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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Yang-lim Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yun-ho Choi, Seoul, KR;
Yun-sang Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method to encrypt data having hierarchical information are provided. The apparatus includes an N-th layer key generator, which generates an N-th layer key, an (N+1)-th layer key generator, which generates an (N+1)-th layer key by applying the N-th layer key to a predetermined function, an N-th layer data encryptor, which encrypts N-th layer data using the N-th layer key, and an (N+1)-th layer data encryptor, which encrypts (N+1)-th layer data using the (N+1)-th layer key.