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Voting system to prevent fraud using blockchain technology

US11341509B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 2021
Grant dateMay 24, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/463
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A voting system comprises at least one voting machine comprising: at least one voting machine processor performing voting machine operations comprising initializing a vote blockchain with a vote blockchain genesis block, the vote blockchain genesis block comprising a voting machine identifier and a genesis block hash value; creating a data structure comprising a plurality of votes and a hash value of a preceding block; determining a new block hash value of the data structure; appending a new block comprising the data structure and the new block hash value to the vote blockchain; and storing the vote blockchain in the at least one voting machine memory.

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