A patent application has been filed in the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled, “THE EVENT LEDGER”. An Abstract, Background and Summary of said filing follows:
Abstract: “The present disclosure provides a globally accessible, unforgeable, and permanent repository of published events in the form of an event ledger. A method according to the present disclosure includes receiving a request from a publisher to publish to an event ledger an event including a name of the publisher, a date and time at which the event occurred, a description of the event, and a cryptographic signature of the event signed using a private key of the publisher, receiving a certificate from the publisher including a public key of the publisher, validating the cryptographic signature of the event using the received certificate, and publishing the event to the event ledger.”
Background: “Blockchain technology was developed as a way of providing a publicly transparent and decentralized ledger that is configured to track and store digital transactions in a publicly verifiable, secure, and hardened manner to prevent tampering or revision.”
Summary: “The system, method, and computer program product described herein provide a globally accessible, unforgeable, and permanent repository of published events in the form of an event ledger. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a publisher to publish an event to an event ledger. The event includes a name of the publisher, a date and time at which the event occurred, a description of the event, and a cryptographic signature of the event signed using a private key of the publisher. The method further includes receiving a certificate from the publisher. The certificate includes a public key of the publisher. The method further includes validating the cryptographic signature of the event using the received certificate, and publishing the event to the event ledger. In aspects of the present disclosure apparatus, systems, and computer program products in accordance with the above aspect may also be provided.”
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