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

20070174603 - Method and system for maintaining system management bios: A method and system for maintaining a System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) in a computer system is provided. According to the proposed method and system, the BIOS of the computer system is updated first. The reserved SMBIOS information pre-stored in a memory unit is then stored into the BIOS of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070174604 - System and method for calculating an average startup time of a computer: A method for calculating an average startup time of a computer includes: predefining a total reboot count; setting a current reboot count; rebooting the computer if the computer is in standard working condition; recording a start time and a finish time of rebooting the computer after the computer is rebooted;... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070174601 - Apparatus, system, and method for firmware update of redundant controllers: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for updating firmware to a plurality of memory devices residing on disparate controllers wherein each controller includes an identical communication path address. A management module writes a firmware image to a memory device residing on a primary controller. The primary controller, in turn,... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070174600 - Interface for communicating physical presence requests: In order to facilitate the execution of a command in a pre-OS environment, functionality is provided in the OS environment which allows information regarding a requested command to be communicated to the pre-OS environment. A user request for a command is received, and the user is given information regarding the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070174602 - Method of system booting with a direct memory access in a new memory architecture: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for initializing a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a processor, a volatile memory, and a non-volatile memory. In one embodiment, the method includes, when the computer system is initialized, automatically copying initialization code stored in the non-volatile memory to... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Gero Mcclellan / Infineon / Qimonda

20070174605 - Data processing device and data processing method: A data processing device includes a memory, a processing unit, a logic element, a first database and a management unit. The memory stores a plurality of software modules which processes input data. The processing unit enables to execute the plurality of software module. The logic element enables to configure a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070174606 - Encryption device, key distribution device and key distribution system: A key distribution system distributes key data for using content to a second encryption device that has been legitimately outsourced processing by a first encryption device. The first encryption device acquires permission information indicating that the first encryption device has permission to use the content, generates certification information by making... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070174608 - Distributed (modular) internal architecture: A node configured for use in a communication network with a distributed architecture. The node comprises a key encryption functionality, a transceiving functionality for transmitting and receiving packets, a privilege level introduction functionality configured to introduce a privilege level into packets to be transmitted, and a comparison functionality configured to... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070174607 - System for the storage and retrieval of confidential information: The invention relates to a system and a method for the storage and/or retrieval of confidential information for at least one user, by means of which a secret, in particular a project password, can be securely retrieved again. System for the storage and/or retrieval of confidential information for at least... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070174609 - Apparatus and method for determining revocation key, and apparatus and method for decrypting contents using the same: A revocation key determining method for content protection. The revocation key determining method includes: identifying at least one of a plurality of groups on the basis of a structure in which groups, each consisting of nodes to which key sets for content protection are respectively assigned, are hierarchically arranged in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070174610 - Security policy assignment apparatus and method and storage medium stored with security policy assignment program: A security policy assignment apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires data relating to a storage location of a digital document and an assignment unit that assigns a security policy, which has been set to correspond to data relating to the acquired storage location, with respect to the digital document... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070174617 - Method for updating the firmware of a security module: A method for updating the firmware of a security module allowing it to “jump” towards a dedicated separate patch message stream thanks to a trigger messages stream broadcasted in a main stream of management messages. The trigger messages comprise version information allowing establishing whether the security module is up-to-date, and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070174613 - Context limited shared secret: In a communication system in which two communication entities seek to have a private or confidential communication session, a trust relationship needs first be established. The trust relationship is based on the determination of a shared secret which in turn is generated from contextual information. The contextual information can be... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070174614 - Derivative seeds: A method of generating authentication seeds for a plurality of users, the method involving: based on a single master seed, generating a plurality of derivative seeds, each one for a corresponding different one of a plurality of users; and distributing the plurality of derivative seeds to a verifier for use... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070174615 - Method and device for communication using random codes: A method and device for communication, in which a random code is used in the communication. The method comprises storing a random code in a first device; storing the random code in a second device; and using the random code in a subsequent communication. The invention may be employed in... Agent: Steven Fischman Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070174611 - Method for communicating and checking authentication data between a portable transponder device and a vehicle reader unit: The method enables authentication data to be communicated and checked between a transponder device (1) and a reader unit (2) of a vehicle in order to authorise access to the vehicle. The device includes a logic circuit (11), a non-volatile memory (13), an encryption and/or decryption circuit (12) and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070174612 - Method for communicating and checking authentication data between a portable transponder device and a vehicle reader unit: The method enables authentication data to be communicated and checked between a transponder device (1) and a reader unit (2) of a vehicle in order to authorise access to the vehicle. The device includes a logic circuit (11), a non-volatile memory (13), an encryption and/or decryption circuit (12) and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070174616 - System and method for securing computing management functions: In a computing management system authentication procedures are secured by protecting keys and/or processes used during the authentication procedures. In some embodiments the system cryptographically protects any keys used to mutually authenticate a management console and client. In some embodiments the system cryptographically protects execution of one or more of... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070174618 - Information security apparatus and information security system: An information security apparatus that manages information in a safe and reliable manner based on a complexity of an inverse operation on a set of integers that satisfy a condition. The information security apparatus comprises a private key generating unit operable to generate a private key, a parameter receiving unit... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070174620 - System and method for loading digital watermarks automatically: A system for loading digital watermarks automatically includes an application server (4). The application server includes a main controller. The main controller includes: a document fetching module (401) configured for fetching a document to be printed, and for accessing a document DRM header of the document fetched; a watermark downloading... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070174624 - Content interactivity gateway: A gateway (e.g., a web site) connects content (e.g., pirated content) playing on a host device to a variety of informational, advertising, merchandising and DRM resources. Links, icons and other elements for connecting with the resources are provided to the host device by the gateway and can be presented to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070174623 - Detecting collusion among multiple recipients of fingerprinted information: Embedding fingerprinting or watermarking information includes delivering information in-band within digital content representing a media stream, so unauthorized distributors must choose between degrading the media stream, or leaving sufficient information detectable that unauthorized distribution can be detected. For fingerprinting, the method provides a relatively high degree of confidence of both... Agent: Swernofsky Law Group PC

