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

Claim 8:
9. A method for controlling access to data objects of an owner stored in a datacenter, the method comprising:
storing data objects in the datacenter in data nodes, 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 a manifest on a manifest node in the datacenter, wherein the manifest stores metadata related to the data objects stored in the data nodes, wherein the manifest includes an object path an access code;
adding a data object to the data objects using a manifest key, wherein the data object is encrypted with a first key and a fingerprint associated with the data object and the first key is encrypted with a manifest key associated with the manifest such that only an owner of the data objects can decrypt the added data object; and
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.