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6374359 Dynamic use and validation of HTTP cookies for authentication  
A method of enabling a Web browser user to interact with a given application running on a Web server begins by constructing and returning a cookie to the Web browser upon a given occurrence, e.g.,...
6366957 Computer system having remote wake-up function and remote wake-up method thereof  
A computer system having a remote wake-up function capable of storing confidential information, and a remote wake-up method thereof. The computer system having a remote wake-up function includes: a...
6363486 Method of controlling usage of software components  
Controlling the usage of a software component by an application program in an end user computer system includes obtaining an identifier of the application program by a controller computer system...
6349338 Trust negotiation in a client/server data processing network using automatic incremental credential disclosure  
In client/server computing, especially in the field of e-commerce, digitally signed credentials are passed between client and server to develop trust between the parties. However, this requires...
6341352 Method for changing a security policy during processing of a transaction request  
A method for changing a user password is preferably operative as a Web server impersonates a Web client to obtain access to files stored in a distributed file system space of a distributed...
6341353 Smart electronic receipt system  
A smart electronic receipt system that provides intelligent receipts, called Smart Receipts, that electronically document a transaction between two parties and maintains a persistent connection...
6338140 Method and system for validating subscriber identities in a communications network  
A method and/or system for validating subscribers includes an insecure communications network, such as, an IS-41 wireless telephone network connecting a plurality of telephone switches. A...
6333684 Security device for portable computer and method thereof  
A security device and a method for controlling operating status of portable computers with a pager to prevent unauthorized access to information stored in the portable computers, in the event of a...
6330588 Verification of software agents and agent activities  
The present invention provides for verification of software agents and their activities. In a distributed computing environment, an origin resource, a destination resource and a trusted resource...
6324648 Secure gateway having user identification and password authentication  
A computer system provides authenticated access for a client computer over an insecure, public network to one of a plurality of destination servers on private, secure network, through the use of a...
6304974 Method and apparatus for managing trusted certificates  
The present invention provides a system for managing trusted certificates for authenticating communications for clients belonging to an enterprise. The system assembles a list of trusted...
6298445 Computer security  
In one aspect, the invention relates to automatically providing enhancements to computer security software whenever the enhancement becomes available. In another aspect, the invention relates to an...
6282656 Electronic transaction systems and methods therefor  
A method for completing a transaction request pertaining to an electronic transaction conducted over an electronic network having a server and a requesting device. The method includes receiving...
6266775 Method and apparatus for displaying information and information recording medium having information displaying means  
An information displaying apparatus connected to a communication network, for displaying information received through the communication network on display unit, instead of a periodically changed...
6263446 Method and apparatus for secure distribution of authentication credentials to roaming users  
A roaming user needing an his authentication credential (e.g., private key) to access a computer server to perform an electronic transaction may obtain the authentication credential in an on-demand...
6253325 Apparatus and method for securing documents posted from a web resource  
An apparatus and method provide flexible and heightened security for accessing web resources with a client browser, where the web resources are on a server. In particular, the apparatus and method...
6253202 Method, system and apparatus for authorizing access by a first user to a knowledge profile of a second user responsive to an access request from the first user  
A method of authorizing a user profile access request includes the step of detecting the access request from an inquiring user to access a user profile of a target user. Responsive to the detected...
6243816 Single sign-on (SSO) mechanism personal key manager  
A method of managing passwords of users desiring access to multiple target resources in a computer enterprise environment. For each given user, each of a set of id/password pairs is associated to...
6226744 Method and apparatus for authenticating users on a network using a smart card  
A method and apparatus for authenticating a user over a network, with the network having a client computer and a server computer, and the client computer having a smart card and a smart card...
6219793 Method of using fingerprints to authenticate wireless communications  
Disclosed are a system and a method employing a user's fingerprint to authenticate a wireless communication. The user's personal fingerprint is employed as the secret key in the context of a...
6212636 Method for establishing trust in a computer network via association  
A method is disclosed for establishing trusted communications with associations for communications between users on an Internet Protocol based computer network. The method entails the first user's...
6208991 Dynamic file mapping for network computers  
File mappings are dynamically loaded within an operating data processing system appended to existing file or directory mappings during operation rather than being loaded during system...
6205480 System and method for web server user authentication  
A method and system for automatically authenticating a user to applications in a network environment. After an initial authentication procedure, the user's identity is mapped into a network...
6199166 System and method for enabling and controlling anonymous file transfer protocol communications  
Control of anonymous file transfer protocol server using exit programs: FTP and anonymous FTP communications are enabled and controlled by operating a server logon exit program to deny or authorize...
6199077 Server-side web summary generation and presentation  
A portal server includes a software agent configured to do summary searches for subscribers based on Internet destinations provided by the subscribers, to retrieve information from such...
