Apparatus and method for validating transactional data

An apparatus for generating an authentication code for validating transactional data, comprising:

• a data ingress having a data ingress input sub-circuit and data ingress output sub-circuit;
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• a data encryption circuit having a data encryption input sub-circuit and data encryption output sub-circuit, the data encryption output sub-circuit, the data ingress output sub-circuit, the data encryption output being coupled to the data egress input sub-circuit;
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• a data egress circuit having a data egress input sub-circuit and data egress output sub-circuit, the data encryption output sub-circuit being coupled to the data egress input sub-circuit;
• the data encryption circuit further comprising a multi-dimension array data structure, the data encryption circuit operable to receive from the data ingress circuit in a predefined sequence, layers of data sets encoded in binary form representing personally identifiable information (PII) and primary keys and secondary keys;
• the data encryption circuit operable to apply selected primary keys and secondary keys against the layers of data sets in a predefined sequence, during such sequence, so as to encrypt such data and generate an authenticate code;
• a SENTENAL Metadata, layered within the multi-dimensional data structure, captures a day-time-group (DTG), and technical Metadata, that integrates an additional encryption algorithm, by combining the data elements with Metadata that is not reused in the application as part of a One-Time-Pad (OTP);
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• the data encryption circuit operable to output the authentication code to the data egress circuit;
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• the data egress circuit operable to format the authentication code as a series of alphanumeric characters and/or at least one symbol.