Universal Tag Generation for Digital File Authenticity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital files, such as contracts and intellectual property, are susceptible to unauthorized alteration and wrongful claims of ownership or creation, as conventional methods do not effectively detect or prevent such changes without leaving metadata footprints.
Innovation Solution
Sporadically generating and registering unique universal tags within a distributed trust computing network, using altered keys that include digital representations of the file, user data, and validating entity inputs, to validate the authenticity of the file and its creator.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional methods are used to protect digital files, then the files can be stored and accessed, but they are susceptible to unauthorized alteration without detection
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by generating a universal tag and registering it in the distributed trust computing network before the digital file can be altered. This preemptive measure creates a baseline for future verification, allowing the system to detect any unauthorized changes by comparing against the registered tag.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through continuous verification where the current universal tag is generated and compared against previously registered tags. This feedback mechanism provides ongoing confirmation of file integrity and detects alterations by identifying discrepancies between expected and actual tag values.
2Reliability
If continuous verification is implemented through sporadic tag generation, then file authenticity is protected, but computational resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies periodic action by generating universal tags sporadically at predetermined time intervals rather than continuously. This approach maintains verification capability while reducing computational energy consumption by activating the verification process only at scheduled intervals rather than constantly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamics by making the verification frequency adjustable and adaptable. The sporadic generation of tags allows the system to dynamically balance between verification thoroughness and resource consumption, adjusting the intensity of verification based on needs rather than operating at fixed maximum capacity.
3Reliability
If universal tags are registered in a distributed trust computing network, then authenticity validation is enhanced, but network operations are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an intermediary approach by leveraging the distributed trust computing network as a mediator for tag registration and verification. The network serves as a trusted third party that validates and stores universal tags, providing decentralized authentication without requiring a single central authority, thus enhancing reliability while distributing operational requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
Universal tags linked to the content of a data file are sporadically/periodically generated for protecting the authenticity of the data file and/or the owner/creator of a digital file. New universal tags are generated by altering one or more keys/seeds used to generate the universal tag. Once a current universal key is generated, the current universal tag is registered on a distributed ledger of at least on distributed trust computing network, thus superseding the registration of a last-in-time/previous universal tag to thereby become the effective validation means for (i) an authenticity of the data file, and/or (ii) the user associated with the data file (e.g., rightful possessor and/or creator of the digital file).