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Security associations for devices

US7778422B2 · kind B2 · utility

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32Claims
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Filing dateFeb 27, 2004
Grant dateAug 17, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Generating symmetric keys among distributed appliances, includes generating public and private values on at least one appliance, importing a public value from another appliance via an out-of-band entity, and generating a secret value as a function of the private value corresponding to the local appliance and the public value received from the other appliance.

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