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

20090240932 - Information processing device, and method of starting information processing device: In an information processing device, a screen display control part displays an operation screen, and a firmware update part updates a firmware of the screen display control part. An operating state holding part stores an operating state of the information processing device at a time of displaying the operation screen... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090240933 - Computer system architecture and operating method for the operating system thereof: In order to develop a mobile operating system for a computer, first the mobile operating system must be independent from the computer hardware device. Therefore, the present invention discloses a new computer system architecture which loads a Transient Resident Operating System (TROS) from an external device and provides a predefined... Agent: Guice Patents PLLC

20090240934 - Computer system with dual boot-program area and method of booting the same: A computer system with a dual boot-program area, comprises: a processing unit; a BIOS ROM having a primary boot-program area, a secondary boot-program area, and a BIOS main-code area, wherein a first code is both stored at a first address of the primary boot-program area and a second address of... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090240935 - Computing environment configuration: Within a computing environment, an application may run in a variety of contexts, e.g., as a natively executable application, as a client-side interpretable application embedded in a web browser, or as a server-side application that communicates with the user through a web interface presented on a device. The application may... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090240936 - System and method for storing client-side certificate credentials: A method and system is provided for storing a plurality of client certificate credentials via a client web browser into one or more keystore file(s). The client web browser is used to establish the secure data transfer link between the client and the server. The client web browser includes a... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090240937 - Separated storage of data and key necessary to access the data: A novel approach introduces an extra layer of data security by storing files and the keys required to access the files separately. When the files are being accessed, the host of the files sends a request to an access device that stores the keys to access the files. The key... Agent: Gregory J. Lavorgna, Esquire Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

20090240938 - Device, system and method for service delivery with anti-emulation mechanism: A method for service delivery to a client, in which the client selects a service, and establishes a connection with a system server to which it sends an identity associated with the client and an identifier of the service. The system server verifies that the client is authorised to access... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090240940 - Position based enhanced security of wireless communications: The convenience of a wireless network is tempered by the concern that a rogue device can listen in on the wireless communications. Determining the position of the home device and other devices within range allows the user of the home device to choose the specific wireless devices with which to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090240939 - System and method for authentication in wireless networks by means of one-time passwords: The present invention is directed to perform high-reliable authentication using a one-way function that a communication is a communication which was performed with the same apparatus to be authenticated by storing a password only in an apparatus to be authenticated (it is unnecessary to store a password in both of... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090240941 - Method and apparatus for authenticating device in multi domain home network environment: A device authentication method and device authentication apparatus in a multi domain home network environment are provided. The method includes registering a new device in each local domain and issuing a local domain certificate; making an agreement between local domains in order to authenticate a device registered to another local... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090240943 - Challenge response-based device authentication system and method: A challenge response scheme authenticates a requesting device by an authenticating device. The authenticating device generates and issues a challenge to the requesting device. The requesting device combines the challenge with a hash of a password provided by a user, and the combination is further hashed in order to generate... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP/research In Motion Limited

20090240942 - Long term key establishment for embedded devices: A secure communication session is established between a first device and a second device, by generating, in the first device, a first secret key to be utilized for communication sessions with other devices. The second device requests to establish a first communication session with the first device, and the second... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090240944 - Generation method and update method of authorization key for mobile communication: The present invention relates to an authorization key generating method and an authorization key updating method in a mobile communication system. A terminal and a base station generate an authorization key by using a terminal random value and a base station random value that are exchanged in an authorization key... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090240945 - Anticounterfeiting means for optical communication components: Methods and systems for detecting counterfeit optical communications products are described. An exemplary system includes a host device and a fiber optic component, such as an optical transceiver. The optical transceiver may include a TOSA, a ROSA, a controller circuit, and a memory module. The controller circuit may be operably... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090240946 - Dynamic identifier for use in identification of a device: A method for execution by a device, which comprises: generating a first signature by encrypting an identifier of the device together with first additional data; generating a second signature by encrypting the identifier of the device together with second additional data that is different from the first additional data; releasing... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20090240947 - System and method for securely accessing mobile data: The present invention provides a system and method for maintaining secure information on mobile devices and that balances security and convenience in the provision of mobile data access. Security is maintained by extending the use of industry-accepted two-factor authentication methods, and convenience is enhanced by utilizing a user's existing mobile... Agent: Feldmangale, P.A.

20090240948 - Methods and arrangments for realising betting with off-line terminals: Methods and arrangements are provided for handling, within a communications system comprising a distributed domain (301) and a central domain (303), electronic records that contain predictions of the outcome of a certain incident. Within the distributed domain (301) there is generated (304), before the outcome of the incident is known,... Agent: Ip Patent Docketing K&l Gates LLP

20090240949 - Identity authentication based on keystroke latencies using a genetic adaptive neural network: A system and method identify the person who is using a keyboard based on keystroke latencies as the person types certain key combinations. In some embodiments the latencies are monitored as the person types a password, while in others they are monitored as the person types other information and continues... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20090240950 - Information processing apparatus and information management method: An information processing apparatus includes a chip implemented therein to independently perform a predetermined process. The chip includes a storage unit that stores therein user signature information in which biometric information of a user and a user electronic signature key that is a key for generating an electronic signature of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090240951 - System security manager: In another embodiment, a method for securing a field-programmable logic chip or circuit (FPLC) is disclosed. Information is cryptographically processed within the FPLC. An error condition is detected outside of the FPLC and the error condition is communicated to the FPLC to disrupt an image(s) within the FPLC. Optionally, at... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP Viasat, Inc. (client #017018)

