U.S. Patent 10742658 was awarded to Radware Ltd. on August 11, 2020 and is entitled “Method and system for blockchain-based anti-bot protection.” The first named inventor is Alon Lelcuk of Ramot Meir, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method and a trust broker system for blockchain-based anti-bot protection are provided. The method includes identifying, on a blockchain network, a request from a client to access a protected entity; selecting an access policy in response to the access request, wherein the access policy includes at least one game to be performed by the client; causing execution of the at least one game defined in the access policy; identifying, on the blockchain network, results of the at least one game, wherein the results are deposited by the client upon completion of the game; determining a bias of the client based on the completion results, wherein the determined bias is utilized for a cyber-security assessment of the client, wherein the determined bias for the client is maintained on the blockchain network; and granting or denying access to the protected entity by the client based on the determined bias. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 06, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/182011 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10742658. The primary examiner was Darren B Schwartz.

Radware Ltd., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 86 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 2 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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