U.S. Patent 11003514 was awarded to Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on May 11, 2021 and is entitled “Methods and devices for broadcasting messages.” The first named inventor is Ning Li of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Embodiments of the specification disclose example methods and devices for broadcasting messages. One example method includes obtaining a first broadcast message by a first consensus node of a blockchain network. The first consensus node creates a first thread for a first message processing device corresponding to the first consensus node. The first consensus node sends the first broadcast message to the first message processing device by using the first thread. The first message processing device sends the first broadcast message to a second message processing device corresponding to a second consensus node. The first consensus node cancels the first thread. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on June 30, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/917393 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11003514. The primary examiner was Ryan J Jakovac.

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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