20090240957 - Copy protection method, content playback apparatus, and ic chip: An IC chip that can be added to a content recording medium and that has a chip ID which is non-rewritably and uniquely set and originally recorded therein, wherein the IC chip includes a writable/readable ID memory that stores an encrypted content ID obtained by encrypting a content ID that... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090240954 - Method for securely storing a programmable identifier in a communication station: Disclosed is a method for storing an identifier in a first station having a secure non-volatile data store protected by cryptographic data, an identifier flag for indicating that the identifier has been written to the secure data store, and an authenticated trust agent that prohibits writing of an identifier to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090240953 - On-disk software image encryption: A technique is introduced to support on-disk software image encryption. Image of a software component deployed to a host is encrypted when the image is created and/or its content is changed, before such image of the software component is being saved to a non-volatile storage of the host. The encrypted... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090240955 - Secure media storage device and method of securing media storage devices: A secure media storage device for an imaging device, comprising an interface (40) for receiving digital data, a memory (44) for storing the digital data and for allowing read out of the digital data and a security layer (42) integrated onto the storage device for embedding security data onto the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090240958 - System and method for generating a secure state indicator on a display: A system and method for generating a security indicator on a display of a computing device (e.g. a mobile device), to indicate when the computing device is in a secure state while locked. A determination is made (e.g. by a data protection system) as to whether at least some of... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090240956 - Transparent encryption using secure encryption device: A system and method for allowing application programs that are external to the relational database to access the sensitive data in the database in a seamless fashion are described. The application programs are allowed to use existing query statements without having to modify such statements for accessing encrypted data in... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090240952 - Method and system for decryption of file characteristics of .zip files: The present invention provides a method of integrating existing strong encryption methods into the processing of a .ZIP file to provide a highly secure data container which provides flexibility in the use of symmetric and asymmetric encryption technology. The present invention adapts the well established .ZIP file format to support... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090240959 - Block based power management: A system and method is disclosed for efficiently managing power distribution among the various functional blocks used within portable electronic devices. The method includes allowing each functional block to be independently controlled, containing its own low-level software and power controls for setting the local power state of the functional block.... Agent: Apple Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20090240961 - Information processor, computer readable recording medium which records data evacuation program, and data evacuation method: An information processor includes a set information storage unit storing evacuation residual quantity information representing an evacuation residual quantity as a residual quantity of the battery that corresponds to electric power necessary for executing a data evacuation process for storing data, stored in a memory of the information processor, onto... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090240960 - Serially loading programming information into a psr cc/cv controller integrated circuit: A primary-side regulation (PSR) controller integrated circuit includes a PSR CC/CV controller and a non-volatile shift register. An assembled power supply that includes the integrated circuit is in-circuit tested to determine errors in power supply output voltage and/or current. Programming information is determined and shifted into the shift register. During... Agent: Imperium Patent Works

20090240963 - Distributed advanced power management: Power management commands from virtual machines (VMs) in a VM environment may be trapped by a VM monitor. Depending on the current power states of the other VMs in the VM environment, the VMM may emulate increase or decrease in available resources as applied to the VM issuing the power... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090240962 - Power-aware wireless transmissions: A technique for operating a device at multiple different power levels dependent upon the amount of power received involves sensing the amount of power received and turning on circuit components if power is adequate. A device constructed according to the technique should have the ability to detect at least two... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090240964 - Method and apparatus for holistic power management to dynamically and automatically turn servers, network equipment and facility components on and off inside and across multiple data centers based on a variety of parameters without violating existing serv: Until today all servers running a specific application or virtualized environment are kept turned on to support various levels of application demand. With the invention of Holistic Power Management this invention completely automates the tasks required to shutdown and turn off servers not needed and to turn them on and... Agent: Power Assure, Inc.

20090240967 - Efficient low power retrieval techniques of media data from non-volatile memory: Power consumption may be reduced in a media device including a first processor coupled to the non-volatile memory, either directly or indirectly, allowing the first processor to generate a pointer structure. The first processor may also be coupled, either directly or indirectly to a memory space, allowing the first processor... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090240965 - Electronic apparatus and auto wake-up circuit thereof: The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and an auto wake-up circuit thereof. The electronic apparatus comprises a main module for performing a main function of the electronic apparatus and generating a first control signal when the electronic apparatus enters a sleep mode; an auxiliary module, coupled to the... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090240966 - Image processing device, image processing method, and recording medium: An image processing device including a first control unit to control a normal operating mode during which image processing is performed, a second control unit to control an energy-saving mode during which power consumption is lower than during the normal operating mode, an interrupt request receiver connected to an external... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090240968 - Method for calibrating read operations in a memory system: A method of calibrating read operations in a memory system is disclosed. The method involves placing a memory controller in a calibration mode, and performing a series of dummy read operations. Each of the read operations performs a read of pre-specified data stored in at least one memory component while... Agent: Shemwell Gregory & Courtney LLP Ste. 201

20090240969 - System and method to facilitate deterministic testing of data transfers between independent clock domains on a chip: A system and method of deterministically transferring data across a first clock domain to a second clock domain includes receiving a resynchronize command, initiating a corresponding one of a plurality of read delays in each one of a second plurality of devices in the second clock domain, counting down the... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090240970 - Clock distribution apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to adjust power received by a clock distribution network at least partially based on operating conditions of an integrated circuit. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/micron

20090240971 - Optimized performance and power access to a shared resource in a multiclock frequency system on a chip application: A request from a first processor for access to a shared resource in a computing system is received, and access is provided to the shared resource by the first processor at a first clock frequency. A request from a second processor for access to a shared resource in a computing... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Cpa Global

