Systems and methods for crowd-storing encrypiion keys
US11184169B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/062
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for crowd-storing encryption keys may include (i) sending, from a client computing device and to a server, a recovery request, (ii) creating a first public-private key pair, (iii) receiving a plurality of encrypted shares of an encryption key from the server in response to the recovery request, where the encrypted shares are encrypted with a first public key of the first public-private key pair, and (iv) performing a security action including (A) decrypting the plurality of encrypted shares of the encryption key with a first private key of the first public-private key pair and (B) recovering the encryption key from the decrypted plurality of shares of the encryption key. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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