Key recovery using encrypted secret shares
US11374750B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3252
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computing system comprising: processor(s) and memory; at least one network interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured to communicate with at least one remotely located computing device; wherein the at least one network interface is configured to receive a plurality of public encryption keys from the at least one remotely located computing device; wherein the at least one processor is configured to: split at least one secret into a plurality of shares, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of shares is sufficient to reconstruct the at least one secret; encrypt each of the plurality of shares based on a different public encryption key of the plurality of public encryption keys to create a plurality of encrypted shares; wherein the at least one network interface is configured to communicate the encrypted shares to the at least one remotely located computing device.
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