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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Support > Multiple Computer Communication Using Cryptography > Particular Communication Authentication Technique > Authentication Of An Entity And A Message Authentication Of An Entity And A MessageAuthentication Of An Entity And A Message patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/18/07 - 20070245144 - System and method for anonymously indexing electronic record systems A method for issuing Anonymous Public Key Certificates to Registered Persons in an electronic record system, where pointers for indexing the record system are stored within the Anonymous Public Key Certificates, and where associated Private Keys are controlled by smartcards or similar devices. Electronic records may be identifiably indexed when ... 10/04/07 - 20070234054 - System and method of network equipment remote access authentication in a communications network A system and method are provided for key-based network equipment remote access authentication. A remote client machine and a piece of network equipment perform client-server authentication while the network equipment employs an access validation server to perform access validation for key-based authentication. ... 09/27/07 - 20070226502 - Signaling with opaque ue identities Techniques for deriving temporary identifiers (IDs) used to address specific user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication network are described. At a network entity, a first ID assigned to a UE and additional information such as, e.g., a salt value and/or shared secret data for the UE, are transformed to ... 09/27/07 - 20070226501 - Non-contact type semiconductor device, mobile terminal device, and communication system There are provided a non-contact type semiconductor device, a mobile terminal device, and a communication system capable of suppressing unauthorized read, thereby assuring security. The non-contact type semiconductor device records information for identifying a read device of a communication destination and a request from a read device in a recording ... 09/27/07 - 20070226500 - Subscription-based computing implemented in hardware of computing device A subscription-based computing device has hardware and a subscription enforcer implemented in the hardware. The enforcer has an accumulator that accumulates a usage value as the computing device is being used and an expiration value register that stores an expiration value. The enforcer allows the computing device to operate in ... 09/06/07 - 20070208941 - Method and system for authentication of electronic communications A method and system to authenticate electronic communications, such as email. A trusted third party records information of each of sender's communications, such as date, time and recipients. Recipients are allowed to verify if their incoming messages match the data of their senders' outgoing communications. Mismatches can be used to ... 08/16/07 - 20070192605 - Method of cryptographic synchronization The present invention provides a method of cryptographic synchronization. The method may include providing information indicative of a first counter to a first one of a plurality of base stations. The first counter is incremented prior to each message transmitted to each of the plurality of base stations. The method ... 08/16/07 - 20070192604 - Self-authenticating blade server in a secure environment A blade server module in an information handling system may have secure environment and authorized removal modes in non-volatile memory. If the secure environment mode is set in the blade server module, then the authorized removal mode is read to determine whether it also is set. If both of these ... 08/09/07 - 20070186107 - User authentication system and data providing system using the same [PROBLEMS] Provided is a user-friendly authentication system with an improved security. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The authentication system of the present invention comprises: an input device for receiving from a user an input of an address data of a portable terminal owned by the user; a corresponding data generating device ... 07/05/07 - 20070157025 - Method and system for providing security and reliability to collaborative applications Some embodiments of a method and system for providing secure and reliable collaborative applications are described. In some embodiments, a collaborative application may be separated into critical and non-critical components. The critical components may be run on a secure domain on a virtual machine, apart from the non-critical components, according ... 06/28/07 - 20070150734 - Secure porting of information from one device to another A generic access card is paired with a data destination device by insertion into its card slot, and the public portion of a public/private key is stored in the card. The card authenticates the destination device. The paired card is transported to a data source device which includes a card ... 06/07/07 - 20070130464 - Method for establishing a secure e-mail communication channel between a sender and a recipient 4) if, on the other hand, said public key of said recipient is not available in said database (160), said encryption system sends instead enrolment message (1220) to said recipient, said enrolment message containing an invitation for said recipient to choose among one of the following options: i) access to ... // - 3) if said public key of said recipient is available, said encryption system encrypts said e-mail with said public key, and forwards the encrypted e-mail to the recipient (5), - ... // - 2) said encryption system (16) verifies in a database (160) of recipients if a public key of said recipient is available, - ... // - 1) said sender sends an e-mail addressed to said recipient over an e-mail encryption system (16), - ... 