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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
You Sung Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Ho Won Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Kyo IL Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for unifying multiple radio frequency identifications (RFIDs) are provided. The apparatus includes: a data arithmetic operator collecting RFIDs, storing the collected RFIDs, and repeatedly performing the collection and storage when a time out event occurs; a hash arithmetic operator concatenating the RFIDs, hashing the concatenated RFIDs, and outputting a hashed single value; a random number generator generating a random number used as an encryption factor to public-key-encrypt the single value; an RFID tag processor controlling locking/unlocking of the RFID tags; a public key arithmetic operator public-key-encrypting the single value using a predetermined public key and the random number as encryption factors and outputting a cipher text; and a radio frequency communicator converting the cipher text into a radio signal and sending the radio signal to a radio section. Information transmitted to a radio section is a cipher text obtained by public-key-encrypting the single value. Therefore, the number of the RFID tags belonging to a user is not exposed to an eavesdropper, thereby protecting user's privacy.