20090240972 - Modeling recurring events in a data store: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090240973 - System and method for effectively performing a clock adjustment procedure: A system and method for effectively performing a clock adjustment procedure includes a multi-core processor that has a plurality of processor cores that each operate with reference to a target clock signal for performing various processing tasks. The processor cores include functional processor cores and one or more non-functional processor... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20090235062 - Method and apparatus for controlling operating parameters in a computer system: A system that controls one or more operating parameters in a computer system is presented. Until specified values for one or more operating parameters are achieved, the system performs the following operations. The system operates the computer system using a specified load profile. The system then determines whether the specified... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090235063 - Execution of computer instructions with reconfigurable hardware: The invention relates the executing of computer readable instructions on a hardware platform (301) comprising a reconfigurable hardware component (311), such as a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The reconfigurable hardware component is reconfigured in accordance with a reconfiguration set, and a first application is executed at least partly on the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090235064 - Overlapping state areas for programmable crypto processing circuits: In one embodiment, a method for operating a field-programmable logic chip or circuit (FPLC) is disclosed. Operation of the FPLC includes a configuration state and a cryptographic processing state. Switching between states is controlled by a state machine. Each state has one or more images. Transferring between states causes some... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP Viasat, Inc. (client #017018)

20090235066 - Method and system for secure block acknowledgment (block ack) with protected mac sequence number: Aspects of a method and system for protected MAC sequence numbers, as well as secure block acknowledgment (block ACK) with protected MAC sequence number are presented. In one aspect of the system a communicating station (STA) may protect the sequence number (SN) field portion of transmitted protocol data units (PDUs),... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090235065 - Method for automatic encryption and decryption of electronic communication: The method is for encryption and decryption of electronic communication. A monitoring module in an operating system of a first communication device is provided. A sender sends an electronic message addressed to a receiver of a second communication device. The monitoring module intercepts the message and sends a request signal... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20090235067 - Method and system for configuring a server and dynamically loading ssl information: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for configuring a server and loading SSL information by dynamically loading SSL information into a template based on an implicit SSL-based configuration. A Proxy Server may be used to determine an IP address on which the incoming network request was received, implicitly... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20090235069 - Arrangement of and method for secure data transmission: A method of and system for secure data transmission between a client and a third party computer arrangement. The method includes authenticating a user of the client by a security server via a communication session; making available a key pair by the security server, the key pair including a public... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090235068 - Method and apparatus for identity verification: A method for identity verification includes receiving a request for proof of identity from a service provider and receiving biometric information associated with a user of a communication device. The method also includes determining that the received biometric information matches a biometric profile that contains biometric information associated with a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090235070 - Creation of user digital certificate for portable consumer payment device: A method for creating a digital certificate for a user issued by a reliant party, where the reliant party relies on an established cryptographic infrastructure by a registration or certificate authority is described. The registration authority, typically a large financial or credit institution, has already performed the initial overhead steps... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090235071 - Certificate assignment strategies for efficient operation of the pki-based security architecture in a vehicular network: A system and method for assigning certificates and reducing the size of the certificate revocation lists in a PKI based architecture for a vehicle wireless communications system that includes separating a country, or other area, into geographic regions and assigning region-specific certificates to the vehicles. Therefore, a vehicle need only... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20090235072 - System, terminal, method, and software for communicating messages: A system for secure communication of a message from a first terminal to a second terminal being operatively coupled by means of a communication network comprising an authenticating station for obtaining a random seed and for obtaining a masked seed by applying a masking function to the seed by encrypting... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090235073 - Authentication method and communications system used for authentication: An authentication method authenticates between subscribers of a communications system using an asymmetric elliptic curve encryption algorithm. The method involves providing a first and at least one second subscriber having a first or second secret key known only to the respective subscriber and a public key; authenticating an inquiry transmitted... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090235074 - System and method for performing a transaction: A system for performing a transaction comprises a terminal adapted to perform a transaction required by a user, user authentication means and a transaction server adapted to communicate with the terminal. The user authentication means comprise a first and a second authentication device adapted to communicate with the terminal through... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090235075 - Method for managing group traffic encryption key in wireless portable internet system: The present invention relates to a method for managing a group traffic encryption key (GTEK) in a wireless portable Internet system. In the method, for higher security of a group traffic service such as a multicast service, a broadcast service, and a multicast-broadcast service (MBS), a base station periodically generates... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090235076 - Extensible and flexible electronic information tracking systems and methods: A method and system for tracking electronic information includes the steps of: encrypting an electronic file stored on a hardware storage device; attaching or incorporating with the file a standalone executable program that implements a request for a decryption key accompanied by tracking information when an attempt is made to... Agent: Carlineo, Spicer & Kee, LLC

20090235077 - Network infrastructure validation of network management frames: A detection-based defense to a wireless network. Elements of the infrastructure, e.g., access points or scanning-only access points, detect intruders by detecting spoofed frames, such as from rogue access points. Access points include a signature, such as a message integrity check, with their management frames in a manner that enables... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090235079 - Method and apparatus for watermarking an audio or video signal with watermark data using a spread spectrum: Watermark information (denoted WM) consists of several symbols which are embedded continuously in an audio or a video signal using spread-spectrum. At decoder site the WM is regained using correlation of the received signal with an resequence. According to the invention, not only is the watermark made audio or video... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090235080 - Method and server for accessing an electronic safe via a plurality of entities: A method of managing electronic safes, comprising a step of authenticating a user requesting access to a safe, by means of authentication data of said user, said authentication data to be provided by the user being dependant of an entity by means of which the user is requesting said access.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090235081 - Method of providing transactions employing advertising based verification: A method of improving electronic security establishes a secure trusted path between a user and an institution seeking an electronic signature to verify a transaction before any request for signature and completing electronic transaction activities occurs. The secure trusted path providing the user with a first predetermined portion of a... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20090235078 - Signature generation apparatus and signature verification apparatus: A signature generation apparatus (110) includes a signature generation unit (114) which calculates a signature vector (s, t) for a message m using a private key, and generates signature data S indicating polynomials sl and sh that can specify the polynomial s and a polynomial th which is a quotient... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090235083 - System and method for preventing unauthorized access to information: An authentication system protects a hardware cryptographic chip from being commanded to decrypt or sign data by someone other than the legitimate owner(s) of the certificate residing on the chip. Openness of present cryptographic hardware systems are limited by imposing a condition that the cryptographic chip will only perform critical... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090235082 - System for conducting secure digital signing of and verification of electronic documents: A system for rendering a secure digital signature includes a computerized signature tool for rendering a signature, an identity verification program accessible to the computerized signature tool, and a biometric scanner coupled to or integrated with the computerized signature tool. A signatory uses the computerized signature tool to render a... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20090235084 - Anonymous reporting system: An anonymous reporting system for use in reporting and following up on incidents, accidents, and the like. The system may be accessed via an Internet website. A reporting individual may select a type of incident to report. In one example, the reporting individual may select a level on anonymity and... Agent: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

20090235085 - Method and system for secure authentication and data exchange in client server architecture: The present invention relates to a method for secure authentication and data exchange, in client server architecture, comprising: registering a user and creating a first tabular data using the user's password for authentication of the user, at a server machine, deleting the password in its original form from the server,... Agent: Venable LLP

20090235086 - Server-side biometric authentication: A method of authenticating an identity of a user includes receiving encrypted data including biometric data of a user at a server. The method further includes decrypting the encrypted data, comparing the previously submitted user information to the encrypted data at the server, and authenticating the user if the user... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090235089 - Computer object code obfuscation using boot installation: In the field of computer software, obfuscation techniques for enhancing software security are applied to compiled (object) software code. The obfuscation results here in different versions (instances) of the obfuscated code being provided to different installations (recipient computing devices). The complementary code execution uses a boot loader or boot installer-type... Agent: Apple C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20090235090 - Method for decrypting an encrypted instruction and system thereof: Methods of preventing private information, which is hidden within data of a private domain reserved by an application program, from being easily accessed by a CPU and other devices, both where the data of the private domain is decrypted and the access to said data are restricted are disclosed, where... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090235088 - Program conversion device, execution support device, and method and computer program for the same: A method invocation modification unit modifies method invocation described in a body program to dynamic invocation and modifies the method invocation to invocation via an execution support device. An encryption unit modifies the body program by encrypting a character string designating the dynamic invocation after modification by the method invocation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090235087 - Security for computer software: Persistent protection for application-specific or dependent software such as a workbook for use with independent software (such as Excel™) includes encryption of at least some instructions or other key information before distribution hence providing intellectual property security and (optionally) location security. The cooperative decoder module provides means for secure and... Agent: Caryn Dehoratius Baldwins

20090235091 - Computer system for indexing and storing sensitive, secured, information on a non-trusted computer storage array: Preservation of sensitive electronic data records in the face of either natural or man-made catastrophes has become important. In some fields, such as the medical and legal fields, current law requires that such data survive these events, and be available to authorized users in a timely fashion. This invention presents... Agent: Michael D. Dahmer, P.e.

