Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 06/07

20070150716 - System and method for selecting boot devices for a computer via hotkeys: A system for selecting boot devices via hotkeys is disclosed, the system includes: a setting module (301) for setting and saving one or more hotkeys for each bootable device in the computer (20) via a input device (10); a detecting module (302) for detecting whether any hotkeys are pressed during... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070150714 - Data processing system component startup mode controls: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program usable program code for managing operation of a component in a data processing system. A startup mode is established for the component, wherein the startup mode controls whether the component will enter a minimum startup routine during startup of the data processing... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20070150713 - Methods and arrangements to dynamically modify the number of active processors in a multi-node system: Methods and arrangements to dynamically modify the number of processors active in a multi-node data processing system. are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to change the portion of BIOS that a processor loads on power-on. In some embodiments, a signal sent over a GPIO pin... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070150715 - System and method for automatic update of embedded data: A system and method for maintaining computer platform components in an optimal state. The method determines whether a platform includes an out-of-band processor, and if the platform includes an out-of-band processor, then the out-of-band processor is enabled to passively or proactively obtain firmware and/or option ROM (Read Only Memory) updates... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070150717 - Selectable booting method by bios with multi-partition in the disk on a single computer platform: A selectable booting operation method by Basic Input Output System (BIOS) with multi-partitioned disk is provided in the present invention. The INT 19H interrupt service program in the original BIOS are slightly modified, so that when power is on the multi-partition boot selection flag being setup serves to select from... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070150718 - Information processing apparatus and method for using reconfigurable device: Configuration codes for implementing a plurality of circuits having different attributes are generated and stored in a memory for each task executed in a reconfigurable device. When the reconfigurable device is operated, an appropriate circuit to be executed by the reconfigurable device is selected in accordance with an operation state... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070150719 - Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer: A system and method for improved audio controls on a personal computer is provided. The system and method provide a unified architecture for audio controls across hardware and software interfaces of the personal computer. An intelligent facility may automatically change audio controls for users to simply interact with various communications... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070150720 - Method and apparatus for transmitting message to wireless devices that are classified into groups: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message to a plurality of wireless devices that are classified into units of groups are provided. The method includes operations of: (a) determining whether the message is a predetermined message for detecting a device in a network; (b) encrypting the message with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070150721 - Disambiguation for preprocessing content to determine relationships: Relationships are determined by disambiguation for preprocessing content. A first canonical identifier associated with a first element that can be represented in content in a plurality of forms is defined. A second canonical identifier associated with a second element that can be represented in content in a plurality of forms... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070150724 - Data archiving and accessing methods and systems: A data archiving and accessing system. The system comprises a client and a server. The client uploads transaction data and a public key. The server further comprises a database storing the transaction data and a transaction system. The transaction system implements authentication and authorization processes on the client, receives the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070150723 - Methods and apparatus for increasing security and control of voice communication sessions using digital certificates: Methods and apparatus for increasing security and control of voice communication sessions, such as Push-To-Talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) sessions, using digital certificates are disclosed. A certificate control mechanism of a private communication network is used to help facilitate secure PoC sessions for mobile communication devices associated with the private... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20070150722 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for invoking trust-controlled services via application programming interfaces (apis) respectively associated therewith: A trust evaluation may be obtained for a network element in a communication network. Based on this trust evaluation, one or more services may be invoked to address the risk that a potentially untrustworthy network element poses in the communication network. Application programming interfaces (APIs) may automate the invocation of... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070150725 - Prepaid and subscription distribution services web methods: A client data distribution service may receive messages from a client device requesting data sets from the data distribution service. The data sets may include a client certificate used to protect in verified subsequent communications between the client device in the data distribution service as well as provisioning packets used... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070150726 - System and method for securely storing and accessing credentials and certificates for secure voip endpoints: A system and method for enabling secure Voice over IP (VoIP) communication includes receiving a request for the generation of a certificate to be used in conjunction with a VoIP communication, generating a certificate in response to the request, the certificate being generated based, at least in part, on a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070150727 - Management apparatus: There is provided a management apparatus, which comprises a transmission condition judgment unit which refers to a target digital certificate and judges whether a predetermined transmission condition is satisfied based on a period of validity written in the target digital certificate, a mail generating unit which generates an e-mail provided... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070150728 - Receiving apparatus and in-vivo information acquiring system employing the same: A receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives image data acquired through image capturing by a capsule endoscope introduced inside a subject; a reader to which a portable recording medium on which identification information identifying the subject is recorded in an erasable manner is detachably connected, the reader reading... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070150729 - Apparatus and method to limit access to selected sub-program in a software system: A method includes receiving at a sub-program a request from an external entity the request comprising at least one parameter and a return address, utilizing the return address and an address list associated with the sub-program to authenticate the external entity, and processing the request if the external entity is... Agent: George M. Macdonald Pitney Bowes Inc.

20070150730 - Method and system for preventing unauthorized processor mode switches: A system comprising a processor adapted to activate multiple security levels for the system and a monitoring device coupled to the processor and employing security rules pertaining to the multiple security levels. The monitoring device restricts usage of the system if the processor activates the security levels in a sequence... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070150733 - Device and method for establishing trusted path between user interface and software application: A device and a method for establishing a trusted path between a user interface and a software application to securely execute the software stored in a memory along the trusted path and offer the user's desired service are provided. Accordingly, the trusted path is established so that attackers can not... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070150731 - Authenticating device, authenticated device and key updating method: An authenticating device 100 includes an authentication processing unit 197 to perform an authentication process with a communication device 200 using an authentication key, an update key generating unit 160 to generate a new authentication key when the communication device 200 does not hold an authentication key to be used... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070150732 - Wireless network control device and wireless network control system: A wireless LAN control device 3 includes a wireless LAN control unit having a transmitting/receiving unit performing communications with a plurality of wireless LAN access points 4 belonging to different user groups and a wireless LAN connection control unit executing control of transferring a user authentication request received by the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070150734 - Secure porting of information from one device to another: A generic access card is paired with a data destination device by insertion into its card slot, and the public portion of a public/private key is stored in the card. The card authenticates the destination device. The paired card is transported to a data source device which includes a card... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070150735 - Encrypted communication system and communication device: In an encrypted communication system that includes a first and a second device, the first device encrypts a key using a public key of the second device to generate 1st encrypted data, which is then transmitted to the second device, receives 2nd encrypted data from the second device, which is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070150736 - Token-enabled authentication for securing mobile devices: A system and method to protect mobile devices, such as laptops, PDAs, and mobile telephones with a wearable token is presented. The method performs token-enabled authentication to enable operation of the mobile device. Short range wireless communication is used between the token and the mobile device for the purpose of... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070150737 - Certificate registration after issuance for secure communication: Techniques for registering certificates after the issuance of the certificates are provided. A service provider securely registers a client's identity and its certificate without depending on or using an existing basis of trust, such as that provided by domain-joined clients or a security directory (e.g., MICROSOFT's ACTIVE DIRECTORY). The service... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070150738 - Information processing apparatus: There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising a process execution unit, a designated information obtaining unit to obtain designated information relating to authority for use, a certificate generating unit to generate a digital certificate which has a range of authority for use and is attached with a digital signature,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070150739 - Image reading apparatus, electronic document generation method, and storing medium storing electronic document generation program: An image reading apparatus which reads an original document and generates a digitized scanned document, and which includes a document storage section that stores the scanned document, a document bundling section that identifies one or more scanned documents stored by the document storage section, and bundles the identified documents into... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070150740 - Method for providing information security for wireless transmissions: A wireless communication system includes a pager or similar device that communicates to a home terminal. The home terminal confirms the identify of the pager and attaches a certificate to the message for ongoing transmission. Where the recipient is also a pager, an associated home terminal verifies the transmission and... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070150742 - Secure data communication for groups of mobile devices: A method securely communicates data between members of a group of mobile devices using a wireless channel. The members include a group leader. Each member is associated with a physical token. Each member and associated token stores a binding key. Each member also stores an identification. A session key is... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070150741 - Securely calling web services from macros: A method of securing communications between an application that includes a macro and a Web Service. The method includes an act of, at the macro, generating a request for data. The request for data comprises generating commands for retrieving data, generating security information, and embedding the commands for retrieving data... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070150743 - System and method providing secure access to a computer system: A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an authentication server has multiple addresses, and each packet is sent to a different address. The server then reassembles the... Agent: Steven W. Smith

