Patent ID: 11966974
Assignee: BLACKSTAR ENTERPRISE GROUP, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method of preparing for, and complying with, a SEC financial statement audit of a publicly traded company, that issues SEC regulated equities, by recording corporate governance information on an immutable blockchain, the method comprising:
in real time, with trading software executing on a digital trading platform:
drafting general corporate matters by the publicly traded company and recording the general corporate matters after creation or after a material change;
encrypting at least a portion of the recording of the general corporate matters as encrypted data, wherein the at least a portion comprises identifiable information, such that the identifiable information is accessible only with a decryption key;
storing the encrypted data of the general corporate matters on a blockchain, such that the recording creates an immutably verifiable record that is time-stamped and that cannot be subject to subsequent data entry manipulation;
drafting and recording financial and accounting matters by the publicly traded company at least every 30 days;
encrypting at least a portion of the recording of the financial and accounting matters as encrypted data, wherein the at least a portion comprises identifiable information, such that the identifiable information is accessible only with the decryption key;
storing the encrypted data of the financial and accounting matters on a blockchain, such that the recording creates an immutably verifiable record that is time-stamped and that cannot be subject to subsequent data entry manipulation;
drafting and recording tax filing maters by the publicly traded company within the time requirements specified by the tax deadlines or after a material change;
encrypting at least a portion of the recording of the tax filing matters as encrypted data, wherein the at least a portion comprises identifiable information, such that the identifiable information is accessible only with the decryption key;
storing the encrypted data of the tax filing matters on a blockchain, such that the recording creates an immutably verifiable record that is time-stamped and that cannot be subject to subsequent data entry manipulation;
drafting, completing, and recording SEC filing matters by the publicly traded company within the time requirements specified by the SEC deadlines or after a material change;
encrypting at least a portion of the SEC filing matters as encrypted data, wherein the at least a portion comprises identifiable information, such that the identifiable information is accessible only with the decryption key;
storing the encrypted data of the SEC filing matters on a blockchain, such that the recording creates an immutably verifiable record that is time-stamped and that cannot be subject to subsequent data entry manipulation;
creating a list of certificate holders that have access to the decryption key; and
designating an SEC auditor as a certificate holder who has access to the decryption key of the publicly traded company on the immutable blockchain.