- Patent Title: System and methods for encryption based on environmental factors
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Application No.: US16809857Application Date: 2020-03-05
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Publication No.: US11381395B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Jeffrey David Wisgo
- Applicant: Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Ft. Lauderdale
- Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Ft. Lauderdale
- Agency: Finch & Maloney PLLC
- Main IPC: H04L9/08
- IPC: H04L9/08 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
A computer system is provided. The computer system includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to measure one or more environmental factors; convert the one or more environmental factors to entropy values by truncation or rounding of the one or more environmental factors to a selected number of bits; and combine the entropy values to generate an encryption key. The one or more environmental factors may include a location of the computer system, a current date and time, parameters of a network environment to which the computer system is connected, or an identification of a server to which the computer system is connected. The at least one processor is further configured to encrypt and/or decrypt at least a portion of a data file and/or at least a portion of a binary executable application using the encryption key.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210281403A1 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTION BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Public/Granted day:2021-09-09
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