Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 07/09

20090193244 - Computer system and legacy boot method for the computer system: A computer system including no basic input/output system (BIOS) for operating bootstrap used in initial activation of a legacy operation system is allowed to perform booting of legacy operation system therefor and includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory, in which extended firmware and bootstrap program are stored.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090193242 - Computer system with dual basic input output system and operation method thereof: A computer system including a central processing unit (CPU), a chipset, a first bus, a second bus, a first memory, a second memory, and a logic control circuit is disclosed. The chipset is coupled to the CPU. The first bus and the second bus are respectively coupled to the chipset.... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090193243 - Dual mode power-saving computing system: The present invention relates to a data processing system comprising both a high performance computing sub-system having typical high power consumption and a low performance subsystem requiring less power. The data processing system acts as a single computing device by moving the execution of software from the low performance subsystem... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090193245 - Parallelizing multiple boot images with virtual machines: A system and method are presented for converting a multi-boot computer to a virtual machine. Existing boot images on a multi-boot computer are identified and converted into virtual machine instances. Each virtual machine instance represents an operating system and is capable of running at the same time. Finally, a new... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Novell

20090193246 - Data processing apparatus and method of mounting logical drive: A data processing apparatus and a method of mounting a logical drive are provided which reduce the time required for completing start-up of an application. A priority level of each logical drive is determined based on access frequency by the automatically started applications in an initial setting processing of the... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090193248 - Processing multiple wireless communications security policies: A computer program product for processing wireless data packets allows for processing packets to consolidate security processing. Security processing is performed in accordance with multiple security policies. This processing is done in a single front end processing block. Different security processes can be performed in parallel. Processing overhead is reduced... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090193247 - Proprietary protocol tunneling over eap: Methods and apparatus provide tunneling one authentication framework over a more widely accepted framework (e.g., EAP). In this manner, pluralities of strong authentication protocols are wirelessly enabled between a supplicant and server that are not otherwise wirelessly enabled. During use, packets are wirelessly transmitted and received between the supplicant and... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20090193250 - Authentication system, signature creating device, and signature verifying device: A signature generating device for generating digital signature data that certifies authenticity of information of a person, and making the information obfuscated. The signature generating device comprises: a storage unit that stores attribute information concerning the person and a private key corresponding to the attribute information; an obfuscated information generating... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090193249 - Privacy-preserving information distribution system: A system, device and method for keeping the identity of a user secret, while managing requests for information, in an information distribution system. The identity of the user is kept secret by the use of a persistent pseudonym and a temporary pseudonym, which are associated with a user identity device.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090193251 - Secure request handling using a kernel level cache: The present invention discloses a system, method, apparatus, and computer usable product code for handling requests. The invention can include a kernel level cache, a request handling service, and a transport layer security service. The kernel level cache can store request handling data. The request handling service can handle secure... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. Ibm-rsw

20090193252 - Method and system for secure peer-to-peer communication: The invention provides a server system, client, method and program element for distributing content in a peer-to-peer network. The server system spits a file into segments and makes copies of the segments for clients to download. Each segment is encrypted with a unique encryption key and marked. Identifiers of encrypted... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090193253 - Method and server for providing a mobile key: After a radio link is established between a mobile subscriber terminal and an access network, the subscriber is authenticated by a proxy server of an intermediate network forwarding, from the access network to a home network of the subscriber, authentication message(s) containing a subscriber identification. If the subscriber is authenticated... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090193254 - Anchor point-based digital content protection: Digital content protection can be effectively implemented through use of an anchor point and binding records in a user domain. An anchor point domain may include a secure anchor point, and data storage to store digital property instances and rights objects. The secure anchor point may be configured to receive... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20090193258 - Controlling the downloading and recording of digital data: A method and apparatus for enabling a licensed end user to record digital data as described is particularly useful to the music industry as it enables them to make audio data available over the internet but to retain control of the uses to which that audio data can be put.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090193259 - Electronic document authenticity assurance method and electronic document disclosure system: An electronic document authenticity assurance technique and an information disclosure system both of which can compatibly realize the assurance of the authenticity of disclosure documents and the deletion of information inappropriate for disclosure. An electronic document is divided into constituent elements and an electronic signature is affixed to an arbitrary... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090193256 - Electronic signature method, apparatus, and recording medium having electronic signature program recorded thereon: A computer divides a target electronic document into a plurality of document segments. Then, the computer generates a signature (s, t) that includes a set of two values having a signature value s forming a signature on the electronic document and a deletion signature value t used for deletion, the... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090193255 - Method and apparatus for determining and using the sampling frequency for decoding watermark information embedded in a received signal sampled with an original sampling frequency at encoder side: Many watermarking systems make use of correlation for calculating a detection metric, which means that reference patterns are generated at encoder side and are embedded inside the audio or video signal, dependent on the message to be embedded. The same reference patterns are generated at decoder side. The embedded message... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090193257 - Rights object authentication in anchor point-based digital rights management: Digital lights management (DRM) can be effectively implemented through use of an anchor point and binding records in a user domain. Furthermore, authentication of a rights object defining the scope of access allowed for a digital property instance may be achieved through use of a signing key in the anchor... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20090193260 - Method and apparatus for secure and small credits for verifiable service provider metering: A method and apparatus for obtaining access to services of service providers. In one embodiment, the method comprises requesting a desired service through a foreign service provider, generating a hash tree and generating a digital signature on a root value of the hash tree, sending the digital signature and the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090193261 - Apparatus and method for authenticating a flash program: In one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for authenticating a flash program is provided. The apparatus comprises a hardware unique key, a register storing a customer identity (ID) and a message authentication code (MAC) generation unit. The MAC generation unit acquires a root key corresponding to the hardware unique... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090193262 - Security threshold enforcement in anchor point-based digital rights management: Digital rights management (DRM) can be effectively implemented through use of an anchor point and binding records within a user's anchor point domain. Assigning security levels to various components within an anchor point based DRM system and evaluating them against a security criterion provides additional protection against authorized access of... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20090193263 - Identifying and processing an unauthorized access request: The system reuses the classic User ID & Password combination for authentication and adds a third component called a USE code for additional authorization check, as an example. This method allows access to a system when it is requested with correct User ID and Password (i.e., with correct pass code)... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting LLC

20090193264 - Authentication system and method: A strong authentication method and system using a Secure ICC component coupled with a Personal device, and relying on the existing cryptographic protocols and keys for managing the secure ICC to generate One-Time-Passwords when the necessary authentication keys or cryptographic protocols are not already present in the Secure ICC configuration... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090193265 - Fast database integrity protection apparatus and method: An apparatus and method of protecting the integrity of a database is provided. Protection of the database is implemented by randomly selecting part of the database that is to be authenticated, the part of the database being less than the entire database to be authenticated. Then, only the selected part... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090193266 - Access control for protected and clear av content on same storage device: A method and apparatus for storing both protected and clear data on a single storage device 34. The apparatus includes storage media 34 for storing digital material such as video, sound, pictures and text. The media is partitioned into protected 94 and unprotected areas 98. The apparatus further includes circuitry... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20090193267 - Secure electronic medical record storage on untrusted portal: Patients' medical records are encrypted using a symmetric encryption algorithm and stored on a server that is accessible via a distributed data network. The keys used for encrypting the records are also encrypted, using a public key of a creator of the record, and the encrypted record keys are stored... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090193269 - Data network and method of controlling thereof: A data network that includes a plurality of nodes for storing data and a plurality of control units, the adapted to control at least one of the nodes in which individual nodes are powered-up when the assigned control unit receives a request from a client to access the data stored... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090193268 - Packetized power: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for producing and delivering packetized power within a DC computing environment. Within the DC computing environment a power requirement or request is communicated to a power router. The power router then determines a power source capable of fulfilling the power requirement and then causes... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Wk Attn: Patent Docketing

