U.S. Patent 11128451 was awarded to Micron Technology, Inc. on September 21, 2021 and is entitled “Remotely managing devices using blockchain and DICE-RIoT.” The first named inventor is Alberto Troia of Munich, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Disclosed are techniques for remotely managing computing devices using blockchain and DICE-RIoT. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising scanning a network to obtain a list of devices on the network; classifying the devices as either controlled or uncontrolled devices; establishing a secure channel with the controlled devices; issuing one or more control commands to the controlled devices over the secure channel, the one or more control commands included within a signed message, the signed message signed using a private key of the sender and verified using a public key of the receiver, the private key and public key generated during the establishing of the secure channel; receiving a response to the control commands; and logging the control commands and the response in a blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on March 25, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/363295 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11128451. The primary examiner was Hee K Song.

Micron Technology, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 30704 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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