Secure Peer-to-Peer Object Storage System (ORIS)

Patent Number: 8,015,211

Date: September 6, 2011

Inventors: Marceau; Carla (Ithaca, NY), Stillerman; Matthew A. (Ithaca, NY)

Abstract: A peer-to-peer (P2P) networking system is disclosed that provides a large, persistent object repository with the ability to easily scale to significant size. Data Security is provided using a distributed object data access mechanism to grant access to data objects to authorized users. Data objects stored within the object repository are provided a plurality of security options including plain text, data objects, encrypted data objects, and secure secret-sharing data objects. A data object query-processing component permits users to locate requested information within the P2P networking system.