U.S. Patent 10917793 was awarded to T-Moblle USA, Inc. on February 09, 2021 and is entitled “Verifying network subsystem integrity with blockchain.” The first named inventor is Sireen Malik of Bothell, WA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:
In a telecommunication network, individual network slices are provided for various uses and/or for various enterprise customers. A network subsystem such as a network slice comprises multiple components, such as routers, applications, virtual network functions, etc. Each component of the subsystem generates and provides a digital signature, such as a hash, based on state properties of the component that have been designated as being invariant. The signatures from the multiple components are then combined and hashed to form a subsystem signature. A chronological sequence of subsystem signatures is saved in a distributed ledger, which may use blockchain technology to protect against after-the-fact modifications to the saved signatures. A network threat may be detected by detecting situations in which the subsystem signature of a particular subsystem changes over time. A saved blockchain, containing the sequence of signatures, can be provided as historical evidence of network integrity. Link to Full Patent
This blockchain patent was originally filed on March 04, 2019 as U.S. Patent Application 16/291874 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10917793. The primary examiner was Huan V Doan.
T-Moblle USA, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 4 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 1 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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