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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:
Dec. 22, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

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 ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 11/2056 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 9/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for storing data in a cloud includes receiving at least one data file to be stored together with a predefined number t of replicas of the at least one data file within the cloud, at least one authentication tag corresponding to the at least one data file and t functions that are configurable to take at least a predefined time to compute; storing the at least one data file within the cloud; computing t solutions of the t functions within the cloud; generating the t replicas of the at least one data file based on the t solutions of the t functions and the at least one data file within the cloud, wherein each of the t functions is used for at least one of the t replicas of the at least one data file; and storing the t replicas within the cloud.


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