20070174619 - Digital watermarking system according to pixel brightness value and digital watermarking method: A digital watermarking system and method is provided. The digital watermarking system mainly includes a storing unit, a text obtaining module, a pixel determining module, an encrypting module, and a storing module. The storing unit is for storing text information, the text information including one or more dot matrix files.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070174621 - Processing device revocation and reinvocation: A method includes storing, at a storage location of a system, a first security value and utilizing, at the system, a first security certificate compatible with the first security value and incompatible with at least a second security value, wherein the first security certificate enables one or more processing features... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070174622 - Protection of data of a memory associated with a microprocessor: A method and a circuit for checking the coherence between data read from a first area of a memory of a microcontroller and the address of these data, including calculating a current digital signature of the read data by a function also taking into account the address of these data... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070174625 - Secure multimedia data transmission method: A secure method and system of digital data transmission between a sender and a receiver, including a phase of receiver authentication by a symmetrical authentication key sharing algorithm with no transmission of the key, a phase of data watermarking by using the authentication key as the watermarking key, and a... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070174626 - Method and apparatus for generating and validating digital signature: Provided are a method and an apparatus for generating and validating a digital signature. The apparatus for generating the digital signature includes: a converter converting a message to be transmitted into a codeword having a set length using a Griesmer code; and a digital signature generator allowing each of bits... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070174629 - Encryption and authentication systems and methods: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for, among other things, passphrase input using secure delay, passphrase input with characteristic shape display, user authentication with non-repeated selection of elements with a displayed set of elements, document authentication with embedding of a digital signature stamp within a graphical representation of the electronic... Agent: Edwin A. Suominen

20070174627 - Secure compartmented mode knowledge management portal: A layered defense-in-depth knowledge-based data management comprises a reception zone for authenticating a user for access to the system and an operations zone for adjudicating on a user level access to data objects stored in the system database. In addition, the data management comprises a security zone for issuing certificates... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070174628 - User authentication: There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for user authentication. For example, there is a method that includes generating a dynamic mapping between assigned authentication symbols and temporary authentication symbols, presenting the dynamic on an electronic device, and receiving a selection signal that identifies one or more of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070174630 - System and method of mobile anti-pharming and improving two factor usage: A variant of phishing involves subverting an Internet access point, often used for mobile computing. Malware can route user requests for bank websites into a phisher's private network, with fake bank websites (pharming). The user can have a “mobile password” at the bank. When she connects from an access point,... Agent: Marvin Shannon

20070174631 - System and method for controlling usage of software on computing devices: Described is a method and system for controlling usage of software on a computing device. An authorization key is generated as a function of a device string and a software string. The device string is a unique string stored in the device. The software string is a unique string stored... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070174633 - Biometric based user authentication and data encryption: Biometric parameters acquired from human forces, voices, fingerprints, and irises are used for user authentication and access control. Because the biometric parameters are continuous and vary from one reading to the next, syndrome codes are applied to determine biometric syndrome vectors. The biometric syndrome vectors can be stored securely while... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070174632 - Imaging method and device using biometric information for operator authentication: Essentially coincident with the capture of an image by the imaging device, biometric information indicating the identity of the operator of the device is obtained from at least one biometric sensor. The biometric information and captured image are then stored in a manner reliably associating each with the other. At... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070174636 - Methods, systems, and apparatus for encrypting e-mail: Systems, methods, and apparatus for securely encrypting electronic mail (e-mail) are presented. In some examples, a system for sending encrypted electronic messages includes a client computer configured to compose an electronic text message and define at least one recipient address. The computer is in contact with a mail server that... Agent: David P. Lentini

20070174634 - System and/or method for encrypting data: Embodiments of methods, devices and/or systems for encrypting of data are described.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070174635 - Systems and methods for verifying a licensed installation at time of update: Systems, methods and media for verifying the existence of a licensed software installation at the time of an update to the software are disclosed. In one embodiment, a package of files for the update is encrypted with a copy of a key file that is contained in the original installation.... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070174637 - System and method for assigning sequence keys to a media player to enable flexible traitor tracing: A traitor tracing enabling system assigns sequence keys to a media player to enable better tracability with fewer actual variations in the content. The system comprises a technique for increasing a number of sequence keys, allowing a finer granularity in a traitor tracing process with little increase in sequence key... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20070174639 - Apparatus for and a method of downloading media content: A data file reproduction system has a data file supplying apparatus that extracts video data and audio data from a received data file, compresses the extracted video and audio data and produces a compressed data file containing the compressed audio and video data together with meta data or navigation data... Agent: Patent Department Macrovision Corporation

20070174638 - Method used for digital right management of system-on-chip ip by making use of system platform: A method used for digital right management (DRM) of system-on-chip (SOC) IP by making use of a system platform, which provides an encryption & protection mechanism created by incorporating the IP designer, the IP supplier, the wafer manufacturer, the customer, and the electronic design automation (EDA) tool, thus establishing an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070174641 - Adjusting power supplies for data storage devices: Articles of manufacture and associated methods and systems can be implemented for identifying a condition in which a voltage level being supplied to a data storage device (DSD) may be increased as needed to operate the data storage device. Upon identifying such a condition, the voltage level supplied to the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070174642 - Reporting flash memory operating voltages: Apparatus and associated systems, methods and computer program products relate to using information stored in a flash memory to adjust the operating voltage supplied to the flash memory. The voltage information indicates a minimum operating voltage at which to operate the flash memory device. In general, operating a flash memory... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070174640 - Self-configuring bus for connecting electronic devices: An apparatus for connecting electronic devices having a flexible cable bus housing containing a plurality of same or different communication and power channels extending along a length thereof and a plurality of bus ports at different locations along the bus housing length. Each bus port is capable of being operatively... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070174643 - Systems and methods for low power bus operation: Various systems and methods for power reduction are disclosed herein. As one example, a method for power reduction in a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes providing a semiconductor device that includes a bus. The bus includes a group of signals and a control signal associated with the group... Agent: Hamilton And Desanctis

