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Empire IP LLC

Alan Earl Swahn

A computerized process is described for improving a computer's digital signing capabilities that results in digital signatures that are substantially more secure with enhanced proof of data integrity, signatory authentication, and signatory non-repudiation without modification to underlying signature algorithms. The process utilizes computing resources, plaintext to be signed, and eight asymmetric cryptography digital signature algorithms each utilizing a specified hash algorithm and different private key from a public-private key pair. A novel mechanism is described that copies bit values from common bit positions of plaintext bytes into eight partitions. Each partition of bytes is independently signed using a signature algorithm and the resulting partitions of signed bytes are combined to form a digital signature. As the digital signature verification requires eight signature algorithms each utilizing a specified hash algorithm and a public key from the public-private key pair used for signing, such digital signature is significantly improved over signing with a single signature algorithm utilizing a hash algorithm and key.

Digital signature enhancement

A computerized process is described for improving a computer's asymmetric and symmetric encryption capabilities that results in ciphertext with higher data confidentiality, substantially greater security level, and increased data protection without encrypting any data bit more than one time. The process utilizes computing resources, eight asymmetric/symmetric encryption ciphers, eight different asymmetric/symmetric encryption keys; cipher parameters for each said cipher; and plaintext to be encrypted. A novel mechanism is described that copies bit values from common bit positions of plaintext bytes into eight partitions. Each partition of bytes is independently encrypted using a cipher with its own key and the resulting partitions of encrypted bytes are combined to form ciphertext. As the ciphertext requires eight ciphers and keys for decryption, the ciphertext security level is significantly enhanced over single cipher and key encryption. This process is reversed to decrypt ciphertext to plaintext.

General encryption enhancement

A computerized process is described for transferring content from a first entity to a second entity including first transferring separately and via a database entity for each content: a content identifier, content rights, a content encryption key, a content initialization vector, a content encryption count, and a first entity identifier. Included with the transferred content is a transfer identifier, which is encrypted. After transferred content is received by the second entity, the transfer identifier is used to retrieve the content rights, content encryption key, content encryption initialization vector, content encryption count, and first entity identifier from the database entity. After receiving the content, both actions taken on the content and disposition of the content at the second entity are controlled according to the content rights by the first entity and the status of the content is reported to the first entity via a database entity.

Rights controlled communication

A computerized method for operating a zoom function in a web browser is described. The method uses a user's computer to access a network; operate a web browser; and control the operation of a method for performing a zoom function within the web browser. The zoom function presents to the user an icon which directly controls the zoom function for a webpage displayed in an active window. The zoom icon indicates a current zoom factor and where a single selection of the zoom icon directly causes the web browser to perform several actions. The actions include changing the current zoom factor for the webpage displayed in the active window and updating the zoom icon to indicate the zoom factor. Changing the zoom factor enlarges a viewed area or makes it smaller, thereby improving the rendering of information that may be too small or too large to be useful.

Systems and methods for providing an internet browser zoom and group bookmark functions

Methods are described to preload and display a plurality of webpages from a hyperlink list either previously saved or returned by one or more search engines, where said webpages are displayed in a web browser. The web browser has been augmented to display multiple webpages simultaneously and to allow changing the number of webpages displayed and their physical arrangement within the web browser display. Hyperlinks associated with any portion of this plurality of webpages can be saved as a list of hyperlinks (group bookmark) for later retrieval. Preloading may be dynamically altered to take advantage of network bandwidth availability and processor non-saturation. Descendant webpages of preloaded webpages may also be preloaded to further speed performance. The zoom factor for a displayed webpage may be altered by clicking on a zoom icon or alternately rotating a mouse wheel while the cursor is held over the zoom icon.

Internet browser zoom function

Methods are described to preload a plurality of webpages from a hyperlink list either previously saved or returned by one or more search engines, where said webpages are displayed on demand in a web browser. The web browser has been augmented to display multiple webpages simultaneously and to allow changing the number of webpages displayed. Any displayed portion of this plurality of webpages can be captured to a standard graphics format for later use. The viewing magnification factor can be changed for this plurality of webpages both globally for preloaded webpages not displayed and selectively for displayed webpages. The hyperlinks associated with any portion of this plurality of webpages can be saved as a list of hyperlinks (group bookmark) for later retrieval. A queue of favorite webpages can be dynamically created from this plurality of webpages by selecting one or more webpages and having the associated hyperlinks to said selected webpages appended to a queue of hyperlinks which is available for preloading, display, or saved as a group bookmark.

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Alan Earl Swahn