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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:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventors:

Brandon Sloane, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Regina Yee Cadavid, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Gloria Joo, Moorpark, CA (US);

Jinyoung Nathan Kim, Charlotte, NC (US);

Nia Mack, Addison, TX (US);

Assignee:

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 47/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 47/13 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01);
Abstract

Dynamic segmentation of network traffic through the use of Pre-Shared Keys (PSKs). Each defined network segment uses a different pre-shared key and a message authentication code (MAC)-signing algorithm to sign data packets with segment-specific MACs. As such, only those computer hosts/nodes that are in the network segment (i.e., have been assigned the same pre-shared key for generating and decoding the MAC signed data packets) are capable or reading the segment's network traffic. By implementing segment-specific MAC signed data packets, the present invention allows for confidential data transmission absent the need to encrypt the actual contents/data being transmitted.


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