US Patent Application 18312627. APPARATUS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS simplified abstract
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APPARATUS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Chaitanya Aggarwal of Munich (DE)
Saurabh Khare of Bangalore (IN)
German Peinado Gomez of Warsaw (PL)
APPARATUS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18312627 titled 'APPARATUS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a method, computer program, and apparatus for a network function service consumer.
- The method involves retrieving protected sensitive data from a first repository function.
- The method also involves retrieving at least one encrypted key from a second network function.
- The retrieved encrypted key is decrypted using a private key associated with the network function service consumer to obtain a respective key.
- The method further includes performing one of two actions:
* Decrypting the protected sensitive data using the key to obtain sensitive data or integrity protected sensitive data. * Verifying the integrity of the protected sensitive data using the key.
Original Abstract Submitted
There is provided a method, computer program, and an apparatus for a network function service consumer, that causes the apparatus to perform: retrieving, from a first repository function, protected sensitive data; retrieving, from a second network function, at least one encrypted key; decrypting the retrieved at least one encrypted key using a private key associated with the network function service consumer to obtain a respective at least one key; and performing at least one of: decryption of the protected sensitive data using the at least one key to obtain sensitive data or integrity protected sensitive data; or verification of the integrity of the protected sensitive data using the at least one key.
