Method and system of electronic voting implemented in a portable device

• US 9,824,520 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2015
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dgo-On Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cesar Ramon Juan Correa Parker
• Inventors: Correa Parker, Cesar Ramon Juan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kelly, Rafferty
• Application Number:
  US14/935,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20170178438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 235386
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2230/00 Voting or election arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 13/00 Voting apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/463 Electronic voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials

Abstract

An electronic voting method and system implemented in a portable device (1) that improves voting transparency and speed, encouraging participation in the voting process, comprised of registering an identifier code of the portable device (1) used by the voter to vote, associating said identifier to the voter'"'"'s identity; selecting a Code A by the voter from a first plurality of random codes (20a) received in the portable device (1) and a Code B from a second plurality of random codes (20b) received in the portable device (1); casting the vote in a voting interface (30a) associating it with the random code B selected by the voter, where said association is called voting set (10b); issuing the identifier of the portable device in an identifier interface (40a) associating it with random code A selected by the voter, where said association is called identifier set (10a); sending via a network (5) to the at least one server (6) the voting information that is comprised of at least two separate batches of information, where at least a first separate batch of information (30b) is comprised of the voting set (10b), and at least a second separate batch of information (40b) is comprised of the identifier set (10a); receiving the separate batches of information in the at least one server (6) that is in charge of processing and registering at random the information contained in each batch; and printing in at least one printing device (8) the separate batches of information received in the at least one server (6), where printing of the separate batches of information is generated at random, thus making the association among the different voting papers impossible, leaving a paper trail (8a, 8b) that acts as back-up for the electronic voting.

Claims

1. An electronic voting method implemented in a portable device that improves voting transparency and speed, encouraging participation in the voting process, that is comprised of:

registering an identifier code of the portable device used by the voter to vote, associating said identifier to the voter'"'"'s identity, wherein said portable device is in communication with at least one module of codes, at least one identification and verification module and at least one voting module;

generating a vote by the voter in the registered portable device, wherein the vote is the voter'"'"'s choice during the voting process;

selecting a code A by the voter from a first plurality of random codes received in the portable device and a code B from a second plurality of random codes received in the portable device;

casting the vote in a voting interface associating it with the random code B selected by the voter, where the association of said vote and said code B selected is called voting set;

issuing the identifier of the portable device in an identifier interface associating it with random code A selected by the voter, where the association of said identifier of the portable device and said code A selected is called identifier set;

sending via a network to the at least one server the voting information that is comprised of at least two separate batches of information that are not associable to each other, where;

at least a first separate batch of information is comprised of the voting set, and

at least a second separate batch of information is comprised of the identifier set;

receiving the separate batches of information in the at least one server that is in charge of processing and randomly registering the information contained in each batch; and

printing in at least one printing device the separate batches of information received in the at least one server, leaving a paper trail that acts as back-up for the electronic voting.

2. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein through network the at least one server sends to the portable device a plurality of random codes, as well as information related to the identifiers registered and information related to the voting interface.

3. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein voting is performed with the portable device in direct and instant communication with the network.

4. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein voting is performed with the portable device without being in direct and instant communication with the network.

5. The electronic voting method according to claim 4, wherein the server communicates to the portable device the information related to voting only when the process has started.

6. The electronic voting method according to claim 4, wherein just after voting, the portable device sends the separate batches of information and to the at least a server.

7. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the registering step is comprised of storing the identifier of the portable device along with the identification of the voter and other data related to voting in at least one database.

8. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, Wherein the identifier of the portable device corresponds to the IMEI or another identifier of the portable device.

9. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the first plurality of random codes and/or the second plurality of random codes are received from the at least one module of codes.

10. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the voting interface is proposed by the at least one voting module and the identifier set of the portable device is obtained from the at least one identification and verification module.

11. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of random codes are predefined or generated in the at least one module of codes and they are different.

12. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one module of codes obtains the plurality of random codes from at least one database of codes.

13. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one server authenticates the votes cast confirming that the B random code belongs to one of the codes predefined as selected and processes the vote counting.

14. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one server verifies that the identifiers obtained from the portable devices that have cast the vote are duly registered, confirming that the random code A belongs to one of the predefined codes as selected and processes the counting of identifiers.

15. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one server randomly registers the at least two separate batches of information making the association among the different batches impossible according to the sequence in which they were received in the server.

16. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the printing of the separate batches of information is randomly generated by the server and/or the at least one printing device that compiles them at random, making the association among the different paper trails of the voting impossible.

17. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the step of printing is performed in at least two groups of printing devices, where said at least two groups of printing devices are separately designated to print each separate batch of information.

18. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one voting module, at the least one module of codes and/or at least one identification and verification module are implemented in one single voting management module.

19. The electronic voting method according to claim 18, wherein the voting management module is implemented in the portable device.

20. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one voting module, at least one module of codes and/or the at least one identification and verification module are directly implemented in the portable device.

21. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the portable device is a cell phone, smartphone or any portable device with an enabled electronic identifier.

22. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein each voter may register or keep registered one single portable device.

23. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the random codes comprise numeric, alpha-numeric and/or image codes.

24. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the vote may comprise a text written by the voter using the portable device registered.

25. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one server acts as coordinating voting unit and counting unit.

26. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein the external servers or machines act as coordinating voting unit and counting unit.

