U.S. Patent 10491376 was awarded to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. on November 26, 2019 and is entitled “Systems, devices, and techniques for managing data sessions in a wireless network using a native blockchain platform.” The first named inventor is Om Prakash Suthar of Bolingbrook, IL. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives session request data associated with a User Equipment (UE), which includes blockchain authentication data. The NF entity selects a Blockchain Authentication Function (BAF) entity based on the session request data, and exchanges at least a portion of the blockchain authentication data with the BAF entity over a blockchain network interface. The NF entity further receives authentication confirmation data from the BAF entity over the blockchain network interface, and establishes a data session associated with the UE based on the authentication confirmation data. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 21, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/138524 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10491376. The primary examiner was Samson B Lemma.

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 16856 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 2 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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