U.S. Patent 11201665 was awarded to Purdue Research Foundation on December 14, 2021 and is entitled “Method to integrate blockchain and geographic information in distributed communication.” The first named inventor is Hsun Chao of West Lafayette, IN. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain-based distributed network is disclosed which includes a plurality of moveable devices coupled to each other by a shortrange wireless channel, one or more ground systems coupled to the shortrange wireless channel, and one or more data centers coupled to the one or more ground systems via a long-range channel, each of the devices coupled to the shortrange wireless channel including an onboard system adapted to i) receive one or more blockchains; ii) verify authenticity of the one or more blockchains; iii) update data based on the verified one or more blockchains; iv) select one of the one or more blockchains; v) append a new block to last block of the selected blockchain; and vi) broadcast the appended blockchain, the one or more ground systems adapted to relay information from and to the plurality of moveable devices to and from the one or more data centers. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on April 04, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/840385 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11201665. The primary examiner was Brandon J Miller.

Purdue Research Foundation, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1983 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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