U.S. Patent 10848942 was awarded to T-Mobile USA, Inc. on November 24, 2020 and is entitled “Validating over-the-air configuration commands.” The first named inventor is Michael Bishop of Issaquah, WA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

In a wireless communication network such as a cellular network, cellular devices may receive over-the-air (OTA) configuration commands that specify requested device configuration settings. For example, an OTA configuration command may be a binary short message service (SMS) message specifying a configuration parameter and a requested value of the configuration parameter. Upon receiving an OTA configuration command, the cellular device refers to a blockchain that specifies permissible values for various configuration parameters. If a requested configuration parameter value is not indicated by the blockchain to be permissible, the cellular device disregards the OTA configuration command and refuses to implement the requested setting. The cellular device may periodically retrieve updates to the blockchain and may attempt to validate any updated blocks, based on previously validated blocks. If the updates cannot be validated, the cellular device may decline to implement any requested configuration settings. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on January 08, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/737729 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10848942. The primary examiner was Joel Ajayi.

T-Mobile USA, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1424 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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