Patent ID: 11863678
Assignee: TENET 3 LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the subsequent record is the immediately subsequent record;
the subsequent block is the immediately subsequent block;
receiving the record for the digital content file further comprises receiving a digital signature of the digital content file by a data owner of the digital content file;
prior to generating a digital signature of the digital content file by an entity that generates the blockchain, verifying that the IVC for the digital content file within the record for the digital content file matches an independently generated IVC for the digital content file;
prior to generating the digital signature of the digital content file by the entity that generates the blockchain, verifying the digital signature of the digital content file by the data owner of the digital content file; and
the IVC comprises a portion, less than the entirety, of a message digest from a hash function.