Time Stamp Patents (Class 713/178)
  • Patent number: 10347262
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to improve timestamp transition resolution of watermarks are disclosed. An example system includes a watermark detector to detect watermarks and a decoder to decode timestamps in respective ones of the watermarks. The example system also includes a timestamp transition resolution enhancer that estimates a first transition window indicative of a transition between a first time period to a second time period based on a first one of the timestamps and a second one of the timestamps. The timestamp transition resolution enhancer also estimates, when the first transition window does not satisfy a threshold, a second transition window indicative of a transition between the second time period and a third time period based on the second timestamp and a third one of the timestamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ken Joseph Frett, Vladimir Kuznetsov, David Gish, Sadhana Gupta
  • Patent number: 10318719
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a digital certificate responsive to an authentication of a user according to a dynamic biometric process, associating the digital certificate with a transaction record for the transaction, storing information associated with authentication conditions of the dynamic biometric process, receiving an access request associated with the transaction, and providing access to the transaction record, the information associated with the authentication conditions of the dynamic biometric process or a combination thereof responsive to the access request, where granting of the access is according to transmitting an access acknowledgement to equipment of the user, or obtaining another authentication to allow permission to access or a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Frank Kao
  • Patent number: 10313118
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a requestor device in a data network, authentication request parameters for generating a secured request for a data object, the authentication request parameters comprising a shared encryption key and a prescribed update time interval value; generating, by the requestor device, the secured request based on generating a reduced-resolution time value by dividing a current device timestamp value of the requestor device by the prescribed update time interval value, and encrypting the reduced-resolution time value using the shared encryption key; and outputting, by the requestor device, the secured request specifying an object name identifying the data object and the encrypted reduced-resolution time value, enabling a content supplier device to authenticate the secured request based on determining whether the reduced-resolution time value, multiplied by the prescribed update time interval, substantially matches a corresponding timestamp value of the content supp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sape Jurriƫn Mullender, Hendrikus Bosch, David Lake
  • Patent number: 10268396
    Abstract: Storage divisions of a non-volatile storage medium may have a writable state and an unwritable state. Storage divisions may be reclaimed by, inter alia, resetting the storage division from an unwritable state to a writable state. Writable storage divisions may be used to service incoming storage requests. If no writable storage divisions are available, requests may stall. One or more storage divisions may be held in a writable state to avoid stall conditions. This, however, may increase the erase dwell time of the storage divisions, which can result in increased wear and reduce the usable life of the storage device. Storage divisions may be prepared for use such that the storage divisions are transitioned to a writable state such that erase dwell time of the storage divisions is reduced, and the storage divisions are available as needed to service incoming requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Gary Janik
  • Patent number: 10248453
    Abstract: A computing device connects a first client device to a session of a virtual machine. The computing device subsequently connects a second client device to the session in response to a request from the second client device to access the virtual machine. The computing device may then disconnect the first device from the virtual machine session or disable one or more functions associated with the first client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Red Hat Israel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Uri Lublin, Roni Luxenberg
  • Patent number: 10237074
    Abstract: In one implementation, a redactable document signature system includes an encoding engine, a reordering engine, and a signature engine. The encoding engine is to access a plurality of subdocuments of a document, to generate a plurality of commitment values from the plurality of subdocuments, and to generate a plurality of dummy values. Each dummy value is indistinguishable from a commitment value. The reordering engine is to define an order of the plurality of commitment values and the plurality of dummy values independent of an order of the subdocuments. The signature engine is to calculate a signature value for the document using the plurality of commitment values and the plurality of dummy values according to the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Stuart Haber, William G. Horne, Miaomiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10204341
    Abstract: A method for addition of a block to a permissioned blockchain using efficient consensus includes: generating a Merkle root for received transaction messages and hashing the header of the most recent block in a blockchain; hashing a new header consisting of the Merkle root and prior block hash; sending the new header to auditing nodes; receiving approval of the new header from a majority of auditing nodes; informing the auditing nodes of the approval of the new header; and providing the new header and a digital signature to each consensus node for writing of a new block to the blockchain that includes the new header and the received transaction messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Steven Charles Davis
  • Patent number: 10182044
