| 7043634 |
Detecting malicious alteration of stored computer files |
| May-9-2006 |
When a file is created on a computer, an archive copy of that file is also created and separately stored. Upon a subsequent access to the active copy of that file, a comparison between the active copy... |
| 7043453 |
Method and system for conducting transactions between repositories using a repository transaction protocol |
| May-9-2006 |
A method and apparatus for establishing a secure communications channel between a first repository and a second repository using a repository transaction protocol. A registration identifier and registration... |
| 7043452 |
Lock-and-key consumer billing data protection system having data encryption capability |
| May-9-2006 |
A "lock-and-key" consumer billing data protection capability is provided to telemarketing and electronic marketing systems which are based upon previously-acquired consumer lists. The lists contain encrypted... |
| 7039615 |
Retail transactions involving digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system |
| May-2-2006 |
A retailer facilitates issuance of a digital license from a licensor to a customer for a corresponding piece of digital content. The retailer receives payment for the license from the customer, where the... |
| 7039614 |
Method for simulcrypting scrambled data to a plurality of conditional access devices |
| May-2-2006 |
In accordance with one embodiment, a method for storing a normal scrambled digital program is provided. The method includes receiving a scrambled program, and receiving a plurality of access requirements.... |
| 7039613 |
System and method for controlling distribution and use of digital works using price specifications |
| May-2-2006 |
A method, system and device for determining fees for access to digital works including associating a usage right with a digital work and which specifies a manner of use of the digital work and (i) a fee... |
| 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... |
| 7039387 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for responding to AMBER alerts |
| May-2-2006 |
An AMBER alert gateway includes a central telephone number that is configured to receive telephone calls from individuals in response to potential sightings related to AMBER alerts. An interactive voice... |
| 7035829 |
System and method for providing temporary access to content during shipping |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A system and method for providing temporary access to content during shipping. In one embodiment, the system may include a retail web site configured to allow a user to purchase one or more content items... |
| 7035828 |
Method and system for modifying and transmitting data between a portable computer and a network |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A system for assisting a mobile client interact with associated computers includes a mobile device, a broker, a mini-server and a personal agent. The mobile device transmits requests which include identification... |
| 7035826 |
Contents distribution system for handling secondary products utilizing raw material contents |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A contents distribution system uses a copyright rental use scheme in which the economical burden on the users at a time of utilizing contents can be reduced to a reasonable level, and appropriate fees... |
| 7035825 |
Managing relationships of parties interacting on a network |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A digital facility is made available from a source to users via an electronic communication medium. At least one of the users is associated with an access permission that enables the user to access at... |
| 7035827 |
Content receiving apparatus and method, storage medium, and server |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A content receiver is compatible with a plurality of rights management and protection methods (RMP) devised for each content distribution system. Only the format which specifies the specification of the... |
| 7032240 |
Portable authorization device for authorizing use of protected information and associated method |
| Apr-18-2006 |
An authorization system and associated method for selectively authorizing a host system to use one or more items of protected information associated with the host system. The authorization system includes... |
| 7031946 |
Information recording medium, noncontact IC tag, access device, access system, life cycle management system, input/output method, and access method |
| Apr-18-2006 |
To provide a contactless IC tag for storing secret information for each of multiple stages of a life cycle from manufacture to disposal, and an access device for reading/writing information in secrecy... |
| 7031942 |
Information signal reproducing apparatus, information signal outputting apparatus, information signal reproducing method, and information signal outputting method |
| Apr-18-2006 |
An information signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing an information signal from a recording medium on which the information signal, including added copy control information is recorded, comprising... |
| 7024554 |
Systems and methods that authorize target devices utilizing proprietary software and/or hardware |
| Apr-4-2006 |
An integrated system comprises an authorization device that generates a second encrypted data stream in response to a first data stream, and a programmable logic device (PLD) that generates a third encrypted... |
| 7024392 |
Method for controlling use of database content |
| Apr-4-2006 |
Method for providing database content usage. The database content can be a digital work having one or more rights associated therewith. The method can be effected within a system having at least one repository... |
| 7024393 |
Structural of digital rights management (DRM) system |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A digital rights management (DRM) system operates on a computing device when a user requests that a protected piece of digital content be rendered by the computer device in a particular manner. The DRM... |
| 7024391 |
System, method and program product for sharing information |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A member accessible information system for managing member information, and selectively providing member information to individual members. The members, typically belong to a common industry, such as the... |
| 7024380 |
E-commerce system and method |
| Apr-4-2006 |
In an e-commerce system which rearranges merchandise information pieces distributed to a consumer to match preferences of the consumer based on a personal profile with which various keywords contained... |
| 7023992 |
Data multiplexing device, program distribution system, program transmission system, pay broadcast system, program transmission method, conditional access system, and data reception device |
| Apr-4-2006 |
In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets,... |
| 7020781 |
Digital content distribution systems |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A system for distributing digital content over a computer network (e.g., the Internet) uses certificates to establish a trust relationship between a content provider and a display device. The certificates... |
| 7020692 |
Systems and methods for insuring data transmissions |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Systems and methods are provided which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP... |
| 7020635 |
System and method of secure electronic commerce transactions including tracking and recording the distribution and usage of assets |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Disclosed is a system and method that tracks the usage of rented digital assets. A server includes an asset database that stores a digital asset, the title of the digital asset, and a server usage count... |
| 7020636 |
