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6005939 Method and apparatus for storing an internet user's identity and access rights to world wide web resources  
A method and apparatus for obtaining user information to conduct secure transactions on the Internet without having to re-enter the information multiple times is described. The method and apparatus...
6003136 Message control system for managing message response in a kerberos environment  
A Kerberos domain network enables multiple client-terminals to communicate with one or more client-servers and a Kerberos Server. A request for Kerberos service by a requesting client-terminal is...
5978459 Encryption of telephone calling card codes  
A cost-efficient method that utilizes encryption techniques to prevent the unauthorized use of telephone customer calling card account and personal identification numbers (access codes), by...
5953005 System and method for on-line multimedia access  
A method and system for providing access to multimedia content on-line which is updated virtually simultaneously with the vendor's update process. By a user accessing a page on the World Wide Web,...
5948064 Discovery of authentication server domains in a computer network  
A method of discovering native or non-native authentication server domains in a computer network. The various domains are "discovered" by issuing requests from the client to one or more of the...
5928363 Method and means for preventing unauthorized resumption of suspended authenticated internet sessions using locking and trapping measures  
A method in which unauthorized persons can be excluded from accessing an HTTP-compliant, server-based application through a client processor when the session is suspended. The method requires that...
5926549 Process for verifying the preservation of the integrity of an unprotected request sent by a client to a server by verifying the integrity of the response  
The present invention relates to a process for verifying the preservation of the integrity of an unprotected request sent by an anonymous client to a server, in which only one public key, that of...
5910986 Methods and apparatus for sending electronic data signals  
Where sensitive information forming part of a transactional flow application is required to be sent over an open network such as the Internet, for example from a World Wide Web site, a time stamp...
5907621 System and method for session management  
Apparatus and method is disclosed for providing user session continuity over several transactions being conducted on the internet. A secure token is made part of each HTML page sent to a user from...
5901284 Method and system for communication access restriction  
A network-based telecommunications system and method that restricts the dial-in access to a resource of a subscriber to only a communication from an authorized user of the resource. A switch...
5898780 Method and apparatus for authorizing remote internet access  
A method and apparatus for allowing a user to access the internet from a remote location by using a local internet service provider with whom the user does not have an account. The user logs on to...
5878143 Secure transmission of sensitive information over a public/insecure communications medium  
In order to achieve very secure transmission of sensitive information over a public communications medium such as the Internet to carry out transactions therebetween, an account initialization data...
5870473 Electronic transfer system and method  
A system and method relating to secure communications in a communication network is disclosed. The invention uses sessions having limited duration to enable parties to communicate securely in the...
5870475 Facilitating secure communications in a distribution network  
In a hybrid fiber-coax distribution network, communications between a central station and particular end stations are encrypted using a working key (WK) of a symmetric encryption scheme. The...
5864665 Auditing login activity in a distributed computing environment  
A method of auditing login activity in a distributed computing environment in which users attempt to log into the environment from workstations using an authentication protocol in which a ticket...
5864843 Method and apparatus for extending a database management system to operate with diverse object servers  
A method and apparatus for extending a database management system to operate with diverse object servers. The apparatus comprises a federated coordinator for accepting client commands and...
5862323 Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plurality of foreign registries  
A network system server that provides password synchronization between a main data store and a plurality of secondary data stores is disclosed. The network system server includes a security server,...
5862220 Method and apparatus for using network address information to improve the performance of network transactions  
An apparatus and method for using network address information to improve the performance and increase the functionality of network transactions. is disclosed. In a client network interface device...
5841871 Method for authenticating a user working in a distributed environment in the client/server mode  
A method for authenticating a user working in a distributed environment in the client/server mode, wherein each authentication is performed from a single piece of authentication information, known...
5841970 Authentication method for networks  
An authentication method for use by application servers on networks to authenticate users of the applications is provided. In the method, an application server receives authentication data from the...
5832211 Propagating plain-text passwords from a main registry to a plurality of foreign registries  
A network system server that provides password synchronization between a main data store and a plurality of secondary data stores is disclosed. The network server further includes a security...
5825890 Secure socket layer application program apparatus and method  
A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network...
5825884 Method and apparatus for operating a transactional server in a proprietary database environment  
A transactional server system for transferring subscriber information requests to information service providers, and methods of operating the same result in discouraging reconstruction of the...
5822433 Method, system and subscriber facility for manipulation-proof separation of message streams  
The present invention concerns a method for the manipulation-proof separation of message streams, which are transmitted in the subscriber loop (3) of a communication network via a medium (30) that...
5822434 Scheme to allow two computers on a network to upgrade from a non-secured to a secured session  
An apparatus for allowing communications to a target host on a network to be upgraded from a non-secured session to a secured session. The apparatus including a processor; a memory coupled to the...
5790676 Radio port controller in a wireless personal communications system  
A preferred embodiment provides a radio port controller in a wireless personal communications system including a first interface module in communication with a radio port, a second interface in...
5784464 System for and method of authenticating a client  
A key management unit of a service provider system generates an individual key corresponding to a portable module connected to a service client making an access request and informs an...
5784566 System and method for negotiating security services and algorithms for communication across a computer network  
A system and a method are described for selecting and initiating security services for communication across computer networks. Negotiation is facilitated between nodes of a computer network to...
5778065 Method and system for changing an authorization password or key in a distributed communication network  
A robust and secure password (or key) change method between a user and an authentication server in a distributed communication network is disclosed. The protocol requires the exchange of only two...
5778076 System and method for controlling the dispensing of an authenticating indicia  
There is disclosed a system and method for dispensing postage (or other graphical security indicia) electronically by using a portable processor containing a maximum amount of preauthorized postage...
5774551 Pluggable account management interface with unified login and logout and multiple user authentication services  
A system and method provide transparent access from any system entry service to multiple account management services, and particularly to multiple authentication services on a computer system,...
5764890 Method and system for adding a secure network server to an existing computer network  
A method and system for adding a secured network server to an existing network for access by a client thereof, wherein the added server does not possess a database of authentication credentials....
5757925 Secure platform independent cross-platform remote execution computer system and method  
A method of operating a computer system including a client computer with a user input mechanism and a display for displaying a user interface including user interface elements, an application...
5754938 Pseudonymous server for system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects  
This invention relates to customized electronic identification of desirable objects, such as news articles, in an electronic media environment, and in particular to a system that automatically...
5751812 Re-initialization of an iterated hash function secure password system over an insecure network connection  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for re-initializing a secure password series based on an iterated hash function. User login information is communicated over an insecure network connection or...
5748736 System and method for secure group communications via multicast or broadcast  
A system and method for secure group communication via multicast or broadcast transmission. In preferred embodiments, the system of the invention implements a secure multicast group consisting of...
5745573 System and method for controlling access to a user secret  
A system and method for data escrow cryptography are described. An encrypting user encrypts a message using a secret storage key (KS) and attaches a data recovery field (DRF), including an access...
5737419 Computer system for securing communications using split private key asymmetric cryptography  
A programmed computer secures communications between users of a crypto-system in which each user has an associated asymmetric crypto-key with a public key portion accessible to all system users and...
5732137 Method and apparatus for secure remote authentication in a public network  
A client workstation provides a login address as an anonymous ftp (file transfer protocol) request, and a password as a user's e-mail address. A destination server compares the user's e-mail...
5721779 Apparatus and methods for verifying the identity of a party  
Apparatus for verifying the identity of a party are disclosed, the apparatus including a database memory that stores a password signal encrypted by operation of a one-way commutative function; a...
5721780 User-transparent security method and apparatus for authenticating user terminal access to a network  
The present invention provides a password authentication security system for a telecommunications network having a plurality of user terminals or subscriber stations communicably coupled to the...
5719941 Method for changing passwords on a remote computer  
A method for changing an account password stored at a physically remote location is provided. After initiating a password change sequence, a user submits both an old and a new password to its...
5717756 System and method for providing masquerade protection in a computer network using hardware and timestamp-specific single use keys  
An authentication session key is generated on a trusted machine based upon an identifier of its CPU, hardware configuration, and a timestamp. The trusting machine retrieves this same information...
5708709 System and method for managing try-and-buy usage of application programs  
A system and method for managing the distribution of licensed application programs stored on a server over a distributed computer system maintains control over the program even after the program...
5689566 Network with secure communications sessions  
A system which uses three way password authentication, encrypting different portions of a logon packet with different keys based on the nature of the communications link. Nodes attached to a...
5689638 Method for providing access to independent network resources by establishing connection using an application programming interface function call without prompting the user for authentication data  
A method and system for providing access to independent network resources. At system logon, logon data is stored in memory of a client computer. When a server is accessed, server authentication...
5678004 Authentication apparatus and process  
A wide-area computer network system provides bandwidth based on network demand, throughput, and delay requirements, distribution of network load over multiple, parallel connections from the...
5671282 Method and apparatus for document verification and tracking  
A document processing system in which a server subsystem stores information corresponding to a document containing human readable and machine readable information and a client subsystem receives...
5651066 Cipher key distribution system effectively preventing illegitimate use and charging of enciphered information  
A method and a system for cipher key distribution realizing an effective prevention of the illegitimate use and the illegitimate charging. A key request signal containing a first random number...
5636282 Method for dial-in access security using a multimedia modem  
A multi-media modem is used to provide a security access arrangement that identifies a calling party to a computer system. In particular, a multi-media modem couples both an analog channel and a...
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