Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 08/07

20070204143 - Data transmission device and method thereof: A data transmission device and a method for the same are proposed. The data transmission device has a first storage device, a second storage device and a transmission control unit controlling the data transfer between a chip set, the first storage device and the second storage device. When the data... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070204144 - Modular bios update mechanism: A modular BIOS update mechanism provides a standardized method to update options ROMs and to provide video and processor microcode upgrades in a computer system without requiring a complete replacement of the system BIOS. The MBU mechanism provides several advantages. First, new features and BIOS bugs from earlier release may... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070204145 - Data transfer between networks operating at different security levels: A secure network server wherein both the forwarding process and the receiving process are created upon connection initialization, and the receiving process is held off from communicating with the source host until the forwarding process has created a connection with the destination host. This solves the problem of message loss... Agent: Dennis M. Flaherty, Esq. Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.C.

20070204146 - System and method for partially encrypted multimedia stream: A multimedia stream head end includes a legacy conditional access (CA) device that fully encrypts the stream using legacy keys. A copy of the stream is sent to a secondary CA device that encrypts only critical packets in the stream using secondary keys to render a partially encrypted stream. The... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070204147 - Film forming apparatus, film forming method, program and storage medium: Disclosed is a film forming method using a film forming gas composed of a metal alkoxide wherein clean film formation suppressed in contamination of a target substrate to be processed is achieved by restraining aluminum or an aluminum alloy in the processing chamber from dissolving. Specifically disclosed is method for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070204149 - Apparatus and methods for providing secured communication: Authentication information is generated for a group where members within a group are able to communicate with each other, but a non-members is not able to participate in that communication. The authentication information provides the determination of whether the member belongs to the group.... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070204148 - Ic card and authority transfer control method: An IC card (10) is provided with a file creator (16) for creating a voucher file (hereinafter referred to as “file”); an access control list setter (17) for setting an access authority to a created file; an authenticator (14) for performing mutual authentication with an authority recipient (authority recipient to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070204151 - High-assurance web-based configuration of secure network server: A secure network server having an embedded Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server that is not within its trusted security functionality and that is used to configure the SNS security and networking features.... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070204150 - Identification method and apparatus for establising host identity protocol (hip) connections between legacy and hip nodes: A method is provided of using the Host Identity Protocol (HIP) to at least partially secure communications between a first host (102) operating in a first network environment and a second, HIP-enabled host (122) operating in a second network environment, with a gateway node (114) forming a gateway between the... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070204152 - Method for the distribution of contents: A method for the distribution of a content, characterised in that an encoded content is received by at least two receivers and is decoded with the aid of data blocks which differ from each other, wherein the encoding of the content is not receiver specific or receiver group specific, and... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070204153 - Trusted host platform: The invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing access from a trusted host platform to a first secured network operating on a first security domain and a second secured network operating on a second security domain. In some embodiments, a first virtual... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070204154 - Method and framework for integrating a plurality of network policies: A method and system is disclosed for managing and implementing a plurality of network policies in a network device. Each of the plurality of policies are defined by one or more filters. The filters are installed in a policy engine. A layer identifies the network policy to be applied to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070204155 - Framework of media-independent pre-authentication: This application describes, among other things, a framework of Media-independent Pre-Authentication (MPA), a new handover optimization mechanism that has a potential to address issues on existing mobility management protocols and mobility optimization mechanisms. MPA is a mobile-assisted, secure handover optimization scheme that works over any link-layer and with any mobility... Agent: Watchstone P + D

20070204157 - Method and apparatus for using out of band captured protocol traffic to facilitate in band traffic capturing: A method and apparatus for processing electronic data are provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving an out of band data transmission and processing the out of band data transmission to retrieve a Connection Context Information key in substantially real time. Thereafter, an in band data transmission is received... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20070204156 - Systems and methods for providing access to network resources based upon temporary keys: Secure access to a wireless switch or other server node is provided through the use of a temporary key. The server initially receives a key request from a remotely-located client application that is formatted according to a first protocol such as the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In response to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070204160 - Authentication in communications networks: The invention relates to a method of authenticating a user equipment in a communications network. The method involves sending a message from a network entity to the user equipment. This message includes a set of options for an authentication procedure for authenticating an internet protocol communication over a first interface... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070204159 - Communication network including mobile radio equipment and radio control system: A communication network includes a mobile radio equipment and a radio control system between which data encrypted at different security levels are transmitted bi-directionally. The mobile radio equipment includes: a security-level selection unit that selects one from among a plurality of security levels; and an encryption/decryption unit that encrypts/decrypts data... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070204158 - Methods and apparatus for encryption key management: A wireless switch is configured to send encrypted data over a network by performing the steps of: receiving a packet having a destination within a virtual local area network (VLAN) having an associated VLAN number, the VLAN being mapped within a wireless local area network (WLAN) having an associated service... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070204161 - Transmitter, receiver, and transmitting method: According to one embodiment, a transmitting method transmits a start request for an authentication and key exchange from at least one of receivers to the transmitter, performs an authentication and key exchange for at least one of a first key common to the receivers and a second key peculiar to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070204163 - Geographic-based watermarking keys: The present invention relates generally to digital watermarking and steganography. In one implementation, a method includes determining a current geographic area of the cell phone; selecting a first digital watermark detector that is associated with the current geographic area, a selected first digital watermark detector being selected from a plurality... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070204164 - Method and apparatus for authenticating printed documents: A method of authenticating a document, typically a printed document, is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) processing a first area of a source document according to a first authentication level to generate first authentication data; (b) processing a second area of the source document according to a second authentication level... Agent: Ying Chen

