Patent ID: 11863679
Assignee: TENET 3 LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
during the block accumulation period in which the record for the digital content file is received, transmitting, over a network, to a data owner of the digital content file, a message digest of the record for the digital content file that is used for chaining a record subsequent to the record for the digital content file to the record for the digital content file in the record chain;
receiving, by the data owner of the digital content file, the transmitted message digest;
retrieving, over the network, a copy of at least a portion of the blockchain, the portion of the blockchain comprising the closed block in which the record for the digital content file is included;
comparing the transmitted message digest with the message digest within the record for the digital content file within the closed block that is used for chaining the record subsequent to the record for the digital content file to the record for the digital content file; and
responsive to a mismatch between the transmitted message digest with the message digest within the record for the digital content file within the closed block that is used for chaining the record subsequent to the record for the digital content file to the record for the digital content file, generating an alert for the entity that generates the blockchain and/or an entity that generates the record chain.