U.S. Patent 11068464 was awarded to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. on July 20, 2021 and is entitled “Cyber intelligence system and method.” The first named inventor is Robert Thorman of Rockwall, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system including a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, where the operations include receiving intelligence requirements from sources authenticated through a blockchain distributed ledger, normalizing data received by the sources, wherein the normalized data complies with the intelligence requirements, and generating a recommendation or course of action based on the normalized data. Other embodiments are disclosed. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on June 26, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/019179 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11068464. The primary examiner was Tri M Tran.

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 16621 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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