ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,981, issued on March 3, was assigned to Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).
"Systems and methods for data authentication using composite keys and signatures" was invented by Massimiliano Pala (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for enhanced public key infrastructure is provided. The system includes a computer device. The computer device is programmed to receive a digital certificate including a composite signature field including a plurality of signatures. The plurality of signatures includes at least a first signature and a second signature. The computer device is also programmed to retrieve, from the...