Anonymous allocation and majority voting in a compromised environment
US10887092B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/46
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described is a system for anonymous job allocation and majority voting in a cloud computing environment. The system broadcasts a job to physical nodes, each of the physical nodes having a control operations plane (COP) node and one or more service nodes associated with the COP node. A set of redundant job assignments is distributed to individual COP nodes pursuant to a private job assignment schedule, such that each individual COP node is only aware of its own assignment and corresponding job. The service nodes execute the job assigned to the COP nodes such that the service nodes each complete a task associated with the job and forward an individual result to their associated COP node. A privacy-preserving result checking protocol is performed amongst the COP nodes such that secret shares of a majority result are obtained and the majority result is provided to a client.
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