05/31/07 - 20070124591 - Voice-capable system and method for authentication query recall and reuse prevention A system and method for use with a voice-capable system, includes but is not limited to a method including receiving an authentication request by the voice-capable system from a user computationally networked to the voice-capable system, and determining an authentication session in response to the authentication request, the determining the ... 05/24/07 - 20070118747 - Method for electronically endorsing check images A method of electronically endorsing a check includes obtaining an electronic image of the check and composing an endorsement data element for the check that includes at least first information identifying a party endorsing the check. The method further includes creating a message data file including the electronic image and ... 05/24/07 - 20070118746 - Digital signature for network coding Digital signatures for network coding are described. In one aspect, digital signatures for network coding are described. In one aspect, segmented blocks of content for distribution are digitally signed using homomorphic digital signatures generated from an elliptic curve. A linear combination of packets comprising the digitally signed content is distributed ... 05/17/07 - 20070113090 - Access control system based on a hardware and software signature of a requesting device A system and method for the authorization of access to a service by a computational device or devices, which may include a wireless device such as a cell phone or a smart phone. A software agent generates a digital signature for the device each time it attempts to access the ... 05/17/07 - 20070113089 - System and method for secure exchange of trust information The present invention is directed to a system and method for propagation of security information for secure information exchange. Existing and new authentication information are gathered and combined into the same header. The header is attached to electronic document data encrypted by a client device and sent via a computer ... 05/10/07 - 20070106896 - Method and system for generating ciphertext and message authentication codes utilizing shared hardware A method and system for generating ciphertext and message authentication codes utilizing shared hardware are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided of generating ciphertext message data and message authentication codes utilizing shared authenticated encryption unit hardware. In the described embodiment, plaintext message data is received at an ... 05/10/07 - 20070106895 - Biometric non-repudiation network security systems and methods In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a client device includes a biometric unit, a transceiver unit, and a cryptographic engine. The biometric unit generates a first biometric feature at a first time and a second biometric feature at a second time based on sensing a portion of ... 05/10/07 - 20070106894 - Communication device, communication system and authentication method A communication device, a communication system and an authentication system for preventing a disguising act by an illegal man-in-the-middle and improving the safety and certainty of authentication processing are provided. A slave (20) transmits an authentication request including device information to a master (10). The master (10) receives the authentication ... 04/26/07 - 20070094502 - Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus by which a communication channel providing a high degree of privacy is established between a PDA and a data communication server. Data encrypted with a temporary key is shared by a PDA and a memory card. The memory card decrypts the ... 04/26/07 - 20070094501 - Authentication system, device, and program A client device transmits service identification information to an authentication device at the time of a service request, prompts selection of one or more authentication entity devices which execute one or more authentication subprocesses from among all the authentication entity devices adaptive to profile information received from the authentication device, ... 04/26/07 - 20070094500 - System and method for investigating phishing web sites We investigate phishing web sites, by finding domain clusters using our antispam methods, from both phishing and non-phishing messages. We can find related web sites and analyze these for possible phishing. This can be done at an ISP, or by an analysis company, or in an appliance. We extend our ... 04/19/07 - 20070088950 - Account-based digital signature (abds) system using biometrics A method of authenticating a message that is purportedly sent from an account holder having a device that digitally signs messages using a unique private key includes receiving the message, a unique identifier associated with an account of the account holder maintained by an account authority, and a digital signature ... 04/05/07 - 20070079122 - Apparatus and method for executing security function using smart card An apparatus and method are provided for safely switching among security consoles and acquiring ownership with respect to a controlled device by executing an electronic signature using a smart card. An apparatus for executing a security function using a smart card includes: a smart card read unit which acquires a ... 03/22/07 - 20070067633 - Method for securely managing an inventory of secure coprocessors in a distributed system A method of managing an inventory of secure coprocessors and processing a plurality of transaction requests in a distributed system having one or more data centers. The method includes maintaining a secure coprocessor control list that includes information identifying one or more of the secure coprocessors, receiving the secure coprocessor ... 