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

Claim 6:
7. 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 that can be used to reconstruct the encrypted key and at least one encryption key used to decrypt the encrypted key into a key at least in part by being configured to:
receive a first subset of a first set of first key components from a first subset of the users that can be used to reconstruct the encrypted key;
receive at least a second subset of at least a second set of second key components from at least a second subset of the users that can be used to reconstruct the at least one encryption key used to decrypt the encrypted key into the key; and

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 the encrypted key and the at least one encryption key at least in part by being configured to:
when the first subset of the first set of the first key components is received from the first subset of the users, reconstruct the encrypted key; and
when the at least the second subset of the at least the second set of the second key components is received from the at least the second subset of the users, reconstruct the at least one encryption key; and

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