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Providing secure indexes for searching encrypted data

US10037435B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael Baessler · Neckartenzlingen, DE
Jochen Doerre · Eppelheim, DE
Thomas Hampp-Bahnmueller · Stuttgart, DE
Philipp Hoffmann · Weil im Schönbuch, DE
Daniel Pittner · Steinenbronn, DE
Werner Schollenberger · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2016
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2463/062
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Providing an encrypted search index for performing searches on encrypted documents, the method comprising: (i) providing a set of documents, the documents comprising a plurality of unencrypted phrases; (ii) providing a master key; (iii) providing, based on the master key, for each phrase a set of encryption keys comprising one or more encryption keys; (iv) selecting, for each phrase, one encryption key of the set of encryption keys; (v) encrypting each phrase with the selected encryption key; and (vi) building an index based on the encrypted phrases, the index comprising information regarding which encrypted phrase is comprised within a certain document.

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