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Method and apparatus for providing anonymous data transfer in a communication system

US5729537A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 14, 1996
Grant dateMar 17, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY04S40/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, and associated apparatus, of providing a communication station with anonymous access to a communication network to communicate data therein. Access is provided to the communication station only after authenticating that the communication station is authorized to communicate in the network, but access is provided without individually identifying the communication station to the network with a permanent identifier unique to the communication station.

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