Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 05/07

20070124572 - Method and apparatus for private storage space on a storage device: A storage device includes a private storage space. A storage driver component provides an interface to the storage device and hides the existence of the private storage space.... Agent: Lemoine Patent Services, PLLC C/o Portfolioip

20070124570 - Method and apparatus to support booting despite deficient resources: A method and related apparatuses support booting despite deficient system resources. In one embodiment, a processing system includes two or more devices in a peripheral connect interface (PCI) subsystem, as well as instructions encoded in a machine accessible medium. The instructions, when executed during a process of booting the processing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070124571 - System and method for information handling system jack retasking: Information handling system audio jack tasks are selectively set by an end user through an audio driver jack retasker that associates each of plural audio jacks with one of plural tasks in a jack task table. For example, a WINDOWS operating system having a UAA class driver supports jack retasking... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070124573 - Method for rapid startup of a computer system: A method for rapid startup of a computer system. A hibernated image is accessed from an image library comprising a plurality of hibernated images, the hibernated image comprising information captured by an operating system when a running computer system is placed into a hibernated state wherein a hibernated computer system... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070124574 - Ramp rate closed-loop control (rrcc) for pc cooling fans: A fan controller may be integrated in silicon and may use an embedded microcontroller to implement a digital fan control algorithm. The microcontroller may continually monitor temperature and sample the speed of the controlled fan. The speed of the fan may be compared to RPM values fitted on a desired... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070124575 - Internet facsimile and control method thereof and communication instruction terminal: In an Internet fax, to receive an electronic mail document for fax transfer, if a password related to a control command for indicating a facsimile communication function is encrypted and set in the destination field or the main body of the received electronic mail, the encrypted password is decrypted and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124576 - Internet facsimile and control method thereof and communication instruction terminal: In an Internet fax, to receive an electronic mail document for fax transfer, if a password related to a control command for indicating a facsimile communication function is encrypted and set in the destination field or the main body of the received electronic mail, the encrypted password is decrypted and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124577 - Systems and methods for implementing protocol enforcement rules: A protocol management system is capable of detecting certain message protocols and applying policy rules to the detected message protocols that prevent intrusion, or abuse, of a network's resources. In one aspect, a protocol message gateway is configured to apply policy rules to high level message protocols, such as those... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070124578 - Using hierarchical identity based cryptography for authenticating outbound mail: A hierarchical identity based cryptographic system (“HIBC”) is integrated with the domain name system (“DNS”). A private key is assigned to each of the top level domain name authorities responsible for assigning the top level domain names (e.g., net, .com, etc.). The private key is generated according to an HIBC... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070124579 - Method and system for online trust management using statistical and probability modeling: A method and system to manage security in an online collaborative process are provided. The method includes receiving a requirement containing trustworthiness properties of a participant and establishing one or more trust parameters relating to the trustworthiness properties. In addition, the method applies the trust parameters with a statistics and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070124580 - Security mechanism for computer processing: To provide improved security in adjunct program modules such as plug-ins and dynamic link libraries, a requesting module provides an authorization interface to the invoked module such that the invoked module can require a certificate of the requesting module and can also challenge the authority of the requesting module. The... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070124581 - Cell adhesion and extracellular matrix proteins: Various embodiments of the invention provide human cell adhesion and extracellular matrix proteins (CADECM) and polynucleotides which identify and encode CADECM. Embodiments of the invention also provide expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. Other embodiments provide methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070124582 - System and method for an nsp or isp to detect malware in its network traffic: We show how a Network Service Provider (NSP) can detect if any of its customers are involved in malware. Like spamming or phishing. This involves the NSP's router performing a sampled packet analysis of outgoing and incoming messages. And combining this with our earlier methods for detecting spammer domain clusters... Agent: Marvin Shannon

20070124583 - Method for storing and transfer of rights objects between devices and device exploiting the method: The invention relates to a method for storing and transfer of a rights object, and particularly a rights object containing a key for decryption of a content item, both supplied by a content provider/rights issuer and stored in a device. The rights object is stored in a separate file protected... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070124585 - Authorizing an endpoint node for a communication service: A network system for authorizing an endpoint node for a communication service includes an operator network and an organization network. The operator network operates to perform a device authorization operation to authorize the endpoint node for a communication session. The organization network operates to facilitate a service authorization operation to... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070124586 - Dedicated communication system and dedicated communicating method: The management of a conversion table of the original address and the dedicated address, and the management of the correspondence between a dedicated address and a communication partner are not necessary, and an original address can be concealed from the communication partner while performing communications by generating a dedicated address... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070124588 - Information processing device and controlling method thereof: According to one embodiment, when an input from a pen input device is detected by a sensor, it is discriminated by BIOS that single sign-on is set. If it is discriminated that single sign-on is set, authentication is executed by a fingerprint authentication device. If the authentication is confirmed, an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070124584 - Proving ownership of shared information to a third party: Establishing proof of authorized receipt of information between two recipients involves a sender developing an asymmetric key pair and sending one key to each of the two recipients. A first recipient develops a challenge and sends it to the second recipient. The second recipient uses a first key to encrypt... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070124587 - Re-keying in a generic bootstrapping architecture following handover of a mobile terminal: An apparatus for re-keying a mobile terminal in a foreign network includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive, at the apparatus which is physically located in the foreign network, a request for re-keying from the mobile terminal in the foreign network. The processor is also configured to translate... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070124590 - One way authentication: A cryptosystem prevents replay attacks within existing authentication protocols, susceptible to such attacks but containing a random component, without requiring modification to said protocols. The entity charged with authentication maintains a list of previously used bit patterns, extracted from a portion of the authentication message connected to the random component.... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070124589 - Systems and methods for the protection of non-encrypted biometric data: Data can be stored in unencrypted form in an electronic device such as a smart card. The data will only be made available in response to successful execution of a mutual authentication process. Subsequently, when mutual authentication has been successfully completed, the data is made available to the host.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070124591 - Voice-capable system and method for authentication query recall and reuse prevention: A system and method for use with a voice-capable system, includes but is not limited to a method including receiving an authentication request by the voice-capable system from a user computationally networked to the voice-capable system, and determining an authentication session in response to the authentication request, the determining the... Agent: Anderson Law Group, PLLC

20070124592 - method, system and apparatus to support mobile ip version 6 services: For establishing a MIPv6 security association between the mobile node (10) roaming in a foreign network (20) and a home agent (36) and for simplifying MIPv6-related configuration, MIPv6-related information is transferred in an end-to-end procedure over an AAA infrastructure by means of an, preferably extended, authentication protocol. A preferred embodiment... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070124593 - Communication system having reduced delay time: A communication system includes a transmitter having a signal generator for generating a signal for transmitting data, a transmission delay unit for repeatedly delaying the signal from the signal generator for a predetermined delay time within a symbol period and generating corresponding delayed signals, and a selector for selectively providing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070124594 - Authentification of data in a digital transmission system: A method of authentication of data to be sent in a digital transmission system, the data being organized in a series of at least three files, involving generating a first authentication value for at least one first file, storing said first authentication value in a second file, generating a second... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070124596 - Integrated gas supply system and computer network for enhanced user service: The present invention generally describes a system and process for the integration of a gas supply system and a computer network.... Agent: Air Liquide

20070124595 - Method, system and computer program product for access control: An access control method in a computer system comprising the steps of: generating an image having first and second image elements, each of the image elements having associated an element type name and an image attribute, the image attribute including an attribute name and an attribute value; generating an access... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070124599 - Authentication apparatus and method for use in vehicle: An authentication method for use in a vehicle includes identifying validity by use of identification information stored, detecting an unauthorized use risk level predicted by a state of a vehicle, changing an authentication level according to an identification result and the unauthorized use risk level at the time of processing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124597 - Security devices, systems and computer program products: A security device having a knowledge input module obtaining knowledge data and a user data storage module storing user-specific data. A processor performs at least part of a user authorization process in response to the knowledge data and the user-specific data. An emitter in communication with the processor emits a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070124598 - System and method for providing security: Systems and methods of providing security by comparing biometric information and access code information are disclosed. In a system according to the invention, there is a biometric reader capable of receiving biometric specimen information, and an adjustable input device used to provide characters of a security access code. That system... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070124600 - Work system with an automatic os login function and method for using the same: A work system with an automatic OS login function includes a fingerprint mobile disk and a computer device. The fingerprint mobile disk has a fingerprint capturing unit and a storage unit. The computer device electrically connects to the fingerprint mobile disk. The computer device has a built-in OS, a login... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070124601 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for entering sensitive and padding data using user-defined criteria: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying sensitive data from a user-entered input sequence based on user-defined criteria. According to one method, user-defined criteria for identifying sensitive data within user-entered input sequences that include sensitive data and padding data are received. A request for sensitive data from... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC Jenkins, Wilson & Taylor, P.A.

