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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Thomas Collins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Dale Hopkins, Gilroy, CA (US);
Susan Langford, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Sabin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas Collins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Dale Hopkins, Gilroy, CA (US);
Susan Langford, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Sabin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving public key encryption and decryption schemes that employ a composite number formed from three or more distinct primes. The encryption or decryption tasks may be broken down into sub-tasks to obtain encrypted or decrypted sub-parts that are then combined using a form of the Chinese Remainder Theorem to obtain the encrypted or decrypted value. A parallel encryption/decryption architecture is disclosed to take advantage of the inventive method. REEXAMINATION RESULTS The questions raised in reexamination request No./,, filed May,and reexamination request No./,, filed on Jul.,, have been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required byU.S.C.as provided inCFR.()