ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,108, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC (St. Louis).

"One time pad key exchange" was invented by Alex Tarasov (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Background-share a one-time pad key from a first location to a second location over a secure background channel. Send a message, encrypted with the one-time pad key, from the first location to the second location, over an unsecure channel."

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/885,205.

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