Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 12/06

20060294349 - Bios security management: In one embodiment a computer system, comprises a processor, a basic input/output system (BIOS) including logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to initiate power on self test (POST) processing in the basic input/output system (BIOS) of a computing device, detect a connection to a remote... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060294354 - Image-based system maintenance: Methods and apparatuses for generating a generic system image to facilitate maintenance of one or more user-servicing processes of executing system images, and using the generic system image, in conjunction with configuration data to generate a system image having fixed, enhanced, or both, user-servicing processes, are described herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20060294353 - Method to have fault resilient booting: A method and apparatus is described herein for fault resilient booting of a platform. Upon booting the platform, any boot routines marked are skipped. A current boot routine to be executed in a boot sequence is registered in nonvolatile memory. An attempt to execute the current boot routine is made.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060294351 - Migration of system images: Systems, devices, and methods, including program instructions, are provided for migrating operating system images. One method embodiment includes performing a process on a first device. The operation of the process is paused as a persistent image which is then migrated to a second device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060294350 - Process for controlling service offers based upon network connections during out of box experience: A method of controlling an out of box experience for an information handling system which includes determining whether a service connection is present and presenting a customized out of box experience based upon whether a service connection is present is disclosed.... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20060294352 - Speedy boot for computer systems: Implementations of speedy boot for computer systems are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of speedy boot for a computer system may include invoking a platform management interrupt (PMI) to soft reset a processor without resetting hardware for the processor. The method may also include bypassing at least some... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060294356 - Apparatus and method of an executable-in-place flash device: Apparatuses and methods of an executable-in-place solid-state device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a solid-state device includes a flash memory coupled to a dynamic random access memory, the dynamic random access memory to store at least as much data as the flash memory; and a logic circuit coupled to the... Agent: Santosh Kumar

20060294359 - Biometrics signal input device, computer system having the biometrics signal input device, and control method thereof: A biometrics signal input device with a USB interface is connected to a computer apparatus to control BIOS booting procedures of the computer apparatus. The computer apparatus communicates with a USB controller of the input device through the USB interface according to a USB communication protocol and regards this device... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060294360 - Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and data rescue method: According to one embodiment of an information processing apparatus includes: a storage medium including, a first partition that stores a first operating system and data, and a second partition that stores a second operating system and a data rescue program; a switch that allows a user to enter a command... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060294358 - Methods and computers for presenting a graphical user interface during a boot process: A method for presenting a graphical user interface during a boot operation is implemented in a computer. The computer comprises a display, an input device, and an operating system (OS) comprising a loader and a kernel. The kernel comprises a menu provider and an initialization module for the input device.... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20060294355 - Secure variable/image storage and access: Secure variable/image storage and access schemes for storing data in non-volatile stores. Firmware-based interfaces are provided to support secure storage of data, such as asset management data and executable images, on platforms in a manner that prevents access to any entity other than the principle that originally stored the data.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060294357 - System and method for rapid boot of secondary operating system: The primary operating system of a computer such as a notebook computer is stored on disk in a hard disk drive and a smaller, secondary operating system such as an email operating system, wireless phone operating system, DVD player operating system, etc. is stored on disk and is transferred to... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20060294361 - Method and apparatus to provide authentication code: Briefly, a method and apparatus to authenticate messages according to a message authentication code provided with a frame over a transport layer of a communication channel.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20060294363 - System and method for tunnel management over a 3g-wlan interworking system: Method and system for facilitating tunnel management in the 3G-WLAN interworking systems providing dynamic configuration of maximum number of IP Security Protocol (IPsec) tunnels allowed per Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Security Association (SA) at the Packet Data Gateway (PDG) during the initial tunnel establishment procedure. Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA)... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060294362 - Verifying a node on a network: A system and method includes timing parameters within a node-verification protocol, such as OCPS, to facilitate a determination of the proximity of a target node to a source node. The node-verification protocol includes a query-response sequence, between the source node and the target node. The source node establishes a lower... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060294365 - Mail server authentication method and apparatus: A mail server authentication method and apparatus are provided, which can be performed in a mail client controlling transmission of an e-mail to a mail server, in which the transmission of the e-mail is requested with which authentication information is provided, whether the mail server authenticates the request is determined... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060294364 - Security system for electronic device: An antitheft system is provided for an electronic apparatus including a television receiver and a DVD recorder connected via an apparatus control line. The DVD recorder includes a non-volatile memory for previously storing a password. The television receiver includes a non-volatile memory for previously storing the password and a controller.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20060294366 - Method and system for establishing a secure connection based on an attribute certificate having user credentials: A method and system is presented for supporting the establishment of a secure communication session within a data processing system. A certificate request command is sent from a server to a client. A certificate command is received at the server from the client in response to the certificate request command,... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20060294367 - Secure transmission of data between clients over communications network: A method and apparatus securely transmit data between a client and a server over a communications network. The secure data transmission includes, after the client is initially authenticated, (a) transmitting a series of client connection messages from the client to the server at least while the data is being transmitted,... Agent: David B. Ritchie Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP

20060294368 - System and method for associating message addresses with certificates: A system and method for associating message addresses with certificates, in which one or more secondary message addresses are identified and associated with a user-selected certificate. The secondary message addresses are saved in a data structure that resides in a secure data store on a computing device, such as a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20060294370 - Method, device, and system of maintaining a context of a secure execution environment: Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method, device and/or system of maintaining a context of a secure execution environment. According to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention, the device may include a secure context processing module to receive a processed context from a first process operating in the... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20060294369 - Program execution device: A program execution device capable of protecting a program against unauthorized analysis and alteration is provided. The program execution device includes an execution unit, a first protection unit, and a second protection unit. The execution unit executes a first program and a second program, and is connected with an external... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20060294373 - Adaptive transparent encryption: A technique for adaptive encryption of digital assets such as computer files. The system model monitors passage of files to uncontrollable removable storage media or through network connections and the like which may indicate possible abuse of access rights. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, an autonomous independent agent process... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20060294371 - Content regulation: A method and apparatus for regulating content is provided. In one embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes interfacing with a content outlet. The method further includes comparing attributes of content to be downloaded with attributes of content in a media database. The method also includes providing restrictions... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20060294372 - Securely providing extensible third-party plug-ins: The present invention is directed to a system and method of securely providing extensible third-party plug-ins to user computers. The system enables third-parties to authenticate themselves to user computers before a user computer is allowed to load the plug-ins. The system also creates separate processes that are spawned from a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20060294374 - System and method for enhanced secret mode: Disclosed is a system and method in a communication device configured with a secret mode capability and a plurality of applications. The system and method includes flagging particular data (107) as secret data (402) in a first one of the plurality of applications (316) to form originally flagged secret data... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20060294376 - System and method for concurrently downloading digital content and recording to removable media: A method, system and program product to simultaneously download and burn digital media files via the Internet, including audio, video, video games and other digital content and data, onto removable storage media on personal computer burners. Large media files can be downloaded by pushing files or portions of files to... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20060294375 - System for the assets identification and protection: System of the assets identification Ond protection which is bound to marking Ond reverse identification of stolen things or lost transport means, things and animals by the means of electronic records, in order to determinate correctly the origin and the owner. It consists of protection elements (microdots and microchips bearing... Agent: Larry L. Coats Coats & Bennett

