Patent ID: 8892881

Claim:
A system for protecting access to electronic data comprising: a server configured to provide access to the electronic data encrypted by a key; and a computing device comprising at least one memory, and at least on processor configured to: receive user data, generate at least two first key segments using at least a portion of the user data, generate at least two second key segments using the at least two first key segments and the key, the key required to access the electronic data, regenerate the at least two first key segments, recreate the key, K, using the at least two first key segments and the at least two second key segments using the equation: u 1 =d 2 x 1 −x 2 ; v=d 1 d 2 −1; and K=u 1 /v 1 ; wherein d 1 and d 2 are the first key segments, and x 1 and x 2 are the second key segments.