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Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support July category listing 07/06

20060168438 - Auto configuration of portable computers for use in wireless local area networks: A method and apparatus for the configuration of a wireless network adapter is disclosed. A wireless network adapter is provided with software that enables the adapter to recognize and connect with one or more networks. Software profiles are loaded onto or created on the adapter. The software profiles each correspond...

20060168437 - Method of controlling an image forming apparatus: A method of controlling an image forming apparatus having at least one consumption part. The method includes fetching specification information corresponding to the at least one consumption part, detecting whether control information for controlling a printing operation of the image forming apparatus according to the specification information is present in...

20060168435 - Operating-system-friendly bootloader: A conventional bootloader can conflict with the operating system (OS) of a multi-processor system. An OS-friendly bootloader and methods are described that integrate an OS with a bootloader in any system in which a host processor and a client processor have a communication mechanism that requires the OS for the...

20060168436 - Systems and methods to facilitate the creation and configuration management of computing systems: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate the creation and configuration management of computing systems. According to some embodiments, component and configuration information associated with a computing system to be created is received. In addition, a target hardware platform to be associated with the computing system is determined. Based on...

20060168442 - Console redirection among linked computers: A technique for providing communication between two computers through a network in a way to allow one computer to control the other....

20060168439 - Memory dump program boot method and mechanism, and computer-readable storage medium: A memory dump program boot method includes the steps of defining, in non-volatile variables that are managed by a boot firmware of a computer system, boot information of a plurality of stand-alone dump programs that are installed in the computer system, and a table variable indicating a corresponding relationship of...

20060168440 - Os selection methods and computer systems utilizing the same: OS (Operating system) selection methods and computer system utilizing the same. A tag is provided in a storage device of a computer system. The tag is used to determine the OS used by the computer system. When the computer system boots, a master boot program checks the tag. If the...

20060168441 - Processor and firmware download method for same: A processor comprises a central processing unit that downloads firmware from outside after starting a second program that depends on a device, stores the downloaded firmware in a volatile memory, and executes predetermined processing based on the firmware stored in the volatile memory; and a non-volatile memory that stores a...

20060168443 - Transparent on-demand certificate provisioning for secure email: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for transparent on-demand certificate provisioning for secure email. The method comprises: generating a keypair and a self-signed certificate; requesting a certificate from a certification authority; temporarily securing email using the self-signed certificate; and securing email using the requested certificate,...

20060168444 - Generic pki framework: The present invention is a generic public key infrastructure (PKI) framework. A generic PKI framework can include a PKI adapter coupled to a plurality of different PKI certificate authorities (CAs). The PKI adapter can include program code enabled to select a particular one of the different PKI CAs based upon...

20060168445 - Method, gateway and system for transmitting data between a device in a public network and a device in an internal network: A gateway for connecting a public network to an internal network is provided. The gateway comprises a control unit for controlling transmission of incoming and/or outgoing data between a remote device in the public network and an internal device in the internal network; a public port connected to the public...

20060168446 - Secure broadcast/multicast service: A method of authenticating candidate members 1 wishing to participate in an IP multicast via a communication network, where data sent as part of the multicast is to be encrypted using a Logical Key Hierarchy based scheme requiring that each candidate member submit a public key to a group controller....

20060168451 - Information sending system, information sending device, information receiving device, information distribution system, information receiving system, information sending method, information receiving method, information distribution method, apparatus, send: Content data encrypted with a content key, the content key encrypted with an individual key specific to an information sending device, and the individual key encrypted with a distribution key that is updated in a predetermined cycle, and supplied are sent to an information receiving device, and the information receiving...

20060168447 - Method and system for verifying electronic signatures and microcircuit card for carrying out said method: To check a digital signature, using a microcircuit card, the microcircuit being designed to receive and to process requests to check digital signatures, the process comprises storing in a memory in the microcircuit a certificates table containing digest forms of authorized public keys, and a phase of checking a digital...

20060168448 - Raising detectability of additonal data in a media signal having few frequency components: The present invention relates to a methods, devices, a media signal as well as an information storage medium related to embedding additional data in a media signal. A first adding unit (12) mixes the media signal (x) with a noise signal (n) in order to provide a modified media signal...

20060168449 - System and method for securing online chat conversations: A system, method and program product for securing online chat conversations. The disclosed method includes the steps of capturing a chat conversation into an image file; adding a watermark to the image file; extracting the watermark from the watermarked image file; and validating the watermark....

20060168450 - System and method for watermarking in accessed data in a storage system: A system and method for watermarking data that includes a client device, a file system manager, a file server, and a storage network. The file system manager sets watermark control information. The file server includes: (1) a file writing process including a file watermark examination procedure and an action procedure,...

20060168452 - Watermarked material processing: A material (e.g. video, audio or data) processing system (648) processes material including a watermark. The system comprises a remover (640) for removing the watermark, a processor (646) for processing the material from which the watermark has been removed, and an inserter (642) for inserting a watermark into the processed...

20060168453 - Method providing protection from unauthorized access to a field device used in process automation technology: In a method for protecting against unauthorized accessing of a field device connected via a data bus with a control unit, a security program is stored in the field device. The security program executes an authorization examination, when an accessing of the field device is attempted over the data bus....

20060168454 - Methods and systems for accessing networks, methods and systems for accessing the internet: Systems and methods for providing network access, e.g. Internet access, are described. An architecture includes a host organization network through which network access is provided. The host organization network can be advantageously deployed in public areas such as airports and shopping malls. An authentication/negotiation component is provided for authenticating various...

20060168455 - Secure computer password system and method: An enhanced security method is provided for accessing information from a second computer using a password at a first computer. According to such method, a password used for accessing information is inputted to the first computer and stored on the first computer. Thereafter, the stored password is encoded using an...

20060168458 - Detecting legacy powered device in power over ethernet system: Novel system and methodology for detecting a Powered Device (PD) in a Power over Ethernet (PoE) system. A PD probing circuit generates a detection signal supplied to the PD and determines a PD response signal produced in response to the detection signal. Based on the PD response signal, the control...

