U.S. Patent 10554649 was awarded to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY on February 04, 2020 and is entitled “Systems and methods for blockchain validation of user identity and authority.” The first named inventor is Brian Mark Fields of Normal, IL. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems and methods are described for performing blockchain validation of user identity and authority. In various aspects one or more processors receive a first blockchain ID and a second blockchain ID, where each of the first blockchain ID and the second blockchain ID is associated with a user and is further associated with a first and second blockchain, respectively. A plurality of blockchain transactions may be aggregated where the plurality of blockchain transactions includes at least a first blockchain transaction associated with the first blockchain and a second blockchain transaction associated with the second blockchain. A first validation event providing a first indication of validity for the user may be identified based on the first blockchain transaction or the second blockchain transaction. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 22, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/600968 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10554649. The primary examiner was Lisa C Lewis.

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1288 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 15 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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