20070150744 - Dual authentications utilizing secure token chains: Embodiments include a method and a system of authenticating a client when the client logs in a servicing. According to one embodiment, a first authentication code and a second authentication code is submitted from the client to the servicing server. The second authentication code includes a secure token of a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070150745 - Biometric authentication system: A biometric authentication system or engine includes components which are configured to authenticate a user based on one or more presented biometrics. The system includes an audit function which is configured to monitor the performance of the system over a defined time period and to provide for an updating of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070150747 - Method and apparatus for multi-model hybrid comparison system: A user authentication system collects measurements of physical and/or behavioral characteristics of a user. The measurements are processed by two or more processing engines to produce initial confidence measures, and a unified confidence measure is prepared from weighted inputs including the initial confidence measures.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070150748 - Method of generating an artistic expression using biometric information: A method of generating an artistic expression from biometric information is provided. Biometric information is obtained from a subject to obtain a numerical value associated with the information, or to establish a seed value. The numerical or seed value comprises a part of the domain for a modification function which... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070150746 - Portable storage with bio-data protection mechanism & methodology: A portable storage device containing bio-data protection mechanism and its protection methodology including a host interface connected to a host of terminal, a controller, a fingerprint sensor, a storage device interface, and a large capacity storage unit; drives and applications being loaded from the storage unit and installed in the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070150750 - Information processing apparatus and access control method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage unit which stores an encrypted data file and an executable file to execute the data file, a processing unit which stores a value generated by computing information of the executable file in a storage area, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070150749 - Creating a terminal application: A configuration creator for use in creating a terminal application for a target apparatus. The configuration creator comprises: (i) an indexing routine for examining available software components that can be used in the terminal application and ascertaining possible type-safe relationships for each software component, (ii) a graphical user interface including... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20070150751 - Methods for transmitting digitized images: Methods for transmitting digitized x-ray radiographs are disclosed. Digitization may be carried out through use of a digital camera or through digital radiography. After digitization is complete, in certain embodiments of the present invention, the digitized x-ray radiograph is encrypted. In other embodiments, a virtual private network is established. In... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070150752 - Secure system-on-chip: A secure system-on-chip for processing data comprises at least a central processing unit, an input and an output channel, an encryption/decryption engine and a memory, wherein said input channel comprises an input encryption module to encrypt all incoming data, said output channel comprises an output decryption module to decrypt all... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070150753 - Information protection using a printed electronic circuit and mechanical impression: Apparatus and methods for manufacturing and reading the apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a storage medium (610) comprising a first material and an impression generated in the first material; and a printed electronic circuit (104) coupled to the storage medium, the printed electronic circuit comprising a first portion (206)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070150755 - Microcomputer, method for writing program to microcomputer, and writing system: A microcomputer according to the present invention includes a first non-volatile storage unit, a first input terminal configured to input first key data, a second storage unit configured to store second key data that is different from the first key data, a second input terminal configured to input an encrypted... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070150754 - Secure software system and method for a printer: A postal security device (PSD) includes a microprocessor including an internal random access memory (RAM) and an internal flash memory in which is stored at least one secure datum, and at least one external memory coupled to the microprocessor in which is stored at least one non-secure datum and not... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070150756 - Secure system-on-chip: The aim of the present invention is to provide a secure system-on-chip for processing data, this system-on-chip comprising at least a central processing unit, an input and an output channel, an encryption/decryption engine and a memory, characterized in that, said input channel comprises an input encryption module to encrypt all... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070150763 - Highly energy-efficient processor employing dynamic voltage scaling: A highly energy-efficient processor employing the processor architecture includes: a function unit block for performing an operation according to instructions input from the outside; at least one peripheral unit block for performing data communication with an external device; an instruction decoder for interpreting the input instructions and determining operation modes... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070150765 - Information processing apparatus having electronic device whose operating speed is controlled, and method of controlling the operating speed of the electronic device: A power supply circuit generates a power supply voltage. The power supply voltage is applied to an electronic device. A voltage monitoring unit monitors a power supply voltage that is applied to the electronic device, and makes a request to a bus control unit to switch the operating speed of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070150766 - Information processing apparatus including network controller, and method of controlling application of power supply voltage to the network controller: According to one embodiment, a power supply circuit normally generates a plurality of power supply voltages, which are to be used in an information processing apparatus, from a direct-current power supply voltage generated from an alternating-current power supply by an alternating-current adapter and generates the power supply voltages from a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070150764 - Portable computer with a power control function: A portable computer with a power control function is disclosed to include a first body, a hinge, a second body coupled to the first body through the hinge, an optical sensor having a transmitter and a receiver and mounted on the first body, an optical grating connected to the hinge... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070150767 - Information processing apparatus and power supply control method: According to one embodiment, control is executed to make the number of times of obtaining a current value output from a power supply unit to a CPU greater than the number of times of obtaining current values output from power supply units to DV #1, DV #2, DV #3 and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070150759 - Method and apparatus for providing for detecting processor state transitions: In some embodiments, the method and apparatus to provide for the detection of processor transition states is described. Some embodiments include at least two threads which provide detection for high and low priority states, which provide for power state transitions by the operating system: The low priority thread runs just... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070150758 - Power control interface for a self-service apparatus: A particular problem for self-service devices incorporating USB devices (12) and a USB host (14) is that, when communication is lost between the USB host and one or more of the devices it is difficult (in particular situations) to reset those USB devices without manual intervention. We address that problem... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20070150761 - Power supply communication system and method: A power supply system for providing power to a device includes a power supply separate from the device, a power supply communication module attached to the power supply, and a device communication module attached to the device. The device communication module communicates voltage and/or current requirements of the device to... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070150757 - Programmable throttling in blade/chassis power management: A method and system are disclosed to enable and control power reduction in a blade/chassis system. A “maximum power reduction” attribute is stored in the VPD of the blade (or can otherwise be input to or retrieved or calculated by the management entity). The management module of the chassis in... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-rps)