20070174644 - Apparatus and method for dynamic tokenization of wireless network datagrams: Apparatus and methods are provided for managing the power or bandwidth consumed by a network of interconnected devices. The apparatus includes a service broker and a token processor disposed within one or more of the devices. The service broker monitors traffic over the network, and directs the one or more... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070174645 - Multimedia video and audio player: A multimedia video and audio player includes an upper cover, and a main body; the upper cover includes a display screen for showing characters, figures, and images; the main body is pivoted to the upper cover, and it includes a holding recess for holding a portable multimedia player, a forwards... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070174646 - Methods and systems for a storage system: A storage system that may include one or more memory sections, one or more switches, and a management system. The memory sections include memory devices and a section controller capable of detecting faults with the memory section and transmitting messages to the management system regarding detected faults. The storage system... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070174647 - Coordinating data synchronous triggers on multiple devices: System and method for synchronizing multiple devices coupled to a system timing module (STM) via respective first transmission media, wherein two or more of the respective first transmission media have different respective transmission times. The STM and devices share a common clock, in phase and with respect to a common... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070174648 - Method and apparatus for dividing a digital signal by x.5 in an information handling system: An information handling system including a divider circuit is disclosed that divides an input clock signal by a non integer value to generate an output clock signal. The resultant output clock signal exhibits a 50/50 duty cycle in one embodiment. The disclosed divider methodology permits the design of advanced circuit... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20070174649 - Switching circuit and method thereof for dynamically switching host clock signals: A switching circuit located in a computer system is disclosed in the present invention. The switching circuit comprises a first phase-locked loop generating a first host clock signal, a second phase-locked loop generating a second host clock signal and an output switch unit coupled to the first PLL and the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070174650 - Efficiency optimization method for hardware devices with adjustable clock frequencies: An efficiency optimization method for hardware devices with adjustable clock frequencies is provided. The work current of the hardware device is measured and used to obtain the corresponding work level from a conversion table. The obtained work level is compared with the currently executing work level to make adjustments for... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070174651 - Processor system, instruction sequence optimization device, and instruction sequence optimization program: To reduce power consumption of a processor system including a plurality of processors without degradation of the processing ability, a flag detecting section detects an assignment control flag and a clock control flag added to instruction code. An instruction assignment controlling section outputs the instruction code to a CPU or... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070168652 - Method for booting a host device from an mmc/sd device, a host device bootable from an mmc/sd device and an mmc/sd device method a host device may booted from: Systems and methods for booting a host device(s) from a peripheral device(s), via an interface, such as an MMC/SD interface, with power terminals, a data bus with data bus terminals, a clock line with a clock terminal and a command line with command terminal. Power is provided to the power... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20070168653 - Computer hardware operating mode setting circuit: A computer hardware operating mode setting circuit is proposed, which is designed for use with a hardware module, such as a BIOS module, to provide the BIOS module with a user-manipulated operating mode setting function; and which is characterized by the capability of using just 3 connecting pads, rather than... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070168654 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes an entry unit, a registering function accepting unit, and a function registering unit. The entry unit includes software keys registered with functions of the electronic device. The registering function accepting unit accepts a function selection instruction from a user. The function registering unit registers a function... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070168655 - System and method for multicasting ipsec protected communications: A system and method is provided which allows multicast communications encrypted using IPSec protocol to be received by receivers in a network. In order to allow the receivers to receive the encrypted multicast communication, the address information of the received multicast communication is modified to appear as a unicast communication... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070168656 - Method for enabling a user to initiate a password protected backup of the user's credentials: A method is provided for a enabling a user to initiate a password protected backup copy of the user's credentials. The method includes providing a user with a credential store containing information relating to the user's identity, generating a different recovery password of any length for each recovery authority, encrypting... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070168658 - Information processing apparatus and control method: An information processing apparatus that communicates using an electronic certificate is provided. When identification information is configured that identifies the information processing apparatus on a network, the configured identification information is stored in a storage unit. A request for issue of an electronic certificate containing the identification information stored in... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070168657 - Method and system for linking certificates to signed files: A method for processing a file having an existing filename. A private key associated with a digital certificate and a certificate address from which the digital certificate may be accessed are received from a certification authority (CA) who issued the digital certificate. A digital signature is generated based on the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070168659 - Generation of set coverings with free riders, and generation of ordered sets of meeting points, in systems which include, but are not limited to, systems for broadcast encryption and systems for certificate revocation: In a broadcast encryption scheme, an optimal or near-optimal set covering CV(f,P) is computed for a set P of privileged users and at most a predefined number f of revoked users (“free riders”). The covering consists of elements of a predefined set cover CC(U) for the set of all users... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070168660 - System and method for supporting multiple certificate authorities on a mobile communication device: A system and method for supporting operations with multiple certification authorities (CAs) on a communication device. A common CA interface is provided between a plurality of secure communication applications and a plurality of CA-specific components, each of which interacts with a particular CA. A further common interface may also be... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070168661 - Localization determination process for 1394 serial bus: A localization process in a network of source devices and sink devices on a 1394 bus, is performed by a source device while it is communicating to a sink device, which determines local network links from nonlocal ones. An actual round trip time calculation is performed only by the source... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070168662 - Privacy protection in communication systems: Methods and apparatus for protecting user privacy in a shared key system. According to one aspect, a user generates a derived identity based on a key and a session variable, and sends the derived identity to an application. In one embodiment, a key server may be used to receive the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070168663 - Method and system for transferring data: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for transferring data. In one embodiment, a transfer processing method for transferring, in addition to key data for decryption of encrypted content data, required information inclusive of conditions for using the content data, from one device to another device, the transfer processing... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070168665 - Method and apparatus for managing domain: A method and an apparatus for managing domains are provided. The method of managing one or more domains performed by a domain manager located in a home network includes determining whether to register a first device located in the home network to a domain, and providing data required to share... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070168664 - Data encryption/decryption for data storage drives: A key server provides keys for encryption and/or decryption for data storage drives. A first communication link provides at least data communication with respect to the data storage drive; a second communication link, separate from the first communication link, provides communication between the data storage drive and the key server;... Agent: John H. Holcombe IBM Corporation,IPLaw Dept.

