules. A remote power-on signal delivered to a particular server module is routed to a baseboard management controller (BMC) of the server module. The BMC communicates with a central power management controller (MC) of the server...

20060136755 - System, apparatus, and method to enable and disable a mode of operation of a stacked circuit arrangement on an independent circuit basis using register bits and a single shared mode control line: System, apparatus, and method to enable and disable a mode of operation of a stacked circuit arrangement on an independent circuit basis using register bits and a single shared mode control line....

20060136762 - Display device: An illuminance sensor detects an illuminance value for an environment in which a display device is placed and provides the illuminance value to a controller. The controller determines whether to cause the display device to make a transition to a power saving mode or not in accordance with the illuminance...

20060136761 - System, method and program to automatically adjust allocation of computer resources: System and computer program product for automatically adjusting allocation of processing power in a server. The server includes means for monitoring utilization of the processing power in the server and reporting the utilization of the processing power to the system, or means for monitoring availability of the processing power in...

20060136763 - Method and apparatus for on-demand power management: An apparatus for on-demand power management including a system controller, a clock domain manager coupled to the system controller and a power distribution manager coupled to the system controller. The system controller monitors a processing demand in a processing system. The clock domain manager provides one or more clock frequencies...

20060136764 - Methods and apparatus to manage power consumption of a system: A method and apparatus to manage power consumption of a system is provided. The method may include altering power consumption of a stream processing system based on information from a data stream to be processed by the stream processing system. Other embodiments are described and claimed....

20060136766 - Electronic device having power-down mode and method of reducing power consumption: Example embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein relate to an electronic device having a power-down mode. The electronic device includes a regulator, a central processing unit, and an interrupt control unit. The regulator is disabled during the power-down mode to reduce consumption of power....

20060136765 - Prevention of data loss due to power failure: In some embodiment, an arrangement is provided to prevent a loss of data in a memory due to a power failure for a computing system. When the power failure occurs, any pending memory write operations may be completed and dirty cache lines may be flushed back to the memory. Subsequently,...

20060136767 - Method and apparatus for adaptive power management of memory: A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing adaptive memory power management in a system employing a CPU and a memory subsystem. A CPU throttle control (THR) module generates a CPU throttle control signal indicating when the CPU is idle. A memory controller (MC) module generates memory power management signals...

20060136768 - Method and system for multi-program clock recovery and timestamp correction: A decoder includes a transport engine configured to receive programs and extract timing information and timestamps embedded in the programs. An adder is configured to add a set of timing offsets to the sets of timing information to adjust the timing information from a first time basis to a second...

20060136769 - Interface circuit for strobe-based systems: Systems and methods for masking strobe signals in strobe-based systems are provided below. These strobe-masking systems receive a strobe signal from a component operating under one clock domain and in turn generate a masked version of the strobe signal. Components of a host system use the masked strobe signal to...

20060136770 - Method and apparatus for on-demand power management: A method for on-demand power management monitors a processing demand in a processing system operating at a first set of voltages and frequencies and generates a second set of voltages and frequencies in response to the processing demand. The method switches from the first set of voltages and frequencies to...

20060129792 - Architecture for virtual private networks: Protocols and architecture for secure virtual private networks. Intraenterprise data communications are supported in a secure manner over the Internet or other public network space with the implementation of secure virtual private networks. Members of a virtual private network group exchange data that may be compressed, encrypted and authenticated, if...

20060129790 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic: Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and...

20060129789 - Power-on method for computer system with hyper-threading processor: A power-on method for a computer system comprising a processor supporting Hyper-Threading, a Read Only Memory (ROM) and a main memory, wherein the processor comprises a cache memory and the ROM comprises BIOS codes. The power-on method comprises the following steps. First, the processor is initialized in a Hyper-Threading disabled...

20060129791 - Secure booting apparatus and method: A secure booting apparatus and method, in which integrity can be guaranteed when booting with an operating system (OS). The secure booting apparatus includes an OS storing unit, a memory unit, and a control unit. The OS storing unit includes a first region that stores an OS and a second...

20060129788 - System and method for initially configuring and booting a device using a device identifier: The unique identifier (UID) boot system provides a system and method for booting a network connected processing system. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising receiving a UID, the UID uniquely identifying the network connected processing system; determining a directory structure from a first portion of the UID, the...

20060129796 - Apparatus and method for building, storing, uploading, relocating and executing dos based software module during system startup time: The present invention provides a method of packaging, storing, uploading, and executing a DOS based software module capable for being utilized as applications of a PCI device. The present invention may deliver both a binary image and a DOS executable of an application provided by the PCI device. The DOS...

20060129793 - Embedded system and related method capable of automatically updating system software: An embedded system and method capable of automatically updating system software. The embedded system includes a first storage device for storing a first system software and a boot image; a microcontroller coupled to the first storage device for respectively converting the first system software and the boot image into a...

20060129797 - Hardware-supported secure network boot: Systems and methods for establishing an authenticated and encrypted network connection in a boot protocol, and specifying the boot image to be loaded by a client, are disclosed. A hardware token or other portable medium, such as a USB drive or device, CD, mini-CD, or floppy diskette, is used to...

20060129795 - Interleaved boot block to support multiple processor architectures and method of use: A flash memory has an interleaved boot block compatible with multiple processor architectures. The interleaved boot block may include one boot block compatible with a first CPU architecture and another boot block compatible with a second CPU architecture. These two boot blocks may be combined in an interleaved manner in...

20060129798 - Stand-by power generator monitoring system: A system for remotely monitoring operation of a stand-by power generator is provided. The system comprises a transfer switch for maintaining the powering of a load in the event of line voltage failure and a stand-by power generator. A sensor board is operably connected to the stand-by power generator to...

20060129794 - Utilizing paging to support dynamic code updates: A code object and flash memory may be updated by storing a new code object in the flash memory. Then, a pointer from a page table may be redirected to point to the new code object. The old code object may then be deleted. As a result, code can be...

20060129799 - System and method for storing system configuration files: A system for storing system configuration files is disclosed. The system includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU) (1) (CPU) and a memory (2). The memory includes an instruction sending module (21) for sending an instruction for backuping system configurations, a file obtaining module (22) for obtaining system configuration information according...

20060129800 - Cryptographically processing data based on a cassels-tate pairing: Systems and methods for cryptographically processing data as a function of a Cassels-Tate pairing are described. In one aspect, a Shafarevich-Tate group is generated from a cohomology group. A Cassels-Tate pairing is determined as a function of elements of the Shafarevich-Tate group. Data is then cryptographically processed as a function...

20060129801 - Method and device of data encryption: An encryption method and apparatus thereof is disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes (a) receiving the content data via the network, (b) changing a sequence of the received content data according to a predetermined algorithm or randomly to store in a form of a cache file, (c) generating a...

20060129802 - Transmitter, signal transfer method, data distribution system and method of same, data receiver, data provider and method of same, and data transferer: To enable usage of content at a receiver which does not have a copying function even if copyright protection is provided. Model names of receivers not having a function enabling copying of content are held in an authentication processing circuit (151) of a transmitter (10). When a model name obtained...

20060129804 - Message based network configuration of server certificate purchase: Systems and methodologies that facilitate obtaining a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority, by using a well defined protocol exchanged between a user machine and the Certificate Authority. The well defined protocol employs; a purchasing component and an update component. Once a user has obtained a domain name, the purchasing...

20060129803 - Method and apparatus for efficient certificate revocation: Revocation of digital certificates in a public-key infrastructure is disclosed, particularly in the case when a certificate might need to be revoked prior to its expirations. For example, if an employee was terminated or switched roles, his current certificate should no longer be valid. Accordingly, novel methods, components and systems...

20060129805 - Method of managing user key for broadcast encryption: A user key management method for a broadcast encryption includes assigning node path identifiers (IDs) to nodes arranged in sequence; assigning random seed value keys to the nodes according to the node path IDs; generating key values by repeatedly applying a hash function to the assigned random seed value keys;...

20060129806 - Key transportation: A system for enabling authenticated communication between a first entity and at least one other entity, the system including a second entity, wherein: the first entity and the second entity share transport keys; and the second entity includes at least one authentication key configured to be transported from the second...

20060129807 - Wireless authentication protocol: A wireless authentication protocol. Access to a network is managed by providing a challenge-handshake protocol within the Extensible Authentication Protocol for authentication between a client and the network....

20060129810 - Method and apparatus for evaluating security of subscriber network: A method and apparatus for evaluating the security of a subscriber network are provided. In the method and apparatus for evaluating the security of a subscriber network, pieces of information regarding a plurality of security functions provided by each of a plurality of network security devices connected to a network...

20060129808 - Method and system for distributing security policies: A method and system for distributing and enforcing security policies is provided. A firewall agent executing at a host computer system that is to be protected receives security policies for the enforcement engines responsible for enforcing the security policies on the host computer system. A security policy has rules that...

20060129809 - System and method for restricting user access to a network document: A system and method for restricting a client's access to sensitive material in a network document. The system includes a document storage component for storing documents having an associated level of access. The system also includes a server component for receiving a document request from a user, associating the document...

20060129811 - Cryptography related to keys: In one embodiment, messages are encrypted with encrypted transformations that commute with one another. In another embodiment, a message is divided into message segments, and with each encrypted message segment one or more encrypted keys are sent. The encrypted keys may be used to decrypt a message segment that is...

20060129812 - Authentication for admitting parties into a network: A system and device for authenticating and admitting parties located at remote sites (115) to a secure communication network (100), wherein each remote site includes a device operable to execute code for determining a first authenticating value received from a second site (110), which is blinded with a value associated...

20060129814 - Authentication method for link protection in ethernet passive optical network: An authentication method for link protection between an OLT and an ONU newly connected thereto in an EPON, which is implemented in a data link layer to which cryptography is applied. First, an authentication key is distributed to both the OLT and an ONU. The OLT (or ONU) generates first...

20060129815 - Generation of identities and authentication thereof: A method of generating an identity for a first party that changes over time and which can at all times be authenticated by second party wherein the method includes the steps of: the first and second parties establishing a secret between them, the secret including an entity the value of...

20060129813 - Methods of authenticating electronic devices in mobile networks: The present invention relates to methods of authenticating an electronic device in a mobile network. A method of authenticating an electronic device comprises a first mobile network controller receiving an authentication request from the electronic device in a mobile network 105; searching for an authentication credential 110 at a first...

20060129816 - Method and system for secure binding register name identifier profile: A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product are presented for improving a register name identifier profile within a federated computing environment such that the register name identifier profile is enhanced to be more securely binding between two federated entities within the federated computing environment, such as...

20060129817 - Systems and methods for enabling trust in a federated collaboration: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention enable explicit and multilateral trust across a community of federated servers via a network. A trusted third party establishes a framework of policies and procedures governing a federation. Organizations joining the federation submit to an audit process of internal policies and procedures...

20060129818 - Method for transmitting content in home network using user-binding: A method for transmitting content to a user device from a home server in a home network is provided. The method includes: receiving an allocated user public key and a user private key of a user to whom the home server belongs; generating an arbitrary session public key and a...

20060129819 - Semiconductor memory card and data reading apparatus, and data reading/reproducing apparatus: A semiconductor memory card comprising a control IC 302, a flash memory 303, and a ROM 304. The ROM 304 holds information such as a medium ID 341 unique to the semiconductor memory card. The flash memory 303 includes an authentication memory 332 and a non-authentication memory 331. The authentication...

20060129821 - Believably trustworthy enforcement of privacy enhancing technologies in data processing: Systems and methods for trustworthy enforcement of privacy enhancing technologies within a data processing system enable data processing systems to communicate a believable statement that privacy is being protected in a trustworthy fashion. The invention includes providing for trustworthy enforcement of privacy enhancing technologies by establishing a standardized scheme for...

20060129820 - Object oriented program communication system with an object for sending a certification of the existence of events justifying response actions: A new communicating object class is created: “The electronic excuse object”. This is an object class that provides for the automatic distribution via a communications network of a certification by an accepted authority of the existence of events justifying a responsive action or inaction by an entity, e.g. a person...

20060129826 - Electronic apparatus and method of reinforcing security thereof: An electronic apparatus includes a main unit, a cover, openably attached to the main unit, for covering an operation unit arranged in the main unit, a lock mechanism for locking the cover to the main unit with the cover closed to the main unit, an input unit for inputting bio-information...

20060129822 - Method of content identification, device, and software: The method of content identification consists of creating a signature to comprise one or more sub-signatures. A sub-signature is created by averaging values of a feature in multiple frames of a content item (24). The electronics device (62) is able to retrieve a first signature of a first content item...

20060129827 - Method of revoking public key of content provider: A method of revoking a public key of a content provider is provided. In a system in which a certificate authority certifies the public key of the content provider and the content provider transmits predetermined content to a user device using the certified public key, the method includes the user...

20060129823 - Security device: The present invention relates to a security device or a security apparatus comprising one or more primary images (103) encoded within a secondary image in such a manner that the primary images can only be observed by an observer (102) when the secondary image, a decoding mask (105) and the...

