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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, George Town, KY;

Inventors:

Yize Li, Hangzhou, CN;

Benquan Yu, Zhejiang, CN;

Xinying Yang, Zhejiang, CN;

Wenyuan Yan, Hangzhou, CN;

Yuan Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes: receiving timestamps and associated signatures from an independent trust time server associated with a trust time authority by a centralized ledger server in a centralized ledger system, storing the timestamps and the associated signatures in a centralized trust timestamp blockchain that stores trust timestamp information of the trust time server for the centralized ledger system that stores data in blockchains each including a plurality of blocks, receiving a timestamp request for a block of a blockchain from a ledger server associated with the blockchain by the centralized ledger server, and transmitting a timestamp and associated signature that is stored in the timestamp blockchain and corresponds to the timestamp request to the ledger server by the centralized ledger server.


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