U.S. Patent 11194961 was awarded to salesforce.com, inc. on December 07, 2021 and is entitled “Systems, methods, and apparatuses for adding a document history graph and corresponding hash value to a blockchain in a cloud based computing environment.” The first named inventor is Edet Nkposong of Mercer Island, WA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

In a hosted computing environment a web server receives a document history graph. The web server performs a hash function, providing the document history graph as input to the hash function, the hash function providing a hash value as output. A blockchain services interface in the hosted computing environment generates a blockchain block that includes the hash value in a block payload hash field and the document history graph in a block payload field in the blockchain block. A blockchain consensus manager proposes adding the blockchain block to a private blockchain and receives an indication of consensus A block validator adds the blockchain block to the private blockchain responsive to consensus. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 31, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/237642 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11194961. The primary examiner was Oleg Korsak.

salesforce.com, inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2627 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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