20060129824 - Systems, methods, and media for accessing tpm keys: Systems, methods and media for accessing and protecting TPM keys for signing and for decryption are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and software are disclosed for enabling a user knowing a signing-only authentication to access a key for signing only, upon submission of the signing only-authentication, and for enabling the user...

20060129825 - Unified trust model providing secure identification, authentication and validation of physical products and entities, and processing, storage and exchange of information: A security infrastructure is described that enables a highly secure, dynamic, robust, and extensible security infrastructure. The security infrastructure uses integrated circuits (TEIs) that generate a unique set of output values in response to receiving a given set of “input seed values”. The particular output values generated by a TEI...

20060129828 - Method which is able to centralize the administration of the user registered information across networks: A method for centralizing administration of user registration information across networks is provided. It includes at least an Internet Content Provider (ICP) and a user-login-identification means, which can access an online terminal. The ICP adds an interface module in a login web page and accesses the user-login-identification means via the...

20060129829 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing data with a plurality of devices based on a security policy: A method of accessing data with a first terminal and a second terminal includes providing access to first data using a first terminal and detecting an available second terminal within a proximity of the first terminal. The second terminal is identified as a preferred terminal based on a security policy....

20060129832 - Apparatus and method for protecting user password within computer system: A logon process to a computer is amended by providing an apparatus and routine which allow a user to verify that a request for the user to insert a password in a dialog box is issued by a legitimate program. As a consequence the invention improves computer system security and...

20060129830 - Method and apparatus for storing data on the application layer in mobile devices: The present embodiments provide a system and methods for encrypting and storing data in a mobile device such as a personal digital assistant. The system includes an access controller and a cryptography manager both coupled to the software applications on the mobile device. The system employs a user specific key...

20060129834 - System and method for single sign on process for websites with multiple applications and services: A system and method for integrating the Internet front end-sign on processes of the various systems of a financial institution which allows a customer to view and access its various financial accounts with the institution. During the initial sign up for the online access to its accounts, a customer creates...

20060129835 - System and method for single sign on process for websites with multiple applications and services: A system and method for integrating the Internet front end -sign on processes of the various systems of a financial institution which allows a customer to view and access its various financial accounts with the institution. During the initial sign up for the online access. to its accounts, a customer...

20060129833 - System and method for single sign on process for websites with multiples applications and services: A system and method for integrating the Internet front end—sign on processes of the various systems of a financial institution which allows a customer to view and access its various financial accounts with the institution. During the initial sign up for the online access. to its accounts, a customer creates...

20060129831 - System and method of facilitating the identification of a computer on a network: A system and method for facilitating identification of an attacking computer in a network is provided. A user attempting to login to a network application may be presented with a screen prior to the login which lists preconditions of gaining access to the application. If a user concurs with the...

20060129836 - Secure connection mechanism capable of automatically negotiating password between wireless client terminal and wireless access terminal: The present invention is to provide a secure connection mechanism capable of automatically negotiating password between a wireless client terminal and a wireless access terminal, wherein the wireless client terminal is provided with an application software, a control button and an output device. When the wireless client terminal is actuated...

20060129837 - Security device for home network and security configuration method thereof: A security device for a home network and a security configuration method thereof. The security device for the home network includes a user interface to send at least one request signal that includes a device register request signal to register a home appliance to the home network; a public key...

20060129838 - Distributed processing in authentication: Identity authentication systems and techniques are disclosed which solves the problem associated with limited processing power and smart card technology in the handling of biometric authentication. By distributing the processing of an identity authenticating process between a smart card and a computer terminal, the complicated calculation involved in a biometrics...

20060129839 - Flexchip-mounted fingerprint sensor: A Flexchip-mounted Fingerprint Sensor is disclosed. Also disclosed is a sensor that applies flexchip-mounting techniques in a novel way that creates substantially versatility and cost savings in the resultant fingerprint sensor. Rather than employing a conventional transmitter ring separate from a receiver integrated circuit, the device employs a transceiver integrated...

20060129841 - Method and system for user registration using coded marks: A method and system for enabling registration of a user to use a computer system are provided. A printed registration form is provided containing information relating to user registration and including coded data marks containing coded data on an identity and reference points of the form. The coded data marks...

20060129840 - Multiplatform independent biometric identification system: An independent biometric identification system has an independent biometric identification server, a biometric administrator agent application, a biometric capture agent application, a biometric enrolling agent application, and a biometric database. The independent biometric identification server provides a biometric identification independently of individual applications implemented on a user's system. The biometric...

