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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

David B. Kumhyr, Austin, TX (US);

Arnaud A. Mathieu, Austin, TX (US);

Maharaj Mukherjee, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Michael P. Robertson, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0478 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 9/088 (2013.01); H04L 9/0836 (2013.01); H04L 63/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for securing and accessing a plurality of data levels is provided. The present invention may include gathering, by a network device, data. The present invention may also include encrypting, by a network device, a first section of data within the gathered data with a level 1 encryption key. The present invention may then include encrypting, by a network device, a second section of data within the gathered data with a level 2 encryption key. The present invention may further include transmitting, by a network device, the data to a recipient device. The present invention may also include decrypting, by the recipient device, the second section of data with the level 2 encryption key. The present invention may then include decrypting, by the recipient device, the first section of data with the level 1 encryption key.


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