Application US20190026485

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING AND DISSEMINATING TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION USING A BLOCKCHAIN
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US20190026485

1. (canceled) (0)

2. A computer system for securely releasing time-sensitive information to a plurality of intended recipients, the computer system comprising: (4) (3)

a transceiver configured to communicate with a distributed blockchain computing system that stores a blockchain data structure;

a storage system configured to store: a plurality of digital cryptographic data structures, wherein a first one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures is associated with a submitter user that submits documents to be released and a second one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures is associated with an approver user that approves the release of documents;

a processing system that includes at least one hardware processor, the processing system configured to: receive a document from a first computer system that is associated with the submitter user;

submit a first blockchain transaction, which is based on the received document and the digital cryptographic data structure that is associated with the submitter user, to the distributed blockchain computing system for incorporation into the blockchain data structure;

submit a second blockchain transaction, which is cryptographically linked to the first blockchain transaction, to the distributed blockchain computing system for incorporation into the blockchain data structure, wherein the second blockchain transaction is to a blockchain identifier associated with the approver user and includes the document;

receive, from a computer system associated with the approver user, an approval command for the document; and

responsive to the approval command, submit, to the distributed blockchain computing system, a third blockchain transaction that includes the document that has been approved, wherein the third blockchain transaction is linked, directly or indirectly, to the first and second blockchain transactions, wherein the third blockchain transaction includes a programmatic locking script with a timer condition that is set to expire at a defined time, wherein the plurality of intended recipients cannot access the document included in the third blockchain transaction until expiration of the timer condition.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein: (1) (2)

a third one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures is associated with at least one editor user that edits documents to be released,

the processing system is further configured to: when a blockchain transaction for the document is associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of the editor user, receive, from a computer system associated with the editor user, edits of the document;

generate a fourth blockchain transaction based on the edits and/or an edited version of the document; and

submit the fourth blockchain transaction to the distributed blockchain computing system for incorporation into the blockchain data structure, wherein the fourth blockchain transaction is cryptographically linked to, directly or indirectly, the first, second, and third blockchain transactions.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the fourth blockchain transaction is assigned to a blockchain identifier associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of a second editor user, (0) (1)

5. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the processing system is further configured to: (1) (1)

when a blockchain transaction is associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of the approver user, receive, from a computer system associated with the approver user, a reject command for the document.

6. The computer system of claim 5, wherein the processing system is further configured to: (2) (1)

9. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the approver user includes multiple different approver users that must approve the document prior to the document being made available to all of the plurality of intended recipients. (0)

10. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the document that is released to the plurality of intended recipients includes a version of the document that has been further edited and/or converted from the document received from the first computer system. (0)

11. A method for securely releasing time-sensitive information using a computer system that includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a distributed blockchain computing system that stores a blockchain data structure, the method comprising: (2) (7)

accessing a plurality of digital cryptographic data structures, wherein a first one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures is associated with a submitter user that submits documents to be released and a second one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures is associated with an approver user that approves the release of documents;

receiving a document from a first computer system, wherein the received document is associated with the submitter user;

generating a first blockchain transaction for submission to the blockchain computing system, the generation of the first blockchain transaction being based at least in part on the digital cryptographic data structure that is associated with the submitter user, wherein the first blockchain transaction includes the document;

generating a second blockchain transaction for submission to the blockchain computing system, the generation of the second blockchain transaction being based at least in part on a blockchain identifier that is associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of the approver user, wherein the second blockchain transaction includes the document;

subsequent to submission of the second blockchain transaction, receiving, from a computer system associated with the approver user, an approval command for the document that is included with the second blockchain transaction; and

responsive to the approval command, submitting, to the distributed blockchain computing system, a third blockchain transaction that includes the document being made available, via the blockchain data structure, to a plurality of intended recipients, wherein the third blockchain transaction is linked, directly or indirectly, to the first and second blockchain transactions,

wherein the third blockchain transaction includes a programmatic locking script that locks access to the document until a scheduled time of the programmatic locking script has been satisfied, wherein upon satisfaction of the scheduled time, the document of the third blockchain transaction is accessible by the plurality of intended recipients.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a third one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures is associated with at least one editor user that edits documents to be released, the method further comprising: (1) (3)

receiving, from a computer system associated with the editor user, edits of the document;

generating a fourth blockchain transaction based on the edits and/or an edited version of the document; and

submitting the fourth blockchain transaction to the distributed blockchain computing system for incorporation into the blockchain data structure, wherein the fourth blockchain transaction is linked to, directly or indirectly, the first, second, and third blockchain transactions.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the fourth blockchain transaction is to a blockchain identifier associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of a second editor user, the method further comprising: (0) (1)

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising: when a blockchain transaction is associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of the approver user, receiving, from a computer system associated with the approver user, a reject command for the document. (1) (0)

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for use with a computer system that includes a transceiver and a storage system, the transceiver configured to communicate with a distributed blockchain computing system that stores a blockchain, the storage system configured to store a plurality of digital cryptographic data structures, wherein a first one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures associated with a submitter user that submits documents to be released, wherein a second one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures associated with an approver user that approves the release of documents, the stored instructions comprising instructions that cause the computer system to: (3) (6)

receive a document from a first computer system that is associated with the submitter user;

generate and submit a first blockchain transaction to the distributed blockchain computing system, the first blockchain transaction based on the received document and the digital cryptographic data structure that is associated with the submitter user;

generate and submit a second blockchain transaction to the distributed blockchain computing system, wherein the second blockchain transaction is to a blockchain identifier that is associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of the approver user and is based on the document, wherein the second blockchain transaction is cryptographically dependent on the first blockchain transaction;

receive, from a computer system associated with the approver user, an approval command for the document associated with the second blockchain transaction; and

responsive to the approval command, generate and submit, to the distributed blockchain computing system, a third blockchain transaction that includes the document, wherein third blockchain transaction is cryptographically linked, directly or indirectly, to the first and second blockchain transactions,

wherein the third blockchain transaction includes a programmatic locking script with a timer condition that is set to expire at a defined time, wherein a plurality of intended recipients cannot access the document included in the third blockchain transaction until expiration of the timer condition.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein a third one of the plurality of digital cryptographic data structures is associated with at least one editor user that edits documents to be released, and the stored instructions comprise further instructions that cause the computer system to: (1) (3)

when a blockchain transaction for the document is associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of the editor user, receive, from a computer system associated with the editor user, edits of the document;

generate a fourth blockchain transaction based on the edits and/or an edited version of the document; and

submit the fourth blockchain transaction to the distributed blockchain computing system, wherein the fourth blockchain transaction is linked to, directly or indirectly, the first, second, and third blockchain transactions.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the fourth blockchain transaction is assigned to a blockchain identifier associated with the digital cryptographic data structure of a second editor user, and the stored instructions comprise further instructions that cause the computer system to: (0) (1)

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the approver user is multiple different approver users that must approve the document prior to the document being made available to all of the plurality of intended recipients. (0)

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the stored instructions comprise further instructions that cause the computer system to: (1) (1)

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Application US20190026485

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING AND DISSEMINATING TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION USING A BLOCKCHAIN

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