U.S. Patent 11044580 was awarded to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC on June 22, 2021 and is entitled “Systems and method for potentially enhanced vehicle safety for passengers using blockchain.” The first named inventor is Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam of Canton, MI. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed describing potentially enhanced vehicle safety for passengers using blockchain. Example methods may include tracking a location of a first user using at least one device; determining a first state comprising the first user entering a vehicle with a second user; receiving a first confirmation of the first state from the device; adding a first transaction to a blockchain, the first transaction comprising a description of the first state and the first confirmation; determining a second state comprising the second user exiting the vehicle while the first user remains in the vehicle; and adding a second transaction to the blockchain, the second transaction comprising a description of the second state. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on June 10, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/436853 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11044580. The primary examiner was Barry W Taylor.

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 20806 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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