U.S. Patent 11212093 was awarded to HTC Corporation on December 28, 2021 and is entitled “Method of social key recovery and related device.” The first named inventor is Chun-Hao Lin of Taoyuan, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method of social key recovery for a first communication device supporting blockchain technology with asymmetric cryptographic algorithm is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a device identity of the first communication to a second communication on the blockchain, performing a verification operation with the second communication device, receiving a message including a verification code of the first communication device and a public key of the second communication device, from the second communication device, wherein the first message is encrypted with a public key of the first communication device, decrypting the message with a private key of the first communication device, to obtain the public key of the second communication device, and transmitting seed phrases encrypted with the public key of the second communication device for restoring a crypto wallet on the blockchain, to the second communication device. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 11, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/566900 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11212093. The primary examiner was David J Pearson.

HTC Corporation, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2111 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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