Voting system to prevent fraud using blockchain technology
US11869018B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2042 |
Classification
- 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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