Patent ID: 11961336
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for administrating voting contests using a distributed ledger-based voting system, comprising:
issuing, by a smart voting contract executed by a plurality of computing nodes of a distributed ledger, a plurality of cryptographic voting tokens to a plurality of voters, respectively, each of the plurality of cryptographic voting tokens for allowing the plurality of voters to cast a single vote in a voting contest, each of the plurality of cryptographic voting tokens comprising a unique identifier, a public digital address associated with the smart voting contract, and a public digital address associated with a particular one of the plurality of voters, respectively;
receiving, by the plurality of computing nodes, a plurality of voting transaction requests from the plurality of voters over a wide-area network, each of the plurality of voting transaction requests comprising a selection of one or more candidates associated with the voting contest, an identification of a particular voting token previously issued to each respective voter and associated with the voting contest; and a public digital address associated with a particular voter who submitted a voting transaction request; and
determining a final result of the voting contest based on the plurality of voting transaction requests received.