Notarization based on currency transactions

• US 9,280,792 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Xiao, Zhen
• Primary Examiner(s): Subramanian, Narayanswamy
• Application Number:
  US14/006,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• Field of Search: 705 35- 45, 705 63- 80
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

In one example, a method includes generating a first digital code that represents a content of a document created by a first user; and notarizing the creation of the document by triggering a plurality of remittances from a first account associated with the first user to a second account, with each of the plurality of remittances time-stamped and a respective amount of each of the plurality of remittances indicating a corresponding portion of the first digital code.

Claims

1. A processor-based electronic device implemented method, comprising:

generating, by a processor-based electronic device comprising a hash component, a first hash code having a plurality of digits using a hash function with a content of a document as an input;

segmenting, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the hash component, the first hash code into a plurality of groups of one or more digits of the plurality of digits of the hash code;

triggering, by a processor-based electronic device comprising a remittance component, a plurality of remittances from a first account to a second account with at least a portion of an amount of each remittance indicating a corresponding group of one or more digits among the plurality of groups of one or more digits;

obtaining, by a processor-based electronic device comprising a confirmation component, a record indicating an identity of a party associated with the first account, amounts of the plurality of remittances, and a date of the plurality of remittances;

reconstructing, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the hash component, the first hash code based on the amounts of the plurality of remittances as indicated in the record;

generating, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the hash component, a second hash code using the content of the document as the input to the hash function; and

notarizing, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the confirmation component, the document when the second hash code matches the first hash code.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content of the document comprises a digital form of a text, a still image, a video file, an audio file, a medical record, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the segmenting the first hash code into the plurality of groups of one or more digits comprises segmenting the first hash code into the plurality of groups of one or more digits that are of equal length.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering comprises time stamping each of the plurality of remittances.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the segmenting the first hash code into the plurality of groups of one or more digits comprises segmenting the first hash code into a series of groups of one or more digits.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the triggering the plurality of remittances comprises triggering the plurality of remittances sequentially such that a respective order of time of each remittance reflects a serial order of a corresponding group in the series of groups of one or more digits.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the triggering the plurality of remittances comprises triggering the plurality of remittances in an order of value such that a respective order of value of each remittance reflects a serial order of a corresponding group in the series of groups of one or more digits.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first account comprises an account associated with an author of the document.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second account comprises an account associated with a public notary.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the record comprises obtaining the record from a bank associated with the first account or the second account or from a digital currency system.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor-based electronic device comprising a hash component that;

generates a first hash code having a plurality of digits based on a digital content of a document, and

generates a second hash code based on the digital content of the document;

a processor-based electronic device comprising a remittance component that;

segments the first hash code, generated by the hash component, into a plurality of portions each having one or more digits of the plurality of digits of the hash code, and

triggers a plurality of remittances from a first account to a second account such that at least a portion of an amount of each remittance indicates the one or more digits of a corresponding portion of the first hash code; and

a processor-based electronic device comprising a confirmation component that;

obtains a record indicating an identity of a party associated with the first account, amounts of the plurality of remittances, and a date of the plurality of remittances,

reconstructs the first hash code based on the amounts of the plurality of remittances as indicated in the record,

compares the first hash code with the second hash code, and

indicates that the document was created by the party identified in the record on the date of the plurality of remittances when the second hash code and the first hash code match.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor-based electronic device comprising the remittance component triggers the plurality of remittances sequentially such that a respective order of time of each remittance reflects a serial order of the one or more digits of the corresponding portion of the first hash code.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor-based electronic device comprising the remittance component triggers the plurality of remittances in an order of value such that a respective order of value of each remittance reflects a serial order of the one or more digits of the corresponding portion of the first hash code.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor-based electronic device comprising the confirmation component obtains the record from a bank associated with the first account or the second account or from a digital currency system.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, in response to being executed, causes a processor-based electronic device to perform operations comprising:

generating, by a processor-based electronic device comprising a hash component, a first hash code having a plurality of digits using a hash function with a content of a document as an input;

segmenting, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the hash component, the first hash code into a plurality of groups of one or more digits of the plurality of digits of the hash code;

triggering, by a processor-based electronic device comprising a remittance component, a plurality of remittances from a first account to a second account with at least a portion of an amount of each remittance indicating a corresponding group of one or more digits among the plurality of groups of one or more digits;

obtaining, by a processor-based electronic device comprising a confirmation component, a record indicating an identity of a party associated with the first account, amounts of the plurality of remittances, and a date of the plurality of remittances;

reconstructing, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the hash component, the first hash code based on the amounts of the plurality of remittances as indicated in the record;

generating, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the hash component, a second hash code comprising the content of the document as the input to the hash function; and

notarizing, by the processor-based electronic device comprising the confirmation component, the document when the second hash code matches the first hash code.