20060168456 - Method and apparatus to generate circuit energy models with multiple clock gating inputs: A method, a computer program, and an apparatus are provided for generating circuit energy models for a macro using multiple clock gating inputs. Circuit energy models are used to estimate system power consumption. The present invention enables circuit energy models to be created for macros that contain multiple clock gating...

20060168457 - Power conservation technique for blade computer systems: A blade computer system includes a plurality of client devices, a blade enclosure having a plurality of blades therein, and an allocation server configured to allocate and deallocate the blades to and from the client devices. The blade enclosure is configured to place individual ones of the blades into or...

20060168461 - Power management of components having clock processing circuits: A method and system for managing power consumption of a component that employs a clock processing circuit to produce a processed clock signal used by the component from a clock signal supplied to the clock processing circuit. A frequency of a clock signal supplied to the clock processing circuit is...

20060168459 - Providing data communication between power supply device and powered device in system for supplying power over communication link: Novel circuitry and methodology for providing data communication between a power supply device and a powered device in a system for supplying power over a communication link. The power supply device, such a device for supplying power over Ethernet, receives from the powered device detection information for detecting the powered...

20060168460 - South and north bridge and related computer system for supporting cpu: A circuit, designed for supporting a computer system having a CPU, a monitor, and a system memory electrically connected to the CPU, includes a south bridge, and a north bridge electrically connected to the south bridge, the CPU, and the monitor. The north bridge includes a state machine and a...

20060168462 - Bus technique for controlling power states of blades in a blade enclosure: A blade enclosure includes a plurality of blades, an enclosure manager processing device and a bus coupling the enclosure manager processing device to each of the blades. Each blade has at least one power mode bit configured to be controlled by the enclosure manager processing device via the bus, and...

20060168463 - Register file gating to reduce microprocessor power dissipation: A circuit arrangement and method of controlling power dissipation utilize a register file (60) with power dissipation control capabilities through a banked register design coupled with enable logic (62, 82) that is configured to selectively disable unused banks (70) of registers by selectively gating off clock (74), address (76) and...

20060168464 - Disk array apparatus: A power supply unit generates a predetermined voltage from power supplied from an external power supply and outputs the voltage to a power supply line. A battery charge/discharge circuit charges a battery with the voltage supplied and determines whether to supply an output voltage of the battery to the power...

20060168465 - Synchronizing registers: Embodiments of the invention relate to synchronizing registers. An embodiment includes a plurality of processing cells each includes a plurality of CPUs, which run at different frequencies and each of which has an ar.itc timer register. A CPU in the fastest cell of the plurality of cells is referred to...

20060168466 - Universal serial bus adaptive signal rate: In some embodiments it is determined if a speed of a Universal Serial Bus cable of greater than 480 Mb per second is supported at each end of the Universal Serial Bus cable, the length of the Universal Serial Bus cable is calculated, and the speed of the Universal Serial...

20060161765 - Reducing the boot time of a client device in a client device/data center environment: A method, computer program product and system for reducing the boot time of a client device in a client device/data center environment. A profile of the client device, which includes information regarding the usage characteristics of the client device, may be created. A confidence level indicating the likelihood that the...

20060161764 - Software architecture for managing a system of heterogenous network processors and for developing portable network processor applications: A method and system for developing portable network processor applications and/or managing heterogeneous network processors in a network is disclosed. The network includes host processor(s) utilizing system configuration application(s) that are network processor independent. In one aspect, the method and system include using standardized interface(s) for each network processor, using...

20060161767 - Execution method and architecture of multiple-program-banks firmware: An execution method and architecture of multiple-program-banks firmware are proposed. The firmware is divided into multiple program banks stored in a nonvolatile memory. The program banks are also stored in a RAM. A No1 Bank manages the execution of these program banks. Programs of the program banks and updated codes...

20060161766 - Performance collection compensation: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, determine a first number of execution cycles used by a calibration program for an event group with a collector inactive, determine a second number of execution cycles used by the calibration program for the event group with the collector...

20060161768 - Method of managing software components that are integrated into an embedded system: The invention relates to a method of managing an embedded system comprising at least one original code which is associated with a computer device, at least one embedded code which is associated with the embedded system, and at least one processor which is associated with said embedded system. The invention...

20060161769 - Systems and methods for boot recovery in a secure boot process on a computer with a hardware security module: Systems and methods are provided for maintaining and updating a secure boot process on a computer with a trusted platform module (TPM). A boot process may be maintained by inspecting a log of TPM activity, determining data that prevented a secret to unseal, and returning the data to an original...

20060161770 - Network apparatus and program: A wireless LAN communication system is composed of: a wireless LAN network including an AP 4 as one of the network apparatuses and a terminal 5 as one of the wireless terminals; and a wired network such as a LAN 1 to which the AP4, an authentication server 2, and...

20060161774 - Authentication method and system between device with small computational resources and device using public key: An authentication method and system are provided for devices in a home network. The device authentication method includes: storing a secret key list that contains IDs of computationally weak devices without public key operational capabilities, each ID being provided from the respective computationally weak device, and secret keys corresponding to...

20060161773 - Microprocessor, a node terminal, a computer system and a program execution proving method: A node 10 is provided with an internal memory 42 for saving a program transmitted from a server 20, a CPU 41 for executing the program saved in the internal memory 42, a hash value calculating section 103 for performing an operation of the program executed by the CPU 41...

20060161772 - Secure authenticated channel: To prevent copying of content on interfaces, a secure authenticated channel (SAC) must be set up. This requires authentication between devices. The invention proposes an authentication protocol where a first device (e.g. a PC) authenticates itself to a second device (e.g. a peripheral device) using a challenge/response protocol and a...

20060161771 - Session key management for public wireless lan supporting multiple virtual operators: A method and apparatus for managing a session key for allowing a mobile terminal to access a wireless local area network (WLAN). The invention provides for establishing a first secure channel between an access point and a virtual operator, and suggesting a session key to the virtual operator from the...

20060161775 - Secure modem gateway concentrator: The present invention provides a method and system for secure access to computer equipment. An embodiment includes a secure access controller connected to a link between a transceiver (such as a modem) and the computer equipment. Public and private keys are used by the secure access controller and a remote...

20060161781 - Automated notary acknowledgement: A method, program, and system for notarizing and verifying documents via a distributed computer network are provided by the present invention. The invention includes creating an electronic version of the document on a client computer in the network and inserting a pre-written acknowledgment template into said electronic document, wherein the...

20060161778 - Distinguishing between devices of different types in a wireless local area network (wlan): A method and system for distinguishing between devices of different types (e.g., mobile and stationary devices) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) in order to provide additional services to one or the other. The method includes obtaining a device type for the terminal, and providing specific services to the...

20060161779 - Electronic certification and authentication system: The invention is an automated system that works in the data center of certification offices connected to the internet which enables a member of the any of the certification offices to certify his document electronically from a distance using a computer connected to the internet, digital pad, an electronic pen...

20060161776 - Embedding watermarks for protecting multiple copies of a signal: The present invention relates to methods, devices and a signal related to simplifying the embedding of watermarks in different copies of a media signal (x). The watermarking process is split into two parts, one that is based on signal dependent properties and one that is based on watermark specific properties....

20060161780 - Method and apparatus for adding signature information to electronic documents: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for adding signature information to electronic documents. One embodiment of the inventive method involves adding the signature information into a signature data field template corresponding to the electronic document, converting the signature data field template, including the added signature...

20060161782 - System and method for management of the production of printed material: A system and method for automatically or semi-automatically controlling the printing of materials that consume expensive expendable resources. A software program is installed on an individual's personal computer or workstation, on any computer on a network, on a printer server, or on the computer controlling a printer. The software program...

20060161777 - Watermark embedding and detection: Disclosed are methods and systems for embedding and for detecting digital watermarks in information signals. The method of embedding a watermark comprises the steps of providing a watermark secret (106), embedding (107) a digital watermark in an information signal (101) where said embedding is controlled by the watermark secret, calculating...

20060161783 - System and method for permission-based access using a shared account: A mechanism for rapidly authenticating an interactive user in an operating system logon session based on a shared account by using a credential delivery application to enable permission-based access to a user's remote session from the shared account is disclosed. The present invention provides the ability to switch local interactive...

20060161785 - System and method for querying a network directory for information handling system user privileges: Information handling system access to a network product, such as a predetermined application, function or information, is controlled by a server administrator associated with the product and a privilege directory associated with the network. The privilege directory has plural association objects, each association object tied to one or more users...

20060161784 - Systems and methods for updating a secure boot process on a computer with a hardware security module: Systems and methods are provided for maintaining and updating a secure boot process on a computer with a trusted platform module (TPM). A boot process may be maintained by inspecting a log of TPM activity, determining data that prevented a secret to unseal, and returning the data to an original...

20060161786 - Data and system security with failwords: A method of computer system security is proposed that uses a failword, which is a password-like string that fools the malicious user, and does not alert him that he is not gaining proper access. A failword is indistinguishable to the malicious user from a password in its apparent functionality, but...

20060161787 - Authentication key and apparatus, method, and computer program for authentication: An article that is worn or carried by a living being includes an authentication key for identifying the living being or acquiring information about the living being. The authentication key is formed on a surface of the article by processing the article. An authenticating apparatus performs authentication whether an authority...

20060161788 - Full color spectrum object authentication methods and systems: A system for authenticating sampled objects including a database, a plurality of spectrum measuring devices, and a plurality of computers. The database stores a plurality of reference patterns measured from known reference objects. Each of the spectrum measuring devices measures a region of respective sampled objects so as to produce...

20060161789 - System, method and apparatus for enabling transactions using a user enabled programmable magnetic stripe: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus that includes a user device having a magnetic field generator disposed within a substrate that is normally inactive, an initiator mounted on the substrate, a memory disposed within the substrate and a processor disposed within the substrate that is communicably coupled...

20060161790 - Systems and methods for controlling access to data on a computer with a secure boot process: Systems and methods for controlling access to data on a computer with a secure boot process can provide a highly efficient mechanism for preventing future access to encrypted digital resources. This may be advantageous in a range of scenarios, for example where a computer is sold and assurance is desired...

20060161791 - Access-controlled encrypted recording system for site, interaction and process monitoring: A high level of security for access to recorded information is provided by provision of a trusted/protected communication linkage such as a tamper-resistant or tamper evident enclosure, a physical close coupling between information source and encryption processor and/or obfuscated code or end-to-end network encryption and encryption, possibly symmetrical, of the...

20060161793 - Apparatus and methods for power management of a circuit module: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for controlling power consumption of a plug-in card or circuit module. The disclosed method, in particular, controls power to a circuit module and includes implementing a user interface and power manager to automatically control the power state of the circuit module by,...

20060161795 - Interlocked synchronous pipeline clock gating: An integrated circuit including a pipeline and a method of operating the pipeline. Each stage of the pipeline is triggered by one or more triggering events and are individually, and selectively, stalled by a stall signal. For each stage a stall signal, delayed with respect to the stall signal of...

20060161794 - Prioritizing power throttling in an information handling system: Prioritization of power throttling of servers in an information handling system may be based upon slot or location priority, subscription priority, and/or greatest power usage. A power system having a capacity of less than the maximum connected power load is monitored to determine the power being drawn therefrom. When the...

20060161792 - Reducing power/area requirements to support sleep mode operation when regulators are turned off: A single sleep mode controller which ensures that there is at least a corresponding minimum voltage level across capacitors when the corresponding regulators are turned off. In an embodiment, the sleep mode controller uses a single comparator which compares the voltages across capacitors in a time division multiplexed (TDM) manner,...

20060161796 - Enabling a client device in a client device/data center environment to resume from a sleep state more quickly: A method, computer program product and system for enabling a client device in a client device/data center environment to resume from sleep state more quickly. The resource in the server blade used for suspending the activity of the computing state of the client device in order to enter the client...

20060161797 - Asynchronous wrapper for a globally asynchronous, locally synchronous (gals) circuit: The invention concerns an asynchronous wrapper for a globally asynchronous, locally synchronous circuit. The asynchronous wrapper operates with a request signal-driven clock control, supplemented by a local clock unit in the absence of request signals. It has at least one input unit which is adapted to receive a request signal...

