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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2006
Vijil Enara Chenthamarakshan, Kerala, IN;
Vijil Enara Chenthamarakshan, Kerala, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for processing feedback entries received from software provided by a vendor to an end user machine. The end user machine includes the software, a feedback module, and a database. The feedback module: generates a secret key k(0) and makes the key k(0) known to both the vendor and a user of the software; generates a secret key n(0) and makes the key n0) known to the vendor but not to but not to the user; generates a secret key s(0) and makes the key s(0) known to the user but not to the vendor; generates an encryption Eof an identification tag using the key (k(0); generates a parameter Hsuch that H=Hash(n(0)∥E); generates a parameter Hsuch that H=Hash(s(0)∥E); sends E, H, and Hto the database; and sends Eand Hto the vendor.