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State-varying hybrid stream cipher

US7103181B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 2001
Grant dateSep 5, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/605
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a state-varying hybrid stream cipher operating within a computing device. The state-varying hybrid stream cipher comprises at least two software routines. A first routine is responsible for dividing incoming plain text into variable-sized blocks. A second software routine is for converting the plain text into cipher text based on an encryption key, an internal identifier and perhaps a percentage of random data value.

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