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System for secure and private communication in a triple-connected network

  • US 5,161,186 A
  • Filed: 09/06/1991
  • Issued: 11/03/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for the private and secure communication of a message over at least three data paths, comprising the steps of:

  • transmitting a message in coded form over three of said data paths;

    determining whether the message is correctly received;

    if the message is not correctly received, testing the data paths to identify a faulty data path;

    transmitting the message in coded form over the remaining non-faulty data paths; and

    said method steps being performed in three phases wherein a single bit message is transmitted in a fault-free environment using not more than six communication bits and in a faulty environment of a single faulty wire, using not more than thirty-two communication bits.

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