Cloud Document Registration via Distributed Hash Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for verifying and sharing electronic documents lack reliability and security, particularly in ensuring the accuracy of document content and timestamps, especially in cloud computing environments, where tampering and forgery risks are high due to the ease of digital document manipulation and the lack of secure, time-verified sharing mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automated cloud document registration that creates a secure, unalterable time-stamped electronic document stored across multiple secure storage locations on a cloud communications network, allowing multiple third-parties to view the document securely without the ability to tamper with its content, using a virtual matrixed file system and encryption for privacy and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If documents are shared via email or fax, then document sharing is achieved, but security and reliability of document timestamps are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a trusted third-party timestamping service as an intermediary between the document sender and receiver. This service independently verifies and certifies document timestamps, preventing tampering while maintaining ease of document sharing through existing email and fax channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates cryptographic hash copies of document content that are timestamped and stored by the trusted third party. These immutable copies serve as verification evidence without interfering with the original document sharing process, ensuring timestamp reliability while maintaining operational ease.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital documents are easily manipulated, then document editing flexibility is improved, but document integrity and anti-tampering capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary cryptographic hashing and timestamping of document content before any potential manipulation occurs. This creates an immutable reference point that allows future verification of document integrity while preserving the ability to edit documents, as edits can be tracked against the original timestamped hash.
3Ease of operation
If cloud storage is used for document verification, then document accessibility is improved, but security against unauthorized access and tampering may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments document data into cryptographic hash values and stores them in distributed cloud locations. The actual document content remains with the user, while only verification-critical hash segments are cloud-stored, enabling accessibility for verification while minimizing security risks from unauthorized access.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple third parties can view documents, then document sharing capability is improved, but control over document distribution and access tracking becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The trusted third-party timestamping service provides automated feedback to document owners about who has accessed and verified their timestamped documents. This feedback mechanism enables comprehensive access tracking without requiring complex manual management systems, as the timestamping service automatically logs and reports all verification activities.
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AI summary
A method and system for automated document registration with cloud computing. The method and system described herein provide an automatic cloud document registration system that creates a secure cloud transformed electronic document with an unalterable time and date stamp stored in a cloud storage object. The cloud storage object comprises plural separate portions stored in plural separate secure storage locations on plural other different server network devices distributed across the cloud communications network but functions as a single secure cloud storage object. Target and server network devices cannot determine where on the cloud communications network the cloud storage object is stored thereby providing additional security and privacy for the secure cloud transformed electronic document. Multiple third-parties are provided an ability to view a given original document in the secure cloud transformed electronic document format from anywhere on the cloud communications network.