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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elizabeth Bernobich, New Haven, CT (US);
Richard W Heiden, Huntington, CT (US);
Robert W Sisson, Shelton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04L / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 21 ; 380 49 ; 380 50 ; 380 51 ; 380 54 ; 380 30 ; 380 55 ; 380 59 ;
Abstract
This invention is a system for producing and distributing new decryption keys to verifiers. Verifier decryption key updates are printed in a secure manner on paper or postcards and mailed to the owners of the verifiers. The paper or postcards containing the verifier decryption key is scanned into the verifier and the verifier's key file is updated.