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Secret sharing technique with low overhead information content

US8059816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education · US

Inventor

Li Bai · Hefei, CN

Key dates

Filing date	May 3, 2006
Grant date	Nov 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/60
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for sharing a secret comprising the steps of generating a first random matrix, generating a first projection matrix from the first random matrix, and determining a first remainder matrix from the first projection matrix and the first secret matrix. The first secret matrix may be determined using the remainder matrix and a plurality of distributed vector shares.

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