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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Atticus N Tysen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gursharan Sidhu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
C Victor Chang, Fremont, CA (US);
Pablo Calamera, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 25 ;
Abstract
A digitally signed message, protected with a chain of certificates from the sender's immediate certifier up through an ultimate certifier, is transmitted to a recipient together with the entire certificate chain. The entire certificate chain is stored in a single signer file accessible by the sender. Drag-and-drop gestures of a graphical user interface are used by the sender to sign and certify the message, and an icon is provided on the recipient's display to initiate verification.