US Patent Issued to CISCO TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 27 for "Quantum secure anonymous communication networks" (American, Bosnian, Herzegovinian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,900, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Quantum secure anonymous communication networks" was invented by Mohammad Saidur Rahman (Los Angeles), Stephen DiAdamo (Munich), Miralem Mehic (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Charles E. Fleming (Oxford, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment provides a quantum-resistant technique for distributing symmetric or other keys (e.g., in quantum key distribution (QKD), etc.). The embodiment pertains to a protocol and network architecture that integrates QKD without the need for trusted nodes, thereby meeting the requirements of the Tor or ot...