Granted Patent B2

US 12,333,532 · App. 18/676,678 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Vijay Madisetti (Alpharetta, GA); Arshdeep Bahga (Chandigarh, IN)

Assignee: Vijay Madisetti

G06Q20/3829H04L9/14H04L63/061G06F21/33G06F21/6245G06F2221/2115G06Q2220/00H04L9/0643H04L9/3236H04L9/3297H04L9/50H04L2463/061

Abstract

Claims (56)

1. A method for qualifying a validator server used in zero-knowledge transactions comprising:

receiving at a prover client a first plurality of transactions from a verifier server;

generating by the prover client a hashed transaction for each transaction of the first plurality of transactions by applying a hashing function to each transaction of the first plurality of transactions, each hashed transaction comprising a secret-protected assertion, the hashed transactions collectively defined as the first plurality of hashed transactions;

transmitting the first plurality of hashed transactions to a smart contract on a blockchain network;

receiving at a smart contract the first plurality of hashed transactions;

receiving at the smart contract a second plurality of hashed transactions between the prover client and the verifier server, at least one of the hashed transactions of the second plurality of hashed transactions comprising the secret-protected assertion;

accessing each of the first plurality of hashed transactions and the second plurality of hashed transactions on the smart contract by an enforcement node;

analyzing the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions by the enforcement node; and

responsive to the analyzing of the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions, by the enforcement node, qualifies or disqualifies the mismatches of transmitted interaction state logs.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

analyzing the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions comprises identifying one or more mismatched transactions comprised by the first plurality of hashed transactions or the second plurality of hashed transactions; and

responsive to identifying one or more mismatched transactions, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is disqualified.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

analyzing the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions comprises identifying one or more additional transactions comprised by the second plurality of hashed transactions indicating a transaction that involves a third party other than the prover client; and

responsive to identifying one or more additional transactions, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is disqualified.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein analyzing the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions comprises:

verifying a consistency of the hashed transactions of each of the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions; and

responsive to verifying the consistency of the hashed transactions, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is qualified.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving at the verifier server a second plurality of transactions from the prover client;

generating by the verifier server a hashed transaction record for each transaction of the second plurality of transactions by applying a hashing function to each transaction of the second plurality of transaction records, the hashed transactions being collectively defined as the second plurality of hashed transactions; and

transmitting the second plurality of hashed transactions to the smart contract.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the verifier server has no knowledge of the secret-protected assertion.

7. A method for qualifying a validator server used in zero-knowledge transactions comprising:

accessing each of a first plurality of hashed transactions received from a prover client and a second plurality of hashed transactions received from a verifier server stored on a smart contract deployed on a blockchain network by an enforcement node;

analyzing the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions by the enforcement node;

responsive to identifying one or more mismatched transactions comprised by the first plurality of hashed transactions or the second plurality of hashed transactions, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is disqualified;

responsive to identifying one or more additional transactions comprised by the second plurality of hashed transactions indicating a transaction that involves a third party other than the prover client, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is disqualified; and

responsive to verifying a consistency of the hashed transactions of each of the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is qualified.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

receiving at the smart contract the first plurality of hashed transactions between the prover client and the verifier server from the prover client, each hashed transaction of the first plurality of hashed transactions comprising a secret-protected assertion; and

receiving at the smart contract the second plurality of hashed transactions between the prover client and the verifier server, at least one of the hashed transactions of the second plurality of hashed transactions comprising the secret-protected assertion.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving at the prover client a first plurality of transactions from the validator server;

generating by the prover client a hashed transaction for each transaction of the first plurality of transactions by applying a hashing function to each transaction of the first plurality of transactions, the hashed transactions being collectively defined as the first plurality of hashed transactions; and

transmitting the first plurality of hashed transactions to the smart contract.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving at the verifier server a second plurality of transactions from the prover client;

generating by the verifier server a hashed transaction record for each transaction of the second plurality of transactions by applying a hashing function to each transaction of the second plurality of transaction records, the hashed transactions collectively defined as the second plurality of hashed transactions; and

transmitting the second plurality of hashed transactions to the smart contract.

11. A method for qualifying a validator server used in zero-knowledge transactions comprising:

receiving at a smart contract on a blockchain network a first plurality of hashed transactions between a prover client and a verifier server from the prover client, each transaction of the first plurality of transactions comprising a secret-protected assertion;

receiving at the smart contract a second plurality of hashed transactions between the prover client and the verifier server, at least one of the hashed transactions of the second plurality of hashed transactions comprising the secret-protected assertion;

accessing each of the first plurality of hashed transactions and the second plurality of hashed transactions on the smart contract by an enforcement node;

analyzing the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions by the enforcement node;

responsive to identifying one or more mismatched transactions comprised by the first plurality of hashed transactions or the second plurality of hashed transactions, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is disqualified;

responsive to identifying one or more additional transactions comprised by the second plurality of hashed transactions indicating a transaction that involves a third party other than the prover client, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is disqualified; and

responsive to verifying a consistency of the hashed transactions of each of the first and second pluralities of hashed transactions, transmitting by the enforcement node to the smart contract the verifier server is qualified.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving at the prover client a first plurality of transactions from the validator server;

generating by the prover client a hashed transaction for each transaction of the first plurality of transactions by applying a hashing function to each transaction of the first plurality of transactions, the hashed transactions collectively defined as the first plurality of hashed transactions; and

transmitting the first plurality of hashed transactions to the smart contract.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving at the verifier server a second plurality of transactions from the prover client;

generating by the verifier server a hashed transaction record for each transaction of the second plurality of transactions by applying a hashing function to each transaction of the second plurality of transaction records, the hashed transactions collectively defined as the second plurality of hashed transactions; and

transmitting the second plurality of hashed transactions to the smart contract.

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