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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Donald B. Johnson, Manassas, VA (US);
Scott A. Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;
Donald B. Johnson, Manassas, VA (US);
Scott A. Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;
Certicom Corp., Mississauga, CA;
Abstract
A method for communicating information between at least a pair of correspondents, the method comprising the steps of each of the correspondents selecting a plurality of cryptographic algorithms known to each of the correspondents. One of the correspondents applies the algorithms in a predetermined manner to a message for producing a set of processed information. The set of processed information is transmitted to the other correspondent. The other correspondent applies complimentary operations of the cryptographic schemes in accordance with the predetermined manner for deriving information related to the message from the processed information.