Method and system for electronic content storage and retrieval with galois fields on cloud computing networks

• US 9,037,564 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2012
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stephen Lesavich, Zachary C. Lesavich
• Original Assignee: Zachary C. Lesavich
• Inventors: Lesavich, Zachary C., Lesavich, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Taelor
• Assistant Examiner(s): HTAY, LIN LIN M
• Application Number:
  US13/467,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,105 Days
• Field of Search: 707/706
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9532 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A method and system for electronic content storage and retrieval with Galois Fields on cloud computing networks. The electronic content is divided into plural portions and stored in plural cloud storage objects. Storage locations for the plural cloud storage objects are selected using a Galois field and the plural cloud storage objects are distributed across the cloud network. When the electronic content is requested, the plural portions are retrieved and transparently combined back into the original electronic content. No server network devices or target network devices can individually determine locations of all portions of the electronic content on the cloud communications network, thereby providing layers of security and privacy for the electronic content on the cloud communications network.

Claims

1. A method for automatic storage of electronic content with cloud computing, comprising:

creating on a cloud application on a cloud server network device with one or more processors, a modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

comprising;

(a) selecting a prime integer p,

(b) selecting an integer n greater than or equal to one,

(c) selecting two or more irreducible polynomials P1(x) and P2(x) for field multiplication operations from a set of irreducible polynomials wherein a largest power for a lead variable in P1(x) and P2(x) includes p, n, or pⁿ,

(d) creating a Galois field lookup table,

(e) creating a modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) with the two or more irreducible polynomials P1(x) and P2(x) and the Galois field lookup table,

(f) generating pⁿ unique field elements for the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

(g) populating a first portion of the Galois field lookup table with the generated pⁿ unique field elements, and

(h) populating a second potion of the Galois field lookup table with a plurality of virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, or combinations thereof, for locating a plurality of other cloud server network devices each with one or more processors on the cloud communications network;

securely storing the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) with the cloud application in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device;

configuring with the cloud application the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) for operation wherein;

(a) one or more inputs to the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) produces as a first internal output one of the pⁿ unique elements of the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) for indexing into the first portion of the Galois Field lookup table, and

(b) the first internal output producing a second internal output from the second portion of the Galois Field lookup table including selected ones of the plurality of virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, or combinations thereof;

receiving electronic content on the cloud application and storing the electronic content in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device via a cloud communications network comprising;

one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks;

splitting the received electronic content with the cloud application into a plurality of portions;

saving with the cloud application the plurality of potions in a plurality of cloud storage objects;

inputting from the cloud application one or more pre-determined inputs into the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored on the cloud server network device;

outputting with the cloud application from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) for each one or more pre-determined inputs into the modified Galois Field GF(pⁿ)

a plurality of address locations including;

the virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, or combinations thereof, stored in the Galois Field lookup table in the modified Galois Field GF(pⁿ),

wherein the plurality of address locations are located anywhere on the one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks of the cloud communications network;

storing securely the plurality of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) in a cloud content location map with the cloud application in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device;

sending securely the plurality of cloud storage objects to the plurality of other cloud servers on the cloud communications network with the plurality of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ),

wherein the plurality of cloud storage objects are distributed and located in a plurality of other locations on the cloud communications network; and

providing a layer of security and privacy for the electronic content on the cloud communications network with the plurality of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored in the cloud content location map, wherein none of the plurality of other cloud server network devices can individually determine locations of all portions of the received electronic content on the cloud communications network.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of outputting from modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) includes outputting a plurality of virtual cloud communication network addresses, a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) addresses, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port designations, User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port designations, other virtual or actual networking protocol port designations or a combination thereof, of the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) produces the output by completing one or more field operations including field multiplication operations on two or more inputs to the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) includes two or more irreducible polynomials P1(x) and P2(x) with a largest power for a lead variable of the two or more irreducible polynomials of at least eight and field operations are completed over the two or more irreducible polynomials P1(x) and P2(x).

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud storage object includes one or more of a Representational State Transfer (REST) or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) cloud storage objects, portions thereof, or combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of storing securely cloud content location map includes securely storing the cloud content location map in an encrypted format including using a Discrete Logarithm Integrated Encryption Scheme (DLIES), a Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES), a user generated biometric encryption method, or a Homomorphic encryption method.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the sending securely step includes securely sending using a Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP), Wireless-Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), Robust Security Network (RSN), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), Message Digest-5 (MD-5), Electronic Code Book (ECB), Diffie and Hellman (DH), HyperText Transport Protocol Secure, (HTTPs), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Transport Layer Security (TLS) security method, Discrete Logarithm Integrated Encryption Scheme (DLIES), a Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES), biometric or a Homomorphic encryption method.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud server network device and the target network device include a wireless networking interface comprising a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) wireless networking interface with 4^th generation (4G) wireless speeds for communicating with the cloud communications network.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud communications network includes an electronic content storage and retrieval service, a cloud computing platform for the electronic content storage and retrieval service and a cloud computing infrastructure for the an electronic content storage and retrieval service.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud communications network includes on-demand electronic content storage and retrieval services, broadband network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured network services for an electronic content storage and retrieval services.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud application offers a cloud computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) and offers a Specific cloud software service as a Service (SaaS) including a specific cloud software service for electronic content storage and retrieval.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving in real-time a first request message on a first cloud application on the cloud server network device with the one or more processors from a second cloud application stored in a second non-transitory computer readable medium on a target network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network,

wherein the first request message includes a request for desired cloud electronic content stored in the plurality of cloud storage objects stored on the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices distributed across one or more of the network comprising the cloud communications network, and

wherein the plurality of cloud storage objects function as a single, transparent secure storage object for electronic content on the cloud communications network;

retrieving securely the cloud content location map on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device, wherein the cloud content location map includes the determined plurality of types of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) of the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

sending from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device a plurality of second request messages for the desired cloud electronic content to the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices identified in the retrieved cloud content location map and located on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks and hybrid networks comprising the cloud communications network;

receiving on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device a plurality of response messages including one or more individual portions of the desired cloud electronic content in the plurality of cloud storage objects from the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks and hybrid networks comprising the cloud communications network;

combining transparently on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device the one or more individual components of the desired cloud electronic content from the plurality of cloud storage objects from the received plurality of response messages into a final desired electronic cloud content component;

sending securely in real-time the final desired cloud electronic content component as the requested desired cloud electronic content from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device to the target network device via the cloud communications network; and

providing another layer of security and privacy for the desired cloud electronic content on the cloud communications network with the determined plurality of types of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored in the cloud content location map, wherein the second cloud application on the target network device cannot determine the desired cloud electronic content was stored in the retrieved plurality of cloud storage objects and cannot determine which of the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on which the one or more public, private, community or hybrid networks on the cloud communications network may have stored portions of the desired cloud electronic content.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the first and the second cloud applications include access to a plurality of television sites, Internet television sites, social networking sites, music distribution sites or search engine sites.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the first request message from the target network device includes a QR bar code.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the first request message is encrypted with a pre-determined encryption method and encoded into the QR bar code.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the desired cloud electronic content can be requested from the cloud communications network and displayed by the second cloud application on the target network device anywhere the target network device is physically located near or in communications with, any server network device on of the plurality of networks comprising the cloud communications network.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

sending from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device a plurality of third request messages to the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices identified in the retrieved cloud content location map to deactivate the plurality of portions of desired cloud electronic content stored in the plurality of cloud storage objects stored on the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices;

determining from the first cloud application a new plurality of types of address locations of new selected ones of a plurality of other cloud server network devices each with one or more processors with a plurality of new inputs to the modified Galois filed and a plurality of new outputs from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

storing securely with the first cloud application the determined new plurality of address locations in the cloud content location map with the first cloud application in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device; and

sending securely from the first cloud application the received plurality of cloud storage objects to the new determined selected ones of the plurality of other cloud servers on the cloud communications network with the determined plurality of address locations,

wherein the retrieved plurality of cloud storage objects are distributed and located in a new plurality of other locations on one or more public, private, community or hybrid networks on the cloud communications network.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein de-activating the plurality of portions of desired cloud electronic content stored in the plurality of cloud storage objects includes encrypting the plurality of cloud storage objects or deleting the plurality of cloud storage objects.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

inputting to the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) as one or more inputs a plurality of physical location information of the target network device; and

outputting from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) a new plurality of types of address locations of new selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices which are the closest to a current physical location of the target network device.

