U.S. Patent 10949388 was awarded to ADVANCED MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. on March 16, 2021 and is entitled “Systems and methods for distributed data storage and delivery using blockchain.” The first named inventor is Mahender Adluri of Tustin, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a system and method for distributed data storage and delivery using blockchain. For example, a file can be received from a participant and split into constituent files. A hash value for the received file and each of the constituent files can be generated, and the constituent files can be encrypted using one or more predetermined or user selected encryption keys. The encrypted files can be stored in at least one storage location. Upon receiving a file retrieval request, each file of the plurality of encrypted files can be retrieved and decrypted using the one or more predetermined or user selected encryption keys. A hash value for each decrypted file can be generated and compared to hash values for the corresponding files of the plurality of constituent files, or a hash value for the recombined constituent files can be generated and compared to the hash value for the original file. Other aspects also are described. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 16, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/192878 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10949388. The primary examiner was Venkat Perungavoor.

ADVANCED MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 31 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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