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7552322 Using a portable security token to facilitate public key certification for devices in a network  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a portable security token to facilitate public key certification for a target device in a network. During system operation, the...
7552466 Web site identity assurance  
The present invention is a method and system for providing a user with confirmation of the origin of a Web site and related information including the steps of registering a Web site with an...
7552321 Method and hybrid system for authenticating communications  
One embodiment of the present invention is a hybrid authentication system ( 10 ) for securing communication. In this embodiment, the system ( 10 ) includes a distributed authentication...
7543147 Method, system, and storage medium for creating a proof of possession confirmation for inclusion into an attribute certificate  
A method for creating a proof of possession confirmation for inclusion by an attribute certificate authority into an attribute certificate, the attribute certificate for use by an end user. The...
7543055 Service provider based network threat prevention  
Systems and methods responsive to communicated network threats are disclosed. An example method includes assembling a collection of files, inserting a network traffic monitor that identifies a...
7543141 Method and apparatus for user authentication using infrared communication of a mobile terminal  
A method and apparatus for user authentication using infrared communication of a mobile terminal is disclosed. The user authentication system, which is for identifying a user who requests service...
7539861 Creating and storing one or more digital certificates assigned to subscriber for efficient access using a chip card  
A method for creating a digital certificate for a user issued by a reliant party, where the reliant party relies on an established cryptographic infrastructure by a registration or certificate...
7539860 Single use user IDS  
An access verifier may act as an intermediary to allow users to receive single use user IDs while protecting their anonymity. The access verifier has some relationship with the user that allows the...
7536543 System and method for authentication and authorization using a centralized authority  
The invention features a system and method for authenticating and authorizing a user to log onto a network element in a telecommunications optical network. The administration of security for the...
7536551 Weakly computational zero-knowledge proof and evaluation  
A weakly computational zero-knowledge proof class is a relaxed zero-knowledge proof class and is based on a fact that any zero-knowledge proof yields nothing beyond necessary information but a...
7536544 Trust information delivery scheme for certificate validation  
A unique TIO based trust information delivery scheme is disclosed that allows clients to verify received certificates and to control Java and Javascript access efficiently. This scheme fits into...
7533257 Server authentication verification method on user terminal at the time of extensible authentication protocol authentication for internet access  
A server certificate verification method in a terminal during. Extensible Authentication Protocol authentication for Internet access is provided, the method including (a) receiving a server...
7533267 Anti-tampering signature method for rewritable media, anti-tampering signature apparatus for executing the method, anti-tampering signature system provided with the apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium storing anti-tampering signature program for achieving the method  
An anti-tampering signature apparatus is provided with an extraction portion 33 for extracting a characteristic quantity that represents a characteristic of image data according to an instruction...
7529926 Public key certification providing apparatus  
A host communicates with a gateway, a DHCP server or a PPP peer of ISP to determine an IPv6 address, also receives a public key certificate from the gateway, the DHCP server or the PPP peer of ISP,...
7529934 Individual certification method  
The present invention provides a safe and quick individual authentication method using a mobile terminal. When authentication is demanded from a mobile terminal 30 to an authentication server 10...
7529925 System and method for distributing keys in a wireless network  
A technique for improving authentication speed when a client roams from a first authentication domain to a second authentication domain involves coupling authenticators associated with the first...
RE40708 Dual encryption protocol for scalable secure group communication  
A logical tree structure and method for managing membership in a multicast group provides scalability and security from internal attacks. The structure defines key groups and subgroups, with each...
7526642 Controlling delivery of certificates in a mobile communication system  
In order to enable a home network operator to also control the issuing of certificates to a roaming subscriber, first information indicating whether or not it is allowed to issue a certificate to...
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...
7526644 Apparatus and method for demonstrating and confirming the status of digital certificates and other data  
Methods and apparatuses for providing cryptographic assurance based on ranges as to whether a particular data item is on a list. According to one computer-implemented method, the items on the list...
7526656 Encryption/decryption system and method for the same  
An encryption/decryption system capable of supplying data only to a user making a request. A computer encrypts data with a common key, encrypts the common key with a public key, and transmits the...
7526649 Session key exchange  
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for session key exchange are described. An embodiment of a method comprises requesting a service for a platform; certifying the...
7523302 Electronic recipe management  
In accordance with the present invention, ingredients for a particular electronic recipe accessible at a particular web site are encrypted, wherein the encrypted ingredients may be decrypted by a...
7523487 Decentralized virus scanning for stored data  
The invention provides a method and system for performing specialized services for files at a server, such as scanning files for viruses. A filer or other server is connected to one or more...
7519824 Time stamping method employing multiple receipts linked by a nonce  
A method for time stamping a digital document employs a two-part time stamp receipt. The first part of the time stamp receipt includes identifying data associated with a document and a nonce. The...
7519178 Method, system and apparatus for ensuring a uniform distribution in key generation  
A method, system and apparatus are described for ensuring a uniform random distribution of keys generated for cryptography. These generated keys, are depicted utilizing a trusted third party, or...
7519036 Method of user access authorization in wireless local area network  
The present invention discloses a method of user access authorization in wireless local area networks. The method comprises: when a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) user terminal is accessing a...
7516321 Method, system and device for enabling delegation of authority and access control methods based on delegated authority  
A trusted authority delegates authority to a device. This delegation of authority is effected by providing a yet-to-be completed chain of public/private cryptographic key pairs linked in a...
7516482 Secure hierarchical namespaces in peer-to-peer networks  
A method and data structure are provided that enables name resolution via a hierarchical or chained lookup of delegated authorities independent of requiring IP addresses of the delegated...
7516491 License tracking system  
A method and system for remotely maintaining data that is critical for license enforcement. The data consists of named values, is kept on a user's trusted platform, and encrypted with the use of...
7512784 Distributed subscriber management system  
A distributed subscriber management system and method that controls access to a network preventing unauthorized traffic through the access network and providing centralized access control between...
7511842 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes a document control service that generates authentication information corresponding to the request to output a stored document and transmits the authentication...
7512976 Method and apparatus for XSL/XML based authorization rules policy implementation  
A system and method for implementing XSL/XML based authorization rules policy on a given set of data. An authorization rules engine is created which uses authorization rules defined in XSL to...
7512782 Method and system for using a web service license  
A method and system are provided such that a universal license may be used for authentication and authorization purposes and may include one or more cryptographic keys as well as assertions and...
7512783 Provision of security services for an ad-hoc network  
A method and apparatus provide security services in an ad-hoc network. In order to provide security services, a set of user identities is transmitted from a first ad-hoc node to a second network...
7509496 Device-type authentication in communication systems  
In a communication system ( 1 ), a header comprising information, preferably being related with a device-type associated commitment, is additionally provided with a signature for that information....
7509488 Server apparatus, communication terminal apparatus, delivery system and delivery program  
There is provided a server apparatus that realizes a suitable delivery service according to requests by performing a highly secure and easy-to-understand authentication while allowing anonymity to...
7509490 Method and apparatus for encrypted communications to a secure server  
An embodiment of the invention includes a secure server. A user at a terminal, communicatively coupled to the secure server by a secure link, can obtain web pages from web sites in a network, in...
7506161 Communication session encryption and authentication system  
An interactive mutual authentication protocol, which does not allow shared secrets to pass through untrusted communication media, integrates an encryption key management system into the...
7502936 System and method providing secure access to a computer system  
A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an...
7502924 Transparent on-demand certificate provisioning for secure email  
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for transparent on-demand certificate provisioning for secure email. The method comprises: generating a keypair and a...
7502793 Method and apparatus for assigning roles to devices using physical tokens  
A physical token is provided that is used to assign an activity or role to a specific device by virtue of a physical relationship with the device. By associating the token with a device, through...
7496751 Privacy and identification in a data communications network  
A method for managing identification in a data communications network includes receiving a user-controlled secure storage device and enrolling the user with an authority network site. The enrolling...
7496952 Methods for authenticating a user's credentials against multiple sets of credentials  
Provided are methods for authenticating the identity of a user for use in a distributed computer network including multiple sets of access credentials. A user request, including the user's input...
7496760 System, method and program product for managing user account information  
Under the present invention, a central system in communication with a central directory is provided. The central system also communicates with one or more ancillary systems that each communicate...
7496347 Method and apparatus for providing secure wireless communication  
An approach is provided for securely communicating in a wireless network. A cryptographic server generates a command to enable a secure mode of operation for a wireless device, wherein the wireless...
7496752 System and method for controlling communication using device ID  
A client terminal reads a device ID fixedly assigned to itself, and sends the device ID to an authentication server to make a request for authentication. The authentication server authenticates the...
7490241 Time stamping method employing user specified time  
A method for time stamping a digital document is disclosed. The document originator creates a time stamp receipt using the document and the current time. The time stamp receipt is submitted to a...
7490348 Wireless network having multiple communication allowances  
Multiple levels of wireless network resource granting. A user who has an authorized key, e.g., an encryption key or a key indicating that they have paid for service, gets a first, better level of...
7490088 Apparatus, system, and method for preserving connection/position data integrity during file server serialization reinitialization  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for preserving connection/position data integrity during reinitialization of serialization information in a file server. The apparatus includes a...