IP Library Granted Patent US 11,138,296
Granted Patent B2
US 11,138,296 · App. 16/290,022 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Digital content validation

Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Mark Patrick Delaney (Raleigh, NC); John Carl Mese (Cary, NC); Nathan J. Peterson (Oxford, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F21/16G06F2221/0737
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Patent No.
US 11,138,296
App. No.
16/290,022
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: generating, using an information handling device, digital content; providing an indication of the digital content to at least one other device; and receiving, from the at least one other device, a digital signature for the digital content. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (31)

1. A method, comprising:

generating, using and at an information handling device, digital content;

providing an indication of the digital content to at least one other device, wherein the at least one other device is an authorized validation device within a predetermined range of the information handling device, wherein the authorized validation device is authorized to receive content creation transmissions within the predetermined range prior to the providing;

receiving, at the information handling device, from the at least one other authorized validation device, and responsive to the at least one other authorized validation device validating the digital content, one or more digital signatures for the digital content, the one or more digital signatures providing an indication that a user other than a user of the information handling device has validated the digital content, wherein the one or more digital signatures comprise at least one piece of metadata selected from the group consisting of: a signing time, a signing location, a signing date, a signing device type; and

attaching the one or more digital signatures to the digital content, wherein attaching the one or more digital signatures comprises recording a type of the at least one other device validating the one or more device signatures.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication comprises a request to validate the digital content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication comprises identification data associated with a user of the information handling device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one other device comprises a plurality of other devices and wherein the receiving comprises receiving, from the plurality of other devices, a plurality of digital signatures for the digital content.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining, using a ruleset, which of the plurality of digital signatures to assign to the digital content.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing an indication of the digital signature attached to the digital content.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indication of the digital signature attached to the digital content comprises a visual indication.

8. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

generate, using and at the information handling device, digital content;

provide an indication of the digital content to at least one other device, wherein the at least one other device is an authorized validation device within a predetermined range of the information handling device, wherein the authorized validation device is authorized to receive content creation transmissions within the predetermined range prior to the providing;

receive, at the information handling device, from the at least one other authorized validation device, and responsive to the at least one other authorized validation device validating the digital content, one or more digital signature for the digital content, the digital signature providing an indication that a user other than a user of the information handling device has validated the digital content, wherein the one or more digital signatures comprise at least one piece of metadata selected from the group consisting of: a signing time, a signing location, a signing date, a signing device type; and

attaching the one or more digital signatures to the digital content, wherein attaching the one or more digital signatures comprises recording a type of the at least one other device validating the one or more device signatures.

9. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the indication comprises a request to validate the digital content.

10. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the indication comprises identification data associated with a user of the information handling device.

11. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one other device comprises a plurality of other devices and wherein the instructions executable by the processor to receive comprise instructions executable by the processor to receive, from the plurality of other devices, a plurality of digital signatures for the digital content.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to determine, using a ruleset, which of the plurality of digital signatures to assign to the digital content.

13. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to provide an indication of the digital signature attached to the digital content.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an information handling device, digital content transmitted by another device, wherein the information handling device is an authorized validation device within a predetermined range of the another device, wherein the authorized validation device is authorized to receive content creation transmissions within the predetermined range prior to the providing;

signing, responsive to validating the digital content, the digital content with a digital signature, the digital signature providing an indication that a user other than a user of the another device has validated the digital content, wherein the digital signatures comprise at least one piece of metadata selected from the group consisting of: a signing time, a signing location, a signing date, a signing device type; and

transmitting the digital content signed with the digital signature to the another device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the signing comprises automatically signing the digital content responsive to receiving the digital content.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein signing comprises:

querying a user of the information handling device for digital signature authorization; and

signing, responsive to receiving the digital signature authorization from the user, the digital content.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0067 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2019
From: VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; DELANEY, MARK PATRICK; MESE, JOHN CARL; PETERSON, NATHAN J.
To: LENOVO (SIGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 048479/0461 →