20060129843 - Method and apparatus for electronically extracting application specific multidimensional information from documents selected from a set of documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents: An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, which may comprise...

20060129842 - System and method of creating secure encrypted digital media files from a base media work for additional defined processing: There is provided herein a system and method for creating and storing encrypted digital media files that are compatible with a base audio work and that provide the artist some degree of control over how the encrypted files are used. The encrypted files will preferably be stored on an audio...

20060129844 - Semiconductor memory and method of testing semiconductor memory: A memory-specific tester has a buffer storing input pattern data and output expectation data. An address included in the input pattern data read from the buffer is sent to a semiconductor memory, and is then subjected to descrambling at a security circuit. The descrambled address is converted at an address...

20060129845 - Memory information protection system and methods: An information processing apparatus causes an encryption key data generating section to generate key data stored in a semiconductor memory by using encryption key source data read from the semiconductor memory and cipher generation data stored therein, and stores the key data in a temporary storage section. The information processing...

20060129846 - System and method for processing encrypted source code updates: This disclosure provides a system and method for updating a control system using an encrypted source code update. The example control system often includes a processor for managing at least a portion of the control system and flash memory communicably coupled with the processor, with the processor operable to load...

20060129847 - Methods and systems for providing a secure data distribution via public networks: A server in a public key system stores a list of fingerprints of digital data. Another fingerprint is computed for this list of fingerprints and provided to a client terminal. A client terminal in a public key system obtains a list of fingerprints of digital data from a first source...

20060129848 - Methods, apparatus, and systems for securing sim (subscriber identity module) personalization and other data on a first processor and secure communication of the sim data to a second processor: An electronic circuit 120 includes a more-secure processor (600) having hardware based security (138) for storing data. A less-secure processor (200) eventually utilizes the data. By a data transfer request-response arrangement (2010, 2050, 2070, 2090) between the more-secure processor (600) and the less-secure processor (200), the more-secure processor (600) confers...

20060129852 - Bios-based systems and methods of processor power management: The present disclosure describes exemplary embodiments of BIOS-based systems and methods of processor power management. Such systems include a computer system, comprising: a processor operable at a plurality of power levels (the processor comprises a register capable of storing a processor load value); a memory coupled to the processor; and...

20060129851 - Electrical supply apparatus and device and electrical power supply module: The present invention relates to an electrical supply apparatus and a device and an electrical power supply module. The apparatus comprises means of reception of a supply voltage originating from the supply module, having a higher voltage level in normal mode and at least one lower voltage level in standby...

20060129853 - Memory subsystem voltage control and method: A method and apparatus for providing a preferred operating voltage to a memory device as specified by a stored configuration parameter. The apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory configured to store a preferred memory device voltage configuration corresponding to a preferred operating voltage of the memory device. The preferred memory device...

20060129854 - Memory subsystem voltage control and method: A method and apparatus for providing a preferred operating voltage to a memory device as specified by a stored configuration parameter. The apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory configured to store a preferred memory device voltage configuration corresponding to a preferred operating voltage of the memory device. The preferred memory device...

20060129849 - Secure electronic entity integrating life span management of an object: The invention concerns a secure electronic entity (11), adapted to store at least one object, comprising a unit (18) for measuring the passage of time as from a reference date (Dref) associated with said object. It comprises a unit (19) for storing a life span (V) assigned to said object...

20060129850 - Ultra wide band power save: A network node selects a “sleep” level based on its current or projected battery capacity. In an embodiment of the invention, sleep levels define the physical radius within which the wireless network node will engage other devices. The node in question communicates its selected sleep level to the rest of...

20060129858 - Control method of storage system, storage system, and storage apparatus: When power to a storage device is turned on and the storage device can accept a data input and output request being transmitted from an information processing device, the storage device transmits a power-on request for turning on power to the information processing device. The storage device, when it accepts...

20060129857 - Power-saving device for notebook computer: A power-saving device implemented as a circuit design for a notebook computer comprises a power supply providing power to notebook computer, a built-in device, a control circuit connecting between the power supply and the built-in device, and a switch connecting to the power supply and the built-in device. The switch...

20060129856 - System and method for expansion card power limiting: System and method for limiting power consumption in add-in expansion cards. A preferred embodiment comprises retrieving power consumption information for the add-in card, receiving power limit information for the expansion bus, determining if the add-in card is over power, and reducing the add-in card's power consumption if the add-in card...

