# US 12,182,232 B2 · Verifying, monitoring, and tokenizing digital assets as proof of ownership and valuation of the digital assets > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,182,232 B2 - Document ID: US12182232B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/745,777 - Filed: 2022-05-16 - Published: 2022-11-17 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-05-17 - Assignees: Tulip Digital Asset Exchange, Inc. - Applicants: Tulip Digital Asset Exchange, Inc. - Inventors: Paul McCarthy - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182232B2 ## CPC - G06F 21/16: Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking - G06F 21/64: Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures - G06F 21/33: using certificates - G06F 21/6218: {to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database} - H04L 9/50: {using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees} - H04L 63/12: {Applying verification of the received information (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32)} - H04L 2209/56: Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract One embodiment provides a method comprising verifying a digital asset to determine ownership, provenance, and lineage of the digital asset. The verifying includes blockchain forensic analysis and triangulation of one or more electronic devices involved in one or more blockchain transactions relating to the digital asset. The method further comprises computing a confidence score corresponding to the digital asset. The confidence score is a measurement derived from the verifying. The method further comprises maintaining a record of the digital asset in an electronic registry. The record includes the confidence score and is indicative of the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset. The method further comprises monitoring one or more changes to the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset, and updating the record including the confidence score in response to the one or more changes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: verifying a digital asset to determine ownership, provenance, and lineage of the digital asset, wherein the verifying includes blockchain forensic analysis and triangulation of one or more electronic devices involved in one or more blockchain transactions relating to the digital asset; computing a confidence score corresponding to the digital asset, wherein the confidence score is a measurement derived from the verifying; maintaining a record of the digital asset in an electronic registry, wherein the record includes the confidence score and is indicative of the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset; monitoring one or more changes to the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset; updating the record including the confidence score in response to the one or more changes; and generating one or more digital tokens on a blockchain, wherein the one or more digital tokens are deposited into a digital wallet, the one or more digital tokens are tradeable on a digital asset exchange, valuation of the one or more digital tokens is based on the confidence score, and the one or more digital tokens contain information providing proof of the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset for valuation of the digital asset. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the confidence score is computed based on one or more verification parameters. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the record further includes the one or more verification parameters, and an affidavit of title of the digital asset. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: generating a smart contract for the digital asset, wherein the smart contract includes the confidence score, the one or more verification parameters, and the affidavit of title. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising: updating the one or more digital tokens on the blockchain in response to the one or more changes; wherein the digital tokens are generated based on the smart contract, and the valuation of the digital asset is different from the valuation of the digital tokens. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the digital asset is monitored on a continuing basis or a periodic basis, the monitoring comprises utilizing one or more machine learning models to predict one or more activities relating to the digital asset, and the monitoring further comprises updating the one or more machine learning models based on data collected during the monitoring. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the verifying further includes a risk assessment of a digital asset holder of the digital asset, the verifying comprises utilizing one or more machine learning models to predict one or more activities relating to the digital asset, and the verifying further comprises updating the one or more machine learning models based on data collected during the verifying. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining the digital asset is distressed; and generating, based on the record, one or more documents to support a claim of ownership of a digital asset holder that the record maps the ownership of the digital asset to. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the digital asset is distressed if a private key corresponding to the digital asset is lost. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the digital asset is distressed if the digital asset is under a third-party attack. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: providing an option to sell the claim of ownership. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: receiving a notification from a third party of recovery of the digital asset; and automatically submitting the documents to the third party to redeem the digital asset. ### Claim 13 A system comprising: at least one processor; and a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations including: verifying a digital asset to determine ownership, provenance, and lineage of the digital asset, wherein the verifying includes blockchain forensic analysis and triangulation of one or more electronic devices involved in one or more blockchain transactions relating to the digital asset; computing a confidence score corresponding to the digital asset, wherein the confidence score is a measurement derived from the verifying; maintaining a record of the digital asset in an electronic registry, wherein the record includes the confidence score and is indicative of the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset; monitoring one or more changes to the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset; updating the record including the confidence score in response to the one or more changes; and generating one or more digital tokens on a blockchain, wherein the one or more digital tokens are deposited into a digital wallet, the one or more digital tokens are tradeable on a digital asset exchange, valuation of the one or more digital tokens is based on the confidence score, and the one or more digital tokens contain information providing proof of the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset for valuation of the digital asset. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the confidence score is computed based on one or more verification parameters. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the record further includes the one or more verification parameters, and an affidavit of title of the digital asset. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the digital asset is monitored on a continuing basis or a periodic basis, the monitoring comprises utilizing one or more machine learning models to predict one or more activities relating to the digital asset, and the monitoring further comprises updating the one or more machine learning models based on data collected during the monitoring. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the verifying further includes a risk assessment of a digital asset holder of the digital asset, the verifying comprises utilizing one or more machine learning models to predict one or more activities relating to the digital asset, and the verifying further comprises updating the one or more machine learning models based on data collected during the verifying. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further include: determining the digital asset is distressed; and generating, based the record, one or more documents to support a claim of ownership of a digital asset holder that the record maps the ownership of the digital asset to. ### Claim 19 A non-transitory processor-readable medium that includes a program that when executed by a processor performs a method comprising: verifying a digital asset to determine ownership, provenance, and lineage of the digital asset, wherein the verifying includes blockchain forensic analysis and triangulation of one or more electronic devices involved in one or more blockchain transactions relating to the digital asset; computing a confidence score corresponding to the digital asset, wherein the confidence score is a measurement derived from the verifying; maintaining a record of the digital asset in an electronic registry, wherein the record includes the confidence score and is indicative of the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset; monitoring one or more changes to the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset; updating the record including the confidence score in response to the one or more changes; and generating one or more digital tokens on a blockchain, wherein the one or more digital tokens are deposited into a digital wallet, the one or more digital tokens are tradeable on a digital asset exchange, valuation of the one or more digital tokens is based on the confidence score, and the one or more digital tokens contain information providing proof of the ownership, the provenance, and the lineage of the digital asset for valuation of the digital asset. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the confidence score is computed based on one or more verification parameters.