Gregory E Dossett

US Patent:

20090249060, Oct 1, 2009

Filed:

Mar 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/054798

Inventors:

GREGORY EUGENE DOSSETT - Eldersburg MD, US
William Edward Freeman - Sykesville MD, US
Daniel Arthur Jacques - Clarksville MD, US
Chimaeze Obinna Chikeka - Baltimore MD, US
Thomas Michael Moses - Ellicott City MD, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/32
H04L 9/14

US Classification:

713156

Abstract:

A system is provided for managing security rights of protected data having a plurality of security groups. The system comprises a client configured to generate the protected data, wherein a user of the client is a member of a subset of the plurality of security groups. The client comprising a key generator configured to generate a plurality of security group keys, wherein each membership key is associated with a security group selected by the user of the client and a combination key generator configured to generate a combination key based on the plurality of security group keys, wherein the client is configured to encrypt the protected data with the combination key.