Certicom Corporation

Michael Griffiths-Harvey

Scott Alexander Vanstone

Daniel Richard Brown

Brian Neill

Keelan Smith

Tony Rosati

Anthony J Walters

Walt Davis

Randy Tsang

Daniel R Brown

An authenticated RFID system is provided that uses elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) to reduce the signature size and read/write times when compared to traditional public key implementations such as RSA. Either ECDSA or ECPVS can be used to reduce the signature size and ECPVS can be used to hide a portion of the RFID tag that contains sensitive product identifying information. As a result, smaller tags can be used or multiple signatures can be written at different stages in a manufacturing or supply chain. A key management system is used to distribute the verification keys and aggregate signature schemes are also provided for adding multiple signatures to the RFID tags, for example in a supply chain.

Authenticated radio frequency identification and key distribution system therefor

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Richmond Hill, Canada

Michael Griffiths-Harvey