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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Laxmi P. Parida, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);
Daniel Enoch Platt, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for protecting study participant data for aggregate analysis. Aspects include sending a broker encryption key to a plurality of subjects. Aspects also include receiving double-encrypted subject data from the plurality of subjects. Aspects also include decrypting the double-encrypted subject data with a broker decryption key to generate single-encrypted subject data for the plurality of subjects. Aspects also include aggregating the single-encrypted subject data for the plurality of subjects to generate an aggregated single-homomorphically encrypted data set. Aspects also include including a plurality of random factors in the aggregated single-encrypted data set. Aspects also include sending the aggregated single-homomorphically encrypted data set to a researcher.