20090193270 - Power management in federated/distributed shared memory architecture: This invention is a power management scheme for a shared memory multiprocessor system which splits the control logic between the master-specific logic and memory bank logic. Power-down is initiated from a central power-down controller. This central power-down controller informs the master and target specific logic. Further memory accesses are blocked.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090193271 - Power mesh management method: The invention discloses a power mesh managing method utilized in an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a standard cell and a standard-cell power supplying mesh corresponding to a first direction. The power mesh managing method includes: defining a power supplying network including a first plurality of power meshes growing... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090193273 - Electronic control system with controllers and power supply unit: An electronic control unit has a primary microcomputer producing a supply control signal or a cutoff control signal, a secondary microcomputer, and a power supply unit receiving the signal from the primary microcomputer through a signal line. Each signal has a level changing with time. The supply unit detects a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090193272 - Storage system and power consumption reduction method for the same: In a storage system that includes two or more file servers each including an arbitrary number of operating virtual file servers, a management server: holds a load information table regarding a load on each virtual file server for each time period and redundancy information table for the storage system; judges,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090193274 - System and method of coherent data transfer during processor idle states: Systems and methods of managing power provide for placing a processor in a non-snoopable state, where the processor is associated with a system memory. One or more data transfers between a controller and the system memory can be serviced while the processor is in the non-snoopable state. In one embodiment,... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090193275 - Quick-stop feature for multiple output power systems: A quick-stop feature built into power systems enables deactivating the power output of output supplies in the shortest possible time. This feature prevents damage to the power system and to the electrical devices connected to the output supplies. The quick-stop feature can be implemented as a hardware or a software... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090193277 - Battery under-voltage protection: A battery includes a cell and a battery management unit coupled to the cell. The battery management unit is operable to determine whether a battery controller is operating when the cell is coupled to an information handling system that includes the battery controller. In response to determining that the battery... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090193276 - System and method for dynamic utilization-based power allocation in a modular information handling system: Power from a modular chassis to plural modular information handling systems contained by the chassis is dynamically allocated according to power consumed at each modular information handling system and a priority associated with each modular information handling system. A power manager of the modular chassis allocates power by setting a... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090193278 - System and method for preserving processor memory during power loss: A method, and a system of using the method, of preserving memory of a processor powered by an external source. The method includes determining a drop in a first power to be supplied to the processor, generating a reset signal when the drop falls below a threshold, supplying a second... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090193279 - Method for enabling multi-processor synchronization: A method for providing at least one sequence of values to a plurality of processors is described. In the method, a sequence generator from one or more sequence generators is associated with a memory location. The sequence generator is configured to generate the at least one sequence of values. One... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090193280 - Method and system for in-doubt resolution in transaction processing: A method and system are provided for in-doubt resolution in transaction processing involving at least two distributed transaction processing systems. The method includes a resynchronization method when re-establishing a connection between two distributed transaction processing systems. The method includes re-establishing a connection between a first transaction processing system and a... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090193281 - Apparatus and method for implementing speculative clock gating of digital logic circuits: A method for implementing speculative clock gating of digital logic circuits in a multiple stage pipeline design includes generating, in a first pipeline stage n, a valid control signal that is input to a first register in a second pipeline stage n+1, the valid control signal indicative of when an... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20090193282 - Method for processing time values in a computer or programmable machine: It is the idea of the invention to define a single high resolution timer structure wherein the time value is represented with a digital number and a flag clarifies whether the timer is a global timer or local timer. The invention enables a much faster processing of the time values.... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090193283 - Design structure for implementing speculative clock gating of digital logic circuits: A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes an apparatus for implementing speculative clock gating of digital logic circuits, including operation valid logic configured to generate, in a first pipeline stage n, a valid control signal that is input to a first register... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20090193285 - Method for the data transfer between at least two clock domains: d

20090193284 - Methods for synchronizing applicative clock signals in a synchronous communications network, corresponding emitter and receiver devices, computer-readable storage means:

20090187752 - Installation method, apparatus, control program, and medium storing control program: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of executing plug and play processing for starting up one installation processing operation upon acquiring one device identification information item. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring at least one device identification information item including a plurality... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090187751 - Method and device for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system: In case when multiple temporary entitlement records are active at the same time, the invention allows to optimize the activation levels and automatically shifting resources from one temporary entitlement record to another in order to achieve the best possible cost structure for both the computer system user and the computer... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20090187755 - Computer system and method for recording operating information thereof: A computer system and a method for recording operating information are disposed. The computer system includes a storage unit and a first memory unit. The storage unit includes an operating system. The first memory unit includes a BIOS and a detecting program, and it is electrically connected to the storage... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090187753 - Separate power island for high performance processor: Separate power island for high performance processor. A multi-processor design is presented in which each of the processors is implemented in separately powered portions of a circuitry (e.g., an integrated circuit). One of the processors can be a main application processor, and another of the processors can be a baseband... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090187754 - System with at least two bios memories: A system with at least two basic input-output system (BIOS) memories includes a chip unit, a control unit, and two or more BIOS memories. The chip unit includes a control pin. The control unit includes an enable pin and N output pins. The enable pin of the control unit is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090187756 - System and method for hardware-software multitasking on a reconfigurable computing platform: A platform supporting reconfigurable computing, enabling the introduction of reconfigurable hardware into portable devices is described. Dynamic hardware/software multitasking methods for a reconfigurable computing platform including reconfigurable hardware devices such as gate arrays, especially FPGA's, and software, such as dedicated hardware/software operating systems and middleware, adapted for supporting the methods,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090187758 - Data communication system and data transmitting apparatus: An LDAP server stores security levels individually assigned to a plurality of destinations and a plurality of users in advance. When a user is authenticated successfully by the LDAP server, a control section of a multi-functional machine obtains the security level of the authenticated user from the LDAP server via... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090187757 - Method and system for mediated secure computation: Techniques are described for mediated secure computation. A unique identifier value may be assigned to each one of a plurality of nodes included in a network. An encrypted portion of a logical circuit may be received at a server from each of the nodes, the logical circuit including one or... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090187759 - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for application-level authentication of messages in a telecommunications network: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for application-level authentication in a telecommunications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for application-level authentication of messages in a telecommunications network. The method includes, at a node in a telecommunications network, receiving, from a personal... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090187761 - Methods and systems for proofing identities using a certificate authority: A digital certificate is provided to a customer having an electronic account linked to the customer's physical address. Using the digital certificate, the customer performs electronic transactions with a third party. A proofing workstation receives a request from a third party to validate the digital certificate. The proofing workstation communicates... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090187760 - Security mechanism within a local area network: A local area network server may issue security certificates to client devices on the network for two-way authentication across the network. The certificates may be issued through a transaction performed over the network and, in some cases, may be automated. The server may have a self signed or a trusted... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090187762 - Terminal device, server device, and content distribution system: A content distribution system (1) including a license server (101) which issues a license, a content server (102) which transmits the content, a terminal device (103) which controls use of the content based on the issued license. The terminal device (103) does not allow the use of the received encrypted... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090187763 - System and method for protecting data accessed through a network connection: Systems (100) and methods (400) for protecting data accessed through a network connection. The methods involve transferring security software (150) from an external memory device of a client computer (102) to an internal memory device of the client computer. The security software is operative to protect data communicated to and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090187764 - Electronic certification, identification and communication utilizing encrypted graphical images: A system and method for electronic certification, identification and communication. According to an exemplary implementation, these processes are performed by using an electronic graphic image with encrypted information concerning the certified object. The object is accompanied with an application specific image hereafter called Electronic Virtual Stamp (EV-Stamp) having embedded and... Agent: Jason H. Vick Sheridan Ross, PC

