U.S. Patent 11042619 was awarded to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. on June 22, 2021 and is entitled “Vehicle occupant tracking and trust.” The first named inventor is Michael C. Edwards of McKinney, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems and methods for occupant authentication and trust using a blockchain are disclosed herein. The systems and methods can include receiving an occupant indicator and one or more occupant identifiers for an occupant in a vehicle. The one or more occupant identifiers can then be verified against identifying information stored in a blockchain ledger to authenticate the occupant. One or more occupant profile elements can then be collected for the occupant. Then, at least one of the one or more occupant identifiers and at least one of the one or more occupant profile elements can be recorded in the blockchain ledger. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on January 17, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/250017 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11042619. The primary examiner was Piotr Poltorak.

TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2871 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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