Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 08/09

20090217022 - Method and apparatus for loading classes and re-organizing class archives: A method and apparatus for loading classes to virtual machines and a method and apparatus for reorganizing class archives. The method for loading a class to a virtual machine includes organizing a class archive before class loading such that the organized class archive includes a class contraction portion and loading... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090217021 - System and method for fast restart of a guest operating system in a virtual machine environment: The present invention provides a system and method for fast restart of a guest operating system executing on a virtual machine operating system in a virtual machine environment. During initialization, the guest operating system saves a set of checkpoint information to persistent storage. Upon detection of an error condition during... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20090217025 - Method and system for implementing a diagnostic or correction boot image over a network connection: The present invention is directed to a system that initiates specific maintenance and diagnostic boot images on remote computers. The system is used to select a particular remote device over a network. A particular new boot image is also selected, and that boot image is tailored to operate a maintenance... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20090217023 - Method for upgrading a microprocessor-controlled device with a new software code via a communication network: In a method for equipping a microprocessor-controlled device with new software code via a communication network, the device has a non-volatile program memory, with two memory areas, a first memory area and a second memory area. The first memory area (boot sector) is provided for a basic program, which provides... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090217024 - Recovering from hard disk errors that corrupt one or more critical system boot files: A system, method, and program product is provided that recovers from a sector error affecting a critical file. A damaged sector prevents a critical file from being read prevents the computer system from booting. A controller records a sector number corresponding to the damaged sector. The system is rebooted using... Agent: Lenovo - Jvl C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20090217026 - Method for changing power states of a computer: A method for changing power states of a computer sends a shutdown event to all running applications before the computer goes to sleep to prevent data loss in a sleep state of the computer. Furthermore, the method stores a system memory image into a flash memory before the computer goes... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090217028 - Method of adding a postscript message to an email: A system and method providing for appending of a note or instruction to the contents of an email such that the note or instructions is only appended to emails of selected recipients of a group of recipients, with only the email going to the other recipients of the group of... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090217027 - Safe e-mail for everybody: Like wearing seatbelts. Like using condoms. Security measures only work if done correctly and done all the time, but we don't use security measures when burden weighs more heavily than risk. That's why e-mail is rarely encrypted. Too difficult. Too costly. Balanced against little perceived risk in sending e-mails in... Agent: Patent Strategies

20090217029 - Kerberos ticket virtualization for network load balancers: An exemplary group ticket for a Kerberos protocol includes a service ticket encrypted with a dynamic group key and a plurality of enveloped pairs where each pair includes a name associated with a member of a group and an encrypted the dynamic group key for decryption by a key possessed... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20090217030 - Adaptive server performance adjustment: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to calculate the cryptographic throughput for a gateway server, calculate the input-output throughput for the gateway server, and responsive to determining that the cryptographic throughput is less than the input-output throughput, add nodes to the gateway server cryptographic buffer queue when a projection indicates... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/novell

20090217031 - Electrical system of a motor vehicle with a master security module: The invention relates to an electrical system of a motor vehicle with control apparatuses, which communicate with one another by means of a data bus. To recognise manipulations to the electrical system of a motor vehicle, in particular on the software of the control apparatuses of the electrical system, and... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20090217032 - Method for generating sak, method for realizing mac security, and network device: A method for generating a secure association key (SAK), a method for realizing medium access control security (MACsec) and a network device are provided. The method for generating an SAK includes the following steps. A sending key selection protocol (KSP) instance sends a key selection protocol data unit (KSPDU) to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090217033 - Short authentication procedure in wireless data communications networks: In a wireless communications network including at least one authenticator and at least one authentication server, wherein the authenticator is adapted to interact with the authentication server for authenticating supplicants in order to conditionally grant thereto access to the wireless communications network, a short authentication method for authenticating a supplicant,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090217034 - Multi-step digital signature method and system: A multi-step signing system and method uses multiple signing devices to affix a single signature which can be verified using a single public verification key. Each signing device possesses a share of the signature key and affixes a partial signature in response to authorization from a plurality of authorizing agents.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090217035 - Bilaterally generated encryption key system: Bilaterally Generated Encryption Key System is a variable password based computationally non intensive symmetric encryption key system dispensing with memorization and exchange of keys, capable of providing one encryption key for each object exchanged between two parties, two different encryption keys per transaction and a plurality of encryption keys for... Agent: S. A. Abdul Rahman C/o: Mr. Manny C Raja

20090217036 - Digital rights management: In a digital rights management (DRM) scheme a mobile terminal (1) registered with mobile telecommunications network (3) obtains encrypted content data (26) from content provider (21) and a rights object (28) containing a license to use that data from rights issuer (23). The mobile terminal (1) is associated with mobile... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090217040 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable recording medium: An information processing apparatus for collecting apparatus data from an apparatus connected through a network and sending the apparatus data to a server connected through the network includes a recording unit storing a secret key and a public key certificate which are encrypted by key data and commonly distributed; an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090217037 - Method and devices for secure measurements of time-based distance between two devices: In order to provide a secure measurement of Round Trip Time (RTT), the calculation of RTT and the authentication data are separated. A device A sends a message to device B to start the method. Both devices generate a random number and device A waits for device B to finish.... Agent: Thomson Licensing Llc

20090217038 - Methods and apparatus for locating a device registration server in a wireless network: Methods and apparatus for locating and accessing a data server in a wireless network are disclosed. The disclosed techniques may be used to allow a wireless device provided with temporary credentials to access a wireless network and obtain a network address for a data server for downloading subscription credentials. An... Agent: Coats & Bennett, Pllc

20090217041 - Provisional signature schemes: A method and apparatus for implementing portions of a provisional signature scheme are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating a provisional signature by performing an operation on a message and completing the provisional signature to create a final signature on the message. Such a scheme may be used... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090217042 - Provisional signature schemes: A method and apparatus for implementing portions of a provisional signature scheme are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating a provisional signature by performing an operation on a message and completing the provisional signature to create a final signature on the message. Such a scheme may be used... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090217039 - System, method and apparatus for authenticating calls: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for authenticating calls that is a robust Anti-vishing solution. The present invention can identify Caller ID spoofing, verify dialed number to detect man-in-the middle and verify called party against dialed digits to detect impersonation. This solution can handle calls coming from... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20090217044 - Automated key management system and method: A system and method for automatic key and certificate management is disclosed. In particular, a key store in a base computer contains both new and previously viewed cryptographic keys. In one embodiment, for each new key, if a corresponding certificate matches an existing certificate, the new certificate may be automatically... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090217043 - Method and system for mutual authentication of nodes in a wireless communication network: A method as provided enables mutual authentication of nodes in a wireless communication network. The method includes processing at a first node a beacon message received from a second node, wherein the beacon message comprises a first nonce value (step 405). An association request message comprising a certificate of the... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20090217046 - Method and apparatus for the secure identification of the owner of a portable device: An authentication system is provided that includes a portable device and a decryption node. An individual uses the portable device, such as a portable device like a cell phone to compute a challenge and a response. The challenge and response is sent to a decryption node. In response, the decryption... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (main)

20090217045 - Physical secret sharing and proofs of vicinity using pufs: The present invention relates to a method of creating challenge-response pairs, a method of authenticating a plurality of physical tokens, a system for creating challenge-response pairs and a device for authenticating a plurality of physical tokens. A basic idea of the invention is to interconnect a plurality of physical tokens... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090217047 - Service providing system, service providing server and information terminal device: A service providing system is provided, which includes a client device capable of accessing a tamper-resistant secure memory, an area management server managing memory area of the secure memory and a service providing server providing service that uses the secure memory to the client device, and which improves the security... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090217051 - Method for distribution of multimedia tracks through computer networks: A method for distributing multimedia files through a computer network comprises the steps of selecting a multimedia track from an archive, encoded in a digital file according to a conventional encoding which comprises a header and a division into frames; converting a plurality of the conventionally encoded frames into encrypted... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20090217049 - Method for linking a digital content to a person: A process is proposed for linking digital content specific to the person. This is marked by the following steps: generation of a on-to-one key, generation of a first data record that contains the key and data space identifying the person, implementation of the key in the digital content.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090217050 - Systems and methods for optimizing signature verification time for a cryptographic cache: Embodiments provide systems and methods to optimize signature verification time for a cryptographic cache. Time is reduced by eliminating at least some of the duplicative application of cryptographic primitives. In some embodiments, systems and methods for signature verification comprise obtaining a signature which was previously generated using an asymmetrical cryptographic... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090217048 - Wireless device authentication between different networks: A method and system for roaming between heterogeneous networks. The method involves authenticating a mobile communication device on a first network, providing the device with a single-use token that can be used to sign-on to a second network without requiring conventional re-authentication over the second network. The method and system... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090217052 - Method for time-stamped watermarking, method and device for time stamp decoding use: The invention relates to a method for watermarking at least one timestamp in a set of support data, comprising the following steps for each timestamp: association with the timestamp of the value at a given time of a reference timestamp signal, that is a determinist signal varying over time in... Agent: Thomson Licensing Llc

