GENERATING MULTIPLE SEALS FOR ELECTRONIC DATA

• US 20090006860A1
• Filed: 06/26/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cornerstone Enterprises Limited
• Original Assignee: Cornerstone Enterprises Limited
• Inventors: Ross, John Gordon
• Application Number:
  US11/768,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20090006860A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/189
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data

Abstract

The description generally provides for systems and methods for a mobile communication network. Archives of seals can be sealed to protect the integrity of the seals and facilitate validation in the event a sealing party'"'"'s sealed registration document is revoked. A document can be sealed multiple times to nest seals within other seals. Specific evidentiary metadata can be included by the sealing party. A main document including or associated with other documents can be sealed as a collection of documents. The seal of the main document can include external references to the files included in the main document to verify the external files were not changed or altered.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a signal associated with a second user indicative of a request to seal a first sealed electronic data from a first user, wherein the first sealed electronic data comprises a first seal generated at a first sealing time;

authenticating the identity of the first user, the second user, or both; and

generating a second seal at a second sealing time occurring after the first sealing time, wherein the second seal includes information about the first sealed electronic data, evidentiary metadata, and information about the first user, the second user, or both.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a second sealed electronic data including the second seal and the first sealed electronic data.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting the second sealed electronic data to the first user.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting the second sealed electronic data to a relying party.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a request associated with the first user, second user, or an additional user indicative of validating electronic data associated with the first sealed electronic data;

verifying the second sealed electronic data includes a first unique identifier, the first unique identifier being identical to the first sealed electronic data.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising verifying the first sealed electronic data includes a second unique identifier, the second unique identifier being identical to the first sealed electronic data.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the first sealed electronic data and/or the second sealed electronic data comprises a seal and an electronic data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the seal is a text string, an external file, an HTML seal, an MHT seal, or an XML seal.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the seal is detached from the electronic data.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user is associated with a notary service.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying the application service of the first user, second user, or both.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the application service comprises a web portal.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sealed electronic data comprises a sealed document, a personal information, a legal transaction, a medical document, a multimedia data, or any combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the personal information comprises a social security number, a license number, a passport, a birth sealed registration document, a credit card number, a bank account number, an email address, an identity card data, or any combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the legal transaction comprises a contract offer, a contract acceptance, a goods transfer record, or any combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein multimedia data includes audio data, video data, graphics, or any combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the evidentiary metadata includes multimedia data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the multimedia data includes audio data, video data, graphics, or any combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the evidentiary metadata is an XML file.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the evidentiary metadata is associated with a style sheet indicative of displaying the XML file.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the XML file, the style sheet, or both are external files.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user, the second user, or any additional user registers using a unique identifier.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the unique identifier is generated using a MAC address.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the unique identifier is encrypted.

25. A system comprising one or more computing devices configured to:

receive a signal associated with a second user indicative of a request to seal a first sealed electronic data from a first user, wherein the first sealed electronic data comprises a first seal generated at a first sealing time;

authenticate the identity of the first user, the second user, or both; and

generate a second seal at a second sealing time occurring after the first sealing time, wherein the second seal includes information about the first sealed electronic data and information about the first user, the second user, or both.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to receive a request associated with the first user, second user, or an additional user indicative of validating the electronic data and verify the second sealed electronic data includes a first unique identifier, the first unique identifier being identical to the first sealed electronic data.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to verify the first sealed electronic data includes a second unique identifier, the second unique identifier being identical to the first sealed electronic data.

28. The system of claim 25, further comprising a data store configured to archive a first seal associated with the first sealed electronic data and a second seal associated with the second sealed electronic data.

29. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

receive a signal associated with a second user indicative of a request to seal a first sealed electronic data from a first user, wherein the first sealed electronic data comprises a first seal generated at a first sealing time;

authenticate the identity of the first user, the second user, or both; and

generate a second seal at a second sealing time occurring after the first sealing time, wherein the second seal includes information about the first sealed electronic data and information about the first user, the second user, or both.

30. A system comprising:

a means for receiving a signal associated with a second user indicative of a request to seal a first sealed electronic data from a first user, wherein the first sealed electronic data comprises a first seal generated at a first sealing time;

a means for authenticating the identity of the first user, the second user, or both; and

a means for generating a second seal at a second sealing time occurring after the first sealing time, wherein the second seal includes information about the first sealed electronic data and information about the first user, the second user, or both.