U.S. Patent 10673618 was awarded to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. on June 02, 2020 and is entitled “Provisioning network resources in a wireless network using a native blockchain platform.” The first named inventor is Om Prakash Suthar of Bolingbrook, IL. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A Network Function (NF) entity in a telecommunication network receives blockchain credentials associated with UE and selects a Blockchain Charging Function (BCF). The NF entity further generates a Charging Data Record (CDR) corresponding to network resources, and sends a charging request based on the CDR (and policy rules) to the BCF entity over a blockchain network interface. The BCF entity sends a confirmation of the charging request, and the NF entity, based on the confirmation, provisions the network resources to the UE. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 15, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/159950 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10673618. The primary examiner was Evans Desrosiers.

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 16856 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 1 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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