ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,401, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) (Stockholm).
"Hash function and lawful interception" was invented by Daniele Gaito (Pagani, Italy), Chiara Santella (Nocera Inferiore, Italy), Antonio Giorgio Gaggia (Salerno, Italy), Carmine Galotto (Pagani, Italy) and Mariano Russo (Naples, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods (400, 700) and devices (110, 120, 300, 610, 620, 810, 850, 1000, 1100) determine a hash function to be used before storing and transmitting target identifiers. A lawful interception, LI, core device (120, 300, 620) then calculates a target identifier hashed value, TIHV, usi...