    Abstract: Techniques for personalizing short-term session credentials are described herein. A global session key is provided to a plurality of regions of a computing resource service provider and an account key is also provided to one or more of the plurality of regions based at least in part on those regions being trusted by a customer of the computing resource service provider. When a request for short-term session credentials is received at the trusted region by that customer, a session token is generated and encrypted with a combination of the global session key and the account key, thereby creating a session token that can be uniquely associated with the customer and that may only be used in regions that that customer has designated as trusted regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Slavka Praus, Khaled Salah Sedky, Srikanth Mandadi, Marc R. Barbour
  • Patent number: 10171994
    Abstract: A mobile device and methods for sharing content are provided. The mobile device includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one external device; and a controller configured to control decryption of encrypted content that is shared with the at least one external device, in response to determining that the mobile device is located within a proximate spacing of the at least one external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-kyung Kim, Sergey Pometun, Oleksii Mokhonko, Andrii Marchenko, Vitalii Tymchyshyn
  • Patent number: 10158634
    Abstract: An augmented reality user device includes a display, a physical identification verification engine, a gesture confirmation engine, and in interface. The display overlays a virtual file document onto a tangible object. The physical identification verification engine receives biometric data for a witness and confirms the witness's identity. The display displays a gesture motion from the signor. The gesture capture engine captures a gesture motion from the witness. The gesture capture engine generates a witness digital signature based on the captured gesture motion from the witness. The gesture capture engine generates a witness transfer token, the witness transfer token comprising the witness digital signature based on the captured gesture from the witness and the witness identity confirmation token. The interface communicates the witness transfer token to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth S. Votaw, Michael Ogrinz, Cameron D. Wadley, Jisoo Lee, Katherine Dintenfass, Graham M. Wyllie, Victoria L. Dravneek
  • Patent number: 10152582
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for use of encrypted identity on a QR code encoded onto a permanent medium. The system includes mechanism to generate the encrypted identity into a QR code. Also, at patient authentication, the encrypted identity in QR code is read through a custom application. The custom application decrypts the double encrypted global ID using the application encryption key. The server decrypts the application decrypted ID using the server key and date of the encryption. The decrypted global ID is then used to match with the patient information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jose Bolanos, Yanick Gaudet
  • Patent number: 10140434
    Abstract: A computing system that provides access to electronic content includes a processor, a data store, and a user interface component. The data store is coupled to the processor and configured to store the electronic content. The user interface component is coupled to the processor and configured to generate a user interface allowing an internal user to generate a sharing request to share electronic content with an external user. The processor is configured to determine whether the internal user is a member of a group that is allowed to externally share content and to inhibit external sharing of the electronic content if the internal user is not a member of the group that is allowed to externally share the electronic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rafael Lopez-Uricoechea, Gaurav Doshi, Sarat C. Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 10140294
    Abstract: Disclosed are a data management system and computer-readable medium encoded with instructions to execute a method including communicating, by one or more of a document management application supporting integration protocols and a document management module in communication with the document management application, with one or more of a user relationship management system and a document management system using the one or more integration protocols; receiving a request to execute the document management application comprising a previously-created document management process; displaying an indication of a set of documents to be acquired; communicating with a signature acquisition module using the integration protocols configured to acquire a digital signature from a signature input device to create a digitally-signed electronic document; receiving the digitally-signed electronic document; creating an association in the form of a transaction file between user identification information and the digitally-signed el
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Marco Millefiorini, Carlo Bucciarelli, Riccardo Chittolini, Alessandra Iacovelli, Ciro Rinaldi
  • Patent number: 10116698
    Abstract: Systems and methods for configuration of network-based firewall services based on network firewall configuration information provided by one or more sources are provided. The network firewall configuration information can include one or more lists of network address ranges that will be used by the network firewall to process data communications received at a data center. The received network firewall configuration information can be prioritized and filtered to conform to a maximum threshold number of network address ranges that can be configured on a network firewall service. The filtered and processed network address range information can then be utilized to configure one or more network firewall services or application hosted within a data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Atkinson, Nathan Alan Dye, Rich Vorwaller
  • Patent number: 10108870
    Abstract: One or more contemporaneous signature images are captured while a user generates an electronic signature for a document. When one or more contemporaneous signature images maps to a verification image, signature data representative of an electronic signature is associated with the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: EZEE STEVE, LLC
    Inventor: Steven R. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10108954