20060161798 - Network synchronization technique: A network synchronization method allows reduced frequency fluctuations due to synchronization control in a network. Each node connected to the network has time information individually varying in a period of T. A time master node periodically notifies its own time information to time slave devices. Each time slave node prepares...

20060161799 - Method and device for setting the clock frequency of a processor: In order to set the clock frequency of a processor it is proposed that a processor load value be determined, representing a measure for the instructions carried out by the processor during a unit of time, and the clock frequency of a clock signal of the processor be set depending...

20060155977 - System and method for information handling system boot device branding of boot information: Information handling system boot with an operating system initiated by a BIOS maintains consistency of storage device numbering order between the BIOS and the operating system by branding BIOS storage device configuration information on the storage devices for subsequent use by the operating system. A branding module in a Linux...

20060155978 - Method for initialising programmable systems: The invention relates to a method for initialising programmable systems, whereby the information necessary for initialising registers and internal and/or external components is held in an external memory and read out. The aim of the invention is a method whereby all registers and components may be initialised, a flexible initialisation...

20060155979 - Multiple execution-path system: A multiple execution-path flash system includes a main flash image with primary and secondary POST and Boot executable files. The secondary executables are offset from the primary executables by a predetermined offset address. If corrupted data is encountered during Boot, the exception handler sets an offset bit resulting in the...

20060155980 - Method and system for reacting to a change of a upnp device: The invention relates to a method of reacting, by a UPnP control point (302), to an upcoming change of a configuration of a UPnP device (304), the method comprising: offering a migration service, by the UPnP device, to the UPnP control point (302); subscribing to the migration service by the...

20060155981 - Network device, network system and group management method: A group is formed from appliances permitted by a user, to realize safe communication between appliances joining to the group. A group management processing unit 302 generates an encryption key used for cipher communication within the group, and stores the encryption key together with information required for cipher communication into...

20060155982 - Broadcast router having a shared configuration repository: A broadcast router includes plural input cards through, first and second router matrix card and plural output cards. Programmable devices residing on the cards requiring configuration issue a request for configuration to a main controller which resides, with a shared configuration information repository on a configuration control card. After a...

20060155983 - Method of local data distribution preserving rights of a remote party: A method and system of data distribution of musical data preserving the rights of a remote party employing cryptographic keys both a public key and a private key whereby a recipient must know a secret key in order to read some protected data. The sender must know a key to...

20060155984 - Apparatus, method and computer software products for controlling a home terminal: An internet terminal (110), which is a home terminal apparatus, is comprised of: a communication unit (111) for sending and receiving packet data; an encryption unit (112) for encrypting and decrypting packet data; a packet generation unit (113) for generating packet data to be sent to a server apparatus (200);...

20060155986 - Method and system for distribution of software: Method for distribution of software components, which may comprise deriving a first software component identifier from a relevant software component, creating integrity test data by performing an integrity test on the software component, creating an integrity certificate comprising the integrity test data by a certificate originator, labeling the integrity certificate...

20060155985 - Method and system with authentication, revocable anonymity and non-repudiation: The present invention relates to a method of access to a service consisting in i) identifying and registering a client (C), ii) authenticating the client to an anonymous certification authority, iii) authenticating the client by producing an anonymous signature and opening and maintaining an anonymous authentication session with a server...

20060155987 - Method for processing information parts of recorded data: The method, device and medium according to the invention provide (restricted) forward compatibility to higher device/medium versions. It is provided a defined behaviour of an older device, if it has to handle information of a higher version number than supported by itself. A device according to the invention is able...

20060155988 - Systems and methods for securely booting a computer with a trusted processing module: In a computer with a trusted platform module (TPM), an expected hash value of a boot component may be placed into a platform configuration register (PCR), which allows a TPM to unseal a secret. The secret may then be used to decrypt the boot component. The hash of the decrypted...

20060155989 - Diligent control of preview of stored contents: A method of transmitting contents, which are to be received at a reception side where a portion of the contents is previewed while the contents are not accessible for playing other than for a preview purpose, includes the steps of encrypting the contents by a first encryption key, generating information...

20060155991 - Authentication method, encryption method, decryption method, cryptographic system and recording medium: An authentication method, encryption method, decryption method, cryptographic system and recording medium are disclosed. The present invention includes the steps of decrypting authentication information and a content provider's public key stored in a certificate signed by a certificate authority with a public key of the certificate authority to authenticate the...

20060155990 - Device authentication information installation system: A CE apparatus (9) is a terminal capable of including apparatus authentication information therein with a high degree of safety. A management server (7) encrypts apparatus authentication information and transmits the encrypted apparatus authentication information to a factory (5). A factory worker links a connection means (10) to a connector...

20060155992 - Data processing method, its program and its device: Mutual authentication is performed by using first and second authentication key data between a first data processing device and a second data processing device. When the mutual authentication is succeeded, the first data processing device uses encryption key data for encrypting predetermined data and outputs the data to the second...

20060155994 - Method of calculating broadband access server dhcp user's on-line time: A method of calculating broadband access server DHCP user's on-line time includes the steps of: (a) setting an inner time, an outer time and a flow threshold for said access server to count user's data flow, wherein the inner time is shorter than the outer time; (b) starting time charging...

20060155995 - Secure network/service access: A method of authenticating a user access network to a mobile node, where the mobile node wishes to access a service via the access network, the method comprising: establishing a secure transport channel between the mobile node and a service access node of the visited network, said channel being bound...

20060155993 - Service provider anonymization in a single sign-on system: A method for sign-on in a network based communications environment is described. Authentication of a first entity is requested by a second entity for accessing a service to be provided by the second entity to the first entity. The authentication is provided by a third entity. Data that identify the...

20060155996 - System and method for constraint resolution: A method of determining the compatibility of respective information associated with at least two parties is described. The method comprises: a first and second party each expressing their respective information in an agreed format; processing the information according to a two-phase double-encryption process, in which the first party encrypts their...

20060155997 - Method and apparatus to provide failover capability of cached secure sessions: A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing failover capability of cached secure sessions is presented. A cached secure session involving a first device and a second device is identified. The cached secure session is encrypted and replicated to a failover device. The encrypted session is then decrypted on...

