Jay H Anderson

US Patent:

7395964, Jul 8, 2008

Filed:

Sep 6, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/162297

Inventors:

Jay H. Anderson - Fishkill NY, US
Edward E. Kelley - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Franco Motika - Hopewell Junction NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06K 17/00
G07C 13/00

US Classification:

235386, 705 12, 235 51, 235 56

Abstract:

Methods, systems and program products for securely voting by providing a secure voting module in communication with a voting device. A voter signs onto the voting device using a unique voter identification, and the voter's voting selections are written to the voting device. A scrambled voter identification is generated using the unique voter identification and a unique encryption value of the secure voting module, whereby the voting selections and the scrambled voter identification are stored in the secure voting module. Once voting has ended, first and second fuses are blown within the secure voting module for destroying the unique encryption value and for permanently storing the voting selections and scrambled voter identification in a read only secure voting module that maintains voter anonymity while preventing any further physically writing thereto. The voting results may then be counted, re-counted or validated.

US Patent:

20080230594, Sep 25, 2008

Filed:

Jun 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/133433

Inventors:

Jay H. Anderson - Fishkill NY, US
Edward E. Kelley - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Franco Motika - Hopewell Junction NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G07C 13/00

US Classification:

235 51

Abstract:

Methods, systems and program products for securely voting by providing a secure voting module in communication with a voting device. A voter signs onto the voting device using a unique voter identification, and the voter's voting selections are written to the voting device. A scrambled voter identification is generated using the unique voter identification and a unique encryption value of the secure voting module, whereby the voting selections and the scrambled voter identification are stored in the secure voting module. Once voting has ended, first and second fuses are blown within the secure voting module for destroying the unique encryption value and for permanently storing the voting selections and scrambled voter identification in a read only secure voting module that maintains voter anonymity while preventing any further physically writing thereto. The voting results may then be counted, re-counted or validated.