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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2002
Applicant:
James Digby Yarlet Collier, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Inventor:
James Digby Yarlet Collier, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Assignee:
Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for generating random data, the method comprising repeatedly performing a series of operations, and the series of operations comprising processing a seed value to generate a resulting value for use as the seed value in a subsequent performance of the series of operations and to generate output random data; wherein the series of operations also comprises: determining whether a predetermined amount of new truly random data is available; and if such data is available, modifying the generation of at least the resulting value in dependence on the new truly random data.