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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:
Nov. 06, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2002
Applicants:

Valtteri Niemi, Helsinki, FI;

Antti-pentti Vainio, Espoo, FI;

Sinikka Sarkkinen, Kangasala, FI;

Niina Karhuluoma, Hämeenkyrö, FI;

Jan Kall, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Valtteri Niemi, Helsinki, FI;

Antti-Pentti Vainio, Espoo, FI;

Sinikka Sarkkinen, Kangasala, FI;

Niina Karhuluoma, Hämeenkyrö, FI;

Jan Kall, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention proposes a method for transmitting a message to a plurality of user entities in a network by using a multicast service, comprising the steps of encrypting a multicast message by using ciphering, and sending the encrypted multicast message to the plurality of user entities simultaneously. The invention also proposes a corresponding multicast service control device and a corresponding user entity.


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