Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Sony Electroinics, Inc.

Nicholas Szeto

Zhengrong Liu

Shinichi Takemura

Hirotoshi Maegawa

Shin Iima

Tomoyuki Ono

David Gaxiola

Vivek Chopra

Yutaka Miyoshi

Yusuf Wilajati Purna

Takemura Shinichi

Systems and methods for mediation of online trading services are provided. Supplemental content related to a content title may be listed in a market or store for content. A client device sends a mediated communication to a trading server; the mediated communication may include mediation data and a request concerning the transfer of supplemental content. A user account associated with the client device is identified and the supplemental content may then be assigned to the user account. A report regarding activity associated with the assignment of the supplemental content may be generated in accordance with mediation data.

Management of online trading services using mediated communications

A trusted platform in a digital processing system is maintained even when modules, or other processes or data, are loaded after a boot sequence. A configuration file is used to include measurements (e.g., hash values, signatures, etc.) of modules to be loaded. After secure boot-up the operating system kernel uses the configuration file to check module integrity prior to loading and executing. If a module does not verify against the configuration file data then the system can prevent further operation, restrict certain operations, indicate the non-trusted nature of the system or take other actions. In one embodiment, if a module does not pass the integrity check then the failed measurement is extended into a specific Platform Configuration Register (PCR) within a Trusted Platform Manager (TPM) process. Subsequently, client applications can determine if the platform is trustable based on the return of the PCR value. A local application (application running in the same platform) can 'seal' secrets to a trusted platform. The operation of the application relies on the secrets, which can only be revealed in a trusted platform.

Establishing a trusted platform in a digital processing system

A method and apparatus for authorizing a file to use stored information for executing a process in a Linux operating system. The file includes an executable linking format, an application authorization data, and other attributes for the application.

System and method for authorizing the use of stored information in an operating system

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Nicholas Szeto