US 11,956,360 B2
Provable trade secrets on blockchain networks
Petr Novotny, Mount Kisco, NY (US); Shikhar Kwatra, San Jose, CA (US); Nitin Gaur, Round Rock, TX (US); and Matthias Seul, Pleasant Hill, CA (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/347,757.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398567 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/30 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to perform processes comprising:
generating a secret information proof;
generating a private/public key pair;
encrypting the secret information proof with the private/public key pair, wherein there are multiple private/public key pairs, each corresponding to a different portion of the secret information proof; and
submitting the encrypted secret information proof to a blockchain network.