U.S. Patent 10990584 was awarded to FortifID, Inc. on April 27, 2021 and is entitled “Establishing decentralized identifiers for algorithms, data schemas, data sets, and algorithm execution requests.” The first named inventor is Thomas P. Hardjono of Winchester, MA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Techniques are described that enable client computer systems to request an attestation provider server to execute a given algorithm as identified by a decentralized algorithm identifier on the blockchain, using a specific data set. In some embodiments, the owners of the algorithms, data schemas, and data sets use their private key to sign/register each of these decentralized identifier structures, which includes a copy of the owner’s public key. Ownership of these decentralized identifiers can be validated by verifying the digital signatures on the blockchain. In some embodiments, only the owner can replace or delete (retire) these identifiers by creating a cancellation transaction on the blockchain for each of these identifiers. In some scenarios, the decentralized identifier structures may include payment options for requesting the execution of an algorithm upon a given appropriate data set. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on March 05, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/810122 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10990584. The primary examiner was Dung K Chau.

FortifID, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 4 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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