20090235092 - Transferring data values via a data bus or storing data values using a selectable representation: Data values being stored and transferred within a data processing system 8 have a selectable representation, such as true and complement, as indicated by an accompanying representation specifying bit. This assists in obscuring the operation and the power signature of the device in a manner that improves security.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090235095 - Power supply voltage supply circuit and disk apparatus: Aspects of the present embodiment are related to a power supply voltage supply circuit and the disk apparatus that are capable of reducing power consumption in data writing and reading. The power supply voltage supply circuit includes a data processing unit writing data onto a disk medium and/or reading data... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090235093 - System and method for power sourcing equipment detection of a powered device power failure for power backup: A system and method for power sourcing equipment (PSE) detection of a powered device (PD) power failure for power backup. A PSE can power a PD at a low level of power as a backup power source. Upon a failure in the PDs primary power source, the PSE can detect... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090235094 - System and method for using an ethernet physical layer device to identify cabling topologies: A system and method for using an Ethernet physical layer device to identify cabling topologies. A power sourcing equipment (PSE) can power independent powered devices (PDs) using two sets of wire pairs in a single four-pair cable. Higher power PSEs can power a single PD using all four wire pairs... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090235096 - Network connection device: An assembly for transmitting data and/or power comprises a “Power over Ethernet” (PoE) control device having a plurality of connection ports for connection thereto of one or more network connection devices. The assembly includes connected via the ports plural network connection devices that are each capable of transmitting data and/or... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090235097 - Data center power management: An exemplary method for managing power consumption of a data center includes monitoring power consumption of a data center, assessing power consumption with respect to a billing equation for power, based on the assessment, deciding whether to implement a power policy where the power policy reduces instantaneous power consumption by... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090235098 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of functions to perform image processing, an execution frequency calculation unit that calculates an execution frequency for each of the plurality of functions on the basis of an execution history of the image processing, a first selection unit that selects a function to... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090235099 - Protocol for transitioning in and out of zero-power state: A processor may comprise one or more cores, where each respective core may comprise one or more state registers, and non-volatile memory configured to store microcode instructions executed by the respective processor core. The processor may further comprise a power management controller (PMC) interfacing with each respective core, and a... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20090235100 - Equipment controller, image forming apparatus, and method for controlling equipment: An equipment controller is disclosed that includes a CPU instructed to switch to a low power mode when being in a non-execution state. The equipment controller determines whether there is any execution task when the state of equipment switches to an energy-saving mode in which consumption power is reduced, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090235101 - Packet processing device, power-saving device, and power supply method: In a packet processing device capable of reducing power consumption when time intervals between input packets is increased and an input traffic capacity is reduced, packet processors, N in number (N is an integer of one or more), sequentially perform processing in response to an input packet to output a... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090235103 - Electronic apparatus and storage medium: A disclosed electronic apparatus includes a first communication unit for connecting the electronic apparatus and an external device; a second communication unit for connecting the electronic apparatus and other external devices via a network; a first detection unit for detecting a connection status of the first communication unit; a second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090235102 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof: An information processing apparatus used to reduce power supply to nonvolatile memory when in power saving mode. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus stores data in the nonvolatile memory that can be used in power saving mode to a volatile memory to which power will still be supplied while... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090235104 - System, architecture, and method for logical server and other network devices in a dynamically configurable multi-server network environment: Network architecture, computer system and/or server, circuit, device, apparatus, method, and computer program and control mechanism for managing power consumption and workload in computer system and data and information servers. Further provides power and energy consumption and workload management and control systems and architectures for high-density and modular multi-server computer... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090235105 - Hardware monitoring and decision making for transitioning in and out of low-power state: A power management controller (PMC) that interfaces with a processor comprising one or more cores. The PMC may be configured to communicate with each respective core, such that microcode executed by the respective processor core may recognize when a request is made to transition the respective core to a target... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20090235106 - Method, system and apparatus for determining the power supply requirements of a data processing system: A method, system and apparatus for determining the power supply requirements of a data processing system, wherein the data processing system is associated with a plurality of field replaceable units. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: identifying, from an electronic label associated with a field replaceable unit, a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090235107 - Power supply control device: The present invention discloses a power supply control device to which can be attached a number of electrical device(s), such as a computer or AV equipment. The power supply device is able to determine and monitor standby power usage levels of the device(s) so that when the control device detects... Agent: J. Rodman Steele Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090235108 - Automatic processor overclocking: Processor overclocking techniques are disclosed. Upon automatically determining that overclocking entry criteria are satisfied, one or more cores are clocked above their standard operation frequencies. The cores may be overclocked until one or more exit criteria are satisfied. At that point, an exit procedure is performed, with the one or... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20090235109 - Hybrid computer security clock: A clock object is provides, which includes a clock time and a monotonic time that are readable by the electronic device. The monotonic time is incremented every read of the monotonic time from the clock object. The clock object can also include an indication of a level of trust of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090228694 - Dynamically updating barcode data: A system for generating a barcode. In response to receiving registration data from at least one component in a data processing system to determine a current component configuration of the data processing system, the current component configuration of the data processing system is compared with a last stored component configuration... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090228695 - Remote wakeup web service for imaging device: A remote wakeup capability for an imaging device, such as a multifunction printer (MFP) device. When the imaging device enters a power saving mode, a remote wakeup web service remains awake and initiates wakeup of the imaging device in response to a valid wakeup request received from a remote wakeup... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20090228696 - Method, system, and device for resetting network elements: A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include detecting a fault associated with a network element that is communicatively coupled to a network. After detecting the fault, the network element may receive a reset signal in response to the fault detection. After receiving the reset signal, the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090228697 - Information processing apparatus, storage drive and firmware update method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an main body and a storage drive which is accommodated in the main body. The main body includes a download control module which externally acquires an unencrypted plain-text header of a firmware module including the plain-text header and an encrypted firmware... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090228698 - Method and apparatus for detecting unauthorized access to a computing device and securely communicating information about such unauthorized access: A method and apparatus for detecting attacks against a computing device are described. Such attacks may be detected by the device and reported to a requesting entity in a manner that makes it difficult for an attacker to know that the attack has been detected. Several exemplary embodiments comprising different... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090228699 - System and method for securely adding redundancy to an electronic message: A system for adding a redundancy check to an electronic message to discourage tampering and facilitate identification of altered messages provides a communication device for composing message content, a messaging module with a formatting and encoding layer for encoding the message content with header information in a series of message... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20090228700 - Internet gatekeeper protocol: According to one embodiment, a computerized method includes receiving encrypted user data and encrypted gatekeeper header data from a sender appliance. The encrypted user data is encrypted according to a receiver encrypting key. The encrypted gatekeeper header data is encrypted according to a gatekeeper encrypting key. A receiver address is... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090228701 - Logging system and method based on one-way hash function: A logging system and method based on a one-way hash function are described. The system includes a user system, a trusted third party, and a verifier. The method includes the following steps. The user system records a log file and initializes a message authentication code key and an image code.... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090228702 - Web site identity assurance: The present invention is a method and system for providing a user with confirmation of the origin of a Web site and related information including the steps of registering a Web site with an assuring third party, saving the registration on a registration server, entering in a database the Web... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090228704 - Providing developer access in secure operating environments: In some embodiments, software developers may obtain development access to a computing device. A software developer may request development access from one or more trusted authorities, such as a manufacturer of the devices, an operating system provider, etc. The request may be approved by a single trusted authority, by at... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090228703 - System and method for configuring a valid duration period for a digital certificate: A method and system for configuring a valid duration period for a digital certificate. The method includes assigning a positive numeric value for each certificate term. The positive numeric value assigned to each certificate term is representative of the valid duration period. The method continues by prompting a user of... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090228705 - Method and apparatus for managing authentication information in home network: Provided is a method and apparatus for managing authentication information in a home network, the method includes the operation of receiving Product Identification Number (PIN) information that is externally input and is an identifier allocated to a control device or a controlled device at the time of manufacture; and transmitting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090228706 - Page encryption system: Text containing files are encrypted by first formatting the files for display. The display-formatted files are then run length coded to form files indicating the information. The files are encrypted.... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090228707 - Image-based man-in-the-middle protection in numeric comparison association models: An authentication scheme is provided for securely establishing an association with a second device over a wireless communication link. A cryptographic key exchange is performed between a first device and a second device, wherein cryptographic information for the first and second device is obtained. The first and second devices may... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090228708 - System and method of encrypting network address for anonymity and preventing data exfiltration: A method is provided for sending a data packet from a client through a network and to a server. The data packet is a data structure having an originating address portion and destination address portion. The network includes a first mix router and a second mix router. The client has... Agent: The Johns Hopkins Universityapplied Physics Labora Office Of Patent Counsel

