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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Support > Multiple Computer Communication Using Cryptography > Particular Communication Authentication Technique > Authentication By Digital Signature Representation Or Digital Watermark Authentication By Digital Signature Representation Or Digital WatermarkAuthentication By Digital Signature Representation Or Digital Watermark 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.11/22/07 - 20070271463 - Trusted and secure techniques for item delivery and execution Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted electronic go-between can validate, witness and/or archive transactions while, in some cases, actively participating in or directing the transaction. Printed or ... 11/22/07 - 20070271462 - Method to control access between network endpoints based on trust scores calculated from information system component analysis Signatures are generated for modules in a computer system. The signatures can be assembled into an integrity log. The signatures are compared with signatures in a database in an integrity validator. Once signatures are either validated or invalidated, a trust score can be generated. The trust score can then be ... 11/15/07 - 20070266255 - Identification information embedding apparatus and identification information analysis apparatus An identification information apparatus detects first and second boundary position information representing boundary positions on a high-order bit side and a low-order bit side of codes formed of components, extracts a colluder group matching with a set of the first and second boundary position information among colluder groups including combinations ... 11/15/07 - 20070266252 - Authenticating metadata and embedding metadata in watermarks of media signals A method of associating metadata with a media signal receives an identifier for the media signal, uses the identifier to look up metadata in a metadata database, validates the metadata by checking attributes of the media signal relative to at least a portion of the metadata to provide validated metadata; ... 11/15/07 - 20070266251 - Circuit arrangement and method for securing communication within communication networks In one aspect, a circuit arrangement and associated method for the authentication of a network subscriber is provided. A digital certificate is stored as a resource in the P2P network. The data can then be provided for the other network subscriber, when the network subscriber(s) are offline or can not ... 11/15/07 - 20070266250 - Mobile data transmission method and system In a method for transmitting data between a mobile device, in particular a vehicle, and a data center at least temporarily remote from the first device, wherein data transmission takes place via at least one mobile first transmitter device, and comprises the transmitted data, are authenticated by a cryptographic technique. ... 11/01/07 - 20070255956 - Identification information embedding apparatus and identification information analysis apparatus An identification information apparatus detects first and second boundary position information representing boundary positions on a high-order bit side and a low-order bit side of codes formed of components, extracts a colluder group matching with a set of the first and second boundary position information among colluder groups including combinations ... 10/25/07 - 20070250716 - Fingerprinting of media signals The present invention relates generally to fingerprinting, e.g., a reduced-bit representation or other identifier of a media signal (e.g., audio, video or still images). One method recites: receiving a partial fingerprint of a media signal, wherein the partial fingerprint is derived from the media signal itself, the partial fingerprint being ... 10/25/07 - 20070250715 - File sharing control using digital watermarks Systems, methods, and software products are disclosed that control file sharing of copyright protected electronic files over a communication network. A digital watermark in an electronic file includes information on content servers that are authorized to download to the electronic file to a requesting party. When the electronic file is ... 10/18/07 - 20070245146 - Apparatus and method for securely realizing cooperative processing A device for facilitating verification of an electronic signature in an exchange of instructions between an in-house server and an outside server. Each server which is to execute a partial process of a cooperative service has, in a key storage unit (206), secret keys corresponding to public key certificates issued ... 10/18/07 - 20070245145 - Image processing apparatus capable of authenticating document An image processing apparatus is disclosed including a document data analysis unit and an authentication unit. The document data analysis unit can identify policy data related to the authentication of a document based on information related to a document and/or the type of the document, identify items in document data ... 10/04/07 - 20070234058 - System and method for authenticating products A method of authenticating a product is provided. The product has an associated electronic device, such as an RFID circuit. The method measures a physical attribute of the product, such as a laser speckle, and stores the measurement as a product signature, either in the RFID circuit or remotely. At ... 09/27/07 - 20070226509 - Authentication device, authentication method, authentication program and computer readable recording medium An authentication device having high resistance to spoofing is provided. The portable telephone includes a camera of imaging the face of the person to be authenticated, an imaging direction comparing unit of determining whether or not the face of the person to be authenticated is imaged from diagonally below, and ... 09/27/07 - 20070226508 - Systems and methods for subscriber authentication Systems and methods for authenticating subscribers of video signals are disclosed. In accordance with the various embodiments, a subscriber authentication system includes an encoder coupled to a source of video signals and a source of subscriber data. The encoder generates encoded video signals having at least a portion of the ... 09/27/07 - 20070226507 - Method and system for depositing digital works, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium A method and a system for depositing digital works and a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium are disclosed, which can be used for depositing digital works under the auspices of an attorney or notary via an encrypted communication link in the Internet. According to the disclosed ... 09/27/07 - 20070226506 - Optimization methods for the insertion, protection, and detection of digital watermarks in digital data Disclosed herein are methods and systems for encoding digital watermarks into content signals. Also disclosed are systems and methods for detecting and/or verifying digital watermarks in content signals. According to one embodiment, a system for encoding of digital watermark information includes: a window identifier for identifying a sample window in ... 09/27/07 - 20070226505 - Method of using signatures for measurement in a trusted computing environment Verification of an encrypted blob of data passed to a sealed storage function in a trusted platform module (TPM) of a computing platform by a software component, may be accomplished by receiving the encrypted blob of data and a digital signature for each of a set of platform configuration register ... 09/27/07 - 20070226504 - Signature match processing in a document registration system A document accessible over a network can be registered. A registered document, and the content contained therein, is not transmitted undetected over and off of the network. Signatures for registered documents are compared to signatures of objects being transmitted on the network to determine if the objects contain registered content. ... 09/20/07 - 20070220267 - Authentication device, authentication method, authentication program and computer readable recording medium An authentication device having high resistance to spoofing is provided. A portable telephone includes a camera, which is switched between a close up mode enabling photographing at close up and a normal photography mode, for imaging the person to be authenticated; an examining section for detecting whether or not the ... 09/20/07 - 20070220265 - Searching for a scaling factor for watermark detection There is provided a watermark detector (20) including an input for receiving an input signal (Y′) including watermark content (W) to be searched. A first processor (40) of the detector (20) is operable to analyse portions (100, 110, 120) of the signal (Y′) to identify corresponding sets of characteristic properties ... 09/20/07 - 20070220264 - Automated method, system, and program for aiding in product compliance and adherence The disclosed subject matter can determine the information to be communicated to the third party from the client. The third parties are instructed to contact the service provider to collect their contact information. The contact information collected is sued as a basis for follow up calls to insure compliance and ... 09/20/07 - 20070220261 - Optimized integrity verification procedures Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of verifying the integrity of digital content. At a source of the digital content, the method generates a signature for the digital content by applying a hashing function to a particular portion of the digital content, where the particular portion is less ... 09/20/07 - 20070220260 - Protecting the integrity of electronically derivative works Systems and methods provide a mechanism to protect the integrity of electronically derivative works. One aspect of the systems and methods includes receiving an original document including a first digital signature. After the document is derived, a second digital signature is created. The second digital signature may include the first ... 