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6954854 Electronic authentication method, electronic authentication apparatus and electronic authentication storage medium  
According to the invention, techniques for verifying that data input as a response to presented contents is true input data for a content access. In a representative embodiment according to the...
6954793 Pre-paid data card authentication in a public wireless LAN access system  
A user ( 12 1 , 12 2 ) can gain access to a Local Area Network (LAN) ( 20 ) on a fee basis without the risk of having to transmit an un-encrypted PIN at upon initial access. The user initially...
6954739 Measurement-based management method for packet communication networks  
Disclosed are network management procedures that apply measurements of traffic load to achieve greater efficiency in the operation of the network. In a method for deciding whether to route an...
6947909 Distribution, recognition and accountability system for intellectual and copy written properties in digital media's  
A method for distribution, recognition and accountability for Intellectual and Copy written Properties in digital media's by associating a Transaction Code Identifier or Designator and further...
6938015 Method for providing database security  
According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system includes a server computer, a transmission medium coupled to the server computer and a client computer coupled to the transmission...
6931380 System and method for detecting high credit risk customers  
A system detects subscription fraud in connection with any consumer related service which requires continuous access and payment over time. According to one aspect, a method performed by the system...
6925448 Usage rights grammar and digital works having usage rights created with the grammar  
A digital work recorded on a computer readable media for use within a system having at least one repository for enforcing use of digital content in accordance with usage rights associated with the...
6925160 System and method for managing cellular telephone accounts  
A computer implemented system and method of allocating costs of wireless telephone usage. Billing and usage information is received from at least one wireless telephone service provider related to...
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...
6920436 Digital work structure  
A digital work for use within a rights management system for controlling use of the digital work in accordance with usage rights. The work is organized into an acyclic structure and includes a...
6907407 Copyright management apparatus  
An electronic copyrighted work distribution management system includes an electronic copyrighted work sales apparatus selling an electronic copyrighted work, a copyright management apparatus...
6907406 On-demand service expanding system and method for providing services  
A conventional service providing method involves such disadvantages that provision of efficient services cannot be assured in respect of a client, who was connected with a front-end, and that a...
6907446 Method and system for dynamic delivery of beads  
A method and system for providing target code to various computer systems. The target code is provided by a service. The service provides a mechanism for third-party developers to submit initial or...
6904592 Software download system for automatic retrieval of warranty and commission data  
A method for upgrading software at remote locations comprises uploading software upgrades to a portable computing device and conveying the portable computing device to the remote locations. The...
6895513 System and method for interactive web services  
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing one or more tasks on a remotely located computer connected to a server computer via a data network. Communication is...
6895393 Electronic book distributing system by use of purchase certificate and devices therefor  
For changing services to readers who desires to obtain electronic books exactly or minutely, an electronic book management system 1 distributes at least electronic purchase certificates relating...
6889208 Contents sale system  
In a contents sale system, original contents data are encrypted into encryption-resultant contents data in response to original playback key data. The original playback key data are encrypted into...
6882987 Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a decoding key encoded with specific information to decode encrypted information of a record medium  
A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data...
6873976 Secured purchasing system  
A system and method for transferring an encrypted file over the Internet involves a seller, a buyer, and a transaction agent. The file has a first part (administrative information) and a second...
6868404 DIGITAL DATA RECORDING DEVICE, DIGITAL DATA MEMORY DEVICE, AND DIGITAL DATA UTILIZING DEVICE FOR CONVERTING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION WHICH CONTAINS RESTRICTIVE INFORMATION USING A DIFFERENT KEY IN EACH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SEND/RECEIVE SESSION  
In each digital content utilize session, a memory card generates conversion key information for specifying a data conversion, while a player generates inverse conversion key information for...
6865552 Data copying system, data copying apparatus, data copying method, and recording medium  
A data copying system of the present invention includes a data copying apparatus for copying data recorded on a first recording medium to a second recording medium. The data copying apparatus...
6853983 System and method for the selective activation of one or several software and/or hardware functions of a programmable device  
A system and method for the selective activation of one or several software and/or hardware functions of a programmable device. A program selectively activates one of the functions of the...
6850963 Method of providing subscription based information services through an information service provider  
An information service providing method for providing an information service is provided, wherein the method includes the steps of: receiving a customer's request for the information service to be...
6842741 Recording medium with electronic ticket definitions recorded thereon and electronic ticket processing methods and apparatuses  
An electronic ticket comprises a ticket ID 233 , an issuer ID 237 , right information 239 of the electronic ticket, and issue, transfer and redeem conditions 240, 241 and 242 , the entire...
6832318 Method and apparatus for secure distribution of information recorded on fixed media  
A central access control system creates distribution CDs using an embedded data encryption process. A disc ID is also encrypted and recorded on each disc of each set of distribution CDs. The...
6826546 Method and system for licensing a copy of a copyright protected work  
A method and system are provided for facilitating the purchase of a license for a downloaded file of a copyrighted work. In one embodiment, a method for licensing a digital copy of a copyrighted...
6820063 Controlling access to content based on certificates and access predicates  
Digital rights for content downloaded to a subscriber computer from a provider are specified in an access predicate. The access predicate is compared with a rights manager certificate associated...
6819446 Image forming system  
When a holder of an ID card approaches an image formation instructing device for sending an image forming instruction to an image forming apparatus, an ID code stored in a RF-ID element built in...
6816841 Program providing apparatus and method, program receiving apparatus and method  
A method and apparatus for providing pay programs to viewers, distributes program guide information representing the program subject which will be broadcast receives subscription information from a...
6805289 Prepaid card payment system and method for electronic commerce  
A prepaid card system enabling access to payment-based websites comprising one or more prepaid cards bearing a stored value and authentication codes; one or more cardholder computers communicating...
6807641 Content provider system  
Even if contents data distributed over a network are once destroyed, the contents data are restored, as the copyright protection is maintained. A PC memorizes backup of distributed music contents...
6804687 File system management with user-definable functional attributes stored in a token action log  
A file system or other system that manages information entities includes a subsystem to store one or more tokens, as well as a token action log to associate each token with a customizable set of...
6789199 Tamper resistance with pseudo-random binary sequence program interlocks  
Tamper resistance is provided to avoid observation of the behavior of portions of software by calling a function exclusively available in one differentiated section of a processor and its...
6778834 Push content filtering  
The user of a mobile terminal enters keywords indicative of categories of messages he wishes to peruse. When the mobile terminal receives a message, keywords associated with the message are...
6772095 Method and system for servicing and maintaining thermal equipment, water treatment equipment and the like  
A method and a system for servicing and maintaining thermal equipment, or water treatment equipment fulfills a prompt countermeasure against an abnormality. The servicing and maintenance system is...
6748539 System and method for securely checking in and checking out digitized content  
A system and method for permitting the rental of digitized content such as music from a kiosk includes a flash memory device that is insertable into the kiosk. The kiosk derives a content key from...
6744894 Data management system  
The present invention provides a system to ensure security of data in a computer network system. A center certifies a public-key of user of the system and distributes a secret-key. A first system...
6744891 Methods and system for ensuring royalty payments for data delivered over a telephone network utilizing bidirectional communication  
A method and system for delivering data over a communication network which ensures-proper payment of royalties while preserving free access to data for purposes such as browsing or research. An...
6735311 Encryption and decryption of multi-media data  
A method for ciphering multimedia includes the entering of an ciphering index in a definition data block of the multimedia data, this index pointing to an ciphering algorithm which is to be used....
6728878 Deferred billing, broadcast, electronic document distribution system and method  
An electronic document delivery system and method in which a broadcast center periodically sends a “catalog” of available documents to a receiving computer, thereby allowing a user to browse...
6714650 Recording of scrambled digital data  
A system for transmitting and recording digital data is included. Further, a system for transmitting transmit scrambled audio data that is to be recorded on a mini disc reader is included. A system...
6711685 System and procedure for protection against the analytical espionage of secret information  
The invention presented describes a system and procedure for protecting against the espionage of secret information. A counter is allocated to each secret piece of information, in particular codes....
6704419 Information providing system  
An information providing terminal 3 notifies a mobile information terminal 1 of an item and a ciphered information body when a circuit between the mobile information terminal 1 and the...
6681015 Digital recording/reproducing system  
A digital recording/reproducing system includes a set top box. The STB receives a digital television broadcast signal and transmits a scrambled data stream from a stream selector via an interface...
6665721 Enabling a home network reverse web server proxy  
A computer network, method, apparatus or program product utilizing a local web server, a reverse proxy and an internet hosting web server to allow one or more remote users to access information on...
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...
6658307 Method for configuring the functional properties of an audiological device  
The method for configuring the functional properties of an audiological device in the form of a hearing aid initially provides a hearing aid with an IC that can be differently configured in view of...
6647411 Secure cached subscription service  
A system and method for a secure cached subscription system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a content provider and a caching device connected to the content provider. The...
6633644 Conditional access system for controlling the access to a data content  
A conditional access system for controlling the access of receivers of end-users to data content transmitted from a data content source in an uplink system. The uplink system scrambles the content...
6615109 System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus  
The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically,...
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