US Patent Issued to Honeywell Ltd. Honeywell on July 15 for "Method and system for secure distribution of symmetric encryption keys using quantum key distribution (QKD)" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,913, issued on July 15, was assigned to Honeywell Ltd. Honeywell Limitee (Mississauga, Canada).

"Method and system for secure distribution of symmetric encryption keys using quantum key distribution (QKD)" was invented by Ian D'Souza (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and system for secure distribution of symmetric encryption keys using quantum key distribution (QKD). In at least one embodiment, there is provided a method for secure communication, comprising: establishing one or more secure keys at a first and second ground station using a quantum key dis...