US 12,386,976 B2
Transparent web content validation tree
Igor Stolbikov, Apex, NC (US); Chunling Han, Beijing (CN); Christian De Hoyos, Morrisville, NC (US); and Scott Wentao Li, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,926.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111875 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/577 (2013.01) [G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process to manage web page content comprising:
maintaining an auditable log of trust verification relating to the web page content;
receiving an attestation of a source of the web page content, the attestation relating to a security practice of the source, computer code provided by the source, a reputation of the source, and a history of the source; and
applying a modified version of a Verkle Tree to the auditable log and the attestation of the source;
wherein the modified version of the Verkle Tree comprises a Pedersen commitment, an indexing capability, and a search capability;
wherein the Pedersen commitment comprises a homomorphic addition and subtraction property;
wherein the homomorphic addition and subtraction property comprises:
a first value comprising a value1 and a value2; and
a second value comprising a value3 and a value4;
wherein the addition property comprises a commitment to value1+value3 or value2+value4; and
wherein the subtraction property comprises a commitment to value1−value3 or value2−value4.