Patent ID: 11356267

Abstract:
A user apparatus, a method and software for an electronic voting during a web conference are presented. The method includes: receiving a digital identifier of a user into a digital wallet; receiving a digital voting right into the digital wallet in response to generating a cryptographical proof of the digital identifier and transmitting the cryptographical proof of the digital identifier; receiving a digital ballot into the digital wallet in response to generating a cryptographical proof of the digital voting right and transmitting the cryptographical proof of the digital voting right; machine-reading a digital voting place identifier from a machine-readable code during a web conference; and casting a vote by filling out the digital ballot, generating a cryptographical proof of the digital ballot and transmitting the cryptographical proof of the digital ballot, the digital ballot and the digital voting place identifier; wherein the digital wallet is used with a multi-factor authentication including an authentication of the user with the biometric authentication device, and wherein the digital identifier of the user, the digital voting right and the digital ballot are processed as verifiable credentials.