09/20/07 - 20070220259 - Verification of electronic signatures A system verifies an electronic signature. The electronic signature may be associated with timestamps, each including a time value. A timestamp verification module detects invalid certificates in a certificate chain of the electronic signature and records an earliest invalidity time value of the invalid certificates. The verification module also verifies ... 09/13/07 - 20070214362 - System and method for trusted communication A method of establishing a trusted path of data and a method of verifying the integrity of data presented for signing to a user of the personalized device in a public-key cryptographic scheme. The method comprises establishing a trusted path between the user and secure module residing on the personalized ... 09/06/07 - 20070208945 - Automated method, system, and program for aiding in strategic marketing The disclosed subject matter is a method and system for marketing a client's product for an alternative purpose. The information about the alternative purpose of the product is collected and input into an automated system. The method and system then informs third parties about the client's product along with suggested ... 09/06/07 - 20070208944 - Generation of electronic signatures A generator uses a robust programming framework to create an electronic signature in association with a data item, wherein the electronic signature includes time stamps and/or countersignatures. The generator can create a signature object that computes a signature value of the electronic signature based on the data item. The generator ... 09/06/07 - 20070208943 - Tool for digitally signing multiple documents A software tool for digitally signing multiple documents is disclosed. When a user wishes to sign multiple documents containing embedded executable code for purposes of authenticating the code, the user launches this software tool. The user specifies the documents which he or she wishes signed. Thereupon, the tool automatically signs ... 08/30/07 - 20070204165 - Techniques for digital signature formation and verification Techniques are provided for forming a digital signature for a portion of a document. A registered module is invoked to process the document in accordance with a structured format associated with the document. The registered module is able to process a plurality of different structured format. The registered module obtains ... 08/30/07 - 20070204164 - Method and apparatus for authenticating printed documents A method of authenticating a document, typically a printed document, is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) processing a first area of a source document according to a first authentication level to generate first authentication data; (b) processing a second area of the source document according to a second authentication level ... 08/30/07 - 20070204162 - Safeguarding private information through digital watermarking The present invention relates generally to digital watermarking and steganography. In one implementation, a method includes receiving permuted or encrypted data generated at a remote computing device, wherein the received data is encrypted or permuted according to a key carried by a digital watermark embedded in a security document; determining ... 08/23/07 - 20070198841 - Trusted code groups Described are techniques and mechanisms for enforcing trust between an application and a library loaded by the application. Very generally stated, the application declares one or more trusted code groups (“TCGs”) of which a library must be a member to be authorized for execution with the application. Libraries that are ... 08/23/07 - 20070198840 - System and method for digitally certifying and checking data of a project A system for digitally certifying and checking data of a project is provided. The system includes a web server (10), an application (20) server, and a validation server (30). The web server is configured for visiting and operating the application server. The application server is configured for uploading data related ... 08/23/07 - 20070198839 - Program substitution Multiple keys are distributed to multiple clients. The keys provide access to media content. A group of clients are identified to receive substituted media content during a predetermined time period. Modified keys are generated that identify the substituted media content and the predetermined time period. The modified keys are distributed ... 08/23/07 - 20070198838 - Unauthorized contents detection system Processing load on an executing device for conducting playback is high during the playback of contents since the executing device performs verification of the contents validity in parallel with the contents playback, and therefore the executing device has to be equipped with a highly efficient processor. The present invention reduces ... 08/16/07 - 20070192612 - Image data processing apparatus, image data processing method, program and recording medium Disclosed is an-image data processing apparatus including: an authentication section which authenticates a user who uses at least a part of the image data processing apparatus, based on inputted authentication information and previously set authentication information; and a controlling section which attaches the previously set authentication information as information to ... 08/16/07 - 20070192611 - Technique for providing secure firmware A technique to verify firmware. One embodiment of the invention uses a processor's micro-code to verify a system's firmware, such that the firmware can be included in a trusted chain of code along with the operating system. ... 08/16/07 - 20070192610 - Method and apparatus for securely booting from an external storage device Techniques to securely boot up an electronics device (e.g., a cellular phone) from an external storage device are described. Secure data (e.g., a hash digest, a signature, a cryptographic key, and so on) is initially retrieved from a non-writable area of an external memory device (e.g., an one-time programmable (OTP) ... 08/16/07 - 20070192609 - Electronic image data verification program, electronic image data verification system, and electronic image data verification method An electronic image data verification program disclosed herein is capable of detecting presence or absence of a change, specifying a changed portion (the position of a change) if present, and making the presence or absence and the changed portion provable to third parties, by generating partial signature information separately from ... 08/16/07 - 20070192608 - Access control system for information services 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. A software agent generates a digital signature for the device each time it attempts to access the service and send it to an authentication server, which compares the digital signature sent with ... 08/16/07 - 20070192607 - Electronic voting process using fair blind signatures In an electronic voting process, a voter (Vi) encrypts his vote (vi) according to the encryption scheme (ETM) of a tallier mix-net (50) used to tally up the votes cast. The voter (Vi) obtains on his encrypted vote, (xi), from an admin server module (20), a digital signature according to ... 08/09/07 - 20070186111 - Certificate validity checking A method for checking a validity of a certificate containing a key associated to a network device in a network, comprises receiving at the network an encrypted content and a validity index associated to the content. The validity of the certificate is evaluated from a time index contained within the ... 08/02/07 - 20070180254 - Optical content modulation A visual copyright protection system is disclosed, including input content, a disruption processor, and output content. The disruption processor inserts disruptive content to the input content creating output content that impedes the ability of optical recording devices to make useful copies of output content. ... 08/02/07 - 20070180252 - Write accessibility for electronic paper A system and method to control the writing on electronic paper (e-paper). An e-paper device may incorporate authentication indicia as part of informational data written on e-paper material. The informational data is protected by a security methodology that is accessible to authorized entities. A reader device may be used to ... 08/02/07 - 20070180251 - Methods utilizing steganography The present invention relates generally to steganography, digital watermarking and data hiding. In one embodiment a method is provided including: processing data representing content; analyzing the data to determine whether a plural-bit identifier is steganographically encoded therein, the plural-bit identifier encoded in the data through modifications to the data, the ... 08/02/07 - 20070180249 - Methods and apparatus for content control using processor resource management Methods and apparatus provide for: requiring that a content provider seeking to have its content executed by a processing system enter into an accord with a processing system provider; receiving a second key and a digital signature from the content provider to the processing system provider, the second key being ... 07/26/07 - 20070174625 - Secure multimedia data transmission method A secure method and system of digital data transmission between a sender and a receiver, including a phase of receiver authentication by a symmetrical authentication key sharing algorithm with no transmission of the key, a phase of data watermarking by using the authentication key as the watermarking key, and a ... 07/26/07 - 20070174624 - Content interactivity gateway A gateway (e.g., a web site) connects content (e.g., pirated content) playing on a host device to a variety of informational, advertising, merchandising and DRM resources. Links, icons and other elements for connecting with the resources are provided to the host device by the gateway and can be presented to ... 07/26/07 - 20070174623 - Detecting collusion among multiple recipients of fingerprinted information Embedding fingerprinting or watermarking information includes delivering information in-band within digital content representing a media stream, so unauthorized distributors must choose between degrading the media stream, or leaving sufficient information detectable that unauthorized distribution can be detected. For fingerprinting, the method provides a relatively high degree of confidence of both ... 