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Method for Certifying and Subsequently Authenticating Original, Paper of Digital Documents for Evidences

  • US 20080267511A1
  • Filed: 11/09/2006
  • Published: 10/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. ). Method for certification and later authentication of original information under the form of text or binary files (15) or of original documents in physical form (8) for constituting evidences, characterized in that it includes the following steps:

  • a) original document (8) or information (15) which content integrity is certified by the issuer is associated with a unique and non-reproducible authenticator constituting a seal (7) previously recorded in a centralized BD1 database (9) of a trusted third party, indicating ownership to the issuer or to his beneficiary of the original document or information to be certifiedb) said original document (8) or information (15) associated with said unique and non-reproducible authenticator (7) is digitalized opto-electronically using a device (1) enabling, in a single operation, to link the content of document (8) or information (15) with said unique and non-reproducible authenticator (7). Reading device (1) is connected directly or indirectly through a network (18) to a secured, local or remote, BD2 computer recording system (10) (13), where all added information is date/date/time stamped, non-modifiable, and non-rewritable.c) Original document (8) or information (15) and associated authenticator are sent and recorded in the BD2 recording system (10) (13).d) In order to subsequently prove the authenticity of original document (8) or original information (15), a match and a comparison are performed between said originals (8) (15) and their logical copy (8

    ) archived in the BD2 recording system at the address of the associated authenticator, or by comparing condensed summaries product of applied hashing function integrating content, date, and property.

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