Patents by Inventor Michael T. Chiaramonte
Michael T. Chiaramonte has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230132211Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held in portions by multiple individually untrusted parties. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured by integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret or individually-untrusted parties in possession of only a portion of the key secret. In some cases, multiple individually-untrusted parties may combine their portions into the key secret. As a group, the multiple individually-untrusted parties may perform non-tamper-evident operation with respect to at least one integrity code within the blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 11552935Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held in portions by multiple individually untrusted parties. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured by integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret or individually-untrusted parties in possession of only a portion of the key secret. In some cases, multiple individually-untrusted parties may combine their portions into the key secret. As a group, the multiple individually-untrusted parties may perform non-tamper-evident operation with respect to at least one integrity code within the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael t. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Publication number: 20200228512Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held in portions by multiple individually untrusted parties. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured by integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret or individually-untrusted parties in possession of only a portion of the key secret. In some cases, multiple individually-untrusted parties may combine their portions into the key secret. As a group, the multiple individually-untrusted parties may perform non-tamper-evident operation with respect to at least one integrity code within the blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Barnardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 10623387Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held in portions by multiple individually untrusted parties. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured by integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret or individually-untrusted parties in possession of only a portion of the key secret. In some cases, multiple individually-untrusted parties may combine their portions into the key secret. As a group, the multiple individually-untrusted parties may perform non-tamper-evident operation with respect to at least one integrity code within the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 10404455Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation by a trusted party during a rewrite-permissive phase. During a rewrite-embargoed phase, at least one trusted party with rewrite access during the rewrite-permissive phase may have rewrite access revoked. In some implementations, rewrite access may be implemented by controlling access to a key secret for the blockchain. In some cases, access to the key secret may be changed by deleting the key secret or by changing access permissions for a particular device.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat
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Patent number: 10356066Abstract: A system includes circuitry for wrapping up blockchains into blockchain loops. A blockchain may include a series of blocks extending from an initial block to a terminal block. The circuitry may wrap-up the blockchain by storing an integrity output coding-consistent with the terminal block within the initial block. In some cases, when the terminal block and initial block include end blocks for the blockchain, wrapping-up the series may form a closed-loop.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 10348707Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a validity-preserving operation. In some cases, using a key secret held by a trusted party. In some cases, the blockchains may include a series of blocks secured integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret. In some cases, the key may allow valid but tamper-evident rewrites of the blockchain by trusted entities. In some cases, integrity outputs may be generated from the integrity codes based on the content of the previous blocks in the series such that attempts by untrusted parties to replace a block may be detected through coding-inconsistencies with other blocks.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 10305875Abstract: A system includes circuitry for performing hybrid blockchain rewrites by trusted parties. The hybrid blockchain may include blocks with multiple parts. In some cases, the blocks may include a core part and a tertiary part. The system may include conditions for validity preserving and/or non-tamper-evident rewrites to the parts of the block. The conditions to support rewrites to the core part may be more stringent than the corresponding conditions to support rewrites to the tertiary part. In some cases, the core part may be write-locked.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Publication number: 20190158475Abstract: A system includes circuitry for performing hybrid blockchain rewrites by trusted parties. The hybrid blockchain may include blocks with multiple parts. In some cases, the blocks may include a core part and a tertiary part. The system may include conditions for validity preserving and/or non-tamper-evident rewrites to the parts of the block. The conditions to support rewrites to the core part may be more stringent than the corresponding conditions to support rewrites to the tertiary part. In some cases, the core part may be write-locked.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 10296248Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation by a selected trusted party during a rewrite-permissive phase for the selected trusted party. During a rewrite-embargoed phase for the selected trusted party, rewrite access may pass to at least one second trusted party in a turn-based scheme. In some implementations, rewrite access may be implemented by controlling access to combination of a turn-control key secret portion with respective key secret portions controlled the by the individual trusted parties. Using the access to combination with the turn-control key secret portion, the trusted parties may preform rewrites to the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat
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Patent number: 10243938Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a validity-preserving operation. In some cases, using a key secret held by a trusted party. In some cases, the blockchains may include a series of blocks secured integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret. In some cases, the key may allow valid but tamper-evident rewrites of the blockchain by trusted entities. In some cases, integrity outputs may be generated from the integrity codes based on the content of the previous blocks in the series such that attempts by untrusted parties to replace a block may be detected through coding-inconsistencies with other blocks.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Publication number: 20190074962Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation by a trusted party during a rewrite-permissive phase. During a rewrite-embargoed phase, at least one trusted party with rewrite access during the rewrite-permissive phase may have rewrite access revoked. In some implementations, rewrite access may be implemented by controlling access to a key secret for the blockchain. In some cases, access to the key secret may be changed by deleting the key secret or by changing access permissions for a particular device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat
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Publication number: 20190073146Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation by a selected trusted party during a rewrite-permissive phase for the selected trusted party. During a rewrite-embargoed phase for the selected trusted party, rewrite access may pass to at least one second trusted party in a turn-based scheme. In some implementations, rewrite access may be implemented by controlling access to combination of a turn-control key secret portion with respective key secret portions controlled the by the individual trusted parties. Using the access to combination with the turn-control key secret portion, the trusted parties may preform rewrites to the blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat
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Patent number: 10110576Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held in portions by multiple individually untrusted parties. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured by integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret or individually-untrusted parties in possession of only a portion of the key secret. In some cases, multiple individually-untrusted parties may combine their portions into the key secret. As a group, the multiple individually-untrusted parties may perform non-tamper-evident operation with respect to at least one integrity code within the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Publication number: 20180278596Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held in portions by multiple individually untrusted parties. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured by integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret or individually-untrusted parties in possession of only a portion of the key secret. In some cases, multiple individually-untrusted parties may combine their portions into the key secret. As a group, the multiple individually-untrusted parties may perform non-tamper-evident operation with respect to at least one integrity code within the blockchain.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Publication number: 20180254887Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a validity-preserving operation. In some cases, using a key secret held by a trusted party. In some cases, the blockchains may include a series of blocks secured integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret. In some cases, the key may allow valid but tamper-evident rewrites of the blockchain by trusted entities. In some cases, integrity outputs may be generated from the integrity codes based on the content of the previous blocks in the series such that attempts by untrusted parties to replace a block may be detected through coding-inconsistencies with other blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicants: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 9967096Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held by a trusted party. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured by a chameleon hash that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret. Rewrite circuitry of the system may determine randomness data from the chameleon hash and altered data from a rewrite. The randomness data may be written to the randomness field of a block overwritten with the altered data such that the block remains coding-consistent with the chameleon hash and other blocks in the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 9967088Abstract: A system includes circuitry for rewriting blockchains in a non-tamper-evident or tamper-evident operation using a key secret held by a trusted party. The blockchains may include a series of blocks secured integrity codes that may prevent non-tamper-evident rewrites by non-trusted parties that are not in possession of the key secret. In some cases, the key may allow valid but tamper-evident rewrites of the blockchain by trusted entities. Integrity outputs may be generated from the integrity codes based on the content of the previous blocks in the series such that attempts by untrusted parties to replace a block may be detected through coding-inconsistencies with other blocks.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Patent number: 9959065Abstract: A system includes circuitry for performing hybrid blockchain rewrites by trusted parties. The hybrid blockchain may include blocks with multiple parts. In some cases, the blocks may include a core part and a tertiary part. The system may include conditions for validity preserving and/or non-tamper-evident rewrites to the parts of the block. The conditions to support rewrites to the core part may be more stringent than the corresponding conditions to support rewrites to the tertiary part. In some cases, the core part may be write-locked.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
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Publication number: 20180048469Abstract: A system includes circuitry for wrapping up blockchains into blockchain loops. A blockchain may include a series of blocks extending from an initial block to a terminal block. The circuitry may wrap-up the blockchain by storing an integrity output coding-consistent with the terminal block within the initial block. In some cases, when the terminal block and initial block include end blocks for the blockchain, wrapping-up the series may form a closed-loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicants: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLCInventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi