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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

May. 31, 2018
Applicants:

Glenn Scott, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Roger Meike, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael Gabriel, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ian Panchevre, Mountain View, CA (US);

Amir Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);

Ian Pentland, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Glenn Scott, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Roger Meike, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael Gabriel, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ian Panchevre, Mountain View, CA (US);

Amir Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);

Ian Pentland, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/18 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/235 (2019.01); G06F 16/1805 (2019.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for documenting subjects using hash chains. The method includes receiving a subject data write request including one or more subject attribute values, generating a fingerprint from a current last block of a hash chain, and generating a payload from the subject data, the payload including the one or more subject attribute values and one or more keys identifying the one or more subject attribute values. The method further includes appending a block to the hash chain. The appended block includes the payload and the fingerprint.


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