07/26/07 - 20070174622 - Protection of data of a memory associated with a microprocessor A method and a circuit for checking the coherence between data read from a first area of a memory of a microcontroller and the address of these data, including calculating a current digital signature of the read data by a function also taking into account the address of these data ... 07/26/07 - 20070174621 - Processing device revocation and reinvocation A method includes storing, at a storage location of a system, a first security value and utilizing, at the system, a first security certificate compatible with the first security value and incompatible with at least a second security value, wherein the first security certificate enables one or more processing features ... 07/26/07 - 20070174619 - Digital watermarking system according to pixel brightness value and digital watermarking method A digital watermarking system and method is provided. The digital watermarking system mainly includes a storing unit, a text obtaining module, a pixel determining module, an encrypting module, and a storing module. The storing unit is for storing text information, the text information including one or more dot matrix files. ... 07/19/07 - 20070168671 - Digital document management system, digital document management method, and digital document management program Disclosed is a digital document management program capable of achieving a third-party certification of document information with reduced amount of meta data. At the registration time of new document information, the digital document management program manages a digital signature created in association with document information. At the correction time of ... 07/19/07 - 20070168670 - Secure bytecode instrumentation facility A secure bytecode instrumentation facility, wherein a new code fragment is registered in an encrypted registry by first extracting a digital certificate from a specified code fragment location. A certification authority (CA) in the digital certificate is compared against a list of registered trusted certification authorities in the registry. If ... 07/19/07 - 20070168669 - Anti-tamper system A system in accordance with the present invention prevents tampering of a device. The system includes an encrypted digital signature and a decryption attempt. The encrypted digital signature represents a configuration of the device and is retained in a non-volatile memory of the device. The decryption attempt is received from ... 07/19/07 - 20070168668 - Media card with command pass through mechanism The present invention presents techniques for transmitting application specific instruction between a host and a memory card. The commands for the application specific protocol are embedded along with a signature in the data portion of a transmission protocol that is used to communicate between the host the memory card. This ... 07/19/07 - 20070168667 - Method, authentication medium and device for securing access to a piece of equipment The invention relates to a device for securing access to a piece of equipment (EQP), comprising an authentication medium (CRD) which uses a reference datum and control means (CTRL) which can be used to verify the consistency between the reference datum and a biometric signature (SGN) obtained from a party ... 07/19/07 - 20070168666 - Email policy manager An email policy is applied in a policy manager, running on a mail server in a local area network, to determine whether an outgoing email message should be allowed to be transmitted to a destination address outside the local area network, for example over the internet. A digital signature is ... 07/12/07 - 20070162757 - Message authentication For the authentication of messages communicated in a distributed system from an originator to a destination a keyed-hashing technique is used according to which data to be authenticated is concatenated with a private (secret) key and then processed to the cryptographic hash function. The data are transmitted together with the ... 07/12/07 - 20070162756 - System and method of authenicating a digitally captured image A system and method of authenticating a digital still image captured using a digital image capture device. To process the digital still image for later authentication, a signature data is transmitted from a remote location to the digital image capture device. Upon capturing the digital still image, an image identification ... 07/12/07 - 20070162755 - Enhancements for discovering device owners in a upnp searching service A system for selectively granting access rights within a network. When a requesting device learns that a device is a secure device and is owned by a Security Console, the requesting device calls a listowners action to the secure device, which respond by transmitting a public key hash to the ... 06/28/07 - 20070150738 - Information processing apparatus There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising a process execution unit, a designated information obtaining unit to obtain designated information relating to authority for use, a certificate generating unit to generate a digital certificate which has a range of authority for use and is attached with a digital signature, ... 06/21/07 - 20070143623 - Method of validating consumable authentication chip A method of validating a consumable authentication chip is provided having the steps of: numerously calling a trusted chip's test function with an incorrect value to generate an invalid response or not generate the response thereby invalidating the consumable chip; if generated, in the trusted chip, generating a secret random ... 06/21/07 - 20070143622 - Methods and portable device for digitally signing data Methods and device for digitally signing documents by using a portable device that encodes a signature string to sound. The acoustic signature string may be transmitted and then decoded back into digital data. The signature string may be further processed to verify the signature of the document and to produce ... 06/21/07 - 20070143621 - Write accessibility for electronic paper A system and method to control the writing on electronic paper (e-paper). An e-paper device may incorporate authentication indicia as part of informational data written on e-paper material. The informational data is protected by a security methodology that is accessible to authorized entities. A reader device may be used to ... 06/21/07 - 20070143620 - System, method and computer readable medium for certifying release of electronic information on an internet A method of certifying the existence of electronic information released on a network at a time and date. The network connects one or more computer servers and a plurality of client computers with each other. Electronic information of a web page stored in one of the plurality of client computers ... 06/21/07 - 20070143619 - Cooperative non-repudiated message exchange in a network environment A system and method of performing cooperative non-repudiated message exchange from a first system to a second system in a computer network comprises checking for discrepancies between a current system time in the second system with an actual time; performing a time synchronization process to match the current system time ... 06/21/07 - 20070143618 - Method for secure access to document repositories A method for the secure access of files within a document repository includes the use of a Document Access Document with digitally signed and encoded conditions of use, such that the Document Access Document serves as a physical access credential to its specified documents within the repository. ... 06/21/07 - 20070143617 - Method for embedding and detecting a watermark in a digital audio signal The invention relates to a method for embedding and detecting a watermark in a digital audio signal. For embedding the watermark in the digital audio signal a modified-segment (Sout(t)) is created from a selected input-segment (sin(t)) of the digital audio signal. The modified-segment (sout(t)) is created such, that at least ... 06/14/07 - 20070136600 - Document verification system and method of use Described is a system and method of verifying documents for users possessing little or no document examination skill or experience. The system and method involve simple, secure, and expeditious means for determining the authenticity of identity or financial documents. In addition, users can submit documents of questionable authenticity to the ... 06/14/07 - 20070136599 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof To provide a mechanism which safely generates a signature even when the reliability of a local terminal is unknown, this invention makes it possible to safely notify a user whether a remote server can trust the local terminal. The mechanism includes a reception acceptance unit adapted to accept a generation ... 06/14/07 - 20070136598 - Image input and output device, client device, information processing method, and program storage medium An image input and output device transfers data to and from a client device using a mailbox. The image input and output device includes a certificate receiving section and a mailbox creating section. The certificate receiving section receives, from the client device, an electronic certificate of a user that is ... 06/14/07 - 20070136597 - Methods and apparatus for robust embedded data The present invention describes methods and apparatus involving embedding data. Data can be embedded steganographically in content or embedded in, e.g., headers associated with the content. In one implementation, a method of embedding auxiliary information in data is provided. The method includes receiving data and correlated data. The correlated data ... 06/14/07 - 20070136596 - Secure wireless network A method is used to authenticate a wireless device for secure operation on a wireless local area network, the wireless local area network including a controller. The method to include broadcasting from the controller a configuration message based on the controller being physically switched to a configuration mode. The method ... 06/14/07 - 20070136595 - Method and apparatus for transmitting watermark data bits using a spread spectrum, and for regaining watermark data bits embedded in a spread spectrum Spread spectrum technology and the related inserted or added information signal can be used for implementing watermarking digital audio signals. A known processing for retrieving at receiver or decoder side the watermark signal information bit from the spread spectrum is convolving the received or replayed spectrum with a spreading function ... 06/07/07 - 20070130468 - Network connection identification Discovery of a network to which a device is in communication and classifying the network is disclosed. The network may be classified as a network already known or a new network signature may be created where the network signature is made up of a network id, a link id and ... 06/07/07 - 20070130467 - Request linked digital watermarking A method for digitally signing information in real-time, based on a user request for the information. In one embodiment, the method is useful in a Web server, and can be implemented using a server-side API filter. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a data request from a user and ... 05/24/07 - 20070118753 - Customization of an electronic circuit A method and a system of customization and authentication of an electronic circuit for an application implementing an asymmetrical algorithm and using a certification authority, including use of an authentication channel of another application implementing the same asymmetrical algorithm and using another certification authority. ... 05/24/07 - 20070118752 - Authentication of control units in a vehicle A control unit transmits an authentication request to an authentication device via the bus system. The authentication device signs the authentication request using a first symmetric key and transmits the signed authentication request or only the signature to the control unit. The control unit compares the transmitted signature of the ... 05/24/07 - 20070118751 - Method of digitally signing a contract A device and method for digitally signing contracts. A first contract is signed in response to an action by a signor. A second contract is also signed in response to an action by the signor. The action that signs the second contract is an extension of the same action that ... 05/24/07 - 20070118750 - Authenticating a caller initiating a communication session The invention is a method to authenticate a caller initiating a communication session (such as a VoIP or IM communication session) and accept, reject, or accept and route the communication session accordingly. The caller's terminal adapter or message server (such as a VoIP or IM server) may create a digital ... 05/17/07 - 20070113094 - Method and system for digital watermarking A method for applying a digital watermark to a content signal is disclosed. In accordance with such a method, a watermarking key is identified. The watermarking key includes a binary sequence and information describing application of that binary sequence to the content signal. The digital watermark is then encoded within ... 05/10/07 - 20070106902 - Image processing apparatus, image managing method, document managing apparatus, and document managing method An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit that reads out image data for a document; a dividing unit that divides the image data for the document, read out by the reading unit, into secure parts and non-secure parts; a secure document generating unit that generates a secure document from ... 05/10/07 - 20070106901 - 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 ... 05/10/07 - 20070106900 - Estimation of quantisation step sizes for a watermark detector The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and computer program product enabling at least identification the presence data symbols that have been embedded in a media signal. A transmitted media signal is obtained (step 22), which comprises a possibly distorted version of a host signal in which data symbols ... 05/03/07 - 20070101147 - Methods, apparatus and programs for generating and utilizing content signatures The present invention generally relates to deriving and/or utilizing content signatures. A content signature includes a representation of a content item, which is derived from the content item itself. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method includes: obtaining a content item; transforming the content item to obtain transform ... 05/03/07 - 20070101146 - Safe distribution and use of content A cryptographic hash of content (e.g., applications, documents, widgets, software, music, videos, etc.) is created and made available for distribution over a network (or by other means) as part of a ticket file. The ticket file can be cryptographically signed to ensure its authenticity. The ticket file and content can ... 05/03/07 - 20070101145 - Framework for obtaining cryptographically signed consent A consent service on a host computer providing cryptographically signed consent for user attributes by a user on a host computer to a web service provider. The consent service is operable to provide decryption of the user attributes acquired by the web service provider from an identity provider. The consent ... 05/03/07 - 20070101144 - Authenticating a caller initiating a communication session The invention is a method to authenticate a caller initiating a communication session (such as a VoIP or IM communication session) and accept, reject, or accept and route the communication session accordingly. The caller's terminal adapter or message server (such as a VoIP or IM server) may create a digital ... 04/26/07 - 20070094509 - System and method for security authentication A system and a method for security authentication, in which a biometric authentication subsystem in the security authentication system receives a biometric certificate held by the user and the user's biometric information from a user terminal; the biometric certificate contains the user's biometric template or the storage address of the ... 04/26/07 - 20070094508 - Mobile wireless communications device with software installation and verification features and related methods A mobile wireless communications device which may include a housing, an antenna carried by the housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing and connected to the antenna, and at least one memory for storing a compressed software file, a digest of an uncompressed version of the software file, and ... 04/26/07 - 20070094507 - Method and system for securing a wireless communication apparatus A wireless communication apparatus includes a processor core that is coupled to a security unit and to a memory. The security unit is further coupled to a programmable memory unit such as a one-time programmable memory, for example. During programming of the wireless communication apparatus a signature may be generated, ... 04/26/07 - 20070094506 - Method for distributing and clearing digital contents via on-line Disclosed is a method for distributing and clearing digital contents via on-line which is performed by a system for distributing and clearing digital contents via on-line that includes Internet, systems of users who are consumers and distributors of digital contents through the Internet and a main system having a database ... 04/26/07 - 20070094505 - Content recording/reproducing system, distribution device, reproducing device, and recording device A content recording/reproducing system, which records and reproduces a sub-content relating to a main content, includes a distribution device, first and second recording media, a recording device and a reproducing device. The first recording medium that is non-rewritable prestores key data based on which a public key is derivable, and ... 04/19/07 - 20070088958 - Method and system for workflow management of electronic documents A document management system is disclosed. A server maintains an electronic document and software for managing a workflow relating to the electronic document. The workflow includes a plurality of steps. One or more parties can access the electronic document via a network, use the software, and alter the electronic document. ... 04/19/07 - 20070088957 - Verifying provenance data associated with digital content Method and apparatus for verifying provenance data associated with digital content. The provenance data preferably comprises a number of entries that serve as a history of processing steps carried out upon the digital content, such as when and by whom the content was created, transmitted, mastered, replicated, etc. A hash ... 04/19/07 - 20070088956 - Predictive support system for software Signatures indicating potential problems can be used by a predictive support component. The predictive support component can check to see if a signature matches data for a data source associated with the software. ... 04/19/07 - 20070088955 - Apparatus and method for high speed detection of undesirable data content An apparatus and method for identifying undesirable data received from a data communication network. The apparatus includes a data receiver, a database, and a content search unit. The content search unit transitions among a plurality of internal states depending on the received data. A predetermined segment of the received data ... 04/19/07 - 20070088954 - Digital watermark information adding device, data reproduction device and data recording device In order to prevent content data from being illegally recorded or reproduced, information for detecting that the content data is illegally distributed or recorded is added to watermark information or other information. Two sets of WM (watermark) data, a WM1 data set and a WM2 data set are prepared. For ... 04/19/07 - 20070088953 - Method of preparing a document so that it can be authenticated This patent concerns a method of enhancing the security of the check cashing operation at locations remote from the issuing bank. A key suitable for cryptographic purposes is encoded onto the check stock in the form of a graphic where the style of the graphic and its means of interpretation ... 04/12/07 - 20070083766 - Data transmission links This invention generally relates to secure communications links for data transmission and more particularly relates to data communications links in which asymmetric cryptographic techniques are used to establish a secure link using symmetric cryptography. A method of establishing a secure communications link between a terminal and a server, the method ... 04/12/07 - 20070083765 - Secure communications equipment for processing data packets according to the send mechanism A security-procuring method for making an item of communications equipment (E) secure, said item of communications equipment comprising an operating system core (K) and a set of software applications (A), said core including at least one IPv6 protocol stack (PS) making it possible to transmit incoming data packets from an ... 04/12/07 - 20070083764 - Image printing device, verifying device, and printed material An image is split into a plurality of blocks, a feature quantity is extracted from each of the blocks, data is embedded into each of the blocks based on a difference between feature quantities of that block and at least one adjacent block, and data embedded blocks are printed. ... 04/12/07 - 20070083763 - Signature log storing apparatus A signature log storing apparatus includes a signature log list and a certificate list, and registers, in the signature log list, a part of signature information in generated hysteresis signature as a signature record and a part of a user certificate in the certificate list. The signature log storing apparatus ... 04/12/07 - 20070083762 - Set of metadata for association with a composite media item and tool for creating such set of metadata A set of metadata for association with the composite media item and a tool for creating a composite media item with an associated set metadata. In one embodiment, the tool comprises a component for extracting a portion of a first media item having first metadata and for extracting a portion ... 04/12/07 - 20070083761 - Generating evidence of web services transactions Methods, systems, and products are disclosed in which generating evidence of web services transactions are provided generally by receiving in an ultimate recipient web service from an initial sender a request, the request containing a proof of message origin (‘PMO’). The PMO contains an element addressed to the ultimate recipient ... 04/05/07 - 20070079131 - Linear predictive coding implementation of digital watermarks Z-transform calculations may be used to encode (and/or decode) carrier signal independent data (e.g., digital watermarks) to a digital sample stream. Deterministic and non-deterministic components of a digital sample stream signal may be analyzed for the purposes of encoding carrier signal independent data to the digital sample stream. The carrier ... 04/05/07 - 20070079130 - Output copy protection Output copy protection of protected digital content is provided by adding detectable digital information (watermark) to the protected digital content wherein the detectable digital information is substantially undetectable when the protected digital audio content is processed on a personal computer. Also provided is a device driver configured on a personal ... 04/05/07 - 20070079129 - Theft resistant graphics The addition of personally valuable information to graphical content to reduce theft of the content is disclosed. The showing of the personally valuable information within the content deters users from disseminating the content. The information may be a credit card number of the user, address information of the user, or ... 04/05/07 - 20070079128 - Electronic signature system and method An electronic signature system is provided. The system includes a server and a database for storing a plurality of signature selections. The server includes a signature task setting module for receiving a request for signing a document which has a document type, and setting the signature procedure according to the ... 04/05/07 - 20070079127 - Binding a device to a provider A pay-per-use or pay-as-you-go computer uses a secure memory to store individual unique program identifiers. Each unique program identifier is associated with a particular hardware or software component, or service, or the entire computer available to a user. By combining the unique program identifier with a computer hardware identifier uniquely ... 04/05/07 - 20070079126 - System and method for performing a trust-preserving migration of data objects from a source to a target A data migration system performs a tamper-resistant data migration for regulatory compliance systems. The system generates a secure hash for the data object, adds a timestamp to the hash, produces a signature for the data object using a private key, and includes the signature in a signature summary of data ... 04/05/07 - 20070079125 - Interface protocol method and system A claimant device includes a memory device for storing a unique claimant device identifier and a plurality of unique digital signatures. Each digital signature is based, at least in part, upon the unique claimant device identifier. ... 04/05/07 - 20070079124 - Stowable mezzanine bed More specifically, this is a watermark information embedding apparatus for embedding information into an image by electronic watermark technology: a coding portion 11 for coding embedding information to be embedded into an image; a pattern allocating portion 12 for allocating a pattern to each symbol of the coded embedding information; ... 03/29/07 - 20070074036 - Multi-certificate revocation using encrypted proof data for proving certificate's validity or invalidity A certification authority (CA, 120) generates decryption key data (K′Fj) for each set (F) in the complement cover (804) for a plurality of digital certificates. The CA encrypts all or a portion of the validity proof data (cj(i)) for each digital certificate (140.i) for each time period j for which ... 03/29/07 - 20070074035 - Secure recordation for inspection systems and methods In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, a portable inspection system is configured to capture inspection data, such as for example an infrared image. The inspection data is securely recorded (e.g., with an encryption algorithm) along with associated information, which may include for example date, time, ... 03/29/07 - 20070074034 - System and method for registering entities for code signing services A system and method for registering entities for code signing services. The entities may be software application developers or other individuals or entities that wish to have applications digitally signed. Signing of the applications may be required in order to enable the applications to access sensitive APIs and associated resources ... 03/29/07 - 20070074033 - Account management in a system and method for providing code signing services A system and method for providing code signing services to software application developers or to other individuals or entities that wish to have applications digitally signed. Signing of the applications may be required in order to enable the applications to access sensitive APIs and associated resources of a computing device ... 03/29/07 - 20070074032 - Remote hash generation in a system and method for providing code signing services A system and method for providing code signing services to software application developers or to other individuals or entities that wish to have applications digitally signed. Signing of the applications may be required in order to enable the applications to access sensitive APIs and associated resources of a computing device ... 03/29/07 - 20070074031 - System and method for providing code signing services A system and method for providing code signing services to software application developers or to other individuals or entities that wish to have applications digitally signed. Signing of the applications may be required in order to enable the applications to access sensitive APIs and associated resources of a computing device ... 03/29/07 - 20070074030 - Surface profile tracing of a document A method for providing an indication of authenticity of an electronic image of a document comprises generating a signal corresponding to a profile of at least one of a number of surfaces of the document, converting the signal into a profile signature, and correlating the profile signature with the electronic ... 03/29/07 - 20070074029 - Data embedding apparatus An image signal is smoothed, a superimposed signal having embedded data superimposed therein is generated, the superimposed signal is added to the smoothed image, and the image signal having the superimposed signal added thereto is binarized. ... 03/29/07 - 20070074028 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus stores user signature data signed by using a user's second private key, signature object data, public-key certificate data and log data, and creates and stores log signature data by giving a signature to the total of these data by using a first private key. The apparatus ... 03/29/07 - 20070074027 - Methods of verifying, signing, encrypting, and decrypting data and file Methods of verifying, signing, encrypting and decrypting data and files contained a mobile telecommunication device having public keys (authentication) and private keys (digital identification) installed inside the device, and an electronic device handling requests to the mobile telecommunication device. When the files are signed, verified, encrypted or decrypted, the electronic ... 03/29/07 - 20070074026 - Detection of items stored in a computer system Detection of items stored in a computer system such as computer code, data or information includes obtaining signatures characteristic of programs of interest such as stenanographic programs. A signature is obtained by reading code from a program of interest. The code may consist of the first 500 bytes from a ... 03/22/07 - 20070067636 - Method and apparatus for digital watermarking A method for embedding digital watermark data in digital data contents includes the steps of obtaining a frequency coefficient of block data of digital data contents, obtaining a complexity of the block data, obtaining an amount of transformation of the frequency coefficient from the complexity and the digital watermark data, ... 03/22/07 - 20070067635 - Authentication of a vehicle-external device A method for authenticating a vehicle-external device in a bus system of a motor vehicle comprising control units is provided. In order to effectively and inexpensively prevent a sequence control system that is stored in a control unit from being manipulated, an authentication device is provided in the bus system. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061585 - Watermark system A method for examining an electronic representation of an item for a watermark, the method including examining at least a first electronic representation of an item for a watermark in accordance with a first watermark definition, receiving a signal indicating that a second watermark definition is to be used for ... 03/15/07 - 20070061584 - Information processing apparatus, information recording medium, apparatus and method of manufacturing information recording medium, and computer program An information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes content verification means for executing a verification processing of a recording content recorded on an information recording medium, and content play means for executing a content play processing on a condition that validity of the recording content is checked ... 03/15/07 - 20070061583 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and storage medium An image processing method is provided to control an action for image data based on control information associated with the image data. The method includes generating an electronic signature to be affixed to image data, and generating control information used for controlling an action for the image data based on ... 03/15/07 - 20070061582 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and storage medium An image processing method includes inputting a plurality of component image data, each component image data including information indicating a storage location of an electronic signature for the component image data, selecting a component image data associated with an electronic signature to be verified from the plurality of component image ... 03/15/07 - 20070061581 - Methods used in a secure yet flexible system architecture for secure devices with flash mass storage memory A device with mass storage capability that uses a readily available non secure memory for the mass storage but has firmware (and hardware) that provides security against unauthorized copying of data. This is true even though the firmware itself is stored in the non secure mass storage memory, and therefore ... 03/15/07 - 20070061580 - A license-based cryptographic technique, particularly suited for use in a digital rights management system, for controlling access and use of bore resistant software objects in a client computer A technique for imparting substantial break-once-run-everywhere (BORE) resistance to passive and active software objects, and for controlling access and use of resulting protected objects by a client computer (400). Specifically, a relatively large number, n, of identical watermarks (1720) are embedded throughout a software object (1700), through use of n ... 03/15/07 - 20070061579 - Digital signing policy Techniques relating to directed digital signing policy are described. In one instance, a system includes means for storing a document as a plurality of logical parts. The system also includes means for establishing a document configuration when a digital signature is applied to the document, and means for indicating whether ... 03/15/07 - 20070061578 - Directed signature workflow Techniques relating to directed signature workflow of a document are described. In one instance, a process enables a publishing user to populate a body portion of a document with content. The process also allows the publishing user to populate an associated digital signature definitions portion of the document with at ... 03/15/07 - 20070061577 - Signal encoding The invention relates to a signal encoding system (100). A pre-encoder (103) encodes a signal and generates a pre-encoded signal. In addition the pre-encoder (103) generates encoding assistance data which is stored in a signal storage (105) together with the pre-encoded signal. When the signal is retrieved from the signal ... 03/08/07 - 20070055886 - Message digest instruction A method, system and computer program product for digesting data in storage of a computing environment. The digesting computes a condensed representation of a message or data stored in the computer storage. A COMPUTE INTERMEDIATE MESSAGE DIGEST (KIMD) and a COMPUTE LAST MESSAGE DIGEST (KLMD) instruction are disclosed which specify ... 03/08/07 - 20070055885 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable storage medium A method is provided that enables verification of whether a component of original image data has been altered at the location at which the component is to be reused without newly generating a signature. More specifically, the method includes inputting first document data including a plurality of components and signature ... 03/08/07 - 20070055884 - User control and activation of watermark enabled objects Methods and systems for associating watermark enabled objects with machine behaviors. Machine behaviors refer to actions by devices or systems in response to a triggering event. Examples of these behaviors include fetching a web page, opening an email client to send an email to a specific person, initiating a phone ... 03/08/07 - 20070055883 - Product authentication method The invention relates to a method that allows a third party to authenticate a manufacturer's individual product. According to said method, at least one first code that is specific for said individual product is generated and is applied to the product or the packaging thereof by the manufacturer, said first ... 03/01/07 - 20070050629 - Hierarchical identity-based encryption and signature schemes Methods are provided for encoding and decoding a digital message between a sender and a recipient in a system including a plurality of private key generators (“PKGs”). The PKGs include at least a root PKG and n lower-level PKG in the hierarchy between the root PKG and the recipient. A ... 03/01/07 - 20070050628 - Image processing apparatus An encryption key extracting unit extracts encryption key information from an encryption key sheet on which an encryption key has been printed in a readable format. A key information storing unit stores the extracted encryption key information. An encrypting unit encrypts image data read by a reading unit from a ... 03/01/07 - 20070050627 - Device authentication system An authenticating device generates authentication base data and verification data. The authenticating device embeds the verification data in the authentication base data to generate authentication data. The authenticating device transmits the authentication data to a device to be authenticated. In the device to be authenticated, the verification data is extracted ... 03/01/07 - 20070050626 - Document management system, document processing computer, signature generating computer, storage medium storing program for document management, and document management method A document management system for generating a digest of document data and generating signature data to be attached to the document data includes a document data storage part that stores document data, a document digest generating part that generates a digest of the document data, a thumbnail data generating part ... 02/22/07 - 20070043951 - Safety device for electronic devices In a safety device for electronic devices in a vehicle, it is provided that a security module with a data memory is only accessible after prior authentication; that signatures of data of the devices are stored in the data memory; and that a comparator is provided for comparing the stored ... 02/22/07 - 20070043950 - Target apparatus, certification device, and certification method The present invention has a target apparatus that provides a predetermined service by certifying a certification device when said certification device enters a predetermined certification area. The target apparatus includes a controller configured to control the changing of contents of a service to be provided in accordance with a certification ... 02/22/07 - 20070043949 - Method and system for certifying the authority of a signer of an electronic document Method and system for endorsing and verifying the authority of a digital signature is provided. The system includes, a server that is operationally coupled to a user's computer via a network link, wherein the server receives a signed document; the server identifies the type of document submitted and the signer's ... 02/22/07 - 20070043948 - Method and system for maintaining digital signature integrity Method and system for maintaining digital signature integrity is provided. The method includes, creating a first electronic signature using a first set of hashing and signing algorithm; creating a second electronic signature using a second set of hashing and signing algorithms different than the first set of hashing and signing ... 02/15/07 - 20070038864 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus for performing processing on the basis of data stored in a predetermined memory area includes a storage section configured to store, for each management entity for which a memory area is to be formed, an authentication key and an encryption key, the authentication key being necessary ... 02/15/07 - 20070038863 - System and method for decoupling identification from biometric information in biometric access systems A system and method are provided for providing increased security when storing biometric information and personal information in a biometric access system. A personal information number or personal search code that is known only to the individual and not stored by the biometric access system may be used to generate ... 