Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Encrypted search system design for email client-side encryption
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Application No.: US16713872Application Date: 2019-12-13
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Publication No.: US11308224B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Kevin Yeo , Ahmet Erhan Nergiz , Laetitia Estelle Baudoin , Nicolas Lidzborski , Sarvar Patel
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Agent Brett A. Krueger
- Main IPC: G06F21/60
- IPC: G06F21/60 ; H04L9/00 ; H04L9/06 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method for providing an encrypted search system includes receiving a search query for a keyword that appears in one or more encrypted emails stored on an untrusted storage device and accessing, a count table to obtain a count of unique emails within the emails that include the keyword. The method also includes generating a delegatable pseudorandom function (DPRF) based on the keyword, a private cryptographic key, and the count of unique emails that include the keyword and delegating at least a portion of the DPRF to the untrusted storage device that causes the storage device to evaluate the delegated DPRF, access an encrypted search index associated with the emails, and determine one or more encrypted emails associated with the delegated DPRF based on the encrypted search index. The storage device also returns, to the user device, an identifier for each encrypted email associated with the delegated DPRF.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210182408A1 Encrypted Search System Design for Email Client-Side Encryption Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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