Tracking history of a digital object using a cryptographic chain

A system for tracking a history of a digital object using a cryptographic chain, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute a set of instructions stored in the memory to:
• generate a digital object for unstructured data received from a user on a platform;
• encrypt the digital object using a cryptographic technique to form a first time travel record of a cryptographic chain, wherein first the time travel record comprises encrypted data, user information and a timestamp of the digital object, and wherein the cryptographic chain comprises a plurality of versions associated with the digital object;
• detect an update in the digital object to generate an updated digital object, wherein the update is detected in real-time;
• encrypt the updated digital object to form a second time travel record, wherein the encryption of the updated digital object to form the second time travel record is based on a composite key, and wherein the composite key is dependent on a private key and a hash of a preceding record, and wherein the second time travel record comprises encrypted data, user information and a timestamp of the updated digital object;
• link the first time travel record and the second time travel record to form the cryptographic chain, wherein the cryptographic chain indicates a history of updates associated to the digital object;
• receive an input to select a time travel record from the cryptographic chain, and decrypt the selected time travel record from the cryptographic chain;
• sequentially decrypt the cryptographic chain based on the input, wherein each time travel record present in the cryptographic chain is sequentially decrypted using the composite key, and wherein the sequential decryption is in a reverse chronological order until reaching the selected time travel record in the cryptographic chain;
• identify a change in the digital object based on a comparison of the first time travel record and the second time travel record;
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• displaying, by the processor, the change in multiple tabs, wherein the multiple tabs comprise a before change tab and an after change tab, and wherein the before change tab shows data of the digital object, and the after change tab shows the data of the updated digital object, and wherein the before change tab and the after change tab show discrete changes between different versions of the digital object to know precisely which fields on the digital object are changed, thereby tracking the history of the digital object using the cryptographic chain.

A non-transitory computer program product having embodied thereon a computer program for tracking a history of a digital object using a cryptographic chain, the computer program product storing instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

• generating a digital object for unstructured data received from a user on a platform;
• encrypting the digital object using a cryptographic technique to form a first time travel record of a cryptographic chain, wherein the first time travel record comprises encrypted data, user information and a timestamp of the digital object, and wherein the cryptographic chain comprises a plurality of versions associated with the digital object;
• detecting an update in the digital object to generate an updated digital object, wherein the update is detected in real-time;
• encrypting an updated digital object to form a second time travel record, wherein the encryption forming the second time travel record is based on a composite key, and wherein the composite key is dependent on a private key and a hash of a preceding record, and wherein the second time travel record comprises encrypted data, user information, and a timestamp of the updated digital object;
• linking the first time travel record and the second time travel record to form the cryptographic chain, wherein the cryptographic chain indicates the history of updates associated to the digital object;
• receiving an input to select a time travel record from the cryptographic chain, and decrypt the selected time travel record from the cryptographic chain;
• sequentially decrypting the cryptographic chain based on the input, wherein each time travel record present in the cryptographic chain is sequentially decrypted using the composite key, and wherein the sequential decryption is in a reverse chronological order until reaching the selected record in the cryptographic chain;
• identifying a change in the digital object based on a comparison of the first time travel record and the second time travel record;
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• displaying, by the processor, the change in multiple tabs, wherein the multiple tabs comprise a before change tab and an after change tab, and wherein the before change tab shows data of the digital object, and the after change tab shows the data of the updated digital object, and wherein the before change tab and the after change tab show discrete changes between different versions of the digital object to know precisely which fields on the digital object are changed, thereby tracking the history of the digital object using the cryptographic chain.