US 12,231,550 B2
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 Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,937.
Application 18/543,937 is a continuation of application No. 16/593,249, filed on Oct. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,895,232.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323003 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06N 10/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/0852 (2013.01) [G06N 10/00 (2019.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for quantum entanglement authentication, the system comprising:
a second computing device comprising:
classical communications circuitry configured to:
receive an electronic identification of a subset of a first set of entangled quantum particles from a first computing device, wherein the electronic identification of the subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles comprises an electronic identification of a respective quantum storage cell of each entangled quantum particle in the subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles, including a quantum storage cell of a single entangled quantum particle used to generate a first number; and
quantum cryptographic circuitry configured to:
generate a second number based on a single entangled quantum particle of a subset of a second set of entangled quantum particles associated with the second computing device,
wherein the second set of entangled quantum particles are stored in a second quantum one-time pad comprising a second set of quantum storage cells and each quantum storage cell of the second set of quantum storage cells stores no more than one entangled quantum particle,
wherein the single entangled quantum particle of the subset of the second set of entangled quantum particles is stored in a quantum storage cell that corresponds to the quantum storage cell of the single entangled quantum particle used to generate the first number.