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US 2024/0178993 A1Published application
Extensible quantum random number generation
AssigneeWells Fargo Bank, N.A.
InventorsJeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for securing communications between devices. An example method includes obtaining a quantum random number (QRN) from a remote QRN source using a secure communication channel between the initiating device and the remote QRN source. The QRN may be a true random number. The example method may also include using the QRN to participate in computer implemented services with the participating device that received the QRN from the remote QRN source.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating, by security circuitry of a first device, authentication data using a quantum random number (QRN);
- providing, by the security circuitry of the first device, the authentication data to an authentication service to authenticate the first device;
- obtaining, by the security circuitry of the first device, a request from a second device for computer-implemented services from the first device;
- providing, by the security circuitry of the first device, an authentication request for the second device to the authentication service in response to the request from the second device;
- receiving, by the security circuitry of the first device, an authentication response for the second device from the authentication service as a response to the authentication request;
- and
- sending, by the security circuitry, a response to the request from the second device, wherein, in an instance in which the authentication response indicates that the second device is authenticated, the response facilitates completion of the computer-implemented services,
- wherein, in an instance in which the authentication response indicates that the second device is not authenticated, the response limits completion of the computer implemented services.
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A device comprising:
- security circuitry configured to:
- generate authentication data using a quantum random number (QRN);
- provide the authentication data to an authentication service to authenticate the device;
- obtain a request from a second device for computer-implemented services from the device;
- provide an authentication request for the second device to the authentication service in response to the request from the second device;
- receive an authentication response for the second device from the authentication service as a response to the authentication request;
- and
- send a response to the request from the second device, wherein, in an instance in which the authentication response indicates that the second device is authenticated, the response facilitates completion of the computer-implemented services,
- wherein, in an instance in which the authentication response indicates that the second device is not authenticated, the response limits completion of the computer implemented services.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.