20090217053 - Image forming apparatus, data processing method, and computer readable recording medium: An image forming apparatus capable of executing a program in plural program execution environments is disclosed. The disclosed image forming apparatus includes a storage unit storing cryptographic data related to a cryptographic function; a first recording unit configured to obtain the cryptographic data from the storage unit and record the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090217055 - Apparatus and method for preventing unauthorized copying: The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing unauthorized copying that comprises a casing, an optical storage device, a control center installed in the casing and coupled to the optical storage device, and an input/output port installed in the casing and exposed from the casing and coupled to an... Agent: The Weintraub Group, P.L.C

20090217054 - Secure software and hardware association technique: In an embodiment, authenticated hardware and authenticated software are cryptographically binded using symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. Cryptographically binding the hardware and software ensures that original equipment manufacturer (OEM) hardware will only run OEM software. Cryptographically binding the hardware and software protects the OEM binary code so it will only run... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20090217057 - Download and burn to rent system: A system and method provide for content to be downloaded by an information handling system (IHS) and written to an optical storage medium. The content is protected by a content protection system. The content on the storage medium may be decrypted and displayed by a playback device. An invalid credential... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP Ip Section

20090217056 - Secure and usable protection of a roamable credentials store: A tool which facilitates a balancing of security with usability enabling secure user access to multiple secure sites and locations from several computing devices utilizing a roamable credential store (RCS) which is highly resistant to offline attack. The RCS facilitates a protected Unified Credential Vault (UCV) via a multi-stage encryption... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20090217058 - Secure data transfer after authentication between memory and a requester: Systems and/or methods are presented that can facilitate controlling access to secure memory blocks within a memory module. The subject innovation can employ key components that can contain two or more storage locations for authentication information that can facilitate controlling access to secure memory block components. Secure memory block counter... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090217061 - Computer system, storage system, and device control method: A computer system, storage system, and device control method which keep and operate long-term data stored in a disk device using its characteristics for a long time and at low cost, in a storage system or in a storage system using an external storage connection method. A computer system comprises... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.c.

20090217060 - Power supply control device: To improve the efficiency of power supply units, and save the power of a device. A power supply control device for controlling on/off of a plurality of power supply units which supply power to a device, includes: a necessary power amount obtaining device which obtains a necessary power amount that... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090217059 - Utilizing networked three dimensional voltage regulation modules (vrm) to optimize power and performance of a device: A method, system, and computer program for using an array of networked 3D voltage regulation modules (VRMs) to optimize power usage by components on a voltage island in real time is presented. The networked VRM devices work in parallel to supply adequate power to connected voltage islands, and to supplement... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090217063 - Information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit configured to perform predetermined data processing; a power supply circuit having a first operation mode in which power is supplied to the data processing unit and a second operation mode in which no power is supplied to the data processing unit;... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090217064 - Power supply controlling apparatus and power supply controlling system: A power supply controlling apparatus includes: a first determination portion that determines whether a power supply is output from an information processing apparatus that outputs a video signal and is connected to the power supply controlling apparatus; a second determination portion that, when it is determined that the power supply... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090217062 - System and method for communicating information relating to powered device power interruption and associated power sourcing equipment fallback power: A system and method for communicating information relating to powered device (PD) power interruption and associated power sourcing equipment (PSE) fallback power. A PD can be powered using a primary local power source and a secondary power over Ethernet (PoE) power source. The PD communication can provide information that relates... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090217066 - Controlling connection status of network adapters: A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided for controlling the number of Ethernet adapters connected in an EtherChannel depending upon the current bandwidth requirements of the system. This system reduces power consumption, inter alia, wherever possible while not sacrificing performance or flexibility of an EthernetChannel. An exemplary embodiment... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20090217065 - Power management based on policy: A machine's power usage may be managed by a power-management policy. When a program makes a request that involves use of one of the machine's power-consuming devices, the policy may take into account factors such as the program's status, where the status indicates the program's relative level of justification to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090217067 - Systems and methods for reducing power consumption in a redundant storage array: A method for reducing power consumption in a mirrored disk array including first disk resources mirrored with second disk resources is provided. A write request to write particular data to the mirrored disk array is received. In response to receiving the write request, the first disk resources are spun to... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090217070 - Dynamic bus parking: Systems and methods of power management provide for issuing a power saving message from a processor toward a controller and using the controller to conduct a power saving activity in response to the power saving message. In one embodiment, the power saving message is issued by de-asserting a bus arbitration... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090217069 - Power management method for a multi-microprocessor system: A power management method for a multi-microprocessor system is provided. The multi-microprocessor system comprises a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor. The power management method comprises steps of receiving a power down instruction; transmitting a power down notice signal to the first microprocessor from the second microprocessor, transmitting a reply... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20090217068 - Structure for detecting clock gating opportunities in a pipelined electronic circuit design: A design structure for a pipeline electronic processor device may be embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing or testing a processor integrated circuit. The design structure may embody a pipeline electronic circuit that enables power conservation in the stages of the pipeline via a simulation that identifies... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20090217071 - Data processing device and method for switching states thereof: The present invention provides a data processing device and a method for switching states thereof. The data processing device comprises an operating system and a communication interface for communicating with another data processing device, wherein the communication interface is enabled when the operating system stays in the operating state of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090217072 - Automated electrical power savings in virtualization environments: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for shutting down a host, such as a computer, server, and the like, to enable power savings. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The computer-implemented method includes determining whether to shutdown an application at a virtual machine. The... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c.

20090217073 - System for modulating signals over power lines to understand the power distribution tree: A power distribution system comprises an input power line configured to supply power produced by a power source, one or more power distribution components operatively connected to receive power supplied by the power source, one or more intelligent system resources, and a power management component. Each power distribution component has... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Rochester Division

20090217074 - Time synchronization in units at different locations: To synchronize units of a formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system, a time delay associated with a communications link between a master unit and a slave unit of the formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system is determined. The master unit has a master time clock that provides universal time. The time delay... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20090217075 - Signal phase verification for systems incorporating two synchronous clock domains: The present invention implements a mechanism which enables zero-delay verification tools to detect clock domain crossing violation in device under test designs comprising two different clock domains where the fast clock is an integer multiple of the slow clock by inserting undefined (i.e., invalid) values on slow clock domain signals... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20090217076 - Personal identification medium, display method for a personal identification medium, time and attendance management system, and customer information management system: A personal identification medium enables easily confirming specific information. A time and attendance management system and a customer information management system both use the personal identification medium. An individual information storage unit 41 stores personal information related to an individual. A display 35 displays the personal information. A communication unit... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090210687 - Computer motherboard: The present invention discloses a computer motherboard, which comprises: at least one memory module slot, a flash memory, a central processing unit socket, wherein, the memory module slot is used to plug at least one memory module; the flash memory is used to store BIOS programming codes, in which the... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20090210688 - Operating system image shrinking apparatus and method and computer readable tangible medium sotring a program for operating system image shrinking: An OS image shrinking apparatus for shrinking a size of at least one OS image stored in a computer. The OS image shrinking apparatus includes an execution history management unit that operates a predetermined application program on the computer for a predetermined time and manages an execution history of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090210691 - Memory system and memory management method including the same: A booting method of a digital processing having a first processor and a second processor is provided. An interface between the first processor and the outside is stopped. A second processor program code is transmitted to a second memory from a first memory. A second stage loader (SSL) for the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090210690 - Method of updating basic input output system and module and computer system implementing the same: A method for recovering a BIOS unit, an updating module thereof and a computer system are provided. When the computer system is in a standby mode, and the updating module is coupled with the computer system and detects that a first start unit is enabled, data in the BIOS unit... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090210689 - Remote management of uefi bios settings and configuration: In an information handling system (IHS), remote management of basic input/output system (BIOS) settings and configuration includes maintaining a BIOS setting/configuration database, providing an application to communicate a BIOS setting/configuration from the database to a BIOS system, determining whether the BIOS setting/configuration communicated from the database to the BIOS system... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090210694 - Information transmission apparatus and method, information reception apparatus and method, and information-providing system: Described herein is an information transmission apparatus for encrypting and transmitting first data and second data, the information transmission apparatus including: encryption element for deriving a second key from a first key by using an irreversible function, encrypting the first data by using the first key to generate encrypted first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090210692 - Method for encoding data in a network used in process automation systems: In a method for encrypting data in a network of process automation technology, the data are encrypted in a control unit, which is connected with the network, in a separate, exchangeable software module.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090210693 - Method of distributing multimedia content: The present invention relates to a system for distributing multimedia content to at least one client device over a network. Said system comprises: a slicer (SLI) for slicing the multimedia content into a set of slices; a coder (ALC) for coding a slice according to an asynchronous layer coding technique... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090210695 - System and method for securely communicating electronic documents to an associated document processing device: The subject application is directed to securely communicating electronic documents to an associated document processing device. User identification data inclusive of a user credential is received from a user with a document processing request having one or more electronic documents. Page job language information is generated for output of the... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090210696 - Method of bootstrapping an authenticated data session configuration: An inventive method is disclosed for bootstrapping a trusted client public key at the server side in a client-server model of e-commerce or distributed computer applications. Generally, the invention integrates security technique elements and user procedural elements in such a way that no vulnerability arises due to the decoupling of... Agent: Mr. Thierry Moreau

