Patent ID: 7237717
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07C,G08C,G09B,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A secure system for electronic voting, comprising: a) an intelligent voting machine configured for communication, computation, command and control of information including one or more of audio, video, images, photos, graphics, text, speech, voice, data and information; b) one or more trusted servers with associated storage devices including a local server with an associated storage device, a central server with an associated storage device, a network server with an associated storage device; c) means for secure wired or wireless real time communication between the intelligent voting machine and the local server and other trusted servers/storage devices that are one or more of co-located and remotely located, d) means for utilizing the processing power, databases, data, software and applications of the intelligent voting machine in conjunction with the processing power, databases, data, software and applications of the trusted local server or in combination with the processing power, databases, data, software and applications of a remotely located trusted central server, a remotely located trusted network server and other local/remotely located trusted servers; e) means for defining an authorized set of voter authentication protocols, f) means for informed selection and casting of votes by the voter in conjunction with one or more of a user selected input method and a system defined input method and one or more of a user selected output method and a system defined output method, g) means for tracking, counting and tabulating election results in real time within the intelligent voting machine, the local server, and one or more trusted/escrow servers, including