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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:
Jun. 13, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2003
Applicant:

W. Dale Hopkins, Georgetown, KY (US);

Inventor:

W. Dale Hopkins, Georgetown, KY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A technique for on-line Personal Identification Number (PIN) verification uses polynomial hiding. The technique comprises enrolling a smart card, including initializing a smart card with an entity-selected PIN hidden in a polynomial over a finite field. The initialization polynomial is a function of the PIN, an entity-identifier, and a random number. The random number and the PIN are discarded after smart card initialization.


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