20060129855 - Waking a main computer system to pre-fetch data for an auxiliary computing device: An auxiliary computing device wakes an associated main computer system to obtain data as needed, on-demand and/or in anticipation of demand. The wakeup operation is ordinarily temporary to fetch data, whereby only a small amount of power is consumed by the main computer system. In one implementation, a control channel...

20060129859 - Turning off clock to flip flops: Exemplary techniques for turning off the clock signal to flip flops are described, which may reduce power consumption by electronic devices. In an implementation, a clock-gating logic turns off the clock signal to a flip flop when a data input of the flip flop remains untoggled. The reduction in power...

20060129860 - Method and apparatus for reducing clock frequency during low workload periods: A clock frequency control unit for an integrated circuit (IC) includes a clock generator, a finite state machine (FSM), and a gating circuit (GC). The FSM has at least first and second states corresponding to non-low workload low workload states, respectively. In the first state, the GC provides a clock...

20060129861 - Portable electronic device having high and low power processors operable in a low power mode: A computer system has a main display attached to a computer chassis. The computer chassis includes a high power, high performance main processor running applications on a first operating system platform. The auxiliary display module has a low power, low performance auxiliary processor, a small touch-screen display and a keypad....

20060129862 - Power saving device for network controller of computer: The computer comprises a power supply for supplying power. The power saving device for network controller of computer comprises a network controller, a switch connecting between the power supply and the network controller, a control circuit connecting the power supply and the switch and a network connector. The network comprises...

20060129863 - Personal computer protection device: A personal computer protection device for disconnecting a computer system from a communications channel during power down periods. The personal computer protection device includes a power sensor for sensing power drawn by the computer system, an input port for connecting to a communications channel, an output for connecting the input...

20060129864 - Synchronization method and control system for the time synchronization of slave units and a synchronizable slave unit: A synchronization method, a control system and a slave unit for the time synchronization of at least two slave units, in which the slave units and the master unit are connected by two signal lines. A signal transmitted by the master unit returns to the master unit after passing through...

20060129865 - Method and apparatus for data transfer: A memory system and method according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a memory and an adaptive timing system for controlling access to the memory. The adaptive timing system captures data in a data valid window (DVW) in a data signal. In one embodiment, the adaptive timing system...

20060129866 - Test validation of an integrated device: Embodiments of a method and/or an apparatus to test a delay lock loop circuit, chipset, or memory controller or memory controller hub (MCH) are described....

20060129868 - Clock transferring apparatus and test device: There is provided a clock transferring apparatus that outputs input data given in synchronization with a transmission clock in synchronization with an internal clock having a phase different from that of the transmission clock. The clock transferring apparatus includes: a comparison clock generating section that generates a comparison clock of...

20060129867 - Overclock detection: An overclock detector may define a plurality of detection periods based upon a reference clock signal. Further, the overclock detector may activate an overclock response in response to determining an operating clock signal generating too many cycles in each of a plurality of consecutive detection periods....

20060129869 - Data de-skew method and system: Systems and methods for deskewing parallel data lines using at least one extra channel in parallel to the parallel data lines to carry data for comparing to data on the parallel data lines....

20060117168 - Computer system with restart control circuit: A computer system includes a power supply, a mainboard, and a restart control circuit. The power supply includes a system power source output and a stand-by power source output. The restart control circuit has a first input connected to the system power source output, a second input connected to the...

20060117169 - Using limits on address translation to control access to an addressable entity: A data storage resource is identifiable by physical addresses, and optionally by a virtual address. A policy defines which resources are accessible and which resources are not accessible. A request to access a resource is allowed if access to the resource is permitted by the policy, and if carrying out...

20060117170 - Controller having auto-run function: A controller for reading and executing a file stored in a non-volatile memory is described. The controller includes a computer interface converter and a control module. The module is used to read the file from the non-volatile memory. The control module simulates the protocol of an optical disk and provides...

20060117172 - Method and computing system for transparence computing on the computer network: A computing system based on Transparence Computing consists of clients and a server. There is no disk and no preinstalled OS on the client; a remote booting chip is set on the client's mainboard for downloading and loading the OS. Boot-supporting services, OS kernel mirrors, and applications are preset on...

20060117171 - System and method for updating a basic input/output system: A system for updating a basic input/output system (BIOS) includes a server (1) and a client computer (2) having a serial port (21). The server includes a storage (10) and a BIOS loading unit (11). The storage is used for storing customized strings, BIOS codes and a BIOS updating program....

