The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Aug. 20, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2009
Applicants:

Neal Patwari, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Jessica Erin Croft, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Suman Jana, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Sneha Kasera, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Inventors:

Neal Patwari, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Jessica Erin Croft, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Suman Jana, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Sneha Kasera, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

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

A new methodology to exchange a random secret key between two parties. The diverse physical characteristics of the wireless medium and device mobility are exploited for secure key exchange. Unique physical characteristics of wireless channels between the two devices are measured at different random locations. A function of these unique characteristics determines the shared secret key between the two devices.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…