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Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/09

20090292909 - Methods for initial bootstrap of user terminals in network: Methods and devices for initial bootstrap of a user terminal are provided. The user terminal transmits at least one first message to an initial bootstrap server. The first message includes device management capability information for the user terminal. The initial bootstrap server selects a device management protocol to be used... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090292911 - Boot test system and method thereof: A boot test system applied to test a cold boot in a target computer is provided. The boot test system includes a host computer and an autorun module. The host computer is used to test the target computer to turn power on/off and output a power-on signal and a power-off... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090292912 - Storage medium storing master boot record, computer system having the same and booting method of the computer system: A storage medium storing a master boot record, a computer system having the same, and a booting method of the computer system, the storage medium including: a first sector to store a first master boot record including an execution code for grasping command information and implementing a preset control according... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090292910 - System and method of accessing bios change summary information within a bios operating environment: A system and method of accessing basic input output system (BIOS) change summary information within a BIOS operating environment is disclosed. According to an aspect, a basic input output system (BIOS) set-up interface is disclosed. The BIOS set-up interface includes a navigation routine accessible via a BIOS set-up menu and... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20090292913 - Apparatus and method for counter-based communications in wireless sensor networks and other networks: A method includes wirelessly receiving a message at a receiving node. The method also includes extracting a partial counter value from the message, where the partial counter value represents a subset of bits from a complete counter value of a transmitting node. The method further includes decrypting and authenticating the... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090292914 - Nodes and systems and methods for distributing group key control message: Nodes, systems and methods for distributing a group key control message are disclosed. The system mainly includes a root node and child nodes. The apparatus includes a distribution tree establishment node. The method mainly includes: establishing a distribution tree for the group key control message in the group key management... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090292915 - Network system and device setting method of network system: Disclosed is a network system including: a provisioning server to provide setting information to a device newly connected to a network; and a mediating device to mediate information transmission between the device newly connected to the network and other device, wherein the mediating device includes: a communication function to communicate... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090292916 - Certificate management and transfer system and method: A method and system for Certificate management and transfer between messaging clients are disclosed. When communications are established between a first messaging client and a second messaging client, one or more Certificates stored on the first messaging client may be selected and transferred to the second messaging client. Messaging clients... Agent: Jones Day (rim) - 2n

