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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Travis Mccoy, Fraser, CO (US);
Timothy R. Steele, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicolas Zea, Seattle, WA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for providing an encryption key to a user are provided. The system may include a key storage module, an interface module, and an authentication module. The key storage module may be configured to store an encryption key for a user on an encryption key server, wherein the encryption key is used with user data on a data storage server. The interface module may be configured to receive a request for the encryption key from a client machine associated with the user. The authentication module may be configured to authenticate the user, wherein the interface module may further be configured to transmit the encryption key to the client machine in response to authenticating the user.