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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:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Todd W. Arnold, Charlotte, NC (US);

John C. Dayka, New Paltz, NY (US);

Steven R. Hart, Wallkill, NY (US);

Geoffrey G. Jackson, San Jose, CA (US);

Eysha S. Powers, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

James W. Sweeny, Millbrook, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06F 17/30312 (2013.01); G06F 21/6227 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes extracting first key derivation data from a first row of data to be stored in a database, where the database includes two or more rows of data. A first encryption subkey is generated, by a computer processor, by combining the first key derivation data with a static key. One or more sensitive fields in each row of the two or more rows of the database are encrypted using a unique corresponding encryption subkey for the row, and the first encryption subkey is unique to the first row among the two or more rows of the database. The one or more sensitive fields in the first row of data are encrypted with format-preserving encryption using the first encryption subkey. The first row of data, including the encrypted one or more sensitive fields, are stored in the database.


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