03/15/07 - 20070061574 - Methods and systems for unilateral authentication of messages Disclosed is an authentication mechanism that enables an information recipient to ascertain that the information comes from the sender it purports to be from. This mechanism integrates a private/public key pair with selection by the sender of a portion of its address. The sender derives its address from its public ... 03/15/07 - 20070061573 - Processing device and processing method An authentication unit of a digital MFP carries out communication with an authentication server and executes an authentication procedure. The authentication unit acquires authentication information from an operator, transmits an authentication request including the authentication information to the authentication server, and receives an authentication result from the authentication server. A ... 03/08/07 - 20070055876 - Media receiving apparatus, media system having the same, and control methods thereof A power supplying apparatus and a power supplying method with superior stability against over-voltage and over-current are provided. The present invention relates to a media receiving apparatus which processes a copy-protected media signal received from an external media source. An interface is provided to connect with the external media source, ... 02/15/07 - 20070038860 - Authentication system To provide an authentication technology making it compatible to facilitate inputting of authentication information and to ensure the security. An authentication device connected to a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal via a communication line, receives a message from the transmitting terminal, receives authentication information from the transmitting terminal, registers ... 02/01/07 - 20070028105 - Apparatus and method for providing security in computing and communication environments A computing or communication system may provide an “issued back” password to a user who is authorized to access the computing or communication system. The issued back password may be used by the user to verify that communications with the computing or communication system are legitimate. For example, the issued ... 02/01/07 - 20070028104 - Communication protocol and method for authenticating a system One aspect relates to a communication protocol for communicating between one or more entities, such as devices, hosts or any other system capable of communicating over a network. A protocol is provided that allows communication between entities without a priori knowledge of the communication protocol. In such a protocol, for ... 01/11/07 - 20070011455 - System and method using information based indicia for securing and authenticating transactions A method, system, and apparatus for authenticating transactions and records is disclosed. An information-based indicium includes an article bearing a first identifier, wherein the first identifier substantially prevents a single user from accumulating multiple articles bearing the same first identifier, and a first digital certificate that is derived in part ... 01/04/07 - 20070005970 - E-mail authentication protocol or map The invention is a more efficient system and method to eliminate undesirable electronic mail (email) communications sent via the Internet. The invention eliminates undesirable email by refusing to accept delivery of the email message thereby minimizing the negative impact of undesirable email while adhering to established Internet protocols and processes ... 12/28/06 - 20060294377 - Method for encrypting/decrypting e-mail, and storage medium and module In an e-mail encryption/decryption method, an e-mail encryption process is executed at a sending end before sending an e-mailmessagetoareceivingend. The e-mail encryption process is includes providing an e-mail message having a header and text, requesting selection of at least one portion of the text and decision of a password set ... 12/21/06 - 20060288213 - System and method for authentication of users and web sites A system and method allows a user to authenticate a web site, a web site to authenticate a user, or both. When a user requests a web page from the web site, customization information that is recognizable to the user is provided to allow the user to authenticate the web ... 12/21/06 - 20060288212 - Transparent user and session management for web applications A central server used to generate, for example, web application instances to remote users over a computer network, such as the Internet, is implemented with new programming techniques by which user and session management is made independent of the web application instance. The prior methods, by which a new user ... 12/21/06 - 20060288211 - Dynamically resolving recipients to retrieve public keys during send/receive Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate identifying messages generated on a mobile device while the device is offline as requiring encryption, storing the messages in a message outbox with a flag indicating that encryption is required, and identifying recipients of the flagged messages to generate a recipient list. The ... 12/07/06 - 20060277407 - User data management device, storage medium which stores a control program, and control method A user data management device, a storage medium which stores a control program, and a control method are disclosed which efficiently report the identity of a user who is using equipment to some or all members of the department in which that equipment is located, or to managers of that ... 