20090210697 - Digital rights protection in bittorrent-like p2p systems: To leverage the efficiency and the scalability of BitTorrent (BT) systems for Internet content distribution, the present invention discloses enhancing BT peer-to-peer systems to enable digital rights management without infrastructure changes. The technique involves runtime re-encryption of each file piece, which may already be encrypted, before a peer uploads it... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20090210698 - Multiple drm management: A DRM packager has a programmed processor for receipt of licensing information including a plurality of encryption keys for a corresponding plurality of DRM encryption algorithms and for receipt of content from a content provider. An encrypter encrypts the content under each of the plurality of DRM algorithms to produce... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20090210700 - Computer system for judging whether to permit use of data based on location of terminal: There is provided a computer system comprising a storage system, a terminal, a management server and the terminal, and a positioning module for identifying a location of the terminal. The terminal identifies the location of the terminal by the positioning module in a case of using the data, transmits terminal... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.

20090210699 - Method and apparatus for secure network enclaves: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to provide for security within a network enclave. In one embodiment authentication logic initiates authentication with a central network authority. Packet processing logic receives a key and an identifier from the central network authority. Security protocol logic then establishes a client-server security association through a... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090210701 - Multi-media access device registration system and method: A method for enabling an access device to securely access content from at least a content provider and prevent a cloned access device from accessing such content. During registration of the access device with the content provider, the access device requests from a designated certificate authority a certificate having a... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090210702 - Secure application signing: A system and method for facilitating approval of an application and for making the application available for download by mobile computing devices has a first module configured to receive a user input received from a software development environment, a second module configured to initiate an application approval process based on... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090210703 - Binding a digital certificate to multiple trust domains: A public key infrastructure comprising a participant that issues digital certificates. Each digital certificate can be relied upon in at least two different trust domains. The public key infrastructure does not employ policy mapping between or among the trust domains. Furthermore, the public key infrastructure does not link any pair... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090210705 - Revocation for direct anonymous attestation: Direct Anonymous Attestation involves a Signer using a credential supplied by an Issuer to anonymously prove to a Verifier, on the basis of a public key of the Issuer, the Issuer's attestation to the Signer's membership of a particular group. To facilitate membership revocation, the Issuer updates the public key... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090210704 - System and method for withdrawing rights object of the digital contents: A system in which a source device can withdraw a Rights Object (RO) that a source device requested a target device to move through a Rights Issuer (RI) and operation method thereof are provided. The method includes transmitting a rights object withdrawal request message to a rights issuing server by... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090210706 - Methods and apparatus for conditional access of non real-time content in a distribution system: Methods and apparatus for conditional access of non real-time (NRT) content in a distribution system. A method includes encrypting NRT content with a control word (CW) to generate encrypted NRT content, providing the CW to entitlement control message (ECM) generators, receiving ECMs from the ECM generators, wherein each ECM comprises... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090210707 - Out-of band authentication method and system for communication over a data network: A method and system for out-of-band authentication of messages transmitted, e.g. as packets, on a communication network, whereby a first stream of data is received by a sender control module from a sender; the first stream of data is transmitted over a first channel, e.g. a non-secure data channel, toward... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090210708 - Systems and methods for authenticating and authorizing a message receiver: Systems and methods for authenticating a message receiver and for authorizing the authenticated receiver to manipulate the received message are disclosed. Various message delivery mechanisms and sender authentication mechanisms are used to perform receiver authentication. When a message (message A) is delivered to the receiver, the receiver cannot view or... Agent: Venture Pacific Law, PC

20090210709 - Content transmitting and receiving system: A transmitting apparatus transmits, to a receiving apparatus, a content that contains at least, in the stated order, a first portion that is encrypted with a shared key shared between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus, a second portion that is not encrypted, and a third portion that is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090210711 - Methods, systems and devices for packet watermarking and efficient provisioning of bandwidth: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for transmitting streams of data. The present invention also relates to generating packet watermarks and packet watermark keys. The present invention also relates to a computerized system for packaging data for transmission to a user. The system may utilize computer code to generate a... Agent: Scott A. Moskowitz

20090210710 - Security authentication and key management within an infrastructure-based wireless multi-hop network: A system and method of security authentication and key management scheme in a multi-hop wireless network is provided herein with a hop-by-hop security model. The scheme adapts the 802.11r key hierarchy into the meshed AP network. In this approach, a top key holder (R0KH) derives and holds the top Pairwise... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090210712 - Method for server-side detection of man-in-the-middle attacks: Solution The invention exposes any discrepancy between the intended recipient of the client credential and the actual recipient of the client credential by cryptographically including parameters that are uniquely linked to the channel (i.e., the communication session, as characterized by the parameters of the protocols that are being used), preferably... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090210716 - Direct anonymous attestation using bilinear maps: Direct Anonymous Attestation, DAA, involves a Signer entity using a credential supplied by an Issuer to attest its possession of a particular characteristic to a Verifier without the identity of the Signer being revealed. Security and performance improvements are disclosed where DAA is performed using a non-degenerate, computable, bilinear map... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090210715 - Document verification apparatus, document verification method, and computer product: In verifying a digital document, an input of a digital document is received and the digital document is divided into arbitrary constituent parts. A normal random number or a pseudo random number is assigned to each of the constituent parts according to the order in which the constituent parts appear... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090210717 - Image processing apparatus, authentication package installation method, and computer-readable recording medium: An image processing apparatus is disclosed that includes an installation unit that installs an authentication package providing a function related to authentication; a signature confirmation unit that confirms whether an issuance source of the authentication package is an authenticated issuance source based on an electronic signature attached to the authentication... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090210713 - Method and a system for securing and authenticating a message: There is provided a method for securing and authenticating a message transmitted by a sending party to a receiving party, the method comprising: before transmission, inserting, in the message, security information comprising a secure message identifier allowing for uniquely identifying the message with respect to the communicating parties; storing, in... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20090210714 - Method for electronically signing electronic documents and method for verifying an electronic signature: A medical professional registers himself with the trust centre (TC) or trusted registry (TR) acting on behalf of and/or operated by the mobile communication service provider. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the trust centre or trusted registry generates a pair of keys (“private key, public key”) and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090210718 - System and method for updating message trust status: Systems and methods for processing encoded messages within a wireless communications system are disclosed. A server within the wireless communications system performs signature verification of an encoded message and provides, together with the message, an indication to the mobile device that the message has been verified. In addition, the server... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20090210719 - Communication control method of determining whether communication is permitted/not permitted, and computer-readable recording medium recording communication control program: In a first information processing device, a specific part of a binary code of a first application program developed in a first memory and a specific function are used to calculate a first identification value. The first identification value is transmitted from the first information processing device to a second... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20090210720 - Method for generating one-time password: A method for generating a one-time password (OTP) by using software only is provided. The method is suitable for generating a common dynamic password in a first electronic device and a second electronic device. First, an initial number is provided to the first electronic device and the second electronic devices.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090210721 - Method and system for encrypted file access: A method and system for encrypted file access are provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving (502, 552) an access request for an encrypted file (401-403) by an application (110); determining (503, 553) the application (110) making the access request; checking (505, 555) if the application (110) is authorised... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090210723 - Method of detecting software falsification, apparatus configured to detect software falsification, and computer-readable storage medium: A method of detecting falsification of software installed in an apparatus includes the steps of (a) encrypting software configuration information of the apparatus at the time of installing the software using an encryption and decryption unit specific to the apparatus, and storing the encrypted software configuration information outside the apparatus,... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090210722 - System for and method of locking and unlocking a secret using a fingerprint: The present invention provides a way to lock a secret in a portable package. The package contains the key needed to unlock it. The key is dispersed throughout the encrypted data so that an attacker has no way to feasibly recover it. The package also contains information that uniquely identifies... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090210724 - Content management method and content management apparatus: When a user makes a request of the use or duplication of map data stored in a storage device via an operating unit, a control unit first causes an encryption engine to read out a content key from the storage device. Then it causes a license generator to encrypt the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090210726 - Central power management method and system: The present invention provides a central power management method and system, a device side agent and a central power management controller. The central power management method includes: registering a plurality of devices, wherein at least power management capabilities associated with controllable statuses of power management of each of the plurality... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090210725 - Variable power over ethernet based on link delay measurement: According to an example embodiment, an apparatus at a power source equipment (PSE) may include a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data via a communications link with a powered device (PD), and a controller configured to: determine a propagation delay of the communications link based on a message exchange... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Cpa Global

20090210727 - Apparatus and method to manage power in a computing device: A method to manage power in a computing device comprising a controller assembly and a storage assembly comprising a plurality of data storage devices, by selecting a processor parameter, establishing a threshold processor parameter value, establishing a threshold over-parameter time interval, selecting a data storage device parameter, and establishing a... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Quarles & Brady, LLP

20090210729 - Automated power management of a peripheral device: Based on bounds of a period of reduced operation for a base device, a base device generates a power management message for transmission to a peripheral device. In the power management message, the base device inserts bounds of a period of reduced operation for the peripheral device. As a result,... Agent: Ridout & Maybee LLP

20090210731 - Circuit for and method of minimizing power consumption in an integrated circuit device: A method of minimizing power consumption in an integrated device is disclosed. The method comprises providing a plurality of circuit blocks having circuits for performing logic functions, wherein each circuit block consumes power in a static state; coupling one of a plurality of operating voltages to each circuit block of... Agent: Xilinx, Inc Attn: Legal Department

20090210728 - Circuits and methods for sleep state leakage current reduction: A circuit for reducing sleep state current leakage is described. The circuit includes a hardware unit selected from at least one of a latch, a flip-flop, a comparator, a multiplexer, or an adder. The hardware unit includes a first node. The hardware unit further includes a sleep enabled combinational logic... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090210732 - Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same: This invention provides an information processing apparatus which includes a first storage unit and a second storage unit and implements a function of causing the first storage unit and the second storage unit to store data redundantly while maintaining a power saving mode even upon receiving an access request from... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090210730 - Method and system for power conservation in a hierarchical branch predictor: A method and system for power conservation in a hierarchical branch predictor system are provided. The method includes addressing multiple branch predictors, each of the branch predictors having various sizes of hierarchical storage and storing information about previously encountered branch instructions. In response to receiving a first branch prediction from... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20090210733 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method: An information processing apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to retain at least one network address from among a plurality of network addresses and transfer other network addresses to other information processing apparatus, a power saving state shifting unit configured to shift to a power saving state, and a return... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090210734 - Wakeup of a non-powered universal serial bus: Universal serial bus wakeup when the bus is not powered. In one embodiment, a method of waking up a universal serial bus (USB) from a non-powered state, comprises: upon detection of a wakeup condition, a wakeup generation module associated with a USB device generating a wakeup signal on a power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090210735 - Apparatus, system, and method for controlling power sequence in a blade center environment: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling power sequence in a blade center environment. A blade center environment has many devices requiring power. A relationship component module creates a topology of interdependent relationships of the devices. A monitor component module monitors commands to regulate power for devices. A... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090210739 - Apparatus and method to support usb enumeration of a bus powered handheld device: A handheld communication device to communicate with a remote universal serial bus (USB) host controller via an integrated power and data port is provided. The device includes a microprocessor communicating with a power management integrated circuit (IC), wherein said microprocessor requires greater than 100 mA to be enumerated with the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20090210738 - Data control unit: A data control unit includes a primary power supply line to which a primary power supply voltage is supplied; a secondary power source line to which a secondary power supply voltage is supplied; a voltage converter for converting the primary power supply voltage into the secondary power supply voltage; a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090210736 - Multi-function battery monitor system for vehicles: A multi-function computer system that gathers information relating to the operational state of a battery, calculates the health of the battery from the gathered information, provides the health and operational state of the battery to a vehicle operator and includes the means for supporting non-battery related functions.... Agent: Lonnie Goff

20090210737 - Power supplying system, monitoring apparatus, monitoring method and computer program: A power supplying system is configured so that a power supply server for supplying power and a client for receiving power are connected through a bus line on which an information signal representing information and power exist superimposed on one another, and the information signal is exchanged between the power... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090210740 - Off-chip access workload characterization methodology for optimizing computing efficiency: A system, apparatus, and method are provided which allows for reducing power consumption in dynamic voltage and frequency scaled processors while maintaining performance within specified limits. The method includes determining the off-chip stall cycle in a processor for a specified interval in order to characterize a frequency independent application workload... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090210741 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus includes a predicting unit to predict temperature of the apparatus when allowing one or more processing units mounted in the apparatus to execute a new program, a temperature determining unit to compare the predicted temperature with a predetermined reference value, a priority determining unit to compare... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090204802 - Distributed information generator and restoring device: Check data corresponding to distributed confidential information is generated, and the confidential information and check data are distribution-coded. When the confidential information is restored, the confidential information and check data are restored and it is determined whether or not the restored check data correspond to the restored confidential information. If... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204801 - Mechanism for secure download of code to a locked system: Techniques for securely downloading of boot code to a locked system.... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204803 - Handling of secure storage key in always on domain: Techniques for handling a secure storage key maintain the key in an always on domain and restore the key to the encryption/decryption engine when the engine is turned back on. The secure storage key however is only accessible by the boot loader code, which provides a secure chain of trust.... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204804 - Information processing device: An information processing device includes an authenticating part that authenticates user, an authentication canceling part that cancels authentication of the user when the authenticating part authenticated, and removes setting information and screen information input by the user; an operation condition storing part that stores the setting information and the screen... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090204805 - Method for secure signal transmission in a telecommunication network, in particular in a local area network: In a telecommunication network, a modular expandable gateway connects a local area network to a wide area network and includes a base module and a plurality of add-on modules arranged in one or more stacks, the base module and the add-modules including respective encryption/decryption engines to exchange secure information with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090204807 - Abstraction function for mobile handsets: Handset, computer software and method for protecting sensitive network information, available in the handset, from disclosure to an unauthorized server, by using an abstraction function module, the handset being connected to a network. The method includes receiving at the abstraction function module an encoding key from an abstraction server; receiving... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20090204806 - Certifying device, verifying device, verifying system, computer program and integrated circuit: An authentication system that can show having an authentic computer program, can certify the authenticity of itself, and can verify the certification. The authentication system is composed of a terminal (requesting device) and a card (verifying device). The card stores secret information to be used by the terminal, and an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090204808 - Session key security protocol: Exchanging information in a multi-site authentication system. A network server receives, from an authentication server, a request by a client computing device for a service provided by the network server along with an authentication ticket. The authentication ticket includes: a session key encrypted by a public key associated with the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (msft)

20090204810 - Architecture and design for central authentication and authorization in an on-demand utility environment: A Centralized Authentication & Authorization (CAA) system that facilitates secure communication between service clients and service providers. CAA comprises a Service Request Filter (SRF), a Service Client Authentication Program (SCAP), a Service Authorization Program (SAP), and an Authorization Database (ADB). The SRF intercepts service requests, extracts the service client's identifier... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090204809 - Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium: An information processing device is arranged to acquire a first public key certificate and a first secret key from a server device by acquiring an individual identification information which is uniquely discriminable for the information processing device from the information processing device and transmitting the individual identification information to the... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090204812 - Media processing: In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprising a communication interface configured to be in data communication with another device, and processing logic that is operably coupled to the communication interface. The processing logic is operable to process a packet received via the communication interface, the packet comprising a header and... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090204811 - Method for the encrypted transmission of synchronization messages: There is described a method for transmitting synchronization messages, for example PTP messages of the IEEE 1588 standard, the PTP message being inserted into a data packet in line with the Internet Protocol, the data packet having an IP header, and the data packet having a UDP header. In this... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090204813 - System and method for authenticating data using incompatible digest functions: A system for authenticating data of interest includes a digest locator engine capable to locate a first and a second digest result in a data file, including a set of data; a first digest creator capable to create, using a first digest function, a first digest of the set of... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20090204814 - Method and apparatus for communicating information between a security panel and a security server: A security panel includes a processor, memory, and a network interface having a unique MAC address, and is configured to communicate over a network with a server. A method for registering the security panel with the server includes contacting the server utilizing a network address stored in the memory. A... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090204816 - Method of authorizing network publishing: A method of authorizing printing of a publication at a printer by a publisher in a network is provided, in which an alias identity of a user is created from both a sensing device identity and an application identity when the user interacts with a printed application tag associated with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090204815 - System and method for wireless device based user authentication: An automated system and method for authenticating entities or individuals attempting to access a computer application, network, system or device using a wireless device is provided. The system employs one or more short-range wireless interfaces (e.g. BLUETOOTH or Wi-Fi) or long-range wireless interfaces (e.g. cellular or WiMAX) to detect the... Agent: Charles L. Dennis