20070168672 - Digital document management system, digital document management method, and digital document management program: At the registration time of new document information, the digital document management program manages a digital signature created in association with document information. At the correction time of the document information, the program acquires partial identification information related to a corrected part of the document information before correction, creates a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070168669 - Anti-tamper system: A system in accordance with the present invention prevents tampering of a device. The system includes an encrypted digital signature and a decryption attempt. The encrypted digital signature represents a configuration of the device and is retained in a non-volatile memory of the device. The decryption attempt is received from... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070168671 - Digital document management system, digital document management method, and digital document management program: Disclosed is a digital document management program capable of achieving a third-party certification of document information with reduced amount of meta data. At the registration time of new document information, the digital document management program manages a digital signature created in association with document information. At the correction time of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070168666 - Email policy manager: An email policy is applied in a policy manager, running on a mail server in a local area network, to determine whether an outgoing email message should be allowed to be transmitted to a destination address outside the local area network, for example over the internet. A digital signature is... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070168668 - Media card with command pass through mechanism: The present invention presents techniques for transmitting application specific instruction between a host and a memory card. The commands for the application specific protocol are embedded along with a signature in the data portion of a transmission protocol that is used to communicate between the host the memory card. This... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz, LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20070168667 - Method, authentication medium and device for securing access to a piece of equipment: The invention relates to a device for securing access to a piece of equipment (EQP), comprising an authentication medium (CRD) which uses a reference datum and control means (CTRL) which can be used to verify the consistency between the reference datum and a biometric signature (SGN) obtained from a party... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070168670 - Secure bytecode instrumentation facility: A secure bytecode instrumentation facility, wherein a new code fragment is registered in an encrypted registry by first extracting a digital certificate from a specified code fragment location. A certification authority (CA) in the digital certificate is compared against a list of registered trusted certification authorities in the registry. If... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070168673 - Method of allocating payload bits of a watermark: A method of dynamically allocating payload bits in a watermarking system (10) is provided. The method including steps of: (a) determining one or more parameters to be conveyed in bits of a payload to be included in watermark information for embedding in programme content; (b) dynamically allocating the bits to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070168675 - Systems and methods for tracking mobile terrestrial terminals for satellite communications: System and methods provide tracking capabilities by one or a plurality of satellites for a mobile terrestrial terminal. A user requests that a satellite track a particular mobile terrestrial terminal. If the user privilege level allows for this level of control, the satellite adjusts to track the identified terminal. One... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20070168674 - Authentication system, authentication apparatus, and recording medium: An authentication system that verifies various types of authenticity in regards with a visit by a forwarding agent. An identity authentication system is composed of an authentication card, a user terminal, and a card reader. Upon insertion of the authentication card into the card reader, the user terminal generates a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070168677 - Changing user authentication method by timer and the user context: A computer system with authentication means including a storage device where first conditions, second conditions, and authentication information relating to authentication means are stored; means for acquiring the first conditions and the second conditions when a user requests authentication; and means for selecting at least one of a plurality of... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070168676 - Methods for coordinating access to memory from at least two cryptography secure processing units: Electronic circuit chips which include cryptography functions are arranged in multichip configurations through the utilization of a shared external memory. Security of the chips is preserved via a handshaking protocol which permits each chip to access limited portions of the memory as defined in a way that preserves the same... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070168679 - Encrypted microcode update of an optical transceiver: An optical transceiver (or optical transmitter or optical receiver) that has at least one processor and a memory. The optical transceiver receives encrypted microcode from a source. The optical transceiver may then decrypt the received microcode to create decrypted microcode. The decrypted microcode is then written to the memory, where... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070168678 - Secured database system with built-in antivirus protection: A secured database system with built-in antivirus protection is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method of the present invention is described for securing a database system, the method comprises steps of: provisioning storage from a storage device, for storing database information; generating an encryption key so that the... Agent: John A. Smart

