U.S. Patent 10185550 was awarded to McAfee, LLC on January 22, 2019 and is entitled “Device-driven auto-recovery using multiple recovery sources.” The first named inventor is Ned M. Smith of Beaverton, OR. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Updating computer program(s) installed on a programmable device using a distributed ledger that is based on cryptography and blockchain technology is described. A distributed ledger logic/module can commit, to the distributed ledger, a first configuration of a computer program installed on a device. The logic/module can also receive requests to apply a first update and a second update to the first configuration. The logic/module can receive a second configuration of the computer program that is based on the first update and the first configuration, and also commit the second configuration to the distributed ledger. Furthermore, the logic/module can determine that the second update cannot be applied to the first configuration and receive a third configuration of the computer program that is based on the second update and the second configuration. The logic/module can also commit the third configuration to the distributed ledger. Other advantages and embodiments are described. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 28, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/278936 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10185550. The assistant examiner was Erika Kretzmer.

McAfee, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1407 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 5 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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