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).

  • Publication number: 20180032273
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLC
    Inventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
  • Publication number: 20170374049
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Guiseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
  • Publication number: 20170338947
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
  • Publication number: 20170338957
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
  • Patent number: 9785369
    Abstract: 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 multiple 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. Further, in some implementations, tamper-evident rewrites may be converted to non-tamper-evident rewrites through multiple-party ratification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLC
    Inventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
  • Patent number: 9774578
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Accenture Global Solutions Limited, GSC Secrypt, LLC
    Inventors: Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Chiaramonte, David Treat, Bernardo Magri, Daniele Venturi
  • Patent number: 8078485
    Abstract: A high performance capability assessment model helps a postal industry business meet the challenges of the global marketplace. As a result, the postal industry business can achieve the clarity, consistency, and well-defined execution of core processes that reduce inefficiencies and waste that result from unnecessary process complexity and exceptions. In addition, the high performance capability assessment model helps the postal industry business to identify specific areas in which improvements may be made and understand how to make the improvements, and establishes levels of capability along the way to reaching an ultimate capability goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Lars Kraehmueller, Wai Seng Cheah, William A. Morris, Carolyn Hay, Ivano Veltri, Ilan Geller, Michael T. Chiaramonte, Xiaojan Jin