Method and system for registering digital documents
US11233657B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method for registering an electronically stored digital document (A), comprising the steps of a) providing to an owning party a digital document and a private ownership key, which private ownership key is a private key in an asymmetric cryptographic key pair also comprising a corresponding public ownership key; b) calculating a digital document hash value based upon the document (A); c) the owning party using the private ownership key to calculate a digital document signature of the document (A); d) digitally storing in an electronic digital document register not the document (A), but the document signature as well as the public ownership key and the document hash value. The invention also relates to a system.
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