Patent ID: 11880476
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method for controlling access to data objects of an owner stored in a datacenter, the method comprising:
storing data objects in the datacenter, wherein each of the data objects is encrypted with a corresponding fingerprint and each of the data objects is associated with a different key;
storing patches for the data objects, wherein each of the patches includes updates to the data objects, wherein each of the patches is associated with their own key that is different from a key used for a corresponding data object;
accessing a data object and a particular patch corresponding to the data object using the key associated with the data object and the fingerprint and the key associated with the particular patch corresponding to the data object; and
storing a manifest in the datacenter, wherein the manifest includes an object path and access codes;
wherein in a manifest key is configured such that any client can add a new data object to the data objects in a secure manner, wherein only a user having access to a private portion of the manifest key is able to access the new data object.