Abstract: Method and apparatus for secure transmissions. Each user is provided a registration key. A long-time updated broadcast key is encrypted using the registration key and provided periodically to a user. A short-time updated key is encrypted using the broadcast key and provided periodically to a user. Broadcasts are then encrypted using the short-time key, wherein the user decrypts the broadcast message using the short-time key.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 20, 2001
Date of Patent:
February 21, 2012
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventors:
Philip Hawkes, Gregory G. Rose, Raymond T. Hsu, Ramin Rezaiifar