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that methodologies concerning cryptographically verified blockchain-based contract data inputs and off-chain side-effects. The system and method provide a deterministic and cryptographically verifiable chain of transactions, recorded on a blockchain (distributed ledger) system. This system provides an irrefutable public accounting of the transactions involved in incorporating on-chain contract execution with off-chain data and side-effects (resource actions).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: PokitDok, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Dunlevy, Theodore C. Tanner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10102138
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for sub-dividing data in non-volatile data storage modules. A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of physical addresses (PBAs) storing data for a first logical unit number (LUN) and a second LUN, as well as controller circuitry configured to receive a storage access request from a host system, the storage access request including a logical address (LBA), an address range, and LUN identification information. The controller circuitry is further configured to map the LBA to a translated LBA that is one of N contiguous comprehensive LBAs based on the LBA and the LUN identification information, the comprehensive LBAs being associated with both the first LUN and the second LUN, map the translated LBA to one of the plurality of PBAs of the non-volatile memory, and read from or write to at least the one of the plurality of PBAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tino Lin
  • Patent number: 10064083
    Abstract: A universal communication system for measurement apparatuses is provided, including: a remote server having: a data storage location, a remote platform of the lightweight client type configured so as to interact with at least part of a plurality of measurement instruments; at least one gateway disposed between the remote server and the plurality of measurement instruments, the at least one gateway including: first bidirectional connector with the plurality of measurement instruments; second bidirectional connector with the remote server; and a processing unit configured to communicate with the measurement instruments according to a plurality of communication protocols, the processing unit being devised so as to store and execute at least one software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ECOMESURE
    Inventors: Damien Pelletier, CƩdric Neveu, Fabio Furlan
  • Patent number: 10044512
    Abstract: Reader (420) for determining the validity of a connection to a transponder (440), designed to measure a response time of a transponder (440) and to authenticate the transponder (440) in two separate steps. Transponder (440) for determining the validity of a connection to a reader (420), wherein the transponder (440) is designed to provide information for response time measurement to said reader (420) and to provide information for authentication to said reader (420) in two separate steps, wherein at least a part of data used for the authentication is included in a communication message transmitted between the reader (420) and the transponder (440) during the measuring of the response time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Thueringer, Hans De Jong, Bruce Murray, Heike Neumann, Paul Hubmer, Susanne Stern
  • Patent number: 9984247
    Abstract: Accessing a password-secured computer software application by acquiring an input password, generating at a first computer an output password from the input password using password generation data, where the output password differs from the input password, and providing the output password to a second computer as part of a request to access a password-secured computer software application using the output password, where the password-secured computer software application is accessible using the output password, and where the password-secured computer software application is inaccessible using the input password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ariel Farkash, Ayman Jarrous, Micha Moffie
  • Patent number: 9940621
    Abstract: A method and computer readable medium for conducting a transaction, comprising receiving a verification value and a portion of a dynamic data element, determining candidate dynamic data elements using the portion of the dynamic data element, calculating candidate verification values using candidate dynamic data elements, and determining if the received verification value matches any of the candidate verification values, wherein the transaction is thereafter authenticated if a candidate verification value matches a candidate verification value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Faith, Ayman Hammad
  • Patent number: 9922332
    Abstract: A integrated electronic networked notary system includes sub-systems of computers to execute biometric analysis, target object information input and analysis, marking and time stamping with an trusted third-party provider to enable an electronic notary process. The system provides for authentication of both the signatories as well as the target objects. The user has the option to either unilaterally self-notarize or to collaborate with others for the purpose of electronically notarizing the target object. For high-value target objects, a selectable display menu can be changed into the semi-automatic mode, whereby, a legal notary person may be present to interface and/or assist the user(s) in their notarization and time stamping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventor: Robert Sant'Anselmo
  • Patent number: 9881017
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a file system (FS) and a remote file system (RFS) includes monitoring the FS for FS events, generating FS event records, receiving RFS event records of RFS events, generating file system operations (FSOs) based on the FS and RFS event records, and communicating the FSOs to the FS and RFS to synchronize them. A method for generating the FSOs includes accessing a plurality of FS and/or RFS event records, processing the accessed records to generate processed event records, generating the FSOs based on the processed event records, and outputting the FSOs to cause synchronization of the FS and RFS. Systems are also described. The invention facilitates event-based, steady-state synchronization of local and remote file systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: EGNYTE, INC.
