US 11,895,232 B1
Systems and methods for quantum entanglement authentication
Jeff J. Stapleton, O'Fallon, MO (US); Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pleasant Hill, IA (US); Pierre Arbajian, Matthews, NC (US); Bradford A. Shea, Mint Hill, NC (US); Peter Bordow, Fountain Hills, AZ (US); and M. Erik Meinholz, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/593,249.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06N 10/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/0852 (2013.01) [G06N 10/00 (2019.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A system for quantum entanglement authentication, the system comprising:
quantum cryptographic circuitry configured to
generate a first number based on a single entangled quantum particle of a subset of a first set of entangled quantum particles associated with a first computing device, wherein the first set of entangled quantum particles are stored in a first quantum one-time pad comprising a first set of quantum storage cells and each quantum storage cell of the first set of quantum storage cells stores no more than one entangled quantum particle,
wherein each entangled quantum particle in the first set of entangled quantum particles is entangled with a respective entangled quantum particle in a second set of entangled quantum particles associated with a second computing device, wherein the second set of entangled quantum particles are stored in a second quantum one-time pad corresponding to the first quantum one-time pad; and
classical communications circuitry configured to
transmit an electronic identification of the subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles to the second computing device, wherein the electronic identification of the subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles comprises an electronic identification of the respective quantum storage cell of each entangled quantum particle in the subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles, including the quantum storage cell of the single entangled quantum particle.