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7620806 Encrypted communication for selectively delivering a message to multiple decrypting devices  
Reduces message length of encrypted message to be transmitted selectively to plurality of decrypting devices. An encrypting device includes a generating unit for generating node associating...
7620182 QKD with classical bit encryption  
A method for enhancing the security of a quantum key distribution (QKD) system having QKD stations Alice and Bob. The method includes encrypting key bits generated by a true random number generator...
7616765 Method and system for generating shared information  
A sender sends original random-number data to a receiver through a quantum channel. The receiver generates a raw key from information received through the quantum channel and notifies the received...
7615735 Random number generation using a scattering waveguide  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for random number generation using a scattering waveguide. The apparatus includes a light source for providing coherent light and a scattering...
7613297 Method and apparatus for data encryption  
A method and apparatus for use in encrypting and decrypting digital communications converting an initial block to final block based on freely selectable control information and secret key...
7609839 Quantum key distribution method and communication device  
In order to create a highly-secured common key while a data error on a transmission path is corrected by an error correction code having remarkably high characteristics, in a quantum key...
7606371 Two-way QKD system with active compensation  
A two-way actively stabilized QKD system that utilizes control signals and quantum signals is disclosed. Because the quantum signals do not traverse the same optical path through the system, signal...
7606361 Sending a message securely over an insecure channel  
Sending a message securely on an insecure channel. The message is encoded in the form of a singular matrix, and multiplied with a first non-singular matrix. The resulting first cipher data is sent...
7602911 Method and system for enhancing cryptography-based security  
As part of a cryptographic protocol, or in addition to it, a computer may participate in a cryptographic key generation protocol. The cryptographic key generation protocol may be such that it...
7602910 Password protection  
Systems and methods for password protection are described. In one aspect, an asymmetric key pair is deterministically formed by combining a password and other data. The public key of the asymmetric...
7599493 Asymmetric key pair having a kiosk mode  
Techniques for providing different levels of access based upon a same authentication factor are provided. A first message is received that is transformed with a first portion of a split private...
7596697 Technique for providing multiple levels of security  
Techniques for authentication are provided. A first authentication request transformed with a private portion of a first type split private key is received. A first user is authenticated for a...
7596695 Application-based data encryption system and method thereof  
An application-based data encryption method implemented in an operating system. When receiving system calls for writing data opened by an application, the operating system encrypts the data...
7596223 User control of a secure wireless computer network  
A wireless network is established between a station and an access point for the network using a sequence of messages that securely transmit authentication information from the station to the access...
7593717 Authenticating access to a wireless local area network based on security value(s) associated with a cellular system  
A method is provided for determining a private key for a first network based on at least one security value associated with a second network. The method further includes establishing a plurality of...
7590865 Method and apparatus for restriction use of storage medium using user key  
A method and apparatus for restricting the use of a disc are provided. In this method, first, lead-in data is read out from a loaded disc. Then, a user key is read out from a lead-in area of the...
7590591 Electronic value exchange system and electronic value exchange method  
When a portable terminal receives a condition for an exchange object from a portable terminal, it selects electronic values as exchange objects, out of lists constituting the condition. An IC card...
7590409 Communications system, communications apparatus, and communication method  
A communication system, a communication apparatus, and a communication method are provided. A communications apparatus includes a generation unit for generating a transmission message sent to a...
7590236 Identity-based-encryption system  
Systems and methods for supporting symmetric-bilinear-map and asymmetric-bilinear-map identity-based-encryption (IBE) key exchange and encryption schemes are provided. IBE key exchange schemes use...
7587764 Cryptic information and behavior generation for competitive environments  
An invention was developed to improve the performance and survivability of units in a competitive environment. Cryptic Command, Control, and Planning, and Management increases to apparent...
7587607 Attesting to platform configuration  
Receiving a request for an attestation of platform configuration from an attestation requestor, receiving an acceptable configuration, and if the platform matches the acceptable configuration,...
7587049 Active stabilization of a one-way QKD system  
A one-way stabilized QKD system ( 10 ) that utilizes a control signal (CS) and a quantum signal (QS) that travel the same path through the system from a first QKD station (Alice) to a second QKD...
7587046 Method and apparatus for generating keystream  
A method and apparatus for generating a keystream are provided. The method includes: (a) receiving a bitstream comprised of at least 4 bits; (b) selecting at least two bits from the received...
7587045 System and method for securing document transmittal  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for secure transmission of electronic document data on a network. The method begins with the receipt of user identification data associated...
7584363 Fair blind signature process  
In a fair blind signature process, a user interacts with a signer in order to complete a 7-tuple (A,e,s,t,x u ,x,m) such that A e =a 0 a 1 x a 2 m a 3 x u a 4 t a 5 s (mod n), where a 0 , a 1 , a...
7584362 Systems and methods for providing signatures  
Systems and methods for providing signatures are described. In an implementation, a system includes a backend configured to generate a plurality of incomplete signatures using an offline portion of...
7584198 Data storage  
A method of storing a data set on a storage device carrying a file of random data comprising the steps of: selecting, in dependence on a user input passphrase, a first location within the file of...
7581243 Secure communication method, terminal device, authentication server, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium  
A secure communication method is performed in a system including a terminal device and an authentication server. The terminal device has at least one service process supplying a service to other...
7581108 Method and system for generating time-based identifiers  
Methods and systems for generating time-based identifiers that are used for identifying items is described. In one embodiment, a master key is assigned to an electronic tag. Time-based other keys...
7580521 Identity-based-encryption system with hidden public key attributes  
A system is provided that uses identity-based encryption (IBE) to allow a sender to securely convey information in a message to a recipient over a communications network. IBE public key information...
7577851 Multitask execution apparatus and multitask execution method  
A multitask execution system executes a plurality of tasks in parallel. The multitask execution system includes an encryption processor configured to generate a key stream unique to each task, by...
7577250 Key derivation functions to enhance security  
Key derivation algorithms are disclosed. In one key derivation application, a segment of the master key is hashed. Two numbers of derived from another segment of the master key. A universal hash...
7574600 System and method for combining user and platform authentication in negotiated channel security protocols  
A security protocol for combining user and platform authentication. The security protocol includes a first handshake phase to issue attestation identity credentials, and a second handshake phase to...
7571320 Circuit and method for providing secure communications between devices  
An electronic system and method for providing secure communications between devices. The secure communications are maintained through use of an integrity check value (ICV) that accompanies a...
7571315 Method and apparatus to assign trust to a key  
A method includes determining whether a key is traceable to one of a set of keys associated with a trusted source and determining whether the key is identified in a list of compromised keys. If the...
7567672 Cryptographic communication system  
In a cryptographic communication system, a prover is connected through a channel to a verifier. Elements a, b, c, d of a finite group are used as a public key and a parameter “x” as a private...
7567669 Strengthened public key protocol  
A method of determining the integrity of a message exchanged between a pair of correspondents. The message is secured by embodying the message in a function of a public key derived from a private...
7565539 Method and apparatus for secure communications  
A method of managing a key for encrypted communication over a communication link between first and second modems, each modem having respective first and second master keys. A first key material for...
7565531 Locking programming interface  
A locking programming interface (LPI) which prevents piracy of device-related user software. An LPI Code is generated from a variety of different parameters, including a software product ID, a...
7565527 Technique for asymmetric crypto-key generation  
Techniques for generating a multi-factor asymmetric key pair having a public key and split private key with multiple private portions, at least one of the multiple portions being a multiple factor...
7562218 Method, system and device for authenticating a user  
Preferred embodiments of the invention relate to a method and device for authenticating a user of a computer and a corresponding system using the method and device. The device is a handheld...
7561689 Generating keys having one of a number of key sizes  
An apparatus is disclosed for generating keys having one of a number of key sizes. Memory sections of a memory element are adapted to store a portion of a key. The memory element has a size at...
7558387 Gathering randomness in a wireless smart card reader  
A device coupled to a smart card reader may request random data from a smart card inserted into the smart card reader, and the smart card reader may incorporate the random data into its randomness...
7555127 Quantum cryptography key distribution system and method  
In a quantum cryptography key distribution system for sharing a secret key between a transmitter and a receiver site, an unbalanced interferometer system in the transmitter site has a Mach-Zehnder...
7552343 Conditional access control  
The invention relates to a secure data processing system including an unscrambling module [DSC] disposed on a dedicated hardware part [HW] of an integrated circuit and intended to unscramble a...
7551737 Cryptographic keys using random numbers instead of random primes  
A system and method for providing cryptographic keys which are usable in a network of connected computer nodes applying a signature scheme. The method employs: generating a random secret key usable...
7548618 Converter, encryption/decryption system, multi-stage converter, converting method, multi-stage converting method, program, and information recording medium  
A converter uses a predetermined parameter a. A generating unit accepts generated inputs x 1 , . . . , x n , and generates generated outputs, y 1 , . . . , y n , using recurrence formulas, y 1 =F 1...
7545943 Apparatus, method, and computer program product for playing back content  
A content playback apparatus includes an SKF selecting unit that selects one segment key file from plural segment key files recorded in a DVD media at a time of playback of a content of the...
7545933 Decryption circuit, encryption circuit, logic cell, and method of performing a dual-rail logic operation in single-rail logic environment  
A decryption circuit for generating a decrypted data signal and a complementary decrypted data signal from a key. In addition, a means for performing a linkage specification so as to generate the...
7545932 Secure authenticated channel  
A protocol (i.e. method) and corresponding apparatuses for calculating a session key. Two peers with knowledge of a common Diffie-Hellman permanent key, K perm , and the identity and public key of...