20070150760 - Reducing the amount of memory contents saved to non-volatile storage: In some embodiments a driver allocates non-paged memory in response to initiation of a suspended state operation of a system, builds a memory map of allocated memory, writes an address of the memory map. A basic input/output system (BIOS) reads the memory map, writes the read memory map to a... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070150768 - Semiconductor data processing device and data processing system: Disclosed herewith is a semiconductor data processing device that realizes low power consumption at the standby time and at the operation time, as well as speeds up the interfacing operation. The semiconductor data processing device can connect a non-volatile storage device to a general-purpose bus of a host system. The... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070150762 - Using asymmetric lanes dynamically in a multi-lane serial link: A method, device, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises transitioning one or more lanes of a multi-lane serial link from a fully operational power state to a low power state and keeping one or more other lanes of the multi-lane serial link in the fully operational... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070150769 - Apparatus and method for controlling active cycle of semiconductor memory apparatus: An apparatus for controlling an active cycle of semiconductor memory that supports a synchronous mode and an asynchronous mode is provided. The apparatus includes an operational mode control unit that determines the operational mode of the semiconductor memory on the basis of a clock signal for a predetermined time and... Agent: Venable LLP

20070150770 - Power-up circuit and semiconductor memory apparatus with the same: A power-up circuit includes a power-up signal generating section connected to an external source terminal, configured to generate a power-up signal when the external source reaches a predetermined target level, and to selectively interrupt a path from the external source terminal in response to a selection signal. A pulse generating... Agent: Venable LLP

20070150771 - Synchronisation of signals between asynchronous logic: A data processing apparatus comprising a plurality of data processors, each data processor comprising: first logic operable in a first clock domain and further logic operable in a second clock domain, said first and second clock domains being asynchronous with each other; a synchroniser operable to synchronise a signal processed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070143590 - System and method for selecting a first boot device for a computer: A computer-based method for selecting a first boot device for a computer is provided. The method includes the steps of: initializing a boot menu, and initializing a time value for the boot menu; entering a POST program and displaying the boot menu; decrementing the time value, and clocking the boot... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070143583 - Apparatus, system, and method for automatically verifying access to a mulitipathed target at boot time: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically verifying access to a multipathed target at boot time. The apparatus is provided with a logic unit containing a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of identifying a plurality of paths to a target device, automatically selecting... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070143587 - Circuit block and circuit system having skew compensation, and skew compensation method: A method and apparatus for compensating for a delay in the propagation of a plurality of signals via different signal paths, i.e., a skew compensation method, are provided. The apparatus includes a processing circuit which performs a data processing operation on input data, and a reset adjustment circuit which maintains... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070143586 - Initializing apparatus of microcomputer and control apparatus for a vehicle: An initializing program of a microcomputer is arranged by being separated into a first area and a second area on a ROM. The first area stores thereinto an instruction code which can be directly executed by a CPU. The second area stores therein data which cannot be executed by the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070143584 - Method and apparatus for initializing operational settings of an integrated circuit: A method and apparatus to automatically initialize the operational settings of an integrated circuit according to the requirements of the system in which the integrated circuit is being used.... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20070143585 - Self-configurable information management system: Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically configuring an information management system of a work machine. A configuration method for an information management system includes requesting configuration data associated with one or more control modules. The method also includes receiving the configuration data associated with the one or more control... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070143589 - Method and apparatus for dynamically selecting one of multiple firmware images for booting an i/o controller: A method and apparatus are disclosed in a data processing system for dynamically selecting one of multiple different I/O firmware images for booting a particular I/O controller that is included in the data processing system. Multiple different I/O firmware images are provided. A configuration of the I/O controller is determined.... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation Legal Department - Ip

20070143591 - Method for non-destructive restoration of a corrupted operating system: A method for checking a computer's operating system for corruption and for de-corrupting it takes the steps of: loading a copy of an original operating system onto a second partition on the main drive, adapting the copy of the original operating system to the existing hardware configuration, restarting the computer... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20070143588 - Simulating hardware dynamic partitioning capabilities: A system and method for providing DP capabilities on a computer system is provided. The DP capabilities include hot-add and hot-replace of various hardware components such as a processor, memory, and an I/O device to the computer system. The namespace of the hardware components on a computer system is separately... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070143593 - Encrypted keyboard: A secure input system and method are provided for protecting data transmitted between an input device such as a keyboard and a destination device such as a personal computer (PC). A first secure module is used for intercepting data transmitted by the keyboard to the PC, and the first secure... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070143592 - Information processing apparatus: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium for sending and receiving data in a manner enhancing security. A host and a drive unit are interconnected by a suitable bus and exchange data over that bus. The host requests... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070143594 - Method for distributing digital data and burning them on a dvd, client device and remote server associated: The invention is related to a method for burning digital data representative of a multimedia content on a secure disc. The multimedia content is intended to be downloaded from a remote server to a client device carrying out the burning on the secure disc. The secure disc contains a first... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070143595 - Method of producing a digital certificate, and an associated digital certificate: In a method of producing a digital certificate, a certificate authority compiles a data set containing a public key and digital data that identifies the owner of the public key and an associated private key, and subsequently signs that data set to produce a digital certificate. The invention, the digital... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070143596 - Untrusted certificate store for secure e-mail: Under the present invention, a method, system, and program product for providing an untrusted certificate store for secure e-mail is provided. The method for providing the untrusted certificate store (UCS) includes obtaining particular information from either an e-mail message or directory that includes either, or both of, an untrusted certificate... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070143597 - Method and system for controlling access to a secondary system: A method and system for controlling access of a user to a secondary system. The user is logged on a user system. A primary system connects the user system to the secondary system. A first authentication information is received from the user system. After determining that the first authentication information... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070143598 - Means of mitigating denial of service attacks on ip fragmentation in high performance ipsec gateways: Embodiments of the invention reduce the probability of success of a DOS attack on a node receiving packets by decreasing the probability of random collisions of packets sent by a malicious user with those sent by honest users. The probability of random collisions may be reduced in one class of... Agent: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.

