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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:
Jan. 25, 2000

Filed:

Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yoshihiro Shona, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuya Kawano, Tokyo, JP;

Masaharu Kizaki, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 46 ; 380 49 ;
Abstract

A communication system can maintain high security in communication between a communication apparatus and a terminal. The communication system includes the communication apparatus and the terminal provided with a memory unit for storing data for specifying function of the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus and the terminal include random number generators for generating random numbers, encryption/decryption key preparing units for preparing encryption/decryption keys on the basis of both random numbers and generated by the respective random number generators of the communication apparatus and the terminal and a secret key held in common by the communication apparatus and the terminal, and encryption/decryption processing units for encrypting or decrypting communication data between the communication apparatus and the terminal containing the data by means of the encryption/description key, respectively.


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