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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:
Oct. 14, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2003
Applicants:

Minwen Ji, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kan Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Marcos K Aguilera, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Mark Lillibridge, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Minwen Ji, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kan Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Marcos K Aguilera, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Mark Lillibridge, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, and associated apparatus, comprises calculating a first part of a message authentication function by a first processor, calculating a second part of the message authentication function by a second processor, and combining the first and second parts into the message authentication function by the first or second processor. The message authentication function can be used to authenticate data transmitted between the first processor and a third processor.


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