20070168680 - Anti-tamper system: A system in accordance with the present invention prevents tampering of a device. The system includes an encrypted digital signature and a decryption attempt. The encrypted digital signature represents a software configuration of the device and is retained in a non-volatile memory of the device. The decryption attempt is received... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070168681 - Mcu with low power mode of operation: A low power system is disclosed for working in conjunction with a digital circuit that is disposed between positive and negative terminals. The system includes an internal voltage generator for increasing, for at least a first portion of the digital circuit, a voltage difference between the at least a first... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070168682 - Method and apparatus for controlling power supply: A power supply unit supplies power for each of a plurality of power supply groups configured to supply the power to a first recording device that belongs to a first redundant-array-of-independent-disks group and a second recording device that belongs to a second redundant-array-of-independent-disks group. The second redundant-array-of-independent-disks group includes recording... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070168683 - Power management for a network: A power management technique for a network including a plurality of computing devices. The power management technique includes identifying an order in which one or more devices of the plurality of computing devices can transmit data within the prescribed time period. In one aspect, the number of wakeups are reduced... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070168684 - Electronic device with a plurality of charging modes: An electronic device with several charging modes includes a transmission module, a central control module, an interface module, and a power module. The transmission module includes a first connecting terminal for connecting an external electronic product and produces a corresponding identification signal according to each external electronic product. The central... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070168685 - Organic electroluminescence device: An objective is to perform a low power operation of a microprocessor on the pipeline stage of an instruction decode and a preceding pipeline stage without the necessity for increasing a circuit size or decoding time. An instruction code of each program for performing an instruction includes a first instruction... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070168686 - Method and apparatus for over clocking in a digital processing system: A method of determining a maximum optimum clock frequency at which a digital processing system can operate, the method comprising the steps of: generating a clock signal at an initial frequency; increasing said frequency in a step-wise manner and determining the operation of said system each of a selected number... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070168687 - Cycle-accurate real-time clocks and methods to operate the same: Cycle-accurate real-time clocks and methods to operate the same are disclosed. An example real-time clock comprises a first counter to count cycles of a selectively-operable clock, a multiplexer to select from at least an output signal associated with the first counter or a continuously-operating clock, and a second counter to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070168688 - Clock control hierarchy for integrated microprocessors and systems-on-a-chip: A clock control hierarchy is provided that is comprised of synchronous and asynchronous hold request signals that are used to start and stop functional units of a chip. Pervasive logic is provided that uses a synchronous “chip hold” signal and asynchronous latch/functional unit hold signals to individually target functional units... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070162734 - Initializing circuit, initializing apparatus and initializing method for intializing an apparatus: An initializing circuit for initializing an initializing apparatus, the initializing circuit includes information making a work area operable in order to make a common boot program operate there as hardware placed separately from the common boot program.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070162736 - Electronic device with accelerated boot process and method for the same: An electronic device with accelerated boot process and a method for the same are proposed. When the host of the electronic device is in the off mode or standby mode, users can input a normal boot signal or a fast boot signal to activate the host. The boot signal is... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070162732 - Measuring an operating system's boot duration: Techniques for measuring an operating system's boot duration are provided. The techniques include adding a startup application to an operating system's list of startup applications, determining when the startup application was invoked, and calculating a boot duration for the operating system. The techniques further include loading a log file containing... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070162730 - Method for delaying and executing system administration operations in unattended mode: A method allowing a user interfacing a computer with a console, to delay the execution of system administration operations and to have them executed in unattended mode on said computer. The method comprises the first step of seizing identification of the user at the console and checking authorization. If user... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070162733 - Secure cmos: For changing configuration data (CFD) stored in a non-volatile memory (NVM) device of an information handling system (IHS), a determination is made whether the IHS is operating in a startup mode or in a run-time mode. In the startup mode, a basic input output system (BIOS) program stored in the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070162731 - Systems and methods for configuration of mobile computing devices: A system including a handheld mobile computing device and an external storage medium in communication with the mobile computing device, the storage medium having stored thereon preconfigured user information and security information.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070162737 - Activation system: An activation system is applied to a computer apparatus. An activation signal is received by the computer apparatus to implement a booting action. The system comprises an external power adapter and a detection unit. An external power is received by the external power adapter. The external power then is provided... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.C.

20070162735 - Control chip for a computer boot procedure and related method: A control chip for a boot procedure comprises a first boot program and a second boot program. Under normal conditions, the first boot program is executed to power-on a system. Under abnormal conditions, for example, when the first boot program needs to be updated or has been corrupted by a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070162738 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus having a display part on which an image is displayed, and includes a controller to determine whether a video signal includes an authentication signal and to select a processing format of the video signal input from an external video device based on the determination result, and a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070162739 - Biometric identification network security: Systems and methods for regulating user access in the context of a biometric security system are disclosed. One method disclosed includes receiving a remotely transmitted data packet containing an encryption key, utilizing a decryption component to decrypt the data packet, and utilizing the encryption component to encrypt biometric data. Another... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070162740 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for packet level security: Aspects of the present invention may be found in a system, method, and/or apparatus for packet level security. In embodiment, there is presented a network node for transmitting packets. The network node comprises at least one port, a random number generator, and a circuit. There is at least one port... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070162744 - Data communication method and data communication system: In a data communication method and a data communication system, a session control message designating a destination server with identification information unique to application is transferred to the destination via a session management server. When an application program or encrypted communication software on a client issues a connection request designating... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070162741 - Data sending/receiving device and digital certificate issuing method: A management unit (110) which issues a digital certificate to a new transmission unit (410) includes a wireless communication section for performing communication in a network (300) and a wire communication section to which the new transmission unit (410) can be connected; when the new transmission unit (410) is wire-connected... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070162742 - Method for applying certificate: The invention is directed to a method for applying a certificate suitable for a portable telephone belonging to a user, wherein the portable telephone comprises a telephone number. The method comprises steps of generating a user key pair in the portable telephone, wherein the key pair comprises a user public... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070162743 - Sliding acoustical signatures: An acoustical key generated from a finite random data source of a random acoustical signature, wherein a key generator generates the acoustical key. The key generator creates a bit field array of bit values from a data file and derives a plurality of intersection points of the array with the... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070162745 - User authentication system and method: A method of authenticating a user for access includes creating an authentication key in the form of a user formula selected from a set of variables and operations provided by the authentication system, storing the user formula in the authentication system, utilizing a display to present the user with an... Agent: Perman & Green

20070162746 - Secure communication system and method of ipv4/ipv6 integrated network system: An Internet Protocol version 4/Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv4/IPv6) integrated network system includes at least one first node for creating identification information capable of identifying each secret key shared with at least one second node, and for exchanging the created identification information with each second node in a secure negotiating... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070162747 - System and method for encrypting data files: An exemplary method for encrypting data files automatically is provided. The method includes: reading a configuration file, the configuration file comprising configuration information that comprises a name and a data path of a data file directory and data formats of data files to be encrypted; monitoring whether there is a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070162748 - Apparatus for encrypted communication on network: An adapter device connected to a network for encrypted communication includes: a connection management unit for performing connection control for connection with a first communication device connected to a network via an access management server or a network outside the network; a storage unit for storing connection policy information for... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070162749 - Enforcing document control in an information management system: A method and apparatus for controlling document access and application usage using centrally managed rules. The rules are stored and manipulated in a central rule database via a rule server. Policy enforcers are installed on client systems and/or on servers and perform document access and application usage control for both... Agent: Aka Chan LLP

