Patent ID: 8538893
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. Electronic transaction evidence archive apparatus comprising: one or more processors that are operative to execute stored instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to: determine redundant public key based electronic transaction evidence based on a received archive evidence bundle and data from one or more stored archive evidence bundles; remove the determined redundant public key based electronic transaction evidence prior to archiving wherein the electronic transaction evidence includes an archive evidence bundle including: cryptographic signature data related to an electronic transaction, public key certificate data related to the cryptographic signature data including public key expiry data for each of the plurality of certificates, at least one reliance entitlement token associated with a recipient of the retrieved archive evidence; archive the public key based electronic transaction evidence on behalf of at least a first party; and determine archive evidence bundle expiry data based on the public key expiry data from the plurality of certificates and provide integrity renewal of the evidence bundle by providing an updated expiry time for the archive evidence bundle by determining an earliest expiry time for the archived public key based transaction evidence in response to the public key expiry data for all of the plurality of certificates in the bundle.