Key distribution center

CL 380 SC 279
6332192 Generalized user identification and authentication system
Dec-18-2001 The invention features a method for providing a user access to a secure application. The invention stores in an encrypted form the authentication information necessary to satisfy the authentication requirements...
6813357 Exclusive key sharing method
Nov-2-2004 In a set-up phase, the base station formulates the secret key S and holds it in secret. The secret information Si which are obtained by dividing the secret key S are distributed in secret to respective...
6792545 Enterprise computer investigation system
Sep-14-2004 A method, apparatus and system for secure forensic investigation of a target machine by a client machine over a communications network. In one aspect the method comprises establishing secure communication...
6381695 Encryption system with time-dependent decryption
Apr-30-2002 An object of the invention is to provide an encryption system and method for inhibiting the decryption of encrypted data unless a decryption condition is satisfied. Thus, according to the present invention,...
6842523 Encryption apparatus, cryptographic communication system, key recovery system, and storage medium
Jan-11-2005 In an encryption apparatus for encrypting a data body to contain an encrypted data body in transmission data and transmitting the transmission data to a receiver, the transmission data includes sender's...
4658292 Enciphering key distribution system for subscription TV broadcast or catv system
Apr-14-1987 An enciphering key distribution system comprises a transmitter having an address generator for generating the addresses of those subscribers to which a first enciphered TV signal is to be distributed....
6192131 Enabling business transactions in computer networks
Feb-20-2001 A system for creating a log of a conversation includes a convener computer and a plurality of conversation computers interconnected by a computer network. The system includes an arbiter computer and a...
5870473 Electronic transfer system and method
Feb-9-1999 A system and method relating to secure communications in a communication network is disclosed. The invention uses sessions having limited duration to enable parties to communicate securely in the communication...
6226618 Electronic content delivery system
May-1-2001 Disclosed is a method and apparatus of securely providing data to a user's system. The data is encrypted so as to only be decryptable by a data decrypting key, the data decrypting key being encrypted using...
6049878 Efficient, secure multicasting with global knowledge
Apr-11-2000 A system for secure multicast including at least one sending entity operating on a sending computer system, the sending entity with a sending multicast application running on the sending computer system....
6263435 Dual encryption protocol for scalable secure group communication
Jul-17-2001 A logical tree structure and method for managing membership in a multicast group provides scalability and security from internal attacks. The structure defines key groups and subgroups, with each subgroup...
5245658 Domain-based encryption
Sep-14-1993 A domain-based encryption system which uses identical domains known only to the parties involved in the communication. An encrypted message is sent between communicating parties which consists of a stream...
6584566 Distributed group key management for multicast security
Jun-24-2003 A method and apparatus for distributed group key management for multicast security. According to one aspect of the invention, an initiator key server distributes to a plurality of key servers a first key...
6230269 Distributed authentication system and method
May-8-2001 An authentication system for a distributed network having multiple clients and a server enables a user to log on at any one of the clients with a password and receive his/her associated public/private...
6182218 Digital content management system using electronic watermark
Jan-30-2001 A system for managing a digital content, particularly a digital content to which a copyright is claimed, and a system for supplying a public-key which is used in the management of the digital content are...
6728878 Deferred billing, broadcast, electronic document distribution system and method
Apr-27-2004 An electronic document delivery system and method in which a broadcast center periodically sends a "catalog" of available documents to a receiving computer, thereby allowing a user to browse through the...
6337911 Deferred billing, broadcast, electronic document distribution system and method
Jan-8-2002 An electronic document delivery system and method in which a broadcast center periodically sends a "catalog" of available documents to a receiving computer, thereby allowing a user to browse through the...
6076077 Data management system
Jun-13-2000 A system for dealing in an original data content and an edited data content. A data content is handled as an object, and the data content is edited by editing a data content, functioning as an object,...
6002772 Data management system
Dec-14-1999 To prevent piracy or leakage of data content, a cryptography technique and electronic watermark technique are combined together and used. In a data content supplied to a user, a user data is entered as...
5568551 Data management method and system thereof
Oct-22-1996 To enable management by a center of data transferred to a user terminal from the center, an ISDN, which has a call connecting means which forms a signal channel before forming a data channel between a...
6343283 Data copyright management system
Jan-29-2002 A data copyright management system is provided, in which a primary user edits a received data and supplies the edited data to a secondary user. The copyright management system comprises a database and...
6069952 Data copyright management system
May-30-2000 A data copyright management system comprises a database for storing original data, a key control center for managing crypt keys, copyright management center for managing data copyrights, and a communication...
5848158 Data copyright management system
Dec-8-1998 A data copyright management system is provided, in which a primary user edits a received data and supplies the edited data to a secondary user. The copyright management system comprises a database and...
7039617 Currency and float ID tracking in an electronic purse
May-2-2006 The present invention relates to electronic purse systems, and in particular it relates to the improved management of multiple money flows in such systems. According to the basic principles of the present...
5265164 Cryptographic facility environment backup/restore and replication in a public key cryptosystem
Nov-23-1993 A computer apparatus, program and method function in a data processing system to replicate a cryptographic facility. The system includes a first cryptographic facility containing a portable part which...
6490352 Cryptographic elliptic curve apparatus and method
Dec-3-2002 An apparatus for operating a cryptographic engine may include a key generation module for creating key pairs for encrypting substantive content to be shared between two users over a secured or unsecured...
