Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080307222 | Verifying authenticity of webpages - A certificate registry system is configured to issue authentication certificates issued to each one of a plurality of information providers and to maintain a root certificate corresponding to all of the authentication certificates. Each one of the authentication certificates links respective authentication information thereof to identification information of a corresponding one of the information providers. Each one of the authentication certificates is devoid of linkage between the corresponding one of the information providers and domain name information thereof. The authentication certificates of the certificate registry are associated in a manner at least partially dependent upon at least one of a particular type of information that the information providers provide, a particular organization that the information providers are associated with, a particular type profession in which the information providers are engaged and a particular geographical region in which the information providers are located. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307226 | Verifying authenticity of e-mail messages - A certificate registry system configured to issue authentication certificates to each one of a plurality of information providers and to maintain a root certificate corresponding to all of the authentication certificates, wherein each one of the authentication certificates links respective authentication information thereof to identification information of a corresponding one of the information providers, wherein each one of the authentication certificates is devoid of linkage between the corresponding one of the information providers and e-mail address information thereof, and wherein the authentication certificates of the certificate registry are associated in a manner at least partially dependent upon at least one of a particular type of information that the information providers provide, a particular organization that the information providers are associated with, a particular type profession in which the information providers are engaged and a particular geographical region in which the information providers are located. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307513 | Verifying authenticity of instant messaging messages - A certificate registry system is configured to issue authentication certificates to each one of a plurality of information providers and to maintain a root certificate corresponding to all of the authentication certificates. Each one of the authentication certificates links respective authentication information thereof to identification information of a corresponding one of the information providers. Each one of the authentication certificates includes a respective Instant Messaging (IM) screen name information of the information provider. The authentication certificates of the certificate registry are associated in a manner at least partially dependent upon at least one of a particular type of information that the information providers provide, a particular organization that the information providers are associated with, a particular type profession in which the information providers are engaged and a particular geographical region in which the information providers are located. | 12-11-2008 |
20090025062 | Verifying authenticity of conference call invitees - A conference call server comprises a collection of computer-executable instructions for facilitating conference call authentication functionality. Computer-executable instructions are provided for authenticating a plurality of invitees to a conference call session during the conference call session. Authenticating the plurality of conference call invitees includes cryptographically verifying an identity of each one of the conference call invitees using information associated with a respective authentication certificate. Computer-executable instructions are provided for outputting identification information contained in the authentication certificate of each one of the conference call invitees in response to successful authentication thereof. The identification information is outputted to at least one of the conference call invitees. | 01-22-2009 |
20090025075 | On-demand authentication of call session party information during a telephone call - A method comprises a plurality of operations. An operation is performed for requesting authentication of a target call session party during a call session between the target party and a call session party requesting said authentication. An operation is performed for receiving authentication information of the target call session party during the call session in response to requesting said authentication. An operation is performed for facilitating authentication of said authentication information during the call session in response to receiving said authentication information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090037973 | Policy-enabled aggregation of IM User communities - A method of automatically aggregating an online user community, and graphical user interface for same, the method including one or more of the following: a user creating the online community; the user defining an aggregation policy for the online user community; a service provider retrieving the aggregation policy; the service provider applying the aggregation policy to an other user; determining whether the other user fits the aggregation policy; adding the other user to the online user community; the user defining an anti-aggregation policy; the service provider retrieving the anti-aggregation policy; determining whether the other user fits the anti-aggregation policy; and removing the other user from the online user community when the other user fits the anti-aggregation policy. | 02-05-2009 |
20090046839 | Verifying authenticity of called party in telephony networks - A method comprising a plurality of operations. An operation is provided for receiving an authentication certificate of a called party. Telephony apparatus of a party calling the called party performs receiving the authentication certificate. An operation is provided for facilitating authentication of the authentication certificate and called party identification information thereof in response to receiving the authentication certificate. An operation is provided for providing an authentication notification in response to facilitating the authentication of the authentication certificate and the called party identification information. The authentication notification indicates successful authentication in response to the authentication being successful and wherein the authentication notification indicates non-successful authentication in response to the authentication not being successful. | 02-19-2009 |
20090222663 | System and Method for Authenticating the Identity of a Remote Fax Machine - A system and method of authenticating the identity of a remote fax machine during a faxing operation is provided. An X.509-type Certificate received from the remote fax machine is validated to affirm it can be properly associated with the remote machine. The Certificate's public key is used to verify the remote fax machine has the corresponding private key. A Certificate's Common Name then compared to an Expected Name to authenticate the identity of the remote fax machine prior to sending a fax to prevent an unwanted misdirection of faxed information and to screen incoming faxes for unwanted spam. | 09-03-2009 |
20100054433 | Verifying authenticity of voice mail participants in telephony networks - A method includes receiving an authentication certificate of a voice mail account holder and/or an authentication certificate of a caller wanting to leave a voice mail message the holders' voice mail account. A voice mail apparatus that provides voice mail service for the voice mail account holder performs such receiving. The account holder and/or the caller are authenticated after receiving the authentication certificate of the party being authenticated. Authenticating the account holder and/or the caller is performed using authentication information contained within the respective certificate. After such authentication is successfully performed, a voice mail message record can be created in the account of the account holder. Such creating includes allowing the caller to store the message in the account of the account holder in addition to associating authenticated identification information of the caller with the message and/or providing authenticated identification of the account holder to the caller. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058479 | Method and system for combating malware with keystroke logging functionality - A method is carried out by a computer system for combating malicious keystroke-logging activities thereon. An operation is performed for generating a plurality of fake keystroke datasets that are each configured to resemble a keystroke dataset generated by keystrokes made on an input device of the computer system while entering sensitive information of a prescribed configuration. An operation is performed for receiving an instance of the sensitive information instance of the prescribed configuration concurrently with generating the fake keystroke datasets. Receiving the sensitive information instance includes a user of the computer system entering the sensitive information instance by performing keystrokes on the input device of the computer system such that a real keystroke dataset corresponding to the sensitive information instance is generated. An operation is performed for embedding the real keystroke dataset within at least a portion of the fake keystroke datasets after receiving the sensitive information instance. | 03-04-2010 |
20100070761 | RELIABLE AUTHENTICATION OF MESSAGE SENDER'S IDENTITY - A method is provided in a telecommunications network for authenticating a sender ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100070771 | AUTHENTICATION OF ACCESS POINTS IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method is provided for authenticating an identity of an operator ( | 03-18-2010 |
20110258700 | VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF INSTANT MESSAGING MESSAGES - A method comprises performing verification of an IM message sent using a specified Instant Messaging (IM) screen name and received by an information recipient after successful verification of authenticity of an authentication certificate received by the information recipient from the specified IM screen name. Verifying the IM message includes successfully verifying authenticity of the IM message using authentication information contained in the received authentication certificate. The IM message includes an encoded checksum for designated parts of the IM message. Performing verification of the IM message includes verifying authenticity of the encoded checksum. | 10-20-2011 |
20140068261 | Methods And Apparatus For Use In Sharing Credentials Amongst A Plurality Of Mobile Communication Devices - Techniques for use in sharing a plurality of credential objects of a user account amongst a plurality of mobile devices operative in a wireless network are described. In one illustrative example, a network infrastructure (e.g. a cloud) stores a plurality of encrypted credential objects in association with the user account. Each encrypted credential object is encrypted with a credential key. The network infrastructure also stores a plurality of encrypted forms of the credential key in association with the user account. Each encrypted form of the credential key is encrypted with a respective one of a plurality of device keys. Each device key is stored at respective one of the mobile devices. The network infrastructure provides, to the mobile devices, access to the encrypted credential key and the encrypted credential objects. | 03-06-2014 |