56results about "Voting arrangement" patented technology

AI neural networks are integrated with distributed ledger technology (DLT), including the integration of decentralized oracles, to enhance the functionality, security, and efficiency of systems. The integration incorporates several components and methods comprising novel neural network architectures, data preprocessing techniques, DLT integration approaches, privacy and security measures, consensus mechanisms, and others. The invention enables the development of neural smart contracts, neural consensus algorithms, dynamic neural network training, neural network optimization techniques, hybrid DLT architectures, neural network interpretability methods, and reinforcement learning for neural smart contract execution. By integrating decentralized oracles into the system, the invention has the capability to further enhance the reliability, accuracy, and diversity of data used within the DLT, improving transaction validation, consensus mechanisms, and overall system performance.

A method for creating and exchanging tokenized assets combines a dual ownership structure with a tiered exchange system. The method involves issuing membership non-fungible tokens to cooperative members, creating a tokenized asset through a legal entity and property ownership non-fungible token, and implementing a smart contract to generate property tokens representing fractional ownership. The exchange system for these property tokens implements sequential buying windows, providing initial exclusive access to non-token holders, followed by access to regional cooperative members, then global cooperative members, and finally institutional buyers. This approach may promote progressive decentralization of ownership while maintaining secure blockchain-based transfers within the cooperative framework. The method may enable fractional ownership of various assets, automated distribution of benefits, and a controlled secondary market structure that balances liquidity provision with ownership diversification.

The present invention provides an improved system and method for using cryptography to secure computer-implemented choice mechanisms. In several preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' submissions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their submissions. This is referred to as a random permutation. In several other preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' advance instructions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their advance instructions. This is referred to as a secure advance instruction. Applications include voting mechanisms, school choice mechanisms, and auction mechanisms.

An electronic voting system includes voter devices, used by voters to select and commit their respective choices from among different options in an election, and ballot collection servers. Each of the voter devices computes a secrecy-maintaining ballot that is publishable without revealing the choice made by the voter. The voter's choice is obscured in the public ballot by summing the voter's vote, a binary vector, with voter shares contributed from each of the ballot collection servers. Aggregating the ballots provides a tallied voting vector that unobscures the votes and permits their tallying without revealing the identity of any voter associated with any choice in the tallied voting vector. The unique location of any voter's choice in the tallied voting vector is secret to each voter as a sum of location shares generated jointly generated by the ballot collection servers using secure multi-party computation.

An AI-powered canvassing and voter engagement platform is disclosed that allows users to find and support political candidates, conduct optimized canvassing with real-time tracking, engage in remote surveys and policy feedback, analyze voter sentiment dynamically, and monetize participation. The system includes an AI-driven route optimization module, a real-time canvasser tracking module, a survey and feedback module, a sentiment analysis module, and a monetization module. Machine learning algorithms are used to match users with candidates, optimize canvassing routes, analyze voter feedback, and provide data-driven insights to campaigns. The platform enables more efficient and effective political outreach while allowing voters to actively shape policy discussions and provide valuable input to campaigns.

An apparatus, including: a receiver; processor; distributed ledger and Blockchain technology system; and transmitter. The receiver receives a request for an e-voting ballot regarding an election. The e-voting ballot contains information regarding the elected office race or referendum issue in the election, and a link or hyperlink to information regarding a candidate or referendum issue. The apparatus receives a digital file, containing information regarding a picture, photograph, or video clip, of the individual. The processor transmits the e-voting ballot to a user device. The apparatus transmits a voter account use message and the digital file to the user device. The apparatus receives and stores information regarding a vote or votes cast pursuant to the e-voting ballot. The apparatus stores the information regarding the vote or votes cast in the distributed ledger and Blockchain technology system. The apparatus transmits a vote confirmation message to the user device.

An electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft can enhance energy efficiency, safety, and operational range. A deployable wing structure can provide aerodynamic lift during horizontal flight, reducing reliance on energy-intensive propellers. Integrated flexible solar panels capture solar energy, contributing additional power and optimizing energy management. The wing system also includes an emergency descent mode, doubling as a glide-assist device for controlled landings during critical failures. The system offers modular configurations for various missions, ensuring adaptability and improved flight performance. The eVTOL can be implemented with systems and methods for mitigating motion sickness. The systems integrate tactile feedback systems into wearable devices and environmental components. Sensors detect motion and environmental changes, and a computing device can generate corresponding tactile feedback signals. Tactile actuators embedded in the devices or components provide non-visual motion cues, such as pressure, vibration, and haptic feedback, to resolve sensory mismatches between the vestibular and proprioceptive systems.

A system and method of reliable polling using sealed computing devices for the purpose of conducting an election.

