Patent ID: 11917071
Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A computer-implemented method for data protection, the computer-implemented method is implemented by one or more processing devices and comprises:
receiving a plurality of keys configured for generating a universal tag linked to a data file associated with a user, wherein the plurality of keys comprises at least a first key comprising a randomized digital representation of at least a portion of the data file, a second key comprising data associated with at least one selected from the group of (i) the user, and (ii) an origin of the data file, and a third key comprising a randomized value;
applying the plurality of keys to a hash algorithm to generate the universal tag; and
registering the universal tag within a block of at least one distributed ledger stored or accessible to one or more distributed trust computing networks,
wherein the registering of the universal tag within a block of a least one of the distributed ledgers provides information for validating (i) an authenticity of the data file and/or (ii) the user associated with the data file.