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7624452 Automatic device configuration using removable storage  
A system and method of configuring an embedded system from removable media. The removable media is connected to the embedded system and the embedded system determines if the removable media...
7624440 Systems and methods for securely providing and/or accessing information  
The invention is directed to a secure data communication system and method for use in connection with a potentially untrusted host computer. The system includes a storage medium that is connectable...
7624428 Apparatus and method for platform-independent identity manageability  
An apparatus and method for platform and device independent identity manageability. In one embodiment, the method includes validation of a manageable identity (MID) held within trusted storage of a...
7624285 Method and device for protecting user information against manipulations  
A method of protecting user information against manipulations provides a high level of protection against any kind of manipulation without increasing the overhead significantly, by storing the user...
7617542 Location-based content protection  
A system and system is disclosed to protect media content via location-based data. Multimedia devices are equipped with locator devices, such as a GPS unit, or similar device. The multimedia...
7617534 Detection of SYSENTER/SYSCALL hijacking  
Techniques are disclosed for detecting manipulations of user-kernel transition registers (such as the SYSENTER/SYSCALL critical registers of Intel/AMD processors, respectively), and other such...
RE40969 Mark forming apparatus, method of forming laser mark on optical disk, reproducing apparatus, optical disk and method of producing optical disk  
An object of the present invention is to provide a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, a reproduction apparatus, an optical disk, and a method of...
7610632 Software use permission method and system  
Before providing a software body I, a determination program I is prepared to determine whether a software body II should be authenticated for combination and use with the software body I, and is...
7610631 Method and apparatus for provisioning software  
A dynamic software provisioning system allows provisioning software on a number of different computing devices based upon a desired business process. The dynamic software provisioning system allows...
7610626 Recording medium, recording apparatus, reading apparatus, and program and method therefore  
An MPEG2-PS format digital stream is composed of VOBUs and each VOBU except an RDI-Pack at the top is encrypted using a content key Kc. The content key Kc is an encryption key obtained by adding a...
7607173 Method and apparatus for preventing rootkit installation  
Call to driver load functions, including associated driver objects to be loaded, are stalled and evaluated for indications of a rootkit. When a rootkit is indicated, protective action is taken, and...
7606925 Video delivery workflow  
Each transmission received from a video asset owner includes information regarding a video asset that is available for real time distribution during a future time period to third parties. Following...
7603721 Restricted software and hardware usage on a computer  
A client computer runs an operating system that executes additional applications by loading them using an application loader and executes device drivers for peripheral devices by loading the...
7603720 Non-repudiation watermarking protection based on public and private keys  
A system for creating non-repudiation (undeniable) watermarks, wherein a content provider uses outside distribution entities to distribute media content supplied by the content provider. Content...
7603719 Resource access control  
A method and apparatus for enabling multiple application programs to control a system's physical resources by way of multiple resource proxies, while still enabling exclusive control of the...
7603566 Authenticated process switching on a microprocessor  
A microprocessor includes a first information holding unit, a second information holding unit, and a switching authorization unit. The first information holding unit holds process identification...
7602817 Low deviation field modulation for transfer of information  
An interface receives a packet stream associated with a source and a destination. The packet stream includes multiple packets, each packet including a header and a payload. A system generates a...
7600263 Access controlled search results  
Serving a search result that includes an access controlled document includes obtaining a persistent access token that permits the verification of access to an access controlled document. The access...
7600262 Content distribution system, content distribution method, and client terminal  
The user of any one portable terminal sends a content information request including a user ID to a distribution server. In response, the distribution server distributes a stream data of content...
7600255 Preventing network denial of service attacks using an accumulated proof-of-work approach  
Accumulated proof-of-work approaches for protecting network resources against denial-of-service attacks are disclosed. A client computer or other requester is required to perform work, such as...
7600119 Data update system, data update method, data update program, and robot system  
A sub system ( 110 ) included in a robot that executes a program for performing a predetermined function includes a data receiving unit ( 115 ) that receives expansion data that expands the...
7600117 Mandatory access control scheme with active objects  
Access control is mediated by a set of 2-tuple labels or attributes which are associated with subject and object entities, respectively. Subject entitles, such as processes, have separate read and...
7599495 Content delivery service providing apparatus and content delivery service terminal unit  
On the content delivery side, a user management control unit manages authentication information and the distribution of a delivery list at the time of delivering service, the acceptance of a...
7599492 Fast cryptographic key recovery system and method  
A system, method and computer program product for recovering a key used to produce a ciphertext document from a plaintext document, including, in the ciphertext document encrypted using an N-bit...
7596700 Method and system for establishing trusting environment for sharing data between mutually mistrusting entities  
A method and system for sharing data and interrogating data include establishing a level of trust between mutually mistrusting entities so that data may be shared therebetween based on the level of...
7594277 Method and system for detecting when an outgoing communication contains certain content  
A method and system for detecting whether an outgoing communication contains confidential information or other target information is provided. The detection system is provided with a collection of...
7594276 Bubble-protected system for automatic decryption of file data on a per-use basis and automatic re-encryption  
A machine system includes bubble protection for protecting the information of certain classes of files from unauthorized access by way of unauthorized classes of programs at unauthorized periods of...
7594120 User-defined passwords having associated unique version data to assist user recall of the password  
An electronic device includes password protected functionality using a password that can be changed by the user. A user-specified password is stored in association with unique version data that is...
7594108 Operator root certificates  
When an application is loaded into a device ( 100, 200 ), the device verifies that the application originates from a trusted operator. The verification implies that the application must, in a...
7591022 Content addressable information encapsulation, representation, and transfer  
Representing a number of assets on an originating computer begins with selecting the assets to be represented. Cryptographic hash asset identifiers are generated; each of the asset identifiers is...
7590856 System for managing license for protecting content, server for issuing license for protecting content, and terminal for using content protected by license  
A license server 1 comprises: a license table for managing licenses purchased by users; a communication control section 20 for transmitting/receiving data through a communications network 3 ;...
7590853 Systems and methods using cryptography to protect secure computing environments  
Secure computation environments are protected from bogus or rogue load modules, executables and other data elements through use of digital signatures, seals and certificates issued by a verifying...
7590851 Confirmation method of software and apparatus for executing software  
Software contains a confirmation module for confirming the software. The present invention extracts the confirmation module and confirms the software with the extracted confirmation module. Then,...
7590599 System and method of automatically maintaining and recycling software components  
In one aspect of the disclosure, a computer program product, system and method for maintaining and recycling software components is disclosed. A first set of usage data for one or more software...
7587756 Methods and apparatus for a secure proximity integrated circuit card transactions  
Methods and apparatus for a smartcard system are provided which securely and conveniently provides for secure transaction completion in a contact or contactless environment. The invention utilizes...
7587603 Protecting content from illicit reproduction by proof of existence of a complete data set via self-referencing sections  
Data items are selected for inclusion in a data set so as to discourage a transmission of the entire set. Each data item includes section(s) which constitute(s) the complete data set. Each section...
7584512 Restricted software and hardware usage on a computer  
A client computer runs an operating system that executes additional applications by loading them using an application loader and executes device drivers for peripheral devices by loading the...
7584511 Data processing apparatus, data processing method, program, program recording medium, data recording medium, and data structure  
At step S 372 , permission information about video data that are being reproduced is obtained from permission information that represents whether video data corresponding to encoded video data...
7584502 Policy engine and methods and systems for protecting data  
The described embodiments relate to data security. One exemplary system includes a first component associated with data on which an action can be performed and a second component configured to...
7584149 System and method for securing data through a PDA portal  
Consumers may utilize computing devices to assist in the purchase and/or loyalty process, and in particular, the consumer may utilize a PDA to facilitate the purchase and/or loyalty process. During...
7583801 Apparatus, system, method and computer program product for distributing service information and digital rights for broadcast data  
An apparatus, system method and computer program product configured to transmit data over a broadcast network. The data is encrypted and decoded using a decryption key available to terminals in...
7581256 Process verification  
A disclosed gaming machine provides methods and apparatus of verifying the authenticity of gaming software stored in and executed from RAM on the gaming machine. When presenting a game on the...
7581256 Process verification  
A disclosed gaming machine provides methods and apparatus of verifying the authenticity of gaming software stored in and executed from RAM on the gaming machine. When presenting a game on the...
7581110 Key distribution for encrypted broadcast data using minimal system bandwidth  
This invention provides a bandwidth-efficient mechanism whereby the source or originating node(s) (the invention supports multiple source nodes, each creating single or multiple broadcast...
7581092 Systems and methods using cryptography to protect secure computing environments  
Secure computation environments are protected from bogus or rogue load modules, executables and other data elements through use of digital signatures, seals and certificates issued by a verifying...
7580988 System and methods for managing the distribution of electronic content  
The present invention provides systems and methods for transfering electronic information from one location to another such that only one original work exists at a given time. The methods and...
7577995 Controlling user-access to computer applications  
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling access to to computer applications. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of a system provide at least one computer...
7577253 Conditional access method and devices  
A data stream contains content data that can be decrypted using control words. ECM messages that are included in the stream and contain the control words that is required for decrypting nearby...
7574746 Access validation and management of access permissions to referenced shared resources in a networked environment  
A method, system and apparatus for automated management and validation of access permissions to referenced shared resources. A method for access validation and management of access permissions to...
7574610 Security state watcher  
A security device watches over the secure functionality in a computer system. This “watcher” security device may be integrated within the computer system or may be separate from it. The...