U.S. Patent 10123202 was awarded to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. on November 06, 2018 and is entitled “System and method for virtual SIM card.” The first named inventor is Donna L. Polehn of Mercer Island, WA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method is provided for using virtual subscriber identity modules (vSIMs) for client devices. A network device creates, in a memory, a user account for storing one or more vSIMs. The network device receives, from a user of the user account, a selection of network services to be associated with a vSIM. The network device initiates creation of a blockchain including a vSIM certificate for the network services, wherein the vSIM certificate includes an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). The network device associates the vSIM certificate with the user account. The vSIM can be retrieved and used by any one of different devices associated with the user account or loaned to other users. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 11, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/646201 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10123202. The primary examiner was Thanh Le.

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 4881 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 19 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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