11/30/06 - 20060271784 - Efficient processing of time-bounded messages Efficient processing of time-bound messages is described herein. In an implementation, messages are classified either time-bounded messages or non-time-bounded messages. The time-bounded messages are then processed separately from the non-time-bound messages. Examples of time-bounded messages can include spam e-mails or other types or classes of e-mails subject to a retention ... 10/19/06 - 20060236108 - Instant process termination tool to recover control of an information handling system A method and system for automatic termination of unauthorized malevolent processes operating on an information handling system. A list of authenticated and essential process list is stored on the information handling system. Unauthorized processes not contained on the list can be automatically terminated by the user by invoking the present ... 10/05/06 - 20060224890 - System and method for achieving machine authentication without maintaining additional credentials A Machine Authentication PAC (Protected Access Credential) serves as machine credentials to obtain network access without requiring server storage and management of the additional set of credentials. The first time authentication is performed, user authentication is executed. After the supplicant and server have mutually authenticated each other and satisfied other ... 09/28/06 - 20060218402 - Proxy method and system for secure wireless administration of managed entities A method, system and apparatus are described for avoiding the use of a web-server or generic security when providing network administration services remotely to managed entities using wireless technology. Instead a true Proxy device, not operating as a web-server, is used to pre-process all command traffic from wireless input devices ... 09/28/06 - 20060218401 - System and method of sharing contents data in network A technique for sharing contents data in a network. In order to easily share the contents data in the network without using a physical media apparatus or a personal computer, a contents data providing device for providing the contents data is registered in a server in the network, and after ... 09/14/06 - 20060206711 - Transmitting security data in multipart communications over a network Embodiments of the invention provide for efficiently implementing security features over HTTP communications. In some embodiments, a security feature, such as a digital signature, can be efficiently implemented over HTTP communications. The HTTP communications are conducted in parts. The first part contains the payload data of the message. The second ... 09/07/06 - 20060200670 - Method and apparatus for securely disseminating security server contact information in a network Various systems and method are disclosed for disseminating security server contact information in a network. For example, one method (e.g., performed by a security server) involves determining that a network device is a secure network device, in response to participating in a security exchange with the network device; and then ... 08/10/06 - 20060179313 - Systems and methods for providing product information over a carrier wave A customer relationship management (CRM) method using IBOC-radio signals is provided. A message in the radio signal is parsed to obtain a key. The key is compared to a plurality of stored keys. When the received key matches a stored key, a data structure associated with the message is outputted. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174119 - Authenticating destinations of sensitive data in web browsing The present invention is described and illustrated in conjunction with systems, apparatuses and methods of varying scope. A method and apparatus for authenticating destinations of sensitive data in web browsing is described and illustrated. In an embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes receiving website data from a ... 08/03/06 - 20060174118 - System and method for providing s/mime-based document distribution via electronic mail mechanisms A content or document management system includes a content or document repository; a dedicated e-mail account; and a mail agent associated with the dedicated e-mail account. The mail agent processes a received e-mail message to determine a sender's identity; authenticates the identity of the sender and an authorization of the ... 07/20/06 - 20060161775 - Secure modem gateway concentrator The present invention provides a method and system for secure access to computer equipment. An embodiment includes a secure access controller connected to a link between a transceiver (such as a modem) and the computer equipment. Public and private keys are used by the secure access controller and a remote ... 06/29/06 - 20060143455 - Method and apparatus for secure pairing A method and apparatus for securely pairing wireless devices is disclosed. The method comprises sending (304) from a first device (102) secure information, such as a Bluetooth code, a pin or combination thereof, over a wired link (260). Then receiving (306) from a second device (104) a confirmation to the ... 06/29/06 - 20060143454 - Storage of multiple keys in memory A method of storing multiple first bit-patterns in non-volatile memory of a device, the method comprising, for each of the first bit-patterns to be stored: (a) applying a one way function to a third bit-pattern based on a second bit-pattern associated with the device, thereby to generate a first result; ... 06/15/06 - 20060129817 - Systems and methods for enabling trust in a federated collaboration Systems and methods consistent with the present invention enable explicit and multilateral trust across a community of federated servers via a network. A trusted third party establishes a framework of policies and procedures governing a federation. Organizations joining the federation submit to an audit process of internal policies and procedures ... 