U.S. Patent 11032081 was awarded to Capital One Services, LLC on June 08, 2021 and is entitled “System and method for authorizing secondary users to access a primary user’s account using blockchain.” The first named inventor is Saira Zaman of Frisco, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Described herein is a system for authorizing secondary users to access a primary user’s account using blockchain. The primary user can transmit a request for providing access to a primary user’s account to a secondary user. In response to receiving the request, the system may generate a new block in the blockchain ledger specifying the permissions of the secondary user. Furthermore, the new block may include the permission details. This way, when the secondary user attempts to access the primary user’s account, the system may verify the secondary user based on the permission details in the last block in the sequence of blocks. Each new block may include the permission details. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 09, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/707772 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11032081. The primary examiner was Amie C. Lin.

Capital One Services, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2278 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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