| 6813614 |
Method for re-keying postage metering devices |
| Nov-2-2004 |
A method for communicating a re-keying message from a postage meter to a registration authority includes the steps of determining at the postage meter that a current key needs to be replaced with a new... |
| 6804786 |
User customizable secure access token and multiple level portable interface |
| Oct-12-2004 |
Disclosed is a smart card device having a surface onto which are formed a plurality of user interpretable icons and electronic apparatus attached to the card portion. The electronic apparatus includes... |
| 6802007 |
Privacy and security for smartcards in a method, system and program |
| Oct-5-2004 |
In a first embodiment, a central database accessible by registered members, including merchants, will contain all of an individual's information while a smart card will store a unique id, known as an avatar,... |
| 6792531 |
Method and system for revocation of certificates used to certify public key users |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A method and system for creating, reviewing and revoking, if necessary, a certificate for a client of a service provider of a communications network, wherein the client has a client private key and a client... |
| 6779732 |
Method and apparatus for linking converted applet files |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A smart card which includes a non-volatile read/write memory, a resolve buffer, a processor connected to the memory and the resolve buffer, and an installer module configured to cause the processor to... |
| 6779718 |
Method for authenticating the result of an instruction in a token |
| Aug-24-2004 |
The invention concerns a method to authenticate the result of executing a command in a token connected to a terminal, the terminal including a communication device to send information to a user of the... |
| 6760841 |
Methods and apparatus for securely conducting and authenticating transactions over unsecured communication channels |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A transaction processing system employs an authentication device which receives identifying and authentication information from a token such as a credit or debit card. The authentication device forms an... |
| 6748366 |
System for protecting anonymity of parties involved in a person-to-person electronic commerce transaction |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A person-to-person electronic commerce system that protects the anonymity of buyers and sellers. Embodiments of the present invention interpose a trusted intermediary between the buyer and seller during... |
| 6718314 |
Multi-purpose transaction card system |
| Apr-6-2004 |
Disclosed is a multi-purpose transaction card system comprising an issuer, one or more cards, one or more terminals, and optionally one or more acquires, communicating using a variety of cryptographic... |
| 6711685 |
System and procedure for protection against the analytical espionage of secret information |
| Mar-23-2004 |
The invention presented describes a system and procedure for protecting against the espionage of secret information. A counter is allocated to each secret piece of information, in particular codes. The... |
| 6684200 |
Cashless vending machine |
| Jan-27-2004 |
The cashless vending machine system of the present invention comprises: a radio-communication terminal having a terminal information storage device for storing a verification key, and a terminal encryption... |
| 6643701 |
Method and apparatus for providing secure communication with a relay in a network |
| Nov-4-2003 |
Methods and systems of the present invention include providing a connection between a first computer and a second computer by receiving, at a third computer, information regarding one of the first and... |
| 6615193 |
Monitoring system and method |
| Sep-2-2003 |
This invention provides a system and method for electronic value payment in which a practical and secure means for auditing and accounting electronic value is achieved. The invention offers a means for... |
| 6572013 |
Bill deposit/withdrawal machine for depositing/withdrawing bills |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills according to a transaction, having a deposit/withdrawal port disposed in an upper part of the bill deposit/withdrawal machine,... |
| 6571339 |
Use of a processor identification for authentication |
| May-27-2003 |
A system comprises a first computer which has a unique processor identification. Additionally, a first application is operatively coupled to the first computer across a network. The first computer provides... |
| 6567915 |
Integrated circuit card with identity authentication table and authorization tables defining access rights based on Boolean expressions of authenticated identities |
| May-20-2003 |
This invention concerns an integrated circuit (IC) device, such as smart cards, electronic wallets, PC cards, and the like, and various methods for authenticating identities and authorizing transactions... |
| 6550011 |