20070143599 - Transmission method for conditional access content: b

20070143600 - Rekeying in secure mobile multicast communications: A method of inter-area rekeying of encryption keys in secure mobile muiticast communications, in which a Domain Group Controller Key Server (Domain GCKS) distributes Traffic Encryption Keys (TEK) to a plurality of local Group Controller Key Servers (local GCKS), and said local Group Controller Key Servers forward said Traffic Encryption... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070143602 - Information processing apparatus and audio output method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes encrypting unit which encrypts first digital audio data by using an encryption key, decrypting unit which decrypts the encrypted first digital audio data, a first converter which converts the decrypted first digital audio data into a first analog audio signal, a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070143601 - System and method for authorizing information flows: A system, apparatus, computer program product and method for authorizing information flows between devices of a data processing system are provided. In one illustrative embodiment, an information flow request is received from a first device to authorize an information flow from the first device to a second device. The information... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070143603 - Method and system for dynamically generating a watermarked document during a printing or display operation: A dynamic watermarking capability is implemented in an enterprise rights management (ERM) or similar system that comprises a central server to which end user client machines are connectable. The central server has a database in which watermark definitions created by authorized entities are centrally stored. An end user client machine... Agent: Emc Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070143604 - Reference monitor system and method for enforcing information flow policies: A reference monitor system, apparatus, computer program product and method are provided. In one illustrative embodiment, elements of the data processing system are associated with security data structures in a reference monitor. An information flow request is received from a first element to authorize an information flow from the first... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070143605 - Method and apparatus for providing a supplicant access to a requested service: Providing a supplicant access to at least one requested service is described. An authentication request is received, wherein the authentication request comprises an association request and an identifier to a requested service. A relationship between the supplicant and the requested service based on the association request is created. Then, the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070143606 - Authentication of i²c bus transactions: This invention enables authenticated communications (transactions) to take place on a standard I2C bus without requiring modification of existing I2C devices. Read and write transactions occurring on the bus are authenticated using an Authentication Agent and a shared secret key. In addition to allowing verification of the legitimacy of the... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-rps)

20070143607 - Electronic device enabling hardware and methods: This disclosure is generally concerned with systems and methods for selectively enabling an electronic device that is configured to communicate with a remote computer. In one example of such a method, identification data is initially transmitted from the electronic device to the remote computer. At the remote computer, a determination... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070143608 - Malleable pseudonym certificate system and method: The invention provides a malleable pseudonym certificate system and method for a communication network. According to one embodiment of the invention, a user acquires a root proof from a trusted entity, generates one or more pseudonym certificates based on the root proof, and sends anonymous public keys each equipped with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070143609 - Method for logically binding and verifying a subassembly in equipment: The present invention discloses a method for logically binding and verifying a subassembly in equipments. The method sets the subassembly in the equipment as a sub-module, and setting a main module in the equipment. the sub-module stores individual information of its own and the main module stores the individual information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070143610 - Synchronous validation and acknowledgment of electronic data interchange (edi): Synchronous validation and acknowledgment of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions. A connection session on a communication network is established for handling EDI transactions from a source. A collection of EDI transactions is received via the communication network. A receipt acknowledgement is returned to the source indicating the EDI transactions have... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070143613 - Prioritized network access for wireless access networks: The present invention relates to a method, terminal device, network element, authentication server, and computer-readable medium for controlling prioritized access to a wireless access network. An identifier portion in an authentication response is set to a service-specific unique default identifier portion, dedicated to a predetermined prioritized call, at a terminal... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070143611 - Apparatus, system, and method for deploying iscsi parameters to a diskless computing device: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for deploying sensitive communication parameters to a diskless computing device. A parameter structure module is included to store one or more Internet Small Computer System Interface (“iSCSI”) communication parameters in an extendable data structure configured to store a set of basic parameter settings... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070143614 - Method, system and devices for protection of a communication or session: The invention provides a method, system, program and devices such as a user equipment, terminal, smart card, for protection of a communication or session, in particular in an IMS.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070143612 - System and method of securely distributing keys for peer-to-peer usage: A system and method for generating keys that can be used for encrypting and decrypting PIN messages transmitted between mobile devices. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a function f, where f(x,y)=f(y,x), and for each of first and second mobile devices, evaluating f with one of x and y... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070143616 - Flexibly loading a tamper resistant module: Methods and systems for flexibly loading an application, e.g., a software application, and associated data from an application provider (101) onto a tamper resistant module (TRM) (103) having an I/O buffer (115) and a memory (119). A method embodiment of the invention comprises determining (501) the size of the TRM's... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070143615 - Method of generating a pin code based on target device class in wireless device pairing: The invention provides a method for a first device to establish a wireless communication connection with a second device. The first device receives from the second device a signal indicating a class of device of the second device, and generates a PIN code comprising a plurality of characters. The plurality... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070143619 - Cooperative non-repudiated message exchange in a network environment: A system and method of performing cooperative non-repudiated message exchange from a first system to a second system in a computer network comprises checking for discrepancies between a current system time in the second system with an actual time; performing a time synchronization process to match the current system time... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070143617 - Method for embedding and detecting a watermark in a digital audio signal: The invention relates to a method for embedding and detecting a watermark in a digital audio signal. For embedding the watermark in the digital audio signal a modified-segment (Sout(t)) is created from a selected input-segment (sin(t)) of the digital audio signal. The modified-segment (sout(t)) is created such, that at least... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070143618 - Method for secure access to document repositories: A method for the secure access of files within a document repository includes the use of a Document Access Document with digitally signed and encoded conditions of use, such that the Document Access Document serves as a physical access credential to its specified documents within the repository.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070143623 - Method of validating consumable authentication chip: A method of validating a consumable authentication chip is provided having the steps of: numerously calling a trusted chip's test function with an incorrect value to generate an invalid response or not generate the response thereby invalidating the consumable chip; if generated, in the trusted chip, generating a secret random... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070143622 - Methods and portable device for digitally signing data: Methods and device for digitally signing documents by using a portable device that encodes a signature string to sound. The acoustic signature string may be transmitted and then decoded back into digital data. The signature string may be further processed to verify the signature of the document and to produce... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070143620 - System, method and computer readable medium for certifying release of electronic information on an internet: A method of certifying the existence of electronic information released on a network at a time and date. The network connects one or more computer servers and a plurality of client computers with each other. Electronic information of a web page stored in one of the plurality of client computers... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070143621 - Write accessibility for electronic paper: A system and method to control the writing on electronic paper (e-paper). An e-paper device may incorporate authentication indicia as part of informational data written on e-paper material. The informational data is protected by a security methodology that is accessible to authorized entities. A reader device may be used to... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070143624 - Client-side captcha ceremony for user verification: A facility for performing a local human verification ceremony to obtain user verification is provided. Upon determining that user verification is needed to perform an action on a computer system, the facility presents a CAPTCHA challenge requesting verification that the user wants the action performed on the computer system. Upon... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070143625 - Voice-capable system and method for providing input options for authentication: A system and method for use with a voice-capable system, includes but is not limited to a method including receiving one or more user-centric authentication preferences, and preparing one or more categories of authentication questions based on the one or more user-centric authentication preferences.... Agent: Anderson Law Group, PLLC

20070143626 - Data forming apparatus and method for data security: A system and an apparatus for establishing the security of data comprises: a storage unit that stores data; an overwrite-erasing unit that performs an overwrite-erasure of the data stored in the storage unit; and a management unit that analyzes a password that has been entered for an access to the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070143627 - Input device and password control method used therein: A password control method used in an input device is provided. The input device has a coordinate output circuit for outputting coordinates corresponding to a movement of the input device and a storage unit for storing information. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing the input device with a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070143628 - User authentication method, system provided with user authentication function, and, apparatus and computer software provided with user authentication function: A user authentication method including the steps of: accepting input of biological information; displaying a user authentication screen in which a user name corresponding to the biological information and a part of a password corresponding to the user name are automatically entered; and accepting input for completing the password, the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070143630 - Method and device for protecting a program comprising a functional block: What is provided is a computer-implemented method for protection of a program comprising a functional block, wherein the functional block is encrypted, additional code is added to the program and a protected program is thus generated, which is executable only in the presence of a predetermined license in a computer... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070143629 - Method to verify the integrity of components on a trusted platform using integrity database services: A client platform can be verified prior to being granted access to a resource or service on a network by validating individual hardware and software components of the client platform. Digests are generated for the components of the client platform. The digests can be collected into an integrity report. An... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070143631 - System and method for downloading electronic information to a video lottery terminal: This invention relates to reprogramming of in-circuit programmable chips installed in video lottery terminals (VLTs) by downloading electronic information (software) to such chips. Encrypted electronic information is downloaded from a host device to a gaming terminal through a communications link. The terminal comprises a decryption component configured for decrypting the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070143633 - Copyright information management method: The present invention relates to a method for managing copyright information on content stored in a storage medium including a protected region, which is accessible after mutual authentication, and a data region, which is accessible without mutual authentication. This method includes: the step of storing, in the protected region, encrypted... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070143632 - File management apparatus: A password registration unit encrypts key information using an input password, and stores the generated encrypted key as a file into a computer. A file encryption unit generates a file key arbitrarily, encrypts the file key using the key information, encrypts a plaintext using the file key to generate a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP Suite 1400

20070143638 - Accessory device voltage management system controlled by a host: An accessory device voltage management system includes an accessory device selectively coupled to a host. The host provides a bulk power supply and a low power supply voltage to the accessory device. The host receives accessory device parameters from the device and determines if the accessory device is a valid... Agent: William K. Bucher Tektronix, Inc.

20070143639 - Disk array system: A disk array system including at least one channel control portion, at least one disk control portion, a cache memory, a cache switch, a shared memory, a power unit, and a casing for storing the channel control portion, the disk control portion, the cache memory, the cache switch, the shared... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070143636 - Method and apparatus to authenticate a power supply: A power supply that can be authenticated is disclosed. An apparatus according to aspects of the present invention includes an external power supply of an electronic product that modulates an output of the power supply with information encoded to identify the power supply to the product.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070143637 - Power saving techniques for use in communication systems, networks, and devices: Power saving strategies are presented for use in communication systems, networks, and devices.... Agent: The Law Offices Of John C. Scott, LLC C/o Portfolioip

20070143634 - Power supply system for personal computers: A power supply system for personal computers aims to provide an additional sub-power supply needed when a personal computer requires a power greater than what can be provided by the original main power supply. This invention provides a sub-power supply in the spare space of the existing chassis of the... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070143635 - Throttle management for blade system: Power is allocated to blades based on an estimate of the actual power they are expected to use rather than their maximum-power draw-value. To protect against situations where the estimated actual-power draw-value is exceeded, a hardware comparator monitors the blade system load against a predetermined threshold value set by a... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-rps)

20070143640 - Data path controller with integrated power management to manage power consumption of a computing device and its components: A data path controller, a computer device, an apparatus and a method are disclosed for integrating power management functions into a data path controller to manage power consumed by processors and peripheral devices. By embedding power management within the data path controller, the data path controller can advantageously modify its... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070143641 - System for clock synchronization for modules in an analytical device: A system for synchronizing clock signals in an analytical device includes a first module including a timing command generator configured to generate a command signal, the command signal related to a master clock signal, and a second module including a command interpreter configured to generate a timing reference signal related... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070143642 - Circui and method for reducing interference from switched mode circuits: A switched-mode control circuit (1) for a switched-mode power supply or an audio amplifier. It comprises a monitoring loop (3) for the output signal of the switched-mode circuit (2). A tuner (7) supplies the reference signal, which is related to the protected frequency or frequency band. The monitoring loop (3)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070136566 - Data processing apparatus: A data processing apparatus has a first processing unit for processing an input data, a second processing unit responsive to the data processed by the first processing unit for executing a processing dependent on the data and producing a display data, and a display unit having a display drive unit... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070136568 - Method for making a bootable usb storage device: The invention provides a method for making a bootable USB storage device of Windows XP operation system, which provides external bootup, can be disabled and removed after booting, and wherein the operation mode is command line. In one embodiment, the method comprises: analyzing the portable executable file in Windows XP... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070136567 - Microprocessor suitable for constructing multi-processor system and method for controlling reset and processor id thereof: Provided are a microprocessor suitable for constructing a multi-processor system and a method for controlling the reset and processor ID of the microprocessor. The microprocessor includes decoder receiving a reset ID having a predetermined binary value and a reset signal and decoding the reset ID, an ID generator receiving the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070136570 - Computing device limiting mechanism: Described is a technology by which a computing device is booted into a normal mode of operation or a limited mode of operation, depending on whether the computing device was operating correctly (e.g., with respect to policy) prior to a reboot. The reboot may be forced. Examples of incorrect state... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070136569 - System and method for writing data onto a boot-up compact disc: A method for writing data onto a boot-up compact disc includes the steps of: encoding an optional bootstrap program providing a plurality of boot-up functions; controlling a CD writer (13) to write the optional bootstrap program, drivers of a computer device and basic input output system (BIOS) codes (122) of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070136572 - Encrypting system to protect digital data and method thereof: An encrypting system to protect digital data and a method thereof are disclosed. During dispatching files to receivers, a compiler is used to add a file key on out-going file to form the first encrypted electronic text and to retrieve file abstract, and then the first encrypted electronic text is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070136571 - Method and apparatus for downloading information content to a wireless terminal: A method and apparatus for downloading information content to a wireless terminal. The information content is obtained from a content provider that is accessible over a network, such as the World Wide Web. The information content, which is available on a subscription basis, is downloaded directly to the wireless terminal.... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070136573 - System and method of using two or more multi-factor authentication mechanisms to authenticate online parties: A system and method for authentication that comprises the use of at least one multiple multi-factor authentication with the optional addition of, mutual (site) authentication, transaction/behavior analysis, that utilizes user-facing geolocation communications and/or information about user device ownership periods, and/or a combination thereof to help prevent fraud.... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20070136574 - Apparatus and method for managing plurality of certificates: An apparatus and method for managing a plurality of certificates are provided. The apparatus for managing a plurality of certificates includes a plurality of certificates, a certificate search table, a low-performance file system, and a verification module. The certificate search table includes information about the plurality of certificates. The low-performance... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070136575 - Method and data processing system for determining user specific usage of a network: There is provided a method of determining user specific usage of a network, wherein a user is accessing the network for a session from a client system via a layer two access port of a switch, wherein the layer two access port of the switch is assigned to the user... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070136576 - Methods and apparatus for the secure handling of data in a microcontroller: Apparatus and methods are presented for protecting data in microcontrollers from both malicious software processes running inside the device as well as from unauthorized attempts to read the data from an external data bus and/or external memory. An illustrative embodiment of the invention accomplishes these security improvements, in part, by... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070136577 - Sealing of data for applications: A method, system and computer program product for implementing general purpose PCRs with extended semantics (referred to herein as “ePCRs”) in a trusted, measured software module. The module is designed to run in one of a hypervisor context, an isolated partition, or under other isolated configurations. Because the software module... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070136578 - Access control list inheritance thru object(s): An item inheritance system and method are provided. The item inheritance system can be employed to propagate access control information (e.g., an access control list) to one or more item(s), thus facilitating security of item(s). At least one of the item(s) is a compound item. The item inheritance system includes... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070136585 - Determining authentication of rfid tags for indicating legitimacy of their associated items: RFID readers, computers, and methods are provided for determining the authentication of one or more RFID tags associated with a proffered item. In some embodiments, an Item Identifier (II) is input from the tags, along with a Declared Password (DP) corresponding to the II. A question is generated about whether... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070136584 - Handling legitimate and unauthorized items in supply chain according to authentication of their rfid tags: Methods are provided for handling items in a supply chain, or at a checkpoint such as a Customs Office. When an item is proffered, it is associated with one or more RFID tags. If an authentication condition about the tag data is met, the item is accepted, but otherwise it... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070136580 - Method and system for tracking a data processing system within a communications network: A method and system for tracking a data processing system within a communications network are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving identity data from a data processing system via a communications network, where the data processing system comprises a security processing element associated with a... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070136582 - Method and system for transaction validation: A method and system of authenticating submissions from a client to a server within a secure session as established for example by entry of username and password data, wherein the session is composed of a number of transactions each of which is itself additionally authenticated, for example by submission of... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070136586 - Method and system for transmitting authentication context information: A system of the present invention uses an identity provider to provide the authentication services for multiple service providers. An identity provider communicates with one or more service providers. A user that wishes to gain access to a service provider is authenticated through the use of the identity provider. A... Agent: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. C/o Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.