    Inventors: Ravi Wijayaratne, Remus Koos, Ray White, Manish Marathe, Markku Mielityinen, Amrit Jassal, Rajesh Ram, Sriram Gopalan, Aahz, Heikki J. Toivonen
  • Patent number: 9871808
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a system and method for handling rogue data packets. The method may include receiving, using one or more processors, a first data packet having header information associated therewith. The method may further include obtaining, from the header information, sequence number, timestamp and synchronization source identifier information. The method may also include detecting one or more rogue data packets, based upon, at least in part, at least one of the sequence number, timestamp and synchronization source identifier information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Qian-Yu Tang, Victor Zeyliger
  • Patent number: 9794071
    Abstract: A file is created in which digital data and a certificate are integrated and content authentication for the digital data and the certificate are performed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: GENIUS NOTE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hikaru Deguchi
  • Patent number: 9779129
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating data are described. In an example embodiment, a plurality of data attributes of comparison data and the plurality of data attributes of a master record are respectively compared to determine that there is a difference, the comparison data originating from a data source. A relative level of source priority of the data source of the comparison data is determined relative to the data source of a current state version of the master record in accordance with source evaluation criteria. The current state version of the master record is stored in reference data based on a determination that there is a difference and that the source priority of the data source of the comparison data is equal to or greater than the data source of the current state version of the master record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventor: Blayne S. Lequeux
  • Patent number: 9773278
    Abstract: A system and method for the online settling of a transaction is provided. The system includes a server arrangement having a rules based engine including rules established on behalf of a party to the transaction, such as a creditor. The rules based engine is configured to process data and present a transaction settlement offer set comprising a plurality of selectable offers to the user based on at least one decision made by the rules based engine. The server arrangement is further configured to receive a lump sum payment proposal from the user and to use the rules based engine to process information comprising the lump sum payment proposal and present a second transaction settlement offer set to the user based at least in part on the lump sum payment proposal from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Apollo Enterprise Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: G. Christopher Imrey, William J. House, III
  • Patent number: 9767469
    Abstract: A method of sharing energy usage data may include requesting customer-specific energy usage data (CSEUD). The method further includes receiving a modified CSEUD record. The modified CSEUD record includes modified energy usage data with respect to original energy usage data of an original CSEUD record from which the modified CSEUD record is derived. The method also includes authenticating the modified CSEUD record to verify the integrity of the modified energy usage data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Mashima, Wei-Peng Chen
  • Patent number: 9727352
    Abstract: An administrator system can utilize a history generated by a tagging tool to determine the current configuration of computing systems. The administrator system can utilize the current configuration to verify that the computing systems have been configured properly and verify, over time, that the computing systems maintain the desired configuration. The administrator system can compare the current configuration with the desired configuration for the computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Kelby Vidal, Adrian Karstan Likins, Michael Paul Dehaan, James Antill
  • Patent number: 9703986
    Abstract: A machine has a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to collect synthetic identity activity information characterizing computer network activity associated with a synthetic identity. A synthetic identity reputation score is computed based upon a current synthetic identity reputation score, a synthetic identity activity value and an activity provider weighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Anonyome Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Ashley, Steve Shillingford, Greg Clark, Dennis Wilkins, Mike Neuenschwander, Stephen Sartor
  • Patent number: 9654297
    Abstract: The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment that includes secure time management. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage to store a synchronization time and a processor. The processor may be configured to generate a request for a current time, transmit the request to a trusted timekeeper, receive a digitally signed response containing a current, real-world time from the trusted timekeeper, verify the digital signature of the response, verify that the response is received within a predefined time, compare a nonce in the request to a nonce in the response, determine that the current, real-world time received from the trusted timekeeper is within a range of a current time calculated at the apparatus and update the synchronization time with the current, real-world time in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: OLogN Technologies AG
    Inventors: Sergey Ignatchenko, Dmytro Ivanchykhin
  • Patent number: 9635679
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a terminal signal transmission timing randomisation method and device in a wireless communication system, and the terminal signal transmission method in a wireless communication system of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, setting information for randomising transmission timing with respect to a signal transmitted by a terminal; determining the transmission timing for the signal in accordance with the setting information; and transmitting the signal to the base station in accordance with the determined transmission timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seung Hoon Choi, Ki Il Kim, Sang Min Ro, Hyo Jin Lee, Ju Ho Lee, Joon Young Cho, Hyoung Ju Ji
  • Patent number: 9615258
