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7570763 Method for subscribing service and distributing encryption key based on public-key encryption algorithm in digital CATV system  
A method for subscribing a service and distributing encryption key based on public-key encryption algorithm in a digital CATV system are disclosed. In accordance with an aspect of the present...
7555126 Game apparatus managing system, game apparatus, controlling method, computer program and recording medium  
A license managing apparatus comprises an inputting device, an encrypting device for encrypting information inputted from the inputting device to produce encrypted information, and an outputting...
7551736 Physical layer header scrambling in satellite broadcast systems  
Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises scrambling a first header of the...
7536713 Knowledge broadcasting and classification system  
Embodiments of the system may utilize a Knowledge Broadcasting System for specifying content metadata and locating Internet documents. In this instance embodiments of the invention comprise an...
7502473 Process for managing the handling of conditional access data by at least two decoders  
One embodiment of the invention relates to a management method for conditional access data processing by at least three decoders associated to a subscriber. These decoders include...
7464400 Distributed environment controlled access facility  
A computer implemented web based access control facility for a distributed environment, which allows users to request for access, take the request through appropriate approval work flow and finally...
7464398 Queuing methods for mitigation of packet spoofing  
Systems and methods of mitigating attacks, such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, in a communications network are presented. Source addresses of packets received at network devices are monitored...
7424739 On-machine communication verification  
The present invention provides for validating that one or more modules reside on the same machine. When a second module wishes to establish communication with a first module, a shared memory that...
7380132 Data recording method and apparatus, data record medium and data reproducing method and apparatus  
An input is ciphered in at least one of a sector forming circuit 13 , a scrambling circuit 14 , a header appendage circuit 15 , an error correction encoding circuit 16 , a modulation circuit ...
7363504 Method and system for keystroke scan recognition biometrics on a smartcard  
The present invention discloses a system and methods for biometric security using keystroke scan biometrics in a smartcard-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a keystroke...
7346779 System and method for authenticating electronic documents  
A method for securing an electronic document ( 22 ) comprising attaching a biometric characteristic ( 20 ) and the electronic document ( 22 ) to form a biometric characteristic-document combination...
7346163 Dynamic composition of pre-encrypted video on demand content  
According to certain embodiments consistent with the present invention, a method of processing digital video content, wherein the digital video content comprises intra-coded frames and inter-coded...
7330884 Internet strawman and user interface therefor  
A system and method for implementing an intermediary to preserve user privacy and anonymity in electronic transactions. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for facilitating a...
7299504 System and method for implementing security management using a database-modeled security policy  
A database-modeled security policy includes policy statements stored in a database. Each policy statement has associated standards, guidelines, and procedures. Policy statements are grouped...
7295994 Information distribution system, terminal apparatus, information center, recording medium, and information distribution method  
When content data are distributed from an information center via a predetermined communication line to a terminal apparatus loaded with a recording medium recorded with its identifier and prepaid...
7209893 Method of and a system for distributing electronic content  
A terminal device, a memory module and a system for and method of distributing electronic content. A content provider stores a number of multimedia files. A first integrated circuit card interface...
7187919 Backup method of applications of portable cellular phone  
A backup method of applications of a portable cellular phone is provided which is capable of preventing the applications from being copied by a person being not an owner of the portable cellular...
7131133 Access control method and information utilization apparatus  
The encoded contents of a piece of delivered information is accompanied by an applicable time data indicating a specific time period for authorizing a particular mode of utilization. When a request...
7110985 Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device  
Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage...
7110543 Content management system, content management terminal, usage rule management server, content management method, and content management program  
At the time of moving a content from an e-book content receiving terminal 102 to a copyright protection medium 103 , from among a plurality of usage rules set to the content, those defined by...
7095854 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection  
The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the...
7092930 Architecture and method to secure database records from tampering in devices such as postage value dispensing mechanisms  
A method and apparatus for protecting against a replay attack in a database system makes use of customer records including a counter, and freshness records that include the customer counters and a...
7080043 Content revocation and license modification in a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device  
Content revocation is achieved by disabling licenses issued to a computing device for the content. A content revocation is delivered within a license to the computing device. Upon license storage...
7043020 Smartcard for use with a receiver of encrypted broadcast signals, and receiver  
A smartcard for use with a receiver of encrypted broadcast signals comprises a microprocessor for enabling or controlling decryption of said signals. A memory is coupled to the microprocessor. The...
6928419 Method and apparatus for repackaging portions of digital works as new digital works  
A method and system for creating a new digital work from one or more existing digital works having parts. A first part of a digital work has first usage rights associated therewith, the first usage...
