| 47th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
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| 20120297473 | CERTIFICATE VALIDATION AND CHANNEL BINDING - A constrained network entity may determine, via an authentication procedure with a core network entity, the trustworthiness of an endpoint attempting to establish a secure channel with the constrained network entity. The constrained network entity may receive a certificate from the endpoint attempting to establish the secure channel and the constrained network entity may send the certificate asserted by the endpoint to a core network entity for validation. The core network entity may receive the certificate during a key exchange with the constrained network entity and the core network entity may indicate to the constrained network entity the validity of the certificate. The constrained network entity may determine whether to establish the secure channel with the endpoint based on the validity of the certificate. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297474 | RELAY NODE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a relay node authentication method, apparatus, and system. The method provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: sending, by a relay node, an authentication request message to a peer node, where the authentication request message includes a certificate of the relay node, so that the peer node authenticates the relay node according to the certificate of the relay node, where the peer node is a network side node or a security gateway in a security domain where the network side node is located; and receiving, by the relay node, an authentication response message sent by the peer node, where the authentication response message includes a certificate of the peer node, and authenticating the peer node according to the certificate of the peer node. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297475 | METHODS, NETWORK SERVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR RECOMMENDING SECURITY POLICIES TO FIREWALLS - Recommending a security policy to a firewall, includes receiving a request from a firewall for a recommendation as to whether the firewall should allow or block a detected present communication for which the firewall does not have an existing security policy. Information about past blocked and allowed communications at other firewalls on a network is searched to identify past communications that are similar to the present communication. The identified past communications are assigned a respective positive or negative vote. A positive vote indicates a past communication was allowed and a negative vote indicates a past communication was not allowed. A positive recommendation is sent to the requesting firewall to allow the present communication if the positive votes outnumber the negative votes, and a negative recommendation is sent to the requesting firewall to block the present communication if the negative votes outnumber the positive votes. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297476 | Verifying Transactions Using Out-of-Band Devices - The present disclosure relates to verifying transactions using user devices. A client device used to complete a transaction with a server computer. The client device communicates with a user device such as a smart phone, laptop computer, or other computing device. The user device communicates with the client device and a verification server via the out-of-band communication channel. The verification server receives two or more copies of session data associated with the transaction occurring between the client device and the server computer. One copy of the session data is received from the server computer and another copy of the session data is provided by the user device. The two copies of the session data are compared by the verification server or by the user device, and mismatches are reported as suspected malicious software attacks. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297477 | DETECTION OF ACCOUNT HIJACKING IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - To protect a user of a social network, the user's activity is monitored during a baseline monitoring period to determine a baseline activity record. If subsequently monitored activity of the user deviates sufficiently from the baseline activity record to indicate abuse (hijacking) of the user's account, the abuse is mitigated, for example by notifying the user of the abuse. Monitored activity includes posting links, updating statuses, sending messages, and changing a profile. Monitoring also includes logging times of the user activity. Monitoring anomalous profile changes does not need a baseline. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING DNS CACHE POISONING - A method for preventing the poisoning of at least one DNS cache ( | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297479 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING AN APPLICATION - A method for executing an application (A) which includes executable native or interpretable code and calls functions of an operating system (BS), whereby the operating system (BS) transmits a result of the respective function call (f | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297480 | Application revocation - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided apparatus, including: at least one processor; and at least one memory including executable instructions, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving an application revocation request; confirming whether initiating an application revocation process is allowed; generating application revocation data once initiating the application revocation process has been allowed; storing the generated application revocation data to a reputation service network; and provide one or more revocation clients the generated application revocation data from the reputation service network in order to enable the one or more revocation clients revoking the application. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297481 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION - Systems, methods, and apparatus for network intrusion detection are provided. A device configured to facilitate intrusion detection may include at least one memory and at least one processor. The at least one memory may be configured to store an application that facilitates inspection of communications received by or transmitted by the device. The at least one processor may be configured to access the at least one memory and execute the application to (i) identify a device type associated with the device; (ii) determine, based at least in part upon the identified device type, a list of acceptable content; (iii) analyze, based at least in part upon the determined list, the content of a communication associated with the device; and (iv) determine, based at least in part upon the analysis, whether the content is acceptable content. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297482 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION - Systems, methods, and apparatus for network intrusion detection are provided. A device configured to facilitate network intrusion detection may include at least one memory and at least one processor. The at least one memory may be configured to store computer-executable instructions. The at least one processor may be configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to (i) identify a communication, the communication comprising one of (a) a communication received by the device or (b) a communication generated by the device; (ii) identify a type associated with the communication; (iii) determine, based at least in part upon the identified type, a list of acceptable content for the communication; (iv) analyze, based at least in part upon the determined list, the content of the communication; and (v) determine, based at least in part upon the analysis, whether the content is acceptable content. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297483 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION BASED ON MONITORING NETWORK TRAFFIC - Systems, methods, and apparatus for network intrusion detection are provided. A device may include at least one memory and at least one processor. The at least one memory may be configured to store computer-executable instructions that facilitate traffic inspection of communications received by the device. The at least one processor may be configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to (i) identify a communications interface associated with at least one received communication; (ii) determine one or more network traffic parameters associated with a network traffic profile for the communications interface; (iii) evaluate, based at least in part upon the one or more network traffic parameters, the at least one communication received by the device; and (iv) determine, based at least in part upon the evaluation, whether the at least one communication satisfies the traffic profile. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297484 | DETECTING A COMPROMISED ONLINE USER ACCOUNT - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for detecting and/or mitigating a potentially compromised online user account. One or more baselines can be established for a user's online account to determine a normal usage pattern for the account by the user (e.g., frequency of incoming/outgoing emails, text messages, etc.). The online user account can be periodically or continually monitored for use of the same resources used to determine the baseline(s). If a deviation from the baseline is detected, the deviation may be compared against a threshold to determine whether the deviation indicates that the account may be compromised. When an indication of a potentially compromised account is detected, the user can be notified of the indication, so that one or more actions can be taken to mitigate the potentially compromised account. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - To improve the responsiveness of a system call process without compromising safety, an information processing device according to the present invention includes: an application identification unit configured to identify a program being executed in the information processing device, by acquiring the application identifier; a caller identification unit configured to identify a caller indicating a portion of the program from which a program code is called when the identified program calls the program code; a checked-application management unit configured to manage a check result which is information including a result of previous check for safety of executing the identified program; and an attack check determination unit configured to determine, based on the identified caller and the check result, whether a check if the identified program is under attack is to be made. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297486 | Look ahead malware scanning - According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of scanning for malware during execution of an application on a computer system. The method includes detecting accesses by the application to files within a common directory, using the detected accesses to identify one or more groups of files within said common directory that the application may subsequently want to access, and scanning said one or more groups of files for malware prior to the application attempting to access files of the group or groups. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297487 | DISTRIBUTING UPDATE INFORMATION BASED ON VALIDATED LICENSE INFORMATION - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to distributing updated execution information to a cluster of nodes. Licensing information about whether the nodes are licensed to receive the updated execution information is generated. The licensing information is validated. The validated licensing information is used to distribute the updated execution information to the nodes. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297488 | Discovering Malicious Input Files and Performing Automatic and Distributed Remediation - The subject disclosure is directed towards detecting malware or possible malware in an input file by allowing the input file to be opened, and by monitoring for one or more behaviors corresponding to the open file that likely indicate malware. Only certain executable files and/or file types opened thereby may be monitored, with various collected event data used for antimalware purposes when improper behavior is observed. Example behaviors include writing of a file to storage, generation of network traffic, injection of a process, running of script, and/or writing system registry data. Telemetry data and/or a sample of the file may be sent to an antimalware service, and malware remediation may be performed. Data (e.g., the collected events) may be distributed to other nodes for use in antimalware detection, e.g., to block execution of a similar file. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297489 | COMPUTER NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION - A method and system of identifying an attacker device attempting an intrusion into a network. At least one managed device of the network detects an incoming TCP/IP connection by the attacker device to the network. It is determined that the incoming TCP/IP connection is a Net BIOS connection that has created an invalid logon by the attacker device, linking the invalid logon with the NetBIOS TCP/IP connection, retrieving event log information from a security event log of the network, and determining (i) that a userid of the invalid logon is a local userid defined on a local device, (ii) that the userid of the invalid logon is a userid in a list of userids used by viruses, or (iii) that the userid of the invalid logon is neither the local userid nor is in the list of userids. The retrieved event log information is stored in a central violation database. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297490 | MEDIA CONTENT DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Media content is provided using metric-apportioning. In accordance with one or more embodiments, remote-user interface circuits are authenticated and remote access is provided to different sets of media content via the interface. For each authenticated interface and a time-based period during which the interface accesses the media content, time-stamped usage data that characterizes use of the media content at the interface is communicated therewith. A usage metric characterizing usage of the media content is apportioned based upon the time-stamped usage data and stored weighting factor data for the media content. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297491 | NETWORK SECURITY SMART LOAD BALANCING - A system and method for protecting data communications in a system including a toad-balancer connected to a cluster of security network components, e.g. firewall node. The load-balancer transfers one or more of the data streams respectively to the security components. The security network components transmit control information to the load-balancer and the control information includes an instruction regarding balancing load of the data streams between said components; The load-balancer balances load based on the control information. Preferably, network address translation (NAT) is performed by the load-balancer based on the control information or NAT is performed by the security network component and the control information includes information regarding an expected connection based on NAT. Preferably, when the data communications includes an encrypted session, an encrypted connection of the encrypted session is identified based on the control information and the balancing of the load maintains stickiness of said encrypted connection. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTEGRATING MODULES FOR EXECUTION ON A COMPUTING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING DURING RUNTIME AN ABILITY OF A FIRST MODULE TO ACCESS A SERVICE PROVIDED BY A SECOND MODULE - A system for integrating modules of computer code may include a sandbox validator for receiving a first module and verifying that the first module complies with one or more sandbox constraints. A computing device may execute the first module within a runtime environment. A module integrator may operate within the runtime environment for receiving a request from the first module to access a service provided by a second module and only allowing the first module to access the service when the first module is authorized to access the service according to a service authorization table. The sandbox validator may ensure the first module correctly identifies itself when requesting a service provide by another module and that the first module includes runtime policing functions for non-deterministic operations. A service authorizer may generate an authorization policy for the first module, which is sent to the computing device along with the first module. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297493 | Gene Therapy Using Transposon-Based Vectors - Methods and compositions are presented for the administration of transposon-based vectors to an animal or human to provide gene therapy to the animal or human. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297494 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF BLACK HEMOPHILIAC PATIENTS - It has been determined that most mutations in factor VIII occur in multiple haplotypes, not primarily in one haplo-type. The frequencies of mild, moderate, and severe hemophilia did not differ significantly according to the background haplo-type. The odds of having inhibitor were significantly higher among patients in the H3+H4 haplotype groups as compared to H1+H2 haplotype groups. This association appears to be independent of the mutation. The results indicate that white hemophiliacs should be treated with Kogenate®. However, it would clearly be of benefit to assess the haplotype of black hemophiliacs prior to prescribing the recombinant FVIII to be used for treatment. It is not essential to determine the actual mutations responsible for the hemophilia prior to prescribing the recombinant FVIII. Also described are transgenic human FVIII animal models. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297495 | ZINC-FINGER NUCLEASE AND RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATED INACTIVATION OF VIRAL GENOMES - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for targeted inactivation of viral genomes. In one embodiment, zinc-finger proteins in which DNA binding sites are altered such that they recognize and bind different, desired DNA sequences contained in hepatitis B virus (HBV) and that include nuclease domains are used for inactivation. Other embodiments for targeted inactivation of viral genomes use small nucleic acid molecules, such as short micro-RNA molecules or short hairpin RNA molecules capable of mediating RNA interference (RNAi) against the hepatitis B virus. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297496 | LETTUCE LINE RX 06460500 - The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated RX 06460500. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line RX 06460500, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line RX 06460500 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line RX 06460500, including the gametes of such plants. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297497 | INBRED CORN LINE ML8 - An inbred corn line, designated ML8, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line ML8, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line ML8 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line ML8 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line ML8. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297498 | COTTON VARIETY ST 4145LLB2 - The cotton variety ST 4145LLB2 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 4145LLB2 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 4145LLB2 and to plants of ST 4145LLB2 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 4145LLB2. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297499 | COTTON VARIETY FM 2989GLB2 - The cotton variety FM 2989GLB2 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 2989GLB2 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 2989GLB2 and to plants of FM 2989GLB2 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 2989GLB2. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297500 | PRECISE BREEDING - LOW ACRYLAMIDE FOODS - The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297501 | PLANTS RESISTANT TO INSECT PESTS - The present invention relates to genetic control of infestation by insect pest species, particularly prevention and/or control of pest infestation of plants, using interfering ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules. The invention provides transgenic plants that (i) express or are capable of expressing interfering RNAs of the invention and (ii) are resistant to infestation by insect pest species. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297502 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING PLANT TOLERANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS - Provided are DNA sequences encoding a novel type of AP2 domain-containing transcription factor as well as methods for obtaining similar sequences. Also described are methods for obtaining plants with improved growth and enhanced stress tolerance, particularly tolerance to osmotic and dehydration stress, such methods comprising expression of such DNA sequences in a plant or parts thereof. Further described are diagnostic compositions comprising the aforementioned DNA sequences and the use of such sequences in plant breeding and/or agriculture. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297503 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297504 | ISOLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR INCREASING PLANT YIELD, BIOMASS, GROWTH RATE, VIGOR, OIL CONTENT, ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE OF PLANTS AND NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY - Provided are isolated polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 799, 488-798, 800-813, 4852-5453, 5460, 5461, 5484, 5486-5550, 5553, and 5558-8091; and isolated polynucleotide comprising nucleic acid sequences at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 460, 1-459, 461-487, 814-1598, 1600-1603, 1605-1626, 1632-1642, 1645-4850 or 4851. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs comprising same, isolated polypeptides encoded thereby, transgenic cells and transgenic plants comprising same and methods of using same for increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant. Also provided are isolated polynucleotides comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth by SEQ ID NO:8096, wherein the isolated polynucleotide is capable of regulating expression of at least one polynucleotide sequence operably linked thereto. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297505 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS HAVING INCREASED BIOMASS - Methods and materials for modulating biomass levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased biomass levels and plant products produced from plants having increased biomass levels. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297506 | NOVEL METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS - Mesocotyl meristem explants that contain multiple primary meristems are transformed via particle bombardment or | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297507 | METHOD - A method for producing leafy biomass from undifferentiated plant cells, the method comprising providing undifferentiated plant cells, contacting them with an agent that promotes differentiation of the cells into leafy tissue and growing the cells in a temporary liquid immersion culture system. This method of the invention may be used to produce polypeptides, and natural medicinal products, and can be used to capture carbon dioxide. A method of producing a polypeptide in plant cells in vitro comprising: providing undifferentiated plant cells containing chloroplasts that carry a transgenic nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide, wherein the plant cells display homoplastomy; and propagating the cells according to the above method to produce leafy biomass containing the polypeptide. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297508 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SILENCING GENE FAMILIES USING ARTIFICIAL MICRORNAS - Methods and compositions are provided which allow for a single microRNA (miRNA) to reduce the level of expression of at least two members of the same protein and/or gene family. Such methods and compositions employ miRNA expression constructs having a structure such that the most abundant form of miRNA produced from the construct is a 22-nucleotide miRNA. The 22-nucleotide miRNA produced from the miRNA expression construct thereby reduces the level of expression of not only the target sequence for the miRNA, but also reduces the level of expression of at least one additional sequence from the same protein and/or gene family as the target sequence. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297509 | MASSIVELY PARALLEL LITHOGRAPHY WITH TWO-DIMENSIONAL PEN ARRAYS - Massive parallel printing of structures and nanostructures at high speed with high resolution and high quality using two dimensional arrays comprising cantilevers and tip-based transfer of material to a surface. The array is designed so only tips touch the surface. This can be accomplished by long tips and bent cantilevers and alignment. An article comprising: a two-dimensional array of a plurality of cantilevers, wherein the array comprises a plurality of base rows, each base row comprising a plurality of cantilevers, wherein each of the cantilevers comprise tips at the cantilever end away from the base, wherein the number of cantilevers is greater than 250, and wherein the tips have an apex height relative to the cantilever of at least four microns, and a support for the array. Combinatorial arrays and bioarrays can be prepared. The arrays can be manufactured by micromachining methods. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297510 | Cleaning Station for Atomic Force Microscope - A cleaning station for thoroughly cleaning the AFM component surfaces that are exposed to fluid during imaging of a sample supported in a fluid medium is disclosed. The cleaning station is designed to selectively expose the AFM component surfaces to cleansing agents, such as soap/detergent and water, plasma cleaning, etc., and cleaning tools, such as brushes, while protecting fluid sensitive components from exposure to the cleansing agents. The preferred embodiments are particularly beneficial for scanners in which the fluid sensitive components (actuator, sensor, connector, etc.) are integrated in the same device to which the cantilever holder is attached. | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297511 | Grape plant named 'A-1710' - Description and specifications of a new and distinct grapevine cultivar which originated from a hand-pollinated cross of Moored (non-patented)×NY | 2012-11-22 |
| 20120297512 | Hop plant named 'HBC 369' - A new hop plant named ‘HBC 369’ is disclosed. The cones of ‘HBC 369’ mature in mid September, and yield a crop of 1600 to 2000 pounds per acre. ‘HBC 369’ is used for its unique aromatic quality, resistance to powdery mildew, high alpha acid content and exceptional yield. | 2012-11-22 |