The present invention provides an improved system and method for using cryptography to secure computer-implemented choice mechanisms. In several preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' submissions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their submissions. This is referred to as a random permutation. In several other preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' advance instructions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their advance instructions. This is referred to as a secure advance instruction. Applications include voting mechanisms, school choice mechanisms, and auction mechanisms.

A novel system designed to allow a plurality of investors to manage investments in various investment propositions, mutual funds or a directly-owned portfolio of investments. The assets and liabilities of the mutual fund are adjusted in response to an action (buy, sell, trade) by one of the fund's members or participating investors in the system. The funds are dynamically managed, provide even and seamless funds distribution, promote self-authoring, and is extremely affordable and flexible.

The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for executing events associated with an asset, which involve election of a multiplier of the asset by an owner of the asset. The present disclosure provides systems and methods for presenting an event associated with an asset to an owner of the asset, setting up a system for executing an event associated with an asset, and presenting an election result in an event associated with an asset, respectively.

An artificial intelligence (AI) entry management (EM) security system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a software platform. Geofences are utilized to create boundaries around physical areas, such as locations for package delivery or property boundaries. The EM device and other devices connected to the software platform are configured to monitor the geofences and detect a presence of an activity, an event, an object, or a device. At least one license plate reader is utilized to read license plate characters. Voice recognition and voice identification are used to grant or deny permissions for individuals on a property.

The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for executing events associated with an asset, which involve election of a multiplier of the asset by an owner of the asset. The present disclosure provides systems and methods for presenting an event associated with an asset to an owner of the asset, setting up a system for executing an event associated with an asset, and presenting an election result in an event associated with an asset, respectively.

An exemplary multistart and recombination system and method are disclosed for determining unique solutions to spatial aggregation problems using a multistart phase and a recombination phase algorithm, where the multistart phase generates a diverse pool of random solutions and where the recombination algorithm uses the generated random solution to create new, improved solutions, ensuring the discovery of multiple unique optimal or near-optimal configurations. The spatial aggregation problems may be used to analyze census data. In some embodiments, spatial aggregation problems may be used to perform voter district map analysis to identify a revised voter district map.

Aggregation and scoring system for collecting and analyzing public and survey data of public entities, private entities, elected officials, candidates for public office, and other individuals or entities who hold a position of public or private prominence, or public or private influence, to generate a five-tiered score predicated on predetermined metrics of evaluation.

The present disclosure provides computer-implemented methods, systems, and devices for providing voting services for funds. A computing device generates a ballot for the set of one or more issues. The computing device transmits the ballot to a user computing device associated with the user. The computing device receives, from the user computing device, a completed ballot. The computing device generates a voting record for the completed ballot, the voting record including a link associated with the completed ballot. The computing device provides the voting record to the user computing device, the voting record including a link value that enables the user to verify that the completed ballot has been recorded. The computing device aggregates a vote in the voting record with a plurality of other votes to generate a vote total for the fund.

A system and method of reliable polling of an authenticated population of participants using network connected computing devices for the purpose of collecting and reporting verifiable opinions in an election, including, but not limited to, granting participants the right to participate in the election, collecting answers to one or more ballot questions from authenticated participants, using one or more blinded authorizations to submit participant answers to ballot questions, and accumulating answers to the one or more ballot questions.

Described herein are examples of systems and methods for conducting polls among clients. The clients can submit votes in the poll, such as a vote to increase or decrease an allocation of resources to a particular organization. After a client submits a vote in the poll, the techniques described herein can confirm an amplification amount that the client has applied to the vote is less than an amplification available to the client for the poll. For example, the amplification can be a weighting factor that allows the client to indicate the importance of their vote. If the amplification applied by the client is less than the available amplification for the client, then the vote can be recorded. For example, the vote can be recorded in a data structure of a distributed data store for the poll.

A networked system of connected and trackable document deposit and destruction kiosks can be used to remotely dispose of and destroy confidential documents and monitors and records compliance with employer document destruction policies. A networked system of connected ballot deposit kiosks can be used to safely deposit, track, and verify the locations of completed ballots and to monitor and track the subsequent collection of the ballots by election officials or other authorized persons.

A system is provided that executes a contest that includes displaying an image of a face of a model, among a plurality of models, to a user; receive inputs from the user to adjust a color of a blended cosmetic product to be applied to the face of the model; display the model with the adjusted color selected by the user; receive the image of the face of the model with the adjusted color as an entry of the user; display the entry of the user to a plurality of users and provide the plurality of users an option submit a vote on the entry of the users and entries of other users; output a result of a contest based on an entry receiving a highest number of votes. The system is further configured to output one or more colors of the blended cosmetic product included in the highest vote receiving entries corresponding to an extracted model as a recommendation to a user.

