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7606388 Contents border detection apparatus, monitoring method, and contents location detection method and program and storage medium therefor  
A contents border detection apparatus and monitoring method. The apparatus comprises a digital watermark detector for detecting a digital watermark embedded in contents for which a time element is...
7594115 Contents information output system and contents information output method  
A contents information output system which is capable of ensuring security in outputting contents information to a recording medium. A data management apparatus identifies a RF-ID tagged display...
7590289 Method, apparatus, and program for image processing capable of preventing and detecting tampering, and a medium storing the program  
A method, apparatus, and program for image processing are provided to perform operations of generating a verification document image and detecting tampering on the verification document image. The...
7565542 Remote authentication of an object using a signature part  
A method of authenticating an object in which a computer system receives indicating data from a sensing device. The indicating data is generated in response to sensing of coded data provided on or...
7561716 Watermarking method and apparatus  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for watermarking a document, the method comprising: associating the document with an identification number; generating ( 70 ) a first set of numbers...
7558962 Method of authenticating a print medium online  
A method of using a mobile device to authenticate a print medium online before completing printing onto the print medium, the mobile device including processing means, a printhead, a sensor, a...
7555467 System and method for reliable transfer of virtual stamps  
The present application describes systems and methods for reliable transfer of information of value such as virtual postage stamps between a remote data center and a local device. An identifier...
7552324 Printer and print system, and data receiving device and data transmitting and receiving system  
A printer generates a public key with a passphrase containing at least printer position information and a random number by a public key cryptography, and holds this random number. A print client...
7532740 Method and apparatus for embedding auxiliary information within original data  
This patent application is generally related to watermarking and steganography. In one implementation, a method of embedding auxiliary information within original data is provided. The original...
7526812 Systems and methods for manipulating rights management data  
Documents can be created to include metadata associated with rights management information that applies to the entire document and/or to one or more applicable sub-portions of the document. When a...
7526647 Authorization protocol for network publishing  
A network publishing authorization protocol, for use in a network connected to a printer, a server and a publisher of network publications. The protocol authorizes the printing of a publication at...
7519560 System and method for electronic authorization of batch checks  
A method of effecting payment. A system for effecting payment. Instructions to send a set of financial instruments to a set of recipients are received at a first system from an agent. A digital...
7508954 System and method of generic symbol recognition and user authentication using a communication device with imaging capabilities  
A system and method for recognizing symbols and identifying users or services, including the displaying of an image or video clip on a display device in which identification information is embedded...
7508939 Image processing system and method for processing image data using the system  
In an image processing system according to the present invention, a first device encrypts image data generated by reading an image in a document, stores a decryption key for decrypting the image...
7506159 Printer and print system  
A printer generates a public key dependent on printer position information and transmits it to a print client. The print client encrypts a common key with this public key and transmits it to the...
7500268 Method of authenticating a print medium before printing  
A method of using a mobile device to authenticate a print medium before completing printing onto the print medium, the mobile device including processing means, a printhead and a sensor, the print...
7489797 Method and apparatus for fragile watermarking  
A method of fragile watermarking is characterized by the step of generating at least a first ill-conditioned operator, said ill-conditioned operator being related to values extracted from an image...
7484101 Coded data associated with an object and encoding a distributed signature  
An object associated with a surface that has coded data disposed thereon or therein. The coded data includes a number of coded data portions, each of which encodes an identity of the object. In...
7472278 Remote authentication of an object using a signature encoded in a number of data portions  
A method of authenticating an object in which a computer system receives indicating data from a sensing device. The indicating data is generated in response to sensing of coded data and is...
7471806 Method, apparatus and computer program for inserting a watermarking program into an image processing program  
At every reproduction of a moving image, a tamper resistant module (TRM) randomly selects any one of plural electronic watermark inserting modules, and incorporates the module selected into an area...
7467301 Authentication processor using a signature part  
A method of authenticating an object using a processor that receives indicating data generated in response to sensing of coded data. The indicating data is indicative of an identity of the object...
7467300 Coded data including a distributed data stream  
Coded data for disposal on or in a surface that includes a number of coded data portions. Each coded data portion encodes an identity of an object or the like associated with the surface. In...
7467299 Authentication device  
A sensing device for authenticating an object. The device includes a sensor for sensing coded data provided on or in a surface associated with the object. The coded data encodes an identity and, at...
7457961 Authentication of an object using a signature encoded in a number of data portions  
A method of authenticating an object, the method including: sensing coded data provided on or in a surface associated with the object; determining, from the sensed coded data: an...
7447908 Method of authenticating a print medium offline  
A method of using a mobile device to authenticate a print medium offline before completing printing onto the print medium, the mobile device including processing means, a printhead and a sensor,...