27. The electronic voting method according to claim 1, wherein it is also comprised of the following steps:

communicating by the server to the portable device the results of voting as published on the Internet and/or Intranet;

gernerating the verification by the voter in the portable device registered;

issuing the verification in a verification interface associating it with the identifier code obtained from the portable device, where said association is called verification set;

sending via a network to at least one server verification information comprised of at least one information batch that comprises the verification set;

receiving the information batch in the at least one server in charge of processing and registering the information contained in each batch; and

printing in at least one printing device the batch of information received in at least one server leaving a paper trail that acts as back-up for electronic voting, where the printing of the separate batches of information is randomly generated by the voting server and/or a printing device that compiles them at random, making the association among the different paper trails of voting impossible and leaving a paper trail that acts as back-up for electronic voting.

28. The electronic voting method according to claim 27, wherein through network the at least one server also sends information related to the verification interface.

29. The electronic voting method according to claim 28, wherein the server communicates to the portable device the information related to the voting verification only when the voting results have been counted.

30. The electronic voting method according to claim 27, wherein verification corresponds to the confirmation by the voter that the results published on Internet and/or Intranet properly reflect their votes and participation.

31. The electronic voting method according to claim 27, wherein the verification is generated at the verification interface.

32. The electronic voting method according to claim 31, wherein the verification interface is proposed by the at least one identification and verification module.

33. The electronic voting method according to claim 27, wherein the verification set comes from the at least one identification and verification module.

34. The electronic voting method according to claim 27, wherein the at least one server verifies that the identifiers obtained from portable devices that have issued verification are duly registered and processes the counting of verifications.

35. The electronic voting method according to claim 27, wherein the printing step includes leaving a paper trail in at least one printing receptacle.

36. The electronic voting method according to claim 27, wherein the printing step includes leaving a paper trail in at least one printing receptacle.

37. An electronic voting system implemented in a portable device that improves voting transparency and speed, encouraging participation in the voting process, wherein it is comprised of:

a portable device by each voter where said portable device is in communication with at least one module of codes at least one identification and verification module and at least one voting module where;

the module of codes generates a plurality of random codes for each voting, which are sent to the portable device of each voter for selection;

the at least one voting module allows a voting interface to be displayed in the portable device and, after the voting, said module receives a voting set comprised of the vote cast by each voter associated with a B random code selected by each voter;

the at least one identification and verification module allows an identification interface to be displayed in the portable device, before or after the voting, and said module receives an identifier set comprised of the single identifier obtained from the portable device with an A random code selected by each voter;

at least one server connected to a network and receiving at least two separate batches of information that are issued from the portable device, where at least a first separate batch of information is comprised of the voting set and at least a second separate batch of information is comprised the identifier set of the portable device;

at least one printing device prints a paper trail of the separate batches of information that are received in the at least one server.

38. The electronic voting to claim 37, wherein the at least one voting module, the at least one module of codes and/or the at least one identification and verification module are implemented in one single voting management module.

39. The electronic voting system according to claim 37, wherein the voting management module is implemented in the portable device.

40. The electronic voting system according to claim 37, wherein the at least one voting module, the at least one module of codes and/or the at least one identification and verification module are implemented directly in the portable device.

41. The electronic voting system according to claim 37, wherein the at least one voting module, the at least one module of codes and/or the at least one identification and verification module are directly implemented in the at least one server.

42. The electronic voting system according to claim 37, wherein it is also comprised of at least one database for registering and storing the identifiers of the portable devices associated with the identity of each voter.

43. The electronic voting system according to claim 42, wherein the database is implemented in the at least one server or available on the network.

44. The electronic voting system according to claim 42, wherein the database contains information related to voting, for example, the at least one database of random codes, the database of candidates, the database of positions for which they are running, the database of the questions to be voted, the database of voters registry, the database of the groups of voters by sector or station, etc., where said databases may comprise independent databases or one and the same general database.

45. The electronic voting system according to any claim 37, wherein the at least two separate batches of information communicate with the at least one server via the network, where the said at least server receives each separate batch of information and processes, separately, for validation, authentication and counting, and registers at least the first two batches at random, thus making the association between these two different batches impossible according to the sequence in which they were received by the server.

46. The electronic voting system according to claim 37, wherein the paper trail separately compromised of a first paper trail corresponding to the first separate batch of information and at least one second paper trail corresponding to the second separate batch of information, where the printing of the separate batches of information is randomly generated by the at least one server and/or the at least one printing device that compiles them at random, thus making the association among the different paper trails of voting impossible.

47. The electronic voting system according to claim 46, wherein it is comprised of two printing devices to print both paper trails separately, and the printing of the separate batches of information is compiled at random, thus making the association among the different paper trails of voting impossible.

48. The electronic voting system according to claim 37, wherein the at least one identification and verification module also allows a verification interface to be displayed in the portable device after voting, and said module receives a verification set comprised of the verification issued by each voter associated with the identifier obtained from the portable device.

49. The electronic voting system according to claim 48, wherein the at least one server connected to a network also receives at least one separate batch of information issued from the portable device, where said the at least separate batch of information is comprised of the verification set.

50. The electronic voting system according to claim 49, wherein the at least one separate batch of information communicates with the at least one server via the network, where the said at least one server receives the at least one separate batch of information and processes it separately for validation, authentication and counting.

51. The electronic voting system according to claim 49, wherein the paper trail is also comprised of at least a third paper trail corresponding to the third separate batch of information.

52. The electronic voting system according to claim 37, wherein it is also comprised of at least one printing receptacle where the printing device deposits the paper trail.