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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:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Prakash Panjwani, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Simon Blake-wilson, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Prakash Panjwani, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Simon Blake-Wilson, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Certicom Corp., Mississauga, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of authenticating a pair of correspondents in a communication system, such as in a mobile phone network by utilizing a blend of public-key cryptography and symmetric cryptography. Each session between the mobile phone and the network consists of public-key based mutual authentication and key exchange followed by symmetric-key secure data exchange.