U.S. Patent 10783600 was awarded to GM Global Technology Operations LLC on September 22, 2020 and is entitled “Method and system using a blockchain database for data exchange between vehicles and entities.” The first named inventor is Christopher L. Zachary of Troy, MI. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method and system using blockchains for distributing event information related to vehicle operation between a plurality of entities. The method includes executing blockchain agreements between the plurality of entities participating in a blockchain exchange for distributing event information related to the vehicle operation, where the blockchain exchange includes a plurality of databases having blockchains of data blocks for storing the event information. Next, generating by a particular entity of the plurality of entities the event information related to vehicle operation and validating the event information by a consensus of the plurality of entities participating in the blockchain exchange. Then, appending, upon validating by the consensus, a blockchain within the blockchain database for enabling each entity to have access to a same replicated block data with the event information to enable enhanced vehicle operations of multiple vehicles based on the same replicated block data. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 25, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/605677 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10783600. The assistant examiner was Lisa Ma.

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 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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