02/15/07 - 20070038862 - Method and system for controlling the disclosure time of information Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for controlling the disclosure time of information by a publisher to one or more recipients. A trusted body generates an asymmetrical key pair for a specified date and time of disclosure with an encryption key and a decryption key. The trusted body ... 02/15/07 - 20070038861 - Marking techniques for tracking pirated media content A system and method for generating forensically marking image data from source material. A generated forensic mark will vary from copy to copy by using a selected forensic marking technique and forensic marking parameters that change from copy to copy of the source image data. ... 02/08/07 - 20070033410 - System and method for securely duplicating digital documents A system and method is provided for securely duplicating digital documents of disparate types, such that there is a cryptographically secure link between the duplicate and the original. The system also provides each document with a serial number that is both sequential with all other copied documents and cryptographically linked ... 02/08/07 - 20070033409 - Methods, apparatus and programs for generating and utilizing content signatures The present invention relates to deriving and/or utilizing content signatures. A content signature includes a representation of a content item, which is derived from the content item itself. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of generating a content signature for a signal is provided. The method includes: ... 02/08/07 - 20070033408 - Preventing illegal distribution of copy protected content Method and devices are directed to invention is directed towards analyzing packets on-the-fly for pirated content. Packets are intercepted and analyzed to determine if the packets include media content. If media content is detected, a comparator determines a fingerprint associated with the media content. The comparator then compares the determined ... 02/01/07 - 20070028114 - Verification of identity based signatures A database management system (1) comprises up to fifty or more workstations (2), each for a user. The environment may, for example, be a hospital and the system manages medical records in a secure manner. Each user has a private key issued by a KGC (5). A database controller (3) ... 02/01/07 - 20070028113 - Systems, methods and devices for trusted transactions The invention discloses a system for enhancing trust in transactions, most particularly in remote transactions between a plurality of transactional parties, for instance a seller and buyer(s) of goods and/or services over a public computer network such as the internet. Trust is disclosed to be a multivalent commodity, in that ... 02/01/07 - 20070028112 - Data transfer device A data transfer device for transferring data between a host device and a data storage medium. The data transfer device encrypts and/or decrypts data transferred between the host device and the data storage medium using an encryption/decryption key stored in memory. A data storage medium stores an encryption/decryption key and ... 02/01/07 - 20070028111 - Methods and apparatus for authentication of content delivery and playback applications A method is provided to notify or indicate to an end user of a computing device that a payload that is being viewed or listened to is in fact from a trusted source. A media signature, such as visual, audio, and/or tactile signature is selected by a user. When a ... 02/01/07 - 20070028110 - Content extractor and analysis system A security system provides a defense from known and unknown viruses, worms, spyware, hackers, and unwanted software. The system can implement centralized policies that allow an administrator to approve, block, quarantine, and log file activities. The system can extract content of interest from a file container, repackage the content of ... 02/01/07 - 20070028109 - Configuration of a computing device in a secure manner In accordance with a broad aspect, a method is provided to securely configure a computing device. A configuration indication is received into the computing device, including receiving a digital signature generated based on the configuration indication. Generation of the digital signature accounts for a unique identifier nominally associated with the ... 01/25/07 - 20070022295 - System and method for providing secure message signature status and trust status indication A system and method for providing secure message signature status and trust status indications are disclosed. When a secure message having a digital signature generated by a sender is selected for processing on a messaging client, the digital signature on the message and trust status of the sender are checked. ... 01/25/07 - 20070022294 - Method of authenticating an object A method of authenticating an object comprising an identifier is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) reading the identifier using a data reader to generate identity data; (ii) sending an authentication request from the data reader to a computer system, the request comprising the identity data; (iii) receiving, ... 01/25/07 - 20070022293 - Information processing apparatus and method An information processing method enables verification of validity of signed data using received partial signed data parts, even when all the signed data is not received. According to the information processing method, signature data including a signature value and digests of a plurality of partial signed data parts is received. ... 01/25/07 - 20070022292 - Receiving encrypted emails via a web-based email system The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The systems and methods preferably include a Web-based Email ... 01/25/07 - 20070022291 - Sending digitally signed emails via a web-based email system The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The systems and methods preferably include a Web-based Email ... 01/18/07 - 20070016790 - Identification document and related methods The present invention provides methods and systems for authenticating identification documents. We also teach an identification document including two or more digital watermarks. The watermarks correspond with each other or with indicia carried by the identification document. The correspondence can be verified to determine authenticity. We also provide digital watermark ... 01/18/07 - 20070016789 - Methods and systems for signing physical documents and for authenticating signatures on physical documents In a method for providing physical documents with a signature, a document code is derived from at least a part of a content of the physical document. A signature code is derived at least from the document code and from an identification code of a signing party. The physical document ... 01/18/07 - 20070016788 - Digital signature computer, system, method, and storage medium storing program for collectively affixing signature to plurality of messages A medium having stored thereon a digital signature program used to cause a digital signature generating computer to function as: a digest generation unit which generates a digest from each of a plurality of messages; a collective signature generation unit which generates a single signature, as a collective signature, to ... 01/18/07 - 20070016787 - Unique block header patterns for media verification Authenticating the source of digital media is performed by using unique, randomly generated variably encoded frequency patterns to create mastering specific, profiles for sets end user media which can be verified by a manufacturer. A method for verifying the authenticity of an optical storage device includes the steps of: reading ... 01/18/07 - 20070016786 - System and method for iso image update and iso image deconstruction into modular components A method for updating an ISO file, e.g., to add a digital signature to the ISO file, includes adding a supplemental file composed of, e.g., all zeroes to the ISO file before recording, and then recording the ISO file with supplemental file to an optical disk using ISO format. A ... 01/18/07 - 20070016785 - System and method for digital signature and authentication A system and method for digital signature captures an electronic rendition of a user's handwritten signature, initials or other writing on a digitizer tablet interfaced with a personal computer, workstation or other computing device. A software plug-in incorporates the signature into the electronic document. The software then hashes the signed ... 01/18/07 - 20070016784 - Method of storing revocation list A device implementing DRM may contain local storage to hold a revocation list, especially if it is not permanently connected in order to retrieve this list. This device has limited storage capability. Traditionally the device stores the certificate revocation lists as distributed. This invention proposes to only store for each ... 01/11/07 - 20070011458 - Optimization methods for the insertion, protection, and detection of digital watermarks in digitized data Disclosed herein are methods and systems for encoding digital watermarks into content signals. Also disclosed are systems and methods for detecting and/or verifying digital watermarks in content signals. According to one embodiment, a system for encoding of digital watermark information includes: a window identifier for identifying a sample window in ... 01/11/07 - 20070011457 - Method for displaying and printing different sizes of smart docs The present invention uses XHTML and XML to output a varied resolution PNG (Portable Network Graphics) representation of a document. The resulting image file is too large to be displayed on a standard computer monitor without forcing the user to scroll the document horizontally and/or vertically. The present invention manually ... 01/11/07 - 20070011456 - Method and system for identifying original copying source of audiovisual content A system for identifying an original copying source of audiovisual content includes a recording device configured for receiving input data thereto, means for embedding the user specific information within the input data, the user specific information indicative of the identity of said recording device, and a data storage device within ... 