Patents by Inventor Seny Fakaba Kamara

Seny Fakaba Kamara 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: 10985902
    Abstract: Described herein is an efficient, dynamic Symmetric Searchable Encryption (SSE) scheme. A client computing device includes a plurality of files and a dictionary of keywords. An index is generated that indicates, for each keyword and each file, whether a file includes a respective keyword. The index is encrypted and transmitted (with encryptions of the files) to a remote repository. The index is dynamically updateable at the remote repository, and can be utilized to search for files that include keywords in the dictionary without providing the remote repository with information that identifies content of the file or the keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Seny Fakaba Kamara, Charalampos Papamanthou
  • Publication number: 20150156011
    Abstract: Described herein is an efficient, dynamic Symmetric Searchable Encryption (SSE) scheme. A client computing device includes a plurality of files and a dictionary of keywords. An index is generated that indicates, for each keyword and each file, whether a file includes a respective keyword. The index is encrypted and transmitted (with encryptions of the files) to a remote repository. The index is dynamically updateable at the remote repository, and can be utilized to search for files that include keywords in the dictionary without providing the remote repository with information that identifies content of the file or the keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Seny Fakaba Kamara, Charalampos Papamanthou
  • Patent number: 8930691
    Abstract: Described herein is an efficient, dynamic Symmetric Searchable Encryption (SSE) scheme. A client computing device includes a plurality of files and a dictionary of keywords. An index is generated that indicates, for each keyword and each file, whether a file includes a respective keyword. The index is encrypted and transmitted (with encryptions of the files) to a remote repository. The index is dynamically updateable at the remote repository, and can be utilized to search for files that include keywords in the dictionary without providing the remote repository with information that identifies content of the file or the keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seny Fakaba Kamara, Charalampos Papamanthou
  • Patent number: 8762741
    Abstract: Anonymous information sharing systems and methods enable communication of information to parties in a privacy-preserving manner such that no one other than the designated parties can know the source, recipient, and content of the information. Furthermore, the communication can be accomplished without requiring trial decryption, and protection can be provided against of sharing of privileges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Melissa E. Chase, Sze Ming Chow, Seny Fakaba Kamara
  • Patent number: 8700906
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for secure computing in multi-tenant data centers. These techniques permit a client to delegate computation of a function to multiple physical computing devices without the client's information being vulnerable to exposure. The techniques prevent discovery of the client's information by a malicious entity even if that entity is a co-tenant on many of the same physical computing devices as the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seny Fakaba Kamara, Mariana P. Raykova
  • Publication number: 20130046974
    Abstract: Described herein is an efficient, dynamic Symmetric Searchable Encryption (SSE) scheme. A client computing device includes a plurality of files and a dictionary of keywords. An index is generated that indicates, for each keyword and each file, whether a file includes a respective keyword. The index is encrypted and transmitted (with encryptions of the files) to a remote repository. The index is dynamically updateable at the remote repository, and can be utilized to search for files that include keywords in the dictionary without providing the remote repository with information that identifies content of the file or the keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seny Fakaba Kamara, Charalampos Papamanthou
  • Publication number: 20120185946
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for secure computing in multi-tenant data centers. These techniques permit a client to delegate computation of a function to multiple physical computing devices without the client's information being vulnerable to exposure. The techniques prevent discovery of the client's information by a malicious entity even if that entity is a co-tenant on many of the same physical computing devices as the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seny Fakaba Kamara, Mariana P. Raykova
  • Publication number: 20100191975
    Abstract: Anonymous information sharing systems and methods enable communication of information to parties in a privacy-preserving manner such that no one other than the designated parties can know the source, recipient, and content of the information. Furthermore, the communication can be accomplished without requiring trial decryption, and protection can be provided against of sharing of privileges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Melissa E. Chase, Sze Ming Chow, Seny Fakaba Kamara