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How to sign digital streams

US6311271A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 20, 1999
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A method of signing digital streams so that a receiver of the stream can authenticate and consume the stream at the same rate which the stream is being sent to the receiver. More specifically, this invention involves computing and verifying a single digital signature on at least a portion of the stream. The properties of this single signature will propagate to the rest of the stream through ancillary information embedded in the rest of the stream.

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