Verified Operating Environment for Digital Bearer Instruments

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems for processing digital bearer instruments lack secure and efficient methods to instantiate and verify operating environments for redeeming rights, leading to potential tampering and unauthorized changes, which compromises the integrity and security of title processing environments.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of computing platforms that instantiate verified operating environments using integrity-verified components, configured according to predefined operating contexts, which are cryptographically assured and defined, ensuring secure and tamper-proof processing of digital bearer instruments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If computing platforms instantiate operating environments for processing digital bearer instruments, then the ability to redeem rights is enabled, but the risk of tampering and unauthorized changes increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveright redemption capabilityVSAvoidintegrity of processing environment

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by verifying the integrity of operating environment components before they are instantiated and used to process digital bearer instruments. Integrity verification is performed in advance to ensure that components have not been tampered with and are authorized, thereby enabling right redemption while preventing tampering and unauthorized changes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If integrity-verified components are used to instantiate verified operating environments, then security and integrity are enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity of title processingVSAvoidcomponent verification mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the intermediary principle by introducing an integrity verification mechanism that acts as a mediator between the component instantiation process and the right redemption process. This intermediary verifies the authenticity and integrity of operating environment components before they are used, thereby enhancing security while managing complexity through a dedicated verification layer.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If operating environments are deployed on untrusted hosts, then adaptability and versatility improve, but the risk of undetectable alterations increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment flexibilityVSAvoidtampering with processing environment

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by performing integrity verification on operating environment components before they are deployed on untrusted hosts. This preliminary verification counteracts the potential harmful effect of tampering by ensuring that components are authentic and have not been altered, thereby enabling deployment flexibility while preventing undetectable alterations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Data Source

PatentUS10198719B2Software, systems, and methods for processing digital bearer instruments

Publication Date: 2019.02.05 API MARKET INC

AI summary

Methods and apparatus are described which enable flexible and secure processing of digital bearer instruments. An architecture is provided that enables provision of an extensible applications framework that flexibly supports a variety of features and functionality supporting title-based rights processing operations. A wide range of methods of defining and assuring rights processing operating environments extend the capabilities of rights processing operating environments in a variety of ways.