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US 2018/0005476 A1Published application
Electronic voting system
OwnerBarry Cohen, Ira Coheninventors
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Abstract
A method is described that involves creating a private key and a public key cryptographic key pair, generating a unique and random identifier for a voter's vote and accepting an election vote from said voter. The vote and identifier are electronically signed with the private key to create a digital signature. The vote and identifier are provided in a human readable format to the voter.
Claims2
A method comprising:
- creating a private key and a public key cryptographic key pair;
- generating a unique and random identifier for a voter's vote;
- accepting an election vote from said voter;
- electronically signing said vote and said identifier with said private key to create a digital signature;
- providing said vote and said identifier in a human readable format to said voter and providing said digital signature to said voter;
- generating a second unique and random identifier for a second voter's vote;
- accepting a second election vote from said second voter;
- electronically signing said second vote and said second identifier with said private key to create a second digital signature;
- providing said second vote and said second identifier in a human readable format to said second voter and providing said second digital signature to said second voter;
- publishing said public key on an internet;
- publicly providing information on said internet that associates together:
- (i) said voter's vote in a human readable format,
- (ii) said identifier in a human readable format, and
- (iii) said digital signature
- wherein, said voter's vote is verifiable with said digital signature and said public key;
- publicly providing information on said internet that associates together:
- (iv) said second voter's vote in a human readable format,
- (v) said second identifier in a human readable format, and
- (vi) said second digital signature
- wherein, said second voter's vote is verifiable with said second digital signature and said public key;
- in response to receiving a request from said Internet containing said identifier, providing (i), (ii) and (iii) above through an internet communication;
- in response to receiving a second request from said internet containing said second identifier, providing (iv), (v) and (vi) above through a second internet communication.
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