20070162750 - Method for changing a group key in a group of network elements in a network system: The invention relates to a method for changing a group key GK for a secure data exchange in a group of network elements P1 . . . Pn (n=2, 3, . . . ) in a network system having a closed peer-to-peer configuration and a virtual synchronism supporting group communication... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20070162751 - Method and apparatus for performing mutual authentication within a network: A method and apparatus for mutual authentication of a first and a second node is provided herein. During operation the first node sends a first authentication message to the second node comprising information needed for the second node to authenticate the first node and information needed by the second node... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070162752 - System and method for establishing mutual trust on a per-deployment basis between two software modules: A system, method, and computer program product for establishing mutual trust on a per-deployment basis between two software modules. For example, the first software module may be a Websphere (WS) Information Integrator (II) deployment instance, and the second software module may be a plugin instance. By executing for this deployment... Agent: International Business Machines CorpIPLaw

20070162753 - System, apparatus, method and computer program for transferring content: A content transfer system for transferring content between a source device transmitting the content and a sink device receiving the content, includes a content specifying unit for specifying the content to be transferred between the source device and the sink device, an authentication unit for performing an authentication exchange key... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070162754 - Method of communications and communication network intrusion protection methods and intrusion attempt detection system: A method, system and computer readable medium for protecting a communications device connected to a communications system against an unauthorized intrusion, including providing a variable identifier to the communications device and entities authorized access thereto. The variable identifier is provided to a user address book and assigned with a permanent... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070162755 - Enhancements for discovering device owners in a upnp searching service: A system for selectively granting access rights within a network. When a requesting device learns that a device is a secure device and is owned by a Security Console, the requesting device calls a listowners action to the secure device, which respond by transmitting a public key hash to the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070162757 - Message authentication: For the authentication of messages communicated in a distributed system from an originator to a destination a keyed-hashing technique is used according to which data to be authenticated is concatenated with a private (secret) key and then processed to the cryptographic hash function. The data are transmitted together with the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070162756 - System and method of authenicating a digitally captured image: A system and method of authenticating a digital still image captured using a digital image capture device. To process the digital still image for later authentication, a signature data is transmitted from a remote location to the digital image capture device. Upon capturing the digital still image, an image identification... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20070162758 - Information processing device, performance controlling method, and operation interface: Disclosed is an information processing device including a communication unit to communicate with an external time stamp certification server; and a control unit; wherein the control unit requests a time stamp of subject data to the time stamp certification server through the communication unit, conducts a first processing which stores... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070162762 - Ownership sharing method and apparatus using secret key in home network remote controller: An ownership sharing method and apparatus using a secret key in a home network remote controller are provided. A user who owns a home device generates an ownership authentication key using the secret key shared with the home device through the user's terminal device, and transmits the ownership authentication key... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070162760 - Method and an apparatus to protect data security in a mobile application processing system: A method and an apparatus to protect data security in a mobile application processing system are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an encrypted private key from a user via a mobile device, using the encrypted private key to access an area associated with the user within a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070162761 - Methods and systems to help detect identity fraud: The disclosed technology generally relates to methods and systems to aid in verifying a person's identity, e.g., in connection with applying for an identity document (such as a passport or driver's license), or in connection with qualifying to enter a secured area (such as at an airport). Many arrangements involve... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070162759 - Protected port for electronic access to an embedded device: A system and method for controlling access by a user to an embedded device. A protected access port, integral with the embedded device, includes an access manager and a level controller. The access manager issues a challenge phrase using a public key of the embedded device in response to a... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070162763 - Key sequence rhythm recognition system and method: A user recognition and identification system and method is presented in which text entered by a user at a keyboard is evaluated against previously recorded keystrokes by the user for the presence of repeatable patterns that are unique to an individual.... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070162764 - Peer-to-peer license tracking and control: Peer-to peer licensing tracking and control is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include individually disabling a controller module when a code to activate the controller module is different from a number embedded in the controller module, and automatically disabling the controller module when the number is associated with... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070162765 - Compatibility check between application and files: The invention relates to a scintillation layer (20) for a PET-detector. The scintillation layer (20) consists of a plurality of scintillation elements (21) that are joined together in a practically gapless way and that are oriented towards the centre of curvature (24). Depending on the form of the scintillation layer... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070162766 - Data management system, data management method and storage medium storing program for data management: A storage medium is readable by a computer. The storage medium stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for data managing. The function includes: receiving an encryption key from a first user terminal; encrypting the encryption key; issuing a first registration code for the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070162767 - Method and system for controlling access to data stored on a data storage device: A system and method of data encryption and decryption for controlling access to a data storage device such as a hard disk drive or optical drive is provided. The invented method utilizes data encryption and decryption techniques, combined with a token device, to control access to data stored on the... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20070162768 - Electronic circuit: There is provided an electronic circuit that is harder to crack using power analysis techniques, the electronic circuit comprising first and second pipeline stages and a latch positioned between the pipeline stages; wherein the electronic circuit is adapted to operate in a normal mode in which the latch is opened... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070162769 - Multiple trust modes for handling data: A user is presented with multiple modes of operation, such that the multiple modes of operation define different trust options for handling data (such as login credentials or other sensitive data) associated with the user. A selection of one of. the multiple modes of operation is received from the user.... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070162771 - Back-up type power supply system: A backup-type power supply system aims to integrate power output according to different potentials through different power supply modules. Each power supply module includes backup-type N+1 power supply devices and an independent power balance unit to output power in a balanced fashion so that users can add the power supply... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070162773 - Method and apparatus for managing power in network interface modules: A method and system for managing power consumption in a portable computing device having a network interface module is presented. A power management module receives inputs from other modules and determines when the network interface module is to be put in a doze state for a predetermined number of beacon... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070162772 - Power saving method and system thereof: A power saving method and system thereof is disclosed. When the central processing unit is under a non-snooping sleep state and a peripheral device sends a bus master request, a chip will drive the central processing unit waking from the non-snooping sleep state and entering a system management mode for... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070162770 - Programmable on-chip sense line: Disclosed herein is a system for controlling power supply voltage to an on-chip power distribution network. The system incorporates a programmable on-chip sensing network that can be selectively connected to the power distribution network at multiple locations. When the sensing network is selectively connected to the power distribution network at... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070162774 - Queued locks using monitor-memory wait: A method, apparatus, and system are provided for monitoring locks using monitor-memory wait. According to one embodiment, a node associated with a contended lock is monitored; and a processor seeking the contended lock is put to sleep until a monitor event occurs.... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070162777 - Information processing apparatus having communication function, and power control method therefor: An information processing apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with a client apparatus via a network, an application system device configured to implement a previously installed application function, and a power controller configured to, if the communication device receives a request for starting a communication performed by the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070162775 - Dynamically self-decaying device architecture: A power management method and mechanism for dynamically determining which of a plurality of blocks of an electrical device may be powered on or off. A device is contemplated which includes one or more power manageable groups. A power management unit associated with the apparatus is configured to detect instructions... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20070162776 - Processor specific bios interface for power management: Processor power management capabilities that enable an operating system kernel to interact with a plurality of ACPI-compliant computing devices to manage processor power using a generic processor description is described. Specifications of power processor management capabilities of processor types are stored in data structures, i.e., objects. Each object contains a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070162778 - Power management of computer peripheral devices which determines non-usage of a device through usage detection of other devices: A system and method for monitoring usage of peripheral devices and placing a second peripheral device in a low power state when the usage indicates that a second peripheral device is not being used. For example, if a computer system detects that a user's current typing rate indicates the user... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070162779 - Capturing and restoring application state after unexpected application shutdown: During unexpected application shutdowns, application settings states are captured, and displayed application states are restored upon subsequent application restart. User data displayed prior to shutdown may also be restored to pre-shutdown states. Data representing in-use application settings states and in-use user data are stored on a periodic basis, or upon... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070162780 - Method for controlling an operating frequency of a processor during playback of a recorded video: A method for controlling the operating frequency of a processor during video playback is disclosed. The method comprises extracting a pack of video data in which is embedded a plurality of data size information of a plurality of video data segments for playback. The plurality of data size information from... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070157013 - Storage medium to manage a master boot record and a method of booting a computer system using a storage medium: A storage medium to manage a master boot record and a method of booting a computer system using the storage medium. The storage medium includes a master boot record sector area having a master boot record related to a booting operation being currently performed stored therein, a data storage area... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070157014 - Apparatus for remote flashing of a bios memory in a data processing system: A method and apparatus thereof for flashing a BIOS of a data processing system remotely are provided. A BIOS flash instruction is given remotely from a remote console, transmitted to a microprocessor and a corresponding storage media of the data processing system via network, where the microprocessor is irresponsible for... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070157010 - Configuration templates for different use cases for a system: A method and apparatus for configuration templates for different use cases for a system. An embodiment of a method includes receiving an abstract configuration for a system. The received abstract configuration includes a configuration setting. The configuration setting is modified with a template, with the template being designed for a... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070157011 - Fault resilient boot in multi-processor systems: In some embodiments a boot progress of a System Boot Strap Processor in a multi-processor system is monitored and a boot processor failure is detected using an Application Processor. If the boot processor failure is detected at least a portion of the system is reinitialized (and/or the system is rebooted).... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157012 - Method and system for handling operation of multiple devices within a single system-on-chip (soc) integrated circuit (ic): A method for securely handling processing of information may include deactivating within a chip, at least one of a plurality of functions that accesses an on-chip memory and generates output data from input data during operation of the chip. Configuration settings that provide maximum performance when accessing the on-chip memory... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070157016 - Apparatus, system, and method for autonomously preserving high-availability network boot services: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomously preserving high-availability network boot services. The apparatus includes a monitor module, a detection module, and a substitution module. The monitor module actively monitors a distributed logical linked list. The detection module detects a variation in a distributed logical linked list configuration.... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070157017 - Embedded device for implementing a boot process on a host: An embedded device, for implementing a boot process on a host, is provided. This embedded device includes servers supporting various industry-standard Internet protocols and services related to the boot process. This embedded device also includes a storage medium that stores boot options for multiple Operating Systems (OSs). In addition, this... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20070157015 - Methods and apparatus to optimize boot speed: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to optimize boot speed. An example method disclosed herein initializes a platform, loads a configuration manager into a memory, determines a boot mode of the platform, the configuration manager selects and retrieves from the memory boot settings corresponding to the boot mode, and executes the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070157018 - Method and apparatus for using sms short code messaging to facilitate the transmission of a status update for a security system: A notification system for receiving a request for a remote status update from a remote device is disclosed. The notification system comprises a server for relaying the request for the remote status update, an access server for receiving the relayed request for the remote status update and for determining whether... Agent: Honeywell Law Department Patent Services

