Recent Patents and Applications for Blockchain

by IDEABLOCK LLC on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Methods, apparatuses, and processor-executable instructions for proving public disclosure of an idea using blockchain technology are provided. For instance, in an aspect of the present disclosure, an example method performed by a controller for proving existence and public disclosure of an idea. In […]

by NCHAIN HOLDINGS LTD on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

The invention relates to distributed ledger technologies such as consensus-based blockchains. Computer-implemented methods for locking and unlocking transaction inputs and outputs are described. The invention is implemented using a blockchain network, which may be, for example, a Bitcoin […]

by HERE GLOBAL BV on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Systems and methods are provided to incentivize collection of high definition (HD) map content. The system includes at least one sensor, a communications interface, and a device processor. The sensor is configured to acquire sensor data relating to a feature at a location on a roadway. The […]

by IBM ; INT BUSINESS MACHINES CORP on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

An example operation may include one or more of receiving, via a network, a blockchain request from a client device, simulating a transaction of the blockchain request to generate a read set of data being read by the transaction and a write set of data being written by the transaction, determining […]

by CYPHEME on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

The invention relates to a security element applied to a document or an object in the form of marking by direct printing or in the form of a tag consisting of paper or other material, with or without identifier, of which the user takes a photo with a smartphone and then sends said photo to a device […]

by DITOMASO JOSEPH on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Provided are systems and methods for mining a website based on user-generated content. In one example, a method includes one or more of detecting user-generated content which has been added to a website via a user device accessing the website through a connection to a host server of the web site, […]

by ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for updating data in blockchain are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining one or more requests for updating a plurality of pieces of data in one or more blockchains and updating the plurality […]

by ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a blockchain-based workflow. One of the methods includes maintaining data identifying one or more states recorded in a blockchain network as triggering states of one […]

by ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Implementations of the present application include receiving a request to store a data item in the blockchain network, and in response: dividing the data item into a plurality of data partitions; assigning each data partition to a different node in the blockchain network, wherein each node stores […]

by ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD on September 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for executing blockchain contracts are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a bytecode of a blockchain contract, wherein the bytecode comprises one or more indicators, and the one or more […]