Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anonymous broadcast method, key exchange method, anonymous broadcast system, key exchange system, communication device, and program
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Application No.: US17852745Application Date: 2022-06-29
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Publication No.: US12034862B2Publication Date: 2024-07-09
- Inventor: Reo Yoshida , Tetsutaro Kobayashi , Yuto Kawahara , Hitoshi Fuji , Kazuki Yoneyama
- Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP 17170072 2017.09.05
- The original application number of the division: US16641716
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/30 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
A key exchange technique of performing a key exchange among N (≥2) parties, which can conceal metadata on communication, is provided. A key exchange method includes: a first key generation step in which a communication device Ui generates a first key; a first anonymous broadcast step in which the communication device Ui anonymously broadcasts the first key with a set R-{Ui} being designated for i∈{1, . . . , n} and the communication device Ui anonymously broadcasts the first key with φ being designated for i∈{n+1, . . . , N}; a second key generation step in which the communication device Ui generates a second key; a second anonymous broadcast step in which the communication device Ui anonymously broadcasts the second key with the set R-{Ui} being designated for i∈{1, . . . , n} and the communication device Ui anonymously broadcasts the second key with φ being designated for i∈{n+1, . . . , N}; and a session key generation step in which the communication device Ui generates a session key SK for i∈{1, . . . , n} if a predetermined condition is satisfied.
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