US 12,463,829 B2
Electronic system for generating and tracking linked electronic digital certificates
Manu Jacob Kurian, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/649,916.
Application 18/649,916 is a continuation of application No. 17/394,798, filed on Aug. 5, 2021, granted, now 12,028,464.
Prior Publication US 2024/0291672 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2022.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3263 (2013.01) [G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/64 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for distributing electronic digital certificates, the system comprising:
a blockchain-based digital rights management platform configured for permitting users to manage electronic digital certificates;
at least one non-transitory storage device comprising computer program code stored thereon; and
at least one processing device coupled to the at least one non-transitory storage device, wherein the at least one processing device is configured to execute the computer program code to:
generate, using the blockchain-based digital rights management platform, a first electronic digital certificate associated with a first artifact, wherein the first artifact is owned by a first group of users, and wherein the first electronic digital certificate has first properties;
store the first electronic digital certificate on a distributed ledger, wherein the first electronic digital certificate comprises a first smart contract, wherein the first smart contract comprises: an assignment of rights to a verified authority of the first electronic digital certificate, wherein the rights comprise a right to determine whether to authorize a proposed transfer of interests of the first electronic digital certificate and a set of rules governing proposed transfers of interest in the first electronic digital certificate;
record, on the distributed ledger, first interests of the first group of users in the first electronic digital certificate;
receive, from a second group of users, a request to generate a second electronic digital certificate associated with a second artifact owned by the second group of users, wherein the request comprises a subset of the first properties for generation in the second electronic digital certificate, wherein the request comprises ownership shares assigned to each user in the second group of users and a verified authority of the second electronic digital certificate;
generate the second electronic digital certificate having the subset of the first properties;
record, on the distributed ledger, second interests of the second group of users in the second electronic digital certificate;
compress a chain of ownership of the first electronic digital certificate with a chain of ownership of the second electronic digital certificate, wherein compressing comprises removing metadata associated with recorded ownership interests, wherein the compressed chain of ownership comprises one percent of an electronic digital certificate, wherein the compressed chain of ownership is compressed by nine-nine percent; and
link, in the distributed ledger, the first interests and the second interests.