H04L 63/0471
Applying encryption by an intermediary
Official title: {applying encryption by an intermediary, e.g. receiving clear information at the intermediary and encrypting the received information at the intermediary before forwarding}
H04L63/0471 (Applying encryption by an intermediary) appears on 879 US grants and 948 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
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- Protocol free encrypting device8 Sep 2026US 12,732,489 B1The Government of the United States as represented by the Director, National Security Agency
- System and method for interfacing with a decisioning service from a third party domain18 Aug 2026US 12,711,545 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Secure transfer of workloads across security regions11 Aug 2026US 12,706,892 B2Oracle International Corporation
- Universal serial bus device with security check4 Aug 2026US 12,701,102 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Data transfer protocol1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303327 A1Lenovo (United States) Inc.
- Systems and methods for managing digital rights24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291753 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Secure intercalate modular message solution (simms)17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281090 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Low-observable encryption device for facilitating communications20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246609 A1Forward Edge-AI, Inc.
- Unified platform for deploying and operating ai agents across distributed environments13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236599 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for providing secure wireless communication365US 7,496,347 B2Velocita Wireless LLC · 2009
- Online commercial transaction system and method of operation thereof331US 8,417,642 B2Cork Group Trading Ltd. · 2013
- Wireless, radio-frequency communications using a handheld computer267US 6,590,588 B2Palm, Inc. · 2003
- Extended connectivity point-of-deployment apparatus and concomitant method thereof230US 8,887,212 B22014
- Cryptographic server with provisions for interoperability between cryptographic systems229US 6,853,988 B1Security First Corp. · 2005