US Patent Issued to Visa International Service Association on Sept. 1 for "Techniques for securely communicating sensitive data" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,148, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Visa International Service Association (San Francisco).

"Techniques for securely communicating sensitive data" was invented by Simon Hurry (Foster City, Calif.) and Christian Aabye (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for securely communicating sensitive such as an identifier. An encrypted value may be generated utilizing at least a portion of the identifier, a dynamic value, and an encryption key. An obfuscated identifier may be generated using at least a portion of the unencrypted identifier and a portion of the encrypted value. The obfuscated...