20090204817 - Communication system: In a method and system for a communications system, identifying at least one of a received message that has been decrypted using a first decryption method and a message to be sent that is to be encrypted using a first encryption method, generating a copy of the at least one... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090204818 - Method and apparatus for generating and verifying electronic signature of software data, and computer readable recording medium thereof: Provided are methods of generating and verifying an electronic signature of software data, wherein software data is split into a plurality of blocks, electronic signatures corresponding to each of the blocks are generated, and some of the electronic signatures are randomly selected for verification. Accordingly, a time required for verifying... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204819 - Advertisement-based human interactive proof: An arrangement for providing advertisement-based (“ad-based”) HIPs (human interactive proofs) is realized by using an advertisement as the basis of a HIP challenge that is readily solved by a user but is difficult for a computer-based application to solve. Users are accustomed to advertisements and can generally understand the content... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090204820 - Method and apparatus for account management: A method and apparatus for on-line account management controls access to a computer such as a web server. The method and apparatus reduces interference from Internet bots while minimizing the impact on a legitimate user's use of a web site.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090204821 - Data protection mechanism: A control system in a device allows for installation of application packages to impart different position data processing abilities to the device. The position data may be generated by an electronic pen, and the control system may be arranged in such a pen. Each application package comprises a license specification... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090204822 - Reducing the boot time of a tcpa based computing system when the core root of trust measurement is embedded in the boot block code: A method, computer program product and system for reducing the boot time of a TCPA based computing system. A flash memory in the TCPA based computing system may include a register comprising bits configured to indicate whether the segments of the flash memory have been updated. The flash memory may... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090204823 - Method and apparatus for controlling system access during protected modes of operation: A microprocessor to provide software development debugging capabilities while providing security for confidential and/or sensitive information. The processor may operate in one of an open, a secure entry, and a secure mode. In open mode, security measures may prevent access to certain registry bits and access to a private memory... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090204825 - Information processing apparatus and method, information recording medium, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a data processor configured to obtain first content stored in a first information recording medium and second content which is stored in a second information recording medium and which is usable together with the first content, and to perform content playback processing by using the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090204824 - System, method and memory device providing data scrambling compatible with on-chip copy operation: Data scrambling techniques implemented externally to a flash memory device are disclosed which can be used in concert with flash memory on-chip copy functionality operating internally to the flash device, thus supporting high performance copying operations. All the data stored in the flash may be scrambled, including headers and control... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP (023)

20090204828 - Hybrid technique in energy efficient ethernet physical layer devices: A hybrid technique in energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) physical layer devices (PHYs). A hybrid approach is defined that combines multiple low power modes. In one embodiment, the hybrid approach uses low power idle (LPI) and subset PHY techniques that can be selectively activated.... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090204826 - Method for power conservation in virtualized environments: A system and method for enabling power conservation when making placement and relocation decisions. More specifically, a virtualized environment power conservation module enables power conservation when making placement and relocation decisions within a virtual environment. The virtualized environment power conservation module assigns virtual machines among a group of physical hosts... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090204827 - System and method for energy savings on a phy/mac interface for energy efficient ethernet: A system and method for energy savings on a PHY/MAC interface for energy efficient Ethernet. Power savings for a PHY due to low-link utilization can also be realized in the higher layer elements that interface with the PHY. In one embodiment, subrating is implemented on a MAC/PHY interface to match... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090204829 - Control device and information processing apparatus: A control device includes a main control unit that serves as a main component for device control and to which power is supplied from a first power unit; a power control unit that controls the first power unit and to which power is supplied from a second power unit; a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204831 - Global hardware supervised power transition management circuits, processes and systems: An electronic circuit including a bus (3521), a peripheral (3510.i/3552.1) coupled to the bus (3521), the peripheral having a storing circuit (3620.i, 3625.i) for a succession-presetting and a parameter setting currently-effective for peripheral operation on the bus (3521); and a power management circuit (3570) operable in response to a power... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090204832 - Method and apparatus for adaptive power managment of memory subsystem: A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing adaptive memory power management in a system employing a CPU and a memory subsystem. A CPU throttle control (THR) module generates a CPU throttle control signal indicating when the CPU is idle. A memory controller (MC) module generates memory power management signals... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090204830 - Power management with dynamic frequency dajustments: A central processing unit (CPU) can specify an initial (e.g., baseline) frequency for a clock signal used by a device to perform a task. The CPU is then placed in a reduced power mode. The device performs the task after the CPU is placed in the reduced power mode until... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204833 - Minimization of power consumption in server environment: A method for minimizing power consumption in a computer server is provided. Collected data for an event is compared with an entry in a power consumption table. A power reduction mechanism is triggered if the collected data and the entry are within a specified range. The power consumption table is... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20090204836 - System and method for using a link energy signal in a physical layer device having a silent channel/interface in energy efficient ethernet: A system and method for using a link energy signal in physical layer devices (PHYs) having a silent channel/interface in energy efficient Ethernet (EEE). LPI modes in EEE suffer deficiencies in cable unplug detection due to the latency in refresh cycles. LPI modes in EEE also suffer from potential frequency... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090204834 - System and method for using inputs as wake signals: A system and method for waking up a portion of a programmable system on a chip (SoC). The system includes a power management unit for controlling power levels to the SoC and one or more inputs for receiving inputs from a coupled device. The system further includes a power management... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204835 - Use methods for power optimization using an integrated circuit having power domains and partitions: In a programmable SoC (system-on-a-chip) integrated circuit device, a method for optimizing power efficiency for a requested device functionality. The method includes determining a requested device functionality, and in response to the requested device functionality, turning on power for a selected one or more power domains out of a plurality... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204837 - Power control system and method: An efficient and effective power control system method are described with expedited recovery from a reduced power state. In one embodiment, a present invention power control system includes performing a reduced power detection process for detecting a reduced power state, wherein the reduced power state is associated with an expedited... Agent: Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204838 - Backup power system and method: Various embodiments of a backup power system and method may include a transfer switch, connections to primary and secondary power sources, a stored energy component, and an interconnected controller with a processor and memory. The transfer switch may provide power to an external load from a selected one of the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090204840 - Browsing terminal, charging terminal, and communication system as well as transmitting/receiving system using the same: To provide a browsing terminal and the like with high security, which can effectively prevent contents data stored in a terminal from being stolen unlawfully by a third party even if the terminal is accidentally lost. The browsing terminal includes: a receiving part for receiving contents data; a volatile memory... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204839 - Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a power supply in a computer system: A system that controls the temperature of a power supply in a computer system is presented. A state of the computer system is monitored. Next a signal is generated in response to the state of the computer system. The signal is then used to control the temperature of the power... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090204843 - Media data synchronization in a wireless network: A method of keeping global time in a wireless network, the method includes reading a Time Synchronization Function (TSF) to provide an initial time base. An interconnected clock control circuit is employed to read the TSF time from the circuitry used to read the TSF and to implement a local... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090204841 - Periodic signal processing apparatus: A signal processing apparatus for processing a periodic signal outputted from a signal source has a central processing unit and a task switch timer. The central processing unit performs multiple tasks including a signal processing task in parallel. In the signal processing task, the central processing unit starts to process... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090204842 - Streaming media player and method: A streaming media player receives a media stream from a server. A clock comparator of the media player compares a clock value of the server with a clock value of the media player and generates a clock state value representing how much the server's clock value lags or leads the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090204802 - Distributed information generator and restoring device: Check data corresponding to distributed confidential information is generated, and the confidential information and check data are distribution-coded. When the confidential information is restored, the confidential information and check data are restored and it is determined whether or not the restored check data correspond to the restored confidential information. If... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204801 - Mechanism for secure download of code to a locked system: Techniques for securely downloading of boot code to a locked system.... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204803 - Handling of secure storage key in always on domain: Techniques for handling a secure storage key maintain the key in an always on domain and restore the key to the encryption/decryption engine when the engine is turned back on. The secure storage key however is only accessible by the boot loader code, which provides a secure chain of trust.... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204804 - Information processing device: An information processing device includes an authenticating part that authenticates user, an authentication canceling part that cancels authentication of the user when the authenticating part authenticated, and removes setting information and screen information input by the user; an operation condition storing part that stores the setting information and the screen... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090204805 - Method for secure signal transmission in a telecommunication network, in particular in a local area network: In a telecommunication network, a modular expandable gateway connects a local area network to a wide area network and includes a base module and a plurality of add-on modules arranged in one or more stacks, the base module and the add-modules including respective encryption/decryption engines to exchange secure information with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090204807 - Abstraction function for mobile handsets: Handset, computer software and method for protecting sensitive network information, available in the handset, from disclosure to an unauthorized server, by using an abstraction function module, the handset being connected to a network. The method includes receiving at the abstraction function module an encoding key from an abstraction server; receiving... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20090204806 - Certifying device, verifying device, verifying system, computer program and integrated circuit: An authentication system that can show having an authentic computer program, can certify the authenticity of itself, and can verify the certification. The authentication system is composed of a terminal (requesting device) and a card (verifying device). The card stores secret information to be used by the terminal, and an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090204808 - Session key security protocol: Exchanging information in a multi-site authentication system. A network server receives, from an authentication server, a request by a client computing device for a service provided by the network server along with an authentication ticket. The authentication ticket includes: a session key encrypted by a public key associated with the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (msft)

