U.S. Patent 11095679 was awarded to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited on August 17, 2021 and is entitled “Method and apparatus for processing account in blockchain, storage medium, and computer device.” The first named inventor is Jian Zhang of New Taipei, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method for processing an account in a blockchain is provided. A freezing instruction with respect to a target account is received by a computer device. A freezing lock is generated by the computer device based on the received freezing instruction, the freezing lock including a freezing lock public key. A first freezing request is generated by the computer device based on the freezing instruction and the freezing lock public key. The first freezing request is transmitted by the computer device to a device in the blockchain. The first freezing request is a request based on which the target account is frozen by using the freezing lock and resource transfer of the target account is denied. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on June 10, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/435992 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11095679. The primary examiner was Joseph P Hirl.

Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2738 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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