Encryption key management for international data residency

US11757852B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Salesforce, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Audrei Drummond · Brooklyn, US
• Richard Crowley · San Francisco, US
• James Scheinblum · Oakland, US
• Eden Ghirmai · San Francisco, US
• Lydia Gorham · Oakland, US
• Pooja Rajiv Mehta · Austin, US
• Raissa Largman · San Francisco, US
• Karen Nguyen · San Francisco, US
• Ratnadeep Bhattacharjee · San Francisco, US
• Stephen Michael Hamrick · Redwood City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2022
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/062
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Media, method, and system for providing encryption key management for international data residency. Organizations using a group-based communication system can designate a particular geopolitical area where that organization's data can be stored and another geopolitical area (which may be the same or different) where encryption keys used to encrypt and decrypt that data should be stored. Users of that organization can post message or access messages previously posted on the group-based communication system from any geopolitical area, causing the system to automatically store and retrieve messages and encryption keys from the appropriate regions to allow the users to transparently access the group-based communication system while maintaining security and data residency requirements.