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Encryption key based on system clock characteristics

US12198134B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 2022
Grant dateJan 14, 2025
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 12, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/3297
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for transmitting encrypted messages between multiple devices of a communications network, or multiple nodes of real-time computer systems, for example. The messages can include instructions related to transactions such as reading and/or writing values to a database, and a clock value and/or clock rate of one or more of the devices can be used to encrypt and decrypt the messages in order to securely modify the related database.

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