Storage-medium rental system |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A storage-medium rental system includes a portable storage medium to be rented to the user, a portable semiconductor memory owned by the user, a rental-shop apparatus owned by the rental agent, and a reproduction... |
| 7017190 |
Portable recordable media anti-theft system |
| Mar-21-2006 |
An anti-theft system for a portable recordable media that contains a downloadable, user-sensitive software program files or data that the publisher wants to prevent multi-installations and unauthorized... |
| 7016877 |
Consumer-controlled limited and constrained access to a centrally stored information account |
| Mar-21-2006 |
Consumer authentication information is associated with an information account stored in a central database, such that access to the information account by the consumer is conditioned upon receipt and verification... |
| 7016878 |
Content sales period verifying system and content decryption key effective period verifying system |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A CD-ROM is recorded with a CD-ROM effective period and an effective period of a content stored in the CD-ROM. A CD-ROM effective period judging section of a personal computer reads the effective periods,... |
| 7016498 |
Encrypting a digital object on a key ID selected therefor |
| Mar-21-2006 |
To encrypt a digital object, a key ID is selected for the digital object, and a function ƒ( ) having an input and an output is selected. The selected key ID is then employed as the input to the function... |
| 7013296 |
Using electronic security value units to control access to a resource |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A network utilizes electronic security value units to prevent unauthorized access to resources in the network. The network includes at least a resource manager and an electronic bank server (e.g., the... |
| 7013078 |
Data processing apparatus, data processing method, data reading apparatus, and recording apparatus |
| Mar-14-2006 |
In a data processing apparatus and method, watermark information embedded in data can be detected even if the data is subjected to various processing. The apparatus includes a processor for processing... |
| 7010720 |
Data reception system capable of replacing recording medium |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A reception apparatus records a content distributed from a content distribution apparatus on a hard disk. Following an instruction from a viewer, the reception apparatus reproduces the content. The reception... |
| 7010697 |
System for dynamically encrypting information for secure internet commerce and providing embedded fulfillment software |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A data distribution system is provided which supplies customers with an executable for requested secured data files to provide the customer with fulfillment software, obviating the need for the customer... |
| 7006995 |
Secure distribution of digital data |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A secure digital data distribution system (100) for preventing unauthorized access to digital data. The system utilizes an identification system module (116) embedded in a digital storage media... |
| 7003799 |
Secure routable file upload/download across the internet |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A system and method are provided for performing file transfers using an HTTP- or HTTPS-based Supplier Transport Gateway to connect Customer and Supplier Repositories located behind their respective firewalls.... |
| 7003675 |
Encrypted content data structure package and generation thereof |
| Feb-21-2006 |
Described herein are one or more implementations that generate and encrypted content data structure package and/or data tree. |
| 7003496 |
Terminal apparatus, information service center, transmitting system, and transmitting method |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A transmitting system is provided in which a data once downloaded in a memory means of a terminal apparatus from an information service center is returned to the information service center while the returned... |
| 6999947 |
License devolution apparatus |
| Feb-14-2006 |
There is provided a license devolution system for devolving the right of using as to contents. The license devolution system makes it possible to copy or distribute contents while contributing to a protection... |
| 6999948 |
Memory card |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A memory card 110 extracts a session key Ks from the data applied onto a data bus BS3 by carrying out a decryption process. An encryption processing unit 1406 encrypts a public encryption... |
| 6996563 |
Communication system, communication method, distribution apparatus, distribution method and terminal apparatus |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A communication system includes a first storage section for storing pieces of content information, a second storage section for also storing pieces of content information, a control section for accessing... |
| 6996544 |
Multiple party content distribution system and method with rights management features |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A multiple party system for distributing content. In one embodiment, four parties are involved in the system: a consumer, a service provider, an authenticator, and a content provider. The distribution... |
| 6993509 |
Method and apparatus for distributing multimedia programs |
| Jan-31-2006 |
Distribution of audio and other multimedia content is accomplished by generating a multimedia session consisting of at least one multimedia program, generating a data session consisting of digital files... |
| 6993508 |
Method and mechanism for vending digital content |
| Jan-31-2006 |
An Internet Box Office (IBO) system and technique vends digital content via a computer network, such as the Internet. The IBO system comprises a viewing system that cooperates with a Digital Rights Management... |
| 6993137 |
Method and system to securely distribute content via a network |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system to distribute encrypted content via a network commences when a content provider generates a set of session keys and encrypts content with the set of session keys. The content provider... |
| 6993131 |
Method and system for managing rights in digital information over a network |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for distributing digital information is disclosed. Preferably, a user acquires a tangible object which contain a code authorizing access to the digital information. The user reads the... |
| 6990584 |
Method of and apparatus for restricting copy of digital information, and apparatus for recording digital information |
| Jan-24-2006 |
An apparatus for restricting a copy of digital information is provided with a detecting device for detecting a first watermark, which is buried in the digital information and comprises a first signal generated... |
| 6990578 |
Method and apparatus for encrypting electronic messages composed using abbreviated address books |
| Jan-24-2006 |
When electronic mail is to be sent by an off-line user to a recipient who holds a digital certificate, the sender's mail program allows the sender to compose the mail, but the mail is placed in plain text... |
| 6989485 |
Electronic music apparatus and program |
| Jan-24-2006 |
There is provided an electronic music apparatus that can make effective use of song data by separately controlling external outputting of the song data according to songs while protecting the rights. When... |
| 6988086 |
Document services management including availability reporting of document distribution services |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system and method of managing document distribution services of a plurality of document distribution providers includes registering the document distribution services, identifying at least one resource... |
