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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 08, 2024
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Maneesh Kumar Sethia, Hyderabad, IN;
Jieh-Shan Lin, Harrisburg, NC (US);
Gowri Sundar Suriyanarayanan, Chennai, IN;
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamic protection of wireless communication protocols utilizing steganographic keys and dual-layer certificate authentication. The present disclosure is configured to identify the type of network to which a user device is connected, determine whether the network is approved, public, or captive, and provide a recommendation to enable wireless protection mode for untrusted networks. The system generates an on-demand protection key via a steganography server and signs it using a wireless protection certificate through a 'Key in Key' (KIK) mechanism. The transaction application validates the certificate and encrypts sensitive transaction data using the on-demand key. Only packets that successfully validate the certificate are processed, while others are ignored. This dual-layer authentication prevents unauthorized packet-in-packet attacks and ensures data integrity and confidentiality across various wireless networks.