20070136583 - Reporting on authentication of rfid tags for indicating legitimacy of their associated items: RFID readers, computers, and methods are provided for reporting on the authentication of one or more RFID tags associated with a proffered item, while requiring special permissions be cleared before reporting. In some embodiments, a question is input about whether a Declared Password (DP) is regarded as proper for an... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070136581 - Secure authentication facility: Secure authentication facility coordinates user authentication for secure access to systems, software applications, and hardware and software resources. The secure authentication facility provides for user authentication using local or remote authentication devices, to authenticate to local or remote operating system, application software, or other resources. The secure authentication facility sends... Agent: Hugh D Jaeger, P.A.

20070136579 - Web browser operating system: A Web browsing system using a browser operating system (BOS), which provides a trusted software layer on which Web browsers execute. The BOS runs the client-side component of each Web application (e.g., on-line banking, and Web mail) in its own virtual machine, which provides strong isolation between Web services and... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20070136587 - Method for device authentication: An authentication method (300) is provided for a local device (120), comprising: receiving a remote encryption key from a remote device (210); performing an authentication process on the remote encryption key (320, 225, 230, 235, 240); receiving a set of secret information at the local device through a local data... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070136589 - Identification and authentication system and method: An identification system 1 used for authenticating a user at a user station 30 requesting access to secure information at a base station 20, wherein the system 1 includes one or more base stations 20, one or more user stations 30, and one or more identification devices 10 used for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070136591 - Method for advance negotiation of computer settings: A method to negotiate computer settings in advance is presented. A prediction is made to determine if the computer setting will be needed, and if needed, whether a value outside of a normal range of values will be needed. A value for the computer setting that is outside of the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070136590 - Network system and communication methods for securely bootstraping mobile ipv6 mobile node using pre-shared key: Provided is a network system using diameter authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) infrastructure to support the bootstrapping of a Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) mobile node. The network system includes a mobile node equipped with Mobile IPv6, an attendant which is accessed by the mobile node when the mobile... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070136588 - Securing access to documents within multi-function devices: A printer that prints encrypted information in a document can be the key authority for that document. A document containing encrypted information and a source reference can be printed by a printer associated with a key module. The key module contains the key for decrypting the information. A scanner scanning... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20070136592 - Wireless internet gateway: A wireless Internet gateway which bridges the gap between the Internet and wireless devices, e.g., via a short message service center (SMSC). The disclosed wireless Internet gateway provides a portal to SMPP, HTTP, TNPP, or other protocol messages using Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) techniques. Application servers (e.g., in communication... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070136594 - Modular card issuance system and method of operation: A modular card issuance system comprises a plurality of sequentially ordered modules configured such that each module is in electrical communication with its adjacent modules. This system also comprises a main controller that is in electrical communication with each of the modules. Upon power-up of the system and without assistance... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070136593 - Secure information storage apparatus: The Invention is a secure data storage and retrieval apparatus. The device features a microprocessor, a long term memory, a temporary memory, a display and a plurality of buttons. A user gains access to the long term memory by selecting a decryption key utilizing only the plurality of buttons. The... Agent: Robert J. Yarbrough, Attorney At Law

