Ic Card for Encryption or Decryption Process and Encrypted Communication System and Encrypted Communication Method Using the Same
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2007-09-27
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an encrypted communication system and an encrypted communication method, and particularly relates to arts of performing encrypted communication using an IC card which executes an encryption or a decryption process. BACKGROUND ART
[0002] With the spread of computer networks in recent years, encrypted communication arts have become extremely important and essential. In a general encrypted communication method, data to be subject to transmission is encrypted at a transmitter side and transmitted as encrypted text data to a receiver side, and at the receiver side, the transmitted encrypted text data is decrypted to obtain the original data subject to transmission. Thus to perform encrypted communication between the two sides, in addition to providing means for sending and receiving data, a means for executing an encryption process must be provided at the transmitter side and a means for executing a decryption process must be provid...