US Patent Issued to Barclays Execution Services on May 19 for "Methods for encrypting data, decrypting data, and searching encrypted data" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,125, issued on May 19, was assigned to Barclays Execution Services Ltd. (London).

"Methods for encrypting data, decrypting data, and searching encrypted data" was invented by George French (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides computer-implemented methods for encrypting data, searching ciphertext, and decrypting ciphertext, and data processing apparatuses, computer programs, and computer readable storage media for achieving the same. Encrypting data comprises salting and then encrypting ciphertext, both processes using a respective exclusive OR operation. Decryption is achieved by the same process in reverse. S...