ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,996, issued on March 25, was assigned to HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Method of protecting data and computer device" was invented by Liang-Te Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Wun-Cing Lai (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of protecting data applied in a computer device is provided. A designated file is encrypted by using a symmetric key to obtain an encrypted file. The symmetric key is encrypted by using a first public key of a first pair of keys and a first ciphertext is obtained. Information related to the designated file is obtained, and the related information of the designate...