Automated monitoring and notification system for user credentials

A credential tracking and notification system comprising:

• a digital credential template owner device, comprising:
• a processing unit comprising one or more processors;
• one or more network interfaces configured to transmit secure data to a digital credential platform server;
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• memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the digital credential template owner device to:
• transmit one or more digital credential templates to the digital credential platform server:
• receive requests from the digital credential platform server to confirm authorised issuers of digital credentials based on one or more of the digital credential templates;
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• in response to said requests, transmit secure data confirming one or more digital credential issuers as authorised issuers and/or modifiers of digital credentials based on one or more of the digital credential templates:
• a digital credential issuer device, comprising:
• a processing unit comprising one or more processors;
• one or more network interfaces configured to transmit secure data to the digital credential platform server;
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• memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the digital credential issuer device to:
• respond to requests from the digital credential platform server to request permission to update the status of digital credentials based on one or more of the digital credential templates associated with one or more digital credential template owners;
• receive responses to said requests from the digital credential platform server, said responses confirming a digital credential issuer associated with the digital credential issuer device as an authorised issuer and/or modifier of digital credentials based on one or more of the digital credential templates associated with one or more digital credential template owners;
• access, from the digital credential platform server, a first digital credential template for which the digital credential issuer is authorised to issue and/or modify digital credentials;
• determine that a first credential receiver is eligible to receive a digital credential based on the first digital credential template;
• update the status of a first digital credential based on the first digital credential template and data confirming a status change of the first digital credential;
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• transmit data confirming the status of the first digital credential to the first credential receiver, and to the digital credential platform server;
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• a digital credential platform server, comprising:
• a processing unit comprising one or more processors;
• one or more network interfaces configured to transmit secure data to the digital credential platform server;
• and
• memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the digital credential platform server to:
• receive one or more digital credential templates, including the first digital credential template, from the digital credential template owner device associated with a digital credential template owner, the first digital credential template corresponding to an educational or training certification defined by the digital credential template owner:
• store the received one or more digital credential templates in a secure storage of the digital credential platform server;
• transmit, to the digital credential issuer device associated with the digital credential issuer, an automated status request requesting the current status of digital credentials based on the first digital credential template:
• receive, in response to said transmitted request, from the digital credential issuer device, data confirming the status change of the first digital credential, the first digital credential representing completion of the educational certification or training course by a credential recipient:
• transmit, to the digital credential template owner device, a request corresponding to the automated status request issued to the digital credential issuer to modify digital credentials based on the first digital credential template:
• receive, in response to said transmitted request, from the digital credential template owner device, authorisation data permitting the digital credential issuer to issue and/or modify digital credentials based on the first digital credential template:
• in response to the received authorisation data, grant the digital credential issuer device access to the first digital credential template;
• transmit a communication to a first receiver device associated with the first credential receiver, in response to receiving the data from the digital credential issuer device confirming the current status of the first digital credential;
• output a user interface during a network session with the first credential receiver device, the user interface including a notification regarding the current status of the first digital credential;
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• store the data corresponding to the first digital credential, including data indicating the current status of the first digital credential, in the secure storage of the digital credential platform server.