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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:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2012
Applicants:
Joseph D. Steele, Danville, CA (US);
Sunil Agrawal, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph D. Steele, Danville, CA (US);
Sunil Agrawal, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/12 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are described wherein, in one example embodiment, a first entity shares a digital file such as a digital image with a second entity, and the first entity and the second entity each use the digital file as a seed to generate identical public/private key pairs using the same key generation procedure, such that both entities hold identical key pairs. The first and second entities may use the key pairs to encrypt, decrypt, or sign and authenticate communications between the entities.