US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on July 14 for "Quantum-safe cryptography for digitally signed vocal contracts" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,805, issued on July 14, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Quantum-safe cryptography for digitally signed vocal contracts" was invented by Caroline K. Cameron (Durham, N.C.), Ray Anderson (Decatur, Ga.), Elizabeth Anne Dames (Harrisburg, N.C.), Madhu Pavan Kothapally (Warangal, India) and Tiberiu Suto (Franklin, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automatic vocal contract formation is provided. It is determined whether an indication of acceptance of an audio file and a transcript file corresponding to a verbal communication containing an agreement was received from parties. The audio file and the t...