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Arash Esmailzadeh

Andrew W Vogan

Ashkan Esmailzadeh

A method of securely dispersing private user data may include operating a software application configured to utilize user data, receiving the user data, generating a sequence of random bits, and generating a plurality of secret shares from the user data. Generating the plurality of secret shares may include selecting a subset of the user data for each secret share and combining the subset of the user data with the sequence of random bits. The subset of the user data may be a first half of the user data for a first secret share, a second half of the user data for a second secret share, and the whole user data for a third secret share. The method may also include dispersing each of the secret shares.

Information dispersal for secure data storage

A system for storing items may include a storage location comprising a scanner that is positioned to scan codes from packaging of items as they are placed into the storage location or removed from the storage location, a cloud storage system that maintains a list of items in the storage location, wherein the cloud storage system is programmed to receive, from the storage location, the list of items in the storage location; and a trash bin comprising a scanner that is positioned to scan codes from the packaging of items as they are placed into the trash bin.

Cloud-based item storage system

A method of securely authorizing limited access by a software application to private user data may include operating a software application that can utilize user data, sending a request to a first server to authorize release of the user data, receiving an authorization from the first server to release the user data, and sending a request to retrieve the user data to a plurality of second servers. The method may also include receiving a portion of the user data from each of the plurality of second servers, assembling the user data from at least two of the portions of the user data, and providing the user data to the software application.

Secure and private data storage

A system for storing items may include a refrigerator comprising a scanner that is positioned to scan codes from packaging of items as they are placed into the refrigerator or removed from the refrigerator, a cloud storage system that maintains a list of items in the refrigerator, wherein the cloud storage system is programmed to receive, from the refrigerator, the list of items in the refrigerator; and a trash bin comprising a scanner that is positioned to scan codes from the packaging of items as they are placed into the trash bin.

A method of securely distributing and storing content may include receiving user content and identifying a number of storage servers that are configured to receive portions of the user content. The method may also include dissecting the user content into content portions for storage in the storage servers. The number of content portions may be selected to be equal to the identified number of storage servers, and the user content may be dissected into the content portions using a randomized dissection pattern. The method may additionally include transmitting each of the plurality of content portions to separate storage servers. Each of the storage servers may be independent from the transmitting computer system and from each other. Each of the storage servers may be operated according to a common protocol, such that each of the storage servers can store any of the content portions.

Secure distributed data storage

Method, systems, and computer-readable mediums for securing uploaded content are presented. User content can be uploaded from a user device to a computer system, where the user content is dissected into a number of content portions. After dissection, the computer system can transmit each of the content portions to a corresponding storage server. The storage servers may be independent from each other, independent from the user device, and independent from the computer system itself. Any portion of the user content can then be removed from the computer system, such that the computer system does not own or store the user content, and such that that no single entity in the system can compromise the user content. In some cases, the storage servers can be operated by non-profit entities that are not privately owned.

Social networking with depth and security factors

A ceiling mounted lighting fixture for insertion in a ceiling grid wherein the source of artificial light is a plurality of light emitting diodes.

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Arash Esmailzadeh