20060117173 - Method and system for the secure transmission of a confidential code through a telecommunication network: A method for the secured and automated transmission of confidential information, in particular an identification code to an authentication body (3) during a transaction with a user (1). The method includes transmitting a first part of confidential information to the authentication body through a first network and is characterised in...

20060117174 - Method of auto-configuration and auto-prioritizing for wireless security domain: The present invention provides an optimization routing method for a communication network comprising obtaining a MAC address & SSID of an access point and encrypting a security key for network traffic by the obtained MAC address & SSID. Then, the client terminal accesses the network through the access point with...

20060117176 - Battery and authentication requesting device: A peripheral device that is connected to a main body as an authentication requesting device operates as a device to be authenticated. Receiving code-related information from the main body, the peripheral device acquires a challenge code on the basis of the received code-related information, generates encrypted information by encrypting the...

20060117175 - Device authentication system: A random number is generated in an authentication server (5). The device authentication module (7) combines a pass-phrase and this random number to generate a digest, and transmits this and a device ID to the encryption module (8). The encryption module encrypts a communication pathway and transmits these items of...

20060117177 - Programmable security platform: A dynamically programmable security device. The device includes: a secure nonvolatile read only memory (NVMROM) for securely storing a unique device cipher key; a secure interface for dynamically loading authenticated application code; a cryptographic engine for encrypting, decrypting data and authenticating the application code; a secure random access memory (RAM)...

20060117178 - Information leakage prevention method and apparatus and program for the same: An access right to a protected folder 31 is acquired, and when writing designated data contained in the protected folder 31 into a clipboard 22 provided within a main storage device 20, the data is encrypted by using an encryption key associated with the protected folder 31 and the encrypted...

20060117179 - Method and system for delegating authority in an online collaborative environment: A method and system to delegate an authority to access collaborative resources are provided. The system enables a participant to re-delegate the authority to another participant by an authorization certificate. A chain of authorization certificates is established along with the re-delegation of the authority from one participant to another. The...

20060117181 - Apparatus and method for establishing a secure session with a device without exposing privacy-sensitive information: A method and apparatus for establishing a secure session with a device without exposing privacy-sensitive information are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the authentication of a digitally signed message received from a hardware device. In one embodiment, a digital signature, created by a private signature key of the...

20060117183 - Digital image data authenticity assuring method, and digital image data disclosure system: An original signature can be verified even if a signed image data is properly altered in its portion. The digital image data is divided into a plurality of configurational elements, and each of the feature values of the elements are calculated, so that the signature is created by combining the...

20060117182 - Document authentication combining digital signature verification and visual comparison: A document authentication system and method combine digital and non-electronic (or visual) authentication methodologies in an integrated, unified manner. As well as providing indicia of digital authentication, the invention generates a physical artifact that can be validated by unaided human visual perception. The present invention thus provides an opportunity to...

20060117180 - Method of extracting a watermark: A monitoring station (200) for monitoring distribution of media content, on basis of a watermark, comprises: receiving means (202) for receiving an information signal representing the media content to which the watermark is added; extracting means (204) for extracting perceptual features, identifying the information signal; first retrieving means (206) for...

20060117184 - Method to control access between network endpoints based on trust scores calculated from information system component analysis: Signatures are generated for modules in a computer system. The signatures can be assembled into an integrity log. The signatures are compared with signatures in a database in an integrity validator. Once signatures are either validated or invalidated, a trust score can be generated. The trust score can then be...

20060117185 - Timestamp administration system and image forming apparatus: A timestamp administration system includes: a timestamp information acquiring section which acquires timestamp information via a network from a timestamp organization of verifying the time; an approval requesting section which requests approval of acquiring the timestamp information by the timestamp information acquiring section; an approval party information storage which stores...

20060117186 - Entrance and exit management system: An entrance and exit management system allows a passenger having a reservation ticket to instantly get into an airplane by automatically ascertaining a reservation state of the passenger. The entrance and exit management system has a portable electronic identification card storing recognition codes of a person having the portable electronic...

20060117187 - Internet method of protecting subscriber information: A method and apparatus for providing subscriber information by a first party to a second party in conjunction with a call placed through the Internet. The method includes the steps of the first party determining a level of subscriber information of the first party that is to be provided to...

20060117188 - Biometric print quality assurance: Quality of biometric prints is enhanced by any one of several different methods. In one embodiment, if a biometric print does not have a high enough quality, the biometric print is discarded. In another embodiment, a matching score is associated with the degree to which the two biometric prints match....

