Patent ID: 9380036
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for securing keys for a non-secure computing-environment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) initially concealing at least one location-specific secure-key of a set of N location-specific secure-keys to undergo a previous initial concealment, wherein N is a positive whole number greater than one, wherein said at least one location-specific secure-key and at least one respective secure-key value were initially transmitted in concealed form, during said previous initial concealment of said at least one location-specific secure-key, from at least one entity selected from the group consisting of: a user device that initially encrypted a clear form of said at least one location-specific secure-key and a clear form of said at least one respective secure-key value during an initialization phase, and a trusted computing resource; and (b) upon receiving from a client computing device an encryption request for protecting a secret item in the computing-environment, creating an encrypted item by repetitively encrypting said secret item with each of said set of N location-specific secure-keys in order: