Patents by Inventor Eric Crockett

Eric Crockett 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).

  • Publication number: 20260039636
    Abstract: Embodiments of a privacy preserving supplemental content server (PPSCS) implements a privacy preserving protocol with a content server that requests the PPSCS to serve supplemental content for users. In embodiments, a user-to-segment map (USM) containing user-private information is split into secret shares and stored separately at the PPSCS and the content server. When servicing a request, the USM data is used to identify a key segment of a user, which is in turn used to select a supplemental content for the user. Advantageously, the selection process is performed according to the privacy preserving protocol, which guarantees that (a) the content server does not learn any user-private information about the user in the USM, (b) the PPSCS learns at most one user segment of the user (e.g. the key segment), and (c) the PPSCS cannot track the user over time using any user-private information about the user learned during the execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Crockett, Gang Wang, Joan Feigenbaum
  • Patent number: 12463947
    Abstract: Embodiments of a privacy preserving supplemental content server (PPSCS) implements a privacy preserving protocol with a content server that requests the PPSCS to serve supplemental content for users. In embodiments, a user-to-segment map (USM) containing user-private information is split into secret shares and stored separately at the PPSCS and the content server. When servicing a request, the USM data is used to identify a key segment of a user, which is in turn used to select a supplemental content for the user. Advantageously, the selection process is performed according to the privacy preserving protocol, which guarantees that (a) the content server does not learn any user-private information about the user in the USM, (b) the PPSCS learns at most one user segment of the user (e.g. the key segment), and (c) the PPSCS cannot track the user over time using any user-private information about the user learned during the execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Crockett, Gang Wang, Joan Feigenbaum
  • Patent number: 12155746
    Abstract: Techniques to improve the operation of homomorphic circuits. Systems and methods described herein may improve the operation of a homomorphic circuit by analyzing a circuit to reduce the multiplicative depth of the circuit. Techniques described herein may be utilized to perform linear algebra operations with mixed encoding units, according to a homomorphic encryption scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Crockett
  • Patent number: 11687667
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for secure multiparty computation (MPC) protocols. A first computing entity may send a first cryptographically protected data set to a server and a second computing entity may send a second cryptographically protected data set to the server. The server may lack access to plaintext versions of the data sets. The server may compare cryptographically protected data elements from the first and second data sets as part of a secure MPC protocol to determine certain information regarding the data sets, such as determining which data elements are included in both sets, and perform homomorphic computations according to a homomorphic encryption scheme. The server is accordingly able to determine an encrypted result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, inc.
    Inventors: William Horne, Eric Crockett
  • Publication number: 20230053566
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for secure multiparty computation (MPC) protocols. A first computing entity may send a first cryptographically protected data set to a server and a second computing entity may send a second cryptographically protected data set to the server. The server may lack access to plaintext versions of the data sets. The server may compare cryptographically protected data elements from the first and second data sets as part of a secure MPC protocol to determine certain information regarding the data sets, such as determining which data elements are included in both sets, and perform homomorphic computations according to a homomorphic encryption scheme. The server is accordingly able to determine an encrypted result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Horne, Eric Crockett