Abstract: An electronic device may include circuitry and an anti-tamper device having a physical characteristic that changes in response to a tamper attempt. The circuitry is configured to determine physically unclonable function (PUF) data based on the physical characteristic and to perform at least one secure operation based on the PUF data. The circuitry is further configured to detect the tamper attempt based a change to the physical characteristic and to perform at least one action in response to detection of the tamper attempt for protecting the electronic device from the tamper attempt.

Abstract: A method of installing a vehicle component to a vehicle panel is provided. The method includes aligning a rib receiving channel of the vehicle component with an alignment rib that is formed integrally with the vehicle panel while also aligning a fastening opening of the vehicle component with a fastening opening through the vehicle panel. The alignment rib is inserted into the rib receiving channel. A fastener is inserted through the fastening openings of the vehicle component and the vehicle panel. The fastener is tightened while the alignment rib and rib receiving channel inhibit rotation of the vehicle component.

Abstract: A method of installing a vehicle component to a vehicle panel is provided. The method includes aligning a fastening opening of the vehicle component with a fastening opening through the vehicle panel. The vehicle component abuts against an alignment rib that is formed integrally with the vehicle panel. A fastener is inserted through the fastening openings of the vehicle component and the vehicle panel. The fastener is tightened while the alignment rib inhibits rotation of the vehicle component.

Abstract: A method of installing a vehicle component to a vehicle panel is provided. The method includes aligning a fastening opening of the vehicle component with a fastening opening through the vehicle panel. The vehicle component abuts against an alignment rib that is formed integrally with the vehicle panel. A fastener is inserted through the fastening openings of the vehicle component and the vehicle panel. The fastener is tightened while the alignment rib inhibits rotation of the vehicle component.

Abstract: A method of installing a vehicle component to a vehicle panel is provided. The method includes aligning a rib receiving channel of the vehicle component with an alignment rib that is formed integrally with the vehicle panel while also aligning a fastening opening of the vehicle component with a fastening opening through the vehicle panel. The alignment rib is inserted into the rib receiving channel. A fastener is inserted through the fastening openings of the vehicle component and the vehicle panel. The fastener is tightened while the alignment rib and rib receiving channel inhibit rotation of the vehicle component.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a printed circuit board having a physically unclonable function (PUF) source. The electronic device may also include an integrated circuit (IC) chip positioned on the printed circuit board, and the first PUF source may be embedded in or formed on the printed circuit board external to the IC chip. The IC chip has processing circuitry that is configured to determine PUF data based on the PUF source. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a cryptographic key or authentication token based on the PUF data and to perform at least one secure operation using the cryptographic key or authentication token.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a printed circuit board having a physically unclonable function (PUF) source. The electronic device may also include an integrated circuit (IC) chip positioned on the printed circuit board, and the first PUF source may be embedded in or formed on the printed circuit board external to the IC chip. The IC chip has processing circuitry that is configured to determine PUF data based on the PUF source. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a cryptographic key or authentication token based on the PUF data and to perform at least one secure operation using the cryptographic key or authentication token.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a printed circuit board having a physically unclonable function (PUF) source. The electronic device may also include an integrated circuit (IC) chip positioned on the printed circuit board, and the first PUF source may be embedded in or formed on the printed circuit board external to the IC chip. The IC chip has processing circuitry that is configured to determine PUF data based on the PUF source. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a cryptographic key or authentication token based on the PUF data and to perform at least one secure operation using the cryptographic key or authentication token.

Abstract: The invention provides a mechanical apparatus comprising: a main wheel rotatable about a main axis; four radially spaced pendulum axes parallel to and around the main axis, and four pairs of weighted pendulums. Each pair is mounted to the main wheel for 360° rotation about a separate pendulum axis. A latching mechanism associated with each pendulum pair releasably but independently holds one or both pendulum of a pair at one or more rotational position, the engagement and/or release of a pendulum by a latching mechanism being operated by the movement of pendulums within the same or other pairs and/or by the rotation of the main wheel. As the main wheel rotates about the main axis the pendulums rotate about the pendulum axes under the control of the latching mechanism.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for monitoring of financial institution business activity for the purpose of identifying suspicious activities. The embodiments herein described rely on monitoring business activities from many data repositories, some of which are exclusive to financial institution. By monitoring financial business activity for the purpose of identifying suspicious activity or behaviors, bank fraud or other criminal/wrongful activities can be mitigated or otherwise avoided. In addition, the identification of suspicious activities serves to identify the individual(s) associated with the suspicious activities and/or other information related to the individual(s), such as physical location, electronic location, telephone number and the like.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a control processor programmed to initiate an optional lock function. This lock function enables a player a) to “lock” the machine through a touchscreen data entry or button data entry upon entry of a code prior to activating the lockout and while the machine contains credits, and b) to unlock the machine through data entry of the same code.

Abstract: A method for maintaining the security of transmitted embedded personalized messages sent over a communication network includes receiving messages directed to recipients having recipient destination descriptors and determining whether a message includes a personalized portion, with the personalized portion directed to one or more of the original recipients of the message. The personalized portion includes identifying designators, which are associated with one or more recipient destination descriptors. Prior to performing an operation on the message, such as forwarding the message, replying to the message, copying the message to a destination location, or deleting the message, a determination is made whether to retain the personalized portion of the message. If the recipient of the personalized portion of the message does not want the personalized portion included in any operation performed on the message, it is deleted prior to performance of the operation.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling transmission of an email message to one recipient and a portion of the email message to at least another recipient. The system includes an email creation module or email editor module configured to enable one to compose an email message for transmission to at least one remote server. The system further includes a parsing module configured to parse the composed email message into at least two components, where a first component of the at least two components includes the entire email message and at least a second component of the at least two components includes a portion of the email message. The system further includes a transmission module configured to transmit the first component and at least the second component to at least two different email addresses corresponding to at least two different recipients. The at least two different email addresses can belong to two different email aliases or distribution lists.

Abstract: Empirically derived models are used to relate user perception to objectively measurable characteristics, under a criterion of nearly perfect co-variance between predicted MOS values and the variations in the values of the objectively measurable characteristics. In the example context of evaluating packet switched telephony service, the present invention eliminates the need to perform subjective tests to characterize each combination of codec type and transmission protocol.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for monitoring perceived quality of a packet-switched voice service in a network. The method includes the step of receiving a packetized voice communication via the packet-switched voice service. At least one objective measurement is obtained from the received packetized voice communication. User perceived quality of voice data is derived from the at least one objective measurement. The user perceived quality of voice data is provided to a user. The steps of receiving, obtaining, deriving, and providing are performed in real-time.

Abstract: An access network is built using Ethernet or IEEE 802.3 technology. The network comprises a plurality of terminals, a hierarchy of concentrator stages and a DHCP server. On startup of the terminals, DHCP discover messages are sent to the server which include the terminals' MAC addresses. These addresses are cached at the concentrators against the ports on which they are received. Thus, unknown MAC addresses are only sent upstream. To avoid the network being flooded with broadcast messages, any time a client PC uses ARP to find the MAC address of any other client, the central server provides a proxy ARP function.

Abstract: A plug detector for an electronic test instrument includes an isolation transformer interposed between a jack socket and a plug detection circuit. The jack socket includes a split jack arrangement in which two halves of a jack socket are connected to opposite ends of a primary winding of the isolation transformer. When the primary winding is loaded due to the insertion of a jack plug, the primary winding is shorted and the impedance of a secondary winding changes. The detection circuit detects the change in impedance in the secondary winding and generates a detection signal to indicate plug detection.