US Patent Issued to AT&T Intellectual Property I on July 29 for "Quantum key distribution networking as a service" (New Jersey, Texas, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,270, issued on July 29, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Quantum key distribution networking as a service" was invented by Moshiur Rahman (Marlboro, N.J.), William Trost (Mequon, Wis.), Daniel Solero (Rockwall, Texas) and Daniel Sheleheda (Florham Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum key distribution ("QKD") networking as a service. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a microservices controller can establish a plurality of quantum connections with a plurality of virtual quantum connection managers ("vQCMs") deployed in associa...