20070157019 - Location-based network access: A method, an article of manufacture, an apparatus, and a system for location-based network access are disclosed herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20070157020 - Method and apparatus for providing session key for wusb security and method and apparatus for obtaining the session key: A wireless universal serial bus (WUSB) security is provided. A method of providing a session key to be used during a session between a host and a device creates the session key based on a seed key stored in a region that is not allowed by the device; and provides... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070157021 - Secure system for the issuance, acquisition, and redemption of certificates in a transaction network: A transaction network contains a networked certificate authority, by which one or more virtual certificates may be remotely defined and stored, such as by an issuer user through a issuer web portal interface. An acquirer user, through an acquirer web portal interface, may acquire one or more virtual certificates, which... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070157022 - Security in a mobile communications system: When a mobile terminal (10), having a basic identity module (12) operative according to a first security standard, initiates a service access, the home network (30) determines whether the mobile terminal has an executable program (14) configured to interact with the basic identity module for emulating an identity module according... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070157023 - Method and apparatus for a wireless mobile device with sim challenge modification capability: A wireless mobile device (104) provides challenge/response based authentication by receiving a first portion of a challenge (132) from an external authentication unit (102), such as a network unit, and utilizes an internal partial challenge generator (114) that internally provides a second portion of the challenge (138) and provides the... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070157024 - Automatic configuration of devices upon introduction into a networked environment: Automatic configuration of devices upon introduction into a networked environment, can be implemented, for example, by having a device randomly generate a series of letters and/or numbers, e.g., generate a PIN (Personal Identification Number) that encodes temporary credentials that, in addition to proving ownership and/or control over the device by... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157025 - Method and system for providing security and reliability to collaborative applications: Some embodiments of a method and system for providing secure and reliable collaborative applications are described. In some embodiments, a collaborative application may be separated into critical and non-critical components. The critical components may be run on a secure domain on a virtual machine, apart from the non-critical components, according... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157026 - Method and system for key management in voice over internet protocol: A method and system for a secure telephone protocol are disclosed, which can be implemented using current Voice over IP (VoIP) protocols, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP, as specified in the Request for Comment (RFC) 3261 from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)), Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP, as specified in... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070157027 - Tls tunneling: An authentication protocol can be used to establish a secure method of communication between two devices on a network. Once established, the secure communication can be used to authenticate a client through various authentication methods, providing security in environments where intermediate devices cannot be trusted, such as wireless networks, or... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070157028 - Hashing method and system: A hashing method and system. The method comprises receiving by a computing system, a user password. The computing system generates a first hash for the user password. The computing system generates a second hash for a system parameter and performs an operation relating the first hash to the second hash... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070157029 - Method for managing the access to a memory, by using passwords: A method for managing the access to a memory space shareable by several users, by using passwords, comprises: defining a maximum number of passwords, providing a password storage zone, dividing the shareable memory space into a plurality of blocks greater in number than the maximum number of passwords, providing in... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070157030 - Cryptographic system component: In general, in aspect, the disclosure describes a system integrated on a single die that includes a first processor core to receive commands from at least one other processor core to perform at least one specified transformative operation on specified data, multiple processing units to perform transformative operations on data,... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157031 - Receiver non-repudiation: Techniques for assuring a receiver's non repudiation of a communication are provided. A sender encrypts data pursuant to a key. The encrypted data is sent to a receiver. A key to decrypt the data is sent separately to the receiver. The sender ensures the proper verifying information is acquired from... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070157032 - Method for enabling an administrator to configure a recovery password: A method is provided for a enabling a user to initiate a password protected backup copy of the user's credentials. The method includes providing a user with a credential store containing information relating to the user's identity, generating a different recovery password of any length for each recovery authority, encrypting... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070157039 - Power saving method of central processing unit: A power saving method applied to a central processing unit under a non-snooping sleeping state with a bus master request from a peripheral device is presented. In accordance with the present invention, first prohibit the central processing unit from fetching instruction. Then drive the central processing unit entering a snooping... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070157033 - Circuit for protecting motherboard: A circuit for protecting a motherboard if a component is not connected properly to its power source, a startup circuit (b 50) connected to a switch, and a monitoring circuit (70) monitoring the status of the component. The startup circuit provides a control signal to a power supply (10) via... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070157034 - Circuit for protecting motherboard: An assembly includes a circuit board (20) with a component attached thereon, a power supply (10) for providing power to the circuit board and the component separately, an ACPI chipset (65) for controlling the power supply, a protecting circuit (61) connected to the component, an I/O controller (64), and an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070157041 - Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates reducing static power consumption of a processor. During operation, the system receives a signal indicating that instruction execution within the processor is to be temporarily halted. In response to this signal, the system halts an instruction-processing portion of the... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070157037 - Device throttling system and method: An array of electronic devices includes at least one throttlable device in the array of devices and a management module connected to the at least one throttlable device for reducing heat effects to an overheating device from neighboring devices in the array of electronic devices device. The management module is... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070157038 - Managing voltage supply in multiple linked systems: In a data processing system having elements grouped into a plurality of power domains, each one of which has at least one processing element and at least two power supplies, power domains are interconnnected by sensing and switching circuitry which senses the conditions of power supply and demand in and... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070157036 - Method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state. A processor may include a dedicated cache memory. A voltage regulator may be coupled to the processor to provide an operating voltage to the processor. During a transition to a zero voltage power... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070157035 - Method, system, and apparatus for runtime power estimation: Assertions of sentinel nodes within a device may be used to calculate device power consumption at runtime. These power estimates may be used to estimate a device temperature or leakage power, and/or may be used to make device throttling decisions.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157040 - Personal electronic device with appliance drive features: A novel personal electronic device includes a first (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors including associated operating systems and functions. In one aspect, the first processor performs relatively limited functions, while the second processor performs relatively broader functions under control of the first processor. Often the second processor requires more power... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070157044 - Power-gating instruction scheduling for power leakage reduction: A method of power-gating instruction scheduling for leakage power reduction comprises receiving a program, generating a control-flow graph dividing the program into a plurality of blocks, analyzing utilization of power-gated components of a processor executing the program, generating the first power-gating instruction placement comprising power-off instructions and power-on instructions to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070157042 - Method, apparatus and system to dynamically choose an optimum power state: Some embodiments of the invention include an apparatus and method for dynamically choosing an optimum power state. In some embodiments, the optimum power state may be determined from historical information about the various power states that any of the embodiments of the apparatus or a system equipped with embodiments of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157043 - Portable electronic device with a power saving function and method of saving power for the portable electronic device: A portable electronic device with a power saving function includes a portable electronic system, a DSC (Digital Still Camera) system, and a transmission interface. The portable electronic system has a first process unit, the DSC system has a second process unit, and the transmission interface is electrically connected between the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070157047 - Computer platform system power state management method and system: A computer platform system power state management method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform for providing the computer platform with an after-G3 system power state management function, which is characterized by the use of BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) module's SMI (System Management Interrupt)... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070157046 - Mechanism for self refresh during c0: An embodiment may be an apparatus comprising a link coupled with a memory, and circuitry coupled with the link to calculate the amount of memory access idle time, determine if memory access idle time is sufficient to change to a self-refresh state, and change to a self-refresh state based on... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157045 - Processor state restoration and method for resume: In some embodiments, the invention involves efficiently boot and resume a machine from a low power state. In at least one embodiment, the present invention saves the processor state(s) in a buffer that allows fast access upon a resume from sleep mode. When a sleep (S3 mode) is initiated in... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070157048 - Duty cycle rejecting 2:1 serializing mux for output dat