20090204810 - Architecture and design for central authentication and authorization in an on-demand utility environment: A Centralized Authentication & Authorization (CAA) system that facilitates secure communication between service clients and service providers. CAA comprises a Service Request Filter (SRF), a Service Client Authentication Program (SCAP), a Service Authorization Program (SAP), and an Authorization Database (ADB). The SRF intercepts service requests, extracts the service client's identifier... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090204809 - Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium: An information processing device is arranged to acquire a first public key certificate and a first secret key from a server device by acquiring an individual identification information which is uniquely discriminable for the information processing device from the information processing device and transmitting the individual identification information to the... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090204812 - Media processing: In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprising a communication interface configured to be in data communication with another device, and processing logic that is operably coupled to the communication interface. The processing logic is operable to process a packet received via the communication interface, the packet comprising a header and... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090204811 - Method for the encrypted transmission of synchronization messages: There is described a method for transmitting synchronization messages, for example PTP messages of the IEEE 1588 standard, the PTP message being inserted into a data packet in line with the Internet Protocol, the data packet having an IP header, and the data packet having a UDP header. In this... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090204813 - System and method for authenticating data using incompatible digest functions: A system for authenticating data of interest includes a digest locator engine capable to locate a first and a second digest result in a data file, including a set of data; a first digest creator capable to create, using a first digest function, a first digest of the set of... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20090204814 - Method and apparatus for communicating information between a security panel and a security server: A security panel includes a processor, memory, and a network interface having a unique MAC address, and is configured to communicate over a network with a server. A method for registering the security panel with the server includes contacting the server utilizing a network address stored in the memory. A... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090204816 - Method of authorizing network publishing: A method of authorizing printing of a publication at a printer by a publisher in a network is provided, in which an alias identity of a user is created from both a sensing device identity and an application identity when the user interacts with a printed application tag associated with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090204815 - System and method for wireless device based user authentication: An automated system and method for authenticating entities or individuals attempting to access a computer application, network, system or device using a wireless device is provided. The system employs one or more short-range wireless interfaces (e.g. BLUETOOTH or Wi-Fi) or long-range wireless interfaces (e.g. cellular or WiMAX) to detect the... Agent: Charles L. Dennis

20090204817 - Communication system: In a method and system for a communications system, identifying at least one of a received message that has been decrypted using a first decryption method and a message to be sent that is to be encrypted using a first encryption method, generating a copy of the at least one... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090204818 - Method and apparatus for generating and verifying electronic signature of software data, and computer readable recording medium thereof: Provided are methods of generating and verifying an electronic signature of software data, wherein software data is split into a plurality of blocks, electronic signatures corresponding to each of the blocks are generated, and some of the electronic signatures are randomly selected for verification. Accordingly, a time required for verifying... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204819 - Advertisement-based human interactive proof: An arrangement for providing advertisement-based (“ad-based”) HIPs (human interactive proofs) is realized by using an advertisement as the basis of a HIP challenge that is readily solved by a user but is difficult for a computer-based application to solve. Users are accustomed to advertisements and can generally understand the content... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090204820 - Method and apparatus for account management: A method and apparatus for on-line account management controls access to a computer such as a web server. The method and apparatus reduces interference from Internet bots while minimizing the impact on a legitimate user's use of a web site.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090204821 - Data protection mechanism: A control system in a device allows for installation of application packages to impart different position data processing abilities to the device. The position data may be generated by an electronic pen, and the control system may be arranged in such a pen. Each application package comprises a license specification... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090204822 - Reducing the boot time of a tcpa based computing system when the core root of trust measurement is embedded in the boot block code: A method, computer program product and system for reducing the boot time of a TCPA based computing system. A flash memory in the TCPA based computing system may include a register comprising bits configured to indicate whether the segments of the flash memory have been updated. The flash memory may... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090204823 - Method and apparatus for controlling system access during protected modes of operation: A microprocessor to provide software development debugging capabilities while providing security for confidential and/or sensitive information. The processor may operate in one of an open, a secure entry, and a secure mode. In open mode, security measures may prevent access to certain registry bits and access to a private memory... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090204825 - Information processing apparatus and method, information recording medium, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a data processor configured to obtain first content stored in a first information recording medium and second content which is stored in a second information recording medium and which is usable together with the first content, and to perform content playback processing by using the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090204824 - System, method and memory device providing data scrambling compatible with on-chip copy operation: Data scrambling techniques implemented externally to a flash memory device are disclosed which can be used in concert with flash memory on-chip copy functionality operating internally to the flash device, thus supporting high performance copying operations. All the data stored in the flash may be scrambled, including headers and control... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP (023)

20090204828 - Hybrid technique in energy efficient ethernet physical layer devices: A hybrid technique in energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) physical layer devices (PHYs). A hybrid approach is defined that combines multiple low power modes. In one embodiment, the hybrid approach uses low power idle (LPI) and subset PHY techniques that can be selectively activated.... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090204826 - Method for power conservation in virtualized environments: A system and method for enabling power conservation when making placement and relocation decisions. More specifically, a virtualized environment power conservation module enables power conservation when making placement and relocation decisions within a virtual environment. The virtualized environment power conservation module assigns virtual machines among a group of physical hosts... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090204827 - System and method for energy savings on a phy/mac interface for energy efficient ethernet: A system and method for energy savings on a PHY/MAC interface for energy efficient Ethernet. Power savings for a PHY due to low-link utilization can also be realized in the higher layer elements that interface with the PHY. In one embodiment, subrating is implemented on a MAC/PHY interface to match... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090204829 - Control device and information processing apparatus: A control device includes a main control unit that serves as a main component for device control and to which power is supplied from a first power unit; a power control unit that controls the first power unit and to which power is supplied from a second power unit; a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204831 - Global hardware supervised power transition management circuits, processes and systems: An electronic circuit including a bus (3521), a peripheral (3510.i/3552.1) coupled to the bus (3521), the peripheral having a storing circuit (3620.i, 3625.i) for a succession-presetting and a parameter setting currently-effective for peripheral operation on the bus (3521); and a power management circuit (3570) operable in response to a power... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090204832 - Method and apparatus for adaptive power managment of memory subsystem: A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing adaptive memory power management in a system employing a CPU and a memory subsystem. A CPU throttle control (THR) module generates a CPU throttle control signal indicating when the CPU is idle. A memory controller (MC) module generates memory power management signals... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090204830 - Power management with dynamic frequency dajustments: A central processing unit (CPU) can specify an initial (e.g., baseline) frequency for a clock signal used by a device to perform a task. The CPU is then placed in a reduced power mode. The device performs the task after the CPU is placed in the reduced power mode until... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204833 - Minimization of power consumption in server environment: A method for minimizing power consumption in a computer server is provided. Collected data for an event is compared with an entry in a power consumption table. A power reduction mechanism is triggered if the collected data and the entry are within a specified range. The power consumption table is... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20090204836 - System and method for using a link energy signal in a physical layer device having a silent channel/interface in energy efficient ethernet: A system and method for using a link energy signal in physical layer devices (PHYs) having a silent channel/interface in energy efficient Ethernet (EEE). LPI modes in EEE suffer deficiencies in cable unplug detection due to the latency in refresh cycles. LPI modes in EEE also suffer from potential frequency... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090204834 - System and method for using inputs as wake signals: A system and method for waking up a portion of a programmable system on a chip (SoC). The system includes a power management unit for controlling power levels to the SoC and one or more inputs for receiving inputs from a coupled device. The system further includes a power management... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204835 - Use methods for power optimization using an integrated circuit having power domains and partitions: In a programmable SoC (system-on-a-chip) integrated circuit device, a method for optimizing power efficiency for a requested device functionality. The method includes determining a requested device functionality, and in response to the requested device functionality, turning on power for a selected one or more power domains out of a plurality... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204837 - Power control system and method: An efficient and effective power control system method are described with expedited recovery from a reduced power state. In one embodiment, a present invention power control system includes performing a reduced power detection process for detecting a reduced power state, wherein the reduced power state is associated with an expedited... Agent: Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP

20090204838 - Backup power system and method: Various embodiments of a backup power system and method may include a transfer switch, connections to primary and secondary power sources, a stored energy component, and an interconnected controller with a processor and memory. The transfer switch may provide power to an external load from a selected one of the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090204840 - Browsing terminal, charging terminal, and communication system as well as transmitting/receiving system using the same: To provide a browsing terminal and the like with high security, which can effectively prevent contents data stored in a terminal from being stolen unlawfully by a third party even if the terminal is accidentally lost. The browsing terminal includes: a receiving part for receiving contents data; a volatile memory... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204839 - Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a power supply in a computer system: A system that controls the temperature of a power supply in a computer system is presented. A state of the computer system is monitored. Next a signal is generated in response to the state of the computer system. The signal is then used to control the temperature of the power... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090204843 - Media data synchronization in a wireless network: A method of keeping global time in a wireless network, the method includes reading a Time Synchronization Function (TSF) to provide an initial time base. An interconnected clock control circuit is employed to read the TSF time from the circuitry used to read the TSF and to implement a local... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090204841 - Periodic signal processing apparatus: A signal processing apparatus for processing a periodic signal outputted from a signal source has a central processing unit and a task switch timer. The central processing unit performs multiple tasks including a signal processing task in parallel. In the signal processing task, the central processing unit starts to process... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090204842 - Streaming media player and method: A streaming media player receives a media stream from a server. A clock comparator of the media player compares a clock value of the server with a clock value of the media player and generates a clock state value representing how much the server's clock value lags or leads the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090198987 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium storing computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a transceiver unit transmitting and receiving information to and from an external device is provided. The apparatus includes a setting information storage unit storing setting information related to an operating environment in association with user identification information, a judging unit judging whether the information that... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090198990 - Accessory support system for remote inspection device: A remote inspection apparatus has an active display unit receiving image data in digital form and graphically rendering the image data on an active display. A communication medium connects devices to the active display unit, such as an imager head capturing the image data. A computer readable medium records one... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090198989 - Bios for a computing device with handheld and extended computing units: A handheld computing unit includes a processing module, a main memory interface, a baseband processing module, an RF section, input/output (I/O) interfaces, a bus structure, a handheld connection structure, and a ROM. The ROM includes a first section for storing a power on self test (POST) of basic input/output system... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090198992 - Handheld computing unit with merged mode: A handheld computing unit includes a hardware section, an application section, and an operating system section. The hardware section and operating system section are operable to: detect another device; determine whether to merge functionality with the other device; and when it is determined to merge functionality with the other device,... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090198988 - Method for verifying refreshed bios content: A method for verifying refreshed BIOS content includes the following steps. A virtual machine (VM) is established in a computer waiting for a system BIOS update by the use of a paravirtualization technique. The VM is booted. A new BIOS file content is copied to an address space in a... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090198991 - Trusted boot: In one embodiment, a method for trusted booting of a cryptographic processor system is disclosed. Default image(s) is loaded into a field-programmable logic chip or circuit (FPLC). The default image(s) cannot perform cryptographic processing, but can perform a first algorithm that is unclassified. A processor, internal or external to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP Viasat, Inc (client #017018)

20090198993 - Method for joining user domain and method for exchanging information in user domain: A method for joining a user domain based on digital right management (DRM), a method for exchanging information between a user device and a domain enforcement agent, and a method for exchanging information between user devices belonging to the same user domain include sharing a domain session key between the... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090198994 - Updated security system: A method is provided for improving computer security. A computer executes instructions for protecting a processing component on itself. Software generates a second processing module attacher responsive to an execution of the processing component. The computer stores data indicative of at least one second processing module thereby to define a... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20090198995 - System and method for providing security via a top level domain: A system and method is disclosed for providing end-to-end security for communications between registered clients of a top level domain without the need for further encryption/decryption protocols than those provided by said at least one of said plurality of secure communication links and said at least one secure message server.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090198998 - Method and apparatus of ensuring security of communication in home network: Provided are a method and apparatus to ensuring communication security between a control apparatus and a controlled apparatus in a home network. The control apparatus in the home network establishes a registration Secure Authenticated Channel (SAC) with the controlled apparatus by using a Transport Layer Security Pre-Shared Key ciphersuites (TLS-PSK)... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090198999 - System and method for distributing keys in a wireless network: A technique for improving authentication speed when a client roams from a first authentication domain to a second authentication domain involves coupling authenticators associated with the first and second authentication domains to an authentication server. A system according to the technique may include, for example, a first authenticator using an... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090198996 - System and method for providing cellular access points: A system and method for providing a identity association between a subscriber in a private network and a provider over a public network is described. The system and method include a subscriber security gateway in the private network, the subscriber security gateway providing policy enforcement and signaling between the private... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090198997 - System and method for secure electronic communication services: A system, method and software module for secure electronic communication services, wherein a public key (25) of private-public-key pair (30,25) is associated with an email address (24), internet name or other registered unique identifier; the registered user of the unique identifier holds the private-key (30) securely, and the respective public-key... Agent: Adams Patent & Trademark Agency

20090199000 - Method and apparatus for encrypted communications to a secure server: An embodiment of the invention includes a secure server. A user at a terminal, communicatively coupled to the secure server by a secure link, can obtain web pages from web sites in a network, in encrypted form, via the secure link. Addresses associated with the web pages are altered to... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert, Goetzel/symantec

20090199001 - Access to services in a telecommunications network: A method and arrangement is disclosed for providing a user, not previously having an individual subscription with a network operator, with credentials for secure access to network services. The arrangement includes a gateway, associated with a subscription for network services, having means for generating and exporting to a user entity... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090199002 - Methods and systems for shortened hash authentication and implicit session key agreement: A first hash result is generated at a client system in accordance with hash input parameters known to the client system. A second hash result is generated at a server system in accordance with hash input parameters known to the server system. Each of the first hash result and the... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090199005 - Authentication device, mobile terminal, and authentication method: The security of an IC card is improved by managing success and failure in authentication individually for each terminal program. An IC card includes a random number generation section, a source authentication section, and a process execution section. Upon receipt of a message of type “1”, the random number generation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090199003 - Smart card and method for using a smart card: The invention provides as smart card, a secured client with a smart card and a method for use in a smart card. The smart card is configured for counting ECMs associated to a particular portion of the content stream and storing loyalty points on the smart card. This enables e.g.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090199004 - System and method for self-authenticating token: A secure token, possibly in the form of a smartcard, has a smart window with smart materials such as an electrophoretic or an electrochromic layer or assembly. When authenticated, such as by using biometrics or a password, the smart window layer is electronically pulsed, thereby transforming the once opaque layer... Agent: 24ip Law Group Usa, PLLC

20090199006 - Method and device for secure mobile electronic signature: The present invention relates to a mobile, portable and compact signature device which is used for simple and secure signature of information by a user. In particular the device is protected from manipulation attempts by the combination of two measures: firstly the architecture ensures that information can only be shown... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090199007 - Providing certificate matching in a system and method for searching and retrieving certificates: A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one broad aspect, certificate identification data that uniquely identifies a certificate associated with a message is generated. The certificate identification data can then be used to determine whether the certificate... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090199013 - Authentication of content download: According to the invention, a method for authenticating download of a number of digital content files ordered from a web site is disclosed. In one step, a selection of the digital content files is received with the web site. Download manager software, media information, the digital content files, and first... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090199012 - Contents transmission method and contents transmission system: Mobile unit 16 which can activate Java-AP software receives SDF (Security Descriptive File) 204 from administering server unit 18 which a trustworthy organization (a communication provider which administers mobile packet communication network 15) administers, and obtains ADF 205 from IP server unit 13 by using URL contained in the SDF,... Agent: Ntt Mobile Communications Network I/bhgl

20090199011 - Information processing apparatus and method: An information processing apparatus includes a classifying unit configured to classify structural elements under predetermined attributes; a storage unit configured to store data, which describes which attribute among the attributes of the structural elements is a target of electronic signature verification, in association with the output destination of a structured... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090199010 - Signature device, verification device, program, signature method, verification method, and system: An efficient signature technology is provided, which is capable of arbitrary extraction and storage from a plurality of pieces of data and which can make a signature length relatively short. In a signature device (180), a mathematical function computing unit (190) repeats processing of calculating a hash value from a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090199009 - Systems, methods and computer program products for authorising ad-hoc access: Methods, systems and computer program products for authorizing ad-hoc access are disclosed. A method for ad-hoc authorization comprising the steps of sending a pre-token via an unsecured communication channel to a device requesting ad-hoc authorization, sending a token associated with the pre-token via a secure communications channel to a proxy... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/panasonic

20090199008 - Watermarking digital representations that have undergone lossy compression: Techniques for watermarking digital representations such as MPEG audio frames that spread the watermark information across the entire audio frame. The techniques work in conjunction with lossy compression techniques and are compatible with the perception models that are often used with lossy compression techniques. The watermark information is spread by... Agent: Gordon E Nelson Patent Attorney, PC

20090199014 - System and method for securing and executing a flash routine: A microcontroller comprises a random access memory (RAM) device; a non-volatile memory device having a data sector, wherein operation codes are stored as data files in the data sector; and a processor configured to retrieve the operation codes from the data sector, load the retrieved operation codes into the RAM... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090199015 - Method for protecting audio content: Techniques for protecting information in an audio file are provided. The techniques include obtaining an audio file, detecting information bearing one or more segments in a speech signal, wherein the information comprises information sought for protection, encrypting the information sought for protection by scrambling the one or more segments using... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090199016 - Storage system, and encryption key management method and encryption key management program thereof: A user no longer needs to restore key information upon restoring data. Proposed is a storage system having a storage apparatus, a tape library apparatus for backing up data stored in the storage apparatus, and a management terminal for managing the storage apparatus and the tape library apparatus. The management... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090199017 - One time settable tamper resistant software repository: A one-time-settable tamper resistant software repository may be used in any computing system to store system information such as security violations and policies for responding to them. A one-time-settable tamper resistant software repository may be cryptographically signed, encrypted with a per device key and accessible by only the most privileged... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20090199018 - One time settable tamper resistant software repository: An individualized per device initialization of a computing device is unique relative to the initialization of other computing devices. A common initialization program, common to all computing devices of a particular type such as a game console, may be modified to be unique for each computing device. Modification may comprise... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20090199019 - Apparatus, method and computer program product for reducing power consumption based on relative importance: An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for reducing power consumption of an electronic device by taking into consideration not only the load history of each run-time entity operating on the electronic device, but also the importance of those run-time entities. In particular, a run-time entity's utilization of... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090199022 - Image processing apparatus, serial bus control method, and storage medium: A disclosed image processing apparatus has a normal power mode and a power saving mode and includes a serial bus; a serial bus PHY configured to control a physical layer of the serial bus, the serial bus PHY being turned off in the power saving mode; a voltage detection unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090199020 - Method and system of multi-core microprocessor power management and control via per-chiplet, programmable power modes: A computer-implemented method and a system for managing power in a multi-core microprocessor are provided. A power management control microarchitecture in a chiplet translates a first command comprising a power setting. A chiplet comprises a processor core and associated memory cache. The power management control microarchitecture comprises power mode registers,... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090199024 - Method, apparatus and system to dynamically choose an aoptimum power state: Some embodiments of the invention include an apparatus and method for dynamically choosing an optimum power state. In some embodiments, the optimum power state may be determined from historical information about the various power states that any of the embodiments of the apparatus or a system equipped with embodiments of... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20090199021 - Power management module for central processing unit: A power management module for a CPU is provided. The power management module includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) chip, a power stripping module, and a DC-DC converter module. The BIOS chip is coupled to the CPU, and has a power consumption information of the CPU. The power stripping module... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090199023 - Processor and semiconductor device capable of reducing power consumption: A processor and a semiconductor device capable of reducing power consumption is provided. The processor includes one or more logic blocks each having a logic circuit corresponding to m bits for processing m bits of data and a logic circuit corresponding to n bits for processing n bits of data,... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090199025 - Bi-directional power control: An electrical circuit for bi-directional power control between two devices, including a first battery-operated device, including a first battery for providing a source of power to the first battery-operated device, a first power management subsystem connected to the first battery, to power on and power off components of the first... Agent: Soquel Group, LLC

20090199026 - Saving energy based on storage classes with corresponding power saving policies: An example of the invention classifies disks drives based on their purpose and associating power-saving policies in multiple classes. The system implements Power On Demand, where a reduced power mode is enabled for every individual component of a storage subsystem. In addition, an embodiment of this invention extends a few... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting LLC

20090199030 - Hardware wake-and-go mechanism for a data processing system: A hardware wake-and-go mechanism is provided for a data processing system. The wake-and-go mechanism recognizes a programming idiom that indicates that a thread is waiting for an event. The wake-and-go mechanism updates a wake-and-go array with a target address associated with the event. The thread then goes to sleep until... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090199027 - Method and apparatus to avoid power transients during a microprocessor test: Exemplary embodiments provide a computer-implemented method and a system for a startup cycle for a cycle deterministic start. An initializing mechanism applies power to a microprocessor. The initializing mechanism initializes the configuration of the microprocessor. The initializing mechanism initializes a timer. The initializing mechanism then sends a clock start command... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090199032 - Method for determining and maximizing unavailabilty interval: The method for maximizing an unavailability interval includes the steps of initializing the starting frame number of each power saving class fi to 1 and adjusting fi to fi′ when the least common multiple of m1, m2, . . . , mi−1 and mi is not relatively prime. The index... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090199031 - Usb self-idling techniques: USB self-idling techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device comprises one or more modules to communicate via USB and self-idle by presenting an idle mode to a USB host and entering a suspend mode while the USB host is presented with the idle... Agent: Sadler, Breen, Morasch & Colby, Ps

20090199028 - Wake-and-go mechanism with data exclusivity: Snoop response logic on a system bus is configured to detect on the system bus requests to access data at a target address with data exclusivity from at least one of a plurality of wake-and-go engines. The snoop response logic is further configured to determine a winning wake-and-go engine from... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090199029 - Wake-and-go mechanism with data monitoring: A wake-and-go mechanism is provided for a data processing system. The wake-and-go mechanism recognizes a programming idiom, specialized instruction, operating system call, or application programming interface call that indicates that a thread is waiting for an event. The wake-and-go mechanism updates a wake-and-go array with a target address, expected data... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090199033 - Power delivery system: A system is disclosed. The system includes a load, a voltage regulator circuit coupled to the load a power supply, a load coupled to the power supply to receive one or more voltages from the power supply, and a digital bus, coupled between the power supply and the load. The... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090199034 - Interactive device with time synchronization capability: An interactive device having time synchronization capability is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, the interactive device has a computer processor that stores an internal clock. The computer processor may be preprogrammed to generate announcements based on a particular time of the internal clock. A user may input... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090199035 - Network signal processing apparatus: A network signal processing circuit includes a first signal processing module, a first sampling rate converter, a second signal processing module, a second sampling rate converter and a timing controller. The first signal processing module is utilized for processing a network signal to output a first processed signal. The first... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090199036 - Lssd compatibility for gsd unified global clock buffers: A method, system and program are provided for generating level sensitive scan design (LSSD) clock signals from a general scan design (GSD) clock buffer using an intermediate clock signal and one or more first mode control signals to generate a plurality of LSSD clock signals from an output section of... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Austin

20090199037 - Wake-up timer with periodic recalibration: A power saving sleep timer has a first clock and a second clock having greater frequency and temporal stability than the first clock. The second clock has an associated second clock period value which is accumulated once for each said second clock interval during one or more first clock periods,... Agent: Jay Chesavage

20090199038 - Low-power multi-output local clock buffer: An improved circuit for reducing a capacitance load on a processor. The circuit includes a global clock circuit capable of producing a primary timing signal. The circuit further includes a local clock buffer circuit having a plurality of outputs. The local clock buffer circuit is connected to the global clock... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC