U.S. Patent 11038682 was awarded to CLOUDMINDS (SHENZHEN) ROBOTICS SYSTEMS CO., LTD. on June 15, 2021 and is entitled “Communication method, apparatus and system, electronic device, and computer readable storage medium.” The first named inventor is Jian Wang of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The present disclosure relates to a communication method, apparatus and system, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The communication method includes: determining an accepting host to be connected; obtaining a public key and communication address information of the accepting host from a blockchain; generating to-be-verified information according to the public key of the accepting host and a private key of the initiating host; sending the to-be-verified information to the accepting host according to the communication address information; and sending a communication connection request to the accepting host according to the communication address information to establish a communication connection with the accepting host. By adoption of the present disclosure, the anti-risk and anti-attack capabilities of the communication system may be improved by the decentralized features and security features of the blockchain, and the communication security is improved. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 26, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 16/314640 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11038682. The primary examiner was Venkat Perungavoor.

CLOUDMINDS (SHENZHEN) ROBOTICS SYSTEMS CO., LTD., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 54 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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