20060294377 - Method for encrypting/decrypting e-mail, and storage medium and module: In an e-mail encryption/decryption method, an e-mail encryption process is executed at a sending end before sending an e-mailmessagetoareceivingend. The e-mail encryption process is includes providing an e-mail message having a header and text, requesting selection of at least one portion of the text and decision of a password set... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060294378 - Key loading systems and methods: Systems and methods for loading a key to a terminal. The system can include a terminal manager system including a terminal handler that receives terminal information from a terminal, generates an authentication request including at least a portion of the terminal information, and generates a key request. The system can... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20060294379 - Security setting system: The present invention prevents a third party's impersonation while wireless communication is established for security setting. An access point, which performs a security setting process for wireless communication with a wireless LAN terminal by means of wireless communication, receives a start instruction for the security setting process and wirelessly receives... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc. #1512

20060294380 - Mechanism to evaluate a token enabled computer system: According to one embodiment, computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a central processing unit (CPU) to operate a trusted environment, a chipset having protected registers that are writable by commands initiated by trusted microcode in the CPU, a fixed token coupled to the chipset to protect data related... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060294381 - Method and apparatus for establishing a secure connection: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that establishes a secure connection with a peer. During operation, the system obtains an identity for the peer. Next, the system looks up the identity for the peer in a local store, which contains identities for trusted peers. If this lookup... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20060294382 - Detecting a watermark using a subset of available detection methods: A system and method are disclosed for detecting watermarked content that also inhibits the successful removal or corruption of the watermark. The method involves utilizing only a subset of candidate counter watermark detection techniques within any particular watermark detector to search for the watermark in an altered form. Since only... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060294385 - Information processing apparatus and its control method, computer program and storage medium: For this purpose, when authentication information is embedded into digital information input by an image input unit (201), a Hash value calculation unit (202) generates authentication information based on that digital information, an encryption unit (203) encrypts the authentication information using an encryption key, and a digital watermarking unit (204)... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060294384 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and control program: An information processing apparatus storing information having an expiration date. If the expiration date of the stored information has passed, the information processing apparatus obtains new information having a different expiration date and updates the stored information with the newly obtained information. In addition, the information processing apparatus transmits the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060294383 - Secure data communications in web services: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed in which secure data communications in web services are provided generally by receiving in a web service from a client a request containing an element bearing a first signature, the signature having a value; signing the value of the first signature, thereby creating a... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20060294386 - Strengthening secure hash functions: Systems and/or methods are described that strengthen secure hash functions. These systems and/or methods may, in some embodiments, create a random-appearing element based on a message and using a process. The element may then be assembled with the message. This assembly may be hashed using a secure hash function. Using... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20060294391 - Data encryption and decryption method: In a data encryption method, a request to input an encryption password set is made upon receipt of an encryption request to encrypt data, and the data are encrypted such that the encrypted data can be decrypted using one of the encryption password set and a predetermined supervisor password set... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060294390 - Method and apparatus for sequential authentication using one or more error rates characterizing each security challenge: Methods and apparatus are provided for sequential authentication of a user that employ one or more error rates characterizing each security challenge. According to one aspect of the invention, a user is challenged with at least one knowledge challenge to obtain an intermediate authentication result; and the user challenges continue... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20060294388 - Method and system for enhancing user security and session persistence: A system (10) and method (100) for enhancing security and session persistence can include the steps of authenticating (102) a user within a proximity of a first client device (19), sending (104) authentication data from a wireless scanning device (14) to a security server (16), and initiating (108) a client... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060294387 - Method of controlling access: A method of controlling access comprises detecting at least one access request containing a specified caller number and storing the specified caller number and the time of the request, detecting at least one call, identifying the caller number and storing the identified caller number and time of the call. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060294389 - System and method for customer support: A system and method are provided for customer support. The system may include an authentication application configured to receive a user's login. An authentication database can be provided that contains user security information and support contract data. The authentication application can identify a support access level based on the user... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060294392 - Protection of a password-based user authentication in presence of a foe: A user authentication method includes receiving a transformed password, determining a password based on the transformed password, making a comparison between the transformed password and a record of at least one previously received transformed password, and determining whether to authenticate a user based on the password and results of the... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20060294394 - fingerprint information acquisition device used in handheld device having built-in camera module: A fingerprint information acquisition device used in a handheld device having a built-in camera module includes a fingerprint information sensor array module, an A/D converter module and an I/O interface module, wherein the fingerprint information acquisition device can receive a command from the handheld device through a fingerprint information acquisition... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060294393 - Remote biometric registration for vehicles: Methods and apparatus are provided for remotely registering a user's biometric signature to a vehicle. A remote control comprises a user input, a wireless transmitter, biometric input, memory, user output and microcontroller coupling the other elements. The biometric input reads a user's biometric signature that is compressed, optionally encrypted and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060294395 - Executable software security system: A computer system which is configured to load executable programs. This configuration first accepts an operator defined key; withdraws an encrypted executable program from memory; and, using the operator defined key, decrypts the encrypted executable program into a functional executable program. It is this functional executable program which is used... Agent: Mark E. Ogram

