Patent SG-11201908511P-A (SG)
Title: Method and system for secure data record distribution using a blockchain
Inventor: SEWELL MARTIN
IPC: G06Q20/38
Filed: 2018-04-06
Abstract: N00 O C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 11 October 2018 (11.10.2018) WIPO I PCT omit VIII °nolo OH H loolionno oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/185724 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 20/06 (2012.01) G06Q 20/38 (2012.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IB2018/052406 (22) International Filing Date: 06 April 2018 (06.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 1705621.9 07 April 2017 (07.04.2017) GB (71) Applicant: NCHAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED [AG/AG]; Fitzgerald House, 44 Church Street, St. John's (AG). (72) Inventors: SEWELL, Martin; C/o Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP, 7th Floor Churchill House, Churchill Way, Cardiff CF10 2HH (GB). JOSEPH, Daniel; C/o Urquhart- Dykes & Lord LLP, 7th Floor Churchill House, Churchill Way, Cardiff CF10 2HH (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (54) Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE DATA RECORD DISTRIBUTION USING A BLOCKCHAIN FIG. 1 (57) : A computer-implemented method for improving the security of a data record distribution process using a blockchain having a group of input nodes and a group of output nodes, each group having a private-public key pair, but wherein the nodes only have a key share of their respective private key and no node has a full private key. Using threshold signature scheme, secret share joining, and stealth addresses, data records from the input nodes are pooled at a stealth address determined through collaborative action of the input nodes, requiring cooperative determination of their public key, a shared secret, and the stealth address. The public key is copied into the transaction. The output nodes locate the transaction and extract the public key, collaboratively verify its authenticity, and collaboratively determine the shared secret. Having done so, the output nodes may, collectively, sign a second transaction for distributing data records from the stealth address to the output addresses. The invention may be used in conjunction with the Bitcoin [Continued on next page] WO 2018/185724 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMUMHOMEMOVH UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) blockchain, for example, or another blockchain implementation.