20090292917 - Secure transport of multicast traffic: Secure tunneled multicast transmission and reception through a network is provided. A join request may be received from a second tunnel endpoint, the join request indicating a multicast group to be joined. Group keys may be transmitted to the second tunnel endpoint, where the group keys are based at least... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090292918 - Authentication system and authentication device: An authentication system is provided with a server device for generating a random number used for authentication and check data obtained by encrypting the random number using an encryption key, an authentication device for authenticating a device to be authenticated by transmitting the random number transmitted from the server device... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090292919 - Secure execution environment on external device: A device, such as a smartcard, may be externally-connected to a host platform and may be used to enhance or extend security services provided by the host platform's Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The device and the platform exchange keys in order to facilitate reliable identification of the platform by the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090292920 - Device authentication in a pki: A method for establishing a link key between correspondents in a public key cryptographic scheme, one of the correspondents being an authenticating device and the other being an authenticated device. The method also provides a means for mutual authentication of the devices. The authenticating device may be a personalized device,... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090292921 - Method for the encrypted data exchange and communication system: The embodiments relate to a method for the encrypted data exchange between subscribers of a communication system using cryptography based on elliptical curves, wherein upon a query by a first subscriber a scalar multiplication is calculated by the second subscriber, wherein merely part of the result of the scalar multiplication... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090292922 - System and method for exchanging secure information between secure removable media (srm) devices: A system and method for exchanging secure information between Secure Removable Media (SRM) devices. An initialization operation is performed between the SRM devices. After a mutual authentication operation is performed between the SRM devices, a secret key is exchanged for secure information exchange. An installation setup operation is then performed... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090292923 - Key-in processing device and method: A key-in processing device for executing a control processing on a basis of information of a key input comprises a determination part for determining what a same key is input continuously, a first storage part for storing information corresponding to an application software that is an object for processing according... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090292924 - Mechanism for detecting human presence using authenticated input activity: When a service request associated with an initiated online service transaction is received, an attestation identifying a human-input activity is requested. Upon receiving a signature attesting the human-input activity, the previously initiated service transaction is authenticated based at least in part on the signature.... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090292925 - Method for providing web application security: A method for an HTTP server to decide whether a remote client is victim of a phishing ttack, comprising: —receiving a first HTTP request from the remote client on said HTTP Server; —responding to said first HTTP request, wherein a token is added to the response submitted to said remote... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090292926 - System and method for controlling features on a device: Trust between entities participating in an upgrade or enablement/disablement process is established and, to facilitate this remotely and securely, a highly tamper resistant point of trust in the system that is being produced is used. This point of trust enables a more efficient distribution system to be used. Through either... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090292927 - Methods and systems for single sign on with dynamic authentication levels: Method and systems for single sign on with dynamic authentication levels is described. The method include receiving a data request for access to a second application, where the user is already authenticated to the first application at a first authentication level. Application information about the authentication level necessary to access... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20090292928 - Acquisition and particular association of inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user and source identity data: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with at least a particular item of an electronic message, acquiring source identity data providing one or more identities of one or more sources that... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090292929 - Initialization of a microprocessor providing for execution of secure code: An apparatus including a microprocessor and a secure non-volatile memory. The microprocessor executes non-secure application programs and a secure application program. The microprocessor has secure execution mode initialization logic and an authorized public key. The secure execution mode initialization logic provides for initialization of a secure execution mode within the... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20090292930 - System, method and apparatus for assuring authenticity and permissible use of electronic documents: A system and method for secure document management including tagging and/or remotely tracking documents exchanged between one or more users and a document repository. In some embodiments, the security policies for documents are determined based at least in part on document content, metadata associated with the document, and/or usage history... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090292931 - Apparatus and method for isolating a secure execution mode in a microprocessor: An apparatus providing for a secure execution environment, including a microprocessor and a secure non-volatile memory. The microprocessor executes non-secure application programs and a secure application program, where the non-secure application programs are accessed from a system memory via a system bus. The microprocessor has secure execution mode logic that... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20090292932 - Device for managing electronic devices constituting storage system: A management device that manages a plurality of electronic devices constituting a storage system specifies a power effect unit, through which a path that cannot be closed does not pass, from among a plurality of power effect units present in the storage system (units whose power states are switched independently),... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090292933 - Enhancing power efficiency in a wireless internet card: A wireless internet card to support enhancing power efficiency. The wireless internet comprises a front end comprising shared frequency resources. The wireless internet card also comprises a first wireless block and a second wireless block. While the first wireless block is in low-power mode, the second wireless block may get... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090292934 - Integrated circuit with secondary-memory controller for providing a sleep state for reduced power consumption and method therefor: A method comprising determining that a minimum operation level of an integrated circuit (100) has been reached and that a sleep mode is therefore allowable; storing minimum operation context information to a RAM (115) in response to determining that the minimum operation level has been reached; switching to a sleep... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090292935 - Method, system and apparatus for power management of a link interconnect: A proposal for power management control of an interconnect structure based on power state transition control. The power state transition is based on generating early warning signals and an idle timeout value setting based on response time and detection of subsequent requests.... Agent: Michael Nesheiwat Intel Corporation