05/11/06 - 20060101266 - Secure peer-to-peer messaging invitation architecture A system and methods providing immediate peer-to-peer messaging between mobile devices in a wireless system. An invitation architecture is disclosed which enables the exchange of personal identification numbers (PINs) without requiring a user to directly access or provide his or her PIN. A messaging application encrypts its associated PIN before ... 05/04/06 - 20060095769 - System and method for initializing operation for an information security operation A method and apparatus for initializing operation for information security operation for an entity utilizes shared information, such as shared secret information, that may be shared between the entity and other applications or operations within a system to initialize an entity. Prestored shared information that can be used as entity ... 04/27/06 - 20060090073 - System and method of using human friendly representations of mathematical values and activity analysis to confirm authenticity A system and method for representing mathematical values in a human friendly way, identity authentication that comprises the use of a function (including a one-way mathematical (hash) value) for verification of activity and/or transaction veracity and/or the identity of a computer system, user-friendly graphical/audible verification representations of the same, and ... 04/13/06 - 20060080533 - System and method for providing e-mail verification The present invention relates to a method and system for certifying the transmission of an electronic document that is being transmitted from a sender's electronic device to a recipient's electronic device wherein the electronic document contains at least a header portion containing addressing information and a body portion. A first ... 03/23/06 - 20060064589 - Setting information distribution apparatus, method, program, medium, and setting information reception program A setting information distribution apparatus belonging to a network, comprises: authentication unit that accepts and authenticates an authentication request given from a user terminal requesting access authentication by use of a network access authentication procedure between a user terminal and the network; collection unit that collects setting data to be ... 02/16/06 - 20060036858 - Terminal device authentication system A terminal-device authentication system is capable of appropriately allocating the allocation target of a CE device. The device ID of the CE device (3) includes company information. The CE device (3) uses the company information to inquire of a company-information allocation server (6) about an authentication-target allocation server (8) to ... 02/02/06 - 20060026427 - Method and system for entity authentication using an untrusted device and a trusted device A trusted device obtains entity data from an entity. The entity data are transmitted to an untrusted device, and the untrusted device generates a summary of the entity data. The summary includes information to identify or recognize one or more elements or properties associated with the entity data. The summary ... 01/26/06 - 20060020799 - Secure messaging A messaging method and system sends secure emails (14) by the email originator (10) removing the portion of the email (14) which is confidential (24) from the body of the email (14). The removed portion (24) is sent to a secure storage site (30). The residue (20) of the email ... 01/26/06 - 20060020798 - Method of verifying network transactions The present invention is to provide a method of verifying network transactions, which comprises the steps of issuing a first transaction request from a user end to a verifying server; randomly creating a dynamic password by the verifying server; sending the dynamic password back to the user end; issuing a ... 01/19/06 - 20060015726 - Apparatus for partial authentication of messages A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to insert partial authentication content into a message. The modified message is then delivered through an electronic network to a recipient. Upon receipt, the partial authentication content is processed without processing the entire message. This results in an authentication response indicative of the ... 01/12/06 - 20060010322 - Record management of secured email Email can be securely stored using a secure record management system. An encrypted email is received at the secure record management system. The received email is a duplicated copy of a transmitted email and is decryptable by the secure record management system. The received email is processed and providing to ... 12/29/05 - 20050289345 - Method and system for providing a document which can be visually authenticated A method of providing a document which can be visually authenticated includes providing a document that is valid for a predetermined period of validity; randomly selecting visual authentication indicia just prior to the period of validity, the visual authentication indicia providing visual indication of validity during the period of validity; ... 12/29/05 - 20050289344 - Security against replay attacks of messages Security against replay of a message by generating a list of unique message enabling codes (TATs) in a first device and storing the list in a second device. A message generated in the first device, which includes at least one of the unique message enabling codes from the list, is ... 12/22/05 - 20050283607 - Network security authentication method The present invention discloses a authentication method for network security, comprising: firstly, a media gateway controller (MGC) configures a media gateway (MG) with an authentication key and sets a security data package on a network protocol; thus, during the security authentication, the MGC utilizes the security data package to send ... 