ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,400, issued on April 29, was assigned to XQ Message Inc. (Walnut Creek, Calif.).
"Encrypting e-mail and other digital data" was invented by Junaid Islam (San Jose, Calif.) and Brian Wane (Walnut Creek, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system encrypts and decrypts e-mail, messages, and other digital data. By using quantum random number generators, the system has improved data security. Using a quantum random number, an agent (at a sender side) generates an encryption key which is used to automatically encrypt a message. The encryption key is stored at a key server. The encrypted message will be sent by an application using its s...