U.S. Patent 10972479 was awarded to Balanced Media Technology, LLC on April 06, 2021 and is entitled “Task completion using a blockchain network.” The first named inventor is Corey Clark of Plano, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for distributing tasks using a blockchain network. A method includes generating a task for completion via an interactive application and distributing, using the blockchain network, the task via a block in a blockchain associated with the blockchain network. The blockchain network includes a plurality of nodes and is accessible by a plurality of client devices associated with the interactive application. The method further includes receiving, from one or more of the client devices, data associated with results of processing the task via the interactive application and validating completion of the task based on the received data. Validating completion of the task may include receiving a set of user inputs from a set of the client devices, respectively, as to whether the task was completed and making a consensus determination as to whether the task was completed based on the received set of user inputs. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on August 01, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/529478 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10972479. The primary examiner was Boris D Grijalva Lobos.

Balanced Media Technology, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 0 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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