US5657390A
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Secure socket layer application program apparatus and method
Assignee: Meta Platforms Inc
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Filing: 1995-08-25
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Granted: 1997-08-12
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Expires: 2015-08-25
Abstract
Abstract A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising: computer readable program code means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; computer readable program code means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; computer readable program code means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and computer readable program code means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
Inventors
- 👤 Taher Elgamal
- 👤 Kipp E. B. Hickman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 07:49
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L63/00; H04L63/04; H04L63/0428; H04L63/08; H04L63/0823; H04L63/16; H04L63/166; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L9/00; H04L9/08; H04L9/0816; H04L9/0838; H04L9/0841; H04L9/40; G; G06; G06F; G06F2211/00; G06F2211/007; G06F2211/008; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/326
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising: computer readable program code means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; computer readable program code means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; computer readable program code means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and computer readable program code means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising: computer readable program code means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; computer readable program code means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; computer readable program code means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and computer readable program code means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
75 words
A computer network that encrypts and decrypting information transferred over the network, comprising: a client computer that runs a client application program; a server computer that runs a server application program; means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
A computer network that encrypts and decrypting information transferred over the network, comprising: a client computer that runs a client application program; a server computer that runs a server application program; means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the method comprising: providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; encrypting information received from an application layer program; and decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the method comprising: providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; encrypting information received from an application layer program; and decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
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