Patents by Inventor Gary S. Littlefield

Gary S. Littlefield 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).

  • Distributed computing utilizing homomorphic encryption
    Patent number: 9712500
    Abstract: A method for determining a compute amount contributed by a device is provided. The method comprises receiving encrypted data from a processor of a customer system and parsing the encrypted data into a plurality of encrypted subsets. Then, the method associates a token specific to the device with an encrypted subset of the plurality of encrypted subsets to produce a packaged subset. The packaged subset is sent to the device. In response, a processed packaged subset that includes the token is received. The compute time contributed by the device is determined from the token of the processed packaged subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Gabriel J. Perez Irizarry, Gary S. Littlefield, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Brian R. Prasky
  • Distributed computing utilizing homomorphic encryption
    Patent number: 9686247
    Abstract: A method for determining a compute amount contributed by a device is provided. The method comprises receiving encrypted data from a processor of a customer system and parsing the encrypted data into a plurality of encrypted subsets. Then, the method associates a token specific to the device with an encrypted subset of the plurality of encrypted subsets to produce a packaged subset. The packaged subset is sent to the device. In response, a processed packaged subset that includes the token is received. The compute time contributed by the device is determined from the token of the processed packaged subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Gabriel J. Perez Irizarry, Gary S. Littlefield, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Brian R. Prasky
  • DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING UTILIZING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION
    Publication number: 20160380979
    Abstract: A method for determining a compute amount contributed by a device is provided. The method comprises receiving encrypted data from a processor of a customer system and parsing the encrypted data into a plurality of encrypted subsets. Then, the method associates a token specific to the device with an encrypted subset of the plurality of encrypted subsets to produce a packaged subset. The packaged subset is sent to the device. In response, a processed packaged subset that includes the token is received. The compute time contributed by the device is determined from the token of the processed packaged subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Gabriel J. Perez Irizarry, Gary S. Littlefield, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Brian R. Prasky
  • DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING UTILIZING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION
    Publication number: 20160380761
    Abstract: A method for determining a compute amount contributed by a device is provided. The method comprises receiving encrypted data from a processor of a customer system and parsing the encrypted data into a plurality of encrypted subsets. Then, the method associates a token specific to the device with an encrypted subset of the plurality of encrypted subsets to produce a packaged subset. The packaged subset is sent to the device. In response, a processed packaged subset that includes the token is received. The compute time contributed by the device is determined from the token of the processed packaged subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Gabriel J. Perez Irizarry, Gary S. Littlefield, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Brian R. Prasky