Abstract: An improved enclosed multi-purpose utility table adaptable for mounting on a horizontal fence railing or for resting on a floor surface or wheelable on a floor surface. The table includes a rectangular base member with a pair of stationary secured end plates. A pair of bars are inserted in corresponding upper corner openings of the end plates and a cover sheet is mounted over the bars and end plates with the bottom ends of the sheet extending to the base member sides to allow each side of the cover sheet to be independently opened and closed. The bottom ends of the cover sheet are weighted and may be fitted into corresponding lower corner openings of the end plates when it is desired to maintain the cover sheet closed, flat and wrinkle free on either or both sides.

Abstract: A spruing assembly for receiving investment material in the production of an investment mold for castings by the "lost wax" process which includes a hollow chamber to receive the investment material. Included within the chamber is one or more sprue for supporting the wax pattern(s) to be cast and one or more corresponding predetermined shaped reservoir(s) being slidably moveable up or down the sprue to create the heat center of the investment mold. Where a long span casting is to be produced all the reservoirs are connected to form a continuous reservoir or Feeder Bar which conforms to the curve of a long span dental arch. A base member is provided within the chamber for supporting the sprue.

Abstract: An electronic funds transfer system (EFT) is described in which retail terminals located in stores are connected through a public switched telecommunication system to card issuing agencies data processing centers. Users of the system are issued with intelligent secure bank cards, which include a microprocessor, ROS and RAM stores. The POS includes a personal key (KP) and an account number (PAN) stored on the card when the issuer issues it to the user. Users also have a personal identity number (PIN) which is stored or remembered separately.A transaction is initiated at a retail terminal when a card is inserted in an EFT module connected to the terminal. A request message including the PAN and a session key (KS) is transmitted to the issuers data processing center. The issuer generates an authentication parameter (TAP) based upon its stored version of KP and PIN and a time variant parameter received from the terminal.

Abstract: An electronic funds transfer system (EFT) is described in which retail terminals located in stores are connected through a public switched telecommunication system to card issuing agencies data processing centers. Users of the system are issued with intelligent secure bank cards, which include a microprocessor, ROS and RAM stores. The ROS includes a personal key (KP) and an account number (PAN) stored on the card when the issuer issues it to the user. Users also have a personal identity numbe (PIN) which is stored or remembered separately.A transaction is initiated at a retail terminal when a card is inserted in an EPT module connected to the terminal. A request message including the PAN and a session key (KS) is transmitted to the issuers data processing center. The issuer generates an authentication parameter (TAP) based upon its stored version of KP and PIN and a time variant parameter received from the terminal.

Abstract: A connector mechanism for electrically connecting two structures 22, 24 carrying conducting lines 26, comprises fixed contacts 28 on one of the structures and floating contacts 30 on the other of the structures, the floating contacts being free to move towards and away from the fixed contacts and across the fixed contacts as independent motions, under the control of a common actuator 50, 52, 54, each floating contact being an electrically integral part, carried by the actuator, of a flexible conductive film 34.

Abstract: A uniprocessor if formed on plural independently controlled chips each including a primary instruction driven controller and a secondary error driven self-sequencing controller. Each instruction is supplied in parallel to each primary controller which generates an EXIT signal, as it completes execution, to a common external EXIT line. Hardware monitors the local EXIT signal and the common EXIT line state and activates the secondary controller, when a mismatch is detected, to set an on-chip reset predominant error latch driving a common external ERROR line, an ERROR-state on which also sets the latches and activates any inactive secondary controller to drive its chip to a first predetermined state and to reset its latch. When no ERROR signal remains, the secondary controllers cycle in synchronism through an ERROR routine, exiting to instruction control.

Abstract: In a method of storing characters in a display system having a display device with an orthogonal matrix of addressable points, each character is represented as a succession of strokes each constrained to lie in one of the eight fundamental directions of the matrix and, except for the first stroke, each starting at the end of the previous stroke. Each such stroke is stored in a binary coded form which includes a first binary number (direction code) defining the angular direction of the stroke, a second binary number (length code) defining a number of matrix steps from one addressable point to the next along the stroke in that direction, and a third binary number (move/draw code) defining the visibility of the stroke. In order to facilitate character rotation by any multiple of 45.degree. the direction code defining each fundamental direction corresponds to the addition modulo 2.sup.n of a binary constant to the direction code which defines the fundamental direction of 45.degree.

Abstract: A ZIF connector block for establishing an electrical connection between the I/O pads of an edge-connected printed circuit board and a set of printed conductors. The connector has two opposing rows of contacts. The contacts are of two different lengths, both adjacent and opposite ones of the contacts having different lengths. An upper housing has a plurality of cams mounted thereon, each cam having a different cam surface profile. The surface profiles of the cams are staggered into two different lengths corresponding to the lengths of the contacts so that when the cams are actuated by imparting a vertical motion to the upper housing, the contacts will simultaneously engage the I/O pads in a staggered fashion. Moreover, the surface profiles of the cams are constructed so that after simultaneous engagement, the contacts perform sequential wipe cycles on the pads. The staggered and sequential wipe cycles promote the stability of the board within the connector without sacrificing electrical integrity.

Abstract: The present invention provides in a data processing system storing a plurality of discrete entities, each identified by a single parameter within a monotonic parameter spectrum, resident at an addressable location and locatable by searching a system maintained hierarchical index mapping parameters onto location addresses, a method of compressing the index by the system, which method is interruptable to permit valid searching of the index and executes in a variable length ordered sequence of processing cycles, each comprising a variable length sequence of two part iterations, each iteration comprising the selective performance of each of an ordered fixed sequence of basic operations, wherein each full cycle initially operates on successive index levels in the direction opposite to that in which the index is searched while performing the first part of each iteration and thereafter operates on successive levels in the reverse direction performing the second part of each iteration, parameter relocation at a level

Abstract: In a data communication network which includes terminals interconnected via a central switch, a process for verifying the identity of a terminal user who is provided with secret data associated with his identity. In carrying out the verification process, the secret data is first encrypted at the terminal under a transfer-in key for transmission to an associated data processing system. When it is determined that the terminal user maintains an account at the associated data processing system, a first translate operation is performed to translate the data from encryption under the transfer-in key to encryption under an authentication key, both of which keys are protected under other keys which are different from each other, thereby providing an authentication parameter which may be used to verify the identity of the terminal user.

Abstract: A data security device which includes storage means for storing a master cipher key, cryptographic apparatus for performing cryptographic operations and control means for controlling the writing of a master cipher key into the storage means, controlling the transfer of the master cipher key to the cryptographic apparatus and controlling the cryptographic apparatus to perform cryptographic operations. When a new master cipher key is written into the storage means, the old master cipher key is automatically overwritten with an arbitrary value, after which the new master key may be written into the storage means. The cryptographic apparatus of the data security device includes storage means, a cipher key register and cipher means for performing a cipher function on data stored in the cryptographic apparatus storage means under control of a working cipher key stored in the cipher key register with the resulting ciphered data being stored in the cryptographic apparatus storage means.

Abstract: A communication security system for data transmissions between remote terminals and a host system. The remote terminals and the host system include data security devices capable of performing a variety of cryptographic operations. At initialization time, a host master key is written into the host data security device and the host system generates a series of terminal master keys for the remote terminals. Protection is provided for the terminal master keys by enciphering them under a variant of the host master key. The terminal master keys are then written into the data security devices of the respective remote terminals to permit cryptographic operations to be performed. When a communication session is to be established between a designated remote terminal and the host system, a random number is generated and defined as an operational key enciphered under the host master key which permits the operational key to be used at the host system for enciphering or deciphering data operations.

Abstract: A file security system for data files associated with a host data processing system. The host system includes a data security device which contains a secure host master key and is capable of performing a variety of cryptographic operations. At initialization time, the host system generates a series of file keys for the associated storage media and protects them by enciphering the file keys under a variant of the host master key. When a data file is to be created, a random number is generated and defined as an operational key enciphered under the file key of a designated storage media. The host data security device, using the enciphered file key of the designated storage media, transforms the enciphered operational key under control of the host master key into a form which permits the operational key to be used for enciphering host data.

Abstract: A communication security system for data transmissions between different domains of a multiple domain communication network where each domain includes a host system and its associated resources of programs and communication terminals. The host systems and communication terminals include data security devices each having a master key which permits a variety of cryptographic operations to be performed. When a host system in one domain wishes to communicate with a host system in another domain, a common session key is established at both host systems to permit cryptographic operations to be performed. This is accomplished by using a mutually agreed upon cross-domain key known by both host systems and does not require each host system to reveal its master key to the other host system.

Abstract: Secure hardware is provided for cryptographically generating a verification pattern which is a function of a potential computer user's identity number, the potential computer user's separately entered password, and a stored test pattern. The test pattern for each authorized computer user is generated at a time when the physical security of the central computer and its data can be assured, such as in a physically guarded environment with no teleprocessing facilities operating. Secure hardware for generating verification patterns during authentication processing and for generating test patterns during the secure run is disclosed which uses a variation of the host computer master key to reduce risk of compromise of total system security. The use of a variant of the host master key prevents system programmers and/or computer operators from compromising the integrity of the authentication data base by, for example, interchanging entries and/or inserting new entries.

Abstract: Apparatus and method of producing a halftone image reproduction of a continuous tone photograph. Scanning means is provided to scan the photograph to be reproduced along a series of scan lines. Incremental control parameters are provided in accordance with a reproduction ratio to define predetermined scan sample points for each scan line. Control means is provided for controlling the scanning means to produce successive sets of digital sharp and unsharp gray level data signals at the predetermined scan sample points proportional to the light reflected from successive concentric sharp and unsharp areas with the sharp area at each scan sample point corresponding to the general area of a predetermined portion of a halftone cell.

Abstract: A message transmission system for the secure transmission of multi-block data messages from a sending station to a receiving station.The sending station contains cryptographic apparatus operative in successive cycles of operation during each of which an input block of clear data bits is ciphered under control of an input set of cipher key bits to generate an output block of ciphered data bits for transmission to the receiving station. Included in the cryptographic apparatus of the sending station is means providing one of the inputs for each succeeding ciphering cycle of operation as a function of each preceding ciphering cycle of operation. As a result, each succeeding output block of ciphered data bits is effectively chained to all preceding cycles of operation of the cryptographic apparatus of the sending station and is a function of the corresponding input block of clear data bits, all preceding input blocks of clear data bits and the initial input set of cipher key bits.

Abstract: A shared storage multiprocessing system in which storage is arranged into blocks of storage for storing blocks of data and in which prefixed storage areas for the processors are assigned to predetermined blocks of storage in accordance with different prefix numbers having predetermined values with at least one prefixed storage area being assigned to the zero block of storage. Each of the processors includes a control register which provides the prefix number, an addressing means which provides reference block addresses and prefix logic means which selectively responds to the value of the prefix number and the values of the reference block addresses to provide storage block addresses for addressing the blocks of data in storage.