enpan's Patent & Linux practice: 區塊鏈專利筆記

2019年9月24日星期二

區塊鏈專利筆記

區塊鏈提出了分散式帳本/記錄的概念，搭上很多有安全、去中心化需求的技術，但怎麼寫，就從已經核准的專利來學。

這裡列舉「Lexology」提出的一些區塊鏈專利：

Payment processing and money transfers (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 10,026,082 (issued to Mastercard International Incorporated on July 17, 2018, title: Method and system for linkage of blockchain-based assets to fiat currency accounts);
Supply chain monitoring (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,641,338, issued to SKUChain, Inc. on May 2, 2017, title: Method and apparatus for providing a universal deterministically reproducible cryptographic key-pair representation for all SKUs, shipping cartons, and items);
Rewards programs (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,436,935 issued to Coinbase, Inc. on September 6, 2016, title: Computer system for making a payment using a tip button);
Digital IDs (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 10,007,913, (issued to ShoCard, Inc. on June 26, 2018, title: Identity management service using a blockchain providing identity transactions between devices);
Data sharing (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,942,259, issued to Socure Inc. on April 10, 2018), title: Risk assessment using social networking data);
Digital voting (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,836,908 (issued to Blockchain Technologies Corporation on December 5, 2017, title: System and method for securely receiving and counting votes in an election);
Real estate, land, title transfers (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,992,028 issued to International Business Machines Corporation on June 5, 2018, title: System, method, and computer program product for privacy-preserving transaction validation mechanisms for smart contracts that are included in a ledger);
Tax regulation and compliance (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,298,806, issued to Coinlab, Inc. on March 29, 2016, title: System and method for analyzing transactions in a distributed ledger);
Security and Authentication (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,875,592 issued to International Business Machines Corporation on January 23, 2018, title: Drone used for authentication and authorization for restricted access via an electronic lock);
Wills or inheritances (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,853,819, issued to Guardtime IP Holdings Limited on December 26, 2017, title: Blockchain-supported, node ID-augmented digital record signature method);
Equity trading (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,870,562 issued to Mastercard International Incorporated on January 16, 2018, title: Method and system for integration of market exchange and issuer processing for blockchain-based transactions);
Managing Internet of Things networks (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,928,290, issued to Accenture Global Solutions Limited on March 27, 2018, title: Trust framework for platform data);
Tracking prescription drugs (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 10,002,277 issued to Merck Patent GmbH on June 19, 2018 Reader device for reading a marking comprising a physical unclonable function); and
Asset-based tokens (e.g. U.S. Patent No. 9,747,586, issued to CPN Gold B.V. on August 29, 2017, title: System and method for issuance of electronic currency substantiated by a reserve of assets).