20060294396 - Multiplatform synchronized data access from mobile devices of dynamically aggregated content: A system and method for accessing information with an embedded device comprising an aggregator for gathering information desired by the user, and an embedded device capable of downloading the information gathered by the aggregator, wherein the system maintains synchronization between the aggregator and the embedded device.... Agent: Robert Witman

20060294397 - System and method of using a protected non-volatile memory: The disclosure includes a system and method of using a processor and protected memory. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a processor, a volatile memory accessible to the processor, and a first nonvolatile memory accessible to the processor. The first nonvolatile memory includes a first portion of memory that... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20060294400 - Enhancing power delivery with transient running average power limits: Systems and methods of power management provide for using transient running average power limits to enhance device power consumption and platform power delivery. A transient running average power limit can be transmitted to a device based on system device load demand and/or a characteristic of a power delivery system associated... Agent: Thomas A. Ferrill Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor, & Zafman LLP

20060294405 - Magnetic disk drive with efficient power generation: Embodiments of the invention provide a magnetic disk drive having increased efficiency of generation of power for its internal low-voltage blocks. In one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive comprises a main power supply unit for supplying power of a predetermined voltage to a load, the main power supply unit including... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20060294403 - Method and apparatus of self-powering down ata devices: A system includes a host that may be used to interface with an advanced technology attachment (ATA) device. The host includes at least one timer used to determine when to place the ATA device in a low power mode independently of an operating system (OS).... Agent: Intel Corporation

20060294404 - Method of power management of a central processing unit connecting with a plurality of host bridges: A method of power management of a CPU connects to a plurality of host bridges. The method is applied to a CPU connecting to the host bridges. When the host bridges are detected as no bus master signal being received, a command is transmitted to force the host bridges not... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060294399 - Power distribution control circuit for multi-power domain electronic circuits: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling power distribution during transitory power-up period of multi-domain electronic circuits that are supplied by multiple power supplies. The power distribution is controlled by self-regulating power control circuits that operate based on power-up sequencing requirements. Described embodiments of the invention illustrate examples of power-switch... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20060294401 - Power management of multiple processors: An information handling system having a plurality of physical processors capable of operating in either a low power or a high power state, and capable of running logical processors that may execute program threads. Each program thread is assigned to be executed in a respective logical processor. The assignment of... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20060294398 - Power module for a plurality of processors: In at least some embodiments, a multi-processor power module comprises components that are replicated at least for each of the plurality of processors. The multi-processor power module further comprises control logic that is configured to detect a demand from each of the plurality of processors and to direct the replicated... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060294402 - User permission using power button: A system and method for using the power button of a processor-based system to grant permission is disclosed, thus facilitating secure remote access to the system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Carrie A. Boone, P.C.

20060294408 - Method for estimating power consumption of a cpu: This invention provides a method for testing the power consumption of a CPU. This method involves recording energy output data from a controllable energy input through a CPU emulator. These data is used for assessing the power transferring efficiency. The CPU emulator is then replaced with a CPU, and then... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060294406 - Reducing storage data transfer interference with processor power management: Systems and methods of managing power consumption provide for placing a processor in a non-snoopable state while a storage interface associated with the processor is enabled for bus mastering. In one embodiment, the bus mastering results in traffic between the storage interface and a storage device, where the traffic is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060294407 - Response to wake event while a system is in reduced power consumption state: An apparatus adapted to facilitate execution of task or tasks in response to a detection of an occurrence of one of one or more particular wake events while a system is in a reduced power consumption state, with the system remaining in the reduced power consumption state during the execution... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

20060294409 - Frequency margin testing: A technique for performing frequency margin testing of communications system circuit boards incorporates a frequency agile clock source on a communications system circuit board. The clock source may be programmed to operate the circuit board at a nominal operating frequency and at frequencies suitable to characterize actual and/or apparent frequency... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP

20060294411 - Method and apparatus for source synchronous testing: A method and apparatus for source synchronous testing have been disclosed.... Agent: Heimlich Law

20060294410 - Pvt drift compensation: A timing circuit for generating a timing signal having a predetermined relationship with a reference signal. The timing circuit includes a locked loop for generating the recovered clock signal, comparing the phase of the reference signal to the phase of the timing signal, and adjusting the phase of the timing... Agent: Rambus Lerner, David, Et Al.

20060288198 - Data storage system and related method: A data storage system and method is proposed for use with computer systems having a BIOS program. The data storage system includes a power-on setting parameter storage area adapted for storing power-on setting parameters for allowing the BIOS program to read the required parameters and run a POST procedure on... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060288200 - Device verification system and method: There is provided a method and system for verifying a device, having components. Identification numbers of the components are read and then verified. The process of verifying comprises matching each identification number in a database to determine whether each identification number is valid. In one embodiment, the database is remote... Agent: Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP

20060288201 - Firmware controlled dynamic voltage adjustment: Methods, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and systems for providing a supply voltage to an electronic component, such as a processor, are provided. An executable software component, such as system firmware, may access a voltage selection value embedded in the component and retrieve a voltage setting, from a table of voltage... Agent: Robert R. Williams IBM Corporation, Dept. 917

20060288197 - Identifying an operating system associated with a boot path: Various characteristics of a hard drive may be analyzed in order to determine the nature of an operating system stored thereon. For example, an operating system indicator and/or a boot record may be identified which may enable operating system identification. Alternatively, checksums may be used to disambiguate the stored operating... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20060288199 - Watchdog system in a distributed computerized application environment: In a method and a device for monitoring and reestablishment of a number of processes in a distributed application environment, wherein each process is associated with a process group and all processes of a process group are functionally dependent on one another, a process can be automatically excepted from the... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20060288202 - Method for network restart: A method for restarting a processor-based system is disclosed. The basic input/output system (BIOS) firmware for performing the restart may or may not reside on the processor-based system. Where the local BIOS firmware is corrupt or not present, remote BIOS firmware is loaded into the processor cache by a specialized... Agent: Carrie A. Boone, P.C.

