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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2011
Salah Machani, Thornhill, CA;
Salah Machani, Thornhill, CA;
IMS HEALTH INC., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for recovering a security credential is provided. A security credential stored in the storage of a computing device is encrypted using a first encryption key generated by a server. A first decryption key for decrypting the security credential and a second encryption key for re-encrypting the security credential are received. The first decryption key and the second encryption key are generated by the server. The security credential is decrypted using the first decryption key. The security credential is communicated to a user of the computing device. The security credential is re-encrypted in the storage of the computing device using the second encryption key.