Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 09/06

20060212692 - Computer system: In investigating the cause of a fault in a computer storage system, it is considered useful to previously prepare maintenance logical units (LUs) of a simple structure, the operation of which has been confirmed. If the same number of LUs as servers are prepared for each server as in the...

20060212691 - Electronic device having an alterable configuration and methods of manufacturing and configuring the same: An electronic device having an alterable configuration and methods of manufacturing and configuring the same are provided. The electronic device includes a processor and a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory stores a boot ROM and can store a first operating system in a first operating system partition and a second...

20060212693 - Multi-chip package device: A multi-chip package device includes first and second memory chips configured to share addresses and control signals. The first and second memory chips each include main memory, buffer memory, an option terminal for receiving an option voltage, an access signal generation block, and a controller. The main memory of the...

20060212694 - Method of updating firmware in computer server systems: A method of updating firmware in a computer server system is disclosed which method includes disconnecting access from a south bridge to a flash memory when the system is in an operating state; writing an updating firmware from a terminal to the flash memory via a base-board management controller; and...

20060212695 - Remote boot method and mechanism, and computer-readable storage medium: A remote boot method loads an image of an operating system from a file apparatus that is connected to a computer system to a main memory of the computer system and starting the operating system, and remotely specifies an image of a boot target from a system monitoring mechanism that...

20060212697 - Content reproduction apparatus and content reproduction method: A content reproduction apparatus (a) reads a specific server identifier, from a recording medium storing the specific server identifier and a content data item including a destination identifier, to store the specific server identifier in a table, (b) certifies a server corresponding to the specific sever identifier, (c) certifies the...

20060212696 - Method and system for selective information delivery in a rich client form: The present invention is directed to a method and system for delivering user selective information from a rich client to multiple parties through a single GUI. Rich client interfaces may be designed to submit information to multiple destinations, targeting to access multiple web services. In the present invention, users of...

20060212698 - System, method and apparatus for electronically protecting data and digital content: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data by extracting the sensitive data from a data storage on a client, sending the extracted data to a server for storage, receiving a pointer indicating where the extracted data has been stored and replacing the sensitive data...

20060212699 - Method and apparatus for certifying a design of a software computer program: A software module (SM) is traced from its origin as an abstract design created by a software vendor, through implementation of the abstract design into an executable SM by a software implementer, and up through delivery by the software vendor of the executable SM to a downloading device that will...

20060212700 - Method for processing network selection information for a user terminal in a wireless local area network: The present invention discloses a method for processing network selection information for a user terminal in wireless local area network (WLAN). When a WLAN user terminal accesses a wireless communications network via a WLAN access network (WLAN AN), the WLAN user terminal sends to the WLAN AN an authentication signal...

20060212702 - Authenticating an endpoint using a stun server: Authenticating an endpoint using a STUN server includes facilitating a communication session between a first endpoint and a second endpoint over a network. A challenge request is sent to the second endpoint. The challenge request attempts to authenticate the second endpoint and includes an identification. The identification is associated with...

20060212701 - Automatic centralized authentication challenge response generation: A centralized challenge response verification server such as a RADIUS server is used to generate challenge responses as well as to verify challenge responses. In this way, the requirement for all machines to maintain a set of shared secrets corresponding to all potential peers is eliminated. In an embodiment of...

20060212703 - E-mail transfer method and device: In a method and a device for transferring an e-mail by a public key cryptography between an e-mail transmission device and an e-mail reception device, a trigger message to which user authentication data and a public key are added is received from a transmitting side client, and trust is assigned...

20060212709 - Authenticated device and individual authentication system: It is made possible to prevent “spoofing” and incur no additional management cost as effectively as possible. An authenticated device includes: at least one authenticated element that generates an output signal with characteristics spontaneously varying, at the time of manufacturing, with respect to a continuous input signal. The characteristics of...

20060212707 - Digitally signing an electronic document with a user-entered signature image: Methods, systems, and computer program products digitally sign an electronic entity, such as an electronic document, with a user-entered signature image. The method involves rendering the document and rendering a sign dialog. Rendering the sign dialog includes prompting the signer to write a signature to sign the document. The method...

20060212708 - Document signature method & system: A system and method for executing a document in a verifiable manner is described where the system displays an electronic document, receiving an identifying characteristic of a party executing the document. The system then adds an electronic form of the identifying characteristic to the electronic document and receives confirmation that...

20060212704 - Forensic for fingerprint detection in multimedia: The subject matter includes systems, engines, methods, and schemata for embedding spread-spectrum fingerprints in multimedia content: a first fingerprint to identify a recipient of the multimedia content and a second fingerprint at a location in the first fingerprint that represents a subset of a much larger group of recipients. By...

20060212710 - Method and apparatus for encoding symbols carrying payload data for watermarking an audio or video signal, and method and apparatus for decoding symbols carrying payload data of a watermarked audio or video signal: Watermark information (denoted WM) consists of several symbols which are embedded continuously in an audio or a video signal. At decoder site the WM is regained using correlation of the received signal with an m-sequence if Spread Spectrum is used. In some watermark technology the watermark information is transmitted asynchronously,...

20060212706 - Scalable session management: Scalable session management is achieved by generating a cookie that includes an encrypted session key and encrypted cookie data. The cookie data is encrypted using the session key. The session key is then signed and encrypted using one or more public/private key pairs. The encrypted session key can be decrypted...

20060212705 - Wireless communication method and apparatus for generating, watermarking and securely transmitting content: A method and apparatus for securing transmission of content created by a content generation device embedded in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) by determining what type of watermarks should be applied to the content and incorporating the watermarks in the content. The WTRU includes a content generation unit, a watermark...

20060212711 - Communication device and communication method: A time stamp range designating unit is provided in a communication device, such as, for example, an Internet facsimile machine. A range for acquiring time stamp data is designated for an electronic file, and acquired time stamp data and the electronic file are associated by using an ID. The electronic...

