U.S. Patent 10275739 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on April 30, 2019 and is entitled “Tracking assets with a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Bruce H. Hyre of Cary, NC. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: A blockchain of transactions may be referenced for various purposes and may be…
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U.S. Patent 10291413 was awarded to ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED on May 14, 2019 and is entitled “Hardware blockchain corrective consensus operating procedure enforcement.” The first named inventor is Noel Vivek Ramathal of Chicago, IL. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: A system may provide hardware acceleration for corrective blockchain-based record entry.…
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U.S. Patent 10318979 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on June 11, 2019 and is entitled “Incentive-based crowdvoting using a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Brandon Z. Frank of Princeton, NJ. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract…
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U.S. Patent 10346406 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on July 09, 2019 and is entitled “Decentralized autonomous edge compute coordinated by smart contract on a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Jonathan Dye of Lindon, UT. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: The systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products…
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U.S. Patent 10362058 was awarded to VMware, Inc. on July 23, 2019 and is entitled “Secure and scalable data transfer using a hybrid blockchain-based approach.” The first named inventor is Kecheng Lu of Beijing, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: Techniques for facilitating secure and scalable data transfers using a hybrid…
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