[July 11, 2012] Nuance Communications Assigned Patent Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 11 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,219,811) developed by Brian Roundtree, Kirkland, Wash., for a "secure software execution such as for use with a cell phone or mobile device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for securely executing software or securely loading data generates a secret value at a destination device based on a value transmitted to the destination device, which is algorithmically combined with a secure value stored at the destination device. The destination device, such as a cell phone, remotely accesses an entity or otherwise receives the software or data, where the software or data is encrypted or digitally signed based on the secret value. The cell phone then selectively employs the software or data." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2005 (11/575,058). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,219,811.PN.&OS=PN/8,219,811&RS=PN/8,219,811 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. KS0711AK0711-758751 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]