Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 10/09

20090249050 - System and method for establishing a trust domain on a computer platform: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods associated with a measurement engine in a server platform. In one such embodiment of the invention, the measurement engine hardware verifies/authenticates its own firmware and then system initialization firmware by measuring such firmware and storing measurement results in a register that is... Agent: Kirton & Mcconkie Attorneys At Law

20090249051 - Systems and methods for managing user configuration settings: A computer system may include a virtual configuration settings package that captures a user's configuration settings in a user layer. The user layer may represent the files, registry entries, and the like, that make up the virtualized configuration settings. The configuration settings may be captured by filtering file system requests... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, Llc

20090249056 - Apparatus and method for retrieving non-volatile items in portable terminal: Provided are an apparatus and a method for reducing a booting time by separately storing Non-Volatile (NV) items for at least one frequency band supported by a portable terminal in a non-volatile memory, and retrieving the stored NV items from a memory to which the stored NV items are copied... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20090249052 - Booting an electronic device using flash memory and a limited function memory controller: A BIOS may provide bad block and wear-leveling services to a flash memory during a boot cycle until a full-functioned memory controller, such as a software memory controller, is available. After the full-functioned memory controller is available, the controller may use data passed by the BIOS to determine what, if... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090249053 - Method and apparatus for sequential hypervisor invocation: In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method for invoking a series of hypervisors on a platform. A hardware-based secure boot of a chained series of virtual machines throughout the life of the pre-operating system (OS) firmware/BIOS/loader/option ROM execution, with component-wise isolation of the pre-extensible firmware interface (PEI)... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090249054 - Method for booting computer device: A method for booting a computer device includes steps of executing the POST and loading a commercial film form a storage unit into a volatile memory unit, wherein the computer device can update the commercial film via connecting to a network. Then the operating system is loaded.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090249057 - Network storage target boot and network connectivity through a common network device: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network... Agent: The Law Offices Of Christopher K. Gagne C/o Cpa Global

20090249055 - System and methods for booting electronic devices: The invention provides a boot method capable of reducing boot time even in the case of a change in the configuration of boot files. A boot file is booted from a hard disk drive in a computer equipped with a multitasking operating system. A plurality of tasks are observed, the... Agent: Ference & Associates Llc

20090249058 - System aiding for design: A system aiding for design includes a determining unit determining whether it is possible to first product data with second product data by comparing interface data of the first product data with interface data of the second product data and a replacing unit replacing the first product data contained in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090249059 - Packet encryption method, packet decryption method and decryption device: A packet encryption method for encrypting an IP packet communicated based on an internet protocol is provided. The packet encryption saves fragment information included in an IP header in an area other than the IP header, clears the fragment information included in the IP header, encrypts the IP packet in... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090249061 - Certifying a virtual entity in a virtual universe: An invention for certifying a virtual entity in a virtual universe is disclosed. A virtual business may opt to register with a security certificate administration center to obtain a security certificate. A user of another virtual entity is provided with an ability to initiate a verifying process to check whether... Agent: Hoffman Warnick Llc

