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Method and apparatus for simultaneously encrypting and compressing data

US6154542A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1997
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/30
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for simultaneously encrypting and compressing data identifies an encryption key and uses the encryption key to identify one compression algorithm from a set of compression algorithms. The data is then compressed according to the one compression algorithm.

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