20. A system for electronic content storage and retrieval on a cloud computing network, comprising in combination:

a cloud communications network;

one or more cloud server network devices with one or more

one or more target network devices with one or more processors;

the one or more processors on the one or more network devices including a plurality of instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium configuring the one or more processors for;

for creating on a cloud application on a cloud server network device with one or more processors, a modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

comprising;

(a) for selecting a prime integer p,

(b) for selecting an integer n greater than or equal to one,

(c) for selecting two or more irreducible polynomials P1(x) and P2(x) for field multiplication operations from a set of irreducible polynomials wherein a largest power for a lead variable in P1(x) and P2(x) includes p, n, or pⁿ,

(d) for creating a Galois field lookup table,

(e) for creating a modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) with the two or more irreducible polynomials P1(x) and P2(x) and the Galois field lookup table,

(f) for generating pⁿ unique field elements for the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

(g) for populating a first portion of the Galois field lookup table with the generated pⁿ unique field elements, and

(h) for populating a second potion of the Galois field lookup table with a plurality of virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, or combinations thereof, for locating a plurality of other cloud server network devices each with one or more processors on the cloud communications network;

for securely storing the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) with the cloud application in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device;

for configuring with the cloud application the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) for operation wherein;

(a) one or more inputs to the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) produces as a first internal output one of the pⁿ unique elements of the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) for indexing into the first portion of the Galois Field lookup table, and

(b) the first internal output producing a second internal output from the second portion of the Galois Field lookup table including selected ones of the plurality of virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, or combinations thereof;

for receiving electronic content on the cloud application and storing the electronic content in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device via a cloud communications network comprising;

one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks;

for splitting the received electronic content with the cloud application into a plurality of portions;

for saving with the cloud application the plurality of potions in a plurality of cloud storage objects;

for inputting from the cloud application one or more pre-determined inputs into the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored on the cloud server network device;

for outputting with the cloud application from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) for each one or more pre-determined inputs into the modified Galois Field GF(pⁿ) a plurality of address locations including;

the virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, or combinations thereof, stored in the Galois Field lookup table in the modified Galois Field GF(pⁿ),

wherein the plurality of address locations are located anywhere on the one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks of the cloud communications network;

for storing securely the plurality of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) in a cloud content location map with the cloud application in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device;

for sending securely the plurality of cloud storage objects to the plurality of other cloud servers on the cloud communications network with the plurality of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ),

wherein the plurality of cloud storage objects are distributed and located in a plurality of other locations on the cloud communications network; and

for providing a layer of security and privacy for the electronic content on the cloud communications network with the plurality of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored in the cloud content location map, wherein none of the plurality of other cloud server network devices can individually determine locations of all portions of the received electronic content on the cloud communications network;

for receiving in real-time a first request message on the cloud application on the cloud server network device with the one or more processors from another cloud application stored in another non-transitory computer readable medium on a target network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network,

wherein the first request message includes a request for desired cloud electronic content stored in the plurality of cloud storage objects stored on the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices distributed across one or more of the network comprising the cloud communications network, and

wherein the plurality of cloud storage objects function as a single, transparent secure storage object for electronic content on the cloud communications network;

for retrieving securely the cloud content location map on the cloud application on the cloud server network device, wherein the cloud content location map includes the determined plurality of types of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) of the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

for sending from the cloud application on the cloud server network device a plurality of second request messages for the desired cloud electronic content to the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices identified in the retrieved cloud content location map and located on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks and hybrid networks comprising the cloud communications network;

for receiving on the cloud application on the server network device a plurality of response messages including one or more individual portions of the desired cloud electronic content in the plurality of cloud storage objects from the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks and hyhrid networks comprising the cloud communications network;

for combining transparently on the cloud application on the server network device the one or more individual components of the desired cloud electronic content from the plurality of cloud storage objects from the received plurality of response messages into a final desired electronic cloud content component;

for sending securely in real-time the final desired cloud electronic content component as the requested desired cloud electronic content from the cloud application on the cloud server network device to the target network device via the cloud communications network; and

for providing another layer of security and privacy for the desired cloud electronic content on the cloud communications network with the determined plurality of types of address locations output from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored in the cloud content location map, wherein the second cloud application on the target network device cannot determine the desired cloud electronic content was stored in the retrieved plurality of cloud storage objects and cannot determine which of the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on which the one or more public, private, community or hybrid networks on the cloud communications network may have stored portions of the desired cloud electronic content.