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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:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Dirk Balfanz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Diana K. Smetters, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul S. Stewart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel C. Swinehart, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dirk Balfanz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Diana K. Smetters, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul S. Stewart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel C. Swinehart, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Authentication information is generated for a group where members within a group are able to communicate with each other, but a non-members is not able to participate in that communication. The authentication information provides the determination of whether the member belongs to the group.