Blockchain Cryptologic Ballot Organization via Segmented Intermediaries

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current balloting systems face challenges in maintaining voter anonymity and security while ensuring the integrity and accuracy of voting processes, particularly in transitioning from physical to remote electronic voting systems.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of blockchain-based cryptologic voting systems using distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) with cryptographic primitives such as tokens, identifiers, and cryptographic structures to create a verifiable and immutable record of votes, ensuring anonymity through pseudonymity and obfuscation, while allowing secure identity verification and auditing by stakeholders.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If blockchain-based cryptologic voting systems are implemented, then voter anonymity and security are enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevoter anonymity and securityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The voting system is segmented into distinct functional components: voter client devices for ballot access and vote submission, blockchain network nodes for distributed ledger maintenance, cryptographic modules for token generation and verification, and audit interfaces for stakeholder verification. Each component operates independently with well-defined interfaces, managing complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Cryptographic tokens serve as intermediaries between voters and the ballot organization, enabling anonymous vote submission while maintaining verifiable integrity. The tokens act as mediators that carry voting intent without revealing voter identity, resolving the contradiction between anonymity and security through a trusted intermediary mechanism.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If distributed ledger technology is used to create verifiable records, then vote integrity is improved, but processing time and system overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevote integrityVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Ballots are pre-established and registered on the distributed ledger before voting begins, with all validation rules and answer options predetermined and immutably recorded. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for real-time validation complexities during active voting, reducing processing time while maintaining integrity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional centralized vote counting mechanisms with cryptographic verification based on homomorphic commitments. Instead of mechanically processing and counting votes through centralized systems, the solution uses mathematical properties of cryptographic commitments to enable parallel verification of vote integrity without sequential processing bottlenecks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If cryptographic primitives are used for anonymity and obfuscation, then voter privacy is enhanced, but verification and auditing difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevoter privacyVSAvoidverification and auditing difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates multi-layered feedback mechanisms for verification: stakeholders receive cryptographic proofs that votes were properly cast and counted, audit interfaces provide real-time visibility into ballot organization and vote submission patterns, and the distributed ledger continuously validates token authenticity. This feedback loop maintains privacy while enabling comprehensive verification through cryptographic evidence rather than direct observation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs visual and cryptographic indicators that change state based on verification status: tokens transition from unverified to verified states, audit interfaces display confidence levels and validation results, and the system provides visual feedback when cryptographic proofs are successfully validated. These indicators make the verification process more detectable and measurable without compromising the underlying cryptographic anonymity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS11721152B2Blockchain-based anonymized cryptologic ballot organization

Publication Date: 2023.08.08 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD

AI summary

A system may facilitate a distributed ledger technology (DLT) record based (for example, blockchain-based) ballot organization. A node configured to support an organizer role may generate a ballot that designates answers, and in some cases, conditions for valid vote-value transfers. The organizer may distribute vote-value to one or more voters. The voters may then commit portions (including null portions) of the received vote value to answers using committed tokens configured to bind the voter to a particular vote-value without divulging the particular vote value while in a cryptographic form.