Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for quantum session authentication
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Application No.: US16904233Application Date: 2020-06-17
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Publication No.: US11924335B1Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Masoud Vakili
- Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Current Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Main IPC: H04L9/08
- IPC: H04L9/08 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/40

Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for session authentication. In an exemplary embodiment, a session authentication system encodes and decodes a set of quantum bits using different quantum bases in order to generate a random number used to generate a session key or a random seed (e.g., a set of bits that is randomized due to quantum effects such as the principle of quantum uncertainty) for pseudorandom number generation used to establish a secure session. An example system includes decoding circuitry configured to receive, over a quantum line, a set of qbits generated based on a first set of quantum bases not received by the decoding circuitry, and decode, based on a second set of quantum bases, the set of qbits to generate a decoded set of bits; and session authentication circuitry configured to generate a session key based on the decoded set of bits.
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