01/04/07 - 20070005983 - E-mail firewall with stored key encryption/decryption An e-mail firewall (105) applies policies to e-mail messages (204) between a first 5 site and a plurality of second sites in accordance with a plurality of administrator selectable policies (216). The firewall comprises a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) relay (202) for causing the e-mail messages (204) to be ... 01/04/07 - 20070005982 - Communication apparatus and communication method According to one embodiment, there is provided a communication apparatus has a communication unit which makes a communication via a network, a database unit which stores route certificate data, a control unit which makes a control to supply address information of a server device that manages content, a command to ... 01/04/07 - 20070005981 - Communication system, certificate update device, and communication device There is provided a communication systems in which a public key certificate is easily updated. The administration PC transmits SSL communication request to the print server which is searched by the print server search broadcast. If the server certificate (public key certificate) received from the print server at the time ... 01/04/07 - 20070005980 - Communication device and communication system There is provided a communication system in which a public key certificate is easily updated when identification information is changed, while network traffic increase is prevented. A print server executes encryption communication using a public key certificate which attests that own public key corresponds to own identification information. Then, if ... 01/04/07 - 20070005979 - Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a storing section for storing electronic data for printout and an electronic signature attached to the electronic data; an image forming section for printing the stored electronic data on a predetermined recording medium; and a control section for decrypting the stored electronic signature, ... 01/04/07 - 20070005978 - Digital signatures for network forms Systems and/or methods enabling an individual to digitally sign data using an identifier where the data being digitally signed and the identifier are not accessed at the same location are described. In some cases, the systems and/or methods permit an individual to digitally sign data for an electronic document using ... 01/04/07 - 20070005977 - Watermark information detection method There is provided a watermark information detecting method capable of detecting confidential information accurately from a document including confidential information. In this method, a filtering process is performed on the whole surface of an input image (S310), and a position of signal is obtained by using a signal position searching ... 12/28/06 - 20060294385 - Information processing apparatus and its control method, computer program and storage medium For this purpose, when authentication information is embedded into digital information input by an image input unit (201), a Hash value calculation unit (202) generates authentication information based on that digital information, an encryption unit (203) encrypts the authentication information using an encryption key, and a digital watermarking unit (204) ... 12/28/06 - 20060294384 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and control program An information processing apparatus storing information having an expiration date. If the expiration date of the stored information has passed, the information processing apparatus obtains new information having a different expiration date and updates the stored information with the newly obtained information. In addition, the information processing apparatus transmits the ... 12/28/06 - 20060294383 - Secure data communications in web services Methods, systems, and products are disclosed in which secure data communications in web services are provided generally by receiving in a web service from a client a request containing an element bearing a first signature, the signature having a value; signing the value of the first signature, thereby creating a ... 12/28/06 - 20060294382 - Detecting a watermark using a subset of available detection methods A system and method are disclosed for detecting watermarked content that also inhibits the successful removal or corruption of the watermark. The method involves utilizing only a subset of candidate counter watermark detection techniques within any particular watermark detector to search for the watermark in an altered form. Since only ... 12/21/06 - 20060288223 - Method and apparatus for incremental code signing The present invention discloses a method for quickly and easily authenticating large computer program. The system operates by first sealing the computer program with digital signature in an incremental manner. Specifically, the computer program is divided into a set of pages and a hash value is calculated for each page. ... 12/21/06 - 20060288222 - Method for electronic data and signature collection, and system The present teachings provide a computer-implemented data-collection method that can comprise displaying a returnable-form, and the form can comprise a plurality of field associations. The form can comprise a form identification value and/or a form return address, and each field association can comprise a field name and a field value. ... 12/21/06 - 20060288221 - Method, apparatus, and program product for reconfiguring a software package The present invention provides a method, an apparatus and a program for reconfiguring a package, by which, when a user reconfigures a software package from given components, the user can provide a client with a package guaranteed by a provider who provides a single package. A method for reconfiguring a ... 12/21/06 - 20060288220 - In-line website securing system with html processor and link verification A web application firewall (WAFs) used to secure websites from many known and unknown vulnerabilities is described. In one embodiment, the WAF is installed between a server that is serving web content and a network over which clients access the website hosted on the server. The WAF is configured to ... 12/21/06 - 20060288219 - Automated selection and inclusion of a message signature A system and method for the creation and automated selection and inclusion an automated signature text with an electronic message, wherein the automated selection of the automated signature text is dependent on attributes of the message, the designated recipients, or attributes of the designated recipients as compared to the sender's ... 12/21/06 - 20060288218 - Protecting ink strokes from duplication Aspects of the present invention relate to selectively protecting electronic ink (e.g., digitized or captured electronic signatures) from duplication. ... 12/21/06 - 20060288217 - System and method for generating feature-based models of software and content for automatic recognition A system and method for automatic signature generation for content recognition is presented. A user provides signature attributes to a computer system for generating a signature, such as content directories, a signature accuracy level, and whether an existing signature database exists. The computer system generates a signature and the user ... 12/21/06 - 20060288216 - Long-term secure digital signatures The present invention relates to digitally signing of electronic documents which are to be kept secure for a very long time, thereby taking into account future cryptographic developments which could render current cryptographic key-lengths insufficient. In accordance with the invention a double signature is issued for each document. A first ... 12/14/06 - 20060282676 - Methods and systems for encoding and protecting data using digital signature and watermarking techniques Systems and methods are provided for protecting and managing electronic data signals that are registered in accordance with a predefined encoding scheme, while allowing access to unregistered data signals. In one embodiment a relatively hard-to-remove, easy-to-detect, strong watermark is inserted in a data signal. The data signal is divided into ... 12/14/06 - 20060282675 - Message authentication system, message transmission apparatus and message reception apparatus In a message authentication system in which a message is transmitted from a message transmission apparatus 100 to individual message reception apparatuses 120 through wireless communication connecting the message transmission apparatus 100 with the message reception apparatuses 120 via intermediary message reception apparatuses and the message is authenticated at each ... 12/14/06 - 20060282674 - Data management system To prevent piracy or leakage of data content, a cryptography technique and electronic watermark technique are combined together and used. In a data content supplied to a user, a user data is entered as electronic watermark by a data management center, and the data content with an electronic watermark entered ... 12/14/06 - 20060282673 - Multi-functional device and method of storing a transmission list of users in the same A multi-functional device and a method of storing a transmission list of users in the same. The multi-functional device includes an authenticator to authenticate one or more users, a storage unit to store a transmission list of the authenticated users, a user interface to display the transmission list of the ... 12/14/06 - 20060282672 - Method for creating self-authenticating documents In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method for creating a self-authenticating document is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a base substrate forming the document; printing an authentication seal on the document, the authentication seal comprising a printed portion comprising an ink creating a bleed area on the ... 12/14/06 - 20060282671 - Multi-parameter biometric authentication Authenticating an identity of a user claiming to be a genuine-user includes receiving from the user biometric data pertaining to a plurality of biometric parameters. The received biometric data are compared with corresponding authentic biometric data which have previously been obtained from the genuine-user. The user's identity is authenticat |