20090228710 - System and method for presentation integrity: A system for presentation integrity may include an encrypter to encrypt formatting data associated with information content data. A formatter may be included to decrypt the encrypted formatting data and to format the information content data in a predetermined format based on the decrypted formatting data. A method for presentation... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20090228709 - Systems and methods for using transport stream splicing for programming information security: Apparatus and methods for indicating the identity of a device for receiving and retransmitting programming information. The device, which may be a set-top box or suitable communication network receiver, may be configured to receive a broadcast signal from an antenna, which may be a satellite, a cable, an electronic communication... Agent: Weiss & Arons, LLP

20090228711 - Processor apparatus having a security function: A processor apparatus capable of operating in a security mode includes a hash value storage unit and a security control unit including a plurality of access authentication hash values. The hash value storage value stores a plurality of hash values including a user authentication hash value and a plurality of... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090228712 - Personal identification number recovery method: Systems and methods are described for recovering a personal identification number. A method, includes: comprising recovering from a lost personal identification number situation and restoring programmability to a device, including: generating a SEED PIN using the device calculating a KEY PIN using an algorithm within a code of the device... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20090228713 - Authentication device, biological information management apparatus, authentication system and authentication method: An authentication device 40 which is used for a thin client 30 or the like encrypts address information of the biological information management apparatus 10 that is an access destination of the thin client 30 with biological information of a user of the thin client 30, and stores the encrypted... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090228714 - Secure mobile device with online vault: Encrypted data is stored in an online vault. The data in the online vault requires one key from the user and one key from an administrator to decrypt the data. In an embodiment, the key from the user may be stored in a secure area of a portable device. In... Agent: David Lewis

20090228715 - Media security system and method: The present specification provides, amongst other things, a system for offering the capability to asynchronously upload secure media packages to client machines and providing for recovery of the media packages in playable (or other usable form) only at a predefined time, so that the client machines can all access the... Agent: Perry + Currier Inc. (for Rim)

20090228716 - Method and system for distributed coordination of access to digital files: The invention enables a user to create a saved Version of a file which gives (besides the usual content access and format specifications) information in a Wrapper which permits it to be transferred while maintaining a provenance relationship with other files and cryptographic relation with a server. Data in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090228718 - Secure repository with layers of tamper resistance and system and method for providing same: A secure repository individualized for a hardware environment and a method and system for providing the same. The secure repository includes a hidden cryptographic key and code that applies the key without requiring access to a copy of the key. The code that implements the secure repository is generated in... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20090228717 - System for making program difficult to read, device for making program difficult to read, and method for making program difficult to read: Provided is an obfuscating apparatus for making a program analysis more difficult. The obfuscating apparatus creates a table for inputting the same number of arguments, for multiplying and squaring operations, and sets the output values of the table so that the outputs may depend on those arguments. To the squaring... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090228719 - Secure backup system and method in a mobile telecommunication network: The secure backup system is in a mobile telecommunication network and has at least one mobile station with data, a backup entity for storing a backup file of the data, and cryptographic means for encrypting and decrypting the data. The cryptographic means contains a decryption key consisting of at least... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20090228720 - System and method of security function activation for a mobile electronic device: A system and a method are provided for activating one or more security functions of a mobile electronic device. The system and method provide for the activation of one or more security functions when the mobile electronic device is stored in a mobile electronic device holder. Security functions include, for... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20090228722 - Adjustable-voltage power-over-ethernet (poe) switch: An adjustable-voltage Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch provides data signals and output electrical powers to a multiple number of output PoE ports. The adjustable-voltage PoE switch has an output voltage-adjusting interface, allowing a user to select a specific power level or a specific output voltage for the particular output PoE port. The... Agent: Invent Capture, LLC

20090228721 - Detection algorithm for delivering inline power down four pairs of an ethernet cable to a single powered device: Methods and apparatus for determining that all conductors of an Ethernet connection are connected to the same powered device (PD). In one disclosed embodiment, it is first determined that a signal conductor pair of the Ethernet connection is coupled to a valid PD according to a discovery process, and the... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay

20090228724 - Power saving method for computer system: A server system, method, and program product are provided for setting a power level of a central processing unit (CPU) included in the server computer system—the CPU being operable at a plurality of levels of power, and the server providing a service that follows a predetermined protocol identified by a... Agent: Steven E. Bach Attorney At Law

20090228723 - Power supplying device, power supply controlling method, power supply controlling program and network system: A power supplying device for supplying power through a network to a plurality of communication terminals to transmit or receive data in a form of a packet including: a power supply controlling unit to preset a count of the communication terminals which are to be targeted for power supply, for... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090228725 - System and method for computer power control: Provided herein is a computer implemented system for managing power supply for an electronic device. The system includes computer a learning component that is trained and constructs models according to usage patterns of the electronic device, a component providing a first phase of model building relating to usage of the... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20090228728 - Computer system, subordinate device, and power supply control method: A computer system includes a main device and a subordinate device. Data transmission and reception by means of an optical transmission system are performed by connecting the main device and the subordinate device by an optical transmission cable. The subordinate device, a power of which needs to be cut-off prior... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090228726 - Environmentally cognizant power management: A method for environmentally cognizant power management that gathers server, application and environmental information from different devices to compute an aggregate behavior model.... Agent: Gibbons P.C.

20090228727 - Method and program for setting microprocessor power supply voltage: A determining unit determines the state of the microprocessor. A setting unit sets a power supply voltage to be supplied to the microprocessor according to the state of the microprocessor determined by the determining unit. A power supply circuit supplies the power supply voltage set by the setting unit, to... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090228729 - Selective power-down for high performance cpu/system: A microelectronic device according to the present invention is made up of two or more functional units, which are all disposed on a single chip, or die. The present invention works on the strategy that all of the functional units on the die are not, and do not need to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090228730 - Computer system and power saving method thereof: A computer system includes a system chip and a plurality of peripheral devices. The system chip includes a plurality of modules. Each module includes a controller. Each controller receives an independent power supply and is powered on or off according to a GPIO port signal. The peripheral devices via connectors... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090228731 - System and method for providing a one-step testing architecture: c

20090228732 - Method for synchronization of network nodes: Method for synchronization of network nodes in a LAN (10) including a central network master-node (11) and a plurality of synchronization domains (20, 30), each synchronization subnetwork (20,30) includes a synchronization submaster (21, 31) and at least one synchronization slave-node (22, 23; 32, 33), the method comprising the following steps:... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090228733 - Power management on srio endpoint: Clock signals used to operate core receive logic and core transmit logic within a serial buffer are dynamically enabled and disabled to minimize power consumption. A physical layer interface and an event monitor are continuously enabled to identify the start of incoming transactions. Upon detecting the start of an incoming... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20090228734 - Electronic device and system start method: An electronic device and a system start method that reduce electric power consumption and improves convenience. A state check section detects that an information processing section is being booted and that a telephone conversation is being carried out by the use of an information processing section (portable telephone). When the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090228735 - Information processing apparatus and elapsed time measuring method: In an information processing apparatus and elapsed time measuring method of the present invention, a microcomputer for power supply control measures an elapsed time when the product is in an operating condition, a time when the product is powered off is read from an RTC in a system LSI and... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090228737 - Elut: enhanced look-up table signal processing: An electronic device including an array of addressable registers storing data. An input register connected to the array stores an input command parameter (e.g an opcode of a command) and its associated operands in one or more input registers connected to the addressable register array. A single instance of a... Agent: The Law Office Of Michael E. Kondoudis, PC

20090228736 - Technique for promoting determinism among multiple clock domains: A technique to promote determinism among multiple clocking domains within a computer system or integrated circuit, In one embodiment, one or more execution units are placed in a deterministic state with respect to multiple clocks within a processor system having a number of different clocking domains.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090222650 - Communication device and firmware update method thereof: A method for updating firmware in a communication device storing an original firmware in a first data area of a non-volatile memory includes receiving and storing a new firmware in a second data area of the non-volatile memory. The method comprises assigning a firmware other than the new firmware as... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090222649 - Initialisation of a pipelined processor: A data processing apparatus is disclosed that comprises a pipelined processor, said pipelined processor comprising a processing pipeline for processing instructions in a plurality of stages, at least some of said plurality of stages each comprising storage elements for storing an instruction or decoded instruction being processed in said stage,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20090222653 - Computer system comprising a secure boot mechanism: A secure boot processing may be accomplished on the basis of a non-volatile memory that is an integral part of the CPU and which may not be modified once a pre-boot information may be programmed into the non-volatile memory. During a reset event or a power-on event, execution may be... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090222652 - Embedded memory protection: One embodiment of the present application includes a microcontroller (30) that has an embedded memory (46), a programmable processor (32), and a test interface (34). The memory (46) is accessible through the test interface (34). In response to resetting this microcontroller (30), a counter is started and the test interface... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090222651 - S3 bios operating system switch: Arrangements for employing a system BIOS (basic input/output system) to handle email during a suspended state (such as an “S3” state as will be better understood herebelow). Preferably, the BIOS is employed to “jump” between two suspended images such that, e.g., two more powerful OS's can be employed to manage... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20090222654 - Distribution of tasks among asymmetric processing elements: Techniques to control power and processing among a plurality of asymmetric cores. In one embodiment, one or more asymmetric cores are power managed to migrate processes or threads among a plurality of cores according to the performance and power needs of the system.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090222655 - Remote access to a mass memory and a security memory in a portable communicating object: The invention relates to a system for remotely accessing a mass storage unit and a security storage unit in a portable communicating object. According to the invention, a terminal, such as a mobile device, which is associated with a portable communicating object, such as a multimedia smart card, includes an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090222656 - Secure online service provider communication: Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for encrypting communications between a client and an online service provider to ensure the communications are secure. In embodiments an authentication request is received from a user agent associated with the client and the authentication request includes identification information and authentication information. Additionally, it is... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20090222659 - Communication device and communication method: A communication device for performing communication by employing first and second communication units, includes: a reception unit for receiving a communication packet including a random number generated for every connection with another communication device, a certificate calculated with the random number, and authentication method information indicating whether or not an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090222657 - Methods and apparatus for use in obtaining a digital certificate for a mobile communication device: In one illustrative scenario, a mobile device receives configuration information which includes information for use in constructing a request message for obtaining a digital certificate from a certificate authority (CA). After receipt of the configuration information, the mobile device constructs the request message for the digital certificate and causes it... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. LLC One Magnificent Mile Center

20090222658 - Roaming utilizing an asymmetric key pair: Techniques for generating a portion of a split private key are provided. A first symmetric key and a second symmetric key different than the first symmetric key are generated at a first location. The generated second symmetric key and a first one of multiple factors for generating the private key... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090222661 - Mechanism for securely ordered message exchange: In one embodiment, a mechanism for securely ordered message exchange is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes associating sequence numbers with each of a plurality of messages that are part of a transmission from a broadcaster to an intended recipient, and for each message of the plurality of messages,... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090222660 - Method and device for end-user verification of an electronic transaction: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for verifying that a transaction is legitimate. The methods and apparatuses use protected memory space, such as kernel space of an operating system, or a separate memory space, such as is available on a SIM card of a cellular phone. The method of... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Ws Attn: Patent Docketing

20090222662 - Card issuing system, card issuing server, card issuing method and program: The present invention provides a service providing server including an authentication ticket creating unit for encrypting access authentication information and creating an authentication ticket, and an authentication ticket transmitting unit for transmitting the authentication ticket to a card issuing server; where the card issuing server includes an authentication ticket verifying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090222663 - System and method for authenticating the identity of a remote fax machine: A system and method of authenticating the identity of a remote fax machine during a faxing operation is provided. An X.509-type Certificate received from the remote fax machine is validated to affirm it can be properly associated with the remote machine. The Certificate's public key is used to verify the... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090222664 - Unit using os and image forming apparatus using the same: A chip mountable on a replaceable unit used in an image forming job is disclosed. The chip includes a central processing unit (CPU) to perform at least one of authentication and cryptographic data communication with a main body of the image forming apparatus using an operating system (OS) of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090222666 - Mechanism for generating message sequence order numbers: In one embodiment, a mechanism for generating message sequence order numbers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a timestamp value, and calculating a message authentication code (MAC) using as inputs the timestamp value, public information of an intended recipient, and a shared secret key kept between a... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090222665 - Non-interactive entity application proxy method and system: A security method and system. The method includes retrieving configuration data associated with a non interactive entity (NIE) software application. The configuration data comprises a refresh count, a refresh period, and a session ID. A master refresh period is calculated from the refresh period. Credentials data associated with the NIE... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090222667 - Generator for generating a message authentication code, method of generating a message authentication code, program element and computer-readable medium: Current MAC algorithms impose a significant system performance requirement in order to process messages in real time. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a hardware implemented generator for generating a MAC is provided, that results in a significant improvement in hardware performance requirements for processing messages in... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090222668 - Group signature scheme with improved efficiency, in particular in a join procedure: A method for managing a group signature scheme includes in a setup procedure for group initialization, generating, by a group manager, a group public key. In a join procedure for the group manager to add a new member to the group, the method includes generating by the new member, user... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090222669 - Method for controlling the location information for authentication of a mobile station: The method is for authentication in a communication network. A mobile station and an authentication server give access to services in the network. A user of a mobile station first sends a request for a service or a password in a message from the mobile station. The authentication server controls... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20090222671 - Safety features for medical devices requiring assistance and supervision: An automatic locking system for a medical treatment device helps to ensure that an assistant is present during treatment of a patient. Among the features disclosed biometric authentication to verify that a trained assistant is present, a presence detector to ensure the assistant is continuously present during treatment, and warning... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090222670 - System and method for providing access to a keyboard video and mouse drawer using biometric authentication: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for providing a user access to a Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) drawer based upon biometric authentication of the user, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a user access to at least one host computer associated with... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar 19th Floor

20090222672 - Integrated circuit that uses a dynamic characteristic of the circuit: An integrated circuit has a first component that has a dynamic characteristic that varies among like integrated circuits, for example, among integrated circuits fabricated using the same lithography mask. Operating the first component produces an output that is dependent on the dynamic characteristic of the first component. A digital value... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090222673 - System for controlling access and distribution of digital property: Digital data protection is provided by a processor running an operating system programmed to generate one or more interrupts; an access mechanism detects one or more interrupts at or below a BIOS level, a given detected interrupt being associated with an operating system request to access protected portions of the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090222674 - Application executing device, managing method, and program: A BD-ROM stores a disc root certificate 301 that is issued by a root certificate authority and assigned to the disc medium. An application manger 2 acquires a hash value from the disc root certificate 301 and verifies the authenticity of an application by using the hash value. If the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090222676 - Security processor and methods for registering access entitlements and cryptographic keys: This security method for scrambled multimedia signal decoder comprises at least one rewritable lock (62, 64), the value of which can be toggled at least between a first and a second value in response to an EMM message, and in which a registration module is able, in response to one... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090222675 - Tamper resistant memory protection: Various mechanisms are disclosed for protecting the security of memory in a computing environment. A security layer can have an encryption layer and a hashing layer that can dynamically encrypt and then dynamically hash sensitive information, as it is being loaded to dynamic memory of a computing device. For example,... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20090222678 - Active powered device for the application of power over ethernet: An active powered device (PD) for the application of power over Ethernet (PoE). In a fixed power budget environment, it is important for the power sourcing equipment (PSE) to accurately determine a power budget for the various powered ports. An active PD can be designed to gather additional information (e.g.,... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20090222677 - Display of blade server operating system information: A system, method, and computer program product for providing operating system information for a plurality of blade servers in a blade chassis to a management module for display to a user is provided. A first blade server of the plurality of blade servers is queried to determine operating system information... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20090222679 - Method for providing information for power management of devices on a network: The present invention relates to a method for providing information for power management of devices connected to a network. The present method creates a PM (Power Management) server list which includes, for at least one PM server, a pair of friendly names including a friendly name allocated to the PM... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090222680 - Electronic apparatus, method for controlling power state thereof, and storage medium storing the same: An electronic apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first instruction information transmitted from an external apparatus, which instructs changing of a power state to a normal energized state, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second instruction information transmitted from the external apparatus, which instructs changing of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090222681 - Methods of clock throttling in an integrated circuit: Thermal throttling control to safely throttle clocks OFF and ON in an integrated circuit. Digital thermal throttling control is provided to gradually throttle a clock's frequency from ON to OFF and from OFF to ON. The gradual throttling can minimize an instantaneous current rise that would otherwise occur with a... Agent: William E. Alford

20090222682 - Aggregate power display for multiple data processing systems: The present invention provides a method for providing aggregate power consumption information for hundreds or thousands of data processing systems interconnected in a network. In one embodiment, a method is provided that receives power consumption information for each of the data processing systems along with time intervals associated with this... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090222683 - Synchronization of processor time stamp counters to master counter: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more processors and a controller coupled to the processors. Each processor comprises at least one processor time stamp counter (TSC) and a first control unit configured to maintain the processor TSC. The controller comprises at least one controller TSC and a second... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20090222684 - Fast, automatically scaled processor time stamp counter: In one embodiment, a processor comprises at least one processor time stamp counter (TSC) and a control unit coupled to the processor TSC. The processor TSC corresponds to a TSC that is defined to increment at a TSC clock frequency even though the processor is configurable to operate at one... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20090222685 - Distributed synchronization and timing system: A method and apparatus for controlling the phase and frequency of the local clock of a USB device, the apparatus comprising circuitry for observing USB traffic and decoding from the USB traffic a periodic data structure containing information about the frequency and phase of a distributed clock frequency, and phase... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC