U.S. Patent 10628578 was awarded to IMAGINE COMMUNICATIONS CORP. on April 21, 2020 and is entitled “Systems and methods for determining trust levels for computing components using blockchain.” The first named inventor is Craig White of Richmond Hill, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems and methods for determining trust levels for components of a computing application using a blockchain. The system may include a development framework, a trust matrix, a trust level calculation module, a visual design subsystem, and a deployment subsystem, where trust levels are associated with components, combinations of components, graphs, and blueprints, where trust levels relate to categories of use. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 21, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/850953 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10628578. The primary examiner was Michael Pyzocha.

IMAGINE COMMUNICATIONS CORP., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 72 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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