Media content protection utilizing public key cryptography |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A system and method for providing protection of content which may be transmitted over unsecure channels, including storage and transmission in bulk media, transmission over a network such as the Internet,... |
| 6539364 |
Electronic cash implementing method and equipment using user signature and recording medium recorded thereon a program for the method |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A user registers a user public key PKU as a pseudonym at a trustee or issuer and obtains an signature for the pseudonym as a license. The sends the pseudonym, PKU identification information IdU and the... |
| 6529884 |
Minimalistic electronic commerce system |
| Mar-4-2003 |
The present invention provides a system for electronic commerce that reduces the amount of data needed to be stored on a user computer or electronic device. A bank processor stores information corresponding... |
| 6499019 |
Electronic payment device using unbalanced binary tree and the method of the same |
| Dec-24-2002 |
An electronic payment device and its method using an unbalanced binary tree are disclosed. The total unit n of the amount of money that user purchases is decomposed first into a Matrix of p rows.times.q... |
| 6497358 |
Record and verification method and system for radiation therapy |
| Dec-24-2002 |
A method is provided for verification of the identification of a patient undergoing radiation treatment administered by a treatment technologist in a treatment room. An identifying card for the patient... |
| 6496809 |
Electronic ticketing system and method |
| Dec-17-2002 |
The present disclosure provides a method of electronically exchanging tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers located at remote terminals. The method comprises associating... |
| 6484259 |
Methods and arrangements for mapping widely disparate portable tokens to a static machine concentric cryptographic environment |
| Nov-19-2002 |
Various methods and arrangements are provided to form an interface that allows portable token devices to be used within static machine concentric cryptographic environments. One example of a portable token... |
| 6453301 |
Method of using personal device with internal biometric in conducting transactions over a network |
| Sep-17-2002 |
A method of authorizing a commercial transaction between a customer and a provider of goods or services over a network, wherein the provider of goods or services requests that the customer provide authentication... |
| 6449717 |
Data copyright management system |
| Sep-10-2002 |
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... |
| 6425084 |
Notebook security system using infrared key |
| Jul-23-2002 |
A multilevel infrared (IR) type security system prevents unauthorized use of a computer. A program resident on the computer implements a user-validation procedure. An IR key device carries a first serial... |
| 6408388 |
Personal date/time notary device |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A personal data/time notary device is embodied in a token device such as a "smart card". The portable notary device includes an input/output (I/O) port, which is coupled to a single integrated circuit... |
| 6401205 |
Infrared type security system for a computer |
| Jun-4-2002 |
In an infrared (IR) type computer security system, each authorized user is provided with an IR key device that holds a serial number and an encryption key. A validation record stored on the computer's... |
| 6381699 |
Leak-resistant cryptographic method and apparatus |
| Apr-30-2002 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for securing cryptographic devices against attacks involving external monitoring and analysis. A "self-healing" property is introduced, enabling security... |
| 6378073 |
Single account portable wireless financial messaging unit |
| Apr-23-2002 |
A portable secure financial messaging unit (906) includes a receiver (804) and a selective call decoder (1004). The selective call decoder (1004) has a memory (1010) that includes a single unique selective... |
| 6353888 |
Access rights authentication apparatus |
| Mar-5-2002 |
A access rights authentication apparatus relieves burdens resulting from handling unique information of a large number of authentication keys and the like of users and protectors such as application authors,... |
| 6338138 |
Network-based authentication of computer user |
| Jan-8-2002 |
A network-based authentication scheme is provided that performs authentication in a centralized manner for the stand-alone computers of a particular organization. Since authentication is centralized, the... |
| 6333700 |
Apparatus and method for downhole well equipment and process management, identification, and actuation |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A method for actuating or installing downhole equipment in a wellbore employs non-acoustic signals (e.g., radio frequency signals) to locate, inventory, install, or actuate one downhole structure in relation... |
| 6333699 |
Method and apparatus for determining position in a pipe |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A method and apparatus for determining position in a pipe provides for the precise determination of location and associated characteristics of each pipe joint of a well, cross country pipeline or other... |
| 6327578 |
Four-party credit/debit payment protocol |
| Dec-4-2001 |
A method, system, program, and method of doing business are disclosed for electronic commerce that includes the feature of a "thin" consumer's wallet by providing issuers with an active role in each payment.... |
| 6298441 |
Secure document access system |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A method for downloading a document via a communications medium operatively associated with a communications interface, the method including receiving the document from the communications medium, placing... |
| 6289455 |
Method and apparatus for preventing piracy of digital content |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A secure cryptographic rights unit for cryptographically regulating access to digital content includes an interface control processor and a specialized cryptographic unit that protects access to a memory.... |
| 6263446 |
Method and apparatus for secure distribution of authentication credentials to roaming users |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A roaming user needing an his authentication credential (e.g., private key) to access a computer server to perform an electronic transaction may obtain the authentication credential in an on-demand fashion... |
| 6263316 |
Automated process for retailing to a vehicle occupant |
| Jul-17-2001 |
The invention is a method and apparatus for the automated retailing of refreshments and other basic consumer products to a vehicle occupant as the vehicle passes through a toll station having an automated... |
| 6260027 |
Electronic ticket system, collecting terminal, service providing terminal, user terminal, electronic ticket collecting method and recording medium |
| Jul-10-2001 |
A collecting agency supplies a collecting agency name and a money bag number to a service providing terminal. In response to dealing requests from user terminals, the service providing terminal sends,... |
| 6236981 |
Transaction system |
| May-22-2001 |
In a digital payment system, a sequence of random numbers is stored at a payment service. A set of digitally encoded random numbers derived from the stored sequence is issued to the user in return for... |
| 6216227 |
Multi-venue ticketing using smart cards |
| Apr-10-2001 |
A system and methods are provided for storing and validating electronic tickets for multiple venues on a single smart card. In accordance with this present embodiment, an operating system of the smart... |
| 6205436 |
Trusted agents for open electronic commerce where the transfer of electronic merchandise or electronic money is provisional until the transaction is finalized |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A system for open electronic commerce having a customer trusted agent securely communicating with a first money module, and a merchant trusted agent securely communicating with a second money module. Both... |
| 6205435 |
Self-contained payment system with circulating digital vouchers |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A self-contained payment system uses circulating digital vouchers for the transfer of value. The system creates and transfers digital vouchers. A digital voucher has an identifying element and a dynamic... |
| 6192349 |
Smart card mechanism and method for obtaining electronic tickets for goods services over an open communications link |
| Feb-20-2001 |
A smart card, (a type of credit card containing storage capacity and processing ability preferably in the form of a microprocessor), is used to store an electronic ticket provided from the service provider's... |
| 6185307 |
Cryptography security for remote dispenser transactions |
| Feb-6-2001 |
The invention relates to providing secure transactions with a tag and POS device associated with a host network authorization system. In doing so, the tag is adapted to bi-directionally communicate with... |
| 6170057 |
Mobile computer and method of packet encryption and authentication in mobile computing based on security policy of visited network |
| Jan-2-2001 |
A mobile computer and a packet encryption and authentication method which are capable of controlling an activation of a packet encryption and authentication device belonging to the mobile computer according... |
| 6157920 |
Executable digital cash for electronic commerce |
| Dec-5-2000 |
The invention provides techniques for implementing secure transactions using an instrument referred to as "executable digital cash." In an illustrative embodiment, a first user generates a piece of digital... |
| 6157917 |
Bandwidth-preserving method of charging for pay-per-access information on a network |
| Dec-5-2000 |
A method for charging a payer for access, over a network, to a payee's information; in particular, a method for this pay-per-access over the Internet. The method uses an acquirer to intercept requests... |
| 6122625 |
Apparatus and method for secure transacting |
| Sep-19-2000 |
An improved monetary system using electronic media to exchange economic value securely and reliably. The invention provides a complete monetary system having electronic money that is interchangeable with... |
