US 7,627,754 B2Granted

Document data identity verifying apparatus

AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.

InventorsTakeshi Tsunoda, Kunihito Takeuchi

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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a document data identity verifying technology which is capable of easily manage identity of data in a file generated from the original data. An apparatus includes: an I/O unit 15 which receives document data in a first format from a creation source of the document data and receives the document data in the first format from the reception source of the document data or the document data converted into another format; a format management unit 100 which converts the received document data in the first format into another format according to a preset conversion definition; an irreversible cipher management unit 105 which generates an irreversible cipher on the received document data; and an irreversible cipher verification unit 110 which verifies the irreversible cipher generated based on the document data in the first format received from the creation source or the document data converted into another format by the format management unit 100 and an irreversible cipher generated based on the document data received from the reception source; wherein identity of the document data received from the creation source and the document data received from the reception source is validated according to the verification results.

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Dependent claims

A document data identity verifying apparatus which verifies identity of document data, said apparatus comprising:

an I/O unit which receives document data in a first format from a creation source of the document data and receives the document data in the first format or said document data which is converted in another format from a reception source of said document data;
a format management unit which converts the document data in the first format received into another format according to a preset conversion definition;
an irreversible cipher management unit which generates an irreversible cipher on the document data received;
a file recorder which records a registrant ID, a document format, and the irreversible cipher associated with the document data;
an irreversible cipher verification unit which verifies an irreversible cipher that is generated based on the document data in the first format received from said creation source or the document data converted into another format by said format management unit and an irreversible cipher that is generated based on document data received from a reception source;
and
an identity data recorder in which the irreversible cipher generated on the document data in the first format or the irreversible cipher generated on the document data that is converted into said another format by said format management unit and the irreversible cipher generated based on the document data from the reception source are associated with each other for storage,
wherein a request from the reception source is judged whether the request is a file request or a verification request according to an identifier of the reception source,
wherein identity of the document data received from said creation source and the document data received from said reception source is validated, and
wherein said irreversible cipher verification unit, when results of said verification match with each other, searches said identity data recorder for document data converted into a format different from that of the document data received from the reception source, and transmits the document data searched out according to the request from the reception source.

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A document data identity verification method which verifies identity of document data, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving document data in a first format from a creation source of the document data;
converting the received document data in the first format into another format according to a preset conversion definition;
generating an irreversible cipher for each of the document data in the first format and the document data converted into another format;
recording a registrant ID, a document format, and the irreversible cipher associated with the document data;
receiving the document data in the first format or said document data that is converted to another format from a reception source of the document data;
generating an irreversible cipher based on the document data received from said reception source;
verifying an irreversible cipher generated based on the document data received from said creation source of the document data and an irreversible cipher generated based on the document data received from said reception source;
recording the irreversible cipher generated on the document data in the first format from the creation source and the irreversible cipher generated on said document data converted into said another format;
associating in a storage the irreversible cipher generated on the document data in the first format from the creation source and the irreversible cipher generated on said document data converted into said another format;
judging a request from the reception source as to whether the request is a file request or a verification request according to an ID of the reception source;
when results of said verification match with each other, searching said identity data recorder for document data converted into a format different from that of the document data received from the reception source;
and
transmitting the document data searched out according to the request from the reception source,
wherein identity of the document data received from said creation source and the document data received from said reception source is verified according to verification results.

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A memory medium which stores a document data identity verifying program that operates a computer as means for:

receiving document data in a first format from a creation source of the document data;
converting the received document data in the first format into another format according to a preset conversion definition;
generating an irreversible cipher for each of the document data in the first format and the document data converted into another format;
receiving the document data in the first format or said document data that is converted to another format from said reception source of the document data;
generating an irreversible cipher based on the document data received from said reception source;
and
verifying an irreversible cipher generated based on the document data received from said creation source of the document data and an irreversible cipher generated based on the document data received from said reception source;
recording the irreversible cipher generated on the document data in the first format from the creation source and the irreversible cipher generated on said document data converted into said another format;
associating in a storage the irreversible cipher generated on the document data in the first format from the creation source and the irreversible cipher generated on said document data converted into said another format;
judging a request from the reception source as to whether the request is a file request or a verification request in accordance with an ID of the reception source;
when results of said verification match with each other, searching said identity data recorder for document data converted into a format different from that of the document data received from the reception source;
and
transmitting the document data searched out according to the request from the reception source,
wherein identity of the document data received from said creation source and the document data received from said reception source is verified according to verification results.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.