Content Validation Network Digital Signature Embedding

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is no reliable means to verify the validity of content posted on the internet, as content can be falsely attributed to others, and there is a need for a network that verifies identity and embeds validated identity into posted content.

Innovation Solution

A content validation network comprising a certificate generation engine, signature engine, display engine, and certificate status engine, which creates digital content cards with embedded digital signatures and metadata, ensuring the authenticity and validity of content through cryptographic methods and metadata verification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If digital certificates and signatures are embedded in content to verify authenticity, then content trustworthiness is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent trustworthinessVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The certificate generation engine creates digital certificates and public-private key pairs in advance before content is posted. This preliminary establishment of authentication credentials allows content to be verified without real-time complex computations, as the verification process simply checks pre-existing signatures against stored public keys.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a certificate generation engine and display engine as intermediary components that mediate between content creators and content consumers. These engines handle the complex cryptographic operations, while end users only need to interact with simplified verification interfaces that check digital signatures without understanding the underlying complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If identity verification and digital signature embedding are implemented, then content authenticity is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent authenticityVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Digital signatures are generated and embedded in content at the time of content creation through the signature engine, rather than being verified in real-time during content consumption. This shifts the processing time burden to the content publishing stage, allowing fast verification for end users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-verification through embedded digital signatures that automatically validate content authenticity without requiring manual intervention or time-consuming human verification processes. The cryptographic verification occurs automatically when content is accessed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If digital certificates are embedded in content cards, then verification capability is improved, but data size increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveverification capabilityVSAvoiddata size

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential verification elements (digital signatures and public keys) from complete digital certificates and embeds them in content cards. Full certificate validation and revocation checking are performed separately through the certificate status engine, allowing minimal data embedding while maintaining full verification capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The certificate status engine acts as an intermediary that handles comprehensive certificate validation externally. This allows content cards to contain only lightweight signature data, while the intermediary engine performs the heavier validation work by checking certificate statuses against authoritative sources without embedding all validation data in the content itself.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12132713B1Content validation network and associated methods

Publication Date: 2024.10.29 DODGE ANDREW S

AI summary

Described is a content validation network including a certificate generation engine, a signature engine, a display engine, a certificate status engine, and a digital content card. The certificate generation engine includes a key pair generator to create a user's public and private key producing a digital certificate authenticating a user. The certificate generation engine embeds the public key into the digital certificate. The signature engine generates the user's digital signature unique to their digital content card when validated by their digital certificate. The display engine validates the user's digital signature using their digital certificate then displays the users created digital content card with the user's digital signature embedded into metadata elements of the digital content card. The certificate status engine determines whether the digital signature of the user's digital content card is valid. The digital content card is content created by the user demarcated with a conspicuous border and the user's identity.