The invention provides a system and method for providing ttx-based categorization services and a categorized commonplace of shared information. Currency of the contents is improved by a process called conjuring/concretizing wherein users' thoughts are rapidly infused into the Map. As a new idea is sought, a goal is created for a search. After the goal idea is found, a ttx is concretized and categorized. The needs met by such a Map are prior art searching, competitive environmental scanning, competitive analysis study repository management and reuse, innovation gap analysis indication, novelty checking, technology value prediction, investment area indication and planning, and product technology comparison and feature planning.

A voting system comprising at least one voting machine comprising: at least one voting machine processor. The voting machine processor performing voting machine operations comprising: initializing a vote blockchain with a vote blockchain genesis block. The vote blockchain genesis block comprising a voting machine identifier and a voting machine identifier hash value; storing the vote blockchain in at least one voting machine memory; iteratively, for a plurality of voters: receiving a signal indicating at least one vote made by a voter; creating a data structure comprising the at least one vote and a hash value of a preceding block; determining a new block hash value of the data structure; appending a new block comprising the data structure and the new block hash value to the vote blockchain; and storing the vote blockchain in the at least one voting machine memory

A voting system comprises at least one voting machine comprising: at least one voting machine processor performing voting machine operations comprising initializing a vote blockchain with a vote blockchain genesis block, the vote blockchain genesis block comprising a voting machine identifier and a genesis block hash value; creating a data structure comprising a plurality of votes and a hash value of a preceding block; determining a new block hash value of the data structure; appending a new block comprising the data structure and the new block hash value to the vote blockchain; and storing the vote blockchain in the at least one voting machine memory.

A bracket contest system has an entrant device connected to a server having a set of matches in a single elimination bracket tournament in memory. Each match is between two participants in the tournament in which one half of the participants are eliminated in each round. The entrant device receives predictions before a start of a first match. Each prediction includes a pre-set number of predicted winners of each match starting with a winner of a final match. The predictions are entered sequentially based on a predicted final rank of the participants, from first place to nth place. After each selection, a next selection is limited to participants from a predetermined valid position in the tournament. After receiving results of the set of matches, a score of the predictions is made based upon the results, and if the score exceeds a threshold, the predictions are declared a winning entry.

The present invention is a method for authenticating a voter and casting their vote comprising: receiving, a voter's identification information, wherein the identification information is associated with a voter's account, processing, the voter's identification information in relation to governing bodies requirements for a voter's eligibility, encrypting, a portion of the voter's identification information and storing the encrypted portion of the voter's identification information and the remaining portion of non-encrypted voter's identification information in a block of a blockchain, receiving, a request from the voter account to cast a vote, accessing, the voter's account, receiving, a vote from the voter's account, wherein the vote is accompanied by a signature of the voter account, and indexing, a first portion of the vote data in a block in an encrypted format, and a second portion of the vote data in a block in a non-encrypted format in the block chain.

A computer-implemented system for on-screen ballot duplication is disclosed, that may be deployed for generating a revised ballot that satisfies predetermined rules or thresholds for further processing.

A real-time remote surveying system having a survey module configured to transmit a question to participants and have the questions be received by the participants; a voting module in data communication with the survey module, the voting module being configured to record participant responses to the question, automatically generate voting data and transmit the voting data; a numeration module in data communication with the voting module, the numeration module being configured to receive voting data from the voting module and automatically produce and display survey results in real-time; and a data management module in data communication with the numeration module, the data management module being configured to store voting data and survey results. The real-time remote surveying system may be configured to automatically generate voting data and survey results in real-time, while maintaining the anonymity of participants, ensuring that public opinion may be measured in real-time and without bias.

A system may facilitate a distributed ledger technology (DLT) record based (for example, blockchain-based) ballot organization. A node configured to support an organizer role may generate a ballot that designates answers, and in some cases, conditions for valid vote-value transfers. The organizer may distribute vote-value to one or more voters. The voters may then commit portions (including null portions) of the received vote value to answers using committed tokens configured to bind the voter to a particular vote-value without divulging the particular vote value while in a cryptographic form.

The disclosed embodiments include computerized systems and methods that generate secured blockchain-based ledger structures that facilitate event-based control of tracked assets. In one embodiment, an apparatus associated with a centralized authority of the secured blockchain-based ledger may detect an occurrence of an event, and may access and decrypt a set of rules hashed into the secured blockchain-based ledger using a confidentially-held master cryptographic key. The apparatus may identify a rule associated with the detected event, and perform one or more operations consistent with the rule and involving at least one of assets tracked within the secured blockchain-based ledger or an owner of a portion of the tracked assets. By way of example, the detected event may triggering a sale, transfer, and/or re-allocation of an ownership interest in a tracked asset, and the identified rule may specify a distribution of proceeds derived from the sale, transfer, and/or re-allocation.

A method for processing a resource of a block chain may include: issuing a stake certificate in a block chain based on a set stake certificate issuing mechanism, allocating the stake certificate to a stake account according to a stake proportion, and storing operation data of the issuing and allocating the stake certificate into the block chain, the stake account referring to a block chain account; issuing a circulation resource in the block chain based on a set circulation resource issuing mechanism, allocating the circulation resource to the block chain account according to a circulation resource allocation strategy, and storing the operations of the issuing and allocating the circulation resource into the block chain; and ascertaining, during operation of the block chain, a block-producing node according to a delegated proof of stake consensus algorithm, by using the stake certificate of each stake account as a consensus certificate.