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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. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Menkhoff, Munich, DE;
Franz-Otto Witte, Emmendigen, DE;
Assignee:
Micronas Intermetall GmbH, Freiburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/28 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for encrypting or decrypting a sequence of successive data words in a data communications device, the method comprising executing an algorithm in which a sequence of quasi-random encryption words is generated from predetermined start values by performing operations in a finite group, and in which a respective one of the encryption words is combined with a respective one of the data words.