Patent ID: 9471119
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a computer comprising a processor and a memory, comprising: receiving, by the processor, a plurality of digitally signed records subsequent to a resetting of a running counter, wherein a record is a digital representation of an activity or a log of that activity processed within the computer, wherein each digitally signed record of the plurality of digitally signed records includes a digital signature; incrementing the running counter in response to each digitally signed record received; detecting a shutdown before receiving an accumulation record, wherein the accumulation record comprises a counter record generated at a time interval and a unique digital signature associated with the counter record, wherein the counter record is configured to memorialize a value of the running counter in a signature record number; generating the accumulation record as a result of the shutdown; comparing the value of the running counter and the signature record number of the accumulation record in response to receiving the accumulation record; validating each received digitally signed record against the corresponding digital signature; and generating a notification, whenever the comparing detects that the value of the running counter is not equal to the signature record number or whenever the validating detects that any received digitally signed record fails to match the corresponding digital signature.