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Granted Patent B2
US 12,470,389 · App. 18/251,541 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Information processing device and information processing method

Inventors: Atsushi Uchida (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Maruyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04L9/3218H04L9/50
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Patent No.
US 12,470,389
App. No.
18/251,541
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a first recording unit, a verification unit, and a second recording unit. In response to a request from an information management device that manages data, the first recording unit records information regarding a browsing right of data in a blockchain. The verification unit verifies a zero-knowledge proof for proving that a user is a valid user who has been given the browsing right on the basis of the information regarding the browsing right written in the blockchain. The second recording unit records information regarding a verification result of the proof in the blockchain.

Claims (19)

1 . An information processing device, comprising:

a control circuit configured to:

record a hash value and information regarding a browsing right of data in a blockchain based on a request from an information management device that manages the data, wherein the hash value is obtained by a hashing process on the information regarding the browsing right with secret information shared between a data requester that requests the data and the information management device;

verify, based on the information regarding the browsing right written in the blockchain, a zero-knowledge proof to prove that a user is a valid user with the browsing right; and

record information regarding a verification result of the zero-knowledge proof in the blockchain, wherein the recorded information regarding the verification result excludes specific information that associates the zero-knowledge proof with the information regarding the browsing right.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to:

update the information regarding the browsing right; and

record the updated information in the blockchain.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to:

update, based on the request from the information management device, a revocation list recorded in the blockchain; and

verify, prior to the verification of the zero-knowledge proof, whether a prover of the zero-knowledge proof is included in the revocation list.

4 . An information processing method, comprising:

recording a hash value and information regarding a browsing right of data in a blockchain based on a request from an information management device that manages the data, wherein the hash value is obtained by a hashing process on the information regarding the browsing right with secret information shared between a data requester that requests the data and the information management device;

verifying, based on the information regarding the browsing right written in the blockchain, a zero-knowledge proof for proving that a user is a valid user with the browsing right; and

recording information regarding a verification result of the zero-knowledge proof in the blockchain, wherein the recorded information regarding the verification result excludes specific information that associates the zero-knowledge proof with the information regarding the browsing right.

5 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

recording a hash value and information regarding a browsing right of data in a blockchain based on a request from an information management device that manages the data, wherein the hash value is obtained by a hashing process on the information regarding the browsing right with secret information shared between a data requester that requests the data and the information management device;

verifying, based on the information regarding the browsing right written in the blockchain, a zero-knowledge proof for proving that a user is a valid user with the browsing right; and

recording information regarding a verification result of the zero-knowledge proof in the blockchain, wherein the recorded information regarding the verification result excludes specific information that associates the zero-knowledge proof with the information regarding the browsing right.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2023
From: UCHIDA, ATSUSHI; MARUYAMA, SHINYA
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063513/0912 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-186955 · Nov 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240015021A1 · Jan 11, 2024
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