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7634807 System and method to establish and maintain conditional trust by stating signal of distrust  
A system and method is provided that establishes and maintains conditional trust by stating a signal of distrust from a trustee's computing platform to a trustor's computing platform. The trustor...
7634665 Apparatus and method for secure field upgradability with unpredictable ciphertext  
An apparatus and method for enabling functionality of a component, wherein the apparatus includes a random number generating module for generating a random number, and a hash function module in...
7631360 Hardware protection  
Tampering with pieces of software is inhibited. Hardware protection prevents hackers from forcing various pieces of software from running on unauthorized pieces of hardware. The obfuscation of a...
7624281 System and method for providing access to a keyboard video and mouse drawer using biometric authentication  
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for providing a user access to a Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) drawer based upon biometric authentication of the user, and more...
7619544 BIOS password security using modified scan codes  
A BIOS password security technique includes first logic operable to extract a down scan code from a keyboard input queue, the down scan code having a most significant bit; second logic operable to...
7617394 Authentication system  
An authentication system determines if a counterfeit ineligible unit is installed in a main device. When connected with a battery pack, a notebook PC generates and combines a random number and a...
7610628 Apparatus and method for calculating a representation of a result operand  
An apparatus for calculating a representation of a result operand of the non-linear logical operation between a first operand and a second operand includes a first logic gate and a second logic...
7603707 Tamper-aware virtual TPM  
Methods, software/firmware and apparatus for implementing a tamper-aware virtual trusted platform module (TPM). Under the method, respective threads comprising a virtual TPM thread and a...
7602920 Method for making secure the pre-initialising phase of a silicon chip integrated system, in particular a smart card and integrated system therefor  
A method for secure loading of a key dedicated to securing a predetermined operation into memory of a microchip of an embedded system includes, as a first step, authenticating a security device by...
7600132 System and method for authentication of embedded RAID on a motherboard  
Various embodiments are provided for authenticating an embedded device on a motherboard. An exemplary embodiment includes generating a unique authentication code (UAC) based on a serial number for...
7600134 Theft deterrence using trusted platform module authorization  
A method for theft deterrence of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a trusted platform module (TPM) and storage medium. The method comprises providing a binding key in the...
7590880 Circuitry and method for detecting and protecting against over-clocking attacks  
The present invention is directed to circuitry for detecting and protecting against over-clocking attacks on hardware modules. The circuitry preferably comprises a test signal, a delay path for...
7587767 Systems and methods of transferring computer hardware  
Disclosed are systems and methods of transferring computer hardware from one set of users to another set of users. An exemplary receives units of circuitry from a plurality of business entities,...
7587611 In-circuit security system and methods for controlling access to and use of sensitive data  
The invention disclosed herein is an in-circuit security system for electronic devices. The in-circuit security system incorporates identity credential verification, secure data and instruction...
7587607 Attesting to platform configuration  
Receiving a request for an attestation of platform configuration from an attestation requestor, receiving an acceptable configuration, and if the platform matches the acceptable configuration,...
7571491 Television receiver and electronic device  
In a television receiver having a decryption unit and a video display unit which are stored in one casing, copyright protection is given to an encrypted digital video signal or analog video signal....
7565522 Methods and apparatus for integrity measurement of virtual machine monitor and operating system via secure launch  
Methods and apparatus to measure the integrity of a virtual machine monitor and an operating system via secure launch are disclosed. In one example, a method measures a first characteristic of a...
7565552 Method for protecting against manipulation of a controller for at least one motor vehicle component and controller  
The invention relates to a method for protecting against manipulation of a controller for at least one motor vehicle component, the control device ( 1 ) comprising at least one microcomputer (μC)...
7565678 Methods and devices for discouraging unauthorized modifications to set top boxes and to gateways  
Methods and devices are disclosed for discouraging unauthorized modifications to set top boxes and gateways. Resource information is received that describing the number of disk drives and/or the...
7565553 Systems and methods for controlling access to data on a computer with a secure boot process  
Systems and methods for controlling access to data on a computer with a secure boot process can provide a highly efficient mechanism for preventing future access to encrypted digital resources....
7559092 Secured KVM switch  
A method supports secure input/output (I/O) communications between an I/O device and a data processing system via a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switch. An example embodiment includes the...
7555787 IC intrusion detection  
The invention relates to an electronic device for cryptographic processing, having at least two electronic circuits (IC, CC, CP) coupled via a connection means, wherein the connection means is...
7552475 Systems and methods for securing ports  
Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with securing ports are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a configuration logic configured to provide a security...
7539304 Integrated circuit having self test capability using message digest and method for testing integrated circuit having message digest generation circuitry  
An integrated circuit that includes operational circuitry and message digest generation circuitry coupled to the operational circuitry, a method for testing an integrated circuit including message...
7529939 Method of and apparatus for transferring data  
A method of securely transferring data from a transmitter to a receiver which includes the steps of at the transmitter encrypting data which at least in part is based on timer information at the...
7522412 System for protecting a portable computing device  
The invention relates to a system for protecting a portable computing device wherein the system comprises a device housing adapted to protectively encase the portable computing device to prevent...
7518508 Emergency and security condition retractable computer arrangements  
A computer arrangement for inducing a retraction of a computer component in response to a sensed emergency or security condition. The computer arrangement can include an enclosure with an open...
7520002 Method for manipulation identification on a sensor  
The present invention is a method for identification of manipulations on an arrangement which includes a sensor which emits pulses and a recording unit. As is the case with a tachograph, any...
7510580 Method and apparatus to eliminate theft of electronic equipment using existing telephone jack  
This invention provides a method and apparatus to eliminate the theft of various types of electronic equipment through the use of an existing telephonic connection. The method includes steps of...
7512992 Electric equipment, and method and program for preventing unauthorized use of same  
Electric equipment, and a method and a program for preventing the unauthorized use of same, by which it is possible to prevent the theft of electric equipment installed in an environment where the...
7502942 System and method for authentication of embedded raid on a motherboard having input/output processor  
An invention is provided for authenticating software associated an embedded device on a motherboard having an IOP is disclosed. The method includes generating a unique authentication code (UAC)...
7500110 Method and arrangement for increasing the security of circuits against unauthorized access  
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for increasing the security of circuits against unauthorized access, both of which can be used in particular to improve the security of cards,...
7500272 Manufacturing unique devices that generate digital signatures  
A method of manufacturing devices that generate digital signatures such that each device may be reliably and uniquely identified includes creating a public-private key pair within each device...
7496961 Methods and apparatus to provide network traffic support and physical security support  
Methods and apparatus to provide network traffic support and physical security support are described herein. In an example method, a virtual machine monitor (VMM) in a processor system is...
7496201 Portable host-pluggable appliance tracking system  
A recoverable data storage apparatus includes a hand-portable housing configured with an input/output (I/O) port presented outwardly therefrom, a data storage means retained within the housing and...
7484247 System and method for protecting a computer system from malicious software  
In a computer system, a first electronic data processor is communicatively coupled to a first memory space and a second memory space. A second electronic data processor is communicatively coupled...
7478220 Method, apparatus, and product for prohibiting unauthorized access of data stored on storage drives  
A method is disclosed in a data processing system for prohibiting unauthorized access of data that is stored on storage drives. Multiple logical partitions are generated. A different unique...
7472274 Authentication of an electronic tag  
A method and a system for authenticating an electronic tag by a host communicating with this tag via a reader, including: calculating, on the tag side, a first digital signature using at least one...
7467201 Methods, systems and computer program products for providing status information to a device attached to an information infrastructure  
A method for providing status information to a device attached to an information technology infrastructure utilizing a device monitoring application resident at the device is disclosed. The device...
7464412 Providing secure input to a system with a high-assurance execution environment  
Techniques are disclosed to provide security for user input in which a first, host operating system is used along with a second, high assurance operating system, where the first system provides at...
7454531 USB portable storage capable of being upgraded and capacity-expanded freely by replacement of storage medium  
An USB removable memory with replaceable storage medium for optional upgrade and extension of the storage capacity, including an USB connector, a controller and a flash memory; said USB connector...
7453281 Integrated circuit with anti-counterfeiting measures  
An anti-counterfeiting circuit that is incorporated into an authentic integrated circuit (IC) design, which induces a random failure in a counterfeited IC when the counterfeit IC is manufactured...
7450716 Device and method for encrypting data  
For a secure encryption of original data the original data are first of all encrypted using an encryption key or an encryption algorithm. The thus obtained data are then again decrypted using a...
7448067 Method and apparatus for enforcing network security policies  
The invention is a system and method for applying a uniform network security policy. The security policy is described using a computer-readable file. The computer-readable file may be filtered...
7444682 Security memory device and method for making same  
A security memory device includes a memory cell array that stores a plurality of contents, including a mine, which is stored as a portion of the plurality of contents. The mine is triggered when it...
7434264 Data processing system with peripheral access protection and method therefor  
A flexible peripheral access protection mechanism within a data processing system ( 10, 100 ). In one embodiment, each master ( 14, 15 ) within the data processing system ( 10 ) includes a...
7418599 Deterring theft of media recording devices by encrypting recorded media files  
Techniques are disclosed for deterring theft of media recording devices. Input received from a sensor, or some portion of the input, is encrypted prior to storing a media file. A decryption key...
7415732 Mechanism to prevent counterfeiting in a hardware device  
A method for preventing counterfeit of a hardware device is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a first indicator for a hardware device is set, wherein the first indicator when set...
7409563 Method and apparatus for preventing un-authorized attachment of computer peripherals  
A technique is disclosed for preventing un-authorized attachment of computer peripherals to a computer or computer network. Illustrative embodiments comprise two mating keyed-adapters between...
7398185 Action record support program, system, device, and method  
A system recognizes an occurrence of offline action when a state in which a person-to-be-recorded does not perform a computer operation continues for or longer than a predetermined time. Then,...
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