System and method for creating, vaulting, transferring and controlling transferable electronic records with unique ownership
A system for securely vaulting, auditing, controlling and transferring electronic transferable records (TRs) with unique ownership, including at least one registry for registering the electronic transferable record with unique ownership in a TR registry record; at least one secure storage manager (SSM) associated with the registry, the SSM storing the transferable record registered in the registry as an authoritative copy, the secure storage manager being distinct from said registry. The transferable record can be transferred in a transaction between an originating party and a receiving party with a transaction descriptor including information about the parties involved in the transaction and an identification of the TR being transferred. The transaction descriptor is initially signed by the originating party with the TR, subsequently verified and countersigned by the registry and signed by said accepting party. The transaction descriptor, upon completion of the transaction, is stored in the TR registry record and serves to identify the authoritative copy of the TR.
1. A system for the secure creation, registration and storage of an authoritative copy of an electronic transferable record (TR), said system comprising:
one or more computing devices;
an originator system to generate said authoritative copy of a TR, said authoritative copy being a unique and identifiable original copy of said TR, the originator system further generating TR origination evidence attesting to an ownership of said authoritative copy;
a secure storage manager to store said authoritative copy of a TR generated by the originator system in a storage location; and
a registry architecturally separate from the secure storage manager to register said authoritative copy of a TR in a TR registry record, said TR registry record comprising:
a chain of ownership of said authoritative copy of a TR, said chain of ownership comprising at least said TR origination evidence; and
the storage location of the authoritative copy of the TR within the secure storage manager storing said authoritative copy of a TR;
said system identifying a copy of a TR being presented for certification as said authoritative copy only if said copy of a TR is stored at the storage location in the secure storage manager such as registered in the TR registry record; and
wherein the originator system comprises:
electronic signature components for generating said TR and TR transaction evidence; and
an authoritative copy module collaborating with the secure storage manager and registry to establish said TR stored in the secure storage manager as the authoritative copy thereof.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the originator system generates ancillary documents associated with the TR.
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the secure storage manager comprises:
a registry interface for establishing secure communication with the registry; and
a TR repository manager for storing and retrieving said authoritative copy of a TR from a TR repository.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the TR registry record further comprises a hash of said TR.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the chain of ownership further comprises TR transfer evidence attesting to a change of ownership of said authoritative copy.
6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the TR registry record further comprises electronic signature tokens applied to said authoritative copy of the TR.
7. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a portal providing a secure access to each of said originator system, registry and secure storage manager.