20060288203 - Information processing apparatus and controlling method thereof: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a Root Complex and a graphics controller (End Point). Packet data transmitted and received between the Root Complex and the graphics controller (End Point) are monitored. If it is determined that the packet data are TLP, the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060288204 - Methods and apparatus for providing integrity protection for management and control traffic of wireless communication networks: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing integrity protection for management and control traffic of wireless communication networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation

20060288205 - Administration development of digitally encrypted archives: A system for creating and controlling electronic serial decoders or keys (private and public) permitting the commercialization and exchange of digital archives and secondary storage devices with high interactive multimedia content are disclosed. These electronic serials, which are obtained by a Single External Server (SES), carry out the control and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20060288206 - Monitoring apparatus, method of controlling the monitoring apparatus, and program therefor: In a monitoring apparatus adapted to monitor an image forming apparatus, a data acquisition module acquires monitoring information from at least one image forming apparatus. An HTTP server module produces a new encryption key pair including a public key and a private key. The public key is used to encrypt... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060288207 - Encoding messages for use in a communication system based on classificaiton status: A communication system is provided with program logic for enforcing an IT Policy specifying suitable encryption encoding levels for corresponding security classification levels (and/or encryption strengths).... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060288208 - Method and apparatus for adaptive application message payload content transformation in a network infrastructure element: Application message payload data elements are transformed within a network infrastructure element such as a packet data router or switch. The network element has application message transformation logic for receiving one or more packets representing an input application message logically associated with OSI network model Layer 5 or above; extracting... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20060288209 - Method and apparatus for secure inter-processor communications: A portable electronic device (110) is capable of secure inter-processor communications (160) between processors (120, 130). The processors have unique and unalterable device identifiers used to encrypt session key data using shared secrets. A first processor device identifier is encrypted by a first processor (120) and decrypted by a second... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20060288210 - System of personal data spaces and a method of governing access to personal data spaces: A system of personal data spaces (PDB) utilizing known storage spaces is characterized by the fact that it consists of the sum of unitary personal data spaces, each of which comprises the owner (P) of the unitary personal data space (UPDB) and the storage space (S) of the owner (P)... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060288211 - Dynamically resolving recipients to retrieve public keys during send/receive: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate identifying messages generated on a mobile device while the device is offline as requiring encryption, storing the messages in a message outbox with a flag indicating that encryption is required, and identifying recipients of the flagged messages to generate a recipient list. The... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20060288213 - System and method for authentication of users and web sites: A system and method allows a user to authenticate a web site, a web site to authenticate a user, or both. When a user requests a web page from the web site, customization information that is recognizable to the user is provided to allow the user to authenticate the web... Agent: Innovation Partners

20060288212 - Transparent user and session management for web applications: A central server used to generate, for example, web application instances to remote users over a computer network, such as the Internet, is implemented with new programming techniques by which user and session management is made independent of the web application instance. The prior methods, by which a new user... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060288214 - Trust model for a database management system supporting multiple authorization domains: A database management system that supports multiple databases in an instance with controlled sharing between the databases. The invention can also support execution of procedures and other modules in the context of any principal possibly different from that of the caller. Trusted certificates can be employed to permit access to... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20060288215 - Methods and apparatuses for utilizing application authorization data: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses embed a first application authorization data within a target application wherein the first application authorization data corresponds with encrypted information; detect a second application authorization data; and compare the first application authorization data with the second application authorization data; and selectively decrypt the... Agent: Richard H. Butler

20060288219 - Automated selection and inclusion of a message signature: A system and method for the creation and automated selection and inclusion an automated signature text with an electronic message, wherein the automated selection of the automated signature text is dependent on attributes of the message, the designated recipients, or attributes of the designated recipients as compared to the sender's... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20060288220 - In-line website securing system with html processor and link verification: A web application firewall (WAFs) used to secure websites from many known and unknown vulnerabilities is described. In one embodiment, the WAF is installed between a server that is serving web content and a network over which clients access the website hosted on the server. The WAF is configured to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060288216 - Long-term secure digital signatures: The present invention relates to digitally signing of electronic documents which are to be kept secure for a very long time, thereby taking into account future cryptographic developments which could render current cryptographic key-lengths insufficient. In accordance with the invention a double signature is issued for each document. A first... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20060288223 - Method and apparatus for incremental code signing: The present invention discloses a method for quickly and easily authenticating large computer program. The system operates by first sealing the computer program with digital signature in an incremental manner. Specifically, the computer program is divided into a set of pages and a hash value is calculated for each page.... Agent: Stattler, Johansen, And Adeli LLP

20060288222 - Method for electronic data and signature collection, and system: The present teachings provide a computer-implemented data-collection method that can comprise displaying a returnable-form, and the form can comprise a plurality of field associations. The form can comprise a form identification value and/or a form return address, and each field association can comprise a field name and a field value.... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP

20060288221 - Method, apparatus, and program product for reconfiguring a software package: The present invention provides a method, an apparatus and a program for reconfiguring a package, by which, when a user reconfigures a software package from given components, the user can provide a client with a package guaranteed by a provider who provides a single package. A method for reconfiguring a... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20060288218 - Protecting ink strokes from duplication: Aspects of the present invention relate to selectively protecting electronic ink (e.g., digitized or captured electronic signatures) from duplication.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20060288217 - System and method for generating feature-based models of software and content for automatic recognition: A system and method for automatic signature generation for content recognition is presented. A user provides signature attributes to a computer system for generating a signature, such as content directories, a signature accuracy level, and whether an existing signature database exists. The computer system generates a signature and the user... Agent: Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20060288224 - System and method for detecting exposure of ocsp responder's session private key: A system and method for detecting exposure of an OCSP responder's session private key in a D-OCSP-KIS to verify the status of a user's certificate online are provided. The system includes: a client for requesting certificate status information from the OCSP responder; the OCSP responder for receiving the certificate status... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060288228 - Authenticated identity propagation and translation within a multiple computing unit environment: An authenticated identity propagation and translation technique is provided based on a trust relationship between multiple user identification and authentication services resident on different computing components of a multi-component transaction processing computing environment including distributed and mainframe computing components. The technique includes, in one embodiment, forwarding, in association with transaction... Agent: Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.

20060288229 - Flexible method of user authentication: A method of authorising a user in communication with a workstation is disclosed. According to the method, a system automatically determines a plurality of available user information entry devices in communication with the workstation. The system then determines predetermined user authorisation methods each requiring data only from available user information... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060288227 - Management of access control in wireless networks: Management of access control in wireless networks known as smart spaces includes a framework that presents non-expert users with a consistent and intuitive interaction mechanism to manage access to devices they own in the smart space without exposing to them the complexity of the underlying security infrastructure. Access control of... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20060288226 - System and method for establishing and authorizing a security code: A system and method for controlling access to a resource is provided. A user provides input to the system. Based on the user inputs, a security code may be automatically assembled by extracting stored data. If the assembled security code matches a required value, access may be granted. Otherwise, the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060288225 - User-centric question and answer for authentication and security: A system and method for authenticating a user over a voice-based security system, includes but is not limited to posing two or more questions including at least one question independent of security significance; receiving one or more answers to the two or more questions; and if the one or more... Agent: Anderson & Jansson, L.L.P.

20060288230 - One time password integration with kerberos: A domain controller (DC) side plugin supports one time passwords natively in Kerberos, Part of the key material is static and the other part is dynamic, thereby leveraging properties unique to each to securely support one time passwords in an operating system. The user is permitted to type in the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060288231 - Method of managing data in network system and a network system using the same: Provided are a method of managing data in a network system and a network system using the method. The method includes substituting a master password for a predetermined function to generate a password; if a password for requesting an access to specific data is input, checking whether the input password... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060288232 - Method and apparatus for using an external security device to secure data in a database: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates using an external security device to secure data in a database without having to modify database applications. The system operates by receiving a request at the database to perform an encryption/decryption operation, wherein the encryption/decryption operation is performed with... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20060288233 - Attachable biometric authentication apparatus for watchbands and other personal items: The “first apparatus” disclosed is an ergonomic, removably-attachable biometric user authentication module, attachable onto a wristwatch band (or other surface) directly proximate to a user. This first apparatus includes (1) an attaching subsystem (e.g., bendable tabs, Velcro™ straps, etc.); and (2) a biometric authentication subsystem module. The first apparatus attaches... Agent: Douglas Kozlay

20060288234 - System and method for providing secure access to an electronic device using facial biometrics: A facial biometric recognition system and method (100) for providing security for an electronic device (101) includes a digital camera (105) having a field of view for providing facial biometric images at a predetermined interval from a user of the electronic device (101). A processor (109) is associated with the... Agent: Miller Johnson Snell Cummiskey, PLC

20060288235 - Secure processor and system: A processor includes an execution unit configured to execute a program, a bus coupled to the execution unit, a local memory coupled to the bus, a DMA unit coupled to the bus, and an interface to couple the bus to an exterior, wherein the DMA unit is configured to perform... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060288236 - Electronic document protection system and method: A document protection method may include retrieving a document from a memory device, encrypting the document using an encryption tool, imaging a decryption key on an imaging medium, and reading the decryption key to decrypt the document. A document protection system may include at least one controller configured to control... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20060288238 - Enabling bits sealed to an enforceably-isolated environment: Prevention of unpermitted use of enabling bits is achieved by sealing the enabling bits to an environment in such a way that the bits can only be unsealed by or from the environment, and by using an isolation mechanism to isolate the environment from other environments on the machine on... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060288237 - Single command payload transfers block of security functions to a storage device: A storage device has a storage medium and a processor. The processor is disposed within the storage device and is adapted to receive multiple commands as a command block over an interface. The processor is adapted to extract each of the multiple commands from the single block for execution on... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20060288243 - Automatically controlling processor mode of multi-core processor: An apparatus for controlling a power management mode of a multi-core processor in a computer system includes a monitoring unit configured for monitoring conditions relating to the power management mode of the multi-core processor. The apparatus also includes an automatic mode change unit operatively connected to the monitoring unit for... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20060288239 - Electronic circuit device for cryptographic applications: The electronic circuit executes operations dependent on secret information. Power supply current dependency on the secret information is cloaked by drawing additional power supply current. A plurality of processing circuits (102, 106) executes respective parts of the operations dependent on the secret information. An activity monitor circuit (12a, b, 14),... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20060288242 - Main power off-delay device for the power supply of computer system: A main power off-delay device for a power supply of a computer system is described, which comprises a control device disposed inside a power supply, connected to the outer power supply, or disposed on a circuit board of a computer system host. Using the switch electrically coupled to a circuit... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060288241 - Performance conserving method for reducing power consumption in a server system: A method for managing power in a data processing system having multiple components includes determining a power budget for the system. Activity levels during a forthcoming time interval are then predicted for each of the components. Using the predicted activity levels, the power budget is allocated among the system components.... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20060288240 - Reducing computing system power through idle synchronization: Systems and methods of power management provide for controlling the idleness of a processor based on an operating system schedule. The idleness of at least one device is synchronized with the idleness of the processor. Idleness synchronization may involve deferring bus transactions, suspending memory refresh, turning off power to clock... Agent: Intel Corporation

20060288244 - Techiniques for utilization of asymmetric secondary processing resources: A processor having asymmetric secondary processing resources. One disclosed embodiment includes a first execution resource to perform a first function and a second execution resource that also performs the second function, although the second processing resource is asymmetric to the first resource in that it has a lower throughput than... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060288245 - Method and system for safe and efficient chip power down drawing minimal current when a device is not enabled: Certain embodiments of a method and system for safe and efficient power down and drawing minimal current when a device is not enabled may comprise receiving within a network adapter chip (NAC) a signal that indicates a reduced power mode. Based on this signal, the NAC may control an off-chip... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20060288246 - System for a scalable and programmable power management integrated circuit: A readily scalable modular progammable integrated circuit (IC) with improved power management is provided. An IC is described that contains one master controller module and a multiplicity of slave modules that include power-supplying functions, battery management functions, and analog and digital input-output functions. The master controller module configures the slave... Agent: Active-semi International Inc.

20060288248 - Information processing apparatus with adjustable system clock: An information processing apparatus is constructed by a system PLL, a first unit, a second unit, and a system board on which they are mounted. A delay setting circuit in which a variation and delay elements (a gate delay and a line delay) which are equivalent to those of a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060288247 - Synchronization of firmware signal updates to regular clock frequency: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for improving the synchronization of timing signals in a system where firmware is being employed. In particular, the present invention enables the firmware to generate signals with a timing that is required by a hardware protocol. The resulting system is thus able... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP-agere

20060288249 - Demand-based dynamic clock control for transaction processors: A variable speed data processor includes a clock generator generating a plurality of clocks at different clock rates. Clock select circuitry synchronously selects one of the clocks as an output clock signal to data processing circuitry, based on a data activity indication. Activity logic generates the data activity indication based... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20060288250 - Low-speed dll employing a digital phase interpolator based upon a high-speed clock: A low-speed DLL facilitates a deskewed interface between a high-speed RX data demultiplexer circuit directly to an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) with which it is integrated by locking a 156 MHz ASIC clock to a 156 MHz reference derived from a high speed 2.5 GHz clock. The DLL employs... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20060282651 - Acpi table management: In one embodiment a method of managing Advanced Configuration and Power Interface tables in a computer system comprises initializing a set of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface tables including a plurality of secondary system description table tables in a memory; selecting an anchor table from the set of Advanced Configuration... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060282655 - Computer product for network printing, mobile terminal apparatus, and printing system: A computer of a mobile terminal apparatus connected to a network creates print data using a single printer driver. An image forming apparatus, to which the print data is to be transmitted, is specified from among a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to the network. The print data is... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060282656 - Computer system and method of controlling power consumption in the computer system: A computer system that includes: an installing unit to which an external device is installed to support either a first interface or a second interface; an external device controller which includes a first controller to communicate with the external device when installed to the installing unit, via the first interface,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060282657 - Configuration method for control units: The invention relates to a configuration method for a control unit of a machine, the control unit having a data memory and being mounted in a machine control system having at least one already configured control unit with a data memory, the to-be-configured control unit communicating via a data connection... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20060282653 - Method for updating frimware of memory card: A method for updating a firmware of a memory card is provided. The method includes: first, starting the memory card; then, determining whether there is a new firmware code or not in the nonvolatile memory; if it is determined that there is a new firmware code in the nonvolatile memory,... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20060282652 - System and method for identifying bootable universal serial bus devices across multiple reboots: A system and method is disclosed for identifying at least one bootable USB device coupled to a computer system across multiple reboots of the computer system. A four-byte signature for each bootable USB device is generated by performing a hash function on a Device Identification Number, a Vendor Identification Number,... Agent: Roger Fulghum Baker Botts L.L.P.

20060282654 - System employing fast booting of application programs: A fast booting system decreases the boot time of a computer system, and allows the fast launching of applications on a subsequent reboot. The fast booting system stores data associated with fast boot applications in a non-volatile memory. On a subsequent reboot, the fast booting system reads the data and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060282658 - Boot systems and methods and related devices: Boot systems for use in a device. The system comprises a plurality of application modules, each comprising a boot procedure for an application. If a boot signal designating at least one of the application modules is received, the device boots according to the boot procedure of the designated application module... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060282659 - Communication-network having distributed computing entities: The invention relates to a communication-network embodied with distributed computing entities that are interlinked by a wired and/or wireless network, a selection of the computing entities forming a pool of data-sharing entities, one of which entities is appointed a security service distribution-centre for receiving and distributing data within said pool,... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20060282660 - System and method for fraud monitoring, detection, and tiered user authentication: The present invention provides systems and methods for authenticating access requests from user devices by presenting one of a plurality of graphical user interfaces selected depending on a perceived risk of fraud associated with the devices. User devices are identified with fingerprinting information, and their associated risks of fraud are... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP

20060282662 - Proxy authentication network: A Proxy Authentication Network includes a server that stores credentials for subscribers, along with combinations of devices and locations from which individual subscribers want to be authenticated. Data is stored in storage: the storage can be selected by the subscriber. The data stored in the storage, which can be personally... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20060282661 - System and method of providing certified document retrieval: A method of providing a certified digital copy of a certified document for display on a requesting party mobile terminal display screen is provided. The method includes retrieving the certified digital copy from a repository, sending the certified digital copy to the requesting party mobile terminal as unsaveable displayable information... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20060282664 - Crl last changed extension or attribute: A method and apparatus for generating a CRL with a last_changed extension. When sequential CRLs are generated there is the potential that there will be no changes in the data associated with the CRL. In this case a recipient of the new CRL may needlessly perform processing on the new... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20060282663 - Name transformation for a public key infrastructure (pki): Under the present invention, when a request for a certificate is made, a set of (mapping) rules are used to identify an appropriate directory and any other information sources, and to retrieve information for the certificate therefrom. The directory name is then transformed using the set of rules for use... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20060282665 - Mpeg-4 encryption enabling transcoding without decryption: A method and system for encrypting a video compressed with MPEG-4 FGS compression with minimal overhead is provided. The encryption system encrypts the video into independently encrypted segments that can be either a video packet or a video block. When the encryption system encrypts based on video packets, it encrypts... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20060282666 - Key management method for broadcast encryption in tree topology network: A key management method for broadcast encryption in a tree topology network which includes a plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of first node groups each of which includes a node at a second layer and nodes, which belong to the node at the second... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060282667 - Method and system for performing re-association due to handover in a wlan mesh network: A method and system for performing re-association in a WLAN mesh network are provided. A mobile node transmits authentication request information to an old node via a new node along with a mesh re-association request message for re-association of the mesh network. Upon receiving the mesh re-association request message, the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060282668 - Data encryption method and apparatus: A method and apparatus of encrypting data for transmission between first 1 and second 2 communication terminals in which information relating to a time at which a message sent from the first terminal is expected to arrive at the second terminal is determined by an exchange of messages between the... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20060282669 - Method and apparatus for virtually erasing data from worm storage devices: A storage device capable of selectively rendering certain data irretrievable is disclosed. The storage device includes Write Once Read Many (WORM) storage medium, a key generator, an encrypted write component, an erasable storage medium and a key deleter. The WORM storage medium is capable of storing data, and the data... Agent: Dillion & Yudell, LLP

20060282670 - Relying party trust anchor based public key technology framework: A public key (PK) framework for allowing a relying party to act as a trust anchor to authenticate a subscriber. The framework provides a directory system under the control of the relying party, wherein the directory system includes: a storage system for storing certificates received from subscribers in a database,... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20060282674 - Data management system: To prevent piracy or leakage of data content, a cryptography technique and electronic watermark technique are combined together and used. In a data content supplied to a user, a user data is entered as electronic watermark by a data management center, and the data content with an electronic watermark entered... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20060282675 - Message authentication system, message transmission apparatus and message reception apparatus: In a message authentication system in which a message is transmitted from a message transmission apparatus 100 to individual message reception apparatuses 120 through wireless communication connecting the message transmission apparatus 100 with the message reception apparatuses 120 via intermediary message reception apparatuses and the message is authenticated at each... Agent: Venable LLP

20060282672 - Method for creating self-authenticating documents: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method for creating a self-authenticating document is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a base substrate forming the document; printing an authentication seal on the document, the authentication seal comprising a printed portion comprising an ink creating a bleed area on the... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20060282676 - Methods and systems for encoding and protecting data using digital signature and watermarking techniques: Systems and methods are provided for protecting and managing electronic data signals that are registered in accordance with a predefined encoding scheme, while allowing access to unregistered data signals. In one embodiment a relatively hard-to-remove, easy-to-detect, strong watermark is inserted in a data signal. The data signal is divided into... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060282673 - Multi-functional device and method of storing a transmission list of users in the same: A multi-functional device and a method of storing a transmission list of users in the same. The multi-functional device includes an authenticator to authenticate one or more users, a storage unit to store a transmission list of the authenticated users, a user interface to display the transmission list of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20060282671 - Multi-parameter biometric authentication: Authenticating an identity of a user claiming to be a genuine-user includes receiving from the user biometric data pertaining to a plurality of biometric parameters. The received biometric data are compared with corresponding authentic biometric data which have previously been obtained from the genuine-user. The user's identity is authenticated if... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060282677 - Security for network coding file distribution: A content distribution mechanism that relies on cooperative desktop PCs to distribute content is disclosed. The mechanism distributes content in a robust manner by allowing at least one intermediate network node (i.e., between a source and client) to generate and send packets that contain a linear combination of the portions... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20060282678 - System and method for using a secure storage device to provide login credentials to a remote service over a network: Secure authentication to a remote server including transmitting login credentials from the secure storage device to the remote server. Transmitting from the secure storage device to the host computer a server list containing a list of servers available for secure authentication using the secure storage device. Using the list to... Agent: Anderson & Jansson L.L.P.

20060282682 - Control device and electronic apparatus: A control device includes: an input unit configured to input control information; a transmission unit that transmits the inputted control information to a device to be controlled; an image pickup unit that captures an image of an operator; a face image detection unit that detects a face image from the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20060282681 - Cryptographic configuration control: A method of providing object security includes selecting an object to secure, selecting at least one criterion for authorization to access the object, generating an authorization profile based on the at least one criterion, generating an encryption key, binding the authorization profile to at least one of the object and... Agent: Ip Strategies

20060282680 - Method and apparatus for accessing digital data using biometric information: A method and system for registering a user device in a domain of a domain authority (106) using biometric information is provided. The method includes sending (402) a request (by the user device) to the domain authority for joining the domain. The user device making the request is then authenticated... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20060282679 - Secure rapid navigation and power control for a computer: A user is identified and/or authenticated prior to starting or resuming an installed operating system (OS). The user may rapidly and visually navigate operating systems, user identities, workspaces, and application choices that are valid for the identified user. Moreover, a user may visually navigate the operating systems, user identities, workspaces,... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20060282683 - Flash array read, erase, and program security: A method and device for providing a secret region in a flash erase block to store a key. A block of memory may only be read, programmed, or erased if a key is provided which matches the key stored in the secret region of the block.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060282684 - Imaging apparatus and storage medium: An imaging apparatus is disclosed that includes an authentication information storage unit configured to store first authentication information used for authenticating a storage medium, an authentication unit configured to perform an authentication process on the storage medium based on second authentication information stored in the storage medium and the first... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060282692 - Controlling power supply in a multi-core processor: Power may be controlled for a multi-core processor that includes a processor having a first core and a second core. A first power conversion unit independently supplies a supply voltage to the first core, and a second power conversion unit independently supplies a supply voltage to the second core. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20060282693 - Device and method for power management in a display device: A display device for managing power supply in an active stand-by mode is disclosed. More specifically, the display device includes a signal mode supply unit which provides control signals for a mode in which a digital cable ready (DCR) feature is selected or for a mode in which a digital... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20060282685 - Distributed system and method for managing power usage among server data processing systems: A distributed method and system for managing power usage among server data processing systems are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a server data processing system of a plurality of server data processing systems is provided, where the server data processing system comprises a power management communication port to communicatively couple... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20060282688 - Hierarchical system and method for managing power usage among server data processing systems: A hierarchical system and method for managing power usage among server data processing systems is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a hierarchical power management system is provided which comprises first and second power management controllers, a power management command combination element, a power management command terminator, a power-managed data processing... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20060282691 - Method and system for enhancing computer peripheral safety: A method and system for enhancing computer peripheral safety is provided. In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, the exemplary method and system are configured to monitor and/or isolate alternating current (A.C.) supplies with and/or from any peripheral subsystems or devices. An exemplary method and system comprises an... Agent: Snell & Wilmer

20060282689 - Power management with low power processes: Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with selectively regulating power consumption by a computing system are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes receiving a signal that power regulation is desired for a computing system. The exemplary method embodiment may also include selectively causing a low power process to be... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060282687 - Power-managed server and method for managing power consumption: A power-managed server and method for managing power consumption is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a power-managed server data processing system is provided among a plurality of server data processing systems which comprises a power management communication port to communicatively couple the power-managed server data processing system to a power... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20060282690 - Reducing power consumed by a computer system during a hibernation or an off state by remotely waking up the computer system: A method and system for reducing power consumed by a computer system. A network switch includes a processor coupled to a plurality of ports which are coupled to a plurality of computer systems. The processor includes logic for receiving a media access control address from one of the computer systems.... Agent: Kelly K. Kordzik Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC

20060282686 - System and method for managing power usage of a data processing system subsystem: A system and method for managing power usage of a data processing system subsystem are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a power-managed server data processing system is provided which comprises a bus configured to communicatively couple the power-managed server with a data processing system resource; and a bus controller coupled... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20060282694 - Integrated circuit conserving power during transitions between normal and power-saving modes: An integrated circuit includes a volatile memory, a central processing unit that normally operates on a first clock, and an input-output circuit that transfers data in synchronization with a second clock having a lower frequency than the first clock. The integrated circuit has a power-saving mode in which the volatile... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20060282695 - Real time event stream processor to ensure up-to-date and accurate result: Identifying a transaction from a real time event stream having latency. A method of the invention receives events from the real time event stream where events define a plurality of transactions to be identified. Each of the transactions includes a first event and a second event; the first event has... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20060282696 - Storage and access control method for storage: Embodiments of the invention prevent a storage from being continuously used in a state in which the time of a built-in clock is different from the actual time because of replacement of a battery or intentional tampering of time. In one embodiment, a storage having a recording medium for storing... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20060277403 - Computer system using disk controller and operating service thereof: When there is an access passing between unit disk controllers, the band of a mutual connecting network must be very large in order to exhibit the performance sufficiently, so that the cost is increased. In the present invention, the access number of a logical volume is monitored, the change of...

20060277401 - System and method for information handling system interoperable firmware storage: Interoperable firmware for an information handling system supports embedded controller and chipset operations from a common SPI flash ROM. The embedded controller is disposed between the chipset and the flash ROM with a pass through port integrated in the embedded controller selectively providing primary access to firmware by the chipset...

20060277400 - System for executing code during operating system initialization: A system for meeting demanding boot time requirements, such as those timing requirement mandated by vehicle telematics systems, is described. Current computer systems use expensive hardware like coprocessors to service requests, such as input/output requests, that have timing requirements which are less than the time required to load the operating...

20060277402 - System startup method: An object of the present invention is to provide a system startup method for automatically starting a function that is suitable for users at the time of system startup with the startup time of a system being shortened. A startup list is provided which describes which one or ones of...

20060277404 - Communication system activation: In one embodiment a communication device activation system is provided to restore activation of one or more communication devices that are in a powered-down mode to conserve power usage during a period of inactivity. The activation signal, also referred to as a warm start signal, comprises a sequence signal. A...

20060277405 - Changing the personality of a device: A method and system for a target to adopt the personality of a source without loading the personality information of the source onto the target is provided. The personality system extracts personality information from the source and stores the personality information on a removable storage medium. The storage medium is...

20060277406 - System and method for encrypted communication: In an encryption communication using VPN technologies, a load on a VPN system becomes large if the number of communication terminals increases. When an external terminal accesses via an internal terminal an application server, processes become complicated because it is necessary to perform authentication at VPN and authentication at the...

20060277407 - User data management device, storage medium which stores a control program, and control method: A user data management device, a storage medium which stores a control program, and a control method are disclosed which efficiently report the identity of a user who is using equipment to some or all members of the department in which that equipment is located, or to managers of that...

20060277408 - System and method for monitoring and maintaining a wireless device: A system is disclosed in which a wireless device is monitored and maintained over a network. One embodiment of the system comprises a wireless device including: a service to maintain data objects, provide messaging capability, and provide data access capability on behalf of a user of the wireless device; and...

20060277410 - Method and apparatus for watermarking stream data: A watermarking system embeds a watermark into data values that may be streamed. A data hash is calculated using data values and a hash key. The data values are grouped. The groups include a first group and a second group. A first group hash is calculated using data values in...

20060277409 - Method and system of securely enforcing a computer policy: A method and system for securely enforcing a computer policy uses a secure computer resource (102) which includes both data (106) and policy rules (110) to be applied. The resource also includes a control set (108) which specifies the operations that are permitted on the resource, and the criteria under...

20060277411 - Security and storage system and method: A system and method are disclosed for securely handling data and information that may be used by an electronic information system. This includes storing and accessing data on a medium that has the appearance of a standard CD or DVD, but is novel in comparison thereto as to its structure...

20060277412 - Method and system for secure payer identity authentication: The present disclosure describes a method and system for secure payer identity authentication. Some illustrative embodiments include a method that includes determining which of a plurality of real-time biometric data sample types can be provided by a holder of a payment instrument, randomly selecting a first stored biometric data sample...

20060277414 - Data managing device equipped with various authentication functions: A data managing device with a single chip that includes: first hardware that authenticates security of communication performed by a data processing apparatus that houses the data managing device; second hardware that performs different processing from processing performed by the first hardware; and third hardware that receives an update program...

20060277413 - Data security: Data Security methods, computer programs, and systems for encrypting and decrypting data, process sharing, and redundancy. The invention provides techniques for encryption including the encryption of a structured data file where each smallest unit of the data file (e.g., a field in a database record) is encrypted separately. The invention...

20060277417 - Attribute certificate validation method and device: To verify a qualification on a network without notifying verifier privacy information that can identify as a subject of a public key certificate while keeping safety of the public key infrastructure technology. An attribute certificate validation method wherein by preparing an environment in which only an attribute certificate validation device...

20060277415 - Content protection method and system: The present invention relates to a content protection method and system as well as to a reproduction method and device providing copy protection of electronic content. In order to provide protection against illicit copying by consumers as well as by authoring and formatting facilities content-dependent encryption of the content is...

20060277416 - Secure unsent message storage pending server connection: Unsent messages are securely stored in a client by determining whether a connection to a server exists. If the connection exists, the message can be sent using the intended recipient's public key. In response to a determination that a connection from the client to a server does not exist, information...

20060277419 - System and method for computer storage security: A method to protect stored data is provided, comprising performing one or more times, by a processor, the following actions: receiving from a device verification information generated using common information known to the device and to the processor, verifying the validity of the verification information using the common information, determining...

20060277418 - System to ensure that all audio-visual optical disc types are properly screened for watermarks: An apparatus for processing data and con