20090249060 - Data security management system and methods: A system is provided for managing security rights of protected data having a plurality of security groups. The system comprises a client configured to generate the protected data, wherein a user of the client is a member of a subset of the plurality of security groups. The client comprising a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20090249062 - Method and apparatus for distributing certificate revocation lists (crls) to nodes in an ad hoc network: A method and apparatus for distributing Certificate Revocation List (CRL) information in an ad hoc network are provided. Ad hoc nodes in an ad hoc network can each transmit one or more certificate revocation list advertisement message(s) (CRLAM(s)). Each CRLAM includes an issuer certification authority (CA) field that identifies a... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20090249063 - Encryption data management system and encryption data management method: A system includes an agent-side apparatus and an owner-side apparatus. The agent-side apparatus includes a transmission unit for responding to operation inputs from an agent, and a transfer unit for transferring a data processing request to the owner-side apparatus, and transferring a processing result to a management object apparatus. The... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090249066 - Method for safe operation and a system thereof: The present invention relating to computer security field provides a method for safe operation and a system thereof. The method includes: loading the compressed kernel of a safe operating system to a memory of a computer, decompressing the driver of a security device to the memory of the computer; a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090249064 - System and method of authorizing execution of software code based on a trusted cache: Embodiments include systems and methods for authorizing software code to be executed on a device based on a trusted cache. When receiving a request to execute software, this software may be checked for a digital signature by at least one trusted authority. According, a digest value indicative of at least... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090249065 - System and method of authorizing execution of software code based on at least one installed profile: Embodiments include systems and methods for authorizing software code to be executed or access capabilities in secure operating environments. Profiles may be issued by trusted entities to extend trust to other entities to allow those other entities to provide or control execution of applications in a secure operating environment such... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090249067 - System and method for pre-placing secure content on an end user storage device: A system and method for pre-placing content from a provider on an end user storage device is described. The system includes a device connected to an end user network and a public network and used to interface with one or more digital keys, where each digital key is able to... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090249068 - Content protection information using family of quadratic multivariate polynomial maps: A computer based method and apparatus to tie content protection information to recipient devices via a family of deterministic permutations of quadratic multivariate polynomial maps used for computing an HMAC (Hash Message Authentication Code) or a signed digest. This allows digital rights management (DRM) systems to customize the protection information... Agent: Apple C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20090249069 - Credential generation system and method for communications devices and device management servers: Systems and methods are described for establishing credentials at a device and at a device management server for the purpose of exchanging secure credentials in order to mutually authenticate the device and the server. A credential generation algorithm is described which uses a plurality of seeds, including the hardware identity... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, Llc

20090249070 - Method for managing user rights to electronic data objects by a person who acquires rights: Digital right management systems are technically constructed for protecting and carrying out wishes of a copyright holder such that the digital content is connected in a cryptographic and unique manner to any particular device and/or data carrier. Use of the digital content on other devices of the person who acquires... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090249073 - Apparatus and method for group session key and establishment using a certified migration key: A method and apparatus for group session key and establishment using a certified migration key are described. In one embodiment, the method includes exporting of a protected certified migration key (CMK) to a target platform. In one embodiment, exporting of the protected CMK requires that the target platform is authorized... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090249071 - Managing code entitlements for software developers in secure operating environments: Systems and methods for managing access to restricted data and system resources in secure operating environments are disclosed. Developer access profiles are issued by trusted authorities to developers which define entitlements that provide limited access to system resources and data on specified computing devices. The developer access profiles allow software... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090249072 - Method for generating rights object and device to perform the method, method for transmitting rights object and device to perform the method, and method for receiving rights object and device to perform the method: A method for transmitting a Rights Object (RO) includes generating a password key by encrypting a password, generating the RO using the password key, and transmitting the RO from a first device to a second device. The second device and the first device share the password and the second device... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, Plc

20090249075 - System and method of authorizing execution of software code in a device based on entitlements granted to a carrier: Embodiments include systems and methods for authorizing software code to be executed or access capabilities in secure operating environments based on at least one carrier profile. Carrier profiles may be issued by trusted entities to extend trust to other entities to allow those other entities to provide or control execution... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090249074 - Wireless communication using compact certificates: A method and communications system for generating and using compact digital certificates for secure wireless communication. Each compact certificate includes a digital signature and only a portion of the data used in generating the signature. The remaining certificate data is pre-stored on one or more wireless devices for which secure... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20090249076 - Information server and mobile delivery system and method: A user is provided with access to his or her account information using a client. The account information is stored on a server which receives the information from a feed source and transmits the information to the client. A method for downloading and installing specialized software for viewing the account... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090249077 - Method and system for authenticating users with a one time password using an image reader: A method and system to authenticate users with a one time password by using a visual communication channel. The method and system may include using a device to capture a sequence of images being displayed and decrypt an encrypted one time password contained in the sequence of images.... Agent: King & Spalding

