Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a system of a communications network. The method comprises encoding the first data stream and the second data stream, analyzing time data related to the first and second data stream, in order to determine a time relationship between the first and second data streams. The method comprises creating an offset file comprising the time relationship between the first and second data streams and transmitting the first data stream, the first time metadata, the second time metadata and the offset file. The method comprises receiving the first data stream, the first time metadata, the second time metadata and the offset file and streaming the first data stream. The method comprises determining a start time for the second data stream, obtaining the second data stream and streaming the second data stream, such that the first and second data streams and synchronized.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining other users that will attend an event with a user. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent for a device, input from a user identifying an event, determining constraints for other users that will be invited to attend the event, determining one or more other users who meet the constraints, identifying, for each of the other users, other computer-implemented agents, each of the other agents for respective other devices, sending, to each of the other agents, a request to determine whether the respective other user of the other agent is interested in attending the event, receiving, from a first subset of the other agents, a response that indicates that the respective other user is interested in attending the event, and facilitating communication between the user and the respective other users.

Abstract: When a device is connected to a home gateway, if a common connection method is selected, a not-high-security connection method is inevitably selected even for a connection of a high-capability device. In a cryptographic communication system according to the present disclosure, it is possible to select a high-security connection method taking into account a processing capability of the device. Furthermore, the connection method is allowed to be updated and thus when the security level of the connection method hitherto selected is imperiled, the connection method may be updated so as to maintain a high security level.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes integrating SMS/MMS messaging with an electronic communications collaboration platform, and filtering SMS/MMS messages within a collaboration platform environment. One method includes associating a phone number with a particular project within a collaboration platform to form a project phone number, receiving a message at the project phone number, based on receiving the message at the project phone number, adding the content of the message to an activity feed of the particular project, and sending the message content added to the activity feed to one or more phone numbers from the project phone number. A project phone number can be associated with a plurality of projects, and the phone number from which a message is received at the project plurality phone number is compared to project data of the plurality of projects to route the message content to an activity feed of a project of the plurality of projects.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer readable medium, computer system, wireless or wired network, or system to provide an online and/or mobile security of a user's privacy and/or security method of internet or mobile access or system, apparatus, computer readable medium, or system using encryption technologies and/or filters to access data, encrypt and/or decrypt data, sync data, secure data storage and/or process data using cloud technology across many different networks and/or fiber optic communications from an endpoint accessed through multiple devices, browsers, operating systems, networks, servers, storage, software, applications or services integrated in a public cloud or a private cloud within an enterprise, a social network, big data analytics or electronic surveillance tracking or some mashup of two or more to prevent the unauthorized collecting, tracking and/or analysis of a user's personal data by a third party and/or for generating relevant advertising, mobile, internet social messaging, internet posted

Abstract: Embodiments including methods and apparatus to share file and file recommendations are disclosed. Data is received indicating a particular media item from a first service provider, where the particular media item is accessible from the first service provider according to a first pointer. A second pointer is identified in a database according to which the particular media item is accessible from a second service provider. Data indicating the second pointer is transmitted to a media playback system, via at least one of a WAN or a LAN.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for personalizing media content. Personalization digital media templates can be retrieved that designate (i) particular types of media content to be combined with particular preselected digital video files and (ii) particular times within particular preselected digital video files at which the particular types of media content are to be combined with the particular preselected digital video files, the particular times being relative to the times within the preselected digital video files at which emotionally impactful moments occur. Digital media content can be assembled for the personalized digital video files using particular preselected digital video files, the digital media templates, and the personal digital media file. The assembled digital media content can be encoded using a common video codec to generate the personalized digital video files.

