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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:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Gideon A. Yuval, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Gideon A. Yuval, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and/or methods are described that strengthen secure hash functions. These systems and/or methods may, in some embodiments, create a random-appearing element based on a message and using a process. The element may then be assembled with the message. This assembly may be hashed using a secure hash function. Using the same process and secure hash function, the message may later be authenticated.