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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. 18, 2005

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2000
Applicants:

David W. Carman, Glenwood, MD (US);

Michael D. Heyman, Columbia, MD (US);

Alan T. Sherman, Columbia, MD (US);

Inventors:

David W. Carman, Glenwood, MD (US);

Michael D. Heyman, Columbia, MD (US);

Alan T. Sherman, Columbia, MD (US);

Assignee:

Networks Associates Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for detecting and correcting errors using an authentication mechanism is described. In particular, a reversible inner function is used in a nested message authentication code configuration to provide both error detection and error correction in high performance applications.


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