US 12,332,986 B2
Content authentication and validation via multi-factor digital tokens, systems, and methods
Luna Witchey, Laguna Hills, CA (US); John Zachary Sanborn, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Patrick Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Nicholas James Witchey, Laguna Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Nant Holdings IP, LLC, Culver City, CA (US); and ImmunityBio, Inc., Culver City, CA (US)
Filed by Nant Holdings IP, LLC, Culver City, CA (US); and ImmunityBio, Inc., Culver City, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/396,086.
Application 18/396,086 is a continuation of application No. 17/890,482, filed on Aug. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,899,768.
Application 17/890,482 is a continuation of application No. 17/556,887, filed on Dec. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,455,385, issued on Sep. 27, 2022.
Application 17/556,887 is a continuation of application No. 17/360,066, filed on Jun. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,210,383, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Application 17/360,066 is a continuation of application No. 17/111,278, filed on Dec. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,048,788, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Application 17/111,278 is a continuation of application No. 16/891,364, filed on Jun. 3, 2020, granted, now 10,885,173, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,038, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,917, filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126856 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G16B 50/40 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 21/32 (2013.01) [G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/645 (2013.01); G16B 50/40 (2019.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-assisted method of mitigating risk of digitally distributed fake news, the method comprising:
storing, via at least one processor, an original digital work associated with an original news story in a non-transitory computer readable memory;
generating, via the at least one processor, a digital authentication token through execution of an implementation of at least one deterministic function on at least a portion of the original digital work and on digital identifying information associated with a publisher of the original news story and the original digital work;
publishing, via the at least one processor, the original digital work and the digital authentication token as a token/work pair, wherein the digital authentication token comprises an embedded link that points to the publisher of the original news story; and
enabling, via the at least one processor, validation processing that includes generating a validation score representing a validation of a suspect news story based on deterministic features derived from the digital authentication token and from at least a portion of the suspect news story, wherein the at least one deterministic function performs at least one of a pixel-to-pixel comparison, a descriptor comparison, and an optical character recognition comparison with the at least a portion of the original digital work, and wherein the deterministic features comprise a combination of outputs from at least two of the pixel-to-pixel comparison, the descriptor comparison, and the optical character recognition comparison.