ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,741, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"System and method for data security using quantum key distribution" was invented by Adam King (Fort Mill, S.C.), Coreen Marks (North Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Karishma Batra (Flintshire, Great Britain), James Edward Bowden (Cheshire, Great Britain), Camilla Solideo (Chicago) and Racquel Butler (Pineville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for implementing a quantum-based data validation in a network is disclosed. The system generates a quantum key for data packet transmissions. The system distributes the quantum key among a set of end-point device...