Date Time Location Seal for File Integrity Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies lack a reliable method to independently verify the date, time, and location of captured files, such as images and videos, which is crucial for ensuring data integrity and authenticity.

Innovation Solution

The development of a mobile application, named 'Momentproof,' which functions as a third-party certifier by embedding a Date Time Location Seal (DTL-Seal) into files, providing custodial services, and ensuring the data cannot be altered after the creation of the seal.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a DTL-Seal is embedded in a file to certify date, time, and location, then data integrity and authenticity are improved, but device complexity increases due to the need for custodial services and verification systems

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata integrityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a custodian as an intermediary entity that receives certified files from the sealing device and stores them in a custodial repository. This mediator handles the complexity of verification and storage, allowing the sealing function itself to remain relatively simple while achieving high reliability through the custodian's verification and preservation services.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If custodial services are implemented for secure storage and verification, then reliability of certified files is improved, but loss of time increases due to verification processes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefile certificationVSAvoidverification time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The DTL-Seal is embedded in the file at the moment of creation, performing the certification action preliminarily before any verification is needed. This preliminary sealing establishes the date, time, and location metadata upfront, so that subsequent verification by the custodian only needs to validate the seal's authenticity rather than perform complex analysis, reducing verification time while maintaining reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12204654B1Systems, devices, and/or methods for third party verification of date, time, telemetry, and location of digital information with verifiable custodial services

Publication Date: 2025.01.21 MOMENTPROOF TEKNOLOJI AS

AI summary

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising receiving a request to apply a DTL Seal to a file. The method further comprises inserting the DTL Seal in the File. The method further comprises storing a first copy of the File comprising the DTL seal to an information device of a user. The method further comprises storing a second copy of the File comprising the DTL seal to a custodial memory device.