US 12,462,321 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 May 12, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/205,261.
Application 19/205,261 is a continuation of application No. 18/982,610, filed on Dec. 16, 2024, granted, now 12,307,546.
Application 18/982,610 is a continuation of application No. 18/883,474, filed on Sep. 12, 2024, granted, now 12,205,189, issued on Jan. 21, 2025.
Application 18/883,474 is a continuation of application No. 18/615,571, filed on Mar. 25, 2024, granted, now 12,118,638, issued on Oct. 15, 2024.
Application 18/615,571 is a continuation of application No. 18/495,340, filed on Oct. 26, 2023, granted, now 11,954,756, issued on Apr. 9, 2024.
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.
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:
at least one server, including a processor and a memory, in network communication with at least one user device;
wherein the at least one 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 at least one server is operable to generate a code uniquely corresponding to a unique value for each of the one or more digital documents and/or for particular versions of the one or more digital documents;
wherein the code is embedded into the one or more digital documents; and
wherein the code includes a plurality of polygons embedded within one or more letters in the one or more digital documents.