6925562 Scheme for blocking the use of lost or stolen network-connectable computer systems  
Scheme for switching a computer system ( 21 ), which is connectable via a communication interface and a network ( 22 ) to a server module ( 23 ), into a special mode of operation. The computer...
6889327 Copyrighted digital data management method, contents provider, user terminal, and data recording medium  
After a user terminal executes a data usage accounting procedure for a contents provider, enciphered copyrighted digital data generated by enciphering chargeable copyrighted digital data using...
6690797 Descrambling device for the use of several conditional access sub-systems  
The descrambling device comprises hardware resources ( 1 ) and first memory zones (CA 1 , CA 2 , . . . , CAn) to store at least two different access control codes for controlling the hardware...
6658568 Trusted infrastructure support system, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce transaction and rights management  
The present invention provides methods and systems for secure, automated transaction processing for use in electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management over an electronic...
6584199 Conditional access system and method thereof  
A conditional access system (CAS) for processing signals between a pay broadcast management system and a digital receiver includes a resource subscriber management system (RSMS) for predetermining...
6304660 Apparatuses for processing security documents  
A security document processing apparatus is provided having a feed path for receiving documents and at least one imaging assembly for capturing image data from documents received in the apparatus....
6282293 System and method for charging fee for video information  
In a fee charging system for video information, scramble signals including video information and charging information can be recorded on a recording media such that the signals are read later...
6256393 Authorization and access control of software object residing in set-top terminals  
A method for providing authentication, authorization and access control of software object residing in digital set-top terminals creates a fingerprint ("signature") for each software object,...
6249532 Interactive chargeable communication system with billing system therefor  
A billing system for use in a chargeable program broadcasting is capable of reliably billing a subscriber for program reception while preventing unauthorized reception thereof. A receiving terminal...
6222924 Scrambling of digital media objects in connection with transmission and storage  
To prevent unauthorized reception, storage, copying and reproduction of digital media objects it is defined in addition to a scrambled broadcast format a scrambled storage format which is different...
6161179 Key-based protection method for light-readable discs  
To protect access to information recorded on a light-readable disc, a light-readable disc player provides the user with a unique key each time the user attempts to play the disc. After the user...
6126069 Chip card, method and system for using and paying for services  
Anonymous use of and payment for, as well as collection of statistics, fee-based services, in particular Near-VOD services, employing a single chip card that can be used for all service providers....
6061452 Secure media on demand system whereby charge is determined in part from the periodicity of an encryption key  
An object of the invention is to provide a transmitting system of which data is difficult to be tapped and which is suitable for flexibly determining a watching and listening fee. In order to...
6002694 Interactive chargeable communication system with billing system therefor  
A billing system for use in a chargeable program broadcasting is capable of reliably billing a subscriber for program reception while preventing unauthorized reception thereof. A receiving terminal...
5345505 Coding system for a data signal  
A system for scrambling and descrambling complex data signals, such as video signals, employs a system for encoding the decoding information, in the form of two security keys, directly onto the...
5204900 Coding system for descrambling video  
A system for scrambling and descrambling complex signals, such as video signals, employs a system for encoding the decoding information, in the form of two security keys, directly onto the...
5081680 Initial reporting of remotely generated data  
A device for reporting remotely stored data is coupled to a descrambler in an impulse pay-per-view television system for storing and reporting data pertaining to subject matter descrambled by the...
5016272 Home video system  
A home video system comprising a headend system, a transmission channel, a trap, a converter, descrambling equipment, receiving equipment, and requesting equipment. The headend equipment includes...
4975951 IPPV programming distribution control system  
A distribution control system for controlling the distribution of scrambled impulse pay per view (IPPV) programming from a plurality of different IPPV programmers to a plurality of descramblers....
4916737 Secure anti-piracy encoded television system and method  
A scrambling and descrambling system and method for the video and/or audio portions of a broadcast TV signal, for example, broadcast by cable, microwave or communication satellite, includes a...
4833710 Pay television system  
This invention, relating to a unidirectional television system such as satellite television broadcasting system, is intended to transmit and receive the charging information corresponding to the...
4823385 System for processing coded information  
A system for processing coded information is disclosed. A receiver receives coded information from a source. The receiver is equipped with a decoder and a real time clock. The coded information is...
4797918 Subscription control for television programming  
A method and apparatus for one-way subscription television service control which allows the subscribers to subscribe in advance to a variety of programming or to select programming oa a...
4710955 Cable television system with two-way telephone communication path  
A method and apparatus to enable billing of subscribers of pay-per-view television systems or the like on a non-real-time basis. A scrambled television signal is received at a subscriber terminal...
4268860 Television subscriber apparatus  
This disclosure is concerned with modulating the tuning of a picture carrier frequency trap to insure audible distortion of the sound signal in a subscriber television system irrespective of...
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