US 12,341,906 B2
Validating authenticity of electronic documents shared via computer networks
Brian Deery, Austin, TX (US); Paul Snow, Austin, TX (US); and Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/540,677.
Application 18/540,677 is a continuation of application No. 17/322,994, filed on May 18, 2021, granted, now 11,863,686.
Application 17/322,994 is a continuation of application No. 16/548,963, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,044,100, issued on Jun. 22, 2021.
Application 16/548,963 is a continuation of application No. 15/419,033, filed on Jan. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,419,225, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187254 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/3247 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a hardware-comprising server that verifies an authenticity of an electronic document shared via a computer network among computers, the method comprising:
receiving, by the hardware-comprising server, an electronic data comprising a current version of the electronic document and a metadata associated with the current version of the electronic document;
generating, by the hardware-comprising server, a current hash value by hashing only the metadata associated with the current version of the electronic document;
recording the current hash value, generated by hashing of only the metadata associated with the current version of the electronic document, on a blockchain;
retrieving, by the hardware-comprising server, from the blockchain, a creational hash value, the creational hash value representing a metadata associated with an original version of the electronic document;
comparing, by the hardware-comprising server, the creational hash value to the current hash value;
in response to the current hash value failing to match the creational hash value, determining, by the hardware-comprising server, that the current version of the electronic document shared via the computer network among the computers is not an authentic copy of the original version of the electronic document; and
generating, by the hardware-comprising server, a fraud alert indicating the current version of the electronic document is inauthentic.