U.S. Patent 10185550 was awarded to McAfee, LLC on January 22, 2019 and is entitled “Device-driven auto-recovery using multiple recovery sources.” The first named inventor is Ned M. Smith of Beaverton, OR. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: Updating computer program(s) installed on a programmable device using a distributed ledger that is…
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U.S. Patent 10204341 was awarded to MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED on February 12, 2019 and is entitled “Method and system for an efficient consensus mechanism for permissioned blockchains using bloom filters and audit guarantees.” The first named inventor is Steven Charles Davis of Saint Peters, MO. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: A…
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U.S. Patent 10230526 was awarded on March 12, 2019 and is entitled “Out-of-band validation of domain name system records.” The first named inventor is William Manning of Playa Del Rey, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: An out-of-band Domain Name System (DNS) security technique uses a cryptographic blockchain for securing and…
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U.S. Patent 10521775 was awarded to R3 Ltd. on December 31, 2019 and is entitled “Secure processing of electronic transactions by a decentralized, distributed ledger system.” The first named inventor is Qurratul Ain Shams Asari of London, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: A method and system are provided to support…
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U.S. Patent 10579825 was awarded to LABYRINTH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC on March 03, 2020 and is entitled “Unified control of privacy-impacting devices.” The first named inventor is Kevin L. Miller of Gainesville, FL. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure: Systems and techniques, including a privacy service, facilitate selecting, defining, controlling, verifying, and auditing…
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