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6983486 Method and apparatus for establishing security scanner attributes in a computer system
Jan-3-2006 One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that establishes a list of security scanner attributes for a computing node within a hierarchy of computing nodes. The list of security scanner...
6983375 Method and system to grant indefinite use of software options resident on a device
Jan-3-2006 A system for granting indefinite use of inactivated software options pre-installed on a device is provided. The system includes receiving, at a remote processing facility, a recurrent use request from...
6983302 Document managing control system and computer-readable recording medium to record document managing control program
Jan-3-2006 The present invention aims to register, receive or make reference to the component easily, accurately and at a low cost. The present invention comprises a manufacturer server for storing a component information...
6983278 System and method for access control and for supply chain management via a shared bill of material
Jan-3-2006 A method and computer program product for securely uploading and downloading data from a client to a remote data storage location under control of a remote application program. The data is stored in encrypted...
6983279 Method and system for assisting a data processing system user in browsing a file system
Jan-3-2006 A method and system for assisting a user of a data processing system (101) in browsing a file system (AAA-LLL,aaa-eee) by means of a browsing program (203). A browsing history database (209)...
6983268 Log analyzing method, execution apparatus for the same, and recording medium for recording process program thereof
Jan-3-2006 Even when a user does not know a structure of a computer readable program, a technique capable of analyzing log information is provided. A log analyzing method for analyzing log information outputted when...
6981148 Method for integrating online and offline cryptographic signatures and providing secure revocation
Dec-27-2005 A verification method and system including a verifier which can both interpret policies and determine if they are satisfied, and request and obtain relevant certificates. This new architecture includes...
6981144 System console device authentication in a network environment
Dec-27-2005 A method for providing secure access to console functions of a computer system and authentication of a console device is disclosed. The method comprises first initiating a first EKE sequence to generate...
6981116 System and method for information control block tracking streams for universal disk format file systems
Dec-27-2005 A system and method for providing information control block (ICB) tracking streams for Universal Disk Format (UDF) file systems. The streams assist in tracking the location of the ICBs on the media, and...
6980989 System and method for transaction access control
Dec-27-2005 A computer implemented system controls transaction access of requester applications running on end-user computers having network protocol addresses, to internal applications and their associated transactions...
6980985 Distributed evalulation of directory queries using a topology cache
Dec-27-2005 A technique for performing query evaluation on distributed directories utilizes the creation of a "topology cache" defining the hierarchical relationship between the various directory servers (i.e., identifying...
6976211 Method, system, and computer-program product for providing selective access to certain child nodes of a document object model (DOM)
Dec-13-2005 A unique method, system, and computer-program product for providing selective access to (and selective exclusion from) certain nodes of a DOM tree is disclosed. Each DOM node is provided with a naming...
6976164 Technique for handling subsequent user identification and password requests with identity change within a certificate-based host session
Dec-13-2005 The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product which enables changing user credentials that are used to access legacy host applications and/or systems which provide legacy...
6976031 System and method for automatically generating a narrative report of an event, such as a sporting event
Dec-13-2005 An automatic report generator provides a narrative account of a newsworthy happening such as an sporting event by using templates. The game events are retrieved from storage and various statistics are...
6976023 System and method for managing application specific privileges in a content management system
Dec-13-2005 Access to system and user defined entities (objects, data items, or the like) is managed by a content manager. A privilege grants a user an ability to access system such controlled entities. An item is...
6976009 Method and apparatus for assigning consequential rights to documents and documents having such rights
Dec-13-2005 Through the use of digital rights management, one or more conditional or consequential rights can be associated with a document. The conditional or consequential rights are activated by one or more trigger...
6973671 Secure access to a unified logon-enabled data store
Dec-6-2005 A secure access system provides security for a computer connected to a data store. Initially, an authentication key, a user name, and a computer identifier are received. The authentication key is parsed...
6973577 System and method for dynamically detecting computer viruses through associative behavioral analysis of runtime state
Dec-6-2005 A system and a method for dynamically detecting computer viruses through associative behavioral analysis of runtime state are described. A group of monitored events is defined. Each monitored event includes...
6970934 System and method for connecting to a device on a protected network
Nov-29-2005 A novel system and method for connecting to an entity behind a firewall or proxy enhances network security and eliminates the costs and risks associated with modifying the firewall or proxy. The invention...
6970931 Method for translucent online interaction
Nov-29-2005 The present invention relates to a method for representing users within an online environment. The method allows users to define environmental parameters for controlling user interaction, define user representation...
6970862 Method and system for answering online certificate status protocol (OCSP) requests without certificate revocation lists (CRL)
Nov-29-2005 Methods and systems in accordance with the present invention efficiently validate digital certificates by answering Online Certificate Status Protocol ("OCSP") requests without Certificate Revocation Lists...
6968456 Method and system for providing a tamper-proof storage of an audit trail in a database
Nov-22-2005 A method and system is provided for a tamper-proof storage of one or more records of an audit trail in a database. Since the integrity of the database records may be vulnerable to actions taken by a user...
6968338 Extensible database framework for management of unstructured and semi-structured documents
Nov-22-2005 Method and system for querying a collection of Unstructured or semi-structured documents to identify presence of, and provide context and/or content for, keywords and/or keyphrases. The documents are analyzed...
6963976 Symmetric key authenticated encryption schemes
Nov-8-2005 The present invention provides encryption schemes and apparatus which securely generate a cipher-text which in itself contains checks for assuring message integrity. It also provides compatible decryption...
6963859 Content rendering repository
Nov-8-2005 A rendering system adapted for use in a system for managing use of content and operative to rendering content in accordance with usage rights associated with the content. The system includes a rendering...
6963873 Method and system for automatic association of a signed certificate with a certificate signing request
Nov-8-2005 A method and system for automatically associating a signed certificate with its matching certificate signing request. A data structure includes distinguished name data, or other suitable data, for all...
6963858 Method and apparatus for assigning consequential rights to documents and documents having such rights
Nov-8-2005 A rights management system including one or more consequential rights associated with digital content, and specifying a manner of use of the digital content, a right management module that enforces the...
6959308 Archiving and retrieval method and apparatus
Oct-25-2005 The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for maintaining an organized and automated archiving and retrieval system including a personal bibliography of original documents or other original...
6959290 Method and apparatus for tracking states of digital works
Oct-25-2005 A method and system for controlling use of digital works in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital works. The method includes the steps of receiving a request to use a digital work, and...
6957256 Linking external applications to a network management system
Oct-18-2005 A method and apparatus for linking external information to a network management system are disclosed. A network management system is installed for and executes in association with a managed network. An...
6957229 System and method for managing personal information
Oct-18-2005 A system and method for managing personal information with increased efficiency and flexibility. In one embodiment, the system includes a group website tier made up of a plurality of group website objects,...
6957217 System and method for selectively providing information to a user device
Oct-18-2005 A system and method for selectively providing information to a user device includes an event server that provides restricted access to various types of event content information and services related to...
6957194 Method for printing digital works
Oct-18-2005 A method for providing limited printing of a digital work having one or more rights associated therewith within a system having at least one repository configured to enforce use of the digital work in...
6954220 User context component in environment services patterns
Oct-11-2005 A system and method are provided for maintaining a security profile throughout nested service invocations on a distributed component-based system. Interconnections are provided between distributed components...
6952701 Simultaneous array configuration and store assignment for a data storage system
Oct-4-2005 A technique for designing a data storage system in which a configuration for memory devices and assignments of data stores to the devices are developed. A data structure having a plurality of nodes is...
6952699 Method and system for migrating data while maintaining access to data with use of the same pathname
Oct-4-2005 Data is migrated from an original host storage system to another replacement host storage system. An original host storage system is connected to the replacement host storage system. Data migration occurs...
6952697 Media validation system
Oct-4-2005 A media validation system including a plurality of media storage devices which contain a quantity of content thereon, a user computer processor assembly structured to operatively access a select media...
6952691 Method and system for searching a multi-lingual database
Oct-4-2005 A system and method of searching a database in which documents of different languages are included. The system includes a synonym or keyword dictionary which is bi-directional and allows for translation...
6950825 Fine grained role-based access to system resources
Sep-27-2005 A security policy process which provides role-based permissions for hierarchically organized system resources such as domains, clusters, application servers, and resources, as well as topic structures...
6950820 Maintaining consistency of a global resource in a distributed peer process environment
Sep-27-2005 In a distributed peer-to-peer data processing system, consistency and access to a global resource maintained on one of the nodes is provided through the use of global incarnation numbers, local incarnation...
6950818 System and method for implementing group policy
Sep-27-2005 A method and system for implementing policy by accumulating policies for a policy recipient from policy objects associated with a hierarchically organized structure of containers, such as directory containers...
6950819 Simplified LDAP access control language system
Sep-27-2005 A simplified LDAP access language system provides user-defined attributes that tell the directory system who the user wants to give read or write access to a specific set of his attributes. The read and...
6950697 Electroencephalogram acquisition unit and system
Sep-27-2005 An acquisition unit provided which provides a turn-key interface to the non-expert personnel who attend acutely brain-injured victims, preventing change or modification of the electroencephalogram parameters...
6950523 Secure storage of private keys
Sep-27-2005 To protect a private cryptographic key, two values are derived. The two values together can reconstruct the key. One value is sent to a server and deleted from the local machine. The other value is held...
6947938 Security method and system for storage subsystem
Sep-20-2005 According to the present invention, techniques for performing security functions in computer storage subsystems in order to prevent illegal access by the host computers according to logical unit (LU) identity...
6947921 Method and system for capturing memories of deceased individuals
Sep-20-2005 A method, system, and computer software product for capturing and distributing memories of a deceased individual. An electronic storage memory database is provided having controls for allowing selective...
6944777 System and method for controlling access to resources in a distributed environment
Sep-13-2005 A distributed access controller for controlling access to resources in a multi-domain distributed computing environment. The access controller is configured to receive a request from a user requesting...
6941472 System and method for maintaining security in a distributed computer network
Sep-6-2005 A system and method for maintaining security in a distributed computing environment comprises a policy manager located on a server for managing and distributing a security policy, and an application guard...
6941375 Finding e-service in client-defined, loosely coupled, e-service communities
Sep-6-2005 A method and system are provided for defining a search space of a community in which a client may search for resources. A client providing a resource registers the resource with a core. The core then lists...
6941271 Method for accessing component fields of a patient record by applying access rules determined by the patient
Sep-6-2005 Information about a patient is electronically handled as records. Access rules determined by the patient are stored in a computer. A first group of individual records are provided access under the access...