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Distributed cryptographic object method

Patent 5369702 Issued on November 29, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject October 18, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 138857 filed on 10/18/1993

US Classes:

713/166, Security levels340/5.26, Code rotating or scrambling380/28, PARTICULAR ALGORITHMIC FUNCTION ENCODING713/167Object protection

Examiners

Primary: Gregory, Bernarr E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

H04L 009/00

Abstract

A system for increasing the security of a computer system, while giving an individual user a large amount of flexibility and power. To give users the most power and flexibility, a standard object that has the capability to embed objects is used. To allow users even more flexibility, a standard object tracking mechanism is used that allows users to distribute multiple encrypted embedded objects to other individuals in a single encrypted object. By effecting compartmentalization of every object by label attributes and algorithm attributes, multi-level multimedia security is achieved.

Other References

  • Massey, "An Introduction to Contemporary Cryptology," Proceeding of the IEEE, May 1988, pp. 533-549
  • Schneier, "Untangling Public-Key Cryptography," Dr. Dobb's Journal, May 1992, pp. 16-2
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