Granted Patent B2

US 12,739,128 · App. 17/501,594 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Inventor: Lior Mordechai Yaffe (Hadera, IL)

Assignee: Jelurida Swiss SA

H04L9/3247H04L9/0825H04L9/3268H04L9/3297H04L67/06

Abstract

Claims (77)

1 . A method of registering a certificate in an electronic data processing device, the method comprising:

generating the certificate and associating the certificate with a public key;

adding at least one reputation service identifier of a reputation service provider to the certificate, the reputation service identifier comprising data, which identifies the reputation service provider;

obtaining a blockchain alias identifying a blockchain account;

sending, by the electronic data processing device, certificate data including the public key to the blockchain account; and

embedding the blockchain alias in the certificate, such that the certificate data in the blockchain account is identifiable to a party receiving the certificate, wherein the method further comprises:

associating the certificate to a data file;

signing the data file using a private key, the private key being associated with the certificate and being associated with the public key;

generating a file identifier, which identifies the data file based on data contained in the data file;

sending the file identifier to the blockchain account;

generating a data file token based on the file identifier;

signing the data file token with the private key; and

sending the data file token to the reputation service provider for publication associated with the reputation service identifier.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:

retrieving the certificate from the data file, the certificate comprising the reputation service identifier;

retrieving the data file token from the reputation service provider, the data file token being associated with the reputation service identifier;

retrieving the public key from the blockchain account associated with the certificate; and

verifying the data file token with the public key.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

generating a first file identifier based on data comprised by the data file;

wherein retrieving the data file token further comprises searching the reputation service provider for the first file identifier.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first file identifier is at least one of the following: a hash of the data file; a checksum of the data file; and a fingerprint of the data file.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

retrieving a second file identifier from the blockchain account, the second file identifier being associated with the data file; and

comparing the first file identifier with the second file identifier.

6 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

retrieving a further reputation service identifier from the blockchain account.

7 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the data file token from the reputation service provider comprises a reputation service time stamp, the method further comprising:

retrieving, from the blockchain account, a time stamp associated with registering the certificate in the blockchain account; and

comparing the reputation service time stamp with the time stamp associated with registering the certificate in the blockchain account.

8 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

retrieving a second certificate from the blockchain account associated with the certificate; and comparing the certificate with the second certificate.

9 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

retrieving, from the reputation service provider, a reputation strength value associated with the reputation service identifier.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

appending the certificate to the data file, prior to at least one of signing the data file and generating the file identifier.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

sending the public key to the reputation service provider.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the public key is associated with the private key.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

associating a timestamp with the data file token.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending at least one of the file identifier and the data file token to the blockchain account;

receiving, in response to the sending, a transaction timestamp; and

associating the transaction timestamp with the data file token.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending the certificate to the blockchain account.

16 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: sending the reputation service identifier to the blockchain account.

17 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reputation service provider is at least one of the following: a social media service; a network address associated with an entity associated with a private key; and a database managed by a government service.

18 . A data processing device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to perform a method comprising:

generating a certificate and associating the certificate with a public key;

adding at least one reputation service identifier of a reputation service provider to the certificate, the reputation service identifier comprising data, which identifies the reputation service provider;

obtaining a blockchain alias identifying a blockchain account;

sending, by the electronic data processing device, certificate data including the public key to the blockchain account; and

embedding the blockchain alias in the certificate, such that the certificate data in the blockchain account is identifiable to a party receiving the certificate, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the method comprising:

associating the certificate to a data file;

signing the data file using a private key, the private key being associated with the certificate and being associated with the public key;

generating a file identifier, which identifies the data file based on data contained in the data file;

sending the file identifier to the blockchain account;

generating a data file token based on the file identifier;

signing the data file token with the private key; and

sending the data file token to the reputation service provider for publication associated with the reputation service identifier.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a program of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

generating a certificate and associating the certificate with a public key;

adding at least one reputation service identifier of a reputation service provider to the certificate, the reputation service identifier comprising data, which identifies the reputation service provider;

obtaining a blockchain alias identifying a blockchain account;

sending, by the electronic data processing device, certificate data including the public key to the blockchain account; and

embedding the blockchain alias in the certificate, such that the certificate data in the blockchain account is identifiable to a party receiving the certificate, wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to perform the method comprising:

associating the certificate to a data file;

signing the data file using a private key, the private key being associated with the certificate and being associated with the public key;

generating a file identifier, which identifies the data file based on data contained in the data file;

sending the file identifier to the blockchain account;

generating a data file token based on the file identifier;

signing the data file token with the private key; and

sending the data file token to the reputation service provider for publication associated with the reputation service identifier.

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