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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:

Guardtime Ip Holdings Limited, Tortola, VG;

Inventors:

Michael Gault, Hong Kong, HK;

Ahto Truu, Tartu, EE;

Ahto Buldas, Tallinn, EE;

Martin Ruubel, Tallinn, EE;

Jeffrey Pearce, Hilo, HI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); G06Q 20/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3265 (2013.01);
Abstract

A capture device such as a camera and/or sound recorder records an event, which includes a visual and/or audible presentation of a time value that is non-deterministic, yet a function of physical time. The non-deterministic time value (NDT) may be generated as a function of a calendar value created at time intervals as a root hash value of a distributed, hash-tree document authentication infrastructure. If the NDT value included in the recording of the event does not match the NDT value corresponding to the calendar value from which it was generated, the recording may be assumed to be altered. Digital time-stamping may be included for the recording of the event to reduce the opportunity for back-dating of the recording. NDT may also be generated simply for display by a clock, for example as an NDT time zone.


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