Secure voting in a collaborative online document editor
US12387032B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 2023 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/64
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described herein for implementing collaborative poll elements within a document in a document editing application. A method includes: receiving first user interface input that indicates a first vote, associated with a first user, in an interactive poll element embedded in a first document; determining that the first user interface input is received via a first instance of the document editing application; and in response to determining that the first user interface input is received via the first instance of the document editing application: updating a list of votes associated with the interactive poll element by adding the vote, corresponding to the first user, to the list of votes associated with the interactive poll element; updating a cryptographic digital signature associated with the interactive poll element; and providing the updated list of votes and the updated cryptographic digital signature to each of the plurality of users.
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