METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE PROVENANCE FOR DATA SUPPLY CHAINS

• US 20200136799A1
• Filed: 12/20/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Smith, Ned, Bernat, Francesc Guim, Bakshi, Sanjay, O'Neill, Paul, McCahill, Ben, Keating, Brian A., Hoban, Adrian, Sood, Kapil, Vij, Mona, Jain, Nilesh, Poornachandran, Rajesh, Cooper, Trevor, Doshi, Kshitij A., Spoczynski, Marcin
• Granted Patent: US 11,637,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/282 Hierarchical databases, e.g. IMS, LDAP data stores or Lotus Notes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/00 Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00; network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00; security arrangements for protecting computers or computer systems against unauthorised activity G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/008 involving homomorphic encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3239 involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/50 using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine provenance for data supply chains are disclosed. Example instructions cause a machine to at least, in response to data being generated, generate a local data object and object metadata corresponding to the data; hash the local data object; generate a hash of a label of the local data object; generate a hierarchical data structure for the data including the hash of the local data object and the hash of the label of the local data object; generate a data supply chain object including the hierarchical data structure; and transmit the data and the data supply chain object to a device that requested access to the data.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising data which may be configured into executable instructions and, when configured and executed, cause one or more processors to at least:

in response to data being generated, generate a local data object and object metadata corresponding to the data;

hash the local data object;

generate a hash of a label of the local data object;

generate a hierarchical data structure for the data including the hash of the local data object and the hash of the label of the local data object;

generate a data supply chain object including the hierarchical data structure; and

transmit the data and the data supply chain object to a device that requested access to the data.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to encode the data supply chain object according to a format of the data.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to encrypt the data supply chain object using homomorphic encryption.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to add a tool for transforming the data into the data supply chain object.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to apply a data serialization format to the data supply chain object.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to link the data supply chain object to the data.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to update the data supply chain object to reflect at least one of an access of the data or a transformation of the data.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to decrypt the data supply chain object using homomorphic decryption.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to transmit the data supply chain object to at least one of a blockchain or an object monitoring service to at least one of (a) enforce a contract corresponding to the data, (b) record revisions to the data, (c) enforce data provenance, or (d) track the data.

10. An apparatus to generate a data supply chain object, the apparatus comprising:

a data structure generator to, in response to data being generated, generate a local data object and object metadata corresponding to the data;

an encryptor to;

hash the local data object; and

generate a hash of a label of the local data object;

the data structure generator to;

generate a hierarchical data structure for the data including the hash of the local data object and the hash of the label of the local data object; and

generate a data supply chain object including the hierarchical data structure; and

an interface to transmit the data and the data supply chain object to a device that requested access to the data.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further including an encoder to encode the data supply chain object according to a format of the data.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the encryptor is to encrypt the data supply chain object using homomorphic encryption.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein data structure generator is to add a tool for transforming the data into the data supply chain object.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, further including an encoder to apply a data serialization format to the data supply chain object.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, further including a file processor to link the data supply chain object to the data.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the data structure generator to update the data supply chain object to reflect at least one of an access of the data or a transformation of the data.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further including a decryptor to decrypt the data supply chain object using homomorphic decryption.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the interface is to transmit the data supply chain object to at least one of a blockchain or an object monitoring service to at least one of (a) enforce a contract corresponding to the data, (b) record revisions to the data, (c) enforce data provenance, or (d) track the data.

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28. An apparatus to generate a data supply chain object, the apparatus including:

means for, in response to data being generated, generating a local data object and object metadata corresponding to the data;

means for;

hashing the local data object; and

hashing a label of the local data object;

the generating means to;

generate a hierarchical data structure for the data including the hash of the local data object and the hash of the label of the local data object; and

generate a data supply chain object including the hierarchical data structure; and

means for transmitting the data and the data supply chain object to a device that requested access to the data.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, further including means for encoding the data supply chain object according to a format of the data.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, further including means for encrypting the data supply chain object using homomorphic encryption.

31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the generating means is to add a tool for transforming the data into the data supply chain object.

32. The apparatus of claim 28, further including means for applying a data serialization format to the data supply chain object.

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37. An apparatus to generate a data supply chain object, the apparatus comprising:

processor circuitry; and

a memory including instructions which, when executed, cause the processor circuitry to;

in response to data being generated, generate a local data object and object metadata corresponding to the data;

hash the local data object;

generate a hash of a label of the local data object;

generate a hierarchical data structure for the data including the hash of the local data object and the hash of the label of the local data object;

generate a data supply chain object including the hierarchical data structure; and

transmit the data and the data supply chain object to a device that requested access to the data.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the instructions cause the processor circuitry to encode the data supply chain object according to a format of the data.

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