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, techniques, and computer program products are provided to secure timing synchronization to network nodes connected over an inherently insecure best effort public network with mechanisms to improve accuracy of timing protocols such as a statistically estimated edge timestamp offset encoded into the timing message to account for network jitter and processing latency variances incurred due to the security packet processing and encryption; to ensure slave network nodes shall only accept timing messages from trusted timing sources; to establish a secure tunnel with a trusted timing source for exchange of timing packets; to provide authentication and security for timing packets over the insecure public network; and to enhance message anonymity with variable payload padding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: David T. Chen, Umamaheswar Kakinada, Mohammed Petiwala, Mohsin Zia
  • Patent number: 9614667
    Abstract: A plural number M (M?2) of block cipher encryption units perform, in a block order, either encryption processing or decryption processing for data of a series of blocks each having a predetermined data size and included in a data unit. The plural number of block cipher encryption units perform either encryption of decryption for the data unit by repeating processing in the block order. Every time processing of a data unit starts, a block cipher encryption unit configured to process the data of the nMth (nM<N, N represents a block count) block in nth (n?1) processing generates an initial mask value to be used for the encryption or decryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Yamada
  • Patent number: 9591017
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, network devices and machine-readable storage media for detecting whether a message is a phishing attack based on the collective responses from one or more individuals who have received that message. The individuals may flag the message as a possible phishing attack, and/or may provide a numerical ranking indicating the likelihood that the message is a possible phishing attack. As responses from different individuals may have a different degree of reliability, each response from an individual may be weighted with a corresponding trustworthiness level of that individual, in an overall determination as to whether a message is a phishing attack. A trustworthiness level of an individual may indicate a degree to which the response of that individual can be trusted and/or relied upon, and may be determined by how well that individual recognized simulated phishing attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: PhishMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Higbee, Rohyt Belani, Scott Greaux
  • Patent number: 9549216
    Abstract: A client device includes a network interface that is coupled to receive media content and server time data via a network, wherein the media content is protected by digital rights management data. A processing device executes a digital rights management application for validating playback of media content based on the digital rights management data and further based on secure clock data. The processing device includes a processor clock that generates processor clock data. A memory stores the secure clock data, the digital rights management application and the digital rights management data. A system clock generates system clock data. The digital rights management application generates the secure clock data based on the server time data, the system clock data and the processor clock data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Morega Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Jefferson Saremi
  • Patent number: 9535959
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for reconciling records from a plurality of data sets includes receiving a first data set from a left data source, retrieving data from the first data set, and placing the retrieved data from the first data set into a first abstract record from the left data source. The method also includes receiving a second data set from a right data source, retrieving data from the second data set, and placing the retrieved data from the second data set into a second abstract record from the right data source. The computer-implemented method also includes comparing the first abstract record and the second abstract record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventors: Li Sun, Scott Michael Zoldi
  • Patent number: 9489502
    Abstract: A device can include a display; memory that stores biometric information and commercial information; a sensor that senses biometric information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed biometric information at least in part via a comparison to stored biometric information; and display circuitry that renders at least one graphic to the display based at least in part on a portion of the commercial information responsive to authentication of sensed biometric information. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Patent number: 9461990
    Abstract: A method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token assigned to a user involving: authenticating the user to the ID token, authenticating a first computer system to the ID token, and, assuming successful authentication of the user and the first computer system to the ID token, read access by the first computer system to the at least one attribute stored in the ID token for transmission of the at least one attribute to a second computer system, and generating of a time indication for the at least one attribute by the first computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BUNDESDRUCKEREI GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Dietrich
  • Patent number: 9450586
    Abstract: A security shield assembly has a printed circuit board having a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers including an electrically conductive penetration sensor layer, dielectric layers, and at least one signal layer. An electronic unit is mounted to the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the signal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventor: Ted A. Hadley
  • Patent number: 9412139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising: a first computerized system, or emitter, connected to a communication network; a second computerized system, or receiver, connected to said network; and a server connected to said network. Said server operates as a trusted third party for electronic transactions, is adapted in such a way as to offer a custody service and to vouch for the existence and content of an electronic document sent by the emitter, and communicates with a timestamping entity. The invention also relates to a method according to which the system is used to send a notification and/or contracting request for a receiver and an associated electronic document, from an emitter to said server, and to allow the receiver to securely access said document stored in a repository of the server, the transaction executed being traceable from beginning to end, and repudiation in the origin and destination avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LOGALTY SERVICIOS DE TERCERO DE CONFIANZA, S.L.
    Inventor: Jose Maria Anguiano Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9407610
    Abstract: A method for generating one or more secrets for use by members. The method includes sending a first request for connection with a second member, and sending a second request to connection with a third member. The method further includes receiving, by the first member from the second member, a second input after the first request is sent and after communication is initiated between the first member and the second member and receiving, by the first member from the third member, a third input after the second request is sent and after communication is initiated between the first member and the third member. The method further includes generating, using an n-bit generator executing on the first member, a message digest using a first input, the second input, and the third input, extracting a secret from the message digest, and storing the secret in a secrets repository on the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: PACID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Guy Fielder
  • Patent number: 9378388
    Abstract: A method, a data processing system, and a computer program product for managing cryptographic information. A determination is made as to whether a first time stamp of when cryptographic information was created is more recent than a second time stamp of a backup of the cryptographic information in response to receiving a request for the cryptographic information from a requester. The cryptographic information is used to encrypt data. The cryptographic information is prevented from being provided to the requester in response to a determination that the first time stamp of cryptographic information creation is more recent than the second time stamp of the backup of the cryptographic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin M. Hazlewood, John T. Peck, Krishna K. Yellepeddy
  • Patent number: 9356948
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, network devices and machine-readable storage media for detecting whether a message is a phishing attack based on the collective responses from one or more individuals who have received that message. The individuals may flag the message as a possible phishing attack, and/or may provide a numerical ranking indicating the likelihood that the message is a possible phishing attack. As responses from different individuals may have a different degree of reliability, each response from an individual may be weighted with a corresponding trustworthiness level of that individual, in an overall determination as to whether a message is a phishing attack. A trustworthiness level of an individual may indicate a degree to which the response of that individual can be trusted and/or relied upon, and may be determined by how well that individual recognized simulated phishing attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: PhishMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Higbee, Rohyt Belani, Scott Greaux
  • Patent number: 9350746
    Abstract: A transmission network system includes a network terminating device connected to a user terminal and an authentication information device connected to the network terminating device through a transmission network. The transmission network is connected to a reference clock that holds a reference time. The network terminating device includes a terminating internal clock that synchronizes with the reference clock, when receiving a first frame from the user terminal, generates a second frame including a time outputted from the terminating internal clock as a request time on the basis of the first frame, and transmits the second frame to the authentication information device. The authentication information device generates time authentication information based on the request time included in the received second frame, generates a third frame including the generated time authentication information, and transmits the third frame to the transmission network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Fujioka, Yoshihiro Ashi, Masahiko Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9338010
    Abstract: The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment that includes secure time management. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage to store a synchronization time and a processor. The processor may be configured to generate a request for a current time, transmit the request to a trusted timekeeper, receive a digitally signed response containing a current, real-world time from the trusted timekeeper, verify the digital signature of the response, verify that the response is received within a predefined time, compare a nonce in the request to a nonce in the response, determine that the current, real-world time received from the trusted timekeeper is within a range of a current time calculated at the apparatus and update the synchronization time with the current, real-world time in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: OLogN Technologies AG
    Inventors: Sergey Ignatchenko, Dmytro Ivanchykhin
  • Patent number: 9313661
    Abstract: A method and system for establishing secure short range wireless communication between devices in a vehicle. The method involves obtaining a vehicle identifier associated with the vehicle and a module identifier associated with a vehicle module. Then, the method determines a secure pin number for the vehicle module and a similar pin for a vehicle telematics unit. Once the secure pin number is determined at both devices then the devices can communicate via short range wireless communication in a secure manner using the secure pin number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Russ Eling, Kenneth L. Peirce, David P. Pop
  • Patent number: 9268771
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for managing documents or partial documents in an electronic document folder is provided. A validity indication, which is individual to the document or partial document and specifies a validity expiry time is assigned to a respective document, e.g. an e-mail, or a partial document, e.g. an e-mail attachment and is stored, the indication being assigned to an executable validity program. Once the validity expiry time has been reached, the executable validity program, assigned to the validity indication, is executed for the document or partial document with an assigned validity indication. The executable validity program comprises a deletion routine for deleting the document or partial document with the assigned validity indication in the electronic document folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. LG
    Inventors: Bruno Bozionek, Thomas Hanna, Klaus-Josef Kunte, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9258126
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique in which the proof that an object (e.g., a document) was processed within a certain task by an entity in a workflow is chain-linked to another proof of the next task. The chain of proofs embedded within the document serves to irrefutably prove that a certain set of tasks were completed before the next task was executed on the object. It is thus difficult, if not impossible, for a user to alter the actions on previous tasks without destroying the chain of proofs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel W. Manchala
  • Patent number: 9246916
    Abstract: A digital license specifies rights with regard to corresponding digital content, and in particular specifies at least one event and for the at least one event at least one of a condition precedent to allowing the event to proceed and an action to be taken once the event has occurred. To respond to a request for an event from a rendering application with regard to the content, event code corresponding to the event is located in the license, and the condition within the event code is evaluated. If evaluated as true, the requested event is allowed to proceed, whereby the rendering application performs the event, and the action within the event code is executed. If evaluated as false, the requested event is denied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Krishnamurthy Ganesan