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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. 05, 2000
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
David R Whitmire, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713171 ; 713155 ; 713156 ; 713158 ; 380 28 ; 380 30 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, methods and systems consistent with the present invention facilitate the transmission of secure messages across an insecure network. The sender requests a recipient's security software object by, for example, clicking on a button or icon on the recipient's web page. A security software object with encapsulated security information and routing information is transmitted to the sender. The sender composes a message using the security software object. When sender indicates completion, the security software object secures the message according to the security procedure of the object and transmits the secured message to the recipient.