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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:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Peter T Dinsmore, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Michael Heyman, Columbia, MD (US);
Peter Kruus, Clarksville, MD (US);
Alan T Sherman, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventors:
Peter T Dinsmore, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Michael Heyman, Columbia, MD (US);
Peter Kruus, Clarksville, MD (US);
Alan T Sherman, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for reusable efficient key distribution is disclosed. Key distribution is effected through the application of self-repairing groups that obviate the need for key distribution messages in portions of a hierarchical tree. In one embodiment, the self-repairing group is based on a reusable power set.