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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. 25, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2011
Applicants:

John Wu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Ryan Lee Hagelstrom, Chaska, MN (US);

Edward Raymond Mandy, Victoria, MN (US);

Ranga Sri Ramanujan, Medina, MN (US);

Inventors:

John Wu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Ryan Lee Hagelstrom, Chaska, MN (US);

Edward Raymond Mandy, Victoria, MN (US);

Ranga Sri Ramanujan, Medina, MN (US);

Assignee:

Architecture Technology, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0833 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for conducting encrypted communication in a network and a network having a plurality of nodes organized into a plurality of groups which initiates encrypted communication between a first one of the plurality of nodes of a first one of the plurality of groups and a second one of the plurality of nodes of the first one of the plurality of groups different from the first one of the plurality of groups using a group key and initiates encrypted communication between a third one of the plurality of nodes of the first one of the plurality of groups and a fourth one of the plurality of nodes of a second one of the plurality groups different from the first one of the plurality of groups using a session key.


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