U.S. Patent 10740492 was awarded to AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. on August 11, 2020 and is entitled “Data enrichment environment using blockchain.” The first named inventor is Daniel Reznik of Staten Island, NY. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A data enrichment environment using blockchain is disclosed. A client may interact with the data enrichment environment to generate an enrichment smart contract and deploy the enrichment smart contract to the blockchain. The enrichment smart contract may comprise data indicating the enrichment inquiry. One or more solvers may interact with the data enrichment environment to submit proposed enrichment solutions based on the enrichment inquiry. One or more observers may interact with the data enrichment environment to review and vote on the proposed enrichment solutions. The data enrichment environment may evaluate the proposed enrichment solutions based on contract conditions. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on April 11, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/951010 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10740492. The primary examiner was Fatoumata Traore.

AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1156 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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