20090292936 - Microcomputer having cpu and pwm timer: A microcomputer includes: a CPU executing a predetermined calculation process; and a PWM timer generating a PWM pulse. The PWM timer includes a RAM for storing a duty value of the PWM pulse and a PWM controller for generating the PWM pulse. The PWM controller includes a PWM counter for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090292937 - Programmable system on a chip: A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device comprises a programmable logic block, a non-volatile memory block, an analog sub-system, an analog input/output circuit block, and a digital input/output circuit block. A programmable interconnect architecture includes programmable elements and interconnect conductors. Ones of the programmable elements are coupled to the programmable logic... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20090292938 - Power management of components having clock processing circuits: A method and system for managing power consumption of a component that employs a clock processing circuit to produce a processed clock signal used by the component from a clock signal supplied to the clock processing circuit. A frequency of a clock signal supplied to the clock processing circuit is... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090292939 - Broadcast/vod receiver and viewing management method: According to one embodiment, an information processor comprises a flush memory which stores a main program for executing information processing by using time data acquired through the clock count operation and a sub-program for upgrading a version of the main program of the information processing, a storage memory which stores... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090292940 - Memory controller, system including the controller, and memory delay amount control method: A memory controller transmits and receives data to and from a memory. The memory controller includes a delay control section deciding a set value indicative of a determined delay amount in response to a result of a comparison between a test data transmitted to the memory and test data received... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090287913 - Apparatus and method for configuring switches, routers, and other configurable devices: A method includes receiving user input associated with configuration of a configurable device. The method also includes retrieving a template associated with the configurable device. The method further includes generating one or more configuration commands for the configurable device using the template and the user input. In addition, the method... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090287914 - Automatically generating a configuration diagram based on task requirements: System and method for generating a configuration diagram based on user specification of a task. A server computer communicates with a client system, e.g., a measurement system, including a client computer system, over a network. The server receives requirements, e.g., a task specification, for a task, e.g., a measurement task,... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090287919 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a power supply unit, a control unit, a first boot circuit, and a data encryption unit. The control unit outputs a boot signal for causing the power supply unit to start supplying power. The first boot circuit interconnects the power supply unit and the control unit... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20090287916 - Grid computing resources and a method of use thereof: A method of using an information handling system can include communicating accessibility of a resource to a grid system, powering down the information handling system, receiving a wake request from the grid system, booting the information handling system into a grid mode where the resource is accessible to the grid... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20090287918 - Managing extensible firmware interface (efi) boot data: A computer system has extensible firmware interface firmware. The EFI firmware loads incomplete virtual boot data from a resource manager and then completes the boot data. The completed boot data is used to find an operating-system image to boot. The complete virtual boot data is transferred to the resource manager.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090287915 - Procedure for booting a first computer using the operating system of a second computer: c

20090287917 - Secure software distribution: To protect against software piracy, a storage media has a cryptographically protected area that stores software to be installed onto a target device, such as a computer. The storage media may include a non-secure area holding boot files and an installation program. The installation program may gather target device-specific data... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090287920 - Method for establishing bi-directional messaging communications with wireless devices and with remote locations over a network: A method, server, device and computer readable medium for establishing a bi-directional communication session between a first device and a server is provided. During the method, a first transport layer connection between the first device and the server is established. The first device is then authenticated with the server over... Agent: Sim & Mcburney

20090287921 - Mobile device assisted secure computer network communication: Mobile device assisted secure computer network communications embodiments are presented that employ a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), and the like) to assist in user authentication. In general, this is accomplished by having a user enter a password into a client computer which is in... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090287922 - Provision of secure communications connection using third party authentication: The present invention relates to communications, and in particular though not exclusively to forming a secure connection between two untrusted devices. The present invention provides a method of securely connecting a first device (A) to a second device (B) using a third party authentication server (AS) coupled to the second... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090287923 - Reverse mapping method and apparatus for form filling: In the presently preferred embodiment of the invention, every time a user submits a form the client software tries to match the submitted information with the stored profile of that user. If a match is discovered, the program tags the field of the recognized data with a corresponding type. The... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090287924 - Revocation of cryptographic digital certificates: Different targets (c0, N1) of a digital certificate are mapped into a “super-target” using methods allowing a certificate validity verifier (110) to compute the super-target. The certificate includes the super-target instead of the targets. Also, a certificate with multiple targets can be signed with a redactable signature by the certification... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090287925 - Method and apparatus for performing an authentication after cipher operation in a network processor: A method and apparatus is described for processing of network data packets by a network processor having cipher processing cores and authentication processing cores which operate on data within the network data packets, in order to provide a one-pass ciphering and authentication processing of the network data packets.... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee. LLP C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090287926 - Proving apparatus and verification apparatus applied to deniable zero-knowledge interactive proof: The present invention enables deniable zero-knowledge interactive proof to be performed with low amounts of communications and calculations by utilizing a method of a special honest verifier zero-knowledge interactive proof when such method is given. The verification apparatus generates a commitment of a challenge value with respect to a predetermined... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090287927 - Secure authenticated distance measurement: The invention relates to a method for a first communication device to performing authenticated distance measurement between said first communication device and a second communication device, wherein the first and the second communication device share a common secret and said common secret is used for performing the distance measurement between... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090287930 - Identity based symmetric cryptosystem using secure biometric model: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are herein described that provide for an identity-based cryptosystem using a highly secure biometric model through which both access and data transmission are effectively made very secure. Through implementation of generating and securely storing biometric data as syndrome vectors tolerance is provided for the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090287929 - Method and apparatus for two-factor key exchange protocol resilient to password mistyping: A system and method for two factor key exchange protocol resilient to password mistyping is disclosed. This authentication process is based on two factors including both electronically stored (long keys) and human supplied credentials (password or biometrics). The disclosed system and method ensures security in the presence of mistyping. The... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090287928 - Methods, portable electronic devices, systems and computer program products for securing electronic conference room whiteboards: Methods, portable electronic devices, systems and computer program products for securing an electronic whiteboard. A near field communication (NFC) session is established between a portable electronic device and the electronic whiteboard to secure information provided on the electronic whiteboard. Dispersion of the information provided on the electronic whiteboard is enabled... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090287932 - Consumer-driven secure sockets layer modulator: A software system and method for executing secure commercial transactions online is disclosed. A user's password is received to initiate secure socket layer (SSL) communications with a transaction site on a server. A web session associated with the SSL communications is encrypted by associating a domain name of the transaction... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090287931 - Establishing proof of existence and possession of digital content: A method for establishing proof of existence and possession of source digital content, the method comprising the steps of generating a content certificate by calculating a content hash derived from the source digital content; creating code incorporating the content hash and content details, and a certifying body time-stamping and digitally... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090287934 - Information processing apparatus, information recording medium, information processing method, and information processing program: An information processing apparatus includes: a reproducing unit that reads, from a disc, a content and a content code file storing a content code that includes at least any one of a program or conversion data applied to a content reproducing process, to execute the content reproducing process; and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090287933 - System and method that uses cryptographic certificates to define groups of entities: A system and method for issuing a cryptographic certificate comprises describing one or more prerequisite condition on the cryptographic certificate. The one or more prerequisite conditions comprise membership in one or more prerequisite group of entities. An entity may be a participant, a resource or a privilege, etc. The present... Agent: Venable LLP

20090287935 - Common access card heterogeneous (cachet) system and method: What is disclosed is a system and method that allows a secondary certificate authority to rely on one or more existing primary certificate authorities to establish identity of a user and provide identity certificates. The secondary certificate authority applies business rules to those identity certificates to establish a community of... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20090287936 - Managing passwords used when detecting information on configuration items disposed on a network: Disclosed embodiments include a computer system for receiving an encrypted password from an ID management system. The computer system sends the encrypted password to a decryption system, where the decryption system decrypts the encrypted password. The decrypted password is then transmitted to the computer system, and the computer system transfers... Agent: Ibm Corp. (jgt) C/o Toler Law Group

20090287937 - Identity verification: The invention provides a method for verifying the identity of an entity to a computerised system. The entity is in possession of a personal identification device (PID) having a PID ID and storing a Codec that can be used to encode and decode data. The computerised system holds data associated... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090287938 - Method and apparatus with chipset-based protection for local and remote authentication of booting from peripheral devices: Method and apparatus enabling a computing system to deter or thwart unauthorized boot-up from peripheral devices are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a monitoring module and a managing module are employed cooperating with each other to authorize users in booting up the computing system from peripheral devices.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20090287939 - Secure device, information processing terminal, server, and authentication method: A secure device can make contents of terminal application authentication information calculation a different complicated calculation process at each time while suppressing the processing load in the secure device and a card application code size to low values. When issuing of a terminal application (302) is requested from an application... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090287940 - System and method for processing and protecting content: Systems and methods that process and protect content are provided. In one example, a system may include, for example, a first device coupled to a second device. The first device may include, for example, an integrated circuit that may include a content processing system and a security system. The security... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090287941 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium: An information processing apparatus which makes it possible to store encrypted data of packets in a decrypted state, and improve the efficiency of data analysis. A network interface receives encrypted data which has been encrypted, and data which has not been encrypted, from a network. A HDD stores received data.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090287942 - Clock roll forward detection: Method and apparatus to detect clock roll-forward attacks in a computing device or similar system. This protects against hackers who tamper with the system clock of, for instance, a digital media playback device in order to access a content item which has been rented for a limited time. By detecting... Agent: Apple C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20090287943 - Mapping power domains in a data center: Mapping power domains in a data center, the data center including one or more power consuming computing devices, the computing devices managed by a management module, each power domain in the data center including one or more power service modules located in an electrical path connecting one or more of... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20090287944 - System and method of controlling an operating frequency in an electronic system: A method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting the operating voltage of an integrated circuit in response to tester-to-system variations, worst-case testing techniques, process variations, temperature variations, or reliability wearout mechanisms. The minimum operating voltage of an integrated circuit is determined either during external testing of the integrated circuit or during... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20090287947 - Circuit and method for ultra-low idle power: A method and circuit for reducing power consumption during idle mode to ultra-low levels, such as 1/10th to 1/1000th of active power, is disclosed. An ultra-low idle power supply may include a primary circuit, a secondary circuit, a switch, and a feedback channel. The secondary circuit is in communication with... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090287945 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: An image processing apparatus includes: a main controller which controls a processing of an image; a power supply which supplies power to the main controller; a switching unit which selectively allows the power to be supplied from the power supply to the main controller; and a sub controller which determines... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090287946 - Power supply control circuit: A power supply control circuit includes a standby control circuit, a microprocessor, and a power supply main circuit. The standby control circuit generates a pulse signal, outputs a first control signal, and sets the first control signal to an active state upon actuation of the switch member. The microprocessor outputs... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090287948 - Context based power management: According to some embodiments, context information associated with a processing system may be determined. It may then be automatically arranged for a power state associated with the processing system to transition from a first power state to a second power state based on the context information.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090287949 - Managing power domains in a data center: Managing power domains in a data center including establishing a unique domain identification for each electrical path connecting one or more computing devices to a power source; receiving, by a management module from the computing devices, the unique domain identifications; maintaining, by the management module, a map associating the unique... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20090276612 - Implementation of sparing policies for servers: A method for implementing a sparing policy for a server by a management module in communication with the server and a plurality of additional servers is provided. The server is designated as a spare server. The spare server is maintained in a powered-off, standby state. A need for the spare... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20090276617 - Computer system comprising a secure boot mechanism on the basis of symmetric key encryption: A CPU, a computer system and a secure boot mechanism are provided in which a symmetric encryption key may be incorporated into a non-volatile memory area of the CPU core, thereby substantially avoiding any tampering of the encryption key by external sources. Moreover, pre-boot information may be internally stored in... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090276613 - Method of sharing basic input output system, and blade server and computer using the same: A blade server is provided. The blade server includes at least one motherboard, and a backplane. The backplane is coupled to the at least one motherboard, and includes a memory unit and a switch unit. The memory unit is adapted for storing a BIOS. The switch unit is coupled between... Agent: J C Patents

20090276618 - Portable device and method for externally generalized starting up of a computer system: An improved portable device for start-up of a computer system is disclosed. This portable device for externally starting up a computer system comprises a connection interface to the computer system and a data medium comprising data and executable codes of a host operating system that can be activated by a... Agent: Bull Hn Information Systems Inc. Attn: Russell W. Guenthner

20090276616 - Servo device and method of shared basic input/output system: A servo device and method of a shared basic input/output system (BIOS) include a plurality of mainboards, a circuit board, and a switching control unit. When a disk boot failure event of the mainboard occurs, a transmission path is conducted between the mainboard where the disk boot failure event occurs... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090276614 - Servo device and method of sharing basic input/output system: A servo device and a method of sharing a basic input/output system (BIOS) include a plurality of mainboards, a circuit board, and a memory unit, and a switching unit disposed on the circuit board. A single memory unit stores a plurality of BIOS entity program segments respectively corresponding to a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090276615 - Servo device auto-booted upon power supply recovery and method thereof: A servo device auto-booted upon power supply recovery and a method thereof include a plurality of mainboards, a circuit board, a power supply, a memory unit, an auto-booting unit, and a switching unit. The switching unit and the memory unit storing a basic input/output system (BIOS) are disposed on the... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090276619 - Parallel distribution and fingerprinting of digital content: Distributing information, including the steps of watermarking the digital content, distributing the digital content using a multi-source system, and partially fingerprinting digital content at each stage of moving information from a point of origin to the viewer. “Adaptation” of the digital content to the recipient includes maintaining the digital content... Agent: Kaleidescape, Inc.

20090276620 - Client authentication during network boot: A secure mechanism for performing a network boot sequence and provisioning a remote device may use a private key of a public key/private key encryption mechanism to generate a command by a server and have the command executed by the device. The command may be used to verify the authenticity... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090276623 - Enterprise device recovery: An administrator of an enterprise can recover a user secure storage device in conjunction with a third-party service without the administrator knowing a user secure storage device password. The administrator secure storage device is communicatively coupled with a host computer. A user secure storage device is communicatively coupled with a... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090276621 - Secret authentication system: An authenticated apparatus generates scrambled data from key data and authentication data, such that another key data, which configures the product data, or authentication data is obtained through back-calculation of the product data by using the authentication data or key data, the scrambled data including the product data and the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090276622 - Secret authentication system: Authentication data is distributedly defined by a plurality of distributed data, including function data specifying a function. A portion of the distributed data is shared between an authenticated apparatus and an authenticating apparatus. The authenticated apparatus obtains verification data from the distributed data unshared with the authenticated apparatus, and transmits... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090276624 - Method and apparatus for facilitating business processes: A method and apparatus for facilitating a business process communication and managing business processes. First business process data is obtained from at least one first trading participant and processed at a process management platform configured to automatically determine second trading participants to satisfy the first business process data. A second... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090276627 - Digital content decrypting apparatus and operating method thereof: A device and method for decrypting digital contents are discussed. According to an embodiment, a method for decrypting digital content at a target device, includes receiving the digital content without a source encryption key from a source device connected to the target device, the digital content having been encrypted with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090276628 - Digital content decrypting apparatus and operating method thereof: A device and method for decrypting digital contents are discussed. According to an embodiment, a method for decrypting digital content at a target device, includes receiving the digital content without a source encryption key from a source device connected to the target device, the digital content having been encrypted with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090276625 - Hierarchical browsing management method and system for digital content: A hierarchical browsing management method and system for a digital content are described, in which a client decrypts a part of an encrypted content corresponding to an user permission of the client according to a different decryption key. The hierarchical browsing management method includes the following steps. A document fetching... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090276626 - Portable smart card reader having secure wireless communications capability: A reader device includes a housing for receiving a smart card, a processor in electronic communication with an integrated circuit chip of the smart card when the smart card is received in the housing, a wireless communications device in electronic communication with the processor for enabling the reader device to... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20090276629 - Method for deriving traffic encryption key: A mobile station is provided. The mobile station includes one or more radio transceiver module and a processor. The processor generates an Authorization Key (AK) context including at least one secret key shared with a base station, transmits at least one association negotiation message via the radio transceiver module to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090276631 - Certificate revocation system: A method of managing certificates in a communication system having a certifying authority and a directory. Preferably, the method begins by having the certifying authority generate certificates by digitally signing a given piece of data. At a later point time, the certifying authority may produce a string that proves whether... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20090276634 - Content distribution system, content distribution method, and client terminal: The user of any one portable terminal sends a content information request including a user ID to a distribution server. In response, the distribution server distributes a stream data of content that can be used on the user's terminal. If the user of a first portable terminal intends to let... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090276630 - Group signature system and information processing method: In a group signature system of the present invention, user device 400 registered in the group, when receiving an issuing device public key of a set that includes order N of a cyclic group and its elements a—0, a—1 and a—2, determines such primes e and e′ that e′ is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090276633 - Retrieving content via a coded surface: A method of retrieving a content using a print medium is disclosed. The method starts by determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device. The print media identifier is linked to the content. The method then retrieves, using the mobile... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090276632 - Systems, methods, and media for providing secure content information: Systems, methods, and media for providing secure content information are provided. In some embodiments, systems for providing secure content information are provided, the systems comprising: a processor that creates a payload, creates a validation value, securely stores the validation value in association with a content distribution, and stores the payload... Agent: Byrne Poh LLP

20090276635 - Controlling distribution and use of digital works: In order to efficiently prevent the save-and-restore attack on usage rights associated with digital work, these usage rights are protected by a hidden channel. In order to make it a difficult or expensive to manipulate the hidden channel, a device is proposed comprising: writing means (34) for writing on a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090276636 - Federated digital rights management scheme including trusted systems: Federated systems for issuing playback certifications granting access to technically protected content are described. One embodiment of the system includes a registration server connected to a network, a content server connected to the network and to a trusted system, a first device including a non-volatile memory that is connected to... Agent: Kauth , Pomeroy , Peck & Bailey ,llp

20090276639 - Dynamic frequency scaling of a switched mode power supply: System(s) and method(s) are provided for dynamically scaling switching frequencies and clock sources of switched mode power supplies (SMPSs) in a mobile station. Switching frequency is scaled to an optimal value in response to at least one of (i) a change in mode of operation for wireless communication employed by... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090276641 - Multi-phase voltage regulator on motherboard: A multi-phase voltage regulator includes a pulse width modulation control unit, a pulse signal extension circuit, M counts of current providing paths, and a feedback signal switching circuit. The pulse width modulation control unit generates N counts of pulse signals in a first cycle period. The pulse signal extension circuit... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090276638 - Power control device and power control method applied to computer system: The present invention provides a power control device and a power control method applied to a computer system. The power control device includes a data processing unit, a throughput determining module, and a clock control unit. The data processing unit is utilized for processing and outputting data according to an... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090276637 - Power control system for mobile workstation and method: A method of controlling a power system includes receiving a signal indicative of user interaction with a handle of a removable battery, and switching a power interface of the power system from a first power sourcing mode receiving power from the removable battery to a second power sourcing mode receiving... Agent: Michael B. Mcneil Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20090276640 - Power management apparatus and system using the same: A power management apparatus and a system using the same, which are suitable for managing power supplies for peripheral devices connected to a host system, are provided. The power management apparatus includes power supply switches, a control circuit and a power supply unit. The power supply switches are respectively coupled... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090276643 - Storage power supply system, storage device, and control thereof: The present invention discloses a storage power supply system includes a first storage device coupled with a network, a second storage device coupled with the network and an uninterrupted power supply. The uninterrupted power supply comprises a backup circuit that supplies backup power when commercial power supply is interrupted. The... Agent: Yokoi & Company U.s.a., Inc.

20090276642 - Voltage regulator with suspend mode: A system is disclosed. The system includes a central processing unit (CPU) to operate in one or more low power sleep states, and a power converter. The power converter includes phase inductors; and one or more power switches to drive the phase inductors. The one or more power switches are... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090276646 - Method and apparatus for data transmission in wireless local access network and system therefor: An Apparatus, method, and system for transmitting data in a Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) in a power management state are provided. The method includes registering a standby state entrance to an Access Point (AP), switching to an active state at a period, determining whether transmission standby data exists in... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090276645 - Relay device: A relay device which includes: a signal relay section that relays a signal communicated between a computer and at least one device that communicates with the computer and operates in accordance with an instruction from the computer; a power source section that supplies electric power to the at least one... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090276644 - Structure for semiconductor power distribution and control: A design structure for dynamic integrated circuit power distribution and control is disclosed. The design structure includes an external power consumption target generator configured to generate a power dissipation target for one or more integrated circuits. The design structure also includes a first integrated circuit that includes an IC power... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20090276650 - Information processing apparatus and method for controlling information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data, a supply unit configured to supply electric power to the storage unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, a measuring unit configured to measure... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090276649 - Method, system, and product for computational device power-savings: A user may invoke energy savings in the operation of a computational device performing a processing task. The device performs the processing task in the invoked energy savings mode and determines an energy amount expended by the device in performing the processing task in the energy savings mode, creating a... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20090276648 - Quad-state power-saving virtual storage controller: A method, system and computer program product for reducing the collective power consumption of a plurality of storage devices including a plurality of associated storage volumes is provided. The storage volumes are grouped by a last access time according to a plurality of ranks. The plurality of ranks corresponds to... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20090276647 - Storage device power consumption state: In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes circuitry to determine, at least in part, whether respective idle conditions have been satisfied for respective storage devices. If the circuitry determines, at least in part, that at least one respective storage device comprised in the respective storage devices satisfies at... Agent: The Law Offices Of Christopher K. Gagne C/o Cpa Global

20090276651 - Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control: Methods and apparatuses for dynamically budgeting power usage in a data processing system. In one aspect, a data processing system, includes: one or more first components capable of being dynamically throttled to a plurality of different performance level settings; one or more second components; and one or more power usage... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090276652 - Method of link word synchronization: A method for word synchronization can be applied to asynchronous devices including SERDES devices connected across serial lines. A state transition methodology characterizes the state of the device based on control characters received consistently across the serial lines and channels the system to a state of word synchronization. Loss of... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20090276653 - Presence server for discrete time updates: A presence server of an apparatus in one example is configured to receive at least one event message from a network entity in continuous time. The presence server is configured to determine at discrete time intervals if an update message should be sent for the network entity. The discrete time... Agent: Carmen Patti Law Group, LLC