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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rinkesh I. Bansal, Pune, IN;

Sanjay B. Panchal, Mumbai, IN;

Chintan Thaker, Pune, IN;

Vinod A. Valecha, Pune, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04L 9/3231 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01); H04L 2209/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Utilizing multimedia content in a digital signature to facilitate authentication. A message requester public key is received from a message requester. A digital certificate is generated containing the message requester public key. Multimedia content identifying the message requester is retrieved. Multimedia content is inserted into the digital certificate. A message digest is generated from the digital certificate including the multimedia content. The message digest and included multimedia content is encrypted with a certificate authority private key to generate a digital signature. A certificate authority public key is retrieved. The digital certificate including the digital signature and certificate authority public key is transmitted to a message owner.


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