US Patent Issued to Symmatrics on June 16 for "Providing random numbers over an insecure channel using disguised cyphertexts" (Maryland, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,132, issued on June 16, was assigned to Symmatrics Inc. (Severna Park, Md.).

"Providing random numbers over an insecure channel using disguised cyphertexts" was invented by William R. Bandy (Gambrills, Md.) and Michael R. Arneson (Warba, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing random numbers over an insecure channel using disguised cyphertexts are disclosed. A secure access portal application receives a first cyphertext from a key deliver center (KDC), decrypts the first cyphertext using paired keys shared between the first SAP application and the KDC to obtain a...