20070136600 - Document verification system and method of use: Described is a system and method of verifying documents for users possessing little or no document examination skill or experience. The system and method involve simple, secure, and expeditious means for determining the authenticity of identity or financial documents. In addition, users can submit documents of questionable authenticity to the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20070136598 - Image input and output device, client device, information processing method, and program storage medium: An image input and output device transfers data to and from a client device using a mailbox. The image input and output device includes a certificate receiving section and a mailbox creating section. The certificate receiving section receives, from the client device, an electronic certificate of a user that is... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070136599 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof: To provide a mechanism which safely generates a signature even when the reliability of a local terminal is unknown, this invention makes it possible to safely notify a user whether a remote server can trust the local terminal. The mechanism includes a reception acceptance unit adapted to accept a generation... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070136595 - Method and apparatus for transmitting watermark data bits using a spread spectrum, and for regaining watermark data bits embedded in a spread spectrum: Spread spectrum technology and the related inserted or added information signal can be used for implementing watermarking digital audio signals. A known processing for retrieving at receiver or decoder side the watermark signal information bit from the spread spectrum is convolving the received or replayed spectrum with a spreading function... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070136597 - Methods and apparatus for robust embedded data: The present invention describes methods and apparatus involving embedding data. Data can be embedded steganographically in content or embedded in, e.g., headers associated with the content. In one implementation, a method of embedding auxiliary information in data is provided. The method includes receiving data and correlated data. The correlated data... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070136596 - Secure wireless network: A method is used to authenticate a wireless device for secure operation on a wireless local area network, the wireless local area network including a controller. The method to include broadcasting from the controller a configuration message based on the controller being physically switched to a configuration mode. The method... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070136601 - Authentication system and method in dstm communication network: Provided are a system and method for allocating an Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) address through authentication of a dual stack transition mechanism (DSTM) node in a DSTM communication network, DSTM being an IPv4/IPv6 address translation mechanism. The system and method perform authentication when an IPv4 address is allocated between... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070136602 - User authentication system and method for supporting terminal mobility between user lines: Provided is a user authentication system and method for supporting terminal mobility between user lines. The user authentication system includes: a binding checker that checks whether a user terminal ID and a circuit ID of a line currently connected to the user terminal are bound; a terminal/circuit information checker that... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070136603 - Method and apparatus for providing secure access control for protected information: There are provided methods and apparatuses for processing requests from requestors, methods and apparatuses for transmitting indicia representative of information from a first domain to a second domain, methods comprising, and apparatuses for, determining whether a requestor is authorized to perform a desired operation on a target comprising at least... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070136604 - Method and system for managing secure access to data in a network: Methods and system for managing secure access to data by a user in a network are disclosed. The method includes receiving (402, 404) a key and a biometric sample of the user transmitted by a user device (104) at a server (102). The method also includes decrypting (406) an encrypted... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070136605 - Data processing method and data reading method: An object of the present invention is to prevent illegal use of data (digital contents), and a second object is to provide a method for processing data which ensures the collection of charges for secondary use of the data, a data reading method for reading the data processed by this... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070136606 - Storage system with built-in encryption function: In a plurality of storage systems including data encryption functions, there is a possibility that encryption keys necessary for data encryption and decryption may differ among the storage systems. Provided is a computer system including one or more host computers and a plurality of storage controllers connected to the host... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070136607 - Crypto-pointers for secure data storage: This disclosure relates to pairing of a different cryptographic key with each pointer in a data structure to form a crypto-pointer. The cryptographic key is used to encrypt the contents of all data stored at the physical location on the storage device indicated by the pointer. Preferably the only data... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070136612 - Data processing apparatus and data processing method: A data processing system, recording device, data processing method and program providing medium are provided to execute authentication processing and content storing processing between apparatuses. Program localization is employed to restrict access to program content. A plurality of key blocks store key data for authentication processing. Key block designation information... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070136611 - Information processing apparatus, program loading method, recording medium, program updating method and circuit device: In updating a program, program data leakage needs to be prohibited from occurring. To this end, a controlling unit includes an encrypted program data receiving unit for receiving encrypted program data, obtained on encrypting a second program using a preset encryption key, responsive to a update request for a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070136609 - Methods and apparatus for providing a secure channel associated with a flash device: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a secure channel associated with a flash device are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070136608 - Off-line economies for digital media: Systems and methods are described for an off-line economy for digital media. In one implementation, exemplary media devices of buyer and seller participate in the off-line economy by performing secure off-line transfers of digital media content between themselves. The media devices store proof of the off-line sales transactions, so that... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070136610 - Smart card with data storage, set-top box, portable player for operating smart card with data storage and method for manufacturing smart card with data storage: In a smart card (100) with memory blocks (110, 120, 130) and a processor (140), one of the memory blocks (110) has a decryption keys area for storing decryption keys (111) and at least one of the memory blocks, which is non-volatile memory (130), has data storage area (131) for... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070136616 - Memory card: A memory card is provided in which power consumption is reduced by the pull-up resistor of an input terminal and a misoperation induced by the pull-down resistor of a host apparatus is prevented. The memory card has a select terminal connected to the pull-up resistor. When the mode of the... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070136614 - Power management mechanism in system for supplying power over communication link: System and methodology for managing power supplied to powered devices over communication links, such as Ethernet links. A power supply system has multiple power supply ports for providing power to respective powered devices via multiple communication links. A power-in-use bus shared by the multiple power supply ports is configured for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070136613 - Power supply system: A power supply system is disclosed to include a fuel cell, and a base member, which has a receptacle type connection interface for receiving the fuel cell, a plurality of powered USB connectors for receiving different electronic apparatus and providing different voltages to the connected electronic apparatus, and a powered... Agent: D-way Scientific Co., Ltd

20070136615 - System and method for reducing power used to execute application program: Provided is a system and method of controlling power, the system and method capable of predicting optimal speeds of operation clocks of a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory used to execute an application program, thereby reducing power used to execute the application program. The system for controlling power... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070136617 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: There are provided a first processor (11) to be operated at a first operating frequency, a second processor (12) in which a leakage current is reduced more greatly than the first processor and which is operated at a lower second operating frequency than the first operating frequency, and a selecting... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070136618 - Multilayer print circuit board: This invention effectively prevents potential fluctuation in the power supply terminal of a semiconductor device, that is, noise from flowing out to a main power supply wiring. A multilayer print circuit board includes a first power supply via hole which connects to the power supply terminal of a semiconductor integrated... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070136620 - Clock distribution in multi-cell computing systems: Embodiments of the invention relate to distribution of clocks to CPUs in processing cells of a multi-cell system. In an embodiment, each cell includes an interface, referred to as an agent. A plurality of interfaces, referred to as switches, together with the agents of the cells, connects the cells together.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070136619 - Jitter tolerant delay-locked loop circuit: Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide improved jitter tolerant delay-locked loop circuitry. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an integrated circuit includes a plurality of delay cells each having a plurality of programmable delay taps. Each delay cell is adapted to provide a... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070136621 - Transmitter with skew reduction: An integrated circuit device is described. The circuit device may include a group of signal nodes, including a first signal node and a second signal node, a transmitter coupled to the group of signal nodes, and a first clock circuit coupled to the transmitter. The transmitter may transmit a first... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20070130452 - Bios protection device: A processing system including a bios protection device and method of protecting a bios is provided. The system comprises a central processor (11), and a BIOS memory device (18) to which the BIOS protection device (17) is interconnected by address and data paths (16). At start-up, the BIOS protection device... Agent: Lawrence M Jarvis Mcandrews Held & Malloy

20070130454 - Hardware identification utility: An automated system employing a computer key having a number of pre-stored programs, each compatible with a different type of computer platform, are described. Computer key is designed to be plugged into a port of an unknown type of computer platform. Computer key interrogates computer platform from port to identify... Agent: L. Zale Patent Law Offices

20070130453 - Method and apparatus for assigning devices to a partition: Devices in a processing system may be managed by performing a first scan of a bus of the processing system from a first partition. In one embodiment, the first scan may discover location information for devices on the bus. A communications hub of the processing system may be programmed to... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070130456 - On-demand services by wireless base station virtualization: Initiating a virtual presence at a physical access point in response to a request for a service from a wireless access device is provided. A particular wireless service may be provided to a subscriber on an on-demand basis according to location and/or type of service requested. The service may be... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070130455 - Series encryption in a quantum cryptographic system: A system obtains first encryption key material using quantum cryptographic mechanisms and obtains second encryption key material using non-quantum cryptographic mechanisms. The system encrypts data using the first encryption key material to produce first encrypted data and encrypts the first encrypted data using the second encryption key material to produce... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070130457 - Method and apparatus for providing secure remote access to enterprise networks: The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing secure remote access to enterprise networks. An apparatus includes a network interface module adapted for maintaining a secure network connection with a network device independent of a power state of a host computer associated with the apparatus a storage module for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20070130459 - Remote virtual medical diagnostic imaging viewer: A medical image and data application service provider system provides a way of remotely viewing and manipulating medical images and data for diagnostic and visualization purposes by users unconstrained by geography. Medical images and data are stored on one or more servers running application service provider software along with meta-data... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070130458 - Trusted computer system: A trusted computer system that offers Linux® compatibility and supports contemporary hardware speeds. It is designed to require no porting of common applications which run on Linux, to be easy to develop for, and to allow the use of a wide variety of modern development tools. The system is further... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070130462 - Asynchronous encryption for secured electronic communications: An asynchronous communication system and method are configured for secured communication between a sender and a recipient without a need for pre-arrangement of shared static encryption key secrets. In one embodiment a system receives an initiation request for authentication from a sender seeking to transmit a message. The system generates... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070130460 - Efficient browser-based identity management providing personal control and anonymity: The invention allows a reliable and efficient identity management that can, with full interoperability, accommodate to various requirements of participants. For that a method and system are presented for providing an identity-related information about a user to a requesting entity. The method comprises a location-request step initiated by the requesting... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070130461 - Network service control method and agent dispatching method used therein: A network service control method detects whether a mobile node communicating with a corresponding node is trending to a second local area network from a first local area network and forks and transmits a user agent and a server agent to a proxy when the mobile node is trending to... Agent: J.c. Patents