6788788 Cryptographic communication method, encryption method, and cryptographic communication system
Sep-7-2004 A novel cryptographic communication system including ID-NIKS system with high security. Secret key generation functions and key sharing functions are not separable. Key sharing is also probabilistically...
5144665 Cryptographic communication method and system
Sep-1-1992 A cryptographic communication method and system for performing cryptographic communication between a host computer and a given one of plural terminals connected to the host computer by way of a communication...
5677954 Cryptical control method for personal communication
Oct-14-1997 When an incoming call corresponding to a communication number PID takes place in a switching station, the switching station retrieves user-intrinsic information UK and an incoming-communication registered...
6625734 Controlling and tracking access to disseminated information
Sep-23-2003 A method for controlling and tracking access to disseminated information involves encrypting data using a key that is maintained in a key repository. A user requests a message ID and key from the key repository....
6668326 Context saving system
Dec-23-2003 A method for performing a computation task in a secure processor removably operatively associated with a host including a memory external to the secure processor. The method includes computing a portion...
5588059 Computer system and method for secure remote communication sessions
Dec-24-1996 A computer system includes a Key Certification Agency (KCA) (12), a host computer (16), and a number of remote terminals (14). The KCA (12) uses incompatible encryption processes (96, 98) to encrypt session...
6816899 Communications system
Nov-9-2004 A communications system comprising one or more servers and one or more clients. The servers are connected to the clients, for the provision of information to the clients. Each server is operative for sending...
5832092 Communication system based on shared cipher key, server unit for the same system, client unit for the same system, and method of sharing cipher key in communication system
Nov-3-1998 A communication system which is capable of proper cipher communications with many and unspecific parties and of making all the entities share a common key and which does not require the change of its own...
4961221 Communication method and system with encryption of information
Oct-2-1990 An information encryption method particularly intended for a communication system in which bidirectional multiplexed communications of the point-to-multipoint type are derived between a switching exchange...
5029208 Cipher-key distribution system
Jul-2-1991 A cipher-key distribution system used in a one-way communication from a first party to a second party. The cipher-key distribution system is composed of a first subsystem, a second subsystem, and a common...
4984271 Cipher system with closed cipher procedure
Jan-8-1991 A cipher system in a computer network having a host computer and terminal equipments connected by communication lines. A terminal equipment cipher process program memory area is provided in a volatile...
7039191 Chaining key broadcasting reception system and chaining key broadcasting reception method
May-2-2006 In the chaining key broadcasting reception system, a chaining key reception unit receives a chaining key, an identifier of the key in question and a target key identifier indicative of a chaining key to...
6996711 Certification validation system
Feb-7-2006 A certificate validation mechanism is provided for a network interface. The certificate validation mechanism maintains a certificate cache containing local copies of certificates with associated validity...
5663896 Broadcast key distribution apparatus and method using Chinese Remainder
Sep-2-1997 A communication system utilizing low bandwidth requirements for transmitting an encoded value formulated using the Chinese Remainder procedure to receivers having a private key. The system offers the advantages...
5999623 Broadcast data access controller communication system
Dec-7-1999 Disclosed is a method and apparatus for enabling an authorized receiver station to decrypt encrypted information broadcast by a transmitter station, and for decrypting the information within the authorized...
6904406 Audio playback/recording apparatus having multiple decoders in ROM
Jun-7-2005 An audio playback/recording apparatus includes an audio input processing section which receives analog audio data, and converts the analog audio data to digital audio data; a playback/recording processing...
6986054 Attack-resistant implementation method
Jan-10-2006 The present invention makes it difficult for unauthorized parties to estimate processing and a secret key based upon the waveforms of power consumption of an IC card chip by changing a processing order...
6212280 Apparatus and methods for managing key material in heterogeneous cryptographic assets
Apr-3-2001 Apparatus and methods for managing key material in cryptographic assets are disclosed. The methods can include defining first key material to be delivered to a cryptographic asset, wherein the first key...
5590200 Apparatus and method for securing communication systems
Dec-31-1996 A hacking prevention system and method wherein the descrambler receives a data stream including a series of authorization packets and a series of corresponding offset values. A random number is generated...
5787172 Apparatus and method for establishing a cryptographic link between elements of a system
Jul-28-1998 A secure cryptographic network is established among operational units in a system. A public key cryptosystem is initially used to establish secure communication links. Then, each secure communication link...
6094487 Apparatus and method for encryption key generation
Jul-25-2000 An encryption key generation system generates encryption keys at both an originating terminal and a terminating terminal of a wireless network. A central controller generates a shared secret based on the...
6845160 Apparatus and method for depositing encryption keys
Jan-18-2005 An encryption key depositing apparatus comprising a unit that generates an encryption key for a user; and a unit that starts a process in response to the generation of the encryption key, the process allowing...
6260142 Access and storage of secure group communication cryptographic keys
Jul-10-2001 A method and apparatus for secure group communication detects the deletion of a member of the group and uses the detected deletion to update the security credentials of a group by updating a repository...
6256733 Access and storage of secure group communication cryptographic keys
Jul-3-2001 A method and apparatus for secure group communication allows on-demand procurement of stored security credentials of a group. In one embodiment, this is done by having a processor store at least a portion...