Abstract: Personalization of identity card by producing a color image thereon by selectively exposing photon-sensitive layers on the card to change between transparent and opaque thereby selectively revealing opaque colors from the photon-sensitive layer or from a printed substrate. Other systems and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a personal token (10) for authentication in a network comprising a piece of software for initiating an SSL connection by generating a message authenticating said token to a remote server (30) characterized in that the piece of software controls the processing of the message so as to use of a data (12) which is prestored in the token (10) and which is specifically associated with the remote server (30) so that the message can be interpreted only by the specific remote server (30).

Abstract: A system and method to control a device having at least one configurable parameter. Enumerating the device as a first peripheral device and as a second peripheral device wherein the first peripheral device corresponds to a first microcontroller connected to a storage medium and the second peripheral device corresponds to a second microcontroller. Controlling the at least one configurable parameter of the first microcontroller with respect to the storage medium by the second microcontroller. On initialization of the device, transmitting the at least one configurable parameter from the second microcontroller to the first microcontroller. Other systems and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: A portable device including a biometric voice sensor configured to detect voice information and to take an action in response to speech spoken into the voice sensor. The device also includes a voice processor configured to process the voice sensor signal characteristics. The portable device may encrypt the detected signal and may compare the detected signal characteristics with voice characteristics that are stored in a memory of the portable device for applications such as voice enabled authentication, identification, command execution, encryption, and free speech recognition. The voice sensor may include a thin membrane portion that detects pressure waves caused by human speech. The portable device may be a contact-type smart card, a contactless smart card, or a hybrid smart card with contact and contactless interfaces. The device may be powered by an internal battery or by a host via contacts or by a power signal making use of the antenna in a contactless implementation.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a user with efficient access to a log data file. The system takes a computer generated log data file and applies a user defined filter criteria to the log data file. The indexed and filtered log data file is then displayed to the user in an application player where the user can interact with the log data file.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable device (in particular a SIM card), a communication device (in particular a cellular phone) and a system comprising a portable device and a communication device. The portable device of the invention comprises processing means, external communication means, message storage means, and a web server. It has no messaging user interface. The portable device further comprises a messaging client comprising web communication means for communicating with the web server, and comprising message management means for managing messages including at least one message stored in the portable device. The communication device of the invention may comprise a message proxy.

Abstract: A vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft with a single proprotor assembly that has a pair of inline counter-rotating rotors. Two inline counter-rotating engines are directly connected to the rotors. One engine is shut down in horizontal flight to improve efficiency. Gimbal mounting the proprotor assembly permits thrust to be directed forward to back and left to right to control pitch and roll when hovering. Varying the relative engine speeds controls yaw. The aircraft is adaptable as an unmanned vehicle.

Abstract: An integrated circuit card is used with a terminal. The integrated circuit card includes a memory that stores an interpreter and an application that has a high level programming language format. A processor of the card is configured to use the interpreter to interpret the application for execution and to use a communicator of the card to communicate with the terminal.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for activating the subscription of an UICC, said UICC comprising an activation application, said method comprising the step of activating the subscription of the holder of the UICC by sending a message to an activation server, said message being sent by the activation application to the activation server by using an IP based communication.

Abstract: External beam radiotherapy treatment workflow scheduling and optimization. The system and method provides for determining a workflow metamodel, receiving a treatment plan, determining a treatment schedule corresponding to the workflow metamodel and treatment plan, taking into account safety by determining alternative treatment schedules, computing a safety index, and selecting one alternative treatment schedule that satisfies a safety threshold and that provides an optimal schedule.

Abstract: A chip for a chip-incorporating portable article having a card format, such as for smartcards. The chip includes a silicon substrate layer having integrated circuits in its active face defining a central processor unit and memories. The chip also includes physical means for providing physical protection against the action of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared range of wavelength longer than 1 ?m.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method to protect an assembly implementing a cryptographic calculation process which uses a homographic function f of type: f(z)=(az+b)/(cz+d) when (cz+d) is not equal to 0 and f(?d/c)=a/c the function f operating on masked variables, wherein, for any k, if x is an input and y=f(x+k) is an output of the function f, to pass directly from a masked value x+m_i (additive masking of type XOR) to a masked value y+m_j, the method consists in comprises of performing this operation using a composition of several transformations operating on GF(2^k) with addition of the infinite, defined as (ax+b)/(cx+d), and of transformations which exchange two points.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of updating an authentication algorithm in at least one data processing device (CARD, SERV) which can store a subscriber identity (IMSI1) which is associated with an authentication algorithm (Algo1) in a memory element of said device (CARD, SERV). The inventive method comprises the following steps, namely: a step whereby a second inactive (Algo2) authentication algorithm is pre-stored in a memory element of the device and a step for switching from the first algorithm (Algo1) to the second algorithm (Algo2) which can inhibit the first algorithm (Algo1) and activate the second (Algo2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for the electronic management and redemption of coupons. The system includes an integrated coupon card comprising a microprocessor, a random access memory means, a scanner, and a communications port. The coupon card is capable of scanning coupon bar codes from paper coupons and receiving redemption requirement data from a periphery device. The coupon card will allow bar codes and redemption requirement data to be transferred to a periphery device and will store what bar codes were redeemed because they corresponded to purchase data received from a cash register memory. The system further includes one or more periphery devices having a microprocessor, a first communications port for communicating with said coupon card, and a second communications port for communicating with a cash register.

Abstract: The method according to this invention concerns a method for automatically generating cryptographic algorithms with optional supplementary data, said algorithms comprising two different zones: external algorithm secrecy zone, in external parts of the algorithm exposed to side-channel analysis, and an internal purely cryptographic zone that is not exposed to side-channel analysis, such that in the algorithm secrecy zone, the code of the algorithm is locally made of random (or pseudo-random) and independent sequences of instructions and/or table-lookups chosen from some fixed set of instructions and random constants, with some fixed prescribed probability distribution, and such that the internal cryptographic security zone can be any cryptographic algorithm or method that handles algorithmic security only and does not have to be protected against side-channel attacks.

Abstract: An authentication method including operation of a personal token, a personal token for a terminal in a communication network, an authentication server, and a computer program for an authentication server. The secure server producing derived key material on the basis of a random and a secret key (K), said personal token including program instructions for re-computing the derived key material (Ck, Ik) on the basis of the received random and the secret key (K) as stored in the personal token. The personal token includes program instructions for using a re-computed part of the derived key material in order to interpret the received additional data.

Abstract: A system and method for peer-to-peer communication between a slave device and network resources wherein the slave device, for example, a smart card, communicates using a protocol designed to allow the smart card to communicate over a half-duplex serial communications link while appearing to applications and network nodes as being a full-fledged network node in a manner that conserves power so as to be suitable for deployment on small portable devices.

Abstract: Access of a first device, communicating with a second, portable device, to digital content is controlled by authentication of the first device by a remote server; upon successful authentication of the first device by the remote server, securely providing by the remote server credentials to the portable device, the credentials enabling the portable device to authenticate the first device; securely providing by the remote server rights objects to the portable device, the rights objects comprising usage rights and information which is necessary to access the content; authentication of the first device by the portable device using the credentials received from the remote server; and, upon successful authentication of the first device by the portable device, delivering by the portable device to the first device the information which is necessary to access the content.

Abstract: A system and a method for operating a device that is not capable of independently maintaining a local time clock to enforce a time-based transaction policy that requires a reliable time reference. The device establishes a secure communications channel to one or more network-attached time sources and inquires of each of the network-attached time-sources as to the current time using the secure communications channel. The device receives the current time from the network-attached time-sources and uses the received current times to estimate a current calendar time and to compute a reliability index associated with the estimated current calendar time. The device uses the estimated current calendar time and reliability index to enforce the time-based transaction policy.

Abstract: The solution concerns the access to a number of data files stored in the memory of a data processing device. The device includes a privilege file (P1-P3) associated with a user type (ADM, PUBLIC, USER1, USER2), the privilege file identifying for at least one command (SEL, INS, UPD, SUP) the data files on which the command can be executed. A microcontroller is programmed to create, when a user accesses the data files, a set of flags from the privilege file, each flag being associated with a unique data file, the flag indicating whether or not the command can be executed on the associated file.