US Patent 11062046 Self-referencing data encryption

Systems, methods, and computer-executable instructions for protecting data that includes receiving a request for a first data value. A data store is queried for a first stored data value. The first stored data value is received which contains a security prefix and encrypted data. From the security prefix, a cryptography algorithm and a key are determined. The encrypted data is decrypted using the cryptography algorithm and the key. The decrypted data is returned.