20060117189 - Cryptographic serial ata apparatus and method: A cryptographic Serial ATA (SATA) apparatus comprises a main controller, a SATA device protocol stack, a SATA host protocol stack, and a cryptographic engine. The cryptographic engine is operatively coupled between the main controller and the SATA device and host protocol stacks and configured to provide high-speed cryptographic processing....

20060117191 - Content output apparatus, content output method and content aquisition apparatus: A content output apparatus of the invention comprises an encryption processing unit configured to apply an encryption processing to the content, a recording unit configured to record the content to which the encryption processing has been applied and identification information which identifies the content itself on the network in the...

20060117190 - Data storage apparatus, data processing method, recording medium, and program: A data storage apparatus includes a storage unit having a storage area. The data storage apparatus includes a read key registration unit registering a first read key that is transmitted from a first information processing apparatus and that permits reading data from the storage area; a write control unit controlling...

20060117194 - Battery power detection device: A battery power detection device is disclosed that has a reduced circuit area and is able to achieve sufficiently high detection accuracy. The battery power detection device includes a temperature section detection unit that detects a temperature of the battery and detects one of plural predetermined temperature sections including the...

20060117195 - Host apparatus, device, and method for controlling communication system: A host apparatus that adjusts consumption of a device in accordance with the power supply capability of the host apparatus. The host apparatus includes a plurality of communication ports and devices connected to each communication port. A host controller of the host apparatus communicates with the devices to acquire equipment...

20060117192 - Power management: Each of at least two power management (PM) circuits interconnected by a signal line is adapted to control a power supply to at least one functional component associated to the power management circuit. Each PM circuit is adapted to detect a condition which allows or requires a change of a...

20060117193 - Power management in mobile computer for allocating power to peripheral device when version of expansion port may support second amount of power: The present invention introduces a power management system interface for a mobile computer system. The power management system interface allows peripheral devices to query the present power situation before activating peripheral devices that will draw power. Furthermore, peripheral devices register their power usage with the operating system such that the...

20060117196 - Information processing apparatus and control method: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus having a system body, body operation means provided on the system body, and remote operation means for use in performing a remote operation of the system body, the information processing apparatus being configured to perform processing according to operational information obtained by...

20060117198 - Electronic apparatus and power control method: An electronic apparatus comprises a connector which is connected with an external apparatus, a communication control unit which performs communication with the external apparatus via the connector, a first power supply circuit which supplies an electric power obtained from an external power supply to the communication control unit, a second...

20060117197 - Method for receiving inputs from user of electronic device: The invention relates to a method of receiving inputs by an electronic device comprising a user interface component. The user interface component is set in an inactive operating mode, such as a keypad locking mode or a screen saver mode, for substantially non-active usage of the user interface component. An...

20060117199 - Method, system, and apparatus for improving multi-core processor performance: A system, apparatus, and method for a core rationing logic to enable cores of a multi-core processor to adhere to various power and thermal constraints....

20060117200 - Method, system, and apparatus for improving multi-core processor performance: A system, apparatus, and method for a core rationing logic to enable cores of a multi-core processor to adhere to various power and thermal constraints....

20060117202 - Frequency and voltage scaling architecture: A method and apparatus for scaling frequency and operating voltage of at least one clock domain of a microprocessor. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to techniques to divide a microprocessor into clock domains and control the frequency and operating voltage of each clock domain independently of the others....

20060117203 - Maintaining synchronization of multiple data channels with a common clock signal: Maintaining synchronization when sending/receiving multiple channels of data with a corresponding common reference clock signal. Synchronization signals (e.g., pulses) are generated periodically and the timing of channels is adjusted. In an embodiment, multiple sequences of parallel data elements are received on corresponding parallel data channels using a first common clock...

20060117201 - Variable pipeline circuit: A variable pipeline comprises a first pipeline element configured to latch a first signal in response to a first edge of a clock signal to provide a second signal, a selection circuit configured to select the second signal and pass the second signal to provide a third signal, and a...

20060117204 - Apparatus and method for generating a delayed clock signal: An apparatus and method for generating a delayed clock signal is provided. The clock signal generator includes a synchronizing circuit for generating an output clock signal from an input clock signal and further includes a delay circuit having an input coupled to the output of the synchronizing circuit. The delay...

20060117205 - Data processing device with cooling fan: In the data processing device with cooling fan 3 for cooling down the processor 1 that performs data processing, the device includes: a working rate calculating section 4 for calculating the working rate of the processor 1; and a control section 5 for activating the cooling fan 3 when the...