US 12,294,645 B2
Systems and methods for securing a quantum-safe digital network environment
Tilo Alexander Kunz, Dollard-des-Ormeaux (CA); Gary Paul Swatton, Phoenix, AZ (US); and William Arthur Yakamovich, Fall River (CA)
Assigned to QDS Holdings Inc., Rapid City, SD (US)
Filed by QDS Holdings Inc., Rapid City, SD (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,923.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/412,868, filed on Oct. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,062, filed on Oct. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073011 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/0852 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to create a quantum-safe ecosystem (QSE), the QSE providing a quantum private network (QPN) using shared symmetric keys and quantum one-time pad (QPAD) ciphers, for communication between a first device and a second device, the system comprising:
a quantum identity and access management service (QIAM) configured to manage user and device identity, access, and authorization services within the QSE;
a first QPAD and a second QPAD, each configured to encrypt the communication between the first device and the second device,
wherein the first QPAD and the second QPAD are minted and centrally managed by a quantum key management system (QKMS) within the QSE,
wherein the first QPAD is stored on the first device and is uniquely associated with the first device, and
wherein the second QPAD is stored on the second device and is uniquely associated with the second device; and
a quantum gateway operatively connected to the QIAM, the quantum gateway configured for access by the first device and the second device and to facilitate the communication between the first device and the second device through the QSE.