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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Nec Europe Ltd., Heidelberg, DE;
Ghassan Karame, Heidelberg, DE;
Felix Klaedtke, Heidelberg, DE;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for providing encrypted information by an information entity to one or more operating entities, the information entity having a database for storing encrypted information and the one or more operating entities being configured to operate on the encrypted information, wherein the encrypted information is stored encrypted with an encryption key known to the one or more operating entities includes performing, by an operating entity, a request on the encrypted information, wherein plaintext information to be stored encrypted is provided in tuples, each having ID information, one or more fields with field information specifying the fields, and values, wherein at least the values are encrypted with non-deterministic order preserving encryption with at least one encryption key such that each plaintext value is encrypted into a set of encrypted values, and wherein the set of encrypted values is partitioned into a left set and a right set.