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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Nec Laboratories Europe Gmbh, Heidelberg, DE;

Inventors:

Jens-Matthias Bohli, Leimen, DE;

Ghassan Karame, Heidelberg, DE;

Frederik Armknecht, Worms, DE;

Assignee:

NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/0281 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for storing a data file of a client on a storage entity includes generating, by a proxy entity, a master encryption key; encrypting, by the client, the data file using the master encryption key to produce an encrypted file; computing a hash-tree for the encrypted file and using a top-hash of the hash-tree as a file identification (FID); and determining, by the proxy entity, whether the FID is already known to the storage entity. If the FID is not already known to the storage entity the method further includes computing, by the proxy entity, a top-hash of the encrypted file (PFID), and when the ownership of the data file has been proven, storing the FID being equal with the PFID at the client together with the hash value.


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