7436956 Document encryption  
Encryption of documents is used to restrict access to such documents to those users who have the appropriate decryption keys. The encryption of documents on public web servers hitherto has...
7430762 Identification card manufacturing security  
Identification card manufacturing security restricts use of an identification card manufacturing system with only authorized supplies. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a...
7398545 User data management device having a notification determination device that determines who is provided with identity data, storage medium which stores a control program, and control method  
A user data management device, a storage medium which stores a control program, and a control method are disclosed which efficiently report the identity of a user who is using equipment to some or...
7383441 Method and device for confirming the authenticity of a document and a safe for storing data  
The invention relates to a method for confirming the authenticity of a document. According to the invention, said method is carried out in such a way that the authenticity is confirmed using a...
7366301 Optical watermark  
A multiple-layered watermark is generated to be placed on document, to protect against counterfeiting and forgery. Hidden information embedded into each of the watermark's layers is only detectable...
7353398 Article, method, system and apparatus for decentralized creation, distribution, verification and transfer of valuable documents  
The invention described herein utilizes a universally known and accepted unique item that is independently identifiable and valuable so as to be constituted for difficulty of counterfeiting as an...
7330974 Method and system for delivery of a secure document  
A method and system for issuing secure documentation, such as tickets or coupons. The method includes producing a secure document having printed information and coded data thereon, the coded data...
7324662 Method, software, and device for hiding data in binary image, while preserving image quality  
A method of embedding watermark data into a two-colour (binary) image includes dividing the image into blocks and assessing the suitability of each block to embed a bit of watermark data by...
7315621 Digital watermark-embedding apparatus, digital watermark-embedding method, and recording medium  
A characteristic amount is retained and calculated from an entered video signal. Embedment intensity is retained and calculated from the retained characteristic amount. Embedment information is...
7310429 Unauthorized-alteration detecting method, unauthorized-alteration detecting program, and recording medium having recorded the program  
A false alteration detecting method using an electronic watermark method of fragile type by number theoretic transform. A processing section sets parameters P, N, α of number theoretic transform...
7304757 System and method for secure printing  
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for secure printing. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to receiving a document to be printed, determining that the document...
7296157 Methods and apparatus for secure document printing  
Methods and apparatus are provided for securely printing a print job on a networked printer. An application program running on a networked computer instructs the printer to generate and exchange...
7249109 Shielding manipulations of secret data  
This invention concerns a method of shielding manipulations of secret data in an authentication chip from observation. In another aspect it concerns an authentication chip for performing the...
7249108 Validation protocol and system  
This invention concerns a validation protocol for determining whether an untrusted authentication chip is valid, or not. The protocol may be used to determine the physical presence of a valid...
7246098 Consumable authentication protocol and system  
This invention concerns a consumable authentication protocol for validating the existence of an untrusted authentication chip, as well as ensuring that the Authentication Chip lasts only as long as...
7239709 Data recording/reproducing method, data recording/reproducing system, recording apparatus  
A data recording/reproducing method wherein encrypted digital data obtained by subjecting digital data to first encrypting by using a contents key and encrypted contents key obtained by subjecting...
7227972 Progressive watermark decoding on a distributed computing platform  
The disclosure describes a method of progressively decoding a digital watermark on a distributed computing platform. A client device equipped with a digital camera, such as a PDA or cell phone,...
7219082 Financial management system  
A financial transaction network includes a customer network serviced by a host processor. The financial transaction network provides customers with a plurality of diverse and interchangeable...
7212637 Cartridge validation with radio frequency identification  
Validation of printer cartridges using a unique identifier from an RFID tag, a serial number or identifier from a cartridge, and a seed to generate a reproducible key are described. The key is...
7203666 Virtual postage metering system  
A virtual postage metering system and method provides value added services corresponding to postage metering transactions. Funds are not stored at a user's site, reducing the risk of unauthorized...
7191158 System and method for providing computer-based postage stamps  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating computer-based postage that may be used on any date and with an undetermined addressee includes generating a request to print...
7181044 Watermarking and fingerprinting digital content using alternative blocks to embed information  
A method of embedding information in digital content representing media streams. The method includes (1) selecting a set of locations within that digital content reprensenting the media stream to...
7171392 Secure data capture apparatus and method  
In a postage meter system (FIG. 2 ), a user enters information,indicative of a batch of mail pieces to be franked ( 30 ). The mail pieces are franked( 31 ), and when the batch is completed, data...
7152049 Method and system for dispensing virtual stamps  
A method and system for a virtual stamp dispensing metering system is provided wherein indicia of varying values are calculated at a data center and downloaded to a mailing machine on a periodic...
7144166 System for secure printing  
The present disclosure relates to a method for printing a secure image on media using an inkjet printing device. The method includes printing an underlayer using an inkjet printing device that...
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