# US 12,118,114 B2 · Multicomputer processing to protect data from unauthorized modification > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,118,114 B2 - Document ID: US12118114B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/411,626 - Filed: 2024-01-12 - Published: 2024-08-15 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2023-02-13 - Assignees: Equity Protect Inc. - Applicants: Equity Protect Inc. - Inventors: James G. Adams; Ryan S. Marshall - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12118114B2 ## CPC - G06F 21/6218: {to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An aspect relates to generation of a secure token based on encrypted and/or hashed data associated with a user and/or an asset, and recording the secure token on a distributed database. An encrypted communication may be received from a user device, the communication comprising an instruction to remove security content from a third party database record, the security content stored in association with a first asset, the security content configured to inhibit recording of at least a first document type in association with the first asset. In response to the instruction, generating the security content and causing the security content to be recorded in association with the first asset. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An encryption and data security system, comprising: a network interface; at least one processing device operable to: receive, via the network interface, a protection request for a first asset from a first user; access a plurality of data items associated with the first asset; generate a secure token comprising an encryption and/or hash of at least a portion of the plurality of data items associated with the first asset; record on a distributed, synchronized database, the secure token comprising the encryption and/or hash of at least a portion of the plurality of data items associated with the first asset; generate security content for the first asset; cause the security content to be recorded in a third party database in association with a first document evidencing ownership of the first asset, to thereby inhibit an unauthorized recording of a second document evidencing ownership of the first asset; receive a request from a first person purporting to be the first user, the request comprising a request to remove the security content; utilize biometric authentication and at least one other form of authentication to determine whether the first person is the first user; at least partly in response to a determination, based at least in part on the biometric authentication and the at least one other form of authentication, that the first person is the first user, cause the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed and transmit a notification regarding the functional removal of the security content to one or more electronic destinations; at least partly in response to a determination, based at least in part on the biometric authentication and the at least one other form of authentication, that the first person has not been authenticated as the first user, deny the request to remove the security content recorded in the third party database, and transmit a notification regarding the denial of the request to remove the security content to one or more electronic destinations. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The encryption and data security system as defined in claim 1, wherein the secure token comprises data items encrypted or hashed utilizing biometric data associated with the first user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The encryption and data security system as defined in claim 1, wherein the encryption and data security system is configured to perform operations comprising: detect that a web browser hosted on a device of the first user has been navigated to a first web page associated with the encryption and data security system from a first referring source using data contained in a referrer header; access a token from the first referring source to obtain data regarding the first user and/or the first asset; and use the data regarding the first user and/or the first asset obtained using the token from the first referring source to populate one or more interface fields. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The encryption and data security system as defined in claim 1, wherein the encryption and data security system is configured to perform operations comprising: after causing the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed, at least partly in response to an instruction from the first user, cause second security content to be recorded in the third party database in association with the first document evidencing ownership of the first asset. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The encryption and data security system as defined in claim 1, wherein the encryption and data security system is configured to perform operations comprising: detect a change in at least one third party database of an address related to the first asset; at least partly in response to detecting the change in at least one third party database of the address related to the first asset, generate a notification to the first user identifying the address change. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The encryption and data security system as defined in claim 1, wherein causing the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed further comprises recording termination content in the third party database in association with the first document. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The encryption and data security system as defined in claim 1, wherein the encryption and data security system is configured to perform operations comprising encrypting data communications with a device of the first user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The encryption and data security system as defined in claim 1, wherein the first asset comprises real property. ### Claim 9 A computer-implemented method of securing data from unauthorized modification, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a computer system, a protection request for a first asset from a first user; generating, using the computer system, security content for the first asset; causing, using the computer system, the security content to be recorded in a third party database in association with a first document evidencing ownership of the first asset, the security content configured to inhibit an unauthorized recording of a second document; receiving, using the computer system, a request from a first person purporting to be the first user, the request comprising a request to remove the security content; performing an authentication procedure to determine whether the first person is the first user; at least partly in response to determining that the first person is the first user, causing the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed and transmitting a notification regarding the functional removal of the security content to one or more electronic destinations; at least partly in response to determining that the first person has not been authenticated as the first user, denying the request to remove the security content recorded in the third party database, and transmitting a notification regarding the denial of the request to remove the security content to one or more electronic destinations. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising: accessing a plurality of data items associated with the first asset; generating a secure token comprising an encryption and/or hash of at least a portion of the plurality of data items associated with the first asset; recording on a distributed, synchronized database, the secure token comprising the encryption and/or hash of at least a portion of the plurality of data items associated with the first asset. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising: detecting that a web browser hosted on a device of the first user has been navigated to a first web page from a first referring source using data contained in a referrer header; accessing a token from the first referring source to obtain data regarding the first user and/or the first asset; and using the data regarding the first user and/or the first asset obtained using the token from the first referring source to populate one or more interface fields. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising: after causing the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed, at least partly in response to an instruction from the first user, causing second security content to be recorded in the third party database in association with the first document evidencing ownership of the first asset. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising: detecting a change in at least one third party database of an address related to the first asset; at least partly in response to detecting the change in at least one third party database of the address related to the first asset, generating and transmitting a notification to the first user identifying the address change. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, wherein causing the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed further comprises recording termination content in the third party database in association with the first document. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising encrypting data communications with a device of the first user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising: generating a plurality of challenge questions based at least in part on data regarding the first asset; querying the first user using at least a portion of the plurality of challenge questions; based at least in part on user responses to one or more challenge questions, infer whether the first user owns the first asset; and at least partly in response to inferring that the first user owns the first asset, adding the first asset to an asset portfolio associated with the first user. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising: receiving a protection request for a first asset from a first user; enabling, at least in part, security content for the first asset to be generated; enabling, at least in part, the security content to be recorded in a third party database in association with a first document evidencing ownership of the first asset, the security content configured to inhibit an unauthorized recording of a second document; receiving a request from a first person purporting to be the first user, the request comprising a request to remove the security content; causing, at least in part, an authentication procedure to be performed to determine whether the first person is the first user; at least partly in response to determining that the first person is the first user, enabling the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed and transmitting a notification regarding the functional removal of the security content to one or more electronic destinations; at least partly in response to determining that the first person has not been authenticated as the first user, denying the request to remove the security content recorded in the third party database, and transmitting a notification regarding the denial of the request to remove the security content to one or more electronic destinations. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) A non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: accessing a plurality of data items associated with the first asset; generating a secure token comprising an encryption and/or hash of at least a portion of the plurality of data items associated with the first asset; recording on a distributed, synchronized database, the secure token comprising the encryption and/or hash of at least a portion of the plurality of data items associated with the first asset. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) A non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: detecting that a web browser hosted on a device of the first user has been navigated to a first web page from a first referring source using data contained in a referrer header; accessing a token from the first referring source to obtain data regarding the first user and/or the first asset; and using the data regarding the first user and/or the first asset obtained using the token from the first referring source to populate one or more interface fields. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) A non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: after causing the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed, at least partly in response to an instruction from the first user, causing second security content to be recorded in the third party database in association with the first document evidencing ownership of the first asset. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) A non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: detecting a change in at least one third party database of an address related to the first asset; at least partly in response to detecting the change in at least one third party database of the address related to the first asset, generating and transmitting a notification to the first user identifying the address change. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) A non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 17, wherein causing the security content recorded in the third party database to be functionally removed further comprises recording termination content in the third party database in association with the first document. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) A non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising encrypting data communications with a device of the first user. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) A non-transitory computer-readable medium as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: generating a plurality of challenge questions based at least in part on data regarding the first asset; querying the first user using at least a portion of the plurality of challenge questions; based at least in part on user responses to one or more challenge questions, infer whether the first user owns the first asset; and at least partly in response to inferring that the first user owns the first asset, adding the first asset to an asset portfolio associated with the first user.