US 11,811,742 B2
Methods, systems, and media for recovering identity information in verifiable claims-based systems
David Stein, New York, NY (US); and John Wittrock, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,860.
Application 17/460,860 is a continuation of application No. 16/704,602, filed on Dec. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,108,760.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/775,887, filed on Dec. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392126 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/08 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for restoring user credentials, the method comprising:
receiving, using a hardware processor of a computing device, a request to locally restore a digital wallet of a holder associated with a digital wallet application executing on the computing device; and
restoring, using the hardware processor, the digital wallet by:
restoring a root credential;
transmitting a plurality of messages that are each signed with the root credential to a plurality of backup providers, wherein each of the plurality of backup providers has a portion of a graph of interdependencies, wherein the graph of interdependencies is between a plurality of issuers and a plurality of claims for the holder and wherein the graph of interdependencies is unable to be reconstructed from the portion;
receiving a plurality of graph portions from at least a portion of the plurality of backup providers in response to each of the portion of the plurality of backup providers determining that the root credential is a correct root credential corresponding to the holder; and
reconstructing the graph of interdependencies using the plurality of received graph portions.