20060155998 - Clearinghouse server for internet telephony and multimedia communications: A clearinghouse server for routing multi-media communications, including telephony calls, between a source device and a destination device via a distributed computer network, such as the global Internet. The clearinghouse server can authorize the completion of a communication from a source device to a destination device and collect usage-related information...

20060155999 - System and method for establishing and managing relationships between pseudonymous identifications and memberships in organizations: A system and method for bonding a pseudonymous identity to an organization to provide assurance that a user claiming to be a member or representative of the organization may anonymously post messages or documents to electronic forum. The system and method includes distribution of tokens from an authentication authority to...

20060156000 - Integrated software and method for authenticating same: The invention concerns a method for authenticating a software downloaded in a terminal, comprising the following steps: authenticating by certificate said downloaded software by means of a software integrated in said terminal; authenticating by certificate, during execution of said downloaded software, said integrated software by means of an authenticating software...

20060156001 - Personalisation of security modules: A security module, a personalization unit and a method for use thereof, where the security module contains a secret key from a key pair for asymmetrical encryption, and the personalization unit produces a certificate about the public key from the key pair and sends it to the security module together...

20060156010 - Apparatus for reproducing data, method thereof and recording medium: An apparatus for reproducing data, method thereof and recording medium are disclosed. In reproducing a title configured with data within a recording medium and/or data within a local storage, a method of reproducing data, the present invention includes the steps of checking information of identifying an application associated with the...

20060156007 - Code authentication upon bootup for cable modems: An exemplary embodiment of a method (10) for authenticating software in a cable modem makes use of a secure key and certificate stored in flash memory. In this exemplary embodiment, the code employs a key to validate (16) a signature that is generated for each new build of the code....

20060156006 - Differentiated proxy digital signatures: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing input to a workflow application. Source documents are received that have respective original signatures but no digital signatures. The source documents can be paper documents, or they can be scanned representations of paper documents. Proxy digital signatures are applied to digital...

20060156008 - Last line of defense ensuring and enforcing sufficiently valid/current code: A computer is adapted for self-validation using a dedicated validation circuit or process. The validation circuit may include a timing circuit for activating the validation process, a verification circuit for verifying the computer is in compliance with a pre-determined set of conditions and an enforcement circuit for imposing a sanction...

20060156009 - Method and apparatus for enhancing security of wireless communications: The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for enhancing security of communications. The apparatus comprises a security processing unit, a data processing unit, a cross-layer watermarking unit, and optionally a smart antenna processor. The security processing unit generates a token/key to be used in watermarking and sends...

20060156005 - Method and device for making secure execution of a computer programme: A method for making secure execution of a computer programme includes a set of at least one instruction, characterized in that it includes: a first step which consists in calculating and storing, prior to execution of the computer programme, a first signature representing the expected execution of the set of...

20060156004 - Vl1w processor with power saving: A data processing apparatus has an instruction memory system arranged to output an instruction word, capable of containing a plurality of instructions, respective instruction words being output in response to respective instruction addresses. An instruction execution unit contains a plurality of functional units, each capable of executing a respective instruction...

20060156002 - Watermark detection: A watermark detection method is disclosed which is based on computing the cross-correlation between a suspect signal and a watermark. In order to be more robust against prolonged dominant signal components that adversely affect the correlation, the sequence of signal samples (61) to be correlated with the watermark is divided...

20060156003 - Watermarking digital data at a user device: A method of watermarking digital media data in a user device using a watermark that contains information derived from the digital media data content and the user device specific information to enable improved enforcement of the digital media data content copyright license....

20060156011 - Network device having time correction function: A network device which is provided. This device is connected to a network, and includes an internal clock, a time information obtaining section that obtains time information from a time server on the network, a time correcting section that corrects the internal clock based on the time information; wherein when...

20060156013 - Digital signature software using ephemeral private key and system: Facilitating communication using a digital signature includes: communicating software to a first party; receiving from the first party a public key of a public-private key pair generated using the software; and recording in a database the public key in association with information pertaining to the software. The key pair is...

20060156012 - Facilitating digital signature based on ephemeral private key: Facilitating communication using a digital signature includes: receiving user input data (UID); generating a first key as a deterministic function of the UID; clearing the UID; generating a second key as a deterministic function of the first key; clearing the first key following generation of the second key; and exporting...

20060156014 - Fixed client identification system for positive identification of client to server: A tamperproof ClientID system to uniquely identify a client machine is invoked upon connection of a client application to a backend. Upon initial connection, the backend issues a unique ClientID containing a checksum. The client-application prepares at least two different scrambled versions of the ClientID and stores them in respective...

20060156015 - Secure indirect addressing: An efficient solution for secure implementation of indirect addressing (IA) is described. IA may be used, for example, in networks of which the routing algorithms are not capable of multicast but also contain very constrained devices that, although requiring multicast, are not capable of repeated unicast. This ID is useful...

20060156023 - Credential mapping of weblogic and database user ids: A connection pool can use a credential mapper to map credentials for an application server into a credential to use with the database management system. This can allow objects such as an Enterprise Java Bean to access the database with more specific credentials than the anonymous connection pool connection user...

20060156020 - Method and apparatus for centralized security authorization mechanism: A method and apparatus for providing an extensible grouping mechanism for security applications for use in a computer system. Groups may be established and maintained by non-system administrators and used to control actions that are taken with respect to objects, such as files and other resources. The groups and associated...

20060156021 - Method and apparatus for providing permission information in a security authorization mechanism: A method and apparatus for providing an extensible grouping mechanism for security applications for use in a computer system. Groups may be established and maintained by non-system administrators and used to control actions that are taken with respect to objects, such as files and other resources. The groups and associated...

20060156016 - Session start method, icon image creation device, session startg program, and icon image creation program: A session initiating method includes specifying an icon image corresponding to a user; determining whether start information is embedded in the icon image; extracting the start information from the icon image based on an algorithm that is unique to the user when it is determined that the start information is...

