U.S. Patent 10726049 was awarded to Alibaba Group Holding Limited on July 28, 2020 and is entitled “Obtaining blockchain data in stages.” The first named inventor is Lukun Lai of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

This disclosure relates to obtaining blockchain data in multiple stages. In some aspects, a first node device of a blockchain network receives a data request from a client device. A distributed database of the blockchain stores target data. The data request includes a first data position identifier that identifies a first position of a first portion of the target data. The first portion of the target data is obtained from the distributed database based on the first data position identifier. A second data position identifier for a second portion of the target data is generated based on the first portion of the target data. The second data position identifier identifies a second position of the second portion of the target data and enables the client device to continue to obtain one or more additional portions of the target data from any one of the node devices. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 07, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/785319 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10726049. The primary examiner was Jeff A Burke.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1834 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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