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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Scott A. Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;
Daniel R. Brown, Mississauga, CA;
Inventors:
Scott A. Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;
Daniel R. Brown, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Certicom Corp., Mississauga, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer implemented method of compressing a digitally represented cryptographic value. The method comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a secret value; (b) performing a cryptographic operation on the secret value to generate the cryptographic value; (c) determining whether the cryptographic value satisfies the pre-determined criteria; and (d) repeating the sequence of steps starting at step (a) until the cryptographic value satisfies the pre-determined criteria.