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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...
RE38899 Method for providing location certificates  
Methods and apparatus for providing location certificates to certify the position or location of an object are disclosed. The position of the object is computed using radio signals and the secure...
6971015 Methods and arrangements for limiting access to computer controlled functions and devices  
Methods and arrangements are provided verify if a requesting computer application is authorized to change a controlled parameter associated with a computer controlled device and/or function. To...
6970862 Method and system for answering online certificate status protocol (OCSP) requests without certificate revocation lists (CRL)  
Methods and systems in accordance with the present invention efficiently validate digital certificates by answering Online Certificate Status Protocol (“OCSP”) requests without Certificate...
6959085 Secure user identification based on ring homomorphisms  
A method for authenticating, by a second user, the identity of a first user, that includes a challenge communication from the second user to the first user, a response communication from the first...
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...
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...
6952773 Requesting execution of instructions on accounts in ABDS system  
A method of requesting an account authority to execute an instruction with regard to an account maintained by the account authority includes, (a) for a first account, composing an electronic...
6950933 Method and system for management and notification of electronic certificate changes  
A system for notification of a change in condition of an electronic certificate is disclosed. The system includes a certificate server comprising a processor having a computer program comprising a...
6950941 Copy protection system for portable storage media  
Systems connected to users generate a plurality of keys which are mutually shared, and download and upload digital contents by using secret channels formed between the systems. An information...
6950808 Booking certificate issuing apparatus and method  
Booking venders are to be enabled to issue booking certificates without having to consume their own resources. Advance booking is made and sent to a retailer from a consumer terminal via the...
6950932 Security association mediator for java-enabled devices  
The invention provides a system and method for providing security against unauthorized access to a java enabled network device. The system includes multiple conventional class loaders, code...
6950934 Method for managing certificate revocation list by distributing it  
A method for distributively managing the CRL in a certifying system to certify the validity of a subscriber in an open communications network such as Internet, includes the steps of registering the...
6948069 Method and system for determining and maintaining trust in digital image files with certifiable time  
A system and methods for proving dates of digital-imaging files, which are accessed, created, modified, received, saved, or transmitted by a computer includes a trusted time source in a tamperproof...
6948065 Platform and method for securely transmitting an authorization secret  
In one embodiment, a platform comprises a processor, an input/output control hub (ICH), and a trusted platform module (TPM). Coupled to the ICH, the TPM comprises an internal memory, and an...
6948061 Method and device for performing secure transactions  
A certificate validity verification engine is integrated into the logic of a secure token, in turn, making the use of a private key conditional upon the determination that the certificate for the...
6938154 System, method and article of manufacture for a cryptographic key infrastructure for networked devices  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for secure operation of a network device. A digital certificate is assigned to a network user. A command for operation of a network device...
6934390 System and method for transferring electronic information  
A system to transfer electronic information includes reception of a command to transmit a file of electronic information. In response to the received command, the file of electronic information is...
6934839 Evidencing and verifying indicia of value using secret key cryptography  
A method and system for evidencing payment of indicia using secret key cryptography is disclosed. The method and system include a plurality of indicia generating devices that are divided into...
6934838 Method and apparatus for a service provider to provide secure services to a user  
A method and apparatus for establishing security credentials for a user to access and subsequently use in secure on-line transactions begins when a service provider generates a registration secret...
6934840 Composite keystore facility apparatus and method therefor  
An apparatus and method for managing keystores is implemented. A distributed keystore is established by aggregating individual. The distributed keystore may, be organized in a multi-level...
6931545 Systems and methods for integrity certification and verification of content consumption environments  
A content provider, such as a document publisher or distributor, provides, for example, protected content to a user, for consumption within a trusted user environment. By providing integrity...
6922776 Scalable system and method for management and notification of electronic certificate changes  
A scalable system for notification of a change in condition of an electronic certificate is provided. The system includes a network of servers capable of providing notification of changes in...
6920561 Method and system for enabling free seating using biometrics through a centralized authentication  
A method for providing an authentication of a user of a computer system in a network is disclosed. The method comprises capturing biometric data of a user; encrypting and signing the biometric data...
6918035 Method for two-party authentication and key agreement  
According to the two party authentication method, a first party generates and transfers a random number to a second party as a first challenge. The second party increments a count value in response...
6918117 Apparatus and method for dynamic load balancing of multiple cryptographic devices  
A method and apparatus for determining the types of tasks in queue at a plurality of cryptographic devices, determining an estimated completion time for each cryptographic device, and assigning...
6918036 Protected platform identity for digital signing  
A first storage to store a platform identifier (ID). The platform ID is unique to a platform. A second storage to store an authentication identifier. The authentication identifier is provided by an...
6914985 Method and system for presentation and manipulation of PKCS enveloped-data objects  
A method and system for processing enveloped data objects in a data processing system. The enveloped data object may be formatted as defined by PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standard) standards. An...
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...
6915430 Reliably identifying information of device generating digital signatures  
Information of a device that generates digital signatures is reliably identified by (a) for each of a plurality of devices manufactured in an environment, (i) creating a public-private key pair...
6915423 Method of providing time stamping service for setting client's system clock  
A method of providing a time stamping service for setting a client's system clock, wherein the client's system clock can be set to reliable standard time. Whether the client's system clock has been...
6912661 Method and apparatus for encrypting and for decrypting data arranged in a data sector  
A method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of DVDs on a DVD ROM drive. The method comprises a DVD disc that includes special data processing. When the DVD is replayed on a standard DVD...
6907528 Method and system for cryptographically authenticating a printed document by a trusted party  
A method for authenticating a printed document is described. A document producer sends information to be included in a document to an authentication authority. The authentication authority...
6907396 Detecting computer viruses or malicious software by patching instructions into an emulator  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for emulating computer viruses and/or malicious software that operates by patching additional program instructions into an emulator in...
6907127 Hierarchical key management encoding and decoding  
The present invention discloses a construction for key management module functionality which provides for secure encoding and decoding of messages which are up to two blocks long. A method for...
6904522 Method and apparatus for secure communication of information between a plurality of digital audiovisual devices  
The present invention relates to a method of providing secure communication of information between at least a first and second digital audiovisual device ( 30, 52 ) and characterized in that the...
6904521 Non-repudiation of e-mail messages  
A technique, and system(s) implementing the technique, allow an encrypted message to be sent directly to a recipient, and when the recipient opens the message, the recipient's system sends a...
6901386 Electronic asset lending library method and apparatus  
A electronic asset lending library method and apparatus enables the electronic management and reassignment of licenses for unused electronic assets installed on computers connected through a...
6891953 Method and system for binding enhanced software features to a persona  
A server architecture for a digital rights management system that distributes and protects rights in content. The server architecture includes a retail site which sells content items to consumers,...
6892300 Secure communication system and method of operation for conducting electronic commerce using remote vault agents interacting with a vault controller  
A secure end-to-end communications system provides end users access to vault-based custom applications of an organization for purposes of conducting electronic commerce. The system includes a...
6892307 Single sign-on framework with trust-level mapping to authentication requirements  
A security architecture has been developed in which a single sign-on is provided for multiple information resources. Rather than specifying a single authentication scheme for all information...
6882730 Method for secure distribution and configuration of asymmetric keying material into semiconductor devices  
In one embodiment, a method is described to secure transfer data from one location to another for storage in an electronic component. The transfer occurs with part of the data routed to a first...
6880080 Method to provide authorization from a certifying authority to a service provider using a certificate  
A method for use in telecommunication environment that provides authorization by a certifying authority to a service provider whereby the service provider is allowed to execute predefined...
6877093 System and method for secure provisioning and configuration of a transaction processing device  
The present invention discloses a transaction processing device capable of secure communication over a public network or a private network. In a preferred embodiment, the device is capable of...
6873977 Achieving buyer-seller anonymity for unsophisticated users under collusion amongst intermediaries  
A method and system offer confidential purchase of electronic data which can be used without any need of knowledge in cryptography nor mastery of computer use beyond usual usage of the World Wide...
6874084 Method and apparatus for establishing a secure communication connection between a java application and secure server  
A method and apparatus for establishing a secure communication connection between a Java application or applet and a secure server is provided. An HTTPS handler is provided that may be used by Java...
6868408 Security systems and methods applicable to an electronic monetary system  
An electronic-monetary system having (1) banks or financial institutions that are coupled to a money generator device for generating and issuing to subscribing customers electronic money including...
6865671 Electronic mail system with authentication methodology for supporting relaying in a message transfer agent  
An electronic mail (“e-mail”) system is described that provides a methodology that allows the system to determine when it is appropriate to relay e-mail messages, particularly from...
6853988 Cryptographic server with provisions for interoperability between cryptographic systems  
The invention is a cryptographic server providing interoperability over multiple algorithms, keys, standards, certificate types and issuers, protocols, and the like. Another aspect of the invention...
6854057 Digital certificate proxy  
The invention generates a temporary digital certificate with a useful life of only a few minutes to a few hours. An expiration time is attached to such temporary digital certificate by a secure...