Patent ID: 9369275
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A network of computers with error correction code configured to transmit keys secretly and securely comprising: a first computer-based workstation operating as a source node and configured to encode a key into a plurality of distinct encoded source files, encoding being operatively implemented in one of: a) hardware, b) software, and c) a combination of a) and b); a plurality of computer-based workstations operating as a plurality of intermediate nodes and configured to each receive a distinct encoded source file of the plurality of distinct encoded source files and transmit, to a receiver node, the distinct encoded source file when requested by the receiver; and a second computer-based workstation operating as the receiver node and configured to decode the plurality of distinct encoded source files and retrieve the key, decoding being operatively implemented in one of: a) hardware, b) and/or software, and c) a combination of a) and b); wherein the encoding, transmitting and decoding of the key comprise the following steps: