US 12,118,638 B1
Anti-leak digital document marking system and method using distributed ledger
Thomas Marshall Gordon, III, Raleigh, NC (US); and Gregory Frederick Bush, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to EQUITY SHIFT, INC., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Equity Shift, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,571.
Application 18/615,571 is a continuation of application No. 18/495,340, filed on Oct. 26, 2023, granted, now 11,954,756.
Application 18/495,340 is a continuation of application No. 18/134,330, filed on Apr. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,816,756, issued on Nov. 14, 2023.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 1/0021 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9014 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); G06T 2201/0062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for digitally encoding a digital document, comprising:
a server, including a processor and a memory, in network communication with at least one user device;
wherein the server is operable to receive a document request message from the at least one user device, wherein the document request message includes a request to view or download one or more digital documents;
wherein the server is operable to generate a visual code uniquely corresponding to a unique hash value for each of the one or more digital documents and/or for particular versions of the one or more digital documents, wherein the visual code includes a pattern, and wherein the pattern uniquely corresponds to the unique hash value;
wherein the unique hash value includes information including an identity of the at least one user device, at least one geolocation, a unique document ID, and/or a unique ID associated with an original creator of the one or more digital documents; and
wherein the server is operable to alter the one or more digital documents in order to embed the visual code in the one or more digital documents.