20070204162 - Safeguarding private information through digital watermarking: The present invention relates generally to digital watermarking and steganography. In one implementation, a method includes receiving permuted or encrypted data generated at a remote computing device, wherein the received data is encrypted or permuted according to a key carried by a digital watermark embedded in a security document; determining... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070204165 - Techniques for digital signature formation and verification: Techniques are provided for forming a digital signature for a portion of a document. A registered module is invoked to process the document in accordance with a structured format associated with the document. The registered module is able to process a plurality of different structured format. The registered module obtains... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070204166 - Trusted host platform: A method of provisioning a secured storage device for use with a trusted host platform enables the trusted host platform to access both a first secured network operating in a first security domain and a second secured network operating in a second security domain without exposing the first and second... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070204167 - Method for serving a plurality of applications by a security token: The present invention is directed to a method for serving a plurality of application programs by a security token, the method comprising the steps of: providing to each of said applications a credential for accessing a service provided by said security token, wherein the credential of one application differs from... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070204168 - Identity providers in digital identity system: A digital identity system includes a principal including an identity selector programmed to receive a security policy from a relying party, review a plurality of digital identities associated with the principal, and request one or more claims related to an identity of the principal from an identity provider. The principal... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070204169 - Enabling automatic business processes using state transfer diagram and abstraction: An application specific framework is generated from configuration information contained in a configuration file. The application specific framework comprises a state transformation diagram. Application specific plug-in code is generated from the configuration information for attaching application programs to the framework. External events trigger navigation of the state transformation diagram according... Agent: John E. Campbell

20070204170 - Securely coupling an fpga to a security ic: Disclosed is a mechanism for securely coupling a security IC and an FPGA. This mechanism creates a shared secret key; creates a password key; generates an encrypted shared secret key by encrypting the “shared secret key” with the password key; incorporates the “encrypted shared secret key” into an FPGA net... Agent: David Grossman

20070204171 - Data processing device and data processing method: A data encryption device is connected between an HDD and an HDD controller that controls the HDD. The data encryption device encrypts data that is stored from the HDD controller to the HDD, and decrypts data that is read from the HDD. A CPU of the data encryption device receives... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070204172 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program storage medium: The CPU of the personal computer controls the CPU of the adaptor made of a semiconductor ID to compute a hash value of a content-managing music data base recorded in the HDD and store it into the nonvolatile memory. When playing back a content recorded in the HDD, the CPU... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070204173 - Central processing unit and encrypted pin pad for automated teller machines: A system and method for securing a central processing unit and/or encrypting pin pad (EPP) for an automated teller machine from tampering is disclosed. A user input is provided that has a plurality of input keys for allowing associated users to enter information by depressing the input keys. The input... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070204178 - Power supply selection/detection circuit: A power supply selection/detection circuit to select one main power supply from a plurality of external power supplies includes a resistance element with one end connected to an external power supply and another end connected to the main power supply, a first voltage detector to receive a voltage of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070204175 - Processing system and methods for use therewith: A processing system includes a processing module and a memory module for storing plurality of data. A controllable power source supplies a source voltage to the memory module in response to a target voltage. A controller module receives a temperature signal and adjusts the target voltage in response to the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070204176 - Apparatus and method for centralized power management: The invention describes a system and method for arranging to provide power to a power monitor device. The disclosure describes the system and method receiving a request for power for at least one device specified by a power monitor device. The disclosure describes receiving at least one proposal from an... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070204177 - Power controller coupling assemblies and methods: A variety of power controller coupling assemblies are provided that include at least one power controller, at least one cable assembly coupled to the power controller, and a plurality of power loads coupled to the power controller and the cable assembly. Power is provided from the power controller to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070204174 - Power management in a portable media delivery system: A consumer electronic product that includes a media player arranged to process a selected one of a plurality of digital media files stored therein and a media delivery accessory unit detachedly connected to the media player arranged to broadcast the processed digital media file. When the consumer electronic product is... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070204181 - Information processing apparatus and power consumption method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a control portion to change the operation mode to the first power consumption mode when a remaining capacity of the battery is reduced to a first capacity if the action of changing the operation mode to the first... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070204180 - Method for power management of central processing unit and system thereof: A method for power management of CPU and a system thereof which drive the CPU enter a most efficient power saving state is disclosed. A chip of the present invention sends a first control signal to drive the CPU to wake from the non-snooping sleep state and enter a normally... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070204182 - Data terminal device: A cellular phone in the form of a shell downloads and reproduces encrypted content data distributed from a distribution server. The cellular phone includes a detection unit detecting whether its casing in the form of the shell is open/closed. If with the cellular phone currently downloading or reproducing encrypted content... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070204179 - Minimize energy consumption using optimal voltage assignment algorithm: Low energy consumptions are extremely important in real-time embedded systems. Due to the uncertainties in execution time of some tasks, this paper models each varied execution time as a probabilistic random variable and incorporating applications' performance requirements to explore real-time embedded systems and avoid over-designing them. We propose a practical... Agent: Meikang Qiu

20070204183 - Method and apparatus for processing abnormal conditions of a backup-type power supply system: A method and an apparatus to process abnormal conditions of a backup-type power supply system aims to provide duty loading values to allow the backup-type power supply system to independently monitor individual power supply modules so that operators are informed earlier of the power supply modules that are aging or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070204184 - Drift tracking feedback for communication channels: A communication channel includes a first component having a transmitter coupled to a normal signal source, and a second component having a receiver coupled to a normal signal destination. A communication link couples the first and second components. Calibration logic provides for setting an operation value for a parameter of... Agent: Rambus, Inc. C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070204185 - Data fetch circuit and control method thereof: To provide a data fetch circuit, which reliably cuts off transmission of a high impedance state of a data strobe signal even if a manufacture condition or an operation condition is changed, and a control method thereof. The data fetch circuit includes an RL measuring part 10 for measuring a... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070204186 - Processor with flexible clock configuaration: A network processor or other type of processor includes clock generation circuitry which generates one or more clock signals for each of a number of clock domains of the processor. The clock generation circuitry comprises at least one clock generator and at least one control register subject to software-based updating.... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070198822 - Method for changing booting sources of a computer system and a related backup/restore method thereof: A method for changing a booting source when a first operating system is being executed is disclosed. The method is utilized in a computer system having a first storage device storing the first operating system and a second storage device storing a second operating system. The method includes: receiving a... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070198819 - Boot architecture discovery in pre-boot environment: Identifying characteristics of a client in a pre-boot environment. A packet is received from the client. The packet includes a request for an image to boot the client by a computing device. An application is transmitted from the computing device to the client in response to the received packet. The... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070198818 - Configuration-controlled user interface: An operation of controlling the interactions which are offered by a user interface of a device on the basis of service features which are available for the device, indicators being determined by the combination of service features, each interaction being assigned an indicator and a limiting value, the interaction being... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070198820 - Approval process for booting devices in pre-boot execution environment (pxe): Approving a client to boot in a pre-boot execution environment. A request is received from the client to boot the client by a computing device. The request includes device information associated with the client. A data store having a collection of known device information is queried in response to the... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070198821 - Semiconductor device: A first charging circuit that includes a diode and a capacitor, and a second charging circuit that similarly includes a diode and a capacitor are connected to a buffer. In the first charging circuit, an overshoot based on a reflected signal generated by an output signal is stored as an... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070198824 - Cryptography system and elliptic curve operation method: A cryptographic system is disclosed, implementing an Elliptic Curve operation method. A memory stores a program and data. A central processor unit (CPU) dispatches requests to the program. The program is converted into an equivalent substitution sequence comprising only arithmetic addition, subtraction and shift operations. A register pool stores data... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070198823 - Methods for conducting server-side encryption/decryption-on-demand: A method and system for encryption and decryption of data tiles on a web-based computer system includes encrypting the data file in a memory subsystem, such as RAM, storing the encrypted data file in one or more of a plurality of memory locations analyzing and modifying the encrypted data file,... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070198825 - Internet secure terminal for personal computers: A device which defends Internet (3) users against malware, inauthentic Internet (3) servers (4), counterfeit secure terminals (1), and other attacks. A secure terminal (1) is used as a PC local peripheral. SSL client software (8) executes on the secure terminal (1). Protocol software (7) and application software (6) which... Agent: Henry Schwarz

20070198827 - Image processing apparatus transmitting encrypted document to another apparatus, control method thereof, and program product for information processing: An information processing apparatus transmits an encrypted document to a destination that is received as the destination of the encrypted document, stores the received destination, and determines whether the stored destination is a correct destination or not. If it is determined to be the correct destination, it transmits a decryption... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070198826 - Method and apparatus for end-to-end security in a heterogeneous network: Methods and apparatus are provided for end-to-end security in heterogeneous networks. Hop-by-hop protection techniques ensure that each hop of a signaling path is satisfying one or more predefined security criteria. An end-to-end path is secured at each node by identifying a next hop in the end-to-end path; determining, in response... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070198828 - System and method for processing data and communicating encrypted data: Systems and methods for processing data and communicating encrypted data are provided. A method of processing data and communicating encrypted data may include receiving input traffic data at a first interface of a channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU). The method may also include determining management data associated with the... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070198829 - Avoiding server storage of client state: A method is disclosed for avoiding the storage of client state on a server. Based on a local key that is not known to a client, a server encrypts the client's state information. The client's state information may include, for example, the client's authentication credentials, the client's authorization characteristics, and... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070198830 - Communication apparatus, communication system, certificate transmission method, anomaly detection method and a program therefor: A communication apparatus has a communication part and authenticates a communication partner by using a digital certificate, wherein the communication apparatus includes an authentication part carrying out authentication of the communication partner by using a common certificate, the common certificate being a digital certificate not including identification information of an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070198831 - Wireless communication system, terminal, processing method for use in the terminal, and program for allowing the terminal to execute the method: A terminal B, which is to enter a network, transmits a beacon including a network identifier and an operation mode of the terminal B. As the network identifier, the terminal identifier of a terminal that has issued an attribute certificate used for connecting the terminal B to the network can... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070198832 - Methods and apparatus to certify digital signatures: Methods and apparatus to certify digital signatures are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a request to certify a digital signature from a user, receiving information about a physical characteristic of the user, comparing the information about the physical characteristic to stored physical characteristic information, and based on the comparison,... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070198833 - Method for the secure transmission of operating data: A method for transmitting operating data of machines in the graphics industry is performed via a communications network that is accessible to the public and the operating data is transmitted to at least one management computer that can be reached via the public communications network. The operating data from the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070198834 - Method for the authentication of applications: A method is disclosed for the authentication of applications both at the time of their downloading, as well as at the time of their execution. At least one application works in an equipment connected by a network to a control server, the equipment being locally connected to a security module.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070198835 - Adaptive closed group caricaturing: The present invention relates to authorisation, in particular to authorisation using a digital certificate from a foreign agent node to which a mobile node is temporarily connected. The digital certificate includes geographical information derived from a physical location. A comparison between the geographical information of the certificate and a further... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070198837 - Establishment of a secure communication: There is proposed a mechanism for establishing a secure communication between network elements in a communication network. The network nodes execute an authentication procedure with an authentication network element. The authentication network may also one of the network elements as a gateway element. Then, a respective data key for the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070198836 - Key negotiation and management for third party access to a secure communication session: Described are a method and system for establishing a secure communication session with third-party access at a later time. A first communication subsession is established between two original devices using a first key generated by a two-party key and security association protocol. At least one of the original devices is... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20070198842 - Data production method and apparatus: A watermark information detection process prevents prolonging of time required for setup process when no watermark information can be detected from an optical disc where watermark information has been recorded. During a setup, the number of retrials is limited. Weighting of the retrial is changed so that detection of watermark... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070198839 - Program substitution: Multiple keys are distributed to multiple clients. The keys provide access to media content. A group of clients are identified to receive substituted media content during a predetermined time period. Modified keys are generated that identify the substituted media content and the predetermined time period. The modified keys are distributed... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070198840 - System and method for digitally certifying and checking data of a project: A system for digitally certifying and checking data of a project is provided. The system includes a web server (10), an application (20) server, and a validation server (30). The web server is configured for visiting and operating the application server. The application server is configured for uploading data related... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070198841 - Trusted code groups: Described are techniques and mechanisms for enforcing trust between an application and a library loaded by the application. Very generally stated, the application declares one or more trusted code groups (“TCGs”) of which a library must be a member to be authorized for execution with the application. Libraries that are... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070198838 - Unauthorized contents detection system: Processing load on an executing device for conducting playback is high during the playback of contents since the executing device performs verification of the contents validity in parallel with the contents playback, and therefore the executing device has to be equipped with a highly efficient processor. The present invention reduces... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070198845 - Communication control device, communication control method, and communication control system: A receiving unit receives user-specific identification data from a display processing device connected via a network. A transmitting unit transmits operation screen data to the display processing device, which is for displaying an operation screen for receiving an operation from a user specified by the user-specific identification data received by... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070198844 - Method and control device for controlling access of a computer to user data: A method for controlling access of a computer to user data that are stored in a memory device includes calling up structure data of the memory device, by means of a BIOS, and accessing the user data on the basis of the structure data. The structure data are only transmitted... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070198843 - System, method, and computer program product for secure input for mobile devices: Exemplary embodiments include a system for secure input for a mobile device including: a input device for receiving an input from a user; a sensor for determining the status of the mobile device; and a processor in operable communication with the input device and the sensor, wherein the processor alters... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20070198847 - Electronic apparatus and recording medium storing password input program: The present invention relates to password input and contributes to facilitation and acceleration of the input. An electronic apparatus that accepts password input, comprising a displaying unit that includes a plurality of display positions displaying candidate symbols of a password, a processing unit that displays the candidate symbols at the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070198846 - Password input device, password input method, recording medium, and electronic apparatus: The present invention relates to password input and contributes to facilitation and acceleration of the input. The present invention achieves above objects by displaying candidate symbols of a password randomly at a plurality of display positions of a displaying unit constituted by a sub-display, etc. to select the candidate symbols... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070198850 - Biometric verification and duress detection system and method: A multi-stage verification system including a first and second identification device to verify the identity of the user and to determine if the user is under duress. When a user approaches an entrance to a building, a first identifier is detected by the first identification device, the identifier is compared... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070198849 - Client-server security system and method: The present invention includes a client-server security system. The client-server security system includes a client system receiving first biometric data and having a first level security authorization procedure. In one embodiment, the first biometric data is speech data and the first level security authorization procedure includes a first speaker recognition... Agent: Chad R. Walsh, Fountainhead Law Group PC

20070198848 - Method and apparatus for a token: A method and apparatus of using a token comprises receiving an indication of a presence of a nearby short-range terminal and waking up the token in response to receiving the indication. The method further comprises performing authentication between the token and the terminal, without requiring a user to directly interact... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070198852 - Apparatus and method of measuring integrity: Provided are an apparatus and method of measuring integrity, in which unnecessary memory loading of an object for measuring integrity is avoided. The apparatus includes a mapping module loading at least one second object, among a plurality of second objects divided from a first object in accordance with an allocation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070198851 - Secure processor: A secure hardware comprises a secure pipe, a secure DMA, a secure assist and a secure bus, which connects between those blocks. The secure pipe stores a common encryption key in an encryption key table so as not to be able to access from software. The secure DMA comprises a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070198854 - Data protection apparatus, data protection method, and program product therefor: A data protection apparatus includes a determination portion that determines an encryption key used for encrypting edited data in consideration of a total value of each piece of data of one or more pieces of data, when the edited data that includes the one or more pieces of data is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070198855 - Information recording media, information recording device and method, information distribution device and method, and computer program: An information recording apparatus (300) transmits identification information (Media ID) of an information recording medium (100) to an information distributing apparatus (200). The information distributing apparatus obtains an encryption key (disk key) from the identification information which is sent from the information recording apparatus, and encrypts record information (content). The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070198853 - Method and system for contained cryptographic separation: To provide for cryptographic separation, embodiments of the invention employ containment mechanisms provided by trusted operating systems to ensure that plaintext data which must be encrypted in accordance with a security policy (or, in reverse, ciphertext data which is to be decrypted) is processed by a suitable encryption routine before... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070198856 - Secure flash-memory card reader with host-encrypted data on a flash-controller-mastered bus parallel to a local cpu bus carrying encrypted hashed password and user id: A secure flash-card reader reads a user ID from a secure card and finds a matching entry with a hashed password in a user table on the reader. An encrypted key is received from a secure host that hashes and encrypts a password the user types into the host and... Agent: Stuart T Auvinen

20070198858 - Method and apparatus for importing a transport stream: A content import method in a digital rights management (DRM) system imports transport streams received from outside a domain, generates a content file, and regularly inserts information in the form of transport packets necessary for decrypting encrypted content into a payload of the content file. Accordingly, even if usage constraint... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070198859 - Digital information protection system, recording medium apparatus, transmission apparatus, and playback apparatus: A server apparatus encrypts content, based on a distribution key, and transmits the encrypted content to a PC via a network. The PC, to which a memory card is connected, outputs the received encrypted content to the memory card. The memory card decrypts the encrypted content using the distribution key,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070198857 - Software execution protection using an active entity: The invention relates to encrypting of at least part of a computer program element for enabling protecting execution of said computer program element, comprising extracting at least one static resource of said computer program element (step 102), and encrypting said static resource with a first key (314, step 106), and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070198860 - Device for protecting data stored in a switching arrangement that consists of electronic components and a processor: A device for protecting data for operating or controlling functions of an operating system, process, equipment, and/or a machine, which is stored in a switching arrangement that consists of electronic components and a processor, wherein the switching arrangement is mounted on a printed circuit board inside a housing or is... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070198861 - Method and apparatus for processing information, and computer program product: A data acquiring unit acquires electronic data. A tamper-resistant chip includes a storing unit that stores a confidential key specific to a device, and a collecting unit that collects device information that is internal information of the device. An attaching unit attaches collected device information to acquired electronic data. An... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070198866 - Remote connecting and shielding power supply system: A remote connecting and shielding power supply system for receiving electricity and data from an electrical outlet and comprising a power line module embedded within the power supply for stripping data from electricity when received within the power supply and a single board computer also embedded within the power supply... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20070198865 - Computer system apparatus: The present invention discloses a computer system that installs a main power supply and at least one auxiliary power supply, and the auxiliary power supply is built in the casing or externally connected to the circuit of a computer system apparatus, such that the auxiliary power supply shares supplying electric... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070198867 - Method and apparatus for on-demand power management: An apparatus for on-demand power management including a system controller, a clock domain manager coupled to the system controller and a power distribution manager coupled to the system controller. The system controller monitors a processing demand in a processing system. The clock domain manager provides one or more clock frequencies... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070198863 - Method and system for controlling power in a chip through a power-performance monitor and control unit: A system and method for controlling power and performance in a microprocessor system includes a monitoring and control system integrated into a microprocessor system. The monitoring and control system includes a hierarchical architecture having a plurality of layers. Each layer in the hierarchal architecture is responsive to commands from a... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070198862 - Portable information processing device: A portable information processor includes a storage unit that stores information; a connecting unit that connects to one of the device; an information acquiring unit that acquires information from the connected device; an operation information generating unit supplied with a driving power from a power source of the connected device... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070198864 - Systems and methods for determining and using power profiles for software programs executing on data processors: Systems and methods for determining power profiles associated with software programs. The power profiles may be multi-value profiles and they may be used to modify the programs to alter the power usage characteristics and corresponding power profiles of the programs. One embodiment comprises a system including a data processor, a... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20070198868 - Memory system having delayed write timing: A memory system has first, second and third interconnects and an integrated circuit memory device coupled to the interconnects. The second interconnect conveys a write command and a read command. The third interconnect conveys write data and read data. The integrated circuit memory device includes a pin coupled to the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20070198870 - Method for controlling power consumption and multi-processor system using the same: A multi-processor system comprises a clock generator, a clock controller, a main processor, a plurality of co-processors and an interrupt control interface. Because the main processor and the co-processors need not work together to deliver the processing result, the multi-processor system may be designed that each processor in the multi-processor... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070198869 - Timer apparatus, timer processing method, and electronic apparatus: The present invention relates to timer generation corresponding to a plurality of timer requests, etc. necessary for task processes of a CPU and achieves efficient timer generation. The present invention includes a count setting unit (register) presetting a timer value that should be set at the time of completion of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070198871 - System and method for optimizing timing of responses to customer communications: A system and method for optimizing timing of responses to customer communications comprises a contact center and an operations center. The operations center includes a decision module that receives each communication and determines whether a partial response, such as an acknowledgement that the communication was received, is required. If a... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20070198872 - Method, system, and apparatus for improving multi-core processor performance: A system, apparatus, and method for a core rationing logic to enable cores of a multi-core processor to adhere to various power and thermal constraints.... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070192579 - Computer and control method thereof: A computer comprises a LAN module to support a wake on LAN (WOL) function; a system unit; a user input unit to generate a predetermined input signal according to input of a user; a display unit; and a controller which boots the system unit and disables a function corresponding to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070192577 - Apparatus and method for unilaterally loading a secure operating system within a multiprocessor environment: An apparatus and method for unilaterally loading a secure operating system within a multiprocessor environment are described. The method includes disregarding a received load secure region instruction when a currently active load secure region operation is detected. Otherwise, a memory protection element is directed, in response to the received load... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070192578 - Method to enhance boot time using redundant service processors: A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable program code, and apparatus are provided for enhancing boot time of a computer system. Initial program load firmware is initialized on a plurality of service processors. The plurality of service processors performs independent non-redundant initialization tasks concurrently as other independent non-redundant... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070192581 - Method and apparatus for tracking boot history: A computer determines whether it has been booted from a hard disk drive or from an alternate source (e.g., a floppy drive or portable memory) that entails a higher risk of importing a virus into the computer, and if it is determined that a non-HDD source was booted from, corrective... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070192580 - Secure remote management of a tpm: A method, system and computer-usable medium are presented for remotely controlling a TPM by loading a trusted operating system into a computer; and in response to the trusted Operating System (OS) being loaded into the computer, authorizing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in the computer to execute a command that... Agent: Dillion & Yudell LLP

20070192582 - Techniques for initializing a device on an expansion card: Techniques for initializing/reinitializing a device on an expansion card without power cycling the system. More specifically, an instruction set is provided such that a device on an expansion card can be reinitialized without power cycling the system. Further, the instruction set may be implemented to initialize a device on a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070192583 - Communication support server, communication support method, and communication support system: When a cryptographic communicating part 208 of the communication support server 20 exchanges information with the information processing units 14, if the term of validity of a first key stored in a cryptographic key storing part 200 and corresponding to the identification information of the information processing unit 14 does... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070192584 - System and method for controlling data communications between a server and a client device: A system and method for controlling data communications between a server and a client device, such as a mobile device. Embodiments relate generally to a technique where stop data is provided to the client device. This stop data can be transmitted (e.g. by the client device) to the server. When... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070192585 - Method and apparatus for processing data in a wireless communication system: In a wireless communication system comprising at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a trusted entity, a method and apparatus for processing data during an event, includes storing data in a memory of the WTRU. The stored data is classified in the memory of the WTRU. The WTRU detects... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070192586 - Secure data transmission via multichannel entitlement management and control: A method for communicating data, such as audio/video (AV) data, over plural channels involves selecting data and encryption information, and encrypting the data with the encryption information to thereby produce encrypted data. The encryption information is broken into portions. The encrypted data is communicated by way of at least one... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070192588 - Adaptive multi-tier authentication system: An adaptive multi-tier authentication system provides secondary tiers of authentication which are used only when the user attempts a connection from a new environment. The invention accepts user input such as login attempts and responses to the system's questions. User login information such as IP address, originating phone number, or... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070192587 - Encryption communication method and system: Each terminal registers the key generation information into each session management server, the information including a plurality of setting items necessary for determining set values to generated a key to be used by itself, and set value candidates which are stored in the setting items. When the encryption communications are... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070192589 - System and method for encrypting webpage logs: A system for encrypting webpage logs is disclosed, the system includes: a log packing module (201) configured for packing the webpage logs in a webpage packing file, a message digest generating module (202) configured for performing a message digest operation, an encrypting module (203) configured for encrypting the message digest... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070192590 - Mobile presentable certificate (mpc): The present invention teaches systems and methods for validating a user's identity to a validating agent. The system includes a verifiable digital certificate (MPCs—Mobile Presentable Certificates) issued by a certifying authority to a user. The digital certificate is validated by a user device, configured to store and transmit the digital... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070192591 - Information processing apparatus preventing unauthorized use: A degree of security set for an application and a valid time corresponding to the degree of security are stored in a memory. When an authentication unit performs user authentication using a fingerprint image input through an authentication information input unit and authorizes use of the application by the user,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070192592 - Decryption and encryption during write accesses to a memory: An encryption part or a decryption part of an encryption/decryption apparatus or a part common to both parts is used both for encryption and decryption of a datum to be stored and the encrypted memory content and for the generation of the address-individual key and the address-dependent key, respectively.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070192593 - Method and system for transparent bridging and bi-directional management of network data: A network-communication method includes detecting network activity between a local area network and a wide area network, decoding the network activity, responsive to the decoding step, obtaining at least a source network address, and using the source network address to establish a transparent networking bridge between the local area network... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070192594 - Apparatus and method for ciphering/deciphering a signal in a communication system: In a communication system, second encryption information is generated using first encryption information when data to be transmitted is generated. The data is encrypted using the second encryption information and third encryption information. A signal including the encrypted data and the first encryption information is generated and transmitted.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070192595 - Method for securing software via late stage processor instruction decryption: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for protecting the security of encrypted software. Specifically, the present invention pertains to a method of decrypting only those steps or portions of the software that are written to a processor's internal instruction cache. While in storage in non-volatile memory... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP Third Floor

20070192596 - Communication device, communication system and program: A communication device is configured to transmit data to which a predetermined security level is set to another communication device. The communication device is provided with a security level determining unit configured to determine a necessary security level to transmit the data in accordance with the security level set to... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070192597 - Protocol for trusted platform module recovery through context checkpointing: A computer implemented method for recovering a partition context in the event of a system or hardware device failure. Upon receiving a command from a partition to modify context data in a trusted platform module (TPM) hardware device, a trusted platform module input/output host partition (TMPIOP) provides an encrypted copy... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070192599 - Authentication method and authentication system: After a selection key bundle is determined by a selection key bundle determining process, the following first authentication key authenticating process is executed. An authentication processing part selects a selection encryption key from selection key bundle following a predetermined association based on a received random-number data. On the other hand,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070192600 - Key handshaking method and system for wireless local area networks: A key handshake method in a wireless local area network (LAN) capable of performing authentication between two wirelessly connected stations by exchanging keys once is provided. Because the security key for authentication can be exchanged by one 4-way handshake between an authenticator and a supplicant in a wireless LAN, an... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070192598 - Pedigrees for quantum cryptography: A system stores pedigrees that include details of how and when each of multiple blocks of encryption key material were distributed between two endpoints using quantum cryptographic techniques. The system receives an indication of a possible quantum cryptographic security violation and accesses the stored pedigrees to identify one or more... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070192601 - System and method for user identification and authentication: A user identification and authentication device provides a secure computing platform and a secure computing path for communication with a secure remote host. The device is coupled to an unsecure PC but provides for secure verification of a user's identity and authorization in participating in a transaction.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070192602 - Clone resistant mutual authentication in a radio communication network: A system and method for preventing unauthorized duplication of an identity module, IM, and authenticating valid IMs. Different information is stored in the IM and an authentication center, AuC, and if the information in the AuC is leaked, it is insufficient to clone the IM. The IM generates a first... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070192603 - Information processing system: A system is provided for preventing recorded data from being illicitly read out and analyzed. An Internet connection interface transmits a program executed by an adapter to an authentication station, whilst receiving the program in an encrypted form from the authentication station. A hard disc records the encrypted program, received... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192605 - Method of cryptographic synchronization: The present invention provides a method of cryptographic synchronization. The method may include providing information indicative of a first counter to a first one of a plurality of base stations. The first counter is incremented prior to each message transmitted to each of the plurality of base stations. The method... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070192604 - Self-authenticating blade server in a secure environment: A blade server module in an information handling system may have secure environment and authorized removal modes in non-volatile memory. If the secure environment mode is set in the blade server module, then the authorized removal mode is read to determine whether it also is set. If both of these... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070192606 - Electronic terminal device protection system: There is provided an electronic terminal device protection system as follows. When participating in a service, an authentication ID and a hardware address of the terminal device used for the service are registered in a communication center. The communication center makes the terminal device download the e-tally of the authentication... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070192608 - Access control system for information services based on a hardware and software signature of a requesting device: A system and method for the authorization of access to a service by a computational device or devices. A software agent generates a digital signature for the device each time it attempts to access the service and send it to an authentication server, which compares the digital signature sent with... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20070192609 - Electronic image data verification program, electronic image data verification system, and electronic image data verification method: An electronic image data verification program disclosed herein is capable of detecting presence or absence of a change, specifying a changed portion (the position of a change) if present, and making the presence or absence and the changed portion provable to third parties, by generating partial signature information separately from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070192607 - Electronic voting process using fair blind signatures: In an electronic voting process, a voter (Vi) encrypts his vote (vi) according to the encryption scheme (ETM) of a tallier mix-net (50) used to tally up the votes cast. The voter (Vi) obtains on his encrypted vote, (xi), from an admin server module (20), a digital signature according to... Agent: Thomas Langer Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane

20070192612 - Image data processing apparatus, image data processing method, program and recording medium: Disclosed is an-image data processing apparatus including: an authentication section which authenticates a user who uses at least a part of the image data processing apparatus, based on inputted authentication information and previously set authentication information; and a controlling section which attaches the previously set authentication information as information to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070192610 - Method and apparatus for securely booting from an external storage device: Techniques to securely boot up an electronics device (e.g., a cellular phone) from an external storage device are described. Secure data (e.g., a hash digest, a signature, a cryptographic key, and so on) is initially retrieved from a non-writable area of an external memory device (e.g., an one-time programmable (OTP)... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070192611 - Technique for providing secure firmware: A technique to verify firmware. One embodiment of the invention uses a processor's micro-code to verify a system's firmware, such that the firmware can be included in a trusted chain of code along with the operating system.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070192613 - Internet security news network: A system and method are disclosed for collecting, analyzing, verifying, producing, and broadcasting security data. Internet security-related information may be broadcast continuously from a data center over a broadcast channel, such as a webcast. As additional security related information is received at the data center, the data is analyzed and... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070192614 - System and method for authenticating a storage device for use with driver software in a storage network: A method and system authenticates a storage device or storage router for use with driver software. The driver software may be permitted to be used with particular storage devices including storage routers and may be prohibited from being used with other storage devices or routers. In some cases, this may... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070192616 - Method and apparatus for roaming digital rights management content in device: A method of enabling roaming of a rights object in a digital rights management (DRM) system is provided. The method includes issuing disposable authentication information to a mobile device, receiving a request for a remote authentication as well as the authentication information from an unauthorized device, transmitting a query required... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070192615 - Online data encryption and decryption: Systems and methods for providing encryption and decryption of data transmitted on a computer implemented network, preferably user authentication identifier data, such as a password, at the point of entry into the user's computer. The systems and methods enable an end user to mentally select a marker from one of... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070192618 - System and method for single sign on process for websites with multiple applications and services: During the initial sign up for the online access to its accounts, a customer creates his/her User ID and password online during the same session. Once the customer has signed on (password) and verified ownership of at least one account, the system displays all of the customer's accounts that are... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070192617 - System and method for creation and use of strong passwords: A system and method is provided for creating and using strong passwords with high entropy. The system and method uses user generated questions and answers. To protect against an adversary from obtaining the questions and researching the answers, multiple levels of questions and answers are used. There are a first... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070192619 - Trust tokens: An identity confirmation device comprises a token issuer 4 and an authentication device 5, the token issuer being programmable by a central identity provider 2 to issue certification tokens for use in e-commerce whereby transactions can be certified with suppliers without need for additional communication with a central server.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070192620 - Method for preventing malicious software from execution within a computer system: A method for preventing malicious software from execution within a computer system is disclosed. A permutation is performed on a subset of instructions within an application program to yield a permuted sequence of instructions before any actual execution of the application program on the computer system. A permutation sequence number... Agent: Dillion & Yudell LLP

20070192622 - Computer system, computer program, and addition method: A computer system that makes it difficult to analyze the content of a calculation. A power operation unit (262) performs the following operations using the input data “a” and “b”: ga=ga mod n, gb=gb mod n. Next, a multiplication unit (264) performs the following calculation using ga and gb: gab=ga×gb... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070192624 - Decryption processing apparatus, decryption method and image forming apparatus: There is described a decryption processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus, which make it possible to prevent the encrypted data from being incorrectly decrypted by employing a wrong decryption key. The decryption processing apparatus for decrypting encrypted digital data including encrypted code and encrypted data, includes: a first decryption... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070192626 - Exponent windowing: The disclosure includes description of a processor component that includes a set of register bits to perform a shift register operation. The component window detection logic can detect a window of bits in the set of register bits and, in response to detecting the window, output the window of bits.... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070192623 - Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized access to computer system resources: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates preventing unauthorized access to computer system resources. The system operates by receiving a section of programming language code to execute on a computer system. This programming language code includes a pragma that defines a set of resources that the... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070192621 - Network communication security processor and data processing method: The invention provides a network communication security processor and its data processing method, the security processor comprising: a data communication interface for transferring a communication data packet between the network communication security processor and an external network; a secure connection database for storing the security policy and secure connection parameters... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070192625 - System and method for protecting transport stream content: Systems and methods that protect transport stream content are disclosed. The system may include a first module and a second module, the first module having a common interface. The second module is coupled to the first module via the common interface. In one embodiment, the first module is a set... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070192627 - Semiconductor memory and data access method: While a semiconductor memory operates in a first operation mode with high security, an encrypted command is inputted and then decoded to acquire the first address information. After the semiconductor memory comes into a second operation mode where the level of security is lower than that of the first operation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192634 - Secure multimedia card and memory card system: Provided are a secure multimedia card (secure MMC) and a memory card system having the same. The memory card system may include a host, and a secure MMC having a user data area accessed by a normal command and a restricted area accessed by a secure command, wherein the user... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070192633 - Digital rights management (drm) encryption and data-protection for content on device without interactive authentication: To render content on a medium, a device obtains a table from the medium, obtains a private key of the device (PR-PD), indexes into an entry of the table based thereon, obtains (PU-PD(RND)) from the indexed-into entry of the table, and applies (PR-PD) to (PU-PD(RND)) to expose a random key... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070192631 - Encryption key in a storage system: A storage device has a storage medium, a key generator and a controller. The key generator generates an encryption/decryption key from selected bits of program code within the storage device. The controller controls access to the storage medium and applies the encryption/decryption key to encrypt and decrypt data written to... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070192635 - Encryption of image data in a digital copier: In a digital copier, wherein hard-copy original images are scanned and retained as digital data in a memory and subsequently digitally printed out as copies, original data is encrypted before being stored in the memory, and then decrypted incidental to printing or other export. Data stored within a digital copier... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070192630 - Method and apparatus for securing the privacy of sensitive information in a data-handling system: A data-handling system (20) is arranged to scan through data it holds for instances of sensitive information as identified by reference (35) to a set of sensitive-information identifiers held by the system. Each identifier identifies one or more items of sensitive information (25) and is so formed or protected as... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070192628 - Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving encrypted programming content such that it is accessible to authorized users from multiple set top boxes: A set top box is provided that includes a receiver/tuner for receiving programming content over a broadband communications network, an encrypter/decrypter for encrypting and decrypting the programming content, and a secure memory configured to store at least a first cryptography key to be used by the encrypter/decrypter to encrypt and... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070192632 - Secure caching technique for shared distributed caches: The present invention relates to a secure caching technique for shared distributed caches. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: encrypting a key K to provide a secure key, the key K corresponding to a value to be stored in a cache; and storing the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070192629 - Storage system, encryption path switching system, encryption path switching program, and recording medium thereof: In a storage system, a server, a storage device, and an encryption device are connected to ports of a fabric switch. Encryption management software of the server performs, on the basis of encryption setting information inputted to an encryption setting information storing unit from the outside and stored in the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070192640 - Information processing device, information processing system, and shutdown method of operating system: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a connection hole which is made in a peripheral wall and into which a hook portion of a lock unit is insertable, the lock unit including the hook portion which is rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070192637 - Apparatus and method to provide power to a plurality of data storage devices disposed in a data storage system: A method is disclosed to provide power to a plurality of data storage devices disposed in a data storage system. The data storage system comprises a system controller comprising a data storage device power-up algorithm and a plurality of data storage devices, where each of the plurality of data storage... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20070192639 - Apparatus and methods for power management and spin-up in a storage system: Apparatus and methods for controllably spinning up disk drives in a storage system. A storage system includes a first portion of disk drives that support controllable sequencing of disk drive spin-up and a second portion that do not support controllable sequencing of spin-up. Disk drives in the first portion are... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070192638 - Controlled power sequencing for independent logic circuits: Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to power sequencing, and provide a method, system and computer program product for supporting coupling with independent logic circuits. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer system supporting coupling with independent logic circuits may include an independent logic... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070192636 - Voltage droop dynamic recovery: Method and systems for dynamically recovering from voltage droops are disclosed. In one embodiment, a microprocessor coupled to a plurality of voltage sensing circuits is provided. The microprocessor includes an instruction sequencing unit and pipeline including a first series of instructions. A central voltage droop detection processor may be coupled... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070192643 - Power saving system and method for devices based on universal serial bus: A system and method for adjusting power consumption of a USB-based device. The system includes a power supply configured to generate a first supply voltage, a controller configured to receive the first supply voltage and generate a control signal, and a USB component configured to receive the control signal and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070192644 - Gateway card, gateway device, method of controlling gateway card, and computer product: A gateway card is connected to an information processor, and receives and transmits data between different networks. The information processor has a normal power mode and a power saving mode. A switching unit connects a memory with the information processor if the information processor is in the normal power mode,... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070192641 - Method and apparatus to manage power consumption in a computer: A method and apparatus to manage power consumption in a computer have been presented. In one embodiment, the method includes registering one or more applications with a power management module in a computer, the one or more applications being operable on a virtual machine in the computer. The method may... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070192642 - Method and apparatus to support enhanced energy efficiency in a processing system: A first partition of a processing system may use polling to communicate with a device. In addition, the first partition may provide an interface that allows a second partition of the processing system to communicate with the device without requiring the second partition to use polling. For example, the first... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070192645 - Battery management system chip and data-accessing method of the same: A battery management system includes a flash memory chip having a smart battery management program and a microprocessor. An interface model (I/F module) is installed in the microprocessor as a bridge between the flash chip and the microprocessor. The I/F module includes a data register and an address register as... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070192646 - Asynchronous power saving computer: A computer array (10) has a plurality of computers (12). The computers (12) communicate with each other asynchronously, and the computers (12) themselves operate in a generally asynchronous manner internally. When one computer (12) attempts to communicate with another it goes to sleep until the other computer (12) is ready... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20070192647 - Process array, fabric structure, surface-covering structure and method of transmitting electricity: Disclosed is a processor element including a plurality of power supply interfaces, a plurality of power supply switches, and a fault-testing unit for testing whether a short-circuit to a connected adjacent processor element has occurred at a power supply interface. The respective power supply switch is closed in case no... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC

20070192648 - Data processing system: It is an object to obtain a self-synchronization type block processing apparatus which does not need to optimize a clock path to be distributed to each block in a clock phase management at an upper level, and can suppress an increase in a circuit scale and can minimize an increase... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192649 - Controlling an accumulation of timing errors in a synchronous system: Apparatus (100) for communicating clock correction data between two or more clocked entities (102, 104) using a standardized clock correction unit or quanta. A source-native pre-scaler (302) can convert source-native clock correction values to scaled source-native clock correction values. The pre-scaler can perform this conversion by multiplying each source-native clock... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070192651 - Low-speed dll employing a digital phase interpolator based upon a high-speed clock: A low-speed delay locked loop (DLL) facilitates a deskewed interface between a high-speed RX data demultiplexer circuit directly to an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) with which it is integrated by locking a 156 MHz ASIC clock to a 156 MHz reference derived from a high speed 2.5 GHz clock.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070192650 - Multi-processing system distributing workload optimally during operation: A multi-processing system includes: a selecting unit that selects a clock frequency for each processor chips based on lot-to-lot variation thereof; a calculating unit that calculates chip performance of the processor chips operating at the clock frequencies; a judging unit that judges whether a total of chip performance of the... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070186092 - Multiprocessor system and boot-up method of slave system: To provide a multiprocessor system and a boot-up method of a slave system, which can reduce the number of components with simple configuration. A multiprocessor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a master system, and a slave system connected with the master system through an interprocessor... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070186090 - Method and apparatus for enabling a computer system: A system and method for utilizing generic computer operating system software for computer hardware systems designed subsequent to the operating system software. The system and method of the present invention employs a separate modular software file called a System Enabler that has all patches, code, data and resources needed to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070186088 - Method and