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Mixing secure and insecure data and operations at server database

US9118631B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 2013
Grant dateAug 25, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 14, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/0442
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Processing a query, includes, at a client, receiving a user-generated query having a plurality of recognizable terms, securing the user-generated query to generate an encrypted query, so that the plurality of recognizable terms generated by the user-generated query cannot be determined by a server, transmitting the encrypted query to the server, to perform the query on encrypted data comprising a mix of regular data and secure data previously provided by the client, wherein at least one of selection criteria of the query and identifies of selected records of the query result cannot be determined by the server, and interpreting a result of the query provided by the server, and providing an output of the query to the user having the plurality of recognizable terms.

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