System for associating related digital assets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10102216-B2
Application number	US-201514691921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	Apr 21, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

An association system for associating digital assets may include a processing device, a first computer-readable storage medium portion in communication with the processing device that includes an association database of statements regarding a set of digital assets and associations between the digital assets in the set, and a second computer-readable storage medium portion in communication with the electronic device. The second computer-readable storage medium portion may include one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to receive electronic data including a statement defining an association between a delegating digital asset and a receiving digital asset, verify whether the statement is reliable, and, in response to verifying that the statement is reliable, add an entry to the association database, and store in the entry an indication that the delegating digital asset grants the receiving digital asset the one or more characteristics.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An association system for associating digital assets, the system comprising:
a processing device;
a first computer-readable storage medium portion in communication with the processing device, the first computer-readable storage medium portion comprising an association database of statements regarding a set of digital assets and associations between the digital assets in the set, wherein the association database is accessible to one or more third parties to verify one or more of the associations between the digital assets in the set, and wherein the digital assets are online assets that provide a service or content;
a second computer-readable storage medium portion in communication with the electronic device, wherein the second computer-readable storage medium portion comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to:
receive electronic data comprising a statement, the statement being electronic information defining an association between a delegating digital asset and a receiving digital asset, wherein the association defines one or more characteristics that the delegating digital asset is able to delegate to the receiving digital asset,
determine whether the statement was made by an asset owner of the delegating digital asset by:
determining an asset type associated with the delegating digital asset, wherein the asset type categorizes the service or content provided by the delegating digital asset,
determining, based on the determined asset type, a permissible location for authorized statements that are made by the asset owner regarding the delegating digital asset, wherein the permissible location is in the received electronic data or in a central location referenced in the received electronic data, and
determining whether the statement is located in the permissible location, and

verify the statement when the statement was made by the asset owner of the delegating digital asset, wherein verifying the statement comprises:
adding an entry to the association database, and
storing in the entry an indication that the delegating digital asset grants the receiving digital asset the one or more characteristics;

not verify the statement when the statement was not made by the asset owner of the delegating digital asset.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine whether the statement was made by an asset owner of the delegating digital asset comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine whether the statement is located in a location that can only be controlled by the asset owner.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the first digital asset comprises a website and the location comprises an access-controlled electronic file.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first digital asset comprises a mobile application; and
the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine whether the statement was made by an asset owner of the delegating digital asset comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine whether the statement is signed using a key that only the asset owner has access to.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to verify whether the statement is reliable by determining whether the statement was made by an asset owner of the delegating digital asset comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine whether the statement is signed using a key that only the asset owner has access to.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to verify whether the statement is reliable by determining whether the statement was made by an asset owner of the delegating digital asset comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine whether the statement is located in a central location associated with the asset owner, wherein the central location comprises one or more statements about one or more other digital assets owned by the asset owner.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more characteristics comprise one or more of the following:
an ability to receive one or more login credentials associated with the delegating digital asset;
an ability to handle one or more uniform resource locators that the delegating digital asset handles; and
an ability to receive the user's location.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the delegating digital asset is a website, and
the permissible location is a JavaScript Object Notation list that is included in the received electronic data.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the delegating digital asset is a mobile application, and
the permissible location is a mobile application manifest for the mobile application that is included in the received electronic data.

10. An association system for associating digital assets, the system comprising:
a processing device;
a user interface;
a first computer-readable storage medium portion in communication with the processing device, the first computer-readable storage medium portion comprising an association database of statements, the statements being electronic information regarding a set of digital assets and associations between the digital assets in the set, wherein the statements were verified to be made by one or more asset owners of the set of digital assets based on asset types of the digital assets and permissible locations of the statements, wherein the digital assets are online assets that provide a service or content, and wherein the association database is accessible to one or more third parties to verify one or more of the associations between the digital assets in the set;
a second computer-readable storage medium portion in communication with the processing device, the second computer-readable storage medium portion comprising one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to:
receive, via the user interface, a request from a user pertaining to a first digital asset,
query the association database using an indication of the first digital asset, the indication is based on one of the statements that was verified to be made by an asset owner of the first digital asset,
receive from the association database an identification of one or more second digital assets that are associated with the first digital asset,
generate a recommendation of one or more of the identified second digital assets, and cause the recommendation to be presented to the user via the user interface.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to receive a request from a user pertaining to a first digital asset comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to perform one or more of the following:
receive a selection of the first digital asset;
receive a query pertaining to the first digital asset; and
receive an identifier associated with the first digital asset.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to generate a recommendation of one or more of the identified second digital assets comprise one or more programming instructions th

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Stahlberg Patrick
• Shankar Umesh
• Reeder Robert Wilson
• Wen Tzay-Yeu
• Williams Peter
• Bonneau Joseph

Classifications

• H04L63/08 Primary

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• G06F17/3097

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30165 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• G06F17/30864

  Physics · mapped topic