A system and method for improving the efficiency and security of election voting. The disclosure includes packages of ballot paper with unique identification tags, ballot transport containers with unique identification tags, a means of reading the identification tags, a means of sending the information from reading the identification tags to a software application, and a software application. The software application is configured with various interfaces to record election data, track ballot custody changes, and assist election officials in drafting election materials more efficiently.

The Decentralized Stakeholder Voting Layer enables trust-weighted blockchain voting by aggregating stakeholder metrics, weighting votes based on trust and alignment using dynamic machine learning, processing decentralized ballots with fraud detection, tallying results transparently, and delivering governance decisions securely. The system comprises a metric aggregator for data ingestion, a trust weighting engine for vote adjustment with feedback, a voting processor for ballot handling, a tally module for result compilation, and an output layer for secure delivery. The method aggregates metrics, weights votes, processes ballots, tallies results, and outputs decisions for applications like decentralized governance and organizational decision-making. By integrating trust metrics, ensuring GDPR compliance, providing immutable auditing, and optimizing consensus efficiency, this invention reduces manipulation risks, enhances transparency, and supports interoperable governance in distributed networks.

The system and method providing enhanced security ballot image records of the present invention includes an enhanced security ballot image tabulator and an enhanced security ballot image audit station. The tabulator processes each ballot of a plurality of ballots to be tabulated to provide an enhanced security ballot image record having diachronically and synchronically coordinated enhanced security ballot image files, each for another ballot of the plurality of ballots to be tabulated. The enhanced security ballot image record may be broadcast upon completion of tabulation and / or simulcast real time during tabulation or otherwise provided such as on a secure media upon completion of tabulation to the public or other parties interested in the tabulation of cast votes. The enhanced security audit station receives the enhanced security ballot image record and analyzes it to selectively identify out-of-bounds diachronic and / or synchronic security parameters. Any identified ballots may then be reviewed by election officials or other interested parties for validity and authentication purposes. The tabulator may be used to also produce images of the voter sign-in sheets, for the purpose of analytic correlation with the enhanced security files of the enhanced security ballot image record and their tabulation.

An election method for a representative node device, comprising: receiving newly-added candidate transaction data, the newly-added candidate transaction data carrying credential data provided by an auditor party, and the credential data being used for indicating that a first node device meets qualification requirements of a candidate node device; when multiple node devices in a block chain system agree to pass the newly-added candidate transaction data, storing the newly-added candidate transaction data on a target block chain of the block chain system; performing an election process for the representative node device according to the newly-added candidate transaction data stored on the target block chain and candidate node device transaction data.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for game proof (PoP) blockchain mining. In some implementations, a corresponding method may include providing a set of one or more task parameters for a group task to each of two or more users; in response to a consensus between two or more users, storing a starting task transaction comprising a set of one or more task parameters signed by each of the two or more users; storing the end task transaction at the address of the block chain; determining a respective award for at least a subset of the two or more users based on at least the starting task transaction and the ending task transaction; and recording the corresponding rewards in the block chain.

Disclosed are a decentralized electronic voting system and method which operate efficiently in an environment with multiple candidates. The electronic voting method is performed by a voter's terminal and comprises the steps of: agreeing on (G, g) for a group (G) of prime numbers (p) and a generator (g) of the group (G); generating a secret voting key and a public voting key and publishing the public voting key; generating encrypted votes and encrypted proofs for multiple candidates; publishing the encrypted votes; publishing the encrypted proofs; and calculating the number of votes in favor of each of the multiple candidates on the basis of the votes of all the voters.

A method and system for management and monitoring of leverage relating to low margins of a win in swing districts to command higher prices for political communications. The method includes selecting candidates, and a political party per election for elections. The candidate and the political party receive a free slate of political communications. The method includes offering at least one of one or more paid slate of political communications, and one or more slate of endorsements each, on behalf of each candidate and the political party. The method includes providing only one paid slate of political communications to solicited candidate constituencies per political communication cycle. The method includes initiating timers and receiving political communication requests and payments. The method includes creating a slate of political communications, and endorsements on behalf of a major candidate if the political communication requests and payments are received within a period of the timers.

A transposition error may occur in a voting machine when the voting machine switches candidates so that votes are counted for a different candidates than a voter intended. Such transposition errors may occur due to either intentional manipulation (e.g., a bad actor hacking the voting system, etc.), or unintentional human error (e.g., an unintentional human error in computer programming, etc.). In some embodiments, a “minimum test deck” is created that includes the minimum number of filled out ballots that will effectively test a voting machine to ensure that no transposition error occurred.