BLOCKCHAIN Patent? – System and Method for Registering e-Credentials
United States Patent Application Publication No. US2018/0173871
The application was published on June 21, 2018. After examination, US Patent number 10,127,378 was issued on November 13, 2018.
Title: Systems and Methods for Registering and Acquiring e-Credentials Using Proof-of-Existence and Digital Seals
Editor’s Note: This application and patent like many others never mentions the term ‘blockchain‘ or distributed ledger but still utilizes one or more of the attributes of blockchain or DL technology including hashing and encryption.
Abstract:
Described is a system and methods for registering and acquiring e-credentials using personal devices and an identity registry system that combines the method for handling digital seals with a proof-of-existence method. The identity registry system is used to register and verify e-credentials. Device owners register their e-credentials when created and updated, and verify acquired e-credentials to safeguard against tampering and errors. When registering an e-credential, the e-credential is hashed and digitally sealed creating an identifying thumbprint that is stored in the identity registry system. When verifying an acquired e-credential, the e-credential is hashed, the identity registry system is searched to locate the identifying thumbprint, and the digital seal of the thumbprint is verified. A requesting owner can request an issuing owner to proof, attest, and digitally seal an e-credential of the requester. Both the issuer and requester use the identity registry system to verify e-credentials acquired from the other party.
Claim 1 (truncated):
A method for registering and acquiring e-credentials comprised of:
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