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7389271 Information processing apparatus and information processing method  
An information processing apparatus in which main information is stored in a first storage unit and subinformation associated with the main information is stored in a second storage unit. The user...
7386883 Systems, methods and computer program products for administration of computer security threat countermeasures to a computer system  
A countermeasure for a computer security threat to a computer system is administered by establishing a baseline identification of an operating or application system type and an operating or...
7386513 Networked services licensing system and method  
A method, system, and computer program product for exercising rights based on determining trust in an issuance of a rights expression, including issuing rights expressions by a chain of servers,...
7386515 Fee imposition system for application software  
Fee imposition system and method for application software, in which a software providing corporation can collect the fee without fail and charge a fair fee to a customer, and thereby the customer...
7383229 Access control and metering system for streaming media  
The present invention provides systems and techniques for transmitting a streaming media file. One of the techniques includes sending a metering uniform resource locator (URL) from a first server...
7379199 Print controlling apparatus and print controlling method  
This invention relates to a producer of content who associates information for print control with the content such as a picture, before delivery. Specifically, a digital broadcast receiving device...
7379917 Printing control apparatus and a method of charging for printing  
The image forming apparatus, for printing print data, and a printing control apparatus, for controlling a printing operation of the image forming apparatus, are connected through a network. In the...
7376623 System and method for accessibility content copyright permission  
A system and method for accessibility content copyright permission is presented. A copyright server receives a copyright request from a requestor, such as a portal server. The copyright request...
7370015 User impersonation by a proxy server  
A user is connected to the Internet by a proxy server that impersonates the user. Websites are accessed by sending an HTTP request to the proxy server. The HTTP request is encoded with characters...
7363276 Broadcast receiving method and apparatus and information distributing method and apparatus  
A broadcast receiving method comprises storing first control information in a storage device, the first control information containing information unique to a receiver and required for the receiver...
7363507 Device and method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs  
A device and a method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs. The device has input and output devices for bidirectional data exchange with an electronic computer and a first memory...
7356557 Content distribution system; content distribution method; distribution server, client terminal, and portable terminal used in the system; and computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for operating a computer used in the system  
A user accesses a sound data distribution server by operating a client terminal. The sound data distribution server transmits data for displaying a list of distributable music. The data are...
7356513 Method for minimizing pirating and/or unauthorized copying and/or unauthorized access of/to data on/from data media including compact discs and digital versatile discs, and system and data media for same  
A method authenticates at least one of a media and data stored on said media in order to prevent at least one of piracy, unauthorized access and unauthorized copying of the data stored on said...
7356144 Control of usage of contents in digital broadcasts  
A method of transmitting a content to a reception side includes the steps of encrypting the content by use of a scramble key that varies with time, encrypting scramble-key-associated information...
7356512 Contents mediating system and contents mediating method  
A contents mediating system for allowing the user who requests contents to easily obtain cheap contents. A contents storing unit 4 stores contents provided from a provider terminal 1 . A...
7353208 Transaction processing using intermediate server architecture  
A system and method of transaction processing is provided and includes a transaction terminal accessing a communications network. The transaction terminal sends first transaction information for a...
7353206 Literary work royalty accounting method, network system therefor and recording medium on which control program therefor is recorded  
A literary work royalty meter rate accounting method is provided by which a royalty based on the frequency of use of literary works such as music data distributed through a communication circuit is...
7350228 Method for securing digital content  
A method for secure distribution of digital content to an untrusted environment, comprising the steps of; constructing a relatively trusted environment within the untrusted environment;...
7349541 Method and apparatus for controlling content consumption  
A method and apparatus is provided in which playable content is transmitted in response to a playable-content request; a key for the playable content is separately transmitted in response to a key...
7346585 Computer software and services license processing method and system  
Integrated computer services and software licensing processing methods and systems are provided. A license processing service (LPS) receives a services or software license request from a user via a...
7346581 Copyright management apparatus, copyrighted-work distribution apparatus, and copyrighted-work distribution and receiving system  
A TV music broadcasting program is distributed from a distribution apparatus through a ground station and a satellite, and a musical-piece program is also distributed through a plurality of audio...
7346337 Communication terminal for restricting the use of content  
Mobile terminal receives from a server a content, a sending time information which indicates the time of sending the content, and a time restriction information that indicates the time period when...
7343405 Apparatus and method for computation of a pricing index  
An information processing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: a first acquiring element for acquiring the number of times information contents are downloaded over a network; a second acquiring...
7340482 Preview function in a digital data preservation system  
A digital preservation system ( 10 ) for accepting a digital data record as input, for providing a preview of the digital data record on a display screen ( 80 ), for writing the data record in...
7337146 Emergency information management system  
A wide-area emergency information management system includes a broadcasting entity ( 10 ) and delivers content to authorized receiver clients ( 20 ), such as PC's, laptops, wireless devices, etc....
7331034 Distributed software development tool  
A tool for distributed software development maintains a pool of software modules. A module manager manages submissions to and downloads from the pool. The module manager can be a computer system...
7325142 IP network and admission control method used therefor  
The access network manager terminal 5 makes a communication quality agreement with the core network manager terminal 3 , the core network manager terminal 3 conducts resource assignment of the...
7321941 Network routing utilizing a product code  
A method for utilizing a product code having product information contained therein for interfacing over a network. The product information is extracted from the product code, which product code is...
7320131 Methods and apparatus for selecting a server to process a request  
The invention is directed to techniques for selecting a resource from several resources to process a request from a client. A client sends the request to a data communications device (e.g., network...
7316032 Method for allowing a customer to preview, acquire and/or pay for information and a system therefor  
A method for controlling distribution and access to an information product, said method comprising the steps of: superposing a utility-reducing masking effect on said information product;...
7313540 Electronic communication system and method for facilitating financial transaction bidding and reporting processes  
A system and method for electronically communicating investment plan information between money managers and issuers of investment contracts to facilitate plan inquiry and plan bidding processes. An...
7310516 Method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content  
A method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content. During transmission of web content over a communication path between a content server and a client station, an...
7308100 Method and apparatus for time-based charging for broadcast-multicast services (BCMCS) in a wireless communication system  
A method and apparatus for time-based charging for viewing content from a broadcast-multicast service (BCMCS) at a mobile station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. A count value...
7308717 System and method for supporting digital rights management in an enhanced Java™ 2 runtime environment  
A digital rights management (DRM) system and methodology for a Java client implementing a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The JRE comprises a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and Java runtime libraries...
7305431 Automatic enforcement of service-level agreements for providing services over a network  
The invention deals with the enforcement of Service Level Agreement for the services provided over a client-server network. The invention discloses a method, system and a program product for...
7305555 Smart card mating protocol  
A system is described for uniquely mating components of a communication network such as a smartcard and a set-top box. When mated, the smartcard and set-top box are tied together and have a single...
7302707 Systems and methods for detecting software buffer security vulnerabilities  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for detecting software buffer security vulnerabilities. According to an embodiment, a computer-readable medium stores a plurality...
7299501 Electronic book selection and delivery system having encryption and security features  
The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the...
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...
7296225 Information transmitting and receiving in which layout information is used to determine importance  
Information showing how the information that meets the requirements of a user is treated in an information source, for example, how information about the positions and importance degree of articles...
7293281 Method and system for verifying a client request  
A system and method are presented for authorizing execution of requested actions transmitted between clients and servers of a data processing system. The method includes receiving a message...
7287010 Information processing device and method, and providing medium  
The present invention allows content to be transferred with source equipment retaining the content. Content is transferred to destination equipment while at the same time it is retained on the...
7283630 Verification of authenticity of goods by use of random numbers  
Method of verifying authenticity of goods uses combination codes that have a random portion and a non-random portion that includes at least a secret portion that is encrypted. The combination codes...
7280982 System and method for a fee address system  
A system relating to a fee address is described. A method of directing mail to a public mailbox, determining a fee based upon the preferences of the mail recipient, receiving the fee and forwarding...
7281267 Software audit system  
A software audit system is provided in conjunction with an anti-virus system. A computer virus scan request received by the anti-virus system ( 16 ) is used to trigger an audit data generator ( 18...
7280983 Information recording medium having reproduction control program recorded thereon and reproduction control program  
Even when a movie or the like is distributed in an electronic state, reproduction control can be effectively performed for each region at a distribution destination, thereby providing a...
7277397 Method and system for handling a packet data service  
A method and system for handling a packet data service wherein, proceeding from the handling of a packet data service by a service network node of a packet data network to which communication...
7277870 Digital content distribution using web broadcasting services  
A method of securely receiving data on a user's system from a web broadcast infrastructure with a plurality of channels. The method comprising receiving promotional metadata from a first web...
7266843 Malware scanning to create clean storage locations  
Pre-emptive malware scanning of user specified operating system 10, 12 defined storage locations is performed to establish whether those storage locations contain any malware containing computer...
7266529 Method and apparatus for executing code in accordance with usage rights  
A method and system for controlling execution of a computer program in accordance with usage rights, including receiving, by a server repository, a request from a requestor repository to execute...