U.S. Patent 10498542 was awarded to ShoCard, Inc. on December 03, 2019 and is entitled “Electronic identification verification methods and systems with storage of certification records to a side chain.” The first named inventor is Armin Ebrahimi of Cupertino, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Method of certification including receiving user data at a device of a certifying entity. The method includes generating a salt that is unique. The method includes hashing the data combined with the salt to create a generated hashed data. The method includes generating a certification record based on signing the generated hashed data using a private key of the certifying entity to create a signed certification of the data. The method includes hashing the certification record. The method includes transmitting the hashed certification record to a blockchain for storing. The method includes receiving a certification tx-ID of the hashed certification record. The method includes generating a certification data block including the certification record and the certification tx-ID. The method includes storing the certification data block to a side chain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 09, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/893479 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10498542. The primary examiner was Amare F Tabor.

ShoCard, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 8 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 6 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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