U.S. Patent 11144926 was awarded to Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on October 12, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain-based recordkeeping method and apparatus.” The first named inventor is Min Li of Beijing, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

One or more embodiments of the application provide a method and apparatus for blockchain-based recordkeeping, which are applicable to a self-service vending terminal. The self-service vending terminal is a node of a blockchain. The method includes: obtaining first record information, wherein the first record information is generated based on identification information of a target buyer; receiving second record information, wherein the second record information is generated based on purchase live stream data associated with the target buyer; generating a target transaction based on the first record information and the second record information; and sending the target transaction to a distributed database of a blockchain, for the target transaction to be recorded in the distributed database of the blockchain in response to the target transaction being verified by nodes of the blockchain based on a consensus. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 27, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/698813 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11144926. The primary examiner was Dante Ravetti.

Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1031 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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