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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:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald T Dolan, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Dale A French, Clinton, CT (US);
Kathryn V Lawton, Branford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
705410 ; 34082534 ;
Abstract
A method for authorizing performance of a function in a distributed system having first and second subsystems in communication with each other includes the steps of separately generating a mutual session key within the first and second subsystems; utilizing the mutual session key generated in each of the first and second subsystems for authenticating the first subsystem; and authorizing performance of the function only upon completion of the authenticating of the first subsystem. An apparatus performs the inventive method.