20070124602 - Multimedia storage and access protocol: A method for protecting content including providing a host, a player, a communications link between host and player for communicating content therebetween, a recordable medium adapted to be played by and recorded to by the player, and an encrypted item of content, and producing a secure content license corresponding to... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070124603 - Content reproduction system: A content reproduction system that allow the user to rent or purchase any desired contents for reproduction without depending on a predetermined type of information of the user. The content reproduction system includes: a recording medium storing a license ticket including an encrypted master key; and a reproduction apparatus that... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070124616 - Apparatus for an energy efficient clustered micro-architecture: In some embodiments, an apparatus for an energy efficient clustered micro-architecture are disclosed. In one embodiment, the micro-architecture computes an energy delay2 product for each active instruction scheduler and one or more associated function blocks of a current architecture configuration over a predetermined period. Once the energy delay2 product is... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070124613 - Information processing apparatus and system control method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing including a detector configured to detect whether a power is supplied and a controller configured to control the apparatus to be in an operable state when the detector detects the power is supplied.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070124612 - Method and system for controlling a mixed array of point-of-load regulators through a bus translator: A power control system comprises at least one point-of-load (POL) regulator adapted to provide an output voltage to a corresponding load and a system controller operatively connected to the at least one POL regulator via a data bus and adapted to send a first data message in a first format... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20070124604 - Method for power down interrupt in a data modem: An improved data modem (IDM) and method includes a communication processor module, a mass storage module, a power converter module, and one or more DSP modules. The communication processor module utilizes commercial off-the-shelf components as well as electrically programmable logic devices (EPLD), which are programmed to provide a watchdog timer,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070124610 - Power management device for multiprocessor system and method thereof: A power management device for multiprocessor systems and method thereof applied to force individual processor entering or leaving of a C3 state are disclosed. The device includes at least one checking unit, a plurality of recording units and a plurality of arbiters. The checking unit receives an event from a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070124606 - Remote access power hub: A remote access power (“RAP”) hub for kiosks and information booths with multiple peripherals. The RAP hub provides power at different levels to accommodate different electronic devices and peripherals. The RAP hub also acts as a powered USB hub for connecting multiple USB devices to the devices and peripherals. The... Agent: Philip K. Yu

20070124615 - Standby arrangement for power supplies: An electronics product has a control unit responsive to a power-on remote control signal to enable DC power converters to supply power for normal operation of the product and to a microprocessor for responding to other remote control signals. The microprocessor controls the control unit to return to a standby... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20070124609 - System and method for controlling cpu overclocking: An exemplary method for controlling central processing unit (CPU) overclocking is disclosed. The CPU runs in a computer system. The method includes: configuring an overclocking frequency and a reference temperature of the CPU at which the CPU begins overclocking; increasing the clock frequency of the CPU to the overclocking frequency... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070124608 - System and method for managing power of networked devices: Embodiments of this invention provide a system and method for managing the power of networked devices. A power managed device in accordance with embodiments of this invention, include a network power manager connected to a network interface and a local power manager. The network power manager transmits event notifications to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070124605 - System and method for providing a circuitry management service: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for providing a circuitry management service is provided. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a management circuit interface configured to receive a plug associated with a management service. The system also includes a power source. In... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070124607 - System and method for semi-automatic power control in component architecture systems: A semi-automatic power control in component architecture system is provided. Using a component based hardware (HW) and software (SW) architecture, semi-automatic power control in component architecture systems is achieved. Further, intelligent power control in heterogeneous architectures is achieved by the knowledge of the data communications between components, both hardware and... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070124611 - Thermal throttle control with minimal impact to interrupt latency: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for thermal throttle control with minimal impact to interrupt latency. A setting of an interrupt status bit is monitored. A determination is made as to whether an interrupt associated with the interrupt status bit is an unmasked interrupt in... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124614 - Universal serial bus apparatus and method for managing power in universal serial bus apparatus: In order to manage power in a wireless type USB apparatus including a solar battery and a power controller and to perform data transmission and reception to and from a wireless type USB host, the solar battery supplies power, and whether the wireless type USB host and apparatus are powered... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070124617 - Host apparatus and information processing system using the same: In an information processing system, a host apparatus and a device are communicatively connected such that the host apparatus serves as a master and the device serves as a slave. The device is configured to establish a power-saving mode, when any command is not received from the host apparatus for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070124618 - Optimizing power and performance using software and hardware thermal profiles: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for using software and hardware thermal profiles to schedule the execution of applications. Hardware and software thermal profiles are generated for a set of processors and a set of applications, respectively, to form a plurality of hardware... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124620 - Capacitive load driving circuit, electrostatic transducer, method of setting circuit constant, ultrasonic speaker, display device, and directional acoustic system: A capacitive load driving circuit includes an error amplification circuit that amplifies a difference between an external input signal provided to one input terminal and a negative feedback signal provided from the following negative feed back circuit to the other input terminal; a modulation circuit that pulse-modulates the signal outputted... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124619 - Power supply system: A power supply system is structured, which has a server disposed so that it is capable of communicating through redundant communication media with a user terminal at a user site which is capable of receiving power from one power supply system selected by making a switchover among a plurality of... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070124621 - System and method of controlling power consumption: A system and method of controlling power consumption are provided. The example method may be directed to controlling power consumption in a system including first and second interface blocks, and may include transitioning a first interface block to a power saving mode in response to a status of a first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070124622 - Implementation of thermal throttling logic: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for implementation of thermal throttling logic. A sensed temperature value is received from a digital thermal sensor representing a current temperature of a unit associated with the digital thermal sensor in the integrated circuit. The sensed temperature is reported... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070124623 - Circuit and method for aligning data transmitting timing of a plurality of lanes: A circuit and a method for aligning data transmitting timing of a plurality of lanes. The method includes utilizing different initial values to reset a count value corresponding to a lane when a plurality of COM symbols are detected on the lane, utilizing an increment value to increase the count... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070118728 - Dynamic pre-operating system billboard service: A method and apparatus for retrieving dynamic content over a communications network prior to booting an operating system is presented. The content may include a screen image for display on a console. The time period for displaying the content may be controlled by another computer coupled to the communications network.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070118729 - System and method for surely but conveniently causing reset of a computerized device: Enhanced reset logic is included in a user's computerized device so that the device owner (e.g., the user's employer) can assure prompt reset (e.g., to insure device use of newly downloaded software versions or other control or security data) while still allowing user convenience (e.g., some limited continued normal use... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070118730 - Cryptographically signed filesystem: A cryptographically signed filesystem provides a central database resident on a server that contains database objects. The server creates startup software to be installed in a client system's read only memory. The startup software contains a hash value for a second stage loader. The server also creates software for a... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070118731 - Encrypting file system: A method of decrypting documents is disclosed. A plurality of document may be stored on a file server. A client computer is connected to the file server by a network. A first table contains the names of encrypted documents and, for each document, the name of an associated encryption key.... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070118734 - Authentication ticket processing apparatus and method with improved performance for self-contained ticket: An authentication ticket processing apparatus includes a temporary data storage unit configured to keep user information upon receiving the user information from a user management database for managing user information, the temporary data storage unit allowing access thereto to be performed at higher speed than access to the user management... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070118736 - Customization of a bank card for other applications: A method and a system for customizing a PKI application in a bank card containing an EMV application, including of generation of a pair of public and private keys of the PKI application by the card, and of transmission of the public key by using a dynamic data authentication channel... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070118732 - Method and system for digitally signing electronic documents: A method and apparatus for digitally signing an electronic document is provided. Data is inputted into the electronic document by a client. A signing process request is initiated by the client. The signing process request is then transmitted by the client to a server. An input field request, which is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070118733 - Secure synchronization and sharing of secrets: Techniques are provided for secure synchronization and sharing of secrets. A first principal acquires an encrypted access key to a secret store of a second principal. The first principal contacts an identity manager and supplies a decrypted version of the access key. One or more secrets of the second principal... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070118735 - Systems and methods for trusted information exchange: Systems and methods are provided which allow for the secure exchange of information between a sender and a receiver. The systems and methods utilize a mutually trusted credential creator to authenticate the identities of at least the sender and optionally the receiver. The systems and methods also provide for the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070118737 - Method and apparatus for distributed management of files: Apparatus and methods for computer file management including components and steps for distributing to servers a plurality of mixed images that are generated for each of N, where N≧3, sets of distributed information generated by distributing secret information using a threshold secret sharing scheme, the plurality of mixed images being... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070118738 - System and method for authenticating an operating system to a central processing unit, providing the cpu/os with secure storage, and authenticating the cpu/os to a third party: In accordance with certain aspects, a computer system has a central processing unit (CPU) and an operating system (OS), the CPU having a pair of private and public keys and a software identity register that holds an identity of the operating system. An OS certificate is created including the identity... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070118740 - Authentication method and information processor: In a network made up of a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals in the network includes a digital certificate revocation list. When the digital certificate revocation list of its own is updated, the terminal sends information including the updated details to other terminal so that a digital certificate... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070118739 - Certificate issuance server and certification system for certifying operating environment: It is an object to provide a certification system designed for security patrol, for example, that certifies a patrolled time and a patrolled site in security patrol rounds. It is another object to certify the time when an image was taken and the site where the image was taken, for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070118741 - Object delivery authentication: Provided is a method and system for authenticating object delivery including the steps of receiving by an object receiver an object delivery information package from an object deliverer over a call network during a communication between the object receiver and the object deliverer, wherein the object delivery information package comprises... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070118742 - Native wi-fi architecture for 802.11 networks: A software based wireless infrastructure system is provided. The system has a driver that communicates with the network stack and a network interface card (NIC), a station server in communication with the station driver and an 802.1X supplicant or an 802.1X authenticator. Each NIC provides station and/or access point functionality... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070118743 - Communication of information via an in-band channel using a trusted configuration space: Communication of information via an in-band channel using a trusted configuration space is provided. The introduction of using a trusted configuration space associated with a computer bus system, such as PCI Express® (PCIe™), for example, enables the design of trusted computing platforms capable of providing compliant devices with assurance that... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070118745 - Multi-factor authentication using a smartcard: Methods and systems are provided for non-cryptographic capabilities of a token such as a smartcard to be used as an additional authentication factor when multi-factor authentication is required. Smartcards are configured to generate a transaction code each time a transaction is attempted by the smartcard. The transaction code is dynamic,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070118744 - System and method for managing user equipment to access networks by using generic authentication architecture: The present invention discloses a method for managing user equipment (UE) to access the network by using Generic Authentication Architecture. The basic technical solution of the present invention is that upon receiving a B-TID query request from a NAF, a network function which provides query information determines whether the UE... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070118746 - Digital signature for network coding: Digital signatures for network coding are described. In one aspect, digital signatures for network coding are described. In one aspect, segmented blocks of content for distribution are digitally signed using homomorphic digital signatures generated from an elliptic curve. A linear combination of packets comprising the digitally signed content is distributed... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070118747 - Method for electronically endorsing check images: A method of electronically endorsing a check includes obtaining an electronic image of the check and composing an endorsement data element for the check that includes at least first information identifying a party endorsing the check. The method further includes creating a message data file including the electronic image and... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070118748 - Arbitrary mac address usage in a wlan system: The present invention provides a new and unique method and apparatus for coupling an access point (AP) or other suitable network node or terminal to a station (STA) or other suitable network node or terminal in a wireless LAN network. The present invention features the AP and the STA agreeing... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070118749 - Method for providing services in a data transmission network and associated components: The invention relates to, among other things, a method according to which an access function (36) for a number of service user computers (18) permits a connection between the service user computer (18) and a service provider computer (22 to 26), which is selected by a service user (A), according... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070118750 - Authenticating a caller initiating a communication session: The invention is a method to authenticate a caller initiating a communication session (such as a VoIP or IM communication session) and accept, reject, or accept and route the communication session accordingly. The caller's terminal adapter or message server (such as a VoIP or IM server) may create a digital... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20070118752 - Authentication of control units in a vehicle: A control unit transmits an authentication request to an authentication device via the bus system. The authentication device signs the authentication request using a first symmetric key and transmits the signed authentication request or only the signature to the control unit. The control unit compares the transmitted signature of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070118753 - Customization of an electronic circuit: A method and a system of customization and authentication of an electronic circuit for an application implementing an asymmetrical algorithm and using a certification authority, including use of an authentication channel of another application implementing the same asymmetrical algorithm and using another certification authority.... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070118751 - Method of digitally signing a contract: A device and method for digitally signing contracts. A first contract is signed in response to an action by a signor. A second contract is also signed in response to an action by the signor. The action that signs the second contract is an extension of the same action that... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070118754 - Time proof server, terminal, and time proving method: A time certification server includes a receiving section that receives an issue request for a time certification code and terminal information; a temporal change information input section that inputs temporal change information; a first code generating section that generates a first code based on the temporal change information and outputs... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070118756 - Policy-protection proxy: A database maintains security status information on each device in a network, based on whether the device's operating system, software, and patches are installed and configured to meet a baseline level of security. A network gateway proxy blocks connection attempts from devices for which the database indicates a substandard security... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070118755 - Use-authorization device for security-related applications: This description is given of a use-authorization device for security-related applications, in particular access control to secure areas or securing vehicles with a user operated key unit for generating consecutive, alternating user code information which exhibits a sequence of consecutive function values vi+1=F(vi,const) for i=0, . . . , N... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070118757 - Method, apparatus, and system for securing data on a removable memory device: A method, apparatus, and system for securing data on a removable memory device, which is removably coupled to and accessible by a computing apparatus, are disclosed. Upon an attempt by a user to access the removable memory device, a biometric key is recovered by a biometric key interface device. This... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070118758 - Processing device, helper data generating device, terminal device, authentication device and biometrics authentication system: When biometric information is registered, master helper data is created from user's biometric information and is saved in an IC card. When a user is registered in an authentication server, a password is created and registered in the server, the master helper data is converted to create helper data corresponding... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070118759 - Undesirable email determination: Included is a method for preventing spam dissemination. The method can include monitoring an Internet communication by a user, determining whether the monitored Internet communication includes a spam-related communication, and determining whether the user is a probable victim by determining whether the user is communicating via an infected device.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ Bellsouth I.p. Corp

