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US 9,729,327 · App. 14/065,668 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Computer-based optimization of digital signature generation for records based on eventual selection criteria for products and services

Inventors: John C. Dayka (New Paltz, NY); Anthony T. Sofia (Highland, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H04L9/3247G06F21/64G06F2221/2101H04L2209/72
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,729,327
App. No.
14/065,668
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for generating a digital signature may include a record management facility configured to group a first record with a second record and to generate a first digital signature based at least in part on the first record and the second record.

Claims (18)

1. An electronic record system for generating a digital signature, comprising:

a record management facility configured to:

accumulate a plurality of records during an signing interval, the plurality of records including a first record, a second record, and a third record, the signing interval being equal to a utility granularity of a utility program of the record management facility,

wherein the utility granularity is coarser than a granularity of each record timestamp of each record of the plurality of records to optimize performance gains of the accumulation of the plurality of records,

group the first record with the second record,

wherein the first record and the second record are grouped in the first set based on the first record and the second record corresponding to a first record type of a plurality of record types, and

generate a first digital signature by utilizing at least in part the first record and the second record when an amount of hashed record data is within a range that does not exceed a maximum threshold and when a record timestamp of a record of the plurality of records received within the signing interval has reached the utility granularity,

group a third record in a second set based on the third record corresponding to a second record type of the plurality of record types,

generate a second digital signature based at least in part on the third record,

wherein each of the first and second sets corresponds to the signing interval that is verified or validated by the utility program before the first and second sets are sent to a long-term storage; and

a processor comprising a memory and configured to support operations of the record management facility,

wherein the first record type is different from the second record type.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the record management facility is further configured to store the first digital signature in association with the first record and the second record.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the record management facility is further configured to retrieve the first digital signature, the first record and the second record from an intermediate storage, and to send the first digital signature, the first record and the second record to the long-term storage.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first record includes a first event log and the second record includes a second event log.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the record management facility is further configured to accumulate a plurality of records during the signing interval and to generate the first digital signature based at least in part on the signing interval having elapsed.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the granularity of the record timestamps is a hundredth of a second and a utility granularity is a minute.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second digital signatures include, record number system of origin, start and end record timestamps or a timestamp range, and number of records covered by the first and second digital signature.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2013
From: DAYKA, JOHN C.; SOFIA, ANTHONY T.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031498/0806 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150121080A1 · Apr 30, 2015