System, method and article of manufacture for determining a price of cryptograph IC services based on a computational burden thereof
View Patent ↗A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for pricing a cryptographic service. A request for a cryptographic service is received. An identification is made of one or more of a computational burden required to perform the cryptographic service, a privacy level of the cryptographic service, and/or a speed of performing the cryptographic service. A price of the cryptographic service is determined based on the computational burden, privacy level, and/or speed. A method is also provided for pricing a cryptographic service based on a compactness of a cryptographic message. A request for encrypting a message is received. The message is encrypted and is also compressed during the encryption. An amount of compression of the message is determined. A price of the encryption is determined based on the amount of compression.
1. A method for pricing a cryptographic service, comprising:
(a) receiving a request for a cryptographic service;
(b) identifying a computational burden required to perform the cryptographic service, including one or more of a privacy level of the cryptographic service or a speed of performing the cryptographic service; and
(c) determining a price of the cryptographic service based on the at least one of computational burden, privacy level, and speed.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a user requesting the cryptographic service specifies the privacy level.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a user requesting the cryptographic service specifies the speed of performing the cryptographic service.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising requesting payment for the cryptographic service from a user requesting the cryptographic service.
5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing private information retrieval.
6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing group authentication.
7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing mix networks.
8. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for pricing a cryptographic service, comprising:
(a) a code segment that receives a request for a cryptographic service;
(b) a code segment that identifies a computational burden required to perform the cryptographic service, including one or more of privacy level of the cryptographic service or speed of performing the cryptographic service; and
(c) a code segment that determines a price of the cryptographic service based on at least one of computational burden, privacy level, and speed.
9. The computer program as recited in claim 8 , wherein a user requesting the cryptographic service specifies the privacy level.
10. The computer program as recited in claim 8 , wherein a user requesting the cryptographic service specifies the speed of performing the cryptographic service.
11. The computer program as recited in claim 8 , further comprising a code segment that requests payment for the cryptographic service from a user requesting the cryptographic service.
12. The computer program as recited in claim 8 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing private information retrieval.
13. The computer program as recited in claim 8 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing group authentication.
14. The computer program as recited in claim 8 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing mix networks.
15. A system for pricing a cryptographic service, comprising;
(a) logic that receives a request for a cryptographic service;
(b) logic that identifies a computational burden required to perform the cryptographic service, including one or more of a privacy level of the cryptographic service or a speed of performing the cryptographic service; and
(c) logic that determines a price of the cryptographic service based on the at least one of the computational burden, privacy level, and speed.
16. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein a user requesting the cryptographic service specifies the privacy level.
17. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein a user requesting the cryptographic service specifies the speed of performing the cryptographic service.
18. The system as recited in claim 15 , further comprising logic that requests payment for the cryptographic service from a user requesting the cryptographic service.
19. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing private information retrieval.
20. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing group authentication.
21. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the cryptographic service includes utilizing mix networks.