20070118762 - Apparatus, method and system for generating a unique hardware adaptation inseparable from correspondingly unique content: The present invention includes an apparatus, method and system for generating a configuration of an adaptive circuit which is inseparable from selected content. Either the adaptive circuit or encrypted, selected content has a unique identifier. In one of the preferred method and system embodiments in which the adaptive circuit has... Agent: Gamburd Law Group LLC

20070118760 - Image processor, job log creating method, and storage medium: An image processor has a job processing unit, a log creating unit and a log encrypting unit. The job processing unit applies a job process. The log creating unit creates a job log including image data representing an image to which the job process is applied. The log encrypting unit... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070118761 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device, program delivery method, and program delivery system: When an encrypted program and a decryption program are inputted to a first memory, a semiconductor integrated circuit device causes a bus port to disable access from the outside and enables access to the first memory and to a second memory, thereby transferring the encrypted program and the decryption program... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070118763 - Storage medium, method, and apparatus for creating a protected executable program: A storage medium readable by a computer is provided. The storage medium stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for protecting a target function. The function includes generating an inserted function, having a function name identical to the function name of the target function,... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070118766 - Electronic content security scheme: A method has been developed for enhanced content protection for use in a DVD player or other apparatus where it is desired to store content in a secure manner for personal use and enjoyment. By this technique, a user could input content into an apparatus, and store a single copy... Agent: Naomi Obinata

20070118765 - Method and system of decrypting disc: This invention provides a method and system for decrypting an optical disc. The contents of the optical disc are encrypted, and the decrypting information is stored in the Internet server. The decrypting information is created by the internet server in terms of the request, including two layers of data, the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070118767 - Method of securing access to a hard disk drive of a computer system: A method of enhancing security of a storage component communicating with a host processor over a bus comprises: interrupting software execution of an in progress security command in the storage component by issuance of a reset that is selected from the group consisting of a software reset and a hard... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070118768 - Method of securing access to a hard disk drive of a computer system with an enhanced security mode: A method of enhancing security of a storage component communicating with a host processor over a bus comprises: receiving from the bus by the storage component one of a security unlock command, set password command, security disable command and security erase command along with a password associated therewith; determining a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070118764 - Optical disc, player for the optical disc and its play back method: An optical disk, optical disk player and optical disk playing method are disclosed, wherein the optical disk is used to play in coordination with the downloaded contents. The optical disk has a public key used to verify whether the downloaded content is authenticated. The optical disk player comprises a reading-out... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070118770 - Secure storage and replay of media programs using a hard-paired receiver and storage device: A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a data stream comprising the program material encrypted according to a first encryption key, decrypting the program material; re-encrypting the program material according to a second encryption key;... Agent: The Directv Group Inc

20070118769 - System and method for authenticating an operating system to a central processing unit, providing the cpu/os with secure storage, and authenticating the cpu/os to a third party: In accordance with certain aspects, a chain of trust is established between a subscriber unit and a content provider. A request is submitted from the subscriber unit to the content provider. A challenge nonce is generated at the content provider and returned to the subscriber unit. At the subscriber unit,... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070118773 - Information processing apparatus and processor and control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body in which a battery is mountable and a processor provided in the main body and including a first core and a second core. The information processing apparatus further comprises a power supply controller that executes a process for... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070118771 - Power management using spare capacity of redundant power supply in blade environment: A method and system are disclosed to enable and control over-subscription in a blade/chassis system and to provide the capability to recover in the event of the loss of a redundant power supply. An over-subscription policy is determined by a system administrator and is set in the chassis management module.... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-rps)

20070118774 - Thermal and power management for computer systems: Improved approaches to providing thermal and power management for a computing device are disclosed. These approaches facilitate intelligent control of a processor's clock frequency and/or a fan's speed so as to provide thermal and/or power management for the computing device.... Agent: Ipventure, Inc.

20070118772 - Uninterruptible power supply resource sharing for multiple power sourcing equipment network devices: In a network deploying a plurality of network devices with PSE capabilities, a UPS resource may be effectively shared among those network devices by selecting at least one network device to be “master” and transmitting information reflecting worst case power commitments from “slave” network devices to the at least one... Agent: David B. Ritchie Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

20070118775 - Personal electronic device with keypad application: A novel personal electronic device includes a first (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors including associated operating systems and functions. In one aspect, the first processor performs relatively limited functions, while the second processor performs relatively broader functions under control of the first processor. Often the second processor requires more power... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070118777 - Computer system and power management method thereof: A computer system and a power management method thereof are provided. The computer system includes system management controller, a northbridge, a hyper transport bus, a central processing unit and a power management signal line. The northbridge is electrically connected to the system management controller via the hyper transport bus. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070118776 - Power amplifier: A power amplifier includes a power distribution circuit which distributes an input signal into signals and outputs the signals, amplification circuits which amplify the respective signals outputted from the power distribution circuit, a power combining circuit which combines the respective signals outputted from the amplification circuits and outputs the combined... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070113062 - Bootable computer system circumventing compromised instructions: The inventive application includes a secondary OS for scanning which installs on one or many client computers and boots prior to a client's primary OS to counter security threats. In one configuration, a bootloader responds to a flagged condition to boot to the primary or secondary OS in accordance with... Agent: Nath & Associates, PLLC Sixth Floor

20070113066 - Host build and rebuild system and method: Methods of building a host computer system. The methods may comprise the steps of discovering hardware components present at the host and determining whether the hardware components are certified. The methods may also comprise the step of determining whether a build of the host is requested. According to various embodiments,... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070113063 - Method and apparatus for maintaining a partition when booting another partition: In a processing system with a main partition and a sequestered partition, the main partition sends an interrupt to the sequestered partition before calling an operating system (OS) boot loader for the main partition. The sequestered partition may then enter an interrupt handler. After the sequestered partition enters the interrupt... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070113064 - Method and system for secure code patching: Certain embodiments of a method and system for secure code patching may comprise modifying execution of boot code in an on-chip ROM during booting of the chip. Patch code resident in memory internal to the chip may be used to modify execution of the boot code. The address bus may... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070113061 - System and method for coordinated startup of document processing service functions: A method for coordinated startup of document processing service functions. The method begins with the retrieval of descriptor data for each of a plurality of document processing service functions. The descriptor data includes dependency data representing dependencies between document processing service functions. A startup sequence is then calculated for each... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070113065 - System and method for recording bios programs: A system and method for recording BIOS programs is proposed, which allows a data processing device to be booted by a BIOS program stored in a first memory via a control module, and when a detecting module detects that a BIOS program is not stored in a second memory, records... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070113067 - Method and apparatus for booting a microprocessor system using boot code stored on a serial flash memory array having a random-access interface: A method and apparatus for booting a microprocessor system using a serial (e.g., NAND-type) flash memory array having a random-access (parallel, e.g., NOR-flash type) interface. The method includes loading a boot code loader stored in the serial (e.g., NAND-type) flash memory array into a RAM when power is turned on,... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070113069 - Method, system, apparatus, and program product for temporary personalization of a computer terminal: A method, system, and program product that enables a computer user to access their own complete computer environment and software on a separate and distinct host computer. The visiting user's data including files, settings, environment, software, are all packed in a single file.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070113068 - System and method for reconfiguring a real time clock time of a computer: A method for reconfiguring an RTC time of a computer is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: storing an initial real time clock (RTC) time when the computer is powered on; calculating a first elapsed time tracked from the initial RTC time and a second elapsed time tracked from... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070113070 - Secure active suspension system: Among other things, an active suspension system for a vehicle includes a first component, and a second component in communication with the first component using a network. The first component is configured to encrypt at least some of the data transmitted by the first component to the second component using... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070113071 - Method for a secure data transmission: The invention relates to a method for secure data transmission, particularly between a tachograph (51) in a commercial vehicle and memory cards (50), where a first subscriber (T1) has a memory (6, 22) with entries (31-35) comprising identifiers (4) and security certificates (Cert) from second subscribers (T2). Methods for secure... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20070113073 - Method of and apparatus for providing secure communication of digital data between devices: A method of secure communication of digital data between devices, including validating, by a security module, the devices using device identifiers, generating a random key in the security module, and transmitting the random key to the devices.... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070113072 - Priced-certificate distribution, verification and exchange method utilizing mobile communication: Disclosed is a method which can be utilized to transmit a priced-certificate to a user of a mobile communication device, and verify and exchange the priced-certificate at a specific transaction site visited by the users of mobile communication device. The method is realized by means of at least a back-stage... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070113075 - Secure route optimization for mobile network using multi-key crytographically generated addresses: A method allows a mobile router that uses the Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (Mobile IPv6) for mobility management to optimize routing by securely sending binding update messages directly to correspondent nodes on behalf of each mobile network node, even if the node does not perform Mobile IPv6 functions. Since... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070113074 - Service for determining whether digital certificate has been revoked: A revocation determination service determines for a client whether a particular digital certificate as issued by a particular certificate authority (CA) has been revoked by such CA. In the service, an engine receives a query from the client, where the query identifies the particular certificate and the CA that issued... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070113076 - Keys: A key distribution system can comprise a key packaging unit operable to package a key using a signature based upon an intrinsic property of a security token, a channel operable to have the packaged key transmitted therethrough; and a key unpacking unit operable to unpack the key using a signature... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070113077 - System and method for establishing trust without revealing identity: One aspect of an embodiment of the invention provides a method, system, and device to prove to a challenger that a prover device has a signature from a device manufacturer without revealing the signature to the challenger. According to one implementation, a challenger is provided with the result of a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070113078 - System and method for encrypting data without regard to application: Systems and methods are provided for encrypting data without regard to applications writing the data to, or reading the data from, encrypted data storage devices. An operating system intercept detects information indicating that a file will be encrypted and, in respond, sets device-level flags indicating encryption and also establishes one... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070113079 - Data processing apparatus: In a data processing apparatus that switches between a secure mode and a normal mode during execution, the secure mode allowing access to secure resources to be protected, the normal mode not allowing access to the secure resources, when the secure resources increase in the secure mode, the load on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070113080 - Method and system for generating an advisory message for an endpoint device: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for generating an advisory message for an endpoint device includes determining a threat level for the endpoint device by identifying a connection type between the endpoint device and the wireless network. The method also includes determining a second threat level for... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070113087 - Computer system establishing a safe communication path: Provided is a computer system including: a first computer; a second computer including a second processor and a second memory; and a communication controller for controlling communication between the first and second computers, in which: upon reception of a packet from the first computer, the communication controller translates address information... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070113081 - Digital rights management based on device proximity: The present invention discloses a digital rights management (DRM) system and method based on device proximity for controlling what devices can utilize DRM protected content. DRM data and DRM protected content are copied from a first device to a second device such that the DRM protected content on the first... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070113082 - Login method for a wireless network with security settings, and wireless network system with security settings: In a login method for a wireless network with security settings, security settings data for a wireless local area network is provided in a portable wireless device (such as a remote controller) capable of two-way wireless transmission. When it is intended to log a new wireless network device in to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070113086 - Method for selecting the authentication manner at the network side: The present invention discloses a method for a network to choose an authentication mode, wherein the key lies in that, according to the received authentication information in the authentication vector request message from S-CSCF as well as according to type of the requesting subscriber, HSS returns authentication information of the... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20070113084 - Method, apparatus, and program for processing information: An information processing apparatus decrypts, using meta data, encrypted data obtained by encrypting stream data including successive frames according to an encryption method in which, when the stream data is sequentially encrypted on a frame-by-frame basis, a key used for encrypting each frame is updated according to a predetermined rule.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070113085 - Methods for secure and bandwidth efficient cryptographic synchronization: Methods for cryptographic synchronization of data packets. A roll-over counter (ROC) value is periodically appended to and transmitted with a data packet when a function of the packet sequence number equals a predetermined value. The ROC effectively synchronizes the cryptographic transformation of the data packets. Although the disclosed methods are... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070113083 - System and method of message authentication: A system and method of improving the resistance of MAC functions to attack makes use of the output MAC value to perform a one-way operation such as exponentiation in a cyclic group such as a Galois Field. Further enhancements are provided by an optional keyed function that can provide another... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070113088 - Secure booting of an electronic apparatus with smp architecture: A method of secure booting of an SMP architecture apparatus provides for the formation of a secure domain comprising a first processor and a part of a shared memory, before the booting of the operating system of the first processor. The operating system of a second processor is booted only... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070113090 - Access control system based on a hardware and software signature of a requesting device: A system and method for the authorization of access to a service by a computational device or devices, which may include a wireless device such as a cell phone or a smart phone. A software agent generates a digital signature for the device each time it attempts to access the... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20070113089 - System and method for secure exchange of trust information: The present invention is directed to a system and method for propagation of security information for secure information exchange. Existing and new authentication information are gathered and combined into the same header. The header is attached to electronic document data encrypted by a client device and sent via a computer... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070113091 - Extensible fingerprinting functions and content addressed storage system using the same: An extensible fingerprint comprised of an ordered list of fingerprints generated by applying each of a plurality of distinct fingerprinting functions to the content of a data item. The extensible fingerprint can be extended by using a new fingerprinting function to compute a new fingerprint and adding the new fingerprint... Agent: Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070113092 - Method and system for processing information: An information processing system includes an information providing apparatus for providing a service, and a mobile terminal for receiving the service from the information providing apparatus. The information providing apparatus includes a plurality of directional antennas arranged in a predetermined space and forming at least one particular area in which... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070113093 - Mobile communication terminal for wireless internet access and a wireless internet access method: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a mobile communication apparatus and a wireless Internet access method by the mobile communication apparatus for using a wireless Internet environment. The mobile communication apparatus may store authenticating information issued from an official certificate authority. When Internet access is requested, the mobile communication... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070113094 - Method and system for digital watermarking: A method for applying a digital watermark to a content signal is disclosed. In accordance with such a method, a watermarking key is identified. The watermarking key includes a binary sequence and information describing application of that binary sequence to the content signal. The digital watermark is then encoded within... Agent: Scott A. Moskowitz

