Control method of system for providing results of homomorphic encryption operations to consumer, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for executing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026100817-A1
Application number	US-202519350243-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 6, 2025
Priority date	Oct 8, 2024
Publication date	Apr 9, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided are a control method of a system for providing results of homomorphic encryption operations to a consumer and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for executing the same. The control method includes: generating, by a producer device, a secret key; generating, by the producer device, an encryption key and a set of operation keys from the secret key; obtaining, by the producer device, a homomorphic ciphertext by encrypting plaintext data using the secret key, and transmitting the homomorphic ciphertext and the set of operation keys to a processor device; obtaining, by the producer device, a plurality of divided keys from the secret key, and allocating the plurality of divided keys to a plurality of decryptor devices, respectively; transmitting, by the producer device, the encryption key to a consumer device; encrypting, by the consumer device, input data and transmitting the encrypted input data to the processor device; performing, by the processor device, a homomorphic encryption operation by using the homomorphic ciphertext and the encrypted input data; transmitting, by the processor device, an operation result ciphertext of the homomorphic encryption operation to the plurality of decryptor devices; obtaining, by the plurality of decryptor devices, a decrypted result value from the operation result ciphertext by using the plurality of divided keys; and transmitting, by the plurality of decryptor devices, the obtained result value to the consumer device.

First claim

1 . A control method of a system for providing results of homomorphic encryption operations to a consumer, the method comprising:
generating, by a producer device, a secret key; generating, by the producer device, an encryption key and a set of operation keys from the secret key; obtaining, by the producer device, a homomorphic ciphertext by encrypting plaintext data, and transmitting the homomorphic ciphertext and the set of operation keys to a processor device; obtaining, by the producer device, a plurality of divided keys from the secret key, and allocating the plurality of divided keys to a plurality of decryptor devices, respectively; transmitting, by the producer device, the encryption key to a consumer device; encrypting, by the consumer device, input data and transmitting the encrypted input data to the processor device; performing, by the processor device, a homomorphic encryption operation by using the homomorphic ciphertext and the encrypted input data; transmitting, by the processor device, an operation result ciphertext of the homomorphic encryption operation to the plurality of decryptor devices; obtaining, by the plurality of decryptor devices, a decrypted result value from the operation result ciphertext by using the plurality of divided keys; and transmitting, by the plurality of decryptor devices, the obtained result value to the consumer device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the secret key has an algebraic structure, and
in the allocating, the secret key is divided into a plurality of divided secret keys and the plurality of divided secret keys are allocated to the plurality of decryptor devices, respectively.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in the allocating, divided key switching keys are allocated to the remaining decryptor devices among the plurality of decryptor devices except for the last decryptor device, and a decryption key is allocated to the last decryptor device among the plurality of decryptor devices.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in obtaining of the decrypted result value, the decrypted result value is obtained by the plurality of decryptor devices by using a threshold fully homomorphic encryption (Threshold FHE) scheme.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of decryptor devices are disposed to be physically separated from each other.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in the encrypting of the input data and the transmitting of the encrypted input data to the processor device, the input data is encrypted by the consumer device using advanced encryption standard (AES) symmetric key encryption.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plaintext data includes a weight of an artificial intelligence model or a vector database.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of decryptor devices is determined by the producer device based on a security strength.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the secret key is maintained by the producer device to be within the producer device not to be leaked externally.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for executing a control method of a system for providing results of homomorphic encryption operations to a consumer, wherein the method includes:
generating, by a producer device, a secret key; generating, by the producer device, an encryption key and a set of operation keys from the secret key; obtaining, by the producer device, a homomorphic ciphertext by encrypting plaintext data, and transmitting the homomorphic ciphertext and the set of operation keys to a processor device; obtaining, by the producer device, a plurality of divided keys from the secret key, and allocating the plurality of divided keys to a plurality of decryptor devices, respectively; transmitting, by the producer device, the encryption key to a consumer device; encrypting, by the consumer device, input data and transmitting the encrypted input data to the processor device; performing, by the processor device, a homomorphic encryption operation by using the homomorphic ciphertext and the encrypted input data; transmitting, by the processor device, an operation result ciphertext of the homomorphic encryption operation to the plurality of decryptor devices; obtaining, by the plurality of decryptor devices, a decrypted result value from the operation result ciphertext by using the plurality of divided keys; and transmitting, by the plurality of decryptor devices, the obtained result value to the consumer device.

Assignees

• Crypto Lab Inc

Inventors

• Pak Michael
• Kim Taekyung

Classifications

• H04L9/0631

  Substitution permutation network [SPN], i.e. cipher composed of a number of stages or rounds each involving linear and nonlinear transformations, e.g. AES algorithms · CPC title

• H04L9/0825

  using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates · CPC title

• H04L9/008 Primary

  involving homomorphic encryption · CPC title