U.S. Patent 10868667 was awarded to GM Global Technology Operations LLC on December 15, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain enhanced V2X communication system and method.” The first named inventor is Jimmy Qi of Shanghai, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

An authentication system for V2X communication systems includes a first node having a V2X communication module with a processor, a memory, and input/output ports communicating a request to join and periodically communicating a first data packet to the V2X communication system. The authentication system having a private blockchain including a plurality of participant nodes within a predefined optimized area of one another, the blockchain receiving and validating the request to join the V2X communication system, and upon successfully validating the request to join the V2X communication system, periodically sending a second data packet from the plurality of participant nodes to the first node. The input/output ports receiving the second data packet, the processor executing a first control logic stored in the memory to extract the second data packet and a second control logic selectively generating a notification based on the contents of the second data packet. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 06, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/181945 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10868667. The primary examiner was Taghi T Arani.

GM Global Technology Operations LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 16073 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 1 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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