20070113095 - Encryption scheme management method: An encryption scheme management method according to the present invention is an encryption scheme management method which manages encryption schemes utilized for distributing encrypted data, and includes request receiving which receives encryption scheme switching request from a client device, selecting an encryption scheme from the encryption schemes, generating circuit forming... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070113096 - Peer-to-peer networks with protections: In a peer-to-peer environment, copyrights and users' privacies can be protected by a tracking mechanism. In described implementations, tracking mechanisms can use certificates that are produced using random numbers to protect the privacy of users and/or certificates that are produced responsive to at least one hardware identifier to enable uploader... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070113099 - Authentication apparatus and portable terminal: An authentication apparatus includes an imaging device having at least one of a macro imaging function, an auto focusing function and a zoom imaging function, an authentication device for authenticating a user through a face image picked up by the imaging device, and an authentication limiting device for canceling the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070113098 - Grip security arrangement: Systems and methods that enhance a user's grip on a hand held terminal (e.g., during one handed operation) via employing a grip securing arrangement. Such grip security arrangement includes a depression positioned to at a back surface of the hand terminal to receive a user's finger (e.g., index finger). Accordingly,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070113097 - [storage media]: A storage media is provided. The storage media comprises a user biological feature matching means and a smart card; wherein a user's biological feature is used as password to access the storage media and the smart card is used to encrypt/decrypt data stored in the storage media to effectively protect... Agent: Phison Electronics Corporation

20070113100 - Multiple-path remediation: A security information management system is described, wherein a database of potential vulnerabilities is maintained, along with data describing remediation techniques (patches, policy settings, and configuration options) available to protect against them. At least one vulnerability is associated in the database with multiple available remediation techniques. In one embodiment, the... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070113101 - Secure electronic mail system with configurable cryptographic engine: An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070113102 - Write once system and method for facilitating digital encrypted transmissions: A digital interface device is provided for facilitating key encryption of a digital signal which is communicated from a computer system to an associated peripheral device, such as a digital display device. The digital interface device has a digital output, digital output formatting circuitry associated with the output and a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070113103 - Method and central processing unit for processing encrypted software: The present invention provides a central processing unit for processing at least one encrypted software. The encrypted software comprises at least one encrypted software section. The encrypted software section is encrypted with a management key MK, and the MK being encrypted with a device key DK as a encrypted MK.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070113104 - System and method for data encryption keys and indicators: Systems and methods are provided for encrypting data, generating encryption keys, and generating encryption indicators. The encryption indicators may be stored on a storage medium in a location separate from the location of stored encrypted data. The encryption indicator includes information indicative of the encryption key used for encrypting and... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070113105 - Apparatus and method for power management in peripheral device: In one embodiment, an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in a peripheral device when the peripheral device is not connected to a transmission medium.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070113107 - Control device: A control device includes a control unit having operating modes having different heating values, and a fan unit including at least one fan for cooling the control unit in which the number of rotations varies depending on a voltage. The control unit includes a voltage supplying section for supplying different... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070113109 - Controlling heat generated by a central processing unit: Controlling heat generated by a computer includes using a thermal sensor configured to monitor temperature of a CPU, a peripheral device controller configured to determine if the monitored temperature of the CPU is higher than a threshold temperature, and an application program configured to designate one or more operating modes... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070113112 - Information display device: An information display device allowing a memory property display screen that continuously displays displayed content as it is even when a power supply is shut off to display information includes a user authentication executing section that performs a user authentication every time a predetermined time elapses; and a display screen... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070113110 - Information processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus and an information processing method, and a computer program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes: a state detecting part which detects physical fluctuations that are generated in association with a user carrying the information processing apparatus; and a control part which receives... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070113108 - Memory with self-contained power supply: The present invention provides a rechargeable battery module for supplying a sufficient power to recharge the DRAM in order to maintain the stored data. Thus, the problems of losing the data in the DRAM due to cut in power supply can be avoided. Therefore, the DRAM may replace the flash... Agent: Optimum Care International Tech. Inc.

20070113111 - Standby mode for power management: An apparatus and method for controlling standby mode in an electronic device. In standby mode, power and clock signals are reduced or stopped to conserve power. The apparatus includes an initiator module coupled to a power and clock control module (PCCM). When the initiator module meets conditions for standby mode,... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070113106 - Volatile memory elements with boosted output voltages for programmable logic device integrated circuits: Integrated circuits are provided that have memory elements. The memory elements produce output signals. The integrated circuits may be programmable logic device integrated circuits containing programmable logic including transistors with gates. When loaded with configuration data, the memory elements produce output signals that are applied to the gates of the... Agent: G. Victor Treyz