Abstract: A system to present secure expandable advertisements using an API and cross-domain communication. A content publishing system that hosts a website can implement an expandable advertisement using IFRAMEs that are expanded upon receiving an API call from a third party rich media vendor that hosts the expandable advertisement when the content publishing system and the third party media vendor are of differing domains.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for increasing efficiency in the detection of identity-based fraud indicators. A method is provided that includes: receiving entity-supplied information comprising at least a name, a social security number (SSN), and a street address associated with a request for a payment or a benefit; querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information; receiving a plurality of information in response to the querying; determining a validity indication of the entity supplied information; creating disambiguated entity records; determining relationships among the disambiguated records; scoring, based at least in part on determining the relationships among the disambiguated entity records, at least one parameter of the entity-supplied information; determining one or more indicators of fraud based on the scoring; and outputting, for display, one or more indicators of fraud.

Abstract: A system to automatically qualify a party to participate within a computer-based commerce transaction is described. The system receives, from a first party, item information relating to an item to be offered for sale. The system generates user interface information including criterion information and communicates a user interface, over a network, to a client machine. The system receives from the client machine and from the first party at least a portion of the criterion information. The system parses to identify and extract at least one criterion from the criterion information that is automatically satisfied by a second party to qualify the second party to bid on the item via the computer-based commerce system.

Abstract: The invention provides Users of Retail Payment and Identification instruments with the ability to review transaction details and approve transaction by capturing UVM in User controlled environment and Issuers of these instruments with the ability to positively authenticate Users in Issuer controlled environment. The invention accounts for real time legacy or non-legacy processing systems to provide an authorization request from POA to Issuer Host. The invention introduces two UPAAS components—User Gateway and User Application. The UPAAS User Gateway is implemented in an Issuer controlled environment enabling interface between Issuer legacy Host and UPAAS User Applications. The UPAAS User Application can be implemented on any device supporting communication protocol such as TCP/IP without any hardware changes enabling the User to login to UPAAS User Gateway, review and approve or decline a specific transaction in real time by entering UVM, such as PIN, for User authentication purposes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for identifying users, records, and/or devices using anonymous source data records associated with consumer activity are described. In general, the consumer activity may relate to consumer interactions with devices and/or content or data through devices. The source data records may be structured, such as associating the source data records with a sequential timeline. Behavioral markers may be generated by the matching system and associated with the source data records. Each behavioral marker may be analyzed across all of the source data records to determine the effectiveness of the behavioral marker to identify unique source data records. One or more of the behavioral markers may be used to generate a behavioral fingerprint. A behavioral fingerprint may be used to identify unique records, devices, and/or users, including identification based on different sets of source data records.

Abstract: A fulfillment service may securely register and deregister third party electronic devices within a fulfillment environment. The fulfillment service may receive a service request from an electronic device. The fulfillment service may determine that the service request includes a deregistration token. Further, the fulfillment service may identify the electronic device associated with deregistration token. In response, the fulfillment service may delete fulfillment service information associated with the electronic device in response to determining the electronic device has been deregistered. In addition, the fulfillment service may send a service response to the electronic device instructing the electronic device to delete the deregistration token. In some cases, the service request may include a registration attempt. As such, the service response may include a security token for the electronic device.

Abstract: A method and system for reducing storage requirements and speeding up storage operations by reducing the storage of redundant data includes receiving a request that identifies one or more data objects to which to apply a storage operation. For each data object, the storage system determines if the data object contains data that matches another data object to which the storage operation was previously applied. If the data objects do not match, then the storage system performs the storage operation in a usual manner. However, if the data objects do match, then the storage system may avoid performing the storage operation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for contextual and cross application threat detection in cloud applications in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting threat activity in a cloud application using past activity data from cloud applications includes receiving activity data concerning actions performed by a user account associated with a user within a monitored cloud application, receiving external contextual data about the user that does not concern actions performed using the user account within the monitored cloud application, where the external contextual data is retrieved from outside of the monitored cloud application, deriving a baseline user profile using the activity data and external contextual data and associating the baseline user profile with the user account, and determining the likelihood of anomalous activity using the baseline user profile.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a sales processing apparatus includes a first generation unit, a second generation unit, a display control unit and a printer control unit. The first generation unit configured to generate a paper surface image of a valuable instrument visibly including all the right code necessary for exercising the right, the paper surface is relating to the right obtained by customer paying a consideration. The second generation unit configured to generate a preview image invisibly including the right code. The display control unit configured to control a display device to display the preview image. The printer control unit configured to control a printer to print the paper surface image on a printing medium in response to a request for issuing a valuable instrument of the surface representing by the preview image displayed by the display device.

Abstract: An application management system, especially a web application management system, for enabling different clients to access specific versions of an application, includes means for identifying at least one specific marker associated to the clients or to client requests, means for selecting a specific version of the application for a requesting client based on at least one identified marker, and means for delivering the selected specific version of the application to the requesting client.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like.

Abstract: A cloud service integration pay trading system includes a trust certificate platform, an identity provider platform, at least one user terminal and a cloud platform. Each user terminal can log in the cloud platform to purchase services from the trust certificate platform by using a cloud account being registered in the identity provider platform. When in transaction, the request for consumption from the trust certificate platform is transmitted by the identity provider platform to the cloud platform, allowing the user terminal to use the money flow service of the cloud platform to pay the amount charged.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include an encryption device that signs information exchanged between network devices to ensure the integrity of the information. The disclosed apparatus may also include a network device communicatively coupled to the encryption device, wherein the network device (1) obtains geo-location information that identifies the location of the network device, (2) directs the encryption device to sign the geo-location information to ensure the integrity of the geo-location information, (3) provides the signed geo-location information to a remote management system that manages the configuration of the network device based at least in part on the geo-location information, and (4) receives a configuration profile that modifies the configuration of the network device to account for the current location of the network device from the remote management system. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A request to a scan a software image for specified criteria is received, the software image comprising layers stored in a first data store. Metadata in a second data store, different from the first data store, is searched through to obtain information corresponding to the software image. A first set of the layers that matches the specified criteria is determined, based at least in part on the information. The first set of layers is marked as un-referenceable. Asynchronous to fulfillment of the request, a second set of layers of the layers to be deleted is determined, based at least in part on the metadata, the second set of layers including layers marked as un-referenceable, and the second set of layers is deleted.

Abstract: Systems, methods, software, and apparatus are described for facilitating the distribution and management of fragmented content. In one embodiment, a packager packages content into fragments and generates a manifest including policies and metadata associated with the content. A downloader obtains the manifest, and uses it to obtain the content from one or more uploaders. For example, a downloader might forward a search request to one or more trackers, which, in turn, are operable to locate one or more uploaders that can meet the request, subject to any relevant policy limitations. The uploaders forward fragments to the downloader, subject to any relevant policy. The downloader assembles the content from the fragments. The operations and interactions of the entities can be subject to policy limitations associated with the fragments, the content as a whole, or the like.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting a phishing site is disclosed. A message from a client to the site is intercepted by a security gateway. The security gateway determines if the site is a known-site or an unknown-site. If it is a known site, a reputation of the site is checked. If the site is a known-site with a bad reputation, connection between the client and the site is reset. If the site is a known-site with a good reputation, known-site testing is performed for possible phishing attack. If the site is an unknown-site, unknown-site testing for possible phishing attack is performed.

Abstract: A method of determining a probability that a received email comprises a phishing attempt may comprise analyzing a link therein to determine whether the link comprises a phishing attempt. This determination may comprise comparing features of the link with records stored in a remote database to determine whether the link comprises a phishing attempt. It may be determined that the link comprises a phishing attempt if there is a match. If the compared features do not match the records stored in the remote database, a multi-dimensional input vector may be built from features of the link, which input vector may then be input into a phishing probability engine. The probability that the link comprises a phishing attempt may be computed by the phishing probability engine. Thereafter, the received email may be acted upon according to the computed probability that the link comprises a phishing attempt.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for correlating a first use case-specific entity identifier with a second use case-specific entity identifier. A chained entity identifier corresponds to the first use case-specific entity identifier. The chained entity identifier can include the second use case-specific entity identifier cryptographically wrapped by a use case-specific key. The second use case-specific entity identifier can be received from the chained entity identifier. The second use case-specific entity identifier can be correlated to the first use case-specific entity identifier.

Abstract: A wireless communication device which stores and transfers entire digital media files for later use at transfer speeds compliant with the 60 GHz wireless standard. An example wireless communication device includes a receiver for wirelessly receiving an entire digital media file and associated usage rights from a kiosk while the receiver is within a wireless reception range of the kiosk, a memory for storing the digital media file and the associated usage rights, transfer circuitry for transferring the digital media file and the associated usage rights, and a controller for operating the receiver to receive the entire digital media file and associated rights, for storing the digital media file for later playing, and for operating the transfer circuitry to transfer the digital media file and associated rights.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for authenticating the location of a user's smartphone using a central server to a third party. The method and the system is a secure way to calculate the GPS location on a centralized server which is operating the Time and Place Decryption software that has one of its inputs being a Smartphone transmitted encrypted prevailing code string which contains the original GPS coordinated representing the location and the Atomic time at which the encryption took place, as well as a combination of all or some other Knowledge, Ownership or Inheritance identification factors or tokens—FaktokIns. The more FaktokIns that are used in the encryption the harder it is to fake or replicate the GPSTOTP.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides for an exemplary computer system which includes at least: a graphical user interface client; a dedicated application server; the dedicated application server is configured to connect to the graphical user interface client and an electronic source with electronic data records; where the electronic data records include real identification identifiers of real individuals; where the graphical user interface client is configured to generate at a graphical user interface that is configured to receive user authenticating credential information and to conduct a real-time electronic negotiation querying session between the user and the dedicated application server to generate a plurality of non-reversible synthetic electronic data records of a plurality of synthetic individuals, by utilizing at least one statistical technique so that the plurality of non-reversible synthetic electronic data records cannot be used to identify any real individual in the plurality of el

Abstract: A communication device, which is to be mounted on a vehicle, includes: identifying means that identifies a location of the communication device; communication means that successively transmits location information that indicates the location of the communication device that is identified by the identifying means; and setting means that sets a transmission interval at which the location information is to be transmitted in accordance with the location of the communication device that is identified by the identifying means.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a system that facilitates direct seeking of the ordered content of a manifest based on external metadata. During operation, the system determines, by a content producing device, a root manifest, wherein a manifest indicates a set of content objects and their corresponding digests, wherein a respective content object is a data object or another manifest, and is associated with a name that is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier (HSVLI) which comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. The system generates an index associated with the root manifest, wherein the index allows the set of content objects indicated in the root manifest to be searched and accessed directly, thereby facilitating a content consumer to seek to a desired location in the content represented by the root manifest.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for securely authorizing a financial transaction utilizing an electronic payment credential. According to one embodiment, a method of authorizing a financial transaction utilizing an electronic payment credential can comprise maintaining information identifying an account associated with the electronic payment credential. The information can also identify one or more electronic devices authorized to use the electronic payment credential. A request to authorize the transaction can be received. The request can include information identifying an electronic device presenting the payment credential. The transaction can be authorized based at least in part on the information identifying the account. Authorizing can comprise determining the electronic device presenting the payment credential is one of the electronic devices authorized to use the electronic payment credential.

Abstract: A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and machine-readable media are provided to provide secure communications between entities. As provided in this disclosure, this may include receiving a request to begin a new communication session, determining one or more desired parameters of the session, and determining whether the desired parameters of the message match proposed parameters provided by the entity requesting the new communication session. When the one or more proposed parameters match the one or more desired parameters, a secure communication session is established between the entities, using shared password information.

Abstract: A smart demonstration apparatus that enhances the experience of customers, merchants, and others with electronic devices is described herein. The smart demonstration apparatus may include components that assist merchants in demonstrating and selling electronic devices, assist customers in acquiring and using electronic devices and assist service providers in managing the demonstration, acquisition and use of electronic devices. The smart demonstration apparatus may also include other components that provide a variety of other functionality. The smart demonstration apparatus may be placed at a merchant's location where an electronic device is offered for acquisition or may be placed at other locations. A service provider may communicate with the smart demonstration apparatus to enhance the experience of customers, merchants, and others with electronic devices.

Abstract: A method for serving a request for hierarchical data includes receiving, at a processing circuit, a request for hierarchical data stored in one or more databases. The request includes an indication of a particular data hierarchy. The method further includes identifying, by the processing circuit, one or more entity count records corresponding to the particular data hierarchy. The entity count records indicate a distribution of the hierarchical data within the data hierarchy. The method further includes splitting the request for hierarchical data into a plurality of sharded requests based on the distribution of the hierarchical data indicated by the one or more entity count records, assigning the plurality of sharded requests to one or more processing sites for processing at least a subset of the sharded requests in parallel, and reporting a combined result of processing the plurality of sharded requests.

Abstract: A method of providing security in a computer system includes performing a memory refresh of a window of memory locations in a memory, and in which each memory location stores a version value and a block of ciphertext. The version value may be updated with each write operation at a memory location; and the block of ciphertext may be produced with a key that changes with each write operation and from memory location to memory location. The memory refresh may include performing a periodic read operation followed by a corresponding write operation at each memory location. Between the read and write operations, the version value stored at the memory location may be compared with a chronologically earliest version value stored at any memory location of the window, and validity of the block of ciphertext stored at the memory location may be verified based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for session completion through co-browsing is claimed. The method can include establishing a content browsing session between a first computing device and a content server serving access to content to the first computing device and maintaining state data for the content browsing session. A co-browsing arrangement of the content can be created as between the first computing device and a second computing device and at least a subset of the state data can be cloned for use by the second computing device during co-browsing of the content. Thereafter, a modified form of the subset of the state data can be received from the second computing device resulting from the co-browsing of the content by the second computing device and the modified form of the subset of the state data can be provided to the first computing device for use during the content browsing session.

Abstract: A variety of techniques are disclosed for detection of advanced persistent threats and similar malware. In one aspect, the detection of certain network traffic at a gateway is used to trigger a query of an originating endpoint, which can use internal logs to identify a local process that is sourcing the network traffic. In another aspect, an endpoint is configured to periodically generate and transmit a secure heartbeat, so that an interruption of the heartbeat can be used to signal the possible presence of malware. In another aspect, other information such as local and global reputation information is used to provide context for more accurate malware detection.

Abstract: A method for offline DRM authentication and a system thereof relates to the information security field. In order to solve the problem that a license must be requested from the server in the process of DRM authentication, the invention provides a method for offline DRM authentication, in which, the method comprises: a content provider encrypts the data file with DRM standard and stores the internal information in an authentication device, the authentication device is connected to the local computer, the software program on the local computer opens and reads the data file. A system for offline DRM authentication, in which, the system comprises an authentication device, a client PC and content provider side, the authentication device comprises the DRM service module and authentication communication module. Compared with the prior art, the present invention allows the user to use the DRM protected information without a network connection.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of activating user access of a Secure Data Exchange (SDE) Client of a SDE system, and computer program products for securing electronic communications over an electronic mail or messaging system. In one embodiment, a computer program product is disclosed that includes instructions for: (1) activating access of a user to a Secure Data Exchange (SDE) System based on a Unique User Identifier (UUI) associated with the user and an authentication code, wherein the authentication code is based on an email address of the user and other parameters or values known by the SDE system, (2) verifying the user has the access based on both the UUI and the authentication code, and (3) providing a plurality of converters and a User Data Transaction Identifier (UDTID) to a SDE client of a verified user in response to a request therefrom.

Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for detecting vulnerability state deltas, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data related to a network connected device; determining a vulnerability state of the network connected device based upon the data; storing the vulnerability state in a vulnerability state database; receiving additional data related to the network connected device; determining an updated vulnerability state of the network connected device based upon the additional data; determining one or more deltas based upon differences between the vulnerability stare and the updated vulnerability state; and updating the stored vulnerability state with the updated vulnerability state.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing authentication may comprise: determining a first value of a dynamic password applicable for a first scenario, the dynamic password having a plurality of values for a plurality of scenarios defined by at least one parameter; authenticating a user in the first scenario by a device based on the first value of the dynamic password; determining a second value of the dynamic password applicable for a second scenario; and authenticating the user in the second scenario by the device based on the second value of the dynamic password.

Abstract: A medical information system includes a portable device and remote authentication computing device. The portable device stores a person's personal medical information, which it does not allow to be accessed without authentication, and has an activation mechanism and a computing device communication mechanism. The remote authenticating computing device is connected to a computing device network and stores authentication information and has an authentication software module and a diagnostic software module. The activation mechanism communicates the device with the remote authenticating computing device. The authentication software module requests authentication information from a user, receives input authentication information, verifies received authentication data against the stored authentication information, and after successful verification allows the medical information to be accessed by a computing device.

Abstract: Techniques for driving higher quality of code may be provided. For example, code may be received for hosting on a computing resource. A computing service may be implemented to analyze the code prior to the hosting. The analysis may include assessing components of the code against criteria associated with code performance. Based on the analysis, the computing service may determine a quality of the code, provide recommended changes to the code that may improve the quality, and identify a proper computing resource for hosting the code at the quality.

Abstract: The present invention relates to identification method of an entity executed by an identification system from indexed distance data (d1, . . . , dn) corresponding to reference entities and comprising: a determination phase of a set (I) of indices of minima (index1, . . .

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network establishes a trust relationship between the device and a key management service. The device receives keying information from the key management service based on the established trust relationship. The device applies a digital signature to media data for a conference using the keying information, whereby the device is designated as a speaker of the conference. The device provides the signed media data to one or more conference participant devices. The one or more conference participant devices use the signed media data to validate that the media data was signed by the designated speaker of the conference.

Abstract: A method for managing a task on a terminal device and the terminal device are provided. The method for managing a task on a terminal device may include: monitoring whether a first application on the terminal device is running, and monitoring a user's action of operating a desktop of the terminal device; and displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a running-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is running, and disabling the first application if it is detected that the first application is running and the detected user action meets a preset disabling condition corresponding to the first application; or displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a disabled-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is in a disabled state.

Abstract: A processor of a user terminal performs operations that include obtaining a user identifier for a user operating the user terminal, measuring an initial operational performance metric of the user terminal, generating an initial terminal metric identifier from the initial operational performance metric, and communicating with a content server to register a combination of the initial terminal metric identifier and the user identifier for authorized access to content identified by a content identifier through the content server. Responsive to a request to access the content, a present operational performance metric of the user terminal is measured. A present terminal metric identifier is generated based on the present operational performance metric, and a combination of the user identifier and the present terminal metric identifier are communicated to the content server to request that the user using the user terminal be granted access through the content server to the content.

Abstract: In order to reduce the load of an approval process when approval is required to execute computation jobs using computer resources, the job execution system according to the present invention groups multiple computation jobs and then requests approval in units of groups, and when approval with respect to a group is obtained, all of the computation jobs included in that group are treated as having obtained approval.

Abstract: A system implements a secure transaction of data between a server and a remote device. The remote device comprises: processing means adapted to process input data according to a security process; data storage means adapted to store verification information derived from the input data according to an encryption algorithm; and communication means for communicating the input data which has been processed by the security process to the server. The server is adapted to transmit a verification request to the remote device, and to verify the integrity of the security process based on verification information received from the communication means of the remote device in response to the verification request.