Patents by Inventor Ahmet Erhan Nergiz

Ahmet Erhan Nergiz 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).

  • Patent number: 11645256
    Abstract: A method for providing encrypted search includes receiving, at a user device associated with a user, a search query for a keyword that appears in one or more encrypted documents stored on an untrusted storage device and accessing a count table to obtain a count of documents 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 documents. The method also includes evaluating a first portion of the DPRF and delegating a remaining second portion of the DPRF to the untrusted storage device which causes the untrusted storage device to evaluate the DPRF and access an encrypted search index associated with the documents. The untrusted storage device determines one or more encrypted documents associated with DPRF and returns, to the user device, an identifier for each encrypted document associated with the DPRF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Yeo, Ahmet Erhan Nergiz, Nicolas Lidzborski, Laetitia Estelle Baudoin, Sarvar Patel
  • Patent number: 11308224
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Yeo, Ahmet Erhan Nergiz, Laetitia Estelle Baudoin, Nicolas Lidzborski, Sarvar Patel
  • Publication number: 20220092047
    Abstract: A method for providing encrypted search includes receiving, at a user device associated with a user, a search query for a keyword that appears in one or more encrypted documents stored on an untrusted storage device and accessing a count table to obtain a count of documents 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 documents. The method also includes evaluating a first portion of the DPRF and delegating a remaining second portion of the DPRF to the untrusted storage device which causes the untrusted storage device to evaluate the DPRF and access an encrypted search index associated with the documents. The untrusted storage device determines one or more encrypted documents associated with DPRF and returns, to the user device, an identifier for each encrypted document associated with the DPRF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Yeo, Ahmet Erhan Nergiz, Nicolas Lidzborski, Laetitia Estelle Baudoin, Sarvar Patel
  • Patent number: 11216433
    Abstract: A method for providing encrypted search includes receiving, at a user device associated with a user, a search query for a keyword that appears in one or more encrypted documents stored on an untrusted storage device and accessing a count table to obtain a count of documents 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 documents. The method also includes evaluating a first portion of the DPRF and delegating a remaining second portion of the DPRF to the untrusted storage device which causes the untrusted storage device to evaluate the DPRF and access an encrypted search index associated with the documents. The untrusted storage device determines one or more encrypted documents associated with DPRF and returns, to the user device, an identifier for each encrypted document associated with the DPRF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Yeo, Ahmet Erhan Nergiz, Nicolas Lidzborski, Laetitia Estelle Baudoin, Sarvar Patel
  • Publication number: 20210182261
    Abstract: A method for providing encrypted search includes receiving, at a user device associated with a user, a search query for a keyword that appears in one or more encrypted documents stored on an untrusted storage device and accessing a count table to obtain a count of documents 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 documents. The method also includes evaluating a first portion of the DPRF and delegating a remaining second portion of the DPRF to the untrusted storage device which causes the untrusted storage device to evaluate the DPRF and access an encrypted search index associated with the documents. The untrusted storage device determines one or more encrypted documents associated with DPRF and returns, to the user device, an identifier for each encrypted document associated with the DPRF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Yeo, Ahmet Erhan Nergiz, Nicolas Lidzborski, Laetitia Estelle Baudoin, Sarvar Patel
  • Publication number: 20210182408
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Yeo, Ahmet Erhan Nergiz, Laetitia Estelle Baudoin, Nicolas Lidzborski, Sarvar Patel