Granted Patent B2

US 12,309,285 · App. 18/029,315 · Granted May 20, 2025

Inventors: Shigeru Fujimura (Musashino, JP); Shigenori Ohashi (Musashino, JP); Atsushi Nakadaira (Musashino, JP)

Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

H04L9/3247H04L9/14H04L9/3073

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. An identifier change management apparatus connectable to a distributed ledger network, the identifier change management apparatus comprising:

a distributed ledger in which an identifier change program is registered, the identifier change program holding a pairing public key used when the identifier is changed and a second signature value generated from a second private key randomly generated;

a processor; and

a storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, when executed by the processor, perform to:

manage a group of private keys including a first private key used when an identifier is changed;

receive a message to be used when the identifier is changed;

issue an identifier change transaction including a hash value of the message and a first signature value generated from the first private key;

manage the distributed ledger; and

calculate a pairing signature value by using the first signature value and the second signature value by the identifier change program upon receiving the identifier change transaction, and change the identifier on condition that the pairing signature value, the pairing public key, and the hash value satisfy an equation using a predetermined pairing function.

2. The identifier change management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the equation is e(H(a), P)=e(σ, Q), where the pairing signature value is represented as σ, the hash value is represented as H(a), the pairing public key is represented as P, and the pairing function is represented as e(x, y), and Q is a public parameter for calculating a public key in a Boneh-Lynn-Shacham signature.

3. The identifier change management apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the pairing public key is calculated from a first public key calculated from the first private key and the public parameter, and a second public key calculated from the second private key and the public parameter.

4. The identifier change management apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the second private key and the second public key are discarded after generation of the pairing public key and the second signature value.

5. The identifier change management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the identifier change transaction further includes: an ID of the identifier change program for identifying the identifier change program from the distributed ledger; function information specifying a function to be executed by an identifier management program; a second pairing public key used for changing the identifier next time; a third signature value generated randomly and generated from a third private key different from the second private key; a fourth signature value; and the first public key paired with the first private key, and the fourth signature value is a signature value obtained by signing, with the first private key, a hash value of a message including the ID of the identifier change program, the function information, the hash value, the first signature value, the second pairing public key, and the third signature value.

6. The identifier change management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the group of private keys includes n randomly generated private keys, and n is any positive integer.

7. An identifier change management method executable by an identifier management apparatus connectable to a distributed ledger network, the identifier change management method comprising:

managing a group of private keys including a first private key used when an identifier is changed;

receiving a message to be used when the identifier is changed;

issuing an identifier change transaction including a hash value of the message and a first signature value generated from the first private key;

registering an identifier change program in a distributed ledger, the identifier change program holding a pairing public key used when the identifier is changed and a second signature value generated from a second private key randomly generated;

managing the distributed ledger; and

calculating, by the first signature value and the second signature value, a pairing signature value by the identifier change program when the identifier change transaction is received, and changing the identifier on condition that the pairing signature value, the pairing public key, and the hash value satisfy an equation using a predetermined pairing function.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program which is executed by an identifier change management apparatus connectable to a distributed ledger network to provide the steps of:

managing a group of private keys including a first private key used when an identifier is changed;

receiving a message to be used when the identifier is changed;

issuing an identifier change transaction including a hash value of the message and a first signature value generated from the first private key;

registering an identifier change program in a distributed ledger, the identifier change program holding a pairing public key used when the identifier is changed and a second signature value generated from a second private key randomly generated;

managing the distributed ledger; and

calculating, by the first signature value and the second signature value, a pairing signature value by the identifier change program when the identifier change transaction is received, and changing the identifier on condition that the pairing signature value, the pairing public key, and the hash value satisfy an equation using a predetermined pairing function.

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