12/15/05 - 20050278533 - System and method for secure communications Like Microsoft's call for trustworthy computing, there are similarly a few inherent problems in communications between computers and/or between other electronic devices (such as for example Fax machines), which can initiate a similar call for trustworthy communications. These problems are caused mainly by various limitations in the currently employed communication ... 12/01/05 - 20050268100 - System and method for authenticating entities to users A system and method communicates information from an entity that a registry can use to authenticate the entity to a user. If the registry authenticates the entity, it displays information that represents a shared secret between the registry and the user. ... 11/17/05 - 20050257056 - Content transfer system, content transfer method, content transmitting apparatus, content transmission method, content receiving apparatus, content reception method, and computer program The present invention provides a content transfer system for transferring content from a content transmitting apparatus to a content receiving apparatus through a network in consideration of content protection. The system comprises an authentication process executing means which executes an authentication process between the content transmitting apparatus and the content ... 11/17/05 - 20050257055 - Device ownership transfer from a network A home relationship is established between a device and a network by storing an ownership record in the device that identifies the network, and storing in the network a device identifier that identifies the device. Thereafter, communication is established between the device and the network. The ownership record is then ... 11/10/05 - 20050251679 - Original transcript system: method and system to issue, submit and view original electronic transcripts. Transcript in OTS refer to any electronic file that can include a PDF, word or an image file, and is issued by an issuer. The original transcript system consists of transcript servers that register and host users. These transcript servers talk securely to each other through the transcript network server. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246535 - Message service indication system and method Systems and methods for displaying messages to a user, the messages having different levels of security, are provided herein. One method of displaying to a user messages having different levels of security includes receiving a message over a network includes examining an attribute of the message to determine a security-related ... 11/03/05 - 20050246534 - System and method for administering digital certificate checking Systems and methods for handling electronic messages. An electronic message that is associated with a digital certificate is to be processed. A decision whether to check the validity of the digital certificate is based upon digital certificate checking criterion. An IT administrator may provide to one or more devices configuration ... 11/03/05 - 20050246533 - Certificate-based encryption and public key infrastructure The present invention provides methods for sending a digital message from a sender (606) to a recipient (608) in a public-key based cryptosystem comprising an authorizer (606). The authorizer can be a single entity (606) or comprise a hierarchical or distributed entity (602, 604a-604b). The present invention allows communication of ... 10/27/05 - 20050240764 - Apparatus and method for performing rc4 ciphering An arrangement is provided for performing RC4 ciphering. The arrangement includes apparatuses and methods that pipeline generation of a key stream based on a byte state array, called the S-box, which is initially generated from a secret key shared by a receiver and a transmitter in a network system. The ... 10/20/05 - 20050235152 - Encryption key sharing scheme for automatically updating shared key In the encryption key sharing scheme, the eavesdropping of the communication contents by the third person is prevented by automatically updating a shared key which is hard to predict for the third person, by acquiring a seed of the shared key to be used for the encryption of the next ... 10/13/05 - 20050228996 - System and method for secure communications. Like Microsoft's call for trustworthy computing, there are similarly a few inherent problems in communications between computers and/or between other electronic devices (such as for example Fax machines), which can initiate a similar call for trustworthy communications. These problems are caused mainly by various limitations in the currently employed communication ... 09/15/05 - 20050204138 - System and method for an email screen saver The present disclosure provides a system and method for an email screen saver. In one example, the method includes monitoring for activity and, if no activity is detected within a predefined period of time, activating a screen saver. If a message is received, the method determines whether the screen saver ... 09/08/05 - 20050198508 - Method and system for transmission and processing of authenticated electronic mail Embodiments of the present invention may provide a method, systems and/or computer program products for an e-mail messaging system. This may involve providing multiple authenticated e-mail systems each controlled by programmed instructions. E-mail messages may be digitally signed and signatures may be validated. Conformance to rules may be enforced and ... 09/08/05 - 20050198507 - Import address table verification The import address table of a software module is verified in order to prevent detouring attacks. A determination is made regarding which entries in the IAT must be verified; all of the entries may be verified or some subset of the entries that are critical may be verified. For each ... 09/08/05 - 20050198506 - Dynamic key generation and exchange for mobile devices A method for dynamic generation and exchange of a key which may be used to authenticate messages between a mobile network device (e.g., a laptop computer) and a network device (e.g., a router) configured to route datagrams destined for the mobile network device. ... 09/01/05 - 20050193202 - Digests to identify elements in a signature process A signature system with a mechanism to identify element(s) of a signed document includes a sender having a signature module with a digest generator. The digest generator generates digests for identifying selected elements of the document. The resulting “identifying” digests are then used in generating a signature in which the ... 08/25/05 - 20050188201 - Technique for reliable message confirmation A technique for exchanging messages in a computer network using a public data template and a message transfer protocol with interdependent request and confirmation messages is described. A request message includes a first data structure obtained by packing application data that requires confirmation in the public data template. A network ... 08/18/05 - 20050182935 - Secure electronic transfer without requiring knowledge of secret data A secure electronic transfer mechanism that does not require that the computing entities that are parties to the transaction be aware of the secret data used to secure the transfer. A transferring computing entity provides a request from a billing agent computing entity to transfer the electronically transferable item to ... 07/28/05 - 20050166049 - Upper-level protocol authentication A method for authenticating communication traffic includes receiving a first message, sent over a network from a source address, requesting information from a server in accordance with a higher-level protocol. A challenge is sent to the source address in reply to the first message, in accordance with the higher-level protocol. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144453 - Method and system for obtaining a signing agent A system for, and method of, permitting a client to locate a signing agent located within a desired area of a region is disclosed. A database is provided containing a listing of a plurality of signing agents dispersed over the region. The client is permitted to access the database to ... 06/30/05 - 20050144452 - Method and apparatus to authenticate and authorize user access to a system A method, apparatus, and system are provided for authenticating and authorizing user access to a system. According to one embodiment, a request for authentication and authorization of a user is received from a secondary site on behalf of the user who is seeking to access a primary site via the ... 06/30/05 - 20050144451 - Method and apparatus for providing electronic message authentication A method for providing electronic message authentication employs an article, such as a card, sticker, or any other suitable article, that includes sender authentication information and location information such as row and column headings. In one example, each recipient of interest is issued an article that embodies unique sender authentication ... 06/23/05 - 20050138379 - Method and apparatus for providing authenticated challenges for broadcast-multicast communications in a communication system A method and apparatus for secure generation of a short-term key SK for viewing information content in a Multicast-broadcast-multimedia system are described. A short-term key is generated by a memory module residing in user equipment (UE) only when the source of the information used to generate the short-term key can ... 06/23/05 - 20050138378 - Method and computer system operated software application for digital signature A method and computer operated software application for digitally signing a portion of an electronic file, and for verifying such a digital signature. A portion of the file to be signed is extracted based on a computation of one or more functions, and the file portion is used for being ... 06/09/05 - 20050125667 - Systems and methods for authorizing delivery of incoming messages Delivery tickets that include data and a checksum are used to authenticate incoming electronic messages on behalf of a user. The delivery ticket is located in a field in the envelope portion or in a header in the content portion of outgoing electronic messages. A bounce message or a reply ... 06/09/05 - 20050125666 - Method of using an electronic seal for inserting an electronic seal into contents of a document in a computer system A method of using an electronic key for inserting an electronic seal into contents of a document in a computer system, whereby the electronic key is provided with a memory, and the computer system comprises a storage device and an add-in program. The method includes: (a) inserting the electronic key ... 06/09/05 - 20050125665 - Method and system for controlling access to content The invention relates to a method and an access control system for controlling access to content, said content being encrypted by content keys (F1, F2) stored in a key-locker (5) encrypted by a key-locker key (KLK). In order to restore the security of the access control system by updating a ... 06/02/05 - 20050120212 - Systems and method for the transparent management of document rights Systems and methods are described for enabling documents to be controlled by a sender, in a manner which is transparent to any end recipients. The invention include mechanisms enabling a sender to control documents sent to recipient, in a manner that (1) encrypts the message to ensure its security, and ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |