Patent · US Expired

Method of exchanging digital data

US7171559B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1998
Grant dateJan 30, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/56
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Party A encrypts unique first digital data and generates an authentication certificate authenticating that the encrypted first data is an encryption of the first data. Party B verifies the encrypted first data using the authentication certificate. When the encrypted first data is verified by B, A verifies second unique digital data received from B. When the second data is verified by A, B verifies unencrypted first data received from A. When the unencrypted first data is not verified by B, B sends the encrypted first data and the second data to party C. C decrypts the encrypted first data to obtain the decrypted first data, and verifies the decrypted first and the second data. When the decrypted first and the second data are verified, C sends the decrypted first data to B and the second data to A.

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