ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,959, issued on March 3, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Secure pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) reseeding" was invented by Pirmin Robert Vogel (Zurich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document discloses techniques, apparatuses, and systems for secure pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) reseeding. Integrated circuits (ICs) may use PRNGs to enable cryptographic processes that can protect an IC or electronic device against malicious attacks. Generally, an IC (e.g., a security circuit) may seed or reseed a PRNG with entropy useful to generate pseudo-random numbers or bits. In generating entropy, however, op...