Patents by Inventor Alban Hessler

Alban Hessler 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).

  • Smart grid and method for operating a smart grid
    Patent number: 8832429
    Abstract: Method for operating a smart grid including a plurality of smart meters configured to monitor at least one physical measured quantity and to provide measurement results of the at least one physical measured quantity to a central entity, includes the following steps: partitioning the smart grid into groups of smart meters, such that each of the smart meters belongs to exactly one group, all smart meters of one of the groups encrypt their measured value by applying a bihomomorphic encryption scheme and send it to the central entity, one smart meter per group is designated as key aggregator to which all smart meters of that group send their key employed for the encryption, the key aggregator computes the aggregation of all received keys and sends the aggregated key to the central entity, the central entity aggregates all received encrypted measured values and decrypts the aggregation by employing the aggregated key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: NEC Europe Ltd., Universidad de Murcia
    Inventors: Felix Gomez Marmol, Christoph Sorge, Osman Ugus, Gregorio Martinez Perez, Alban Hessler
  • SMART GRID AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SMART GRID
    Publication number: 20130124850
    Abstract: Method for operating a smart grid including a plurality of smart meters configured to monitor at least one physical measured quantity and to provide measurement results of the at least one physical measured quantity to a central entity, includes the following steps: partitioning the smart grid into groups of smart meters, such that each of the smart meters belongs to exactly one group, all smart meters of one of the groups encrypt their measured value by applying a bihomomorphic encryption scheme and send it to the central entity, one smart meter per group is designated as key aggregator to which all smart meters of that group send their key employed for the encryption, the key aggregator computes the aggregation of all received keys and sends the aggregated key to the central entity, the central entity aggregates all received encrypted measured values and decrypts the aggregation by employing the aggregated key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA, NEC EUROPE LTD.
    Inventors: Felix Gomez Marmol, Christoph Sorge, Osman Ugus, Gregorio Martinez Perez, Alban Hessler