US Patent Issued to Bank of America on Aug. 5 for "Secure user authentication leveraging quantum key and steganography" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,870, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Secure user authentication leveraging quantum key and steganography" was invented by Swetapadma Mohanty (Telangana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Secure user authentication is provided by leveraging the use of quantum keys, steganography and random user keys/passcodes. Random user passcodes limit both the entity's control over the user and potential exposure of the passcode to wrongdoers. From a security standpoint, use of quantum keys and quantum communication channels heightens security during transmission of keys, such that if a wrongdoer would ...