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Registry Guide
CPORT is a preservation-first cryptographic registry for publication, disclosure, provenance, and digital evidence. Publish a bulletin, receive a cryptographically signed proof receipt, and establish a verifiable historical record. Whether preserving a patentable invention, trademark, copyrighted work, manuscript, source code, research, music, design, or other intellectual property, CPORT creates a cryptographically verifiable publication history that remains traceable over time. Publication is completely free, allowing creators, inventors, researchers, businesses, and the public to begin preserving their publication history immediately. Records may transition between Active, Hidden, and Retired states, but their publication history, timestamps, cryptographic fingerprints, and proof receipts remain permanently verifiable.
Preservation first
Published registry history is not casually erased. Records may be hidden, retired, reactivated, or updated while their prior existence and status history remain preserved.
Cryptographically signed
Published bulletins receive signed proof receipts verified against a published public key. The receipt confirms that the signed payload, SHA-256 digest, and digital signature match.
Start Immediately
CPORT is free to use. Publish a bulletin today and immediately begin establishing an independently verifiable publication history for ideas, inventions, creative works, research, disclosures, and evidence—without waiting for traditional registration processes or paying filing fees.
Public or discreet
A registry entry may be public for visibility or hidden for discretion. Image evidence may be public or private, and supporting evidence may be publicly downloadable or restricted.
History can evolve
A record can be edited, retired, reactivated, or have evidence withdrawn without pretending the earlier state never existed. CPORT records changes instead of silently destroying history.
Registry Principles
- Preserve the historical existence of published records.
- Issue a cryptographically signed proof receipt for registry actions.
- Keep publication and status changes traceable over time.
- Allow visibility and accessibility to change without erasing provenance.
- Support independent verification through a published public key.
- Preserve first. Verify independently. Then trust.
Registry Status
🟢 Active
The bulletin is published, visible in the public registry, and available for cryptographic verification.
🔒 Hidden
The bulletin is unlisted and removed from public browsing while remaining available to its owner and cryptographically verifiable.
🏛️ Retired
The record is no longer active, but its publication history, proof receipts, evidence history, timestamps, and cryptographic verification remain preserved. A retired record may later be reactivated.
📝 Draft
A private working copy. Drafts may be edited or removed before publication and are not treated as active public registry entries.
Cryptographic Proof Receipts
Every published bulletin receives a CPORT Proof Receipt. Verification confirms that the signed registry payload, SHA-256 cryptographic fingerprint, digital signature, and published public key agree.
The Verification Portal presents the registry entry identifier, receipt identifier, registry status, issue time, and cryptographic verification result. A later edit or status change can issue a new receipt without erasing the earlier record.
CPORT is designed to establish an independently verifiable publication history immediately. When traditional intellectual property registration is unavailable, delayed, cost-prohibitive, or still in preparation, a CPORT Proof Receipt can begin documenting the chronology of publication, disclosure, and provenance while additional registration or legal protection is pursued. It also provides peace of mind by creating a trusted publication record after you have discussed, demonstrated, pitched, or shared your ideas, creative works, inventions, or research with others.
Publication Metadata. CPORT privately records publication request metadata when a proof receipt is issued. This may include request-origin and device information to help preserve publication provenance, strengthen receipt integrity, and improve account security. This information is not publicly displayed. Users will be notified before any future feature allows recorded metadata to become privately or publicly visible.
CPORT proof receipts document publication, provenance, and historical chronology through independent cryptographic verification. They do not currently replace government-issued patents, trademarks, copyrights, court filings, or other statutory rights. Instead, they establish an independently verifiable publication record whose evidentiary value may be considered wherever authenticity, chronology, provenance, or priority of publication are relevant.
Registry Evidence
🌐 Public Image Evidence
Displayed with the registry entry and included in its evidence record.
🔒 Private Image Evidence
Preserved as part of the registry but not publicly displayed. It remains visible only to the owner and authorized administrators.
🏛️ Withdrawn Image Evidence
No longer publicly displayed, while its filename, original attachment time, withdrawal time, cryptographic fingerprint, and registry history remain preserved.
📎 Supporting Evidence
Documents, manuscripts, source code, spreadsheets, presentations, archives, receipts, research, and other supporting materials may accompany a registry entry.
Supporting Evidence Access
Supporting evidence may be publicly downloadable, restricted from public download, or withdrawn after publication. Certain archive and packaged-document formats are automatically restricted because their internal contents cannot be safely represented by the filename alone.
Certain supporting evidence is restricted from public download for security or policy reasons while its registry record, timestamps, and cryptographic fingerprint remain permanently preserved.
Restricted evidence remains available to its owner and authorized administrators. Withdrawn evidence is not permanently deleted. It is preserved by the registry while public access is withdrawn. Its publication history, timestamps, cryptographic fingerprint, and evidence record remain permanently verifiable.
Bulletin Types
Cryptographic Notary
Preserve the existence and publication timeline of a creative work, invention, document, image, design, manuscript, source file, purchase record, receipt, serial number, or version snapshot.
Public IP Trail Tracer
Create a public timeline showing when and where information, intellectual property, or a digital record traveled, including recipients, platforms, links, and communication channels.
Disclosure Ledger
Preserve what was disclosed, when it was disclosed, to whom it was disclosed, and the form in which it was shared.
🚨 Optional Bulletin Marker (APB)
An ALL POINT Bulletin (APB) is an optional bulletin marker that may be applied to any bulletin type when broader public attention or rapid discovery is desired. When selected, the APB marker is displayed first in the bulletin title, followed by the bulletin type.
An APB does not change the underlying bulletin type. It simply marks the bulletin for increased visibility while preserving the same cryptographic proof receipt and verification process.
Practical Uses
- Preserve creative works, patent concepts, inventions, trademarks, copyrighted artwork, music, manuscripts, books, source code, research, product designs, prototypes, and other original intellectual property.
- Document that an idea, invention, image, product, receipt, invoice, serial number, purchase record, or version snapshot existed on a specific date.
- Record when a pitch deck, disclosure, proposal, sample, or file was shared with another person or organization.
- Build a public trail showing where a publication, link, notice, or creative work traveled.
- Keep a hidden registry entry when discretion matters while retaining a verifiable publication record.
- Preserve private or restricted evidence without making the underlying material publicly accessible.
- Issue an APB when a registry entry requires immediate public visibility.
Registry Preservation Policy
Once a bulletin becomes part of the CPORT Registry, normal user actions do not permanently destroy its historical existence. Instead, a record may transition among Active, Hidden, and Retired states while its publication history, timestamps, cryptographic fingerprints, proof receipts, and provenance remain preserved.
Image evidence may transition among Public, Private, and Withdrawn states. Supporting evidence may transition among Public, Restricted, and Withdrawn states. These changes control current visibility and accessibility without erasing the registry history of what was attached, when it was attached, or when its status changed.
This preservation-first design allows CPORT to document how a record evolves while maintaining a verifiable historical trail.
Preserve. Verify. Then Trust.