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Decentralized authoritative messaging

  • US 9,673,973 B1
  • Filed: 08/25/2016
  • Issued: 06/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a processor configured to;

    participate, on a sender device, in a secure chat room with a plurality of participants, wherein the secure chat room is managed in a distributed manner by the plurality of participants;

    receive, on the sender device, a request from a first participant included in the plurality of participants regarding a first encrypted message transmitted by the sender, wherein the request includes information identifying for which secure chat room the first encrypted message is intended;

    extract, on the sender device, the identifying information from the received request;

    retrieve, on the sender device, secure chat room information from a local database on the sender'"'"'s device in response to extracting the identifying information, wherein the secure chat room information is stored in a block chain in the local database;

    encrypt, on the sender device, the secure chat room information retrieved from the sender'"'"'s local database with a first encryption key; and

    transmit, from the sender device, the encrypted secure chat room information to the first participant; and

    a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

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