20090249078 - Open id authentication method using identity selector: Provided is an Open ID authentication method using an identity selector, which can simplify the authentication of an open ID and reduce phishing and hacking risks by automatically performing an open ID-based login process without the need to manually input an open ID uniform resource locator (URL) to a login... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090249079 - Information processing apparatus and start-up method: An information processing apparatus includes a chip that is implemented therein to independently perform a predetermined process. The chip includes a storage unit that stores biometric information of a user allowed to operate the information processing apparatus as biometric authentication information, and a biometric determining unit that obtains, when obtaining... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090249080 - Methods, apparatus and system for authenticating a programmable hardware device and for authenticating commands received in the programmable hardware device from a secure processor: A method, device and system for authenticating a programmable hardware device, such as a programmable hardware chip, and a command received by the programmable hardware device. A secure processor or other trusted source authenticates the programmable hardware chip by verifying, with the secure processor's own verification key, a random number... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090249082 - Method and apparatus for tokenization of sensitive sets of characters: A method and system for secure handling of sensitive sets of characters in a distributed hierarchical system are disclosed, comprising at least one local server on a lower hierarchic level and at least one central server at a higher hierarchic level. The method comprises the steps: receiving a sensitive set... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090249083 - Method and system for telephone wait user interface selection: In the method of the present invention, a customer of a service provider would be placed in hold while waiting to speak to a customer service representative. The method and system of the invention would recognize the telephone number of the caller using a “caller ID” system. If this call... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20090249084 - Removable storage device and associated methodology of data encryption: A data encryption transmission system and associated methodology is provided including a data input site that compresses and encrypts data based on a shared encryption key and then transmits the compressed and encrypted data to an external network. A database server which is operably linked to the external network and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090249081 - Storage device encryption and method: A hard disk drive, and methods of providing secure access to data on a hard disk drive, are shown. In one example, an access code is sent to a hard disk drive to decipher an encrypted user key stored on the hard disk drive. In one example, at least a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/toshiba

20090249085 - Security module and personalization method for such a security module: The invention also concerns a personalization method of a security module by a unique identifier, this module comprising a microprocessor and a program memory containing at least one operating program. The method of the invention is characterized in that it includes the steps of generation of a unique set of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090249090 - Method and apparatus for dynamic power management control using parallel bus management protocols: An apparatus for on-demand power management includes an I/O parallel communication master device, peripheral devices that communicate with the master along the parallel bus, and a power manager that arbitrates the parallel bus. The power manager also manages voltage regulation and clock sources to the peripheral devices, with the ability... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090249089 - Method and apparatus for dynamic power management control using serial bus management protocols: An apparatus for on-demand power management includes an I/O serial communication master device, peripheral devices that communicate with the master device along the serial bus, and a power manager that buffers the peripheral devices from the serial communication master. The power manager also manages voltage regulation and clock sources to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090249087 - Power event indicator for managed memory device: A host device coupled to a managed memory device (e.g., a managed NAND device) generates a signal indicative of an expected power event. The signal is received by the managed memory device which performs one or more operations in response to the signal. In some implementations, a pin is added... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20090249088 - Semiconductor apparatus including power management integrated circuit: Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including a power management integrated circuit. The semiconductor apparatus includes an application processor and a voltage management integrated circuit. The application processor outputs clock information on an operation clock signal, and includes a core circuit. The voltage management integrated circuit receives the clock information from... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20090249086 - Systems and methods for controlling the power state of remote control electronics: A remote control device may include circuitry configured to receive user input to wirelessly control an electronic device, a power source electrically coupled to provide power to the circuitry, and a power state controller configured to control a power state of the circuitry based on a state of the electronic... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.l.c.

20090249091 - Secondary power utilization during peak power times: The invention generally relates to the utilization of electric power, and more particularly to systems and methods for selectively utilizing secondary power sources during peak power times. A method includes receiving a notification of a peak power time, and discontinuing use of a primary power supply and beginning use of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090249092 - Supply margining method and apparatus: In accordance with some embodiments, margining routines to determine acceptable voltage command values for specific CPU implementations at one or more different operating levels may be provided.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090249093 - Design structure for selecting processors for job scheduling using measured power consumption: In a design structure for allocating a plurality of parts of a computational system to a computational job, a set of requirements necessary to execute the job is determined. A set of parts of the plurality of parts is assembled so that the set of parts is capable of meeting... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090249096 - Energy efficient data transmission: A method and apparatus for data transmission at energy efficient rates. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a port for the transfer of data. The port has an active state in which the port may transmit or receive data and an inactive state in which the port does not transmit... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090249094 - Power-aware thread scheduling and dynamic use of processors: Techniques and apparatuses for providing power-aware thread scheduling and dynamic use of processors are disclosed. In some aspects, a multi-core system is monitored to determine core activity. The core activity may be compared to a power policy that balances a power savings plan with a performance plan. One or more... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20090249095 - User driven power conservation in processor-based systems: A processor-based system may receive user inputs to determine how to achieve power conservation needs or preferences of the user. The user may supply inputs in terms of preferences and how power conservation might be achieved. In addition, the user may provide needs or goals for the system in terms... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.c.

