Patent ID: 11888975
Assignee: TZERO IP, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and
wherein when an encryption key needs to be used that is encrypted as an encrypted key, the at least one processor is configured to:
receive at least one set of key components from at least a subset of users at least in part by being configured to receive a single set of key components, wherein the at least one set of key components can be used to reconstruct the encrypted key and at least one encryption key used to decrypt the encrypted key into a key;
when the at least one set of key components is received from the at least the subset of the users that can be used to reconstruct the encrypted key and the at least one encryption key:
reconstruct a combined string, including both the encrypted key and the at least one encryption key, from the single set of key components; and
extract the encrypted key and the at least one encrypted key from the combined string to be used to decrypt the encrypted key into the key using the at least one encryption key; and

when the encrypted key and the at least one encryption key have both been extracted, decrypt the encrypted key into the key using the at least one encryption key.