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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Stephen Mingyu Chu, Beabercreek, OH (US);
Min Gong, Shanghai, CN;
Dong Sheng Li, Shanghai, CN;
Jun Chi Yan, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Peng Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method, system and computer program product for privacy preserving smart metering. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings are received, each of the plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings being encrypted by a customer using a customer key, then a summation of customer keys is obtained, next the plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings are summed, and the summation of the plurality of customer-encrypted meter readings is decrypted based on the obtained summation of customer keys.