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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT AND AUTO-GENERATION OF ENCRYPTION KEYS

  • US 20080101610A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2006
  • Published: 05/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An encryption key management system, comprising:

  • a key manager to determine when an application program requesting one or more keys is authorized to receive the requested one or more keys and to produce a map of the requested keys;

    a key scheduler to schedule at least one key generation event at a pre-determinable time;

    a key generator to the at least one generated key at a scheduled key generation event wherein the generated keys are associated with a key set and a key set group and wherein a key set comprises one or more keys and a key set group comprises one or more key sets; and

    a key store to store the at least one generated key along with attributes of the key so that each key is associated with a set of attributes of the key.

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