20060156017 - System and method for controlling access to an electronic message recipient: A system for, and method of, generating a plurality of proxy identities to a given originator identity as a means of providing controlled access to the originator identity in electronic communications media such as e-mail and instant messaging....

20060156019 - System and method for initializing secure communications with lightweight devices: System and methods for initializing secure communications with lightweight devices are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes enabling a device manager to securely communicate with a lightweight device, the method comprising receiving encrypted data from the device manager, wherein the device manager received the encrypted data from the...

20060156022 - System and method for providing a proxied contact management system: A system and method for providing a Proxied Contact Management System (PCMS) so that individual owners of personal contact data may control and manage the access and dissemination of their personal data and also control who may contact them. The owner of personal contact data may securely register the data...

20060156024 - Systems and methods for disk drive access under changes in environmental parameters: The present invention provides novel approaches to control access to hard disk drive based on surrounding environments. It first detects one or more environmental parameters surrounding the drive and/or an appliance, then blocks access to the drive when one or more conditions are unfavorable. This description is not intended to...

20060156018 - Template access control lists: A method, apparatus and computer program product for producing and processing template access control lists (ACLs) is presented. The method, apparatus and computer program product obtain a first ACL having a first rule set, the first rule set including a peer Internet Protocol (IP) address. The first rule set is...

20060156025 - Machine tool program unauthorized use preventing device: A program unauthorized-use preventing device (10) includes a storage section (12) for storing various optional operation programs in a machine tool, a display section (16) for displaying first and second program-selection images (14, 22) for selecting a desired operation program, and a processing section (20) for reading out the operation...

20060156026 - Password encryption key: A password-encrypted key (PEK) is generated from a user-supplied password or other identifyting data and then used to encrypt the user's password. The encrypted password is stored in a user record on a server. At login a would-be user's password is again used to make a key, which is then...

20060156027 - Method of secure transmission: A method, a system, and an apparatus for proving secure transmissions from a smartcard reader are described. A signal created by the smartcard reader dependent on the smartcard is encrypted. The signal comprises access information. The encrypted signal is transmitted to a remote location relative to the smartcard reader. The...

20060156028 - Security management method, program, and information device: In a state in which a fingerprint authentication mode is set, a fingerprint authentication unit authenticates a fingerprint input in accordance with an input instruction, performs unlocking if the authentication is successful, instructs another fingerprint input if the authentication fails, and determines unauthorized use and switches the mode to a...

20060156029 - System and method for biometric verification in a delivery process: Described is a method and system for providing a verified delivery of a package. First, registration information is obtained from a recipient; the registration information includes a biometric identification of the recipient. A delivery service obtains the package from a sender which is addressed to the recipient and forwards the...

20060156030 - Data processing system and method: A data processing system (102) determines whether or not the access destination according to an access request from an access request source is an infectable storage device that is a storage device (111) that may already store data that has not been virus scanned, and the system changes the virus...

20060156031 - Access trimmed user interface: Reducing the number of inquiries required to determine access rights accorded to documents, in particular documents stored at a Web site, is disclosed. Upon receipt of a request for documents, a list of the documents is opened by the receiving server and data denoting the user access level of every...

20060156032 - Network-based patching machine: A universal patching machine is used to provide network-based security for a data network. The universal patching machine may be implemented on a network appliance located at the edge of the data network. From this location, the universal patching machine intercepts data traffic between the internet and the data network....

20060156033 - Chip integrated protection means: The invention relates to a chip for processing a content, comprising at least a microprocessor. Said chip includes an integrated non-volatile programmable memory for storing protection data and protected data, said protection data being intended to be used for authorizing/denying access to said protected data by said microprocessor under execution...

20060156034 - Data bus line and bus: The present application relates to a data bus line to secure secrecy of digital data without a complicated exchange of hardware and decreasing processing speed....

20060156036 - Method and portable storage device for allocating secure area in insecure area: A method for extending a secure area in a portable storage device and the portable storage device therefore are provided. The method includes allocating a secure area for storing data to be received within an insecure area, sending position information regarding the secure area allocated within the insecure area to...

20060156037 - On-line directory assistance system: An approach for providing an on-line directory assistance services is disclosed. An on-line directory assistance system includes a server that receives a request message for information over a packet switched network from an access device. The server forwards the information to the access device in response to the request message,...

20060156038 - Recording medium with copy protection indicating information and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, reproducing and restricting reproduction of the recording medium: A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium, such as BD-ROM, which includes copy protection indicating information, which can identify whether copy protection information is needed or not for the playback of contents stored on the recording medium, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, and...

20060156035 - System and method for managing access to a storage drive in a computer system: A system and method for unlocking storage drives during the transition from a low power state to an operational state in a computer system is disclosed. During initiation of the computer system, a password for each password-protected storage drive is saved to a memory location in the computer system. During...

20060156043 - Dynamic power and clock-gating method and circuitry: Power-gated circuitry is put in a “sleep mode” that selectively gates both the power supply rails for static power control and the clock distribution for dynamic power control. A time interval M is established following a wake-up signal that includes the time to power-up, perform a computation, and return a...

20060156046 - Interlocked synchronous pipeline clock gating: An integrated circuit including a pipeline and a method of operating the pipeline. Each stage of the pipeline is triggered by one or more triggering events and are individually, and selectively, stalled by a stall signal. For each stage a stall signal, delayed with respect to the stall signal of...

20060156040 - Method and apparatus to dynamically change an operating frequency and operating voltage of an electronic device: In one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising determining a target operating point for an electronic device, the target operating point including a target operating frequency and a target operating voltage; and dynamically changing a current operating point for the electronic device including a current operating frequency and a...

20060156042 - Method, system and calibration technique for power measurement and management over multiple time frames: A method and system and calibration technique for power measurement and management over multiple time frames provides responsive power control while meeting global system power consumption and power dissipation limits. Power output of one or more system power supplies is measured and processed to produce power values over multiple differing...

20060156039 - Power supply for an asynchronous data treatment circuit: The invention relates to a method and feed circuit for an asynchronous calculation element (1) of an integrated circuit, wherein the instantaneous power supply of the calculation element is randomly varied....

20060156045 - Reducing power consumption in embedded systems by controlling voltage based on system state and partition designation: An embedded system optimally operates with minimal power consumption without sacrificing performance. Power consumption can be reduced by independently and dynamically controlling multiple power partitions, wherein components within a partition can have the same power profile. States of operation can be programmably defined in a table and enforced using hardware....

20060156044 - Signal detection method, frequency detection method, power consumption control method, signal detecting device, frequency detecting device, power consumption control device and electronic apparatus: A power consumption control device for detecting output of a pulse signal from an output terminal of an oscillator as an operation monitoring target and outputting a power consumption reduction signal when the pulse signal is not detected in a predetermined period of time, includes a p-type transistor and an...

20060156041 - System and method for power management of plural information handling systems: Information handling system power consumption across plural information handling systems, such as a rack of servers, is managed to restrict operations of the information handling systems to within a maximum total power consumption. Power consumption is restricted if necessary to maintain a level below the maximum by selectively operating one...

20060156047 - Power saving device and electronic device using the same: A microcomputer 11 stays in a power saving mode until a remote control signal is input and a first interrupt signal is input to an interrupt terminal 14. When the first interrupt signal is input, the microcomputer 11 performs an intermittent operation in which the power saving mode and the...

20060156048 - Automatic cache activation and deactivation for power reduction: The amount of chip power that is consumed for cache storage size maintenance is optimized by the close monitoring and control of frequency of missed requests, and the proportion of frequently recurring items to all traffic items. The total number of hit slots is measured per interval of time and...

20060156049 - Digital clock dividing circuit: Disclosed is a digital dividing circuit for dividing a timing signal. Memory elements are disposed in opposed pairs at opposed sides of a data loop. Each memory element is clocked to change the data bit it stores on each clock pulse. At least two opposed nodes along the data loop...

20060156050 - System and method of determining the speed of digital application specific integrated circuits: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for identifying a running speed of an integrated circuit is provided. An asynchronous multi-rail circuit is configured to receive input data and transmit output data. A completion detection circuit is configured to generate a completion detection signal for the asynchronous...

20060149954 - Apparatus and method for accommodating different central processing units in a computer: A computer may use either of two types of central processing units having similar boot vectors by detecting which type of processor is present and dynamically adjusting, if necessary, the initialization-instruction address signals associated with one or the other type. Detecting which type of processor is present may be performed...

20060149955 - Customization of electronic devices via pre-boot space: Methods and apparatuses for maintaining customization information for an electronic device in an operating system independent component that may be accessed prior to completion of a boot up process to be used to provide customized functionality of the electronic device....

20060149956 - Instant-on computer system and method for instantly booting a computer system: A method for instantly booting a computer system is provided. In an embodiment, a flag for activation of a first operating system or a second operating system of the computer system is defined. A quick key is enabled to activate the computer system. A BIOS of the computer system is...

20060149957 - Method for initializing a ram of an electronic device: Disclosed is a method for initializing a RAM of an electronic device capable of reducing a time consumed for a RAM initializing process to rapidly make progress a boot-up process of an electronic device such as mobile communication terminal. The method comprises steps of filling a zero-initialize region of the...

20060149958 - Code download in a system having multiple integrated circuits with a jtag capability: An electronic product (500) including a first integrated circuit (502) coupled to a first memory (506) and at least a second integrated circuit (508, 512) coupled (516, 518, 520) to the first integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit loads information, such as a first code image, from the first memory...

20060149959 - Concurrent processing of operations in a boot sequence: Provided are a method, system, and program for concurrent processing of operations in a boot sequence. A first processor signals a second processor to begin initialization and initializes computer resources. The second processor issues commands to initialize at least one storage device to place the at least one storage device...

20060149960 - Managing memory modules: A method and system for managing memory modules or memory devices is disclosed. The memory modules or memory devices are managed by using a microcontroller on the memory module. A user can remotely control the memory module by sending instructions and data to the microcontroller. The microcontroller can cause the...

20060149961 - Contents player and playing method, mobile code providing device and providing method applied to drm system: A contents player, a method for playing contents, a mobile code providing device and a method for providing a mobile code, that are applied to a digital rights management (DRM) system. The contents player applied to the DRM system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes a network...

20060149962 - Network attached encryption: A method and apparatus are provided for managing cryptographic keys and performing cryptographic services within server or other computing environments. An appliance functions as a cryptographic key server to secure cryptographic keys and provide cryptographic operations as a network service....

20060149963 - System and method for data communications allowing slave device to be network peers: A system and method for peer-to-peer communication between a slave device and network resources wherein the slave device, for example, a smart card, communicates using a protocol designed to allow the smart card to communicate over a half-duplex serial communications link while appearing to applications and network nodes as being...

20060149964 - Auditable and track-able key distribution and installation system and method for wireless networks: An auditable and track-able key distribution and installation method and system for wireless networks. The method includes registering an installation device and writing a one time use key to the installation device. When an installer installs nodes onto a network, with each installation of a node, the one time use...

20060149965 - System, method and computer program product for detecting a rogue member in a multicast group: A system for multicasting a data packet in a multicast group includes a network entity, and a plurality of members of the multicast group. A member can notify the network entity of a rogue member of the group claiming an identity of a spoofed member of the group. In response...

20060149966 - Method and apparatus for authenticating components: A method and apparatus is provided for authenticating a component (450) for use in a device (100). The device (100) has a predetermined challenge and a predetermined response associated with the predetermined challenge stored in a memory (122). The method detects whether the component (450) has been coupled to the...

20060149967 - User authentication method and system for a home network: An external authentication method authenticates access a home network from outside the home network using temporal credential information. The method of authentication for the home network includes requesting a transmission of temporal credential information from the home server for authenticating a user, and receiving the temporal credential information from the...

20060149968 - Method and system for protecting a computer and a network from hostile downloadables: Protection systems and methods provide for protecting one or more personal computers (“PCs”) and/or other intermittently or persistently network accessible devices or processes from undesirable or otherwise malicious operations of Java™ applets, ActiveX™ controls, JavaScript™ scripts, Visual Basic scripts, add-ins, downloaded/uploaded programs or other “Downloadables” or “mobile code” in whole...

20060149969 - Authentication method of hard disk drive and recording medium storing the same: An authentication method of an external hard disk drive (HDD) and a recording medium storing the authentication method are provided. The method of authenticating a host system by the HDD accessed by the host system includes receiving authentication information from the host system, determining whether the authentication information received from...

20060149970 - Authentication method and device: [MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS] Authentication method adopted by the present invention comprises: a step that forwards to a communication device of a user a registration identifier that identifies the user and/or the communication device by including the identifier in an address of registration screen peculiar to the user and/or...

20060149971 - Apparatus, method, and system to determine identity and location of a user with an acoustic signal generator coupled into a user-authenticating fingerprint sensor: An ergonomic, easy-to-use, device-independent, authenticator apparatus is disclosed. The authenticator of the present invention is used in conjunction with a communicating device such as a cellular telephone. The authenticator and the communicating device together are used to communicate a user's identity and location data to a tracking center. The authenticator...

20060149973 - Digital information copying management apparatus: A digital information copying management apparatus includes a data storage unit that is arranged to store data, a data processing unit that controls writing and reading of the data to and from the data storage unit, a bus that connects the data storage unit and the data processing unit for...

20060149972 - Method for realizing security storage and algorithm storage by means of semiconductor memory device: A method of realizing data security storage and algorithm storage by means of semiconductor memory device employs high level security memory technology, while provides users' data transmission storage. Further, the invention provides an open application interface to support writing and invoking user self-defined algorithm. The invention also comprises dual password...

20060149974 - Device and method for on-die temperature measurement: A system for measuring and managing thermal operations of a processor core on a semiconductor die using a sensor positioned in a hotspot of the processor core. A measured temperature reading is determined based upon a temperature sensed by the sensor. Interrupt signals and a software readable register indicating temperature...

20060149979 - Disk array system: A disk array system including at least one channel control portion, at least one disk control portion, a cache memory, a cache switch, a shared memory, a power unit, and a casing for storing the channel control portion, the disk control portion, the cache memory, the cache switch, the shared...

20060149978 - Method and system for managing power delivery for power over ethernet systems: A method for managing the delivery of power for a plurality of devices includes allocating a power limit for each of the plurality of devices and providing power to at least one of the plurality of devices. The method also includes, in response to the providing of power, measuring the...

20060149975 - Operating point management in multi-core architectures: Systems and methods of managing operating points provide for determining the number of active cores in a plurality of processor cores. A maximum operating point is selected for at least one of the active cores based on the number of active cores. In one embodiment, the number of active cores...

20060149977 - Power managing point-to-point ac coupled peripheral device: Embodiments of the present invention can receive an indication to place a peripheral device in a low power state. The peripheral device can be coupled to a system through a point-to-point, AC coupled bus structure. To enter the low power state, operating power to the peripheral device can be disabled....

20060149976 - System and method for managing power control and data communication among devices: A system for managing devices comprises a first device comprising a first interface and a second device comprising a second interface. The second interface is coupled to the first interface using a communication cable that comprises both power wires and data wires. The second device further comprises a power controller...

20060149982 - Memory power saving state: Embodiments described herein provide a power saving state for a memory system. For example, a memory system may derive clocking information from a training pattern sent over a memory channel. A memory may comprise a link to receive training frames, and circuitry to derive a clock from the training frames,...

20060149980 - Power management in an ieee 802.11 ibss using an end of atim frame and a dynamically determine atim period: An apparatus and method is provided for power management in an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) that replaces the Ad-hoc Traffic Indication Message (ATIM) and its associated control logic, with a protocol comprising a variable length Data Alert frame transmission period or Data Alert window...

20060149981 - Translation lookaside buffer (tlb) suppression for intra-page program counter relative or absolute address branch instructions: In a pipelined processor, a pre-decoder in advance of an instruction cache calculates the branch target address (BTA) of PC-relative and absolute address branch instructions. The pre-decoder compares the BTA with the branch instruction address (BIA) to determine whether the target and instruction are in the same memory page. A...

20060149983 - Semiconductor device with clock failure detection circuitry: A semiconductor device is composed of an oscillator circuit developing a clock, and an oscillation failure detect unit. The an oscillation failure detect unit is configured to obtain at least one count value through counting clock pulses of the clock, and to activate an oscillation failure detect signal in response...

20060149984 - Positioning signal receiving apparatus: A GPS receiver is alternately switched between sleep conditions under which between sleep conditions under which a temperature-compensated crystal oscillator is shut off for a specific sleep time while a real-time clock section is kept operational and normal operating conditions under which both the temperature-compensated crystal oscillator and the real-time...

20060149985 - Power management of multi-processor servers: A method and system are provided for dynamically managing delivery of power to partitionable elements in a computer system while supporting terms of a Service Level Agreement (SLA). Parameters of the SLA are gathered in conjunction with the topology of the computer system. Transactions associated with the SLA are monitored...

20060149986 - Fault tolerant system and controller, access control method, and control program used in the fault tolerant system: The present invention has been made to realize access processing performed in accordance with synchronous/asynchronous state between processors in a fault tolerant system. In two systems that constitute a fault tolerant system, a router assigns, to an access packet transmitted from a CPU to an IO device, tag information including...

20060149988 - Calculating apparatus having a plurality of stages: A calculating apparatus, or system, having a plurality of stages, such as in a pipeline arrangement, has the clocking rail or conductor positioned alongside the stages. With a large number, i.e., hundreds, of stages arranged in parallel sub-arrays, the clocking conductor is snaked alongside the sub-arrays. In individual stages it...

20060149987 - Keep-out clock alignment cycle coherency protection: In some embodiments an apparatus and method may comprise a plurality of lanes between two clock domains, each lane comprising circuitry to generate a first signal when the lane may lose cycle coherency with other of the plurality of lanes, generate a second signal to signify a lane has been...

20060149989 - Method and apparatus for generating a second signal having a clock based on a second clock from a first signal having a first clock: An apparatus for generating a second signal having a clock based on a second clock from a first signal with a first clock comprises first and second means for sampling the first signal to determine whether the first signal has a predetermined logic state, wherein first means samples the first...