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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Emanuele Vercalli, Cologno Monzese, IT;
Federico Accetta, Milan, IT;
Massimo Caprinali, Merate, IT;
Roberto Ragusa, Rome, IT;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment sends, at a first time, from a boundary server to a client system in response to a challenge request, a challenge specifying a computational problem to be solved by the client system, the boundary server specified in a challenge list sent to the client system. An embodiment receives, at a second time, at the boundary server, a challenge response from the client system, the challenge response comprising a solution to the computational problem. An embodiment generates, at the boundary server, a certificate encoding an elapsed time between the first time and the second time, the certificate usable by the client system to prove a location of the client system. An embodiment sends, from the boundary server to the client system, the certificate.