US 12,341,876 B2
Cryptographic key management and transfer
Mark D. Hetherington, Crystal Lake, IL (US); Jorn Lyseggen, London (GB); Edgardo M. Cruz-Zeno, Round Lake, IL (US); Nai Sum Wong, Palatine, IL (US); and Ming Dai, Buffalo Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to BKey, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US)
Filed by BKey, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/770,575.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/513,113, filed on Jul. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0023716 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/083 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0869 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying an owner key seed;
identifying a receiver key seed;
determining a difference between the owner key seed and the receiver key seed;
storing the difference between the owner key seed and the receiver key seed with a trusted third party in a manner that is inaccessible by a receiver; and
causing the difference to be provided to the receiver based on a determination that a transfer condition is satisfied.