Amalgamated Substantiation Data for Digital Work Authenticity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for substantiating the genuineness and authenticity of digital works are inefficient and often uncertain, failing to effectively protect authorship and integrate creator information across platforms.
Innovation Solution
A work substantiation system and method that generates substantiation data by combining pixel data from image files with creator information, using hash algorithms to create unique and tamper-proof amalgamated data, which can be stored and embedded within digital files or attached to tangible works, ensuring authenticity and integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional checksum technique is used to check digital files, then file corruption or tampering can be detected, but the creator of the work cannot be identified and author protection is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges work substantiation data (checksum) with creator substantiation data (biometric information, signature, registration data) into a single amalgamated data structure. This combination allows simultaneous verification of both file integrity and creator identity, resolving the contradiction between detecting tampering and identifying the creator.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite substantiation system that integrates multiple types of data (image file data, creator information, biometric data, timestamp) into a unified amalgamated substantiation record. This composite structure provides both tamper detection capability and creator identification functionality that neither component could achieve alone.
2Reliability
If detailed creator information and work information are stored together, then comprehensive authentication is achieved, but system complexity and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the authentication system into distinct functional modules: work information storage, creator information storage, substantiation data generation, and verification modules. Each module handles specific tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive authentication capabilities through their coordinated interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an intermediary amalgamated substantiation data structure that bridges work information and creator information. This intermediary contains hashed representations of both types of data and serves as a compact verification token, reducing the need to store and process large amounts of raw information while maintaining authentication accuracy.
3Reliability
If substantiation data is embedded into image files, then authenticity is protected and tampering is prevented, but file size increases and processing time extends
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential verification elements from the full substantiation process and embeds only the critical amalgamated substantiation data (hashed work data + hashed creator data + timestamp) into the image file metadata. The full verification logic remains external in the verification system, reducing the processing burden on the file storage system while maintaining integrity protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transforms the substantiation data from its original detailed form into a compressed hashed representation before embedding it in the image file. This parameter transformation (from detailed data to hash values) significantly reduces the size of embedded data while preserving the ability to verify integrity and authenticity through the hash comparison process.
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AI summary
A method for creating work substantiation material and a work-substantiation system are provided. In the method for creating work substantiation material performed in the system, the serving system firstly receives a digital image after a digitization process. After retrieving image data, a work substantiation data can be computed, and a creator substantiation data with respect to a creator or related information can also be computed. After combining the work substantiation data and the creator substantiation data, an amalgamated substantiation data with respect to the work is formed. The amalgamated substantiation data can be incorporated, or appended onto a tangible work; or can be integrated into a digital work through a specific method.