U.S. Patent 10490304 was awarded to Netspective Communications LLC on November 26, 2019 and is entitled “Device-driven non-intermediated blockchain system over a social integrity network.” The first named inventor is Shahid N. Shah of Silver Spring, MD. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain configured device-driven disintermediated distributed system for facilitating multi-faceted communication over a network. The system includes entities connected with a communications network. Each of the entities and associated devices and sensors and networks serve as a source of data records. The system includes a blockchain configured data bank accessible by each of the plurality of entities based on rules and preferences of the entities upon authorization by the blockchain configured data bank. The blockchain configured data bank includes a processing component for executing stored instructions to process the data records of the entities over the communications network. The system includes a blockchain configured component communicatively coupled to the blockchain configured data bank and adapted to be accessible by each of the plurality of entities. The system includes a validation device including a facial expression-based validation device and a geo-tagging-based validation device. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 08, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/372699 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10490304. The primary examiner was Devin C Hein.

Netspective Communications LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 19 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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