U.S. Patent 11048686 was awarded to TELIA COMPANY AB on June 29, 2021 and is entitled “Method and a node for storage of data in a network.” The first named inventor is Tomi SARAJISTO of Helsinki, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The embodiments herein relate to a network node and a method performed in the network node of an operator, for storage of data in a blockchain database in a network that is based on a Service Function Chaining (SFC) architecture, the method comprising: receiving data packets from an IoT device; performing, by a service function in the network node, at least deep packet inspection, DPI, on the received data packets for identifying sensor data of the received data packets; retrieving, from the operator’s system, network data associated with the sensor data; retrieving, from a third party system, external data associated with the sensor data; combining the identified sensor data, the network data and the external data to form a combined data; and storing the combined data in the blockchain database. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 21, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/228956 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11048686. The primary examiner was Phuong Thao Cao.

TELIA COMPANY AB, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 134 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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