20090187767 - Data-processing system and method for controlling same, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium: A data-processing system and method for controlling synthesizing digital-signature information. The system and method include holding first private-key information, inputting second private-key information, generating third private-key information based on the first private-key information and the second private-key information, holding the third private-key information, generating signature information based on information to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090187765 - Method and apparatus for determining whether or not a reference pattern is present in a received and possibly watermarked signal: Many watermarking systems make use of correlation for calculating a detection metric, which means that several reference patterns are generated at encoder side and one or more of them are embedded inside the content signal, dependent on the message to be embedded. To decode the embedded message, it is necessary... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090187766 - System and method for digital signatures and authentication: A system and method for authentication and digital signatures on memory-only supports, comprising a read-once memory unit storing secret arrays, whose contents are destroyed upon reading, a standard memory unit storing encrypted arrays, tree data authenticating the encrypted arrays to one single public key, and a certificate of the public... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090187768 - Software virus detection methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for identifying, authenticating and securing code through proscribed code detection and deletion are shown. The preferred embodiments provide for scanning code to determine the presence of proscribed code and then transmitting the code to a file reconstructor upon the detection of proscribed code. At... Agent: Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey

20090187769 - System and method for an autonomous software protection device: A system and method is introduced for protecting software from being altered, duplicated, inspected or used in an unauthorized manner. An autonomous software protection device is presented, containing encryption and decryption unit along with an independent execution environment such as a Java Virtual Machine to carry out computations in a... Agent: Noam Camiel

20090187770 - Data security including real-time key generation: Methods for providing data security are described. A security device (10) and a plug-in device (30) work in conjunction to enable encryption and decryption of data. A secret is stored by one of the security device (10) or the plug-in device (30). While the secret is required for constructing a... Agent: Mosys Incorporated Patent Counsel

20090187771 - Secure data storage with key update to prevent replay attacks: A key update process applied to encrypted memory in a processing system determines an address from contents of a boundary register, reads an encrypted data block from a memory location specified by the address, decrypts the encrypted data block using a first key, re-encrypts the decrypted data block using a... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090187772 - Tamper evidence per device protected identity: Various techniques are described to protect secrets held by closed computing devices. In an ecosystem where devices operate and are offered a wide range of services from a service provider, the service provider may want to prevent users from sharing services between devices. In order to guarantee that services are... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20090187774 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus: An information recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed, wherein a hard disk drive or a flash memory in a video camera is accessed by a personal computer having a control program for the recording and reproducing process, through a USB-I/F circuit kept on. A CPU in the video camera, on... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090187773 - Mcu with power saving mode: A microcontroller unit includes a processor for generating a first control signal to start a comatose mode of operation for the microcontroller unit. Control logic responsive to the first control signal generates an enable signal at a first level and the control logic is further responsive to a second control... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090187775 - Server system, reducing method of power consumption of server system, and a computer readable medium thereof: A server system comprises a plurality of servers, and a management unit. Each of the servers has virtual machines which can move among the servers. The management unit moves all the virtual machines on one server to another server(s) based on information showing an electric power value so as to... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090187777 - Increasing workload performance of one or more cores on multiple core processors: A processing node that is integrated onto a single integrated circuit chip includes a first processor core and a second processor core. The processing node also includes an operating system executing on either of the first processor core and the second processor core. The operating system may monitor a current... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20090187776 - Server power consumption controller, and method and computer program for controlling server power consumption: The power consumption controller of the present invention controls the power consumption of a physical server having a virtual server at an appropriate value. A management server determines an unused CPU budget from the difference between the total amount of the loads of respective virtual servers and a hypervisor and... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090187778 - System and method for reducing power consumption during periods of low link utilization: A system and method for reducing power consumption during periods of low link utilization. A single enhanced core can be defined that enables operation of subset of parent physical layer devices (PHYs). The subset and parent PHYs can have a fundamental relationship that enables synchronous switching between them depending on... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090187779 - Automatic power management method: The application discloses methods applied to an electronic system capable of operating in a non power saving mode and a power saving mode. According to one of the methods, the idle time when the electronic system is idle in the non-power saving mode is measured. If the idle time equals... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090187780 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product to manage battery needs in a portable device: A battery conservation component synchronizes with a user's schedule or calendar. The battery conservation component may disable functions or features to ensure that the device has sufficient battery life for selected calendar events. The battery conservation component may warn the user if a battery charge is necessary to make selected... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090187783 - Adjusting cap settings of electronic devices according to measured workloads: Workload of electronic devices in an electronic device enclosure is measured. Cap settings of the electronic devices are adjusted according to the measured workload to perform resource balancing.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090187781 - Electronic control unit with power loss compensation: In accordance with the described embodiments vehicular electronic control units and their operating methods are described which cost effectively compensate momentary external power loss by reducing the unit's power consumption while external power is lost. In an exemplary embodiment external power loss is detected by the electronic control unit's microprocessor.... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090187782 - Integrated energy savings and business operations in data centers: A power control system in a data center has a plurality of physical servers, each server having a local controller, at least one virtual server coupled to at least some of the physical servers, and a central controller to control task loading on the physical servers through the virtual servers.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom/parc

20090187784 - Fair and dynamic central processing unit scheduling: Embodiments that facilitate the fair and dynamic distribution of central processing unit (CPU) time are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a method includes organizing one or more processes into one or more groups. The method further includes allocating a CPU time interval for each group. The allocation of a... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090182995 - Bios protection device: A boot program held in a BIOS memory device of a processing system is authenticated. At system start-up, a BIOS protection device temporarily prevents execution of the boot program by the central processor of the processing system by control of address and data paths. The BIOS protection device interrogates the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090182996 - Methods and computer program products for swapping synchronous replication secondaries from a subchannel set other than zero to subchannel set zero using dynamic i/o: Exemplary embodiments relate to a method for swapping PPRC secondary device definitions from a subchannel set other than zero to subchannel set zero. The method comprises identifying a PPRC primary and secondary device, wherein the PPRC primary device definitions reside at subchannel set zero and the PPRC secondary device definitions... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

