IP Library Granted Patent US 11,063,749
Granted Patent B2
US 11,063,749 · App. 16/945,341 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Cryptographic key management based on identity information

Inventors: Zhiyuan Feng (Hangzhou, CN); Yanpeng Li (Hangzhou, CN); Long Cheng (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L9/0825H04L9/0866H04L9/0877H04L9/3231H04L9/3247
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Patent No.
US 11,063,749
App. No.
16/945,341
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing cryptographic keys based on user identity information. One of the methods includes receiving a request to store identity information and a user key pair to a memory on a chip, the request being digitally signed with a digital signature, the identity information uniquely identifying the user, and the user key pair being assigned to the user; determining that the digital signature is authentic based on a public key pre-stored in the memory; encrypting the identity information and the user key pair; and storing the identity information and the user key pair to the memory.

Claims (73)

1. A computer-implemented method for managing user key pairs, the method comprising:

receiving, by an identity cryptographic chip (ICC) and from a computing device within a blockchain network, a public authorization key forming an asymmetric-key pair with a private authorization key assigned to a master user of the ICC;

receiving, by the ICC and from the computing device within a blockchain network, a request to store identity information and a user key pair to a memory on the ICC, the request digitally signed with a digital signature, the identity information uniquely identifying a user, and the user key pair assigned to the user;

determining, by the ICC, that the digital signature is authentic based on the public authorization key;

receiving, by the ICC, encrypted data comprising an encryption of the identity information and of the user key pair;

storing, by the ICC, the encrypted data to the memory;

generating, by the ICC, a token to provide temporary authorization to the user to perform cryptographic operations on a predetermined number of files during a predetermined time interval;

performing, by the ICC, the cryptographic operations on the predetermined number of files, during the predetermined time interval authorized by the token; and

transmitting, by the ICC, a result of the cryptographic operations.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

initializing the ICC by pre-storing the public authorization key and the private authorization key,.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein initializing the ICC further comprises storing identity authentication code executable to authenticate the user based on the identity information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein initializing the ICC further comprises:

storing first cryptographic operation code executable to add the digital signature based on the private authorization key; and

storing second cryptographic operation code executable to perform file encryption or file decryption based on the user key pair.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the request for storing identity information and the user key pair is a first request, the identity information is first identity information, the digital signature is a first digital signature, and the computer-implemented method further comprises:

receiving second identity information and a second request for adding a second digital signature to a file;

authenticating the second request based on matching the second identity information to the first identity information; and

adding the second digital signature to the file based on the first cryptographic operation code and a private key of the user key pair.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the request for storing identity information and the user key pair is a first request, the identity information is first identity information, and the computer-implemented method further comprises:

receiving second identity information and a second request for encrypting or decrypting a file;

authenticating the user based on matching the second identity information to the first identity information; and

performing the encryption or decryption based on the second request, the second cryptographic operation code, and a public key or a private key of the user key pair.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by an identity cryptographic chip (ICC) and from a computing device within a blockchain network, a public authorization key forming an asymmetric-key pair with a private authorization key assigned to a master user of the ICC;

receiving, by the ICC and from the computing device within a blockchain network, a request to store identity information and a user key pair to a memory on the ICC, the request digitally signed with a digital signature, the identity information uniquely identifying a user, and the user key pair assigned to the user;

determining, by the ICC, that the digital signature is authentic based on the public authorization key;

receiving, by the ICC, encrypted data comprising an encryption of the identity information and of the user key pair;

storing, by the ICC, the encrypted data to the memory;

generating, by the ICC, a token to provide temporary authorization to the user to perform cryptographic operations on a predetermined number of files during a predetermined time interval;

performing, by the ICC, the cryptographic operations on the predetermined number of files, during the predetermined time interval authorized by the token; and

transmitting, by the ICC, a result of the cryptographic operations.

8. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

initializing the ICC by pre-storing the public authorization key and the private authorization key.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein initializing the ICC further comprises storing identity authentication code executable to authenticate the user based on the identity information.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein initializing the ICC further comprises:

storing first cryptographic operation code executable to add the digital signature based on the private authorization key; and

storing second cryptographic operation code executable to perform file encryption or file decryption based on the user key pair.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the request for storing identity information and the user key pair is a first request, the identity information is first identity information, the digital signature is a first digital signature, and the operations further comprise:

receiving second identity information and a second request for adding a second digital signature to a file;

authenticating the second request based on matching the second identity information to the first identity information; and

adding the second digital signature to the file based on the first cryptographic operation code and a private key of the user key pair.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the request for storing identity information and the user key pair is a first request, the identity information is first identity information, and the operations further comprise:

receiving second identity information and a second request for encrypting or decrypting a file;

authenticating the user based on matching the second identity information to the first identity information; and

performing the encryption or decryption based on the second request, the second cryptographic operation code, and a public key or a private key of the user key pair.

13. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computing devices and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, perform one or more operations comprising:

receiving, by an identity cryptographic chip (ICC) and from a computing device within a blockchain network, a public authorization key forming an asymmetric-key pair with a private authorization key assigned to a master user of the ICC,

receiving, by the ICC and from the computing device within a blockchain network, a request to store identity information and a user key pair to a memory on the ICC, the request digitally signed with a digital signature, the identity information uniquely identifying a user, and the user key pair assigned to the user,

determining, by the ICC, that the digital signature is authentic based on the public authorization key,

receiving, by the ICC, encrypted data comprising an encryption of the identity information and of the user key pair,

storing, by the ICC, the encrypted data to the memory,

generating, by the ICC, a token to provide temporary authorization to the user to perform cryptographic operations on a predetermined number of files during a predetermined time interval,

performing, by the ICC, the cryptographic operations on the predetermined number of files, during the predetermined time interval authorized by the token, and

transmitting, by the ICC, a result of the cryptographic operations.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

initializing the ICC by pre-storing the public authorization key and the private authorization key.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 14 , wherein initializing the ICC further comprises storing identity authentication code executable to authenticate the user based on the identity information.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 14 , wherein initializing the ICC further comprises:

storing first cryptographic operation code executable to add the digital signature based on the private authorization key; and

storing second cryptographic operation code executable to perform file encryption or file decryption based on the user key pair.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 16 , wherein the request for storing identity information and the user key pair is a first request, the identity information is first identity information, the digital signature is a first digital signature, and the operations further comprise:

receiving second identity information and a second request for adding a second digital signature to a file;

authenticating the second request based on matching the second identity information to the first identity information; and

adding the second digital signature to the file based on the first cryptographic operation code and a private key of the user key pair.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 16 , wherein the request for storing identity information and the user key pair is a first request, the identity information is first identity information, and the operations further comprise:

receiving second identity information and a second request for encrypting or decrypting a file;

authenticating the user based on matching the second identity information to the first identity information; and

performing the encryption or decryption based on the second request, the second cryptographic operation code, and a public key or a private key of the user key pair.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 17 , wherein the identity information is biometric information.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 17 , wherein the memory is a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an electrically erasable PROM or a flash memory, and wherein the identity information and the user key pair are stored in separate storage units of the memory.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2020
From: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053754/0625 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: FENG, ZHIYUAN; LI, YANPENG; CHENG, LONG
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053649/0110 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053743/0464 →