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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2017
Coinplug, Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
COINPLUG, INC., Gyeonggi, KR;
Abstract
A method for using authentication information is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) a managing server, if a request for using the authentication information is acquired, acquiring a transaction ID corresponding to a specific user's identification information; (b) the managing server acquiring an output of a specific transaction corresponding to the transaction ID from a blockchain; (c) the managing server determining revocation of the authentication information by referring to the output of the specific transaction; and (d) the managing server supporting a communication by providing the specific user's public key in the output of the specific transaction, if the authentication information is not revoked, and if (i) a hash value of the specific user's identification information included in the output of the specific transaction or its processed value corresponds to (ii) a hash value of the specific user's identification information pre-stored in a certain database or its processed value.