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20090182999 - Method and system for security certificate properties for protocol exchange: An extension of the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) may enable marking and/or identifying objects comprising public keys and/or security certificates with object properties. The object properties may identify the objects and/or specify a source of the objects. The objects and object properties may be stored and/or communicated to and/or from... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090182998 - Method and system for specifying timestamp properties for object marking and protocol exchange: An extension of the media transfer protocol (MTP) may enable marking an object by specifying information about activity pertaining to the object via an object property. The object property information may be communicated to and/or from a device that supports MTP communications. Object properties may comprise timestamps corresponding to when... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090183003 - Authentication in data communication: Method of authenticating a client comprising the steps of sending a subscriber identity to an authentication server; obtaining at least one challenge and at least one first secret to the authentication server based on a client's secret specific to the client; forming first credentials; forming a first authentication key using... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090183004 - Conditional access system: The invention provides an improved conditional access system with efficient bandwidth usage on the interface between a receiver and a conditional access module. The conditional access system has a receiver, a selection module, a conditional access module and possibly a terminal. The conditional access module has a first memory for... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090183002 - Method and device for automatically creating backup copies: In a method for automatically creating backup copies and for remote archiving of files from at least one electronic data processing equipment, files are compressed in a device separated from the data processing equipment, in particular in a supplementary data processing device, their contents and, where appropriate, their names are... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20090183000 - Method and system for dynamically granting a drm license using a url: A media device may request a DRM license and/or access to media content from a web server by generating and sending a URL to the web server. The URL may comprise information regarding the web server, the media device and/or requested media content such as the media device PKI public... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090183001 - Method for offline drm authentication and a system thereof: A method for offline DRM authentication and a system thereof relates to the information security field. In order to solve the problem that a license must be requested from the server in the process of DRM authentication, the invention provides a method for offline DRM authentication, in which, the method... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090183005 - Distributing access to a data item: A method is provided for use in distributing access to a data item. The method includes allowing multiple transfers between computers of a single instance of permission to gain access to the data item, the transfers occurring across data connections and including a first transfer between a first computer and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090183006 - Method and apparatus for applying digital signatures to translated content: A method (100) and a system (300) for applying digital signatures (206, 216, and 222) to translated content (and other content) can include a presentation (309) and a user interface presented on the presentation device. The system can further include at least one processor (307) that operates to create (102)... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ibm Svl

20090183007 - Method, computer program product and apparatus for authenticating electronic documents: An apparatus for enabling secure control over electronic seals and signatures may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to select a design drawing file for generation of a corresponding design drawing document, apply a digitized signature and seal and a uniform resource locator (URL) to the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090183008 - Identity authentication and secured access systems, components, and methods: Security tokens contain data that is each uniquely encrypted based on a unique biometric identifier of an authorized user of that token. Decoders receive the token and the user's biometric identifier, convert the biometric identifier to a biometric key, and apply the biometric key to decrypt the token. In this... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20090183010 - Cloud-based movable-component binding: This document describes tools capable of enabling cloud-based movable-component binding. The tools, in some embodiments, bind protected media content to a movable component in a mobile computing device in a cryptographically secure manner without requiring the movable component to perform a complex cryptographic function. By so doing the mobile computing... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090183009 - Data processing system, method for executing a cryptographic algorithm and method for preparing execution of a cryptographic algorithm: A data processing system including a memory configured to store confidential data and non-confidential data; a cache memory which is configured to cache data stored in the memory and which comprises a first cache memory region and a second cache memory region; a processing circuit configured to carry out, in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090183011 - Modular tamper resistant enclosure for secure systems: An active membrane creates a secure area around one or more devices. The active membrane forms a physical barrier between the encased secure area and an external environment. Linked to the membrane and acting as the sole interface between the secure area and the outside environment is a boundary interface.... Agent: Sun Microsystems, Inc C/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090183012 - Keyboard: A keyboard includes a keyboard processor configured for outputting a control signal for turning a computer on/off; a switch circuit connected to a turn-on port of a south bridge chipset on a mainboard of the computer; and a processor connected to the keyboard processor and the switch circuit. When the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090183013 - Method and computer for processing an operation command in a computer: The invention discloses a method for processing operation command in a computer and relates to a remote computer control technique. The invention is proposed for solving the problem that current remote computers can not be smoothly controlled. A technique solution employed is that the computer comprises a display and a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090183014 - Method and device for power management and control of advanced telecom computing architecture system: An Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture system and a method for power management and control of the system are disclosed. The system includes a Front Board (FRB) and a Rear Transition Module (RTM)/Front Transition Module (FTM). The FRB includes a first power conversion/control module that supplies power to the FRB and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090183015 - Power-saving system and method for computer: An exemplary power-saving system for a computer includes a sensor connected between a standby power pin and ground, an amplifier, two resistors connected in series between the standby power pin and ground, a comparator, an electronic switch, and an MPU. The amplifier has two amplifier input terminals respectively connected to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090183016 - adaptive dynamic buffering system for power management in server clusters: A system, method and computer program product for managing power consumption in a system comprising at least two computing devices. The at least two computing devices are organized as part of active computing device group or a ready computing device group, the ready computing devices configured into various modes of... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090183017 - Booting method and computer system thereof: A booting method and a computer system thereof, suitable for rebooting the computer system when a setting value of a basic input output system (BIOS) is modified, are provided. When a modified setting value causes a situation in which a main power is cut off in advance and the computer... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090183018 - Electronic control apparatus provided with plural microcomputers for electronically controlling electronic devices mounted in vehicle: In an electronic control apparatus for vehicles, there is provided a main microcomputer activated when a given activation condition is met and a sub-microcomputer to which a power control signal controlling power supply to the sub-microcomputer is supplied. A first power supply unit supplies, via a first supply line, power... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090183019 - Power supply current spike reduction techniques for an integrated circuit: An integrated circuit includes a first clock island, a second clock island, a clock generator, and a first programmable delay element. The first clock island is configured to receive a first clock signal. The second clock island is configured to receive a second clock signal. The clock generator is configured... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090183020 - Asynchronous serial data apparatus for transferring data between one transmitter and a plurality of shift registers, avoiding skew during transmission: A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus, comprising a data transmitter circuit, and a plurality of data receiver circuits each having a data converter circuit which restores each of bits of identification number data and transfer data from a shift register of the data transmitter circuit to 2-bit complementary data transmitted via... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090177876 - Automated processor generation system and method for designing a configurable processor: A system for generating processor hardware supports a language for significant extensions to the processor instruction set, where the designer specifies only the semantics of the new instructions and the system generates other logic. The extension language provides for the addition of processor state, including register files, and instructions that... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090177877 - Remote bios for servers and blades: A method for implementing a remote basic input/output system (BIOS) on a multi-blade server is provided. A remote BIOS partition is created on a management module of the multi-blade server for each blade of the multi-blade server residing on the management module. BIOS settings for operation on a first blade... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20090177878 - System and method for enabling storage area network component migration: A system and method for enabling storage area network (SAN) component migration are provided. An end-to-end systems management console, referred to as the hardware migration assistant, is provided to simplify the migration steps for a SAN administrator to replace key SAN components. The hardware migration assistant provides a single interface... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090177879 - Security communication apparatus and security communication method: A negotiation unit, of a logical network control apparatus connected to a LAN, judges settings of processing to be performed on communication data by a network connection apparatus, from properties of an application to be used in communication, and decides parameters to be used for a VPN connection. The VPN... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090177880 - Transmission of secure electronic mail formats: A method and system for providing e-mail messages to a receiving e-mail application. The e-mail messages as sent from a sending e-mail application being secure and in opaque signed format. The opaque signed e-mail messages being converted to clear signed e-mail messages by decoding extracting message content and digital signatures.... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20090177881 - Proactive forced renewal of content protection implementations: A system for proactive forced renewal of content protection implementations in devices includes a key generation facility to generate and allocate keys for the devices, and to generate revocation data corresponding to revoked keys in response to at least one of a security compromise and on a periodic basis independent... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090177882 - Authentication token for identifying a cloning attack onto such authentication token: The invention relates to an authentication token (10) for a communication network comprising a microprocessor (11), a memory (12), a stored secret key (Ki) and a set of instructions for controlling the microprocessor (11) into performing an authentication calculation on the basis of a received random (RAND) and on the... Agent: The Jansson Firm

20090177883 - Method and device for online secure logging-on: The invention discloses a method for an online secure logging-on, comprises steps of: determining a correlation between at least one of processes and a logging-on operation; sorting the at least one of processes to two classes, that is, processes related to the logging-on operation and processes unrelated to the logging-on... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090177884 - Digital content security system, portable steering device and method of securing digital contents: The present invention discloses a digital content security system and a method that combines information provided by both of a content provider server and a portable steering device to establish multi-way protections of the digital content from reproduction and/or playing of other unauthorized device and hacked intercept of a private... Agent: Austin Rapp & Hardman

20090177885 - Method and apparatus for encrypted authentication: A sink device including a first data processing unit and a second data processing unit authenticates the processing units, when turned on, to generate first authentication keys having the same data. When a data request is issued from the sink device to the source device, device authentication is made between... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090177886 - Storage apparatus, method for validating encrypted content and terminal apparatus: A user can watch desired content among a plurality of encrypted contents recorded in a storage apparatus having a large capacity recording medium when the user wants to watch. Usage Pass (UP) necessary for watching content and encrypted content are recorded in a rental storage apparatus. The UP is in... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090177887 - Method and apparatus for binding update between mobile node and correspondent node: A method and apparatus for binding update between a mobile node and a correspondent node is disclosed. The method includes: encrypting, by the correspondent node, a parameter for generating a binding management key with a key, and transmitting the encrypted parameter to the mobile node or a home agent which... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090177888 - Information processing device, key setting method, and program: There is provided an information processing device including an identifier setting unit for setting an identifier to a set of terminal devices corresponding to each node of a tree structure, and a key setting unit for setting a key distributed to the terminal device based on the identifier, wherein the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090177889 - Method for sharing a link key in a zigbee network and a communication system therefor: A communication system and method for securely and efficiently sharing a link key for security and authentication in a ZigBee network. Upon receipt of an access request from an end device, a trust center sends a public key to the end device, and upon receipt of the public key, the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090177890 - Method and device for forming a signature: A device and a method are for forming a signature for use in a transmitter unit or a receiver unit of a communication system. To speed up the formation of a signature and thus the data transfer between a computer unit (e.g., a microcontroller) and a communication controller of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090177891 - Method and system for invisibly embedding into a text document the license identification of the generating licensed software: A method and system for embedding into a text document generated by a licensed software a License Identification Signature of the software.... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090177892 - Proximity authentication: A security token is coupled to a computer and is available for use by both local and remote processes for on-demand response to a challenge. To minimize the security risk of an unattended session, the challenge may be issued to verify the presence of the token. When the token has... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090177893 - Digital identity device: A digital identity device for uniquely identifying legal entities. The digital identity device is used for secure electronic communications.... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090177894 - Systems and methods for securing data using multi-factor or keyed dispersal: A secure data parser is provided that may be integrated into any suitable system for securely storing and communicating data. The secure data parser parses data and then splits the data into multiple portions that are stored or communicated distinctly. Encryption of the original data, the portions of data, or... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090177895 - Controller for controlling logical volume-related settings: A controller carries out a first determination as to whether or not data to be stored in a target logical volume can be used by a plurality of access devices. The controller carries out a second determination as to whether or not the access devices comprise data encryption units respectively... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090177896 - Communication device: There is provided a communication device which can search for a desired communication device and request a service, without being conscious of the status of the power supply of other communication devices on a network, and achieve a reduction in power consumption. A communication device 100 includes a main processing... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090177898 - Computer system and notebook computer, and method for controlling computer system: The present invention provides a computer system, a notebook computer and a method for controlling a computer system. The method comprises steps of: determining current state of the main computer subsystem; turning off the power of the embedded subsystem or enabling the embedded subsystem into a low-power state of the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090177899 - Multi-regulator power supply chip with common control bus: A system and method for implementing a common control bus in a multi-regulator power supply integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may, for example, comprise first and second power regulator modules that control at least one characteristic of respective power signals. The integrated circuit may also, for example, comprise a communication... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090177897 - Power control apparatus for motherboard: A power control apparatus for automatically turning on and off a motherboard, the power control apparatus includes a power supply supplying electric power to the motherboard periodically, a control circuit including a first switch element, a second switch element, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first resistor, and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090177900 - Systems and methods for controlling use of power in a computer system: In one embodiment, a power adapter comprises a power supply to output power for powering a powered device. The power adapter outputs information indicative of an amount of power output by the power supply for use by the powered device to control the amount of power used by the powered... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090177901 - Kvm management system capable of controlling computer power: Disclosed is a KVM switch system capable of controlling computer power of a computer coupled therewith. The KVM switch system includes a KVM switch and at least one power control line. The KVM switch generates at least one control signal. The power control line is coupled with a system panel... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090177902 - Reducing power consumption of a microprocessor: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for reducing the power consumption of a microprocessor. One or more signal transitions in an instruction set of a microprocessor are profiled. A probability of occurrence is assigned to each instruction in the instruction set. A binary operation code... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090177903 - Method and device for power management: A device and method for power management. The method includes receiving an indication about a load of a circuit, determining at least one long-term activation parameter in view of a circuit load pattern during at least one long period; determining at least one short-term activation parameter in response to an... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090177904 - Method, system, and apparatus for dynamic clock adjustment: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system, the method including, in some embodiments, determining an impedance of a power distribution network of a load for a range of frequencies, and adjusting a functionality of the load based on a relationship between the impedance of the power distribution network for... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090177905 - Electronic device with serial ata interface and power saving method for serial ata buses: In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, a controller, which may also be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090177907 - Forced idle of a data processing system: Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to manage a power of a data processing system are described. One or more constraint parameters of a system are monitored. The data processing system is forced into an idle state for a first portion of a time while allowed to operate for a... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090177906 - Powering an electrical device through a legacy adapter capable of digital communication: A legacy adapter for use with devices to be powered by a power adapter is described. The legacy adapter includes a multi-purpose power connector configured to couple to a power adapter external to the electrical device, a connector configured to connect the electrical device, and a microprocessor configured to communicate... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. (pa)

20090177908 - Wireless power adapter for computer: A wireless power adapter that mounts to the docking station port of a portable computer, such as a laptop computer, notebook computer or tablet computer. The wireless power adapter includes a docking port electrical connector selected to interface with the pre-existing docking port electrical connector on the portable computer. The... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20090177909 - Memory bus shared system: The invention reduces the pin terminal number of a controller that in parallel or simultaneously accesses a synchronous memory and an asynchronous memory. When a column address is latched to an SDRAM, immediately after that, access to FLASH is started, and a shared bus controller outputs the write/read address with... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090172373 - Ethernet based automotive infotainment power controller: An Automotive Infotainment Power Controller. It utilizes a PIC Micro-Controller, TCP/IP Stack, and a 10 Mbit Ethernet connection as an industry-standard interface by which the Automotive Infotainment Power Controller is connected to any number of Personal Computers. This infrastructure allows custom FW to be developed for the Power Controller that... Agent: Sharif Ibrahim

20090172374 - Information processing device, information processing method, and computer readable medium therefor: An information processing device, configured to perform information processing with an application run on an operating system, includes an installing unit configured to install the application into the information processing device, an instruction accepting unit configured to accept an instruction to run the application, a first determining unit configured to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090172375 - Operating point management in multi-core architectures: Systems and methods of managing operating points provide for determining the number of active cores in a plurality of processor cores. A maximum operating point is selected for at least one of the active cores based on the number of active cores. In one embodiment, the number of active cores... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090172380 - Booting an integrated circuit: An integrated circuit comprising: a processor; a plurality of external pins operatively coupled to the processor; and a permanently written memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory having a plurality of regions each storing one or more respective boot properties for booting the processor. The processor is programmed to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090172383 - Booting an integrated circuit: An integrated circuit comprising: a processor; a plurality of external pins operatively coupled to the processor; and a permanently written memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory having a plurality of regions each storing one or more respective boot properties for booting the processor. The processor is programmed to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090172381 - Enhanced network and local boot of unified extensible firmware interface images: Techniques and architectures to provide high assurance image invocation in a pre-boot environment. These techniques may augment implementations of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) to invoke UEFI images using Trusted Execution Technology (TXT). This can operate to combine pre-boot secure flows, such as UEFI image invocation, with the secure... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090172377 - Method and apparatus for booting a processing system: Machine-readable media, methods, apparatus and system for booting a processing system are described. In an embodiment, whether to launch an open operating system or a closed operating system to boot a processing system may be determined. A key may be retrieved from a processor register of the processing system and... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090172378 - Method and system for using a trusted disk drive and alternate master boot record for integrity services during the boot of a computing platform: A trusted hard disk drive (“THDD”) contains cryptographic primitives and support functions in a trusted partition (“TP”). In particular, a master boot record (“MBR”) of the THDD is replaced with an alternative MBR and the normal MBR is stored elsewhere on the THDD. The program(s) loaded from the alternative MBR... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090172376 - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing a secure predefined boot sequence: An apparatus for providing a secure predefined boot sequence may include a processor. The processor may be configured to verify a predefined boot sequence certificate that defines a boot sequence for a device, verify one or more software elements referenced by the predefined boot sequence certificate, and execute one or... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090172382 - Multi-function computer system: A multi-function computer system includes a host apparatus, a display and a boot mode switching unit. The display is electrically connected to the host apparatus. The boot mode switching unit electrically connected to the host apparatus may be switched between a first mode and a second mode. In the first... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090172379 - System and method to enable parallelization of early platform initialization: In some embodiments, the invention involves reducing the time required for a platform to boot to its target application/operating-system using parallelization of firmware image content decompression and loading. An embodiment dispatches alternate processing agents as a means to intelligently assist in off-loading some of the initialization tasks so that the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172384 - Systems and methods for configuring, updating, and booting an alternate operating system on a portable data reader: Systems and methods are provided for updating configuration settings, updating an OS image, and booting an alternate OS on a portable data reader including a reading engine for reading data from an object. Configuration settings of a portable data reader may be updated by detecting whether a storage device having... Agent: Datalogic - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20090172385 - Enabling system management mode in a secure system: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for enabling system management mode in a secure system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes sub-operating-system mode logic, virtual machine logic, and control logic. The sub-operating-system mode logic is to support a sub-operating-system mode. The virtual machine logic is to support virtualization. The control... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172387 - Managing dynamic configuration modifications in a computer infrastructure: Data for a dynamic configuration of a set of producer components is stored in a set of component objects and a set of relationship objects. When an event is received indicating a change to the dynamic configuration, a component object and/or relationship object is updated to reflect the change. The... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090172386 - Situation sensitive memory performance: The present invention presents a non-volatile memory system that adapts its performance to one or more system related situation. If a situation occurs where the memory will require more than the allotted time for completing an operation, the memory can switch from its normal operating mode to a high performance... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20090172388 - Personal guard: In some embodiments data input to an input device is encrypted before it is received by any software. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172389 - Secure client/server transactions: In some embodiments a controller establishes a secured connection between a remote computer and a user input device and/or a user output device of a computer. Information is securely transmitted in both directions between the remote computer and the user input device and/or user output device in a manner such... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172390 - Packet-parallel high performance cryptography systems and methods: A cryptographic system (500) includes cryptographic sub-units (510) and associated input buffers (520) connected to a scheduler (530) and a reassembler (540). The scheduler (530) receives packets, where each of the packets includes one or more data blocks, and assigns each of the packets to one of the sub-units (510).... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090172391 - Communication handover method, communication message processing method, and communication control method: There is disclosed a technique whereby, in a case wherein a mobile node (MN) performs a handover, between access points (APs) present on the links of different access routers (ARs), security is quickly established between the MN and the AP so as to reduce the possibility of a communication delay... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090172392 - Method and system for transferring information to a device: A system and method for transferring information include generating a public/private key pair for programming equipment and sending the programming equipment public key to a certificate authority. A programming equipment certificate is generated using the programming equipment public key and a private key of the certificate authority. The programming equipment... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090172394 - Assigning nonces for security keys: Secure communications may be implemented by transmitting packet data units with information sufficient to enable a receiving entity to reconstruct a nonce. That is, rather than transmitting all of the bits making up the nonce, some of the bits may be transmitted together with an identifier that enables the rest... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20090172393 - Method and system for transferring data and instructions through a host file system: A method for encrypting data may generate an encryption instruction and combine it with a payload of data to form a packet. The packet is associated with a command and passed to a host file system process. The packet, now associated with a second command, is received from the host... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20090172399 - Communication system for providing the delivery of e-mail message: A communication system comprising a sender unit, a recipient unit and a control unit, wherein the sender unit is adapted to generate an electronic message, to send the electronic message directly to the recipient unit, and to send a sending information message to the control unit indicating that the sender... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20090172397 - Ims security for femtocells: A mobile station can be authenticated by, for example, sending a challenge to a mobile station, and receiving a first authentication response from the mobile station through a wireless link, the first authentication response being generated based on the challenge and an authentication key stored at the mobile station. A... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090172398 - Method and arrangement for providing a wireless mesh network: Provided are a method and an arrangement for creating a wireless mesh network in which a new node is provided that is connected between mesh nodes and an AAA server located in an infrastructure network. Based on basic encoding data that is available to the new node following successful initial... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090172396 - Secure input: In some embodiments input information received at an input device is encrypted before it is sent to a computer to be coupled to the input device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172395 - System and method for service virtualization using a mq proxy network: A system, method, and computer program product for transmitting message traffic encapsulating a MQ network having a plurality of MQ clients coupled to a MQ queue via at least one MQ queue manager and at least one MQ proxy server coupled to the plurality of MQ clients. The at least... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20090172400 - Digital content distribution and consumption: Digital content distribution and consumption that provides the advantages of digital content being locally stored under user control while concurrently having the widest acceptance by legacy players/platforms (i.e., no need to perform complex software integration) while still remaining compatible with state of the art security in order to satisfy content... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/ Sandisk

20090172401 - Method and system for controlling a device: A system and method for controlling a device. Data that was encrypted using a first encryption scheme is decrypted, then re-encrypted using a second encryption scheme. The re-encrypted data is then decrypted.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090172402 - Multi-factor authentication and certification system for electronic transactions: The present invention provides computer-enable certification and authentication in, for example, e-commerce with wireless and mobile devices. The present authentication method offers ease of operation by automatically embedding a one-time passcode to the message without the sender input. A one-time key can also be used to encrypt the message, further... Agent: Tue Nguyen

20090172403 - Method and system for generating and distributing mobile ip security key after reauthentication: A method for generating and distributing MIP security key after Re-Authentication, including: an AAA Server generates an EMSK during a Re-Authentication process; the MS generate a new first MIP security key for the MS according to the EMSK, and replaces the corresponding old first MIP security key with the new... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090172405 - Audio data processing apparatus and audio data processing method: According to one embodiment, an audio data processing apparatus of this invention comprises a decryption unit which selects audio data to be reproduced under copyright protection, an HDMI unit which outputs the audio data selected by the decryption unit in the form of a bitstream to an AV amplifier connected... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090172404 - Method and apparatus for hybrid watermarking: A hybrid watermark insertion method includes the steps of dividing the digital image into a low frequency region and a high frequency region using an edge map of the digital image; inserting a watermark into the low frequency region of the image by employing a watermarking method using a human... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090172408 - Method and system for managing the display of sensitive content in non-trusted environments: A method (10) for managing the display of sensitive content in non-trusted environments can include the steps of interrogating (12) a list of policies associated with a given user and a physical device, determining (14) a location of the physical device, comparing (18) the location of the physical device with... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20090172406 - Method and system for protecting patient data: A method for a medical system to transmitting patient information to an external USB storage device includes checking the validity of the USB storage device according to the registered information therein, generating a new identification file according to a new times of using value that is incremented each time the... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090172407 - Virtual smart card system and method: A public key authentication system and method for use in a computer system having a plurality of users. The system includes a virtual smart card server, storage connected to the virtual smart card server, and a virtual smart card agent connected to the virtual smart card server. The storage includes... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090172409 - Core dump privacy during application failure: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to core dump generation during application fault handling and provide a method, system and computer program product for privacy preservation of core dump data during application fault handling. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for privacy... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090172413 - High speed cryptographic system with modular architecture: b

20090172410 - Personal vault: In some embodiments data input to an input device is encrypted before it is received by any software, and information is stored securely so that the information is not accessible to any software. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172411 - Protecting the security of secure data sent from a central processor for processing by a further processing device: A data processing apparatus comprising: a data processor for processing data in a secure and a non-secure mode, said data processor processing data in said secure mode having access to secure data that is not accessible to said data processor in said non-secure mode, and processing data in said secure... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090172412 - System for and method of auto-registration with cryptographic modules: A system for and method of registering devices an applications with cryptographic modules is presented. The system and method prevent devices and applications from operating in conjunction with cryptographic modules unless such devices and applications have previously been registered with the module.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090172414 - Device and method for securing software: A method that includes a stage of receiving encrypted instructions; and executing decrypted instructions by a processor. The method is characterized by receiving key selection information, selecting a selected decryption key out of a key database in response to fixed selection information and to the received key selection information, and... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090172415 - Processor apparatus: The control unit includes a CPU which generates an access signal for performing writing or reading on the external memory, encryption/decryption means which, when the access signal is used for writing, encrypts an address designated by the CPU to generate a write address and encrypts write data contained in the... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090172419 - Data storage device, management server, integrated circuit, data update system, home electric apparatuses, data update method, encryption method, and encryption/decryption key generation method: Provided is a data storage device capable of safely and effectively updating software of a home electric apparatus. In the home electric apparatus (100) in which currently used data is to be updated to new data, a reception unit (140) receives encrypted new data and a serial number of data... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090172417 - Key management method for remote copying: A computer system comprising a host computer and a first storage system coupled to the host computer. The first storage system includes a first controller for controlling the first storage system, a first volume for storing data written by the host computer and a second volume for storing updated data... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090172418 - Methods and apparatus for efficient computation of one-way chains in cryptographic applications: Techniques are disclosed for efficient computation of consecutive values of one-way chains and other one-way graphs in cryptographic applications. The one-way chain or graph may be a chain of length s having positions i=1, 2, . . . s each having a corresponding value νi associated therewith, wherein the value... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090172416 - Storage and retrieval of encrypted data blocks with in-line message authentication codes: Techniques are disclosed for in-line storage of message authentication codes with respective encrypted data blocks. In one aspect, a given data block is encrypted and a message authentication code is generated for the encrypted data block. A target address is determined for storage of the encrypted data block in a... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090172420 - Tamper resistant method and apparatus for a storage device: A method for authenticating software for use in a device includes encrypting software to be input to a device with a private key, and decrypting the software presented to the device with a public key retrieved from a memory accessible by the device.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090172428 - Apparatus and method for controlling power management: m

20090172425 - Digitally controlled dynamic power management unit for uninterruptible power supply: A memory system power management process includes providing a first level of power to operate a memory system while a primary power source is enabled, detecting an interruption of the primary power source, increasing a frequency of an oscillator driving a charge pump of a power converter providing the first... Agent: Fsp LLC

20090172421 - Facilitating communication and power transfer between electrically-isolated powered device subsystems: A system employing power over Ethernet (PoE) technology may include at least one powered device and power sourcing equipment (PSE). The powered device may include a first powered device (PD) subsystem and a second powered device (PD) subsystem that is electrically isolated from the first PD subsystem. The powered device... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090172422 - Keyboard with detachable rechargeable mouse: In one embodiment an electronic device comprising a keyboard coupled to a power supply and a mouse coupled to the keyboard. In one embodiment the keyboard further has a docking station into which the rechargeable mouse or other input device can be mounted. Furthermore, in one embodiment, the mouse can... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090172427 - Method and system for power management of a motherboard: A method for power management of a motherboard is provided to manage a power supply on the motherboard and specially to manage an output power of a power management module on the mother board. The motherboard at least comprises a microprocessor, and the power management module provides a power with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090172423 - Method, system, and apparatus for rerouting interrupts in a multi-core processor: A method, system, and apparatus may route an interrupt to a first core of a plurality of cores of a multi-core system. If the first core is in an idle or low power state, or operating in a power state at or below a threshold power state, a core in... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC C/o Cpa Global

20090172426 - Portable electronic device having synchronous processing module: A portable electronic device includes a system chip, an enabling switch, a signal conversion circuit, a power switching circuit, a storage medium and a synchronous processing module. The enabling switch is triggered to issue an analog signal. The signal conversion circuit converts the analog signal into a digital control signal.... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090172424 - Thread migration to improve power efficiency in a parallel processing environment: A method and system to selectively move one or more of a plurality threads which are executing in parallel by a plurality of processing cores. In one embodiment, a thread may be moved from executing in one of the plurality of processing cores to executing in another of the plurality... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090172430 - Electronic device and power-saving setting method: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a connection unit which is connected to a network, a reception unit which receives setting information for making a power-saving setting for a device connected to the network, a sending unit which sends the setting information received by the reception unit to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090172429 - Power mode control method and circuitry: In some embodiments, a power up (or power mode) interface is provided whereby a chip's power up signals are encoded into multiple states to provide more functions than the number of signals used to define the states.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172436 - Energy saving method and electronic device using the same: An electronic device for selectively reproducing information. The electronic device includes a display, a power supply for supplying power, a switch, and a processor. The switch is connected to the display and the power supply. The processor is connected to the switch. When the processor identifies that the selected information... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090172434 - Latency based platform coordination: In some embodiments, an electronic apparatus comprises at least one processor, a plurality of components, and a policy engine comprising logic to receive latency data from one or more components in the electronic device, compute a minimum latency tolerance value from the latency data, and determine a power management policy... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC C/o Cpa Global

20090172431 - Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption for isochronous data transfers: A method and article for reducing power consumption for isochronous data transfers are described. The method may include receiving packets of data having multimedia information with empty spaces. The packets of data may be stored in a first buffer having a first buffer size allocated for a universal serial bus... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20090172435 - Method of minimizing electric power consumption in non-beacon network: Disclosed herein is a method of minimizing electric power consumption in a non-beacon network including a parent node which maintains an active state only for a specific period in each predetermined cycle, and a child node which attempts to communicate for periods only when data is generated. When data that... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090172432 - Power management in electronic systems: In one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises at least one processor and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor and comprising logic instructions encoded in the computer readable medium, wherein the instructions, when executed in a processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations comprising initializing a direct... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC C/o Cpa Global

20090172433 - Powering on devices via intermediate computing device: Methods and apparatus relating to powering on devices via an intermediate computing device are described. In an embodiment, a request for data by a first device may be detected at a second device. The second device may determine a third device that stores the requested data and cause it to... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC C/o Cpa Global

20090172437 - Power switch and power supply using the same: A power switch includes a power status providing module, a trigger, and a logic circuit. The power status providing module is configured for providing a first signal when being turned on, and for providing a second signal when being turned off. The trigger is configured for providing a first logic... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090172444 - Computer system and power-saving method thereof: The present invention relates to a computer system and a power-saving method thereof. The computer system comprises a slot, a switch set, and a controlling module. An expansion card is capable of inserting into the slot. The switch set controls transmission of a power, a clock, and a bus signal... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090172440 - Coupled low power state entry and exit for links and memory: In some embodiments if a new request appears in a receive queue relating to a resource, and a controlled direction of the resource is in a low power state, a method starts an exit of the controlled direction after a delay. If receive direction of power control of the resource... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172445 - Electronic device with serial ata interface and power saving method for serial ata buses: In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, a controller, which may also be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090172446 - Electronic device with serial ata interface and power saving method for serial ata buses: In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, a controller, which may also be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090172447 - Electronic device with serial ata interface and power saving method for serial ata buses: In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, a controller, which may also be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090172448 - Electronic device with serial ata interface and power saving method for serial ata buses: In an electronic device with a serial ATA interface, upon detection of the issue or reception of a preset command, a confirmation device, such as a CPU, confirms the completion of execution of the command. Upon confirming the completion of execution of the command, a controller, which may also be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090172441 - Hardware proactive implementation for active mode power control of platform resources: In some embodiments, estimating a duration of an idle period gap of a lower power state of a resource by exponentially smoothing successive idle period gaps. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172438 - Method and apparatus for cost and power efficient, scalable operating system independent services: A low cost, low power consumption scalable architecture is provided to allow a computer system to be managed remotely during all system power states. In a lowest power state, power is only applied to minimum logic necessary to examine a network packet. Power is applied for a short period of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172443 - Methods and apparatuses for processing wake events of communication networks: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products that respond to wake events of communication networks are disclosed. One or more embodiments comprise setting a wake password of a computing device, such as a notebook computer or a server. Some of the embodiments comprise receiving a wake request from a communications network,... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Cpa Global

20090172439 - System and method for fast platform hibernate and resume: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes processor cores, a smaller non-volatile memory, a larger non-volatile memory to hold an operating system, programs, and data for use by the processor cores. The apparatus also includes volatile memory to act as system memory for the processor cores, and power management logic to... Agent: Intel Corporation 2111 N.e. 25th Avenue

20090172442 - System and method for memory phase shedding: Embodiments of the invention supply power to DRAM or other memory devices with a multi-phase voltage regulator. A power controller coupled to the multi-phase voltage regulator causes one or more phases of the multi-phase voltage regulator to be activated or deactivated (shed) according to predetermined criteria. Embodiments of the invention... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Cpa Global

20090172451 - Method and computer program for controlling a storage device having per-element selectable power supply voltages: A method and computer program product for controlling a storage device using per-element selectable power supply voltages provides energy conservation in storage devices while maintaining a particular performance level. The storage device is partitioned into multiple elements, which may be sub-arrays, rows, columns or individual storage cells. Each element has... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20090172450 - Mobile systems with seamless transition by activating second subsystem to continue operation of application executed by first subsystem as it enters sleep mode: A computer system includes two or more subsystems. In one example, a first subsystem is executing a multimedia application using data stored in a first storage device. A copy of the data is also stored in a second storage device associated with a second subsystem. The second subsystem may be... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172449 - System-driven techniques to reduce memory operating voltage: Disclosed herein are approaches to reducing a guardband (margin) used for minimum voltage supply (Vcc) requirements for memory such as cache.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090172452 - System and method of leakage control in an asynchronous system: Systems and methods of leakage control in an asynchronous pipeline are disclosed. In an embodiment, a signal is received from a preceding stage at an operative stage of an asynchronous circuit device, and a switch associated with the operative stage is activated in response to the control signal being sent... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090172453 - Apparatus, system, and method for an integrated power supply efficient in high and low power conditions: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a power supply that is efficient in both high and low power conditions. An integrated power supply regulates current on a regulated bus to maintain a regulated bus voltage under varying load conditions. The integrated power supply includes a first power supply... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20090172454 - Information recording device and information recording method: An information recording device is a device for writing data to a disk-shaped recording medium and a cache memory and has a memory storing connection information showing a presence or an absence of a connection of an external power source; a determiner determining whether to write data recorded only in... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090172456 - Method and apparatus for controlling data processing module: Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of data processing modules that process data independently and output the processed data. A method of controlling a first data processing module and a second data processing module that process data independently and synchronize and output the processed data, the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090172455 - Using travel-time as means for improving the accuracy of simple network time protocol: A method for improving accuracy of simple network time protocol. A time inquiry is sent from at least one device in a substation to a time provider. A message including a reference time is received from the time provider. An accuracy of the reference time is evaluated. If the accuracy... Agent: Venable LLP

20090172457 - Monitoring presentation timestamps: Techniques to monitor presentation timestamps for content are described, which may be used to render content at a client. In an implementation, content is received having timestamps that define expected timing for output of the content at a client. The timestamps may then be monitored and compared to a client... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090172458 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device and clock control method: A plurality of operation units connected in a pipeline structure performs an operation processing on data. A process control unit operates in synchronization with a system clock signal and generates a process control signal for controlling the operation units upon receiving a data notification signal that notifies the process control... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090172459 - Memory interface: A double data rate memory interface circuit for transferring data between an interfacing device and double data rate memory device. The interface circuit comprises a data input for receiving a data signal from a first of those devices, and a strobe input for receiving a strobe signal from that first... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP