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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:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);

Inventor:

Steven C. Davis, Saint Peters, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 13/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/10 (2013.01); G06Q 2230/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/463 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for processing votes in a public blockchain includes: generating an election reference and candidate references; generating an asymmetric cryptographic key pair comprised of a master private key and master public key; generating a registration block for addition to a blockchain including the election reference, candidate references, and master public key; transmitting the registration block to nodes associated with the blockchain; receiving a plurality of voting messages, each including a vote and the election reference, where the vote includes a voter reference and at least one candidate reference; generating one or more voting blocks for addition to the blockchain including the received votes; and transmitting each generated voting block to nodes associated with the blockchain.


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