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| 20100037291 | SECURE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT USING A CLIENT HEARTBEAT TO ADDRESS THEFT AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS - Techniques for securing a client. An operating system agent is one or more software modules that execute in an operating system of a client, such as a portable computer. Portions of the operating system agent may monitor resources of the client. The operating system agent sends a message, which describes an operational state of the operating system agent, to a BIOS agent. The BIOS agent is one or more software modules operating in a BIOS of the client. The BIOS agent performs an action based on a policy that is described by policy data stored within the BIOS of the client. The BIOS agent performs the action in response to either (a) the operational state described by the message, or (b) the BIOS agent not receiving the message after an expected period of time. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037312 | SECURE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT TO ADDRESS THEFT AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS - Techniques for securing a client. A BIOS agent stores policy data within a BIOS of the client. The BIOS agent is one or more software modules that execute in the BIOS of the client. The policy data describes one or more policies which the client should follow. When an operating system agent detects that a condition, specified by a particular policy of the one or more policies, has been met, the operating system agent performs one or more actions specified by the particular policy, such as disabling the client, retrieving a file from the client, erasing a file from the client, or encrypting a file on the client. The operating system agent is one or more software modules that execute in the operating system of the client. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037323 | RECEIVING POLICY DATA FROM A SERVER TO ADDRESS THEFT AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OF A CLIENT - Techniques for securing a client. When a client, such as a portable computer, undergoes a change in operational state, an operating system agent sends a state message to a server. The state message describes the change in the operational state of the client. The operating system agent is one or more software modules that execute in an operating system of the client. The client receives a policy message from the server. The policy message contains policy data, which a BIOS agent stores in the BIOS of the client. The policy data identifies one or more security policies which the client should follow. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100050244 | Approaches for Ensuring Data Security - Techniques for protecting resources of a client from theft or unauthorized access. A BIOS agent stores policy data within a BIOS of the client. The BIOS agent is one or more software modules operating in the BIOS of the client. The policy data describes one or more security policies which the client is to follow. In response to the client following at least one of the one or more security policies, a persistent storage medium of the client is locked by instructing a controller of the persistent storage medium to deny, to any entity, access to data stored on the persistent storage medium unless the entity supplies, to the controller, a recognized authentication credential. In this way, a malicious user without access to the recognized authentication credential cannot access the data stored on the persistent storage medium, even if the persistent storage medium is removed from the client. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100120406 | Secure platform management with power savings capacity - An electronic device, for example, a laptop computer includes a processor, a transceiver module, for example, a Bluetooth module and a memory. The memory includes a platform proximity agent, which may be implemented as a series of instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive a Bluetooth signal from a corresponding provisioned Bluetooth device, for example, a cellular telephone. Next, determine whether the received signal exceeds both a strength threshold level and a predetermined time threshold level, where the signal strength and time threshold levels are established when the laptop and a corresponding cell phone are paired during a provisioning process. When the received signal strength and duration both exceed the corresponding policy based thresholds, the laptop enters (or remains in) a full power state with full access to the monitor and the platform. On the other hand, when the received signal strength and duration both fall below (or are less than) the corresponding policy based threshold, the laptop enters (or remains in) a reduced power, or locked state. | 05-13-2010 |
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| 20080233324 | Sheet Structure and Method for Adhesive Image Transfer - The present invention generally relates to a convenient and aesthetically pleasing way to label a wide variety of objects. The invention includes both an adhesive image transfer sheet assembly and a method for labeling a disc using standard computer equipment typically found in a home or office, such as an ink jet printer. One embodiment of the invention relates to an adhesive image transfer sheet assembly having a backing sheet that is coated with an ink-receptive coating. The coating is activatable to a tacky state by the application of light pressure or heat, and/or by wetting the coating with ink jet ink. The assembly may also be pre-cut to a particular shape, so as to correspond to the shape of a disc, for instance. An other embodiment of the invention relates to a method of labeling an object using the adhesive image transfer sheet assembly. After receiving printing, the ink-receptive coating is placed against the upper surface of the disc, and the user lighty rubs the backing sheet. The light rubbing activates the ink-receptive coating to a tacky state, causing the ink-receptive coating to adhere to the disc. The user can then pull away the backing layer, which may be release-coated for easily separating the backing from the ink-receptive coating. An additional water-resistant layer may be provided on the assembly, in between the ink-receptive coating and the backing sheet, to provide a protective layer over the image after the image has been transferred to the disc. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20110123753 | High Opacity Laser Printable Facestock - A multilayer laminate such as a label assembly having high opacity and desirable appearance characteristics is described. The laminate includes a facestock layer, an adhesive layer, and a liner layer. The facestock layer includes a print-receiving top coat layer that includes a combination of titanium dioxide and one or more optical brighteners. The combination of these materials avoids build up of static charges upon laser printing on the facestock. | 05-26-2011 |