6189100 Ensuring the integrity of remote boot client data  
A remote boot process uses a secret to sign and/or seal the data necessary to remotely boot a client from a server on a network to ensure the integrity of the data. The secret is generated by the...
6189103 Authority delegation with secure operating system queues  
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for delegating security rights to Java servlets and other executable tasks by using secure operating system queues. In particular embodiments, the...
6185678 Secure and reliable bootstrap architecture  
Integrity is rarely a valid presupposition in many systems architectures, yet it is necessary to make any security guarantees. To address this problem, the present invention discloses a secure...
6182227 Lightweight authentication system and method for validating a server access request  
A method of validating a request to access a target server in a computer network having an open, trusted database. The method begins when a request to access the target server is received at a host...
6178510 Technique for secure network transactions  
A system for performing regulated transactions is used with a network that is commonly accessible by a plurality of communication terminals. A gatekeeper, coupled to the network, permits access to...
6161185 Personal authentication system and method for multiple computer platform  
A personal authentication system provides at least two levels of security for an authentication process, in addition to numerous other security features. The system operates across many different...
6151676 Administration and utilization of secret fresh random numbers in a networked environment  
In a public key cryptosystem employing the El-Gamal algorithm, secret fresh random numbers are generated at a server and private keys of users, as encrypted with a symmetric algorithm by using...
6151628 Network access methods, including direct wireless to internet access  
A method is provided for connecting a source of digital data to a computer network. The source of digital data transmits data over a wireless transmission medium to a wireless service carrier, the...
6145085 Method and apparatus for providing remote access to security features on a computer network  
A run-time security methodology and apparatus for supporting complete access to the security features of a network computer by a network administrator. In a network computer according to the...
6141751 User identifying method and system in computer communication network  
A simple, convenient and reliable method provided for identifying a user through a computer network. This method comprises the steps of sending a string of characters randomly selected from a table...
6131164 Reverse internet protocol lookup  
A method of accessing an external system from a network without entering a password to enter the external system. The method includes the steps of a user gains access to a network and creating a...
6128742 Method of authentication based on intersection of password sets  
There is disclosed a method of authenticating the identity of a first party involved in communicating over a computer network system. The method comprises the steps of: providing the first party...
6125457 Networked computer security system  
A hardware security password mechanism that allows administrators to manage the passwords more easily by managing them centrally on a network rather than on an individual system. Further, each...
6125445 Public key identification process using two hash functions  
A process for the identification of a claimant by a verifier. The process is of the public key type, where the public exponent is equal to 3. The claimant draws at random a first exponent α,...
6119230 Distributed dynamic security capabilities  
Methods and systems are provided for managing security credentials in a distributed computer system. Multiple security contexts may be defined for a given principal in the system without requiring...
6111956 Method for secure key distribution over a nonsecure communications network  
In response to an inquiry by an unsophisticated Subscriber over a nonsecure network, a Provider returns a public key and retains the corresponding private key. The Subscriber encrypts a password...
6108787 Method and means for interconnecting different security level networks  
An information flow control means for location between a first and second computer network where the first network has a higher security classification than the second network. The information flow...
6108790 Authentication system using network  
A communication terminal stores an assigned telephone number and a number unique to the terminal. When on-line registration is to be conducted with respect to a server, a registration screen is...
6105072 Method and apparatus for validating travelling object-oriented programs with digital signatures  
A method of operating computers in accordance with an enhanced object-oriented programming methodology creates a framework for efficiently performing automated business transactions. The...
6092204 Filtering for public databases with naming ambiguities  
Multiple approaches are used with a filter to handle naming ambiguities when requesting access to a plurality of network resources through a public network such as the Internet. One approach is to...
6085324 Monitoring and regulatory system for the internet  
A regulatory system for a distributed system of computers in which authorized data files are marked with an indicia. The granting of the indicia is made by a variety of authorizing entities such as...
6076167 Method and system for improving security in network applications  
A method of enhancing network security is provided for a communication session initiated between a first computer and a second other computer. From the first computer to the second computer in...
6073118 Method for performing secure financial transactions using facsimile transmissions  
Secure financial transactions may be made with insecure facsimile transmissions using encoded customer-specific information that can be readily decoded and confirmed by a merchant. The encoded...
6069953 Personal computer having a security function, a method of implementing the security function, and methods of installing and detaching a security device to/from a computer  
A personal computer having a security function, a security method therefor, and methods of installing and detaching a security device are provided. In the security method, a password is dispersedly...
6067623 System and method for secure web server gateway access using credential transform  
A system and method for controlling client access to enterprise resources through a middle tier server. Enterprise resource authorizations are maintained in a middle tier server. Users authenticate...