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7016875 Single sign-on for access to a central data repository  
Systems and methods for providing access to an information account stored in a central data repository. The information account is associated with a consumer and is subject to the consumer's...
7016877 Consumer-controlled limited and constrained access to a centrally stored information account  
Consumer authentication information is associated with an information account stored in a central database, such that access to the information account by the consumer is conditioned upon receipt...
7010688 Scheme, system and equipment for inter-equipment authentication and key delivery  
An inter-equipment authentication and key delivery scheme, system, and equipment is provided which is capable of making authentication of an IC card ID signature, by comparison of a decrypted ICCID...
7003471 Method and system for accepting non-toxic mail that has an indication of the mailer on the mail  
A system that determines if mail contains life-harming materials before the mail enters the interior of a receptacle, i.e., mail box. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by issuing stamps...
7003501 Method for preventing fraudulent use of credit cards and credit card information, and for preventing unauthorized access to restricted physical and virtual sites  
A method and a system for enabling secure authentication of a user in a computerized card access transaction. A card, identified by an identification number is issued to the user, containing...
7003499 Service activation by virtual prepaid card  
In order to prevent the use of a virtual prepaid card illegitimately acquired and transmitting only one identification code, for example read after the card has been scratched, to a service...
7003668 Secure authentication of users via intermediate parties  
An intermediate system provides remote clients with access to a primary system, such as a server. The intermediate system creates and stores a log-in record for each client. The log-in record...
6996216 Compensating recipients of calls  
A method, system, and program for compensating recipients of calls are provided. A request to bill a caller a tariff for a call is initiated, wherein the caller originates the call. The caller is...
6986040 System and method of exploiting the security of a secure communication channel to secure a non-secure communication channel  
The present invention features a system and method for establishing a secure communication channel between a client and an application server. In one embodiment, a ticket service generates a ticket...
6985886 Method and apparatus for a mortgage loan management system  
The automated system of the present invention uses the Federal, State, local and professional regulations and requirements and implementing instructions to generate a plurality of tasks which can...
6985887 Apparatus and method for authenticated multi-user personal information database  
A method of assuring integrity of a personal information in a data base containing personal information provided by multiple users uses in various embodiments physiological identifiers associated...
6983309 Electronic apparatus transmitting electronic mail including image information, a control apparatus, and a storage medium  
An electronic apparatus, a control apparatus, and a storage medium include a transmitter transmitting electronic mail in which a symbol including image information, which enables a sender to be...
6978369 Person-centric account-based digital signature system  
In a method of managing a database of existing accounts ( 214 ) for account holders ( 202 ), each account holder ( 202 ) has multiple accounts with one or more account authorities ( 212 ) for use...
6978019 Method and system for user registration on terminal  
A method and system for registration of a user to use a particular terminal of a computer system. The method includes providing a printed registration form including registration information and...
6976011 Process for making remote payments for the purchase of goods and/or a service through a mobile radiotelephone, and the corresponding system and mobile radiotelephone  
The invention relates to a process for making a secure remote payment for goods and/or a service purchased by the buyer ( 2 ) from a supplier ( 7 ) using a mobile radiotelephone ( 1 ) used by the...
6973444 Method for interdependently validating a digital content package and a corresponding digital license  
A method is disclosed for a device to interdependently validate a digital content package having a piece of digital content in an encrypted form, and a corresponding digital license for rendering...
6973571 System, apparatus, and method for performing cryptographic validity services  
Embodiments of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings facilitate electronic authentication services for banking and other industries. Authentication services,...
6970852 Methods and apparatus for conducting secure, online monetary transactions  
A system, method, and apparatus for conducting secure monetary transactions over a communications network is provided. The invention facilitates secure monetary and financial transactions over the...
6971031 National identification card system and biometric identity verification method for negotiating transactions  
A method and system for preventing or obstructing a person from negotiating a transaction with another person, group, or entity in a population, includes verifying and crosschecking the identity of...
6970842 Project docket management apparatus and method  
An exemplary embodiment of a project docket management apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a control program and communicate with a user. In a typical aspect, the processor is...
6970853 Method and system for strong, convenient authentication of a web user  
A method and system for strong, convenient authentication of a web user makes use, for example, of a computing device, such as a user's personal computer (PC), coupled over a network, such as the...
6970851 System and method of configuring value cards  
A system and method of configuring value cards which facilitates selection of personalized limits on value card use in transactions. The value card configuration system includes a display for...
6959381 Central key authority (CKA) database for user accounts in ABDS system  
A Central Key Authority (CKA) database includes PuK-linked account information of users, wherein the PuK-linked account information maintained in the database for each user includes, (a) a public...
6957336 Establishing initial PuK-linked account database  
An initial Puk-linked account database is established by (a) maintaining the database in a secure environment, (b) recording in the database for each one of a plurality of devices manufactured in...
6957199 Method, system and service for conducting authenticated business transactions  
The invention pertains to a method, online service, and system, for creating partnerships based on trust relationships over a public network, authenticating trade partners, infrastructure providers...
6950940 ABDS method utilizing security information in authenticating entity access  
Authenticating an entity for access to a controlled resource by an access authentication component for the controlled resource includes the steps of: the requesting entity initially opening a...
6944765 Method of authentication anonymous users while reducing potential for “middleman” fraud  
A method of authenticating anonymous users while reducing potential for “middleman” fraud includes the step of constructing a puzzle in response to information received from a software user....
6941285 Method and system for a virtual safe  
A transaction server for performing a transaction over a network using a virtual smart card the server comprising, a virtual smart card database having a plurality of records each record including...
6938019 Method and apparatus for making secure electronic payments  
In accordance with the present invention, consumers and merchants use computing devices connected to a network, such as the Internet, through wired and wireless means, wherein the consumer connects...
6938021 Methods for matching, selecting, narrowcasting, and/or classifying based on rights management and/or other information  
Rights management information is used at least in part in a matching, narrowcasting, classifying and/or selecting process. A matching and classification utility system comprising a kind of Commerce...
6938156 ABDS system and verification status for authenticating entity access  
A system in which a requesting entity seeking access to a controlled resource is authenticated by an access authentication component includes the requesting entity initially opening a security...
6938160 Network service user authentication system  
A network service user authentication system is provided to properly authenticate an authorized user in a transaction using a network. The system includes an includes an authentication part which...
6934855 Remote administration of smart cards for secure access systems  
A method for remote administration of at least one smart card via a communication network is described. The method includes the steps of associating the at least one smart card with a remote...
6934844 Secure communications for a currency handling machine  
A method and apparatus for securing communications in a currency-handling machine. The method includes generating an encrypted transaction message based on a bill acceptor transaction event,...
6931382 Payment instrument authorization technique  
A method is provided for protecting a payment instrument in non-face-to-face transactions. The payment instrument is issued by an issuing entity and associated with an authorized instrument holder....
6928421 Method and system for securely recording a verbal transaction  
A method and system for securely recording a verbal transaction, the method including the steps of recording an offer and an acceptance of the transaction as a digital audio file, generating a...
6922488 Method and system for providing application launch by identifying a user via a digital camera, utilizing an edge detection algorithm  
According the present invention, there is provided a method and system for automatically launching an application in a computing device (e.g. Internet appliance, or the like) by authenticating a...
6920435 Tokenless biometric electronic transactions using an audio signature to identify the transaction processor  
The invention discloses a tokenless biometric identification computer system, comprising at least a database containing registered biometric samples of users. A comparator compares a bid biometric...
6920557 System and method for wireless user interface for business machines  
A method and system for providing external user interfaces is described. In one configuration a co-located external processor and a business machine negotiate a communications connection. The...
6915279 System and method for conducting secure payment transactions  
In a secure electronic payment system, authentication data is sent from a payment account issuer to user software operated by a purchaser. The user software sends the authentication data to a...
6915426 System and method for enabling authentication at different authentication strength-performance levels  
A system and method for generating a plurality of authentication tags using a plurality of authentication mechanisms is disclosed. The plurality of authentication tags can reflect different...
6901385 Semiconductor memory card that records contents for trial and purchase, recording apparatus, reproducing apparatus, and sales method  
A semiconductor memory card which allows consumers to access and purchase content while protecting the copyright of the content. The memory card has a unique media ID assigned thereto and includes...
6895394 Method for transmitting data and implementing server  
A data transmission method uses at least two communication networks to exchange data. The data transmission method on a first medium includes an operation for opening a communication session on the...
6889213 E-service to manage contact information with privacy levels  
A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any browser connected to the Internet...
6871193 Method and system for partitioned service-enablement gateway with utility and consumer services  
A gateway for providing consumer services is presented. The gateway includes a secure partition associated with a gateway and operable to control access to at least one utility service and a bundle...
6862496 Laundry system  
Purpose: To provide a laundry system with improved customer services by utilizing portable information terminals having a radiocommunication function such as mobile phones and PHS. Constitution:...
6859794 Image processing system, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium  
In the present invention, an electronic apparatus adds user information to print information and transfers the print information, to which the user information has been added, to an image...
6859795 Method for carrying out transactions and device for realizing the same  
A method for effecting payments is suggested which allows protecting the financial interests of each participant of a payment during payments via open telecommunication nets from other...
6853987 Centralized authorization and fraud-prevention system for network-based transactions  
A system and method for authorizing certain aspects of network based transactions between a customer and a merchant is disclosed. The system utilizes an account code for identifying rights to use...
6850916 Portable electronic charge and authorization devices and methods therefor  
A portable transaction arrangement for permitting a user to conduct a charge card transaction vis-à-vis a charge card terminal of an electronic transaction system. The charge card terminal is...