20070130463 - Single one-time password token with single pin for access to multiple providers: A system and a method are disclosed that includes a first party with a terminal and a one-time password token, one or more second parties, each with a host application system and a service provider authentication server, and a third party with a host application system and a master authentication... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070130464 - Method for establishing a secure e-mail communication channel between a sender and a recipient: 4) if, on the other hand, said public key of said recipient is not available in said database (160), said encryption system sends instead enrolment message (1220) to said recipient, said enrolment message containing an invitation for said recipient to choose among one of the following options: i) access to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070130466 - Contents transmission/reception scheme with function for limiting recipients: In a contents transmission/reception system, the transmission of the contents to the corresponding reception device is permitted only in the case where the device identification information searched out by the device identification information search unit and the device identification information registered by the device identification information registration unit coincide, so... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070130465 - Virtual subscriber identifier system and method: The invention provides a virtual subscriber identifier system and method of a communication network. According to one embodiment of the invention, a subscriber generates virtual subscriber identifiers by him/her self, generates a subscriber identity mapping data by which a identifier service provider can figure out the real identifier of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070130468 - Network connection identification: Discovery of a network to which a device is in communication and classifying the network is disclosed. The network may be classified as a network already known or a new network signature may be created where the network signature is made up of a network id, a link id and... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070130467 - Request linked digital watermarking: A method for digitally signing information in real-time, based on a user request for the information. In one embodiment, the method is useful in a Web server, and can be implemented using a server-side API filter. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a data request from a user and... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20070130469 - Use of global clock to secure and synchronize messages in xm and sms messages to a vehicle: A system and method for providing secure one-way transmissions in a vehicle wireless communications system. The system and method rely on a clock signal to assure that the vehicle and server receive proper messages. The vehicle and the server will periodically synchronize their internal clocks to a global clock signal.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070130470 - Secure and replay protected memory storage: A device (e.g., mobile device) and method are described herein that can protect data stored in a rewritable openly accessible memory from replay attacks by using an integrity key and an encryption key to en/decrypt the data, integrity protect the data via a MAC calculation, and verify the data.... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070130471 - Apparatus and method for authenticating a user when accessing to multimedia services: An inter-domain authentication mechanism is provided for carrying out a cross-domain authentication for a given user between an access network domain and a Multimedia domain. The authentication mechanism is applicable where a user has been authenticated by the access network and may be implemented as a dedicated Multimedia Authentication device... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070130472 - System and method for securely provisioning and generating one-time-passwords in a remote device: A secure processor such as a TPM generates one-time-passwords used to authenticate a communication device to a service provider. In some embodiments the TPM maintains one-time-password data and performs the one-time-password algorithm within a secure boundary associated with the TPM. In some embodiments the TPM generates one-time-password data structures and... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070130473 - System and method for access control: A system and method for authenticating a user based on multiple factors is provided. The system and method also control access by the user and monitor the user's activity.... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070130474 - Creating multiple one-time passcodes: In one embodiment of a method of and system for creating one-time-passcodes, a one-time-passcode is created using a value representing the time on a clock. Where a second or subsequent one-time passcode is required before the time value has incremented, the time value is modified and the second or subsequent... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070130475 - Method of embedding information in internet transmissions: A method is provided for passing control messages and other information through a SIP network by embedding the information in SIP messages. The information is sent from one SIP agent to another by encrypting the information, embedding the encrypted information in one or more implementation-defined SIP header fields, and transmitting... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20070130476 - Wireless controller device: A remote wireless device is provided that operates a user interface specific to a particular target application or device. The wireless device receives information regarding the status or operation of the target's application, and uses that information to determine what information and controls to present to the remote user. The... Agent: William J. Kolegraff

20070130478 - End-to-end reliable messaging with complete acknowledgement: Reliable end-to-end messaging in which tracking and acknowledgement information are contained in the electronic message that is visible to layers above the transport layer, thereby being independent of what transport protocols, and whether different transport protocols, are used to comununicate between the two end points. Furthermore, acknowledgment messages may identify... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070130477 - Secure tape: Data stored on a removable storage medium such as a tape cartridge can be protected from unauthorized access by storing a password hash value in a protected manner on the storage medium, where the password hash value is generated from a password by a one-way hash function such as SHA-256,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070130482 - Idle mode for power management: An apparatus and method for controlling idle mode in an electronic device. In idle mode, power and clock signals are reduced or stopped to conserve power. The apparatus includes a target module coupled to a power and clock control module (PCCM). The PCCM sends an idleack signal to the target... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070130484 - Method for using a timer based smi for system configuration after a resume event: An information handling system (IHS) includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, a basic input/output system (BIOS) stored as instructions on a portion of the memory, an event handler component operable to receive notification of an occurrence of at least one event in the IHS, a first device... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070130481 - Power control method and system: A management server is installed for collectively accepting power control requests from clients. The management server authenticates a power control request received from a client with reference to a variety of tables which describe groups to which users and servers belong, respectively, and other attributes. Following successful authentication, the management... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070130483 - Power supply apparatus: A power supply apparatus mainly includes a main body which holds all related elements. The main body has a power supply input end, at least two power supply output ends, a regulation means corresponding to each of the power supply output ends and a power conversion circuit located in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070130480 - System and method for enabling fast power-on times when using a large operating system to control an instrumentation system: An instant-on instrument system is achieved by having the operating system boot completely when power is first applied to the instrument system, but when the system is still in the off mode. The OS brings the instrument system to the point where all internal checks have been accomplished but does... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070130479 - Ultra low power wake-up circuit: An apparatus for selectively enabling power including a power supply, and a device having a controller and an input activated by a user. The controller is selectively powered by the power supply. While the device is in a sleep state, a sensing circuit senses activation of the input by the... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070130485 - Component reliability budgeting system: A system may include acquisition of a supply voltage information representing past supply voltages supplied to an electrical component, acquisition of a temperature information representing past temperatures of the electrical component, and control of a performance characteristic of the electrical component based on the supply voltage information and the temperature... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20070130486 - Timing constraints methodology for enabling clock reconvergence pessimism removal in extracted timing models: A method of enabling CRPR in an ETM. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes locating a plurality of clocks defined within a core. The method may also include determining if one of the plurality of clocks are clocking data both within the core and outside of the core. A... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation