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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1996
Jeffrey T Klayman, Mansfield, MA (US);
Louis D Finkelstein, Wheeling, IL (US);
Christopher L Clanton, Forest Park, IL (US);
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The apparatus (101, 110) and method for authentication is provided by generating R and encrypting it using a selected algorithm K as the key in a primary station, encrypting the verification key, V using R as the key and encrypting the result using K as the key, transmitting both pieces of information (VAR1 and VAR3) to the secondary station (110), using K to decrypt VAR1 and VAR3 to obtain R and eventually V which is encrypted using R in the secondary station (110)verifying authenticity of the primary station (101) if the decrypted V matches the secret key portion of V that is stored at the secondary station (110).