Patents Assigned to SWEAR Inc.
  • Patent number: 12393649
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices that support ledger-based validation and re-encoding of media data are described. A computer system may obtain a purported copy of a set of media data. The computer system may determine whether the purported copy is a valid copy of the original set of media data. Based on determining that the purported copy is a valid copy, the computer system may generate one or more additional copies of the set of media data, each of which may be encoded in accordance with a different encoding scheme, such as to support providing the one or more additional copies to other computer systems for playback. For each additional copy, the computer system may write one or more cryptographic representations of the additional copy to an immutable ledger, such as to support the validation of the additional copy when provided to another computer system for playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: SWEAR Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Lealand Crawforth
  • Patent number: 12278856
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SWEAR Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lealand Crawforth, Michael Robert Blood
  • Patent number: 11941090
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SWEAR Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lealand Crawforth, Michael Robert Blood
  • Patent number: 11886544
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SWEAR Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lealand Crawforth, Michael Robert Blood
  • Patent number: 11755693
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SWEAR Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lealand Crawforth, Michael Robert Blood
  • Patent number: 11683180
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SWEAR Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Lealand Crawforth
  • Patent number: 11669598
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SWEAR Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lealand Crawforth, Michael Robert Blood