MX Technologies Assigned Patent
Secure data handling and storage
By Francis Pelletier | December 23, 2022 at 2:00 pmMX Technologies, Inc., Lehi, UT, has been assigned a patent (11502833) developed by Dewitt, Brandon, Bluffdale, UT, Hillary, Matt, South Jordan, UT, Christensen, Devin, and Atkinson, John, Orem, UT, for “secure data handling and storage.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for secure data handling and storage. An apparatus includes a lock module that receives a request to decrypt encrypted data that is stored in a data repository, the encrypted data encrypted using a first encryption key, and unlocks an encryption engine in response to the request. An encryption engine may be unlocked using a master key that is generated based on combination of a plurality of keys held by a plurality of key holders. An apparatus includes a decryption module that decrypts encrypted data using an encryption engine. Encrypted data may be decrypted using a first encryption key. An apparatus includes an encryption module that re-encrypts decrypted data using an encryption engine. Decrypted data may be re-encrypted with a second encryption key that is different than a first encryption key and stored in a data repository.”
The patent application was filed on 2019-12-23 (16/726118).