20090249097 - Optimizing performance and power consumption during memory power down state: Methods and apparatus relating to optimization of performance and/or power consumption during memory power down state are described. In an embodiment, a memory controller may include logic to cause one or more ranks of a DIMM to enter a clock enable slow mode. Other embodiments are also described.... Agent: Caven & Aghevli Llc C/o Cpa Global

20090249098 - Power management for a system on a chip (soc): In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for sending a first link handshake signal between a first subsystem and a power management unit (PMU) of a system on a chip (SoC) to request entry into a power saving state for the first subsystem, sending a second link handshake... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.c.

20090249100 - Circuit system: One aspect of the embodiment is related to a circuit system having multiple circuit blocks each of which operates upon reception of power supply. The circuit system includes multiple circuit blocks each of which operates upon reception of power, multiple switch elements which are provided respectively to the multiple circuit... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090249099 - Information apparatus and controlling method thereof: An information processing apparatus and method include mode controlling. A first information processing unit controls a telephone process using a radio communication unit and displays the image to display unit in response to a request, and a second information processing unit mutually operable in parallel with the first information processing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090249101 - Method and system for controlling power provided to an accessory: A method for a portable media player to control power provided an accessory is disclosed. The method includes requesting information about the power capabilities of the accessory by the portable media player. The method further includes providing information about the power capabilities of the accessory by the accessory to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090249106 - Automatic wakeup handling on access in shared memory controller: A hardware based wake-up scheme initiates memory power-up upon a normal access to a powered down memory. The access that triggered the power-up is buffered. Further accesses are stalled until the memory is completely powered up. The buffered access then proceeds to the memory and the processor is brought out... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090249105 - Hardware controlled power management of shared memories: This invention manages power down and wakeup of shared memories in a multiprocessor system. A register for each shared memory has bits corresponding to each master. When a master wants to power down a memory, it sets its corresponding bit in the register. A hardware power down controller for the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090249102 - Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in multi-channel memory controller systems: Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program product for reducing memory power consumption in a server system. The server system includes a memory controller and a plurality of Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). The method for reducing the memory power consumption includes determining a status of a channel of... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, Pllc C/o Cpa Global

20090249103 - Platform power management based on latency guidance: Embodiments of a system for receiving power management guidelines from a first plurality of components of a system, and developing a power management policy to manage one or more of a second plurality of components of the system based at least in part on the received power management guidelines. Other... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c.

20090249104 - Storage system: A journal volume is created in a different power control unit of a normal mode, and the power saving mode is maintained by storing differential data in the journal until the corresponding power control unit is returned to a normal mode. A replication pair in a pair status in the... Agent: Juan Carlos A. Marquez C/o Stites & Harbison Pllc

20090249107 - Communication apparatus having clock interface: A communication apparatus having a clock interface unit supplying a clock signal for synchronization, includes a clock extracting section for extracting a clock component from a receive signal, a decoding section for generating a decoded signal by decoding in a predetermined encoding form the clock component extracted by the clock... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090249108 - Silent time tampering detection: Computers and other electronic devices typically include a timing operation such as a clock in an operating system. It is anticipated that hackers may tamper with this clock. This tampering might be especially advantage in the context of systems which provide for rental of audio and video content, such as... Agent: Apple C/o Mofo Nova

20090249109 - Storage apparatus and method for storing internal information: A storage apparatus stores data in a storage area, and includes a judgment unit and an internal information management unit. The judgment unit judges whether a preconfigured given condition is satisfied. The internal information management unit associates the satisfied preconfigured condition with internal information relating to an operation or a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090249110 - Memory controller device, control method for memory controller device and data reception device: A memory controller device coupled to a memory device equipment including a plurality of memory devices, includes a memory controller configured to instruct read-out of data in the memory device and a physical part configured to terminate a read-out signal for a certain period containing an arrival time of data... Agent: Arent Fox LLP