20060212712 - Systems and methods for processing message attachments: Message attachment processing is described. In an implementation, a method is described in which each of a plurality of message attachments are processed to generate a corresponding unique identifier such that each message attachment that matches, one to another, has a matching unique identifier. A determination is then made whether...

20060212713 - Management and security of personal information: Methods, systems, and computer readable media are provided for managing and securing personal information. Personal information is stored in a central repository (personal information store) for a given personal information owner. As personal information is changed, the owner of the personal information may access the personal information store to update...

20060212714 - Method and system to create secure virtual project room: A method and system for creating secure virtual project rooms is provided. The system creates a security focused development infrastructure to augment existing planning tools, existing development environment, and provide analytics for adjusting the plans to carry out a secure distributed project development....

20060212715 - Image processing apparatus and method for transmitting encrypted data: An image processing apparatus generates a password each time transmission of image data is instructed, encrypts the image data with the generated password, transmits the encrypted image data, and notifies the generated password....

20060212716 - Apparatus and method for providing secure communication on a network: The present invention provides a method of transmitting electronic communication where the sender includes an instruction set with the electronic communication. A sending computer encrypts the electronic communication and sends both the encrypted communication and the instruction set to a receiving computer. The instruction set executes a set of pre-determined...

20060212718 - Photographic subject authenticating device, portable telephone, photographic subject authenticating method and photographic subject authenticating program: A photographic subject authenticating device, a portable telephone, a photographic subject authenticating method and a photographic subject authenticating program are able to improve reliability of security with respect to disguise. Therefore, a controller of a photographic subject authenticating device for performing authentication processing for authenticating a photographic subject on the...

20060212717 - Rental authentication system: To provide a technology that prevents a rental for a defrauding purpose by specifying a borrower through biometric authentication and conducting the authentication based on a usage past record of the borrower. Biometric information of a borrower is received from the terminal, a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of...

20060212719 - Storage session management system in storage area network: In a storage session management system in a storage area network, the session information blocks periodically collected from the storage devices in the network are grouped based on the information indicating the relation between sessions. That is, since a storage session management server in the management system integrally manages constitution...

20060212721 - Dvd system for distributing protected content: A digital versatile disc (DVD) system that communicates with a requester network device over a network comprises nonvolatile memory that stores content. A control module communicates with the nonvolatile memory, selectively receives requests for content from the requester network device that determines a local/remote status, sends the requested content if...

20060212720 - Hard disk drive system for distributing protected content: A hard disk drive (HDD) system that communicates with a provider network device over a network comprises nonvolatile HDD memory that stores data in a nonvolatile manner in user accessible and hidden sections. A hard disk drive control (HDD) module communicates with the HDD nonvolatile memory, selectively requests and receives...

20060212722 - Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection: The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information....

20060212723 - Systems and methods for creating a code inspection system: A code inspection system produces a dynamic decoy machine that closely parallels one or more protected systems. The code inspection system can analyze and monitor one or more protected systems, and as those protected systems are updated, altered or modified, the dynamic decoy machine, in which potentially malicious code is...

20060212732 - Communication apparatus and method of controlling same: In a communication apparatus for wirelessly communicating directly with a communication apparatus that is participating in a network, a filter is set so as to receive only a signal from a communicating party before start of a power-saving control function at the time of standby, the set filter is removed...

20060212731 - Computer system and method of signal transmission via a pci-express bus: A computer system and a method of signal transmission via a PCI-Express bus is provided for transmitting a power-saving signal among a plurality of peripheral devices. For the peripheral devices coupled with the system chips can enter a power-saving mode successfully, a signal snooping and blocking manners are introduced into...

20060212729 - Information processing device, operating system switchover method and recording medium: To attain, in an information processing device capable of exclusively operating a plurality of OSs, even in the case of switchover to the other OS after the OS has set operating time, easy actualization of starting up the OS at this operating time. On the occasion of execution by a...

20060212733 - Method and apparatus for a computing system having an active sleep mode cpu that uses the cache of a normal active mode cpu: A method is described that involves storing active sleep mode software instructions to be executed by a low end central processing unit into an on chip cache of a high end central processing unit that caches normal active mode software instructions executed by the high end central processing unit. The...

20060212726 - Method of governing power for multi-node computer system components: A method of regulating power for multi-node computer system components has a closed-ring path that links all the power governors and circulating in the ring is a system power number that represents the power consumption of the entire system. Meanwhile, all the governors keep counting its local power consumption. Each...

20060212730 - Network communication apparatus, image forming apparatus, method of controlling network communication apparatus, and program: A network communication apparatus includes: a self-apparatus setting unit that sets a communication speed to be applied to communications between the network communication apparatus itself and another apparatus that is connected to the network communication apparatus via a network; and a counterpart-apparatus setting unit that transmits and receives a speed...

20060212725 - Power governor for dram in a multi-node computer system: A power governor for DRAM in a multi-node computer system regulating memory power consumption of an entire computer system employs a closed ring that connects all the power governors within the system to enable them to work in concert so that each of the power governors has the knowledge of...

20060212728 - Query of bios-stored value to determine user intent at return to active state: A computer BIOS stores a value indicative of which of several hardware components has caused the computer to return to an active state. The OS is configured, as part of a system boot or other return to an active state, to retrieve the value stored by the BIOS. The OS...

20060212724 - System and method for supporting operations of advanced power over ethernet system: A Power over Ethernet (PoE) system having a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) and a Powered Device (PD) configured for interacting over four pairs of wire provided for supplying power from the PSE to the PD. The PSE and the PD are configured to perform separate PD classification procedures over first...

20060212727 - Systems and methods for providing power-loss protection to sleeping computers systems: Transitioning to a suspend to RAM sleeping state while also protecting against power losses while sleeping is provided. System state context data is saved to non-volatile storage and components in the computer system prepare to transition to a suspend to disc sleeping. A transition to the suspend to RAM sleeping...

20060212734 - Method for transmitting a power-saving command between a computer system and system chips thereof: A method for transmitting a power-saving command between a computer system and system chips thereof is described. A power-saving command associated with a first system chip is introduced to the computer system since a BIOS is modified therefore. The CPU of the computer system determines the power mode of the...

20060212735 - System and method of compensating for the effects of on-chip processing variation on an integrated circuit: A system and method of compensating for effects of on-chip processing variation on an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is divided into a set of regions. Then, a region control logic, included in each region, predicts a processing variation in each respective region of the integrated circuit. Finally, each region...

20060212736 - Information processing apparatus, quick activation method, and record medium: In response to an instruction to shut down a first operating system, the first operating system is shut down, and then a second operating system whose function is limited as compared with the first operating system is activated, and by the activation, the data stored in the memory is saved...

20060212737 - Combination feedback controller and power regulator using same: A combination controller incorporates features of a classic controller and a state space controller to function as a hybrid controller unit. The PID portion of the classic controller regulates the steady state error and is separated from the pulse width modulated constant frequency signal generator that also comprises part of...

20060212738 - Distributed global clock for clusters of computers: The present invention refers to a global clock system for clusters or networks of computers implemented entirely in hardware. The system uses a specifically designed hierarchical network to distribute clock pulses that are used to increment time counters in the cluster nodes. In addition, this network enables any node of...

20060212739 - Digital circuit to measure and/or correct duty cycles: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program are provided to measure and/or correct duty cycles. Duty cycles of various signals, specifically clocking signals, are important. However, measurement of very high frequency signals, off-chip, and in a laboratory environment can be very difficult and present numerous problems. To combat problems...

20060206701 - Booting from non-linear memory: A method and system for booting a microprocessor controlled device. A microprocessor that is designed to read from a linear storage device executes code from a non linear storage device through an interface or emulator that writes and retrieves specially formatted boot instructions to/from the non linear storage device....

20060206698 - Generic collection and delivery of telemetry data: The present invention extends to generic collection and delivery of telemetry data. A telemetry component receives telemetry data, through a common telemetry interface that is accessible to a plurality of applications, from an application. The received telemetry data is aggregated with any existing telemetry in a telemetry database. In response...

20060206700 - Information processing apparatus and activation controlling method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a body, a storage device which stores an operating system, a first switch provided to the body, a second switch provided to the body, a power control unit which turns on a power supply of the body in response to one...

20060206699 - Network boot system: A computer transmits a boot request to a gateway server, and the gateway server, upon receipt of the boot request from the computer, receives boot data stored in a storage server using an upper protocol for security-enhanced communications, and transmits the boot data to the computer using a lower protocol...

20060206703 - Computer system and method for booting up the same: A computer system with a main memory is equipped with an HDD that has a disk and a driving motor driving the disk, a non-volatile storage unit provided in the HDD storing therein a booting program of an operating system, and a control unit reading out the booting program stored...

20060206702 - Operating system boot from external media: A system for booting an computing device with a windowing operating system obtained from an external memory media via an external interface, wherein the system includes an initialization module stored in a read-only memory provided in the computing device, the initialization module being executed in a processor disposed in the...

20060206704 - Data transmission system and method for operating a data transmission system: A data transmission system includes a data storage medium that has a segmented memory that stores an application directory that has an attribute for identifying an application area of the data storage medium and has a logical application number which is associated with an executable application and which is determinately...

20060206705 - Security protocols on incompatible transports: “Honest” is a nice word. Sadly, some people in this world are not honest. In an increasingly wired world, dishonest people have found myriad opportunities to illicitly acquire one's confidential data, to monitor or interfere with one's networking activities, e.g., to monitor what you are doing, downloading, accessing, etc., to...

20060206706 - Method and apparatus for dynamically distributing data flow in a communication network: Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating communication of data in a multi-stage communication network. A hash value generator generates hash values. A seed value is used in the generation of the hash values. As traffic flow conditions change, feedback is provided, and the seed value is adjusted or changed....

20060206707 - Format-agnostic system and method for issuing certificates: An improved certificate issuing system may comprise a certificate translation engine for translating incoming certificates and certificate requests from a first format into a second format. A certificate issuing engine may then operate on incoming requests in the common format. The issuing engine can issue certificates to clients according to...

20060206708 - Method for managing digital rights in broadcast/multicast service: A method of digital rights management for a broadcast-multicast service, the method comprising receiving a request from a terminal to join a service domain having a common group key; transmitting encryption of one or more service encryption keys using the common group key to the terminal that requested to join;...

20060206709 - Authentication services using mobile device: A method, and an apparatus performing the method, is provided by authenticating a mobile device communicably connectable to a wireless network by an authentication parameter from a secure transaction server (STS), as a mobile device authenticator; providing an STS correlation between a personal identification entry (PIE) and the mobile device...

20060206710 - Network assisted terminal to sim/uicc key establishment: A method is described herein which enables a mobile device and a smart card (SIM, UICC) to establish a shared secret KE which can then be used to secure an interface between themselves. A mobile operator helps in the establishment of the shared secret (KE) by taking part in a...

20060206711 - Transmitting security data in multipart communications over a network: Embodiments of the invention provide for efficiently implementing security features over HTTP communications. In some embodiments, a security feature, such as a digital signature, can be efficiently implemented over HTTP communications. The HTTP communications are conducted in parts. The first part contains the payload data of the message. The second...

20060206713 - Associating a postmark with a message to indicate trust: A method and system directed to the communication of the trust characteristics of electronic messages using visual and audio postmarks. The postmarks may represent a particular trust level on a continuum that can range from suspicious to trusted. A message system may determine the baseline trust level of a message...

20060206712 - Long-life digital certification for publishing long-life digital content or the like in content rights management system or the like: A digital certificate is employed to produce a digital signature for a digital construct. In the digital certificate is set forth a certificate validity period defining for the digital certificate a time period during which the digital certificate is to be honored as valid for producing digital signatures, and a...

20060206715 - Media analysis method and system for locating and reporting the presence of steganographic activity: A method and system for surreptitiously detecting and analyzing sites suspected of transferring steganographic communications, is accomplished by analyzing a targeted site for steganographic communications via a server that directs a plurality of clients to analyze the targeted site. The clients are dispatched according to the objectives of the server...

20060206714 - Process for the integrity check of lots of individual package units: A process for integrity check of lots of individual package units which comprises combining at least one RFID tag and a container which contains a large number of individual package units wherein each of the individual package units is marked with a marking code, the information of these codes of...

20060206716 - Methods and apparatus for providing a control channel in a data network: Methods and apparatus for providing a control channel in a data network. A method is provided that operates to provide a control channel in a data network. The method includes receiving one or more server digests, and generating a control channel digest from the one or more server digests. The...

20060206717 - Image or pictographic based computer login systems and methods: Image based login procedures for computer systems include: (a) displaying a first image on a computer screen; (b) receiving user input indicating a portion of the first image; (c) determining if the user input corresponds to a first acceptable user input for user authentication; and (d) proceeding with the authentication...

20060206719 - Interactive key control system and method of managing access to secured locations: An interactive method and system for managing access to one or more secured locations by one of more users via a global communication network which comprises software made up of a plurality of databases, each of the databases requiring a different level of access to the secured locations as well...

20060206720 - Method, program and system for limiting i/o access of client: A method of limiting I/O access of a client to prevent data in a client connected to the system from being leaked and stolen, the method further canceling the limitation under a predetermined condition even if the client can not communicate with a server is provided. The method comprising the...

20060206718 - System and method for trustworthy metering and deactivation: A computer is adapted for use in different operating modes by configuring an output controller, such as a graphics processing unit, to screen output signals prior to presenting them to the output device. A secure environment in the output controller verifies a digital signature or a hash of the output...

20060206721 - Circuit provided with a secure external access: The invention relates to a circuit IC comprising an microprocessor MIC and a set of peripheral devices comprising at least one communication interface UMI for external access. The peripherals PER, unlike the communication interface UMI, are connected to the microprocessor MIC by an interconnection bus BUS. The circuit also comprises...

20060206724 - Biometric-based systems and methods for identity verification: Biometric-based systems and corresponding methods for identity verification are disclosed herein. A security system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention can include an audio input module configured to receive and digitize a spoken utterance from a person and a video input module configured to receive multiple digital images...

20060206722 - Method and apparatus for networked biometric authentication: A system for using biometric data such as a fingerprint, eye imagery, or the like to permit previously identified persons with his or her biometric data in a database to gain access to a secured site from a location remote from said database. The method and apparatus includes a server...

20060206723 - Method and system for integrated authentication using biometrics: Provided are an integrated authentication method and system using biometrics. In an integrated authentication system including a client, a plurality of service providing servers where user identification information of the client is registered, and an integrated server where user biometric information together with the user identification information is registered, to...

20060206725 - System and method for platform-independent biometrically verified secure information transfer and access control: The inventive data processing system and method enable verifiable secure transfer of information between two or more parties, each having access to at least one identity verification system, utilizing a platform-independent architecture to enable verification of identities of parties sending and receiving secured (e.g., encrypted) information, and ensuring that only...

20060206726 - Apparatus and method for a programmable security processor: A digital logic circuit comprises a programmable logic device and a programmable security circuit. The programmable security circuit stores a set of authorized configuration security keys. The programmable security circuit compares the authorized configuration security keys with an incoming configuration request, and selectively enables a new configuration for the programmable...

20060206727 - Apparatus and method for a programmable security processor: A digital logic circuit comprises a programmable logic device and a programmable security circuit. The programmable security circuit stores a set of authorized configuration security keys. The programmable security circuit compares the authorized configuration security keys with an incoming configuration request, and selectively enables a new configuration for the programmable...

20060206728 - Authentication device: An authentication device, an authentication method and an authentication program of the present invention reduce a load occurred when registering digest information of a file in an authentication server and a load occurred when demanding authentication, and thus facilitates the authentication. Address information of a registration object file is received,...

20060206734 - Electronic apparatus having electric power saving function: A memory section stores a plurality of electric power saving modes classified into groups by combining a plurality of electric power saving items in a television image receiver, a DVD or an LCD. Microcomputer controls one of the plurality of the electric power saving modes to be set to ON/OFF,...

20060206729 - Flexible power reduction for embedded components: Programmable platforms include components such as a central processing unit (CPU), coprocessors (COP I, COP2), and a shared system bus (SB) that connects the various processors. In media processing applications, the processing of the functions is distributed to the central processing unit and the coprocessors. Such functions may be effected...

20060206733 - Information processing apparatus and method of controlling power saving in the same: According to the embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: an image correcting unit that performs a correction for enhancing an image quality on image data; a power source detecting unit that detects a type of a power source supplying an electric power to the information processing apparatus;...

20060206731 - Methods and apparatus for improving processing performance by controlling latch points: Methods and apparatus provide for performing pre-execution processes to prepare instructions of an instruction set for further processing; executing the instructions in a pipeline of execution stages using digital logic for processing data in accordance with the instructions within one clock cycle per stage; latching the data each clock cycle...

20060206732 - Methods and apparatus for improving processing performance using instruction dependency check depth: Methods and apparatus provide for a processor fabricated using a fabrication process of X nano-meters, which is an advanced process over a Y nano-meter process; and increasing a depth of a dependency check circuit of the processor in response to the advanced fabrication process to improve processing power, where the...

20060206730 - Methods and systems for allocating power to an electronic device: In at least some embodiments, a system comprises an electronic device having an adjustable hardware inventory and control logic coupled to the electronic device. The control logic initially allocates a first amount of power to the electronic device based on predetermined maximum power needs of the electronic device and later...

20060206735 - Operation control system and image forming apparatus: When a connector of a power cord is connected to an inlet of a printer, an RFID reader of the printer acquires rating information of the power cord by reading the rating information from an RFID-IC of the power cord. Then, a controller of the printer judges whether the rating...

20060206736 - System and method for signaling a first device from a second device: A signaling circuit may be implemented with a connection comprised of signal lines having predefined signals and/or functions. The predefined signals and/or functions may be defined by an individual entity or standards organization. The signaling circuit transmits information in addition to the predefined signals and/or functions. The information may be...

20060206737 - Processor with variable wake-up and sleep latency and method for managing power therein: For a processor having a plurality of sequential stages, variable (or idiosyncratic) wake-up latencies and a method for managing power in such a processor are provided. Each sequential stage includes one or more logic blocks and one or more power switches. A power controller can measure wake-up latencies for the...

20060206738 - System and method for selective memory module power management: A memory module includes a memory hub that monitors utilization of the memory module and directs devices of the memory module to a reduced power state when the module is not being used at a desired level. System utilization of the memory module is monitored by tracking system usage, manifested...

20060206739 - Method and circuit for reducing leakage and increasing read stability in a memory device: A device and method for increasing the read stability of a memory device includes sizing a sleep transistor according to a size ratio of the transistor relative to a driver transistor forming part of the memory device based on a static noise margin value. A leakage reduction circuit and method...

20060206740 - Systems and methods for controlling instruction throughput: Systems and methods for controlling instruction throughput are disclosed. One embodiment of a system may comprise a comparator that determines a difference value in an actual instructions per clock cycle throughput and a target instructions per clock cycle throughput setting, and a throttle control that sums a plurality of difference...

20060206741 - Power management system for ups attached to external devices: Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with power management are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) manager logic configured to determine a power status of one or more UPS devices attached to one or more external peripheral devices. The UPS manager logic can be...

20060206742 - System and method for using a learning sequence to establish communications on a high- speed nonsynchronous interface in the absence of clock forwarding: A memory system includes a memory hub controller that sends write data to a plurality of memory modules through a downstream data bus and receives read data from the memory modules through an upstream data bus. The memory hub controller includes a receiver coupled to the upstream data bus and...

20060206745 - Automatic resource assignment in devices having stacked modules: A stacked module device and corresponding module and method are provided where at least some of the modules have access to resources. At least one of the at least some modules have assigned at least one of the resources and comprises assignment means which is adapted to assign at least...

20060206743 - Computer system having a clock controller for controlling an operating clock inputted into a no-wait-state microprocessor and method thereof: The present invention discloses a computer system with a clock controller for controlling an operating clock inputted into a no-wait-state microprocessor. The computer system includes a data cache memory and a system memory. The clock controller blocks the operating clock from driving the no-wait-state microprocessor if data requested by the...

20060206744 - Low-power high-throughput streaming computations: A method for optimizing voltage and frequency for pipelined architectures that offers better power efficiency. The invention provides methods for low-power high-throughput hardware implementations to stream computations by partitioning a computation into temporally distinct stages, assigning a clock frequency to each stage such that an overall computational throughput is met...

20060206746 - Microcomputer: A microcomputer includes a CPU, a program memory for storing a subroutine program, peripheral circuits, a clock circuit, and a voltage drop detection circuit. When the voltage drop detection circuit detects the voltage drop at the end of a power line, a frequency of a clock signal provided through the...

20060200658 - Agent framework for mobile devices: Herein described is an agent support framework used in a mobile communication device. The agent support framework provides a set of commonly used features that may be used by various client applications. The client applications may comprise one or more diagnostic/configuration agents that are used in monitoring device status, performing...

20060200656 - Apparatus and method to capture data from an embedded device: A method is disclosed to capture data from an embedded device. The method provides an embedded device comprising a processor, memory, and microcode, where the microcode specifies a first fixed address in the memory. The method creates a Registry at the first fixed address, and populates the Registry with a...

20060200657 - Network system, resources using device, and resources holding device: In a network system, a resources using device which uses the resources in the resources holding device sends to the resources holding device a command to confirm whether the resources in the resources holding device are available. When receiving from the resources holding device a response showing that the resources...

20060200659 - Ip block activity feedback system: A system and method for providing information concerning the use of processing devices coupled to a network. Each device has an IP address the system and method: determines whether a user is authorized to receive information about the use of the processing device by reference to the IP address; verifies...

20060200660 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for secured communication channel: A secure electronic mail distribution system for a network, e.g. Encrypted Internet E-Mail transmitted between interactive display terminals. The system offers a solution to the disclosed problems by providing a display interface at a receiving terminal including the conventional mechanisms of access of an E-Mail distribution server by an E-Mail...

20060200661 - Method and apparatus for self-authenticating digital records: A method for proving the validity of a digital document digitally signed using a digital key that corresponds to a digital certificate in a chain of digital certificates issued by certification authorities within a hierarchy of certification authorities. At least one secure digital time stamp is applied to at least...

20060200663 - Methods for describing processor features: A machine readable description of a new feature of a processor is provided by a processor vendor. Control code executing on a processor, such as a traditional operating system kernel, a partitioning kernel, or the like can be programmed to receive the description of the feature and to use information...

20060200662 - Referencing objects in a virtual environment: The present invention is directed generally toward referencing objects in a virtual environment. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a computer-implemented method for referencing an object in a virtual environment that includes receiving a command from a user to designate an object and designating the object. The method...

20060200664 - System and method for securing information accessible using a plurality of software applications: A system for securing information accessible using a plurality of software applications includes a computer readable storage medium and computer software stored on the computer readable storage medium. The computer software may receive a request from a user to process information using one of a plurality of software applications and...

20060200665 - System and method for protecting configuration settings in distributed text-based configuration files: System and methods for protecting sensitive data stored in a text-based configuration file. In a web server application, data associated with sensitive information such as connection information for a remote database may be stored within a configuration file and accessed whenever a request for information from that database is received....

20060200667 - Method and system for consistent recognition of ongoing digital relationships: Exemplary embodiments disclosed herein may include a method and system for creating an attendance marker and establishing consistent recognition of an ongoing digital relationship, including receiving an identity key about a server, creating an attendance marker, associating the attendance marker with the server. Other embodiments relate to systems and methods...

20060200666 - Methods, communication networks, and computer program products for monitoring communications of a network device using a secure digital certificate: A communication network is operated by storing a digital certificate on a subject device. A communication session is established between the subject device and another device across a communication network. The communication session incorporates the digital certificate in at least one message between the subject device and the other device....

20060200668 - Process for the secure management of the execution of an application: To secure the execution of an application on an intelligent mobile telephone, each application is identified by an identifier and a table or rights is associated with each resource on the mobile telephone. Through a table of rights, access rights to the resource can be associated with an application identifier....

20060200669 - System and method for establishing that a server and a correspondent have compatible secure email: A discovery secret is transmitted from the source domain to the correspondent domain. The discovery secret includes a data element specific to the correspondent domain and. The discovery secret includes a source domain address to which the correspondent domain is permitted send a message in order to determine that a...

20060200670 - Method and apparatus for securely disseminating security server contact information in a network: Various systems and method are disclosed for disseminating security server contact information in a network. For example, one method (e.g., performed by a security server) involves determining that a network device is a secure network device, in response to participating in a security exchange with the network device; and then...

20060200671 - Attribute information providing server, attribute information providing method, and program: A method and system for providing attribute data. A request is received from a user device for a virtual ID token relating to attribute information pertaining to a subscriber associated with the user device. Responsive to the request for the virtual ID token, a data record is read from a...

20060200672 - Data processing systems and methods: Various improvements to data processing systems involve enhancements to BIOS functionality, use of identifiers associated with specific instances of hardware, and data hiding techniques—sometimes alone, sometimes in combination. Many of these improvements can be applied to increase the security of computer systems, and networks of which they form part....

20060200675 - Method for identifying signature authentication in broadcast receiver: A method for identifying signature authentication in a broadcast receiver is dislosed, wherein previous signature authentication identification results for files constituting application programs related to data broadcasting are stored, and when next authentication identification is made for a file, a hashing task for the file is selectively performed based on...

20060200674 - Method for securing rfid charge value media via cryptographic signing and block locking: A process for securely tracking debit transactions on an RFID charge media by encoding RFID charge media with an initial charge value, securing the RFID charge media with a cryptographic signature using a private key and a unique ID, verifying the cryptographic signature using a public key paired to the...

20060200673 - Using watermarking to reduce communication overhead: A method for reducing overhead when transmitting an Internet Protocol (IP) packet begins by selecting a watermarking signature based on the IP address of the packet. The watermarking signature is applied to the packet and the IP address is removed from the packet. The packet is sent to a receiver,...

20060200677 - Method and system for encoding metadata: Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for protecting a computer from malicious attacks and buffer overrun (intentional or unintentional). In particular, embodiments of the present invention protect the contents of block headers of data blocks and enable the ability for a memory manager to...

20060200676 - Method for use in a network based safety data storage system: In a method for use in a data storage system which applies high safety requirements for the storage of data on a server in a telecommunications network and for the retrieval of the files by the local computers linked with the server via the network, the applicant is provided with...

20060200678 - Wireless access point apparatus and method of establishing secure wireless links: A wireless network is connectable to an authentication server. Each access point in the wireless network includes a supplicant processing unit, an authenticator processing unit, and a function selector. When an access point is detected within communication range, the function selector selects either the supplicant processing unit or the authenticator...

20060200679 - System and method for access to a password protected information handling system: Information handling system security is simplified and enhanced with user passwords configurable to restrict access to the overall system and separately to the hard disk drive. An administrative password overrides the BIOS password to allow administrative access to the information handling system. Upon creation of a hard disk drive password...

20060200680 - Attestation key memory device and bus: In an embodiment of the present invention, a technique is provided for remote attestation. An interface maps a device via a bus to an address space of a chipset in a secure environment for an isolated execution mode. The secure environment is associated with an isolated memory area accessible by...

20060200682 - Apparatus and method for protecting diagnostic ports of secure devices: An electronic system comprises a processor, a diagnostic port, and a switching circuit, including a switch connected between the diagnostic port and the processor, for enabling and disabling the diagnostic port and for restricting access to contents of the electronic system prior to enabling the diagnostic port. A method for...

20060200683 - Biometric platform radio identification anti-theft system: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for administering a protected item. An anti-theft key encoded with a radio frequency identification of the user and biometric data of the user is provided. The anti-theft key is associated with the protected item such that the protected...

20060200681 - Remote access system, gateway, client device, program, and storage medium: Disclosed is a secure remote access system for improving convenience of a user by utilizing a storage device including an anti-tampering device as a user authentication device in the secure remote access system for making access and execution of job while a user is making the encrypted communication to a...

20060200685 - Apparatus and method to selectively provide power to one or more components disposed in an information storage and retrieval system: A method is disclosed to selectively provide power to a component disposed in an information storage and retrieval system. Applicants' method supplies a controller comprising a control portion in combination with a plurality of components comprising one or more host adapters, one or more device adapter ports, and a Fibre...

20060200687 - Method of state maintenance for flash storage card in communication protocol: A method of state maintenance for a flash storage card system. The method includes using a plurality of signals, including a working voltage signal, a low voltage detection (LVD) signal, an LVD interrupt signal, a firmware polling signal, an LVD interrupt reset signal. The LVD signal responds to a voltage...

20060200688 - Power distribution system using solid state power controllers: Solid state power controllers are described that include a switch controlled by a microcontroller and communication contacts. In one aspect of the invention, the microcontroller is galvanically isolated from the communication contacts using magnetoresistive isolation. In another aspect of the invention a number of solid state power controllers are connected...

20060200684 - Power mode change voltage control in computerized system: A computerized system includes at least one digital logic circuit and a power control circuit. The power control circuit is operable to reduce the voltage of a power signal applied to the at least one digital logic circuit, operable to bring the digital logic circuit from a high power level...

20060200686 - Power saving methods and apparatus to selectively enable cache bits based on known processor state: A processor capable of fetching and executing variable length instructions is described having instructions of at least two lengths. The processor operates in multiple modes. One of the modes restricts instructions that can be fetched and executed to the longer length instructions. An instruction cache is used for storing variable...

20060200689 - Signal transmitting circuit: A signal transmitting circuit includes a driving circuit, and a plurality of receiving circuits receiving signals transmitted from the driving circuit. Each of the receiving circuits is coupled to the driving circuit consecutively via a transmission line. A voltage regulator is coupled to the driving circuit and the receiving circuits...

20060200690 - System and method of coherent data transfer during processor idle states: Systems and methods of managing power provide for placing a processor in a non-snoopable state, where the processor is associated with a system memory. One or more data transfers between a controller and the system memory can be serviced while the processor is in the non-snoopable state. In one embodiment,...

20060200691 - Cancellation of initiation of hibernation process: The hibernation of a computing device is initiated in response to user input. The operating system of the computing device initiates a termination process as part of hibernation. Prior to completion of the process, a particular driver detects user input to cancel hibernation. Before terminating, the operating system inquires to...

20060200693 - Information processing apparatus and control method for use in the same: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a disc drive unit drives a removable medium, a first switch and a second switch which are provided on the main body, a unit which powers on the main body in response to an operation of one of...

20060200692 - Microprocessor: A processor core adopts a pipeline processing method and has an interlock mechanism. A built-in accelerator executes a specific processing in place of the processor core. When a processing is executed by the built-in accelerator and there is no processing to be executed by the processor core, the interlock mechanism...

20060200694 - Controlling sequence of clock distribution to clock distribution domains: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to control clock distribution to a circuit. A scheduler schedules a sequence of a clock distribution of clock signals to a plurality of clock distribution domains (CKDOMs) in the circuit according to a state status of the circuit. A controller controls...

20060200658 - Agent framework for mobile devices: Herein described is an agent support framework used in a mobile communication device. The agent support framework provides a set of commonly used features that may be used by various client applications. The client applications may comprise one or more diagnostic/configuration agents that are used in monitoring device status, performing...

20060200656 - Apparatus and method to capture data from an embedded device: A method is disclosed to capture data from an embedded device. The method provides an embedded device comprising a processor, memory, and microcode, where the microcode specifies a first fixed address in the memory. The method creates a Registry at the first fixed address, and populates the Registry with a...

20060200657 - Network system, resources using device, and resources holding device: In a network system, a resources using device which uses the resources in the resources holding device sends to the resources holding device a command to confirm whether the resources in the resources holding device are available. When receiving from the resources holding device a response showing that the resources...

20060200659 - Ip block activity feedback system: A system and method for providing information concerning the use of processing devices coupled to a network. Each device has an IP address the system and method: determines whether a user is authorized to receive information about the use of the processing device by reference to the IP address; verifies...

20060200660 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for secured communication channel: A secure electronic mail distribution system for a network, e.g. Encrypted Internet E-Mail transmitted between interactive display terminals. The system offers a solution to the disclosed problems by providing a display interface at a receiving terminal including the conventional mechanisms of access of an E-Mail distribution server by an E-Mail...

20060200661 - Method and apparatus for self-authenticating digital records: A method for proving the validity of a digital document digitally signed using a digital key that corresponds to a digital certificate in a chain of digital certificates issued by certification authorities within a hierarchy of certification authorities. At least one secure digital time stamp is applied to at least...

20060200663 - Methods for describing processor features: A machine readable description of a new feature of a processor is provided by a processor vendor. Control code executing on a processor, such as a traditional operating system kernel, a partitioning kernel, or the like can be programmed to receive the description of the feature and to use information...

20060200662 - Referencing objects in a virtual environment: The present invention is directed generally toward referencing objects in a virtual environment. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a computer-implemented method for referencing an object in a virtual environment that includes receiving a command from a user to designate an object and designating the object. The method...

20060200664 - System and method for securing information accessible using a plurality of software applications: A system for securing information accessible using a plurality of software applications includes a computer readable storage medium and computer software stored on the computer readable storage medium. The computer software may receive a request from a user to process information using one of a plurality of software applications and...

20060200665 - System and method for protecting configuration settings in distributed text-based configuration files: System and methods for protecting sensitive data stored in a text-based configuration file. In a web server application, data associated with sensitive information such as connection information for a remote database may be stored within a configuration file and accessed whenever a request for information from that database is received....

20060200667 - Method and system for consistent recognition of ongoing digital relationships: Exemplary embodiments disclosed herein may include a method and system for creating an attendance marker and establishing consistent recognition of an ongoing digital relationship, including receiving an identity key about a server, creating an attendance marker, associating the attendance marker with the server. Other embodiments relate to systems and methods...

20060200666 - Methods, communication networks, and computer program products for monitoring communications of a network device using a secure digital certificate: A communication network is operated by storing a digital certificate on a subject device. A communication session is established between the subject device and another device across a communication network. The communication session incorporates the digital certificate in at least one message between the subject device and the other device....

20060200668 - Process for the secure management of the execution of an application: To secure the execution of an application on an intelligent mobile telephone, each application is identified by an identifier and a table or rights is associated with each resource on the mobile telephone. Through a table of rights, access rights to the resource can be associated with an application identifier....

20060200669 - System and method for establishing that a server and a correspondent have compatible secure email: A discovery secret is transmitted from the source domain to the correspondent domain. The discovery secret includes a data element specific to the correspondent domain and. The discovery secret includes a source domain address to which the correspondent domain is permitted send a message in order to determine that a...

20060200670 - Method and apparatus for securely disseminating security server contact information in a network: Various systems and method are disclosed for disseminating security server contact information in a network. For example, one method (e.g., performed by a security server) involves determining that a network device is a secure network device, in response to participating in a security exchange with the network device; and then...

20060200671 - Attribute information providing server, attribute information providing method, and program: A method and system for providing attribute data. A request is received from a user device for a virtual ID token relating to attribute information pertaining to a subscriber associated with the user device. Responsive to the request for the virtual ID token, a data record is read from a...

20060200672 - Data processing systems and methods: Various improvements to data processing systems involve enhancements to BIOS functionality, use of identifiers associated with specific instances of hardware, and data hiding techniques—sometimes alone, sometimes in combination. Many of these improvements can be applied to increase the security of computer systems, and networks of which they form part....

20060200675 - Method for identifying signature authentication in broadcast receiver: A method for identifying signature authentication in a broadcast receiver is dislosed, wherein previous signature authentication identification results for files constituting application programs related to data broadcasting are stored, and when next authentication identification is made for a file, a hashing task for the file is selectively performed based on...

20060200674 - Method for securing rfid charge value media via cryptographic signing and block locking: A process for securely tracking debit transactions on an RFID charge media by encoding RFID charge media with an initial charge value, securing the RFID charge media with a cryptographic signature using a private key and a unique ID, verifying the cryptographic signature using a public key paired to the...

20060200673 - Using watermarking to reduce communication overhead: A method for reducing overhead when transmitting an Internet Protocol (IP) packet begins by selecting a watermarking signature based on the IP address of the packet. The watermarking signature is applied to the packet and the IP address is removed from the packet. The packet is sent to a receiver,...

20060200677 - Method and system for encoding metadata: Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for protecting a computer from malicious attacks and buffer overrun (intentional or unintentional). In particular, embodiments of the present invention protect the contents of block headers of data blocks and enable the ability for a memory manager to...

20060200676 - Method for use in a network based safety data storage system: In a method for use in a data storage system which applies high safety requirements for the storage of data on a server in a telecommunications network and for the retrieval of the files by the local computers linked with the server via the network, the applicant is provided with...

20060200678 - Wireless access point apparatus and method of establishing secure wireless links: A wireless network is connectable to an authentication server. Each access point in the wireless network includes a supplicant processing unit, an authenticator processing unit, and a function selector. When an access point is detected within communication range, the function selector selects either the supplicant processing unit or the authenticator...

20060200679 - System and method for access to a password protected information handling system: Information handling system security is simplified and enhanced with user passwords configurable to restrict access to the overall system and separately to the hard disk drive. An administrative password overrides the BIOS password to allow administrative access to the information handling system. Upon creation of a hard disk drive password...

20060200680 - Attestation key memory device and bus: In an embodiment of the present invention, a technique is provided for remote attestation. An interface maps a device via a bus to an address space of a chipset in a secure environment for an isolated execution mode. The secure environment is associated with an isolated memory area accessible by...

20060200682 - Apparatus and method for protecting diagnostic ports of secure devices: An electronic system comprises a processor, a diagnostic port, and a switching circuit, including a switch connected between the diagnostic port and the processor, for enabling and disabling the diagnostic port and for restricting access to contents of the electronic system prior to enabling the diagnostic port. A method for...

20060200683 - Biometric platform radio identification anti-theft system: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for administering a protected item. An anti-theft key encoded with a radio frequency identification of the user and biometric data of the user is provided. The anti-theft key is associated with the protected item such that the protected...

20060200681 - Remote access system, gateway, client device, program, and storage medium: Disclosed is a secure remote access system for improving convenience of a user by utilizing a storage device including an anti-tampering device as a user authentication device in the secure remote access system for making access and execution of job while a user is making the encrypted communication to a...

20060200685 - Apparatus and method to selectively provide power to one or more components disposed in an information storage and retrieval system: A method is disclosed to selectively provide power to a component disposed in an information storage and retrieval system. Applicants' method supplies a controller comprising a control portion in combination with a plurality of components comprising one or more host adapters, one or more device adapter ports, and a Fibre...

20060200687 - Method of state maintenance for flash storage card in communication protocol: A method of state maintenance for a flash storage card system. The method includes using a plurality of signals, including a working voltage signal, a low voltage detection (LVD) signal, an LVD interrupt signal, a firmware polling signal, an LVD interrupt reset signal. The LVD signal responds to a voltage...

20060200688 - Power distribution system using solid state power controllers: Solid state power controllers are described that include a switch controlled by a microcontroller and communication contacts. In one aspect of the invention, the microcontroller is galvanically isolated from the communication contacts using magnetoresistive isolation. In another aspect of the invention a number of solid state power controllers are connected...

20060200684 - Power mode change voltage control in computerized system: A computerized system includes at least one digital logic circuit and a power control circuit. The power control circuit is operable to reduce the voltage of a power signal applied to the at least one digital logic circuit, operable to bring the digital logic circuit from a high power level...

20060200686 - Power saving methods and apparatus to selectively enable cache bits based on known processor state: A processor capable of fetching and executing variable length instructions is described having instructions of at least two lengths. The processor operates in multiple modes. One of the modes restricts instructions that can be fetched and executed to the longer length instructions. An instruction cache is used for storing variable...

20060200689 - Signal transmitting circuit: A signal transmitting circuit includes a driving circuit, and a plurality of receiving circuits receiving signals transmitted from the driving circuit. Each of the receiving circuits is coupled to the driving circuit consecutively via a transmission line. A voltage regulator is coupled to the driving circuit and the receiving circuits...

20060200690 - System and method of coherent data transfer during processor idle states: Systems and methods of managing power provide for placing a processor in a non-snoopable state, where the processor is associated with a system memory. One or more data transfers between a controller and the system memory can be serviced while the processor is in the non-snoopable state. In one embodiment,...

20060200691 - Cancellation of initiation of hibernation process: The hibernation of a computing device is initiated in response to user input. The operating system of the computing device initiates a termination process as part of hibernation. Prior to completion of the process, a particular driver detects user input to cancel hibernation. Before terminating, the operating system inquires to...

20060200693 - Information processing apparatus and control method for use in the same: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a disc drive unit drives a removable medium, a first switch and a second switch which are provided on the main body, a unit which powers on the main body in response to an operation of one of...

20060200692 - Microprocessor: A processor core adopts a pipeline processing method and has an interlock mechanism. A built-in accelerator executes a specific processing in place of the processor core. When a processing is executed by the built-in accelerator and there is no processing to be executed by the processor core, the interlock mechanism...

20060200694 - Controlling sequence of clock distribution to clock distribution domains: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to control clock distribution to a circuit. A scheduler schedules a sequence of a clock distribution of clock signals to a plurality of clock distribution domains (CKDOMs) in the circuit according to a state status of the circuit. A controller controls...