20070113113 - Data processing arrangement: A data processing arrangement including a plurality of processing units. Each processing unit has a processing element, a data memory, a fill level unit, and a control unit. The processing element processes data stored in the data memory, or the data memory stores results of data processing performed by the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070113114 - Method and device for adjusting power-saving strategy: In a method for adjusting power-saving strategy of a peripheral device controller in communication with a CPU, whether the CPU is in a working state while the peripheral device enters a power-saving mode is first determined. Then, interrupt the CPU at relatively short intervals during the power-saving mode if the... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070113116 - Method and apparatus for transferring multi-source/multi-sink control signals using a differential signaling technique: A method and apparatus arc disclosed for transferring multi-source/multi-sink control signals using a differential signaling technique. An “active” state is transferred on a multi-source/multi-sink control signal network by inverting the previous voltage level, and an “inactive state” is transferred by maintaining the previous level. A change in the voltage level... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070113115 - Switching circuit for clock signals: An exemplary switching circuit assembly for clock signals includes a chipset, a flip-flop, and a multiplexer. The multiplexer is connected between the chipset and the multiplexer. The chipset receives a reset signal and is reset by the reset signal. The flip-flop receives the reset signal and generates a control signal.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070113117 - Hybrid parallel/serial bus interface: A hybrid serial/parallel bus interface has a data block demultiplexing device. The data block demultiplexing device has an input configured to receive a data block and demultiplexes the data block into a plurality of nibbles. For each nibble, a parallel to serial converter converts the nibble into serial data. A... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070106891 - Computer system having an identification device: A computer system includes an identification device and a host. The identification device includes a first wireless module for receiving a radio identification signal and then emitting a radio user signal with an identification code. The host includes a processing module for controlling operation of the host, a second wireless... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070106890 - Method and apparatus for securely updating and boot code image: A method and apparatus for securely updating and booting a code image is provided, where a code image is updated in a storage medium storing an operating system having a first region, on which a boot code is loaded, a second region, in which a first code image is stored,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070106893 - Authentication method, authentication device and information processor: Authentication processing is easily performed on a device used as a node in a network. Upon the authentication of a terminal used as the node in the network, when the terminal can communicate with another terminal, the terminal sends an electronic certificate of the terminal per se to the other... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070106892 - Method and system for establishing a communication using privacy enhancing techniques: A method of establishing a communication path from a first legal entity in a data communication network comprises the steps of providing at least one private reference point comprised in the data communication network and establishing a communication path from the first legal entity to the private reference point. The... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070106895 - Biometric non-repudiation network security systems and methods: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a client device includes a biometric unit, a transceiver unit, and a cryptographic engine. The biometric unit generates a first biometric feature at a first time and a second biometric feature at a second time based on sensing a portion of... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070106894 - Communication device, communication system and authentication method: A communication device, a communication system and an authentication system for preventing a disguising act by an illegal man-in-the-middle and improving the safety and certainty of authentication processing are provided. A slave (20) transmits an authentication request including device information to a master (10). The master (10) receives the authentication... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070106896 - Method and system for generating ciphertext and message authentication codes utilizing shared hardware: A method and system for generating ciphertext and message authentication codes utilizing shared hardware are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided of generating ciphertext message data and message authentication codes utilizing shared authenticated encryption unit hardware. In the described embodiment, plaintext message data is received at an... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20070106897 - Secure rfid authentication system: A system comprised of computer hardware and software used to authenticate collectable/valuable consumer products (FIG. 3 element 310) utilizing a cellular telephone (FIG. 3 element 330)—containing an RFID reader device—authenticated as a “Trusted Reader”. The “Trusted Reader” cellular telephone reads an RFID tag (FIG. 5 element 320) attached to and/or... Agent: Michael Kulakowski

20070106898 - Setting information notifying method and appliances applied thereto: A setting information notifying method that enables safely and easily exchanging appliance setting information between appliances connected to a home network, the said method comprising steps of that: a portable data media is connected to a first appliance which provides a service in a communication network; the first appliance writes... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070106899 - Wireless communication system, terminal, method for reporting status of terminal, and program: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of terminals connected via at least one wireless network. Each of the plurality of terminals identifies a wireless network to which the terminal is to be connected by using a group identifier including a terminal identifier of an issuing terminal that issues an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070106900 - Estimation of quantisation step sizes for a watermark detector: The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and computer program product enabling at least identification the presence data symbols that have been embedded in a media signal. A transmitted media signal is obtained (step 22), which comprises a possibly distorted version of a host signal in which data symbols... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070106902 - Image processing apparatus, image managing method, document managing apparatus, and document managing method: An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit that reads out image data for a document; a dividing unit that divides the image data for the document, read out by the reading unit, into secure parts and non-secure parts; a secure document generating unit that generates a secure document from... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070106901 - Parallel distribution and fingerprinting of digital content: Distributing information, including the steps of watermarking the digital content, distributing the digital content using a multi-source system, and partially fingerprinting digital content at each stage of moving information from a point of origin to the viewer. “Adaptation” of the digital content to the recipient includes maintaining the digital content... Agent: Swernofsky Law Group PC

20070106903 - Multiple factor-based user identification and authentication: A method of authenticating the identity of a user to determine access to a system includes providing a plurality of factor-based data instances corresponding to a user, evaluating the factor-based data instances to determine if the user's identity is authenticated, and granting or restricting the user's access to the system... Agent: Ip Strategies

20070106904 - Processing encumbered electronic communications: The invention includes, in various embodiments, a method for archiving an electronic message which includes the steps of scanning the electronic message to determine whether at least a portion of the message is encumbered, disencumbering the encumbered portion of the message if it is encumbered, storing a copy of the... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070106905 - Information processing apparatus, authentication method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes identification information inputting means configured to input identification information, authentication controlling means configured to, if authentication information corresponding to the identification information input by the identification information inputting means has been stored in storing means, perform control so that authentication is executed on the basis... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070106910 - Device management system, device management method, computer program, and computer readable storage medium: A print management system obtains ability information of a new printing device with reference to a device management table, when the new printing device is connected to a network. Then, the print management system obtains an encryption key (public key) of the new printing device, and registers the obtained encryption... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070106906 - Digital data storage/reproduction method and device: A digital data storing method is provided in which digital data whose content varies as the time elapses is partially encrypted for each predetermined period τ at a predetermined time interval T. The encryption is done for the ratio of the period τ of the encrypted part to the predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070106908 - Electronic document authenticity guarantee method, and electronic document disclosure system: A need exists for a technology for guaranteeing the authenticity of an electronic document, and an information disclosure system, which can guarantee the authenticity of a disclosed document and delete information regarded as inappropriate for disclosure. An electronic document is divided into components, and a random number generated from a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070106907 - Method and device for encryption and decryption on the fly: A method for protecting a datum, wherein the datum is encrypted and, prior to sending the datum to a recipient, the datum is divided into at least a first block and a second block. The method includes receiving, at the recipient, the first block; decrypting the first block to obtain... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070106909 - Process, device and computer program for data decryption by use of a host-processor and a co-processor: The invention concerns the decryption of encrypted data using a host-processor and a co-processor. The method for decrypting data using the host-processor and at least one co-processor. The method comprises the step of providing the host-processor with a set of encrypted coherent data. The encrypted data is segmented into segments... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070106912 - Apparatus and program for update of time stamp: A time stamp updating apparatus includes: a time stamp obtaining unit configured to transmit hash value calculated from certification target data to an apparatus for time stamp authority when certification target data is input, to receive time stamp data from the apparatus for time stamp authority, to relate the received... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070106911 - Method and system for redundant secure storage of sensitive data by using multiple keys: A method and apparatus for secure storage of data by using redundant keys is provided. The method includes encrypting a data set by using a master key, which can be encrypted by different sync keys. Sync keys can be generated by different supervisor cards. Thereafter, the encrypted master key and... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070106913 - Implementing power over network data link for systems utilizing multiple power sources: A technique is disclosed for utilizing power provided from a data communication line for operation of an information handling system. The power from the data communication line may be utilized even when the information handling system being powered requires more power than is available from the data communication line. More... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20070106916 - Information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus including a first bus connected a first bus device, a second bus connected to a second bus device, and a bus bridge connecting the first bus and the second bus. A power control unit supplies electric power to the first bus device and the bus bridge... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070106917 - Method and apparatus for adjusting clock throttle rate based on usage of cpu: A method, apparatus or stored program for adjusting the clock throttle rate of a central processing unit (CPU) included in a computer, in which the usage of the CPU is measured, so that the clock throttle rate of the CPU can be automatically adjusted on the measured usage of the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070106918 - Multi processor system and interrupt signal sending method therefor: A multi processor system having a first processor; and one or more second processors is provided. Each of the one or more second processors is connected to the first processor by a dedicated interrupt signal line. Upon receiving a first interrupt signal indicating a power cutoff event, the first processor... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070106919 - Power management block for use in a non-volatile memory system: Methods and apparatus for enabling a power up process of a non-volatile memory to occur efficiently are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for utilizing a memory system that has a non-volatile memory with at least one reserved memory area includes providing power to the... Agent: Anderson, Levine & Lintel L.L.P.

20070106914 - Power management by adding special instructions during program translation: While translating a program for execution by a first electronic device, instructions are generated based on the program, and a portion of the instructions are analyzed to determine whether a functional unit of the first device will be used by the portion. A special instruction is added to these instructions,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070106915 - Reset circuit for automatically resetting an mcu upon turning on a power and the method thereof: A reset circuit and the method thereof for automatically resetting a microcontroller unit upon turning on the power that is applied to an electronic device is disclosed, which comprises an EEPROM, an MCU, a reset circuit and an AND gate. As the electronic device is plugged into the power outlet,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070106920 - Operating mode for extreme power savings when no network presence is detected: Certain embodiments of an extreme power down mode for extreme power savings when no network presence is detected may comprise disabling at least one device driver for at least one hardware device in a network adapter chip. The device driver may be disabled prior to disabling the hardware device upon... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070106921 - Apparatus and method for transmitting event in web based system: Provided are an apparatus and a method which can transmit an event having occurred in a controlled device to a control device without loss or delay in a web-based system. The apparatus includes an event occurrence detector which detects the occurrence of an event; an event storage unit which stores... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070101113 - Data back-up and recovery: A tape drive for exchanging data with a tape cartridge, which has tape media and auxiliary memory that is not tape media, is operable, in response to a boot request from a computer apparatus that is bootable from a kind of initial program load device that is not a tape... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101112 - Embedded device detecting system and related method: An embedded device detecting system and related method are proposed. The embedded device detecting method judges identification data inputted from an input module and generates corresponding data access privilege according to the identification data, and executes a processing program corresponding to the data access privilege and stored in a storing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070101116 - Information processing apparatus with boot devices, and method for starting up the information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, a non-boot device initialization module initializes a plurality of non-boot devices necessary to boot an operating system upon power on of a computer. After initialization by the non-boot device initialization module, a boot device detection module detects, in a plurality of boot devices, a boot device... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070101115 - Information processing device, bios processing method and program: A BIOS updating section installs a BIOS update file which operates on an OS and to which a one-time rewriting program is added to write the one time rewriting program in a second program area of a flash ROM. A BIOS executing section checks whether the one time rewriting program... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070101114 - Method and apparatus for memory initializing in a computer system: According to one embodiment, a memory module includes a RAM used to constitute a main memory and an SPD for storing first SPD data. A flash ROM is allocated to a memory space the CPU can access directly. A storing module reads out first SPD data from the SPD and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070101117 - Bios password security using modified scan codes: A BIOS password security technique includes first logic operable to extract a down scan code from a keyboard input queue, the down scan code having a most significant bit; second logic operable to examine case-related auxiliary information; and third logic operable to set the state of the most significant bit... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101118 - Method and system for local provisioning of device drivers for portable storage devices: A computer-implemented method includes steps of: coupling a portable device comprising a personal computing environment to a host computer system; booting the host computer system from the portable device; determining that the portable device does not have a driver for one or more hardware elements found in the host computer... Agent: Michael J. Buchenhorner

20070101119 - Methods and apparatus for automatically multi-booting a computer system: The invention allows automatically multi-booting a computer. Each functional mode of a computer having at least two operating systems installed is associated with one of the operating systems. Functional mode information identifying a particular functional mode of the computer is stored by a recovery system. While starting the computer, a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070101120 - Air-interface application layer security for wireless networks: The present invention provides a method for encrypting data for transmission over a wireless link. The method includes encrypting at least one block of data, at an air-interface application layer, using an encryption algorithm that receives a cryptosynch as input. The value of the cryptosynch is based on an order... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070101121 - Secure ip access protocol framework and supporting network architecture: A protocol framework for a Secure IP Access (SIA) method, and supporting components deployed on IP hosts and IP networks. Using this method, an IP host can establish a secure data channel within an IP network over an insecure shared link while requesting IP address and networking configuration parameters from... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070101122 - Method and apparatus for securely generating application session keys: An approach is provided for securely generating application session keys within a secure module of a user terminal. The secure module includes a secure memory and a secure processor configured to perform session key generation. The secure module is configured to send the session keys to a mobile equipment.... Agent: Ditthavong & Mori, P.C.

20070101123 - Selectively encrypting different portions of data sent over a network: An apparatus, system, and method are directed towards parsing and selectively encrypting different portions of data in real-time, decrypting the encrypted data in real-time, and passing the data to a media player on a client computer or other network capable device. Data in a network packet may be parsed into... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070101124 - Secure provisioning of digital content: A method for retrieving an encrypted image of an object from a server site (22), caching it at a client site (24), and providing a decrypted image of the object to an authorized requester. When the requester is not authorized to access a decrypted image of the source data object,... Agent: Donald E. Schreiber

20070101125 - Method of authorising a computing entity: A method of authorizing a computing entity comprises obtaining at the authorizing entity a delegation chain of intermediate elements through which an authorisable entity asserts authorization eligibility in the form of a sequence of locally assigned labels for the elements. The method further comparing the label sequence against a label... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101126 - User/service authentication methods and apparatuses using split user authentication keys: User/service authentication methods and apparatuses using split user authentication keys are provided. A user authentication key is generated using user's personal information including an identification number and bio information, the generated user authentication key is split into a plurality of keys, and a request for authentication of a user that... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070101127 - Method of digitally signing data and a data repository storing digitally signed data: A hierarchical digital signature method is provided by which different levels of data elements of a data entry are processed in turn to derive function values (for example hash function values) for data elements in the level which are to form part of the digital signature. All function values for... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101128 - Portable electronic apparatus, ic card, data processing apparatus and data processing system: In an IC card, authentication information used for authentication processing in an external apparatus is stored in a memory, and a counter which counts the number of times of executing read processing with respect to the authentication information is provided. The IC card counts up the counter every time an... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070101129 - Approaches for automatically switching message authentication keys: Approaches are disclosed for switching transport protocol connection keys. A method of automatically changing a message authentication key at each of two endpoints of a connection in a telecommunications network comprises testing a sequence value received in each of a plurality of data segments on the connection; and selecting a... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070101130 - Methods and apparatus for performing authentication and decryption: Methods and apparatus are provided for performing authentication and decryption operations. A record including multiple encrypted blocks is received. An encrypted block in the record is extracted and decrypted first in order to obtain context information for performing authentication operations. Each remaining block is then decrypted and authenticated by using... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070101131 - Trusted store tamper detection: A security flag stored in a trusted store is utilized to determine if the trusted store has been subjected to tampering. The security flag is indicative of a globally unique identifier (GUID), the version of the trusted store, and a counter. The security flag is created when the trusted store... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070101138 - Cryptographic methods, host system, trusted platform module, computer arrangement, computer program product and computer program: A cryptographic method is provided for a host system having an associated trusted platform module. A first contribution to a message is computed by the TPM based on a first secret parameter stored in the TPM. The host system computes a second contribution to the message based on a second... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070101137 - Method and apparatus for encryption of data: A method for encryption and decryption of data items is provided by defining a cipher key based on variables in a Chaotic Equation. The method includes selecting a Chaotic Equation (110) from a set of Chaotic Equations, defining starting conditions of the variables of the equation (140), and applying the... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070101134 - Method and apparatus for performing encryption of data at rest at a port of a network device: Methods and apparatus for performing encryption for data at rest at a port of a network device such as a switch are disclosed. Specifically, when data is received from a host during a write to a storage medium such as a disk, the data is encrypted by the port prior... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070101132 - Method and device for forming an encrypted message together with method and device for encrypting an encrypted message: A cryptographic key pair is formed using an Internet-based authentication method, in order to transmit communication configuration data from a first communication unit to a second communication unit in a secure cryptographic manner.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070101133 - Method for offloading encryption and decryption of a message received at a message server to remote end devices: A method for offloading encryption and decryption of a message received at a message server to one or more end devices that are remote from the message server. An encrypting end device remote from the message server encrypts a message using cryptographic context and transmits the cryptographic context and encrypted... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070101136 - Secure login method for establishing a wireless local area network connection, and wireless local area network system: A secure login method for a wireless local area network is implemented using a first wireless terminal that has already been logged in to the wireless local area network and that has obtained a settings value, and a second wireless terminal that has yet to be logged in to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070101135 - Security system for portable computer: A portable computer searches for preprogrammed wireless stations when it boots, and if it does not recognize any, stops booting the O.S. so that data cannot be accessed. In this way, should the portable computer be stolen and removed from its intended vicinity, data on the computer cannot be accessed... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070101139 - System for protecting information over the internet: A system for protecting information over the Internet, or other public network, is provided at a web site addressable by one or more client computer systems. Each client computer system connects to the web site to receive a respondent identifier and viewer software. When the viewer software is installed at... Agent: Kenneth J. Lukacher

20070101140 - Generation and validation of diffie-hellman digital signatures: In one embodiment, a device for decoding digital signatures to validate the source of received information items is disclosed. The device is operable to determine a first comparator value in relation to a first value associated with information items received over a network and a Diffie-Hellman public key, determine a... Agent: Joseph S Tripoli Thomson Licensing Inc

20070101141 - Method and apparatus for providing authentication in a communication system: A method includes receiving an authentication request from a mobile station (401) and determining whether to forward the request to an authentication agent. When it is determined to forward the request, the request is forwarded to the authentication agent (107). A random number and a random seed are received from... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070101142 - Wireless adhoc communication system, terminal, authentication method for use in terminal, encryption method, terminal management method, and program for enabling terminal to perform those methods: Frame transmission source authentication is performed among terminals involved in delivery in a wireless adhoc communication system. A first terminal generates a keyed hashed value by using an authentication header key determined with respect to a second terminal, and gives it to an authentication header of a frame. The second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101143 - Semiconductor memory card: A memory card 13 includes wireless network communication unit for having electronic equipment to access a storage server 11 on a network. The storage server 11 includes at least a non-authentication area 111. Data such as contents is written into a non-authentication area of the memory card 13 or the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070101144 - Authenticating a caller initiating a communication session: The invention is a method to authenticate a caller initiating a communication session (such as a VoIP or IM communication session) and accept, reject, or accept and route the communication session accordingly. The caller's terminal adapter or message server (such as a VoIP or IM server) may create a digital... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20070101145 - Framework for obtaining cryptographically signed consent: A consent service on a host computer providing cryptographically signed consent for user attributes by a user on a host computer to a web service provider. The consent service is operable to provide decryption of the user attributes acquired by the web service provider from an identity provider. The consent... Agent: Anderson & Jansson L.L.P.

20070101147 - Methods, apparatus and programs for generating and utilizing content signatures: The present invention generally relates to deriving and/or utilizing content signatures. A content signature includes a representation of a content item, which is derived from the content item itself. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method includes: obtaining a content item; transforming the content item to obtain transform... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070101146 - Safe distribution and use of content: A cryptographic hash of content (e.g., applications, documents, widgets, software, music, videos, etc.) is created and made available for distribution over a network (or by other means) as part of a ticket file. The ticket file can be cryptographically signed to ensure its authenticity. The ticket file and content can... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070101149 - Method to secure data exchange between a multimedia processing unit and a security module: A method is proposed for creating a secure and authenticated channel between a multimedia processing device and a security module that can be shared between several entities, the data transmitted to one entity not compromising the other entities. The a protection method, for data exchanged between a multimedia processing device... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070101148 - Secure prompting: Techniques are described herein for securely prompting a user to confirm sensitive operations, input sensitive information or the like. The techniques include receiving or intercepting calls from applications to prompting routines. When a call to a prompting routine is received or intercepted a hint may be provided to the user... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070101150 - Information processing apparatus: There is described an information processing apparatus, which makes it possible to discriminate the injustice inputting operation from the input error simply committed by the authorized user, in order to prevent the correct password from being illegally found by the injustice intruder. The apparatus includes: a storage section to store... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070101151 - Specifying a set of forbidden passwords: Various embodiments are described for providing password approval on a device. The password approval includes getting the user password, generating at least one symbolically equivalent password and then comparing the at least one symbolically equivalent password with at least one specified forbidden password. The user password is disapproved if one... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070101153 - Authentication apparatus and image forming apparatus: An authentication apparatus comprising: display means for displaying first specification information that specifies a user; and reception means for receiving second specification information different from the first specification information; wherein user authentication is performed using the first specification information displayed on the display means and the second specification information received... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070101152 - Token authentication system: An apparatus, method and program product for enabling token authentication by generating a secret key using manufacturer controlled information (57) present on a token (34). A computer (30) typically reads the manufacturer controlled information and applies an cryptographic algorithm (41) to determine the secret key (47). The secret key (47)... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070101154 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for associating an originator of a network packet with the network packet using biometric information: Methods, systems, and computer program products for associating an originator of a network packet with the network packet using biometric information are disclosed. According to one method, biometric identification information is identified for a network user. The identified biometric identification information is associated with a header or a trailer of... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC Jenkins, Wilson & Taylor, P.A.

20070101155 - Multiple user desktop graphical identification and authentication: A multiple user desktop graphical identification and authentication configured as a loadable dynamic link library (DLL) intended to replace the default Microsoft graphical identification and authentication. It has the ability to create secure, private logon sessions for each user that logs on to the system. There can be up to... Agent: Hugh D Jaeger, P.A.

20070101156 - Methods and systems for associating an embedded security chip with a computer: In at least some embodiments, a method comprises initializing an embedded security chip for use with a computer and performing a binding operation between the embedded security chip and the computer. The method further comprises, during each subsequent boot of the computer, validating the binding operation before the embedded security... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101163 - Information playback system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101160 - Information reproduction apparatus and method: Many different key data items can be prepared even if the memory capacity of a key data setting unit incorporated in a content decryption unit. Partial content data items to be successively read are stored in an accumulation medium, encrypted with corresponding key data items. There are provided a key... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101161 - Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: An information storage medium of this invention comprises a first representation object, and a first time map wherein playback management information which controls simultaneous reproduction of the first representation object and a second representation object in at least a specific period includes first reference information to refer to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101162 - Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: An information storage medium of this invention comprises a first representation object, and a first time map wherein playback management information which controls simultaneous reproduction of the first representation object and a second representation object in at least a specific period includes first reference information to refer to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101164 - Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: An information storage medium of this invention comprises a first representation object, and a first time map wherein playback management information which controls simultaneous reproduction of the first representation object and a second representation object in at least a specific period includes first reference information to refer to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101165 - Method, computer system and computer program for determining a risk/reward model: Determining a risk/reward model for a service provided by a service provider to a serviced entity where a service provider value function for the service is dependent on at least one service provider value parameter. It further comprises provision of a serviced entity value function for the service being dependent... Agent: Richard M. Goldman

20070101157 - Security in digital data distribution: A method of recording digital content data onto an AVDDM (Audio Visual Data Distributable Medium) (32) such as a compact disc. The method comprises: assigning (314) a unique identifier (36) to the AVDDM (32); using the unique identifier (36) to create (318) a plurality of data errors in and/or format... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20070101158 - Security region in a non-volatile memory: In a security system, a controller is adapted to access data in a non-volatile storage and create an effectively volatile region in the non-volatile storage.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101159 - Total exchange session security: A protocol for total email and collaborative software (e.g., Exchange-brand server) session security. By way of example, securing the traffic between two servers within the same organization or cross organizations is critical to maintaining privacy of electronic data and communications. For example, securing communications between two Exchange-brand servers is particularly... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070101173 - Apparatus, architecture, and method for integrated modular server system providing dynamically power-managed and work-load managed network devices: Network architecture, computer system and/or server, circuit, device, apparatus, method, and computer program and control mechanism for managing power consumption and workload in computer system and data and information servers. Further provides power and energy consumption and workload management and control systems and architectures for high-density and modular multi-server computer... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070101167 - Extensible power control for an autonomically controlled distributed computing system: The invention is directed to techniques of extensible power control for an autonomically controlled distributed computing system. In particular, control nodes of the distributed computing system utilize software power control modules to communicate with hardware power controllers within the distributed computing system. The power control modules are discrete software units... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070101169 - Ic with dual communication interfaces: A controller associated with a network connection includes a high speed local interface and a high overhead system interface. The controller can be a power controller for a power over Ethernet application. A controller for each connection is interconnected through the high speed interface. One of the controllers is configured... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070101171 - Information processing apparatus and resume control method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first clock portion to output a first signal when a measurement value coincides with first set time, a second clock portion to output a second signal when a measurement value coincides with second set time, and a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070101166 - Method and apparatus for utilizing a microcontroller to provide an automatic order and timing power and reset sequencer: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for utilizing a microcontroller to provide an automatic order and timing power and reset sequencer. A first inter-integrated circuit (I2C) register table containing a modifiable system power-up sequence is accessed. An automatic system power-up operation is then performed in the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101168 - Method and system of controlling data transfer speed and power consumption of a bus: A method and system of controlling data transfer speed and power consumption of a bus. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising determining that a bus should operate at a modified power consumption mode for a particular set of data, modifying power consumption by modifying a data... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101172 - Semiconductor apparatus with protective measure against power consumption analysis: A secure semiconductor apparatus is provided which can make power consumption analysis difficult without increasing the power consumption at the peak. The apparatus comprises a logic circuit for conducting a logic operation, a power consumption modifying circuit for increasing or decreasing its power consumption to offset the increase or decrease... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070101174 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: The power supply is effectively controlled in a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a multi domain structure so as to reduce the power consumption. When an interrupt signal is inputted, the system controller makes an instruction of wakeup to the corresponding switch control unit. At this moment, the system controller... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070101175 - Systems and methods for reducing static and total power consumption in a programmable logic device: A method and system for reducing power consumption in a programmable logic device (PLD) is provided. The power consumption may be reduced by preferably continually considering power consumption as a factor in circuit design during the technology mapping, routing, and period following routing of the programmable logic device.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070101170 - Ups wake on lan: A method of powering a computer system using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes sending a shut down signal from the UPS system to the computer system. The computer is then shut down in response to the shut down signal. When AC power is restored to the UPS system,... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn. Docketing

20070101176 - Power switch circuit and power supply system using the same: A power switch circuit (400) includes a voltage divider circuit (401), a first reference voltage circuit (402), a second reference voltage circuit (403), a first compare circuit (404), a second compare circuit (405), a synthesizing circuit (406), and a switch circuit (407). The voltage divider circuit generates a divided voltage.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070101177 - Synchronous type semiconductor device: Disclosed is a synchronous semiconductor device including clock generation circuit that frequency divides a clock signal (PCLK) input from an input buffer and generates first and second internal clock signals having a predetermined phase difference from first and second frequency-divided clock signals of different phases, respectively, a first input circuit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC