11 patent(s) in this week's alert:
Assignee Summary:| Patents | Owner |
| 1 | Bank of America |
| 1 | BEIJING LINGZONG SECURITY TECHNOLOGY |
| 1 | eBay |
| 1 | International Business Machines |
| 1 | NCHAIN LICENSING AG |
| 1 | NIKE |
| 1 | SOFTHREAD |
| 1 | Sonos |
| 1 | SWEAR |
| 1 | T-Mobile Innovations |
| 1 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank |
| Patents | Class Code |
| 4 | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] |
| 4 | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] |
| 2 | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] |
| 1 | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] |
Details on individual patents:
| #12670462 | Decentralized shipping network using blockchains |
| Applied: | 07/31/2024, #18/790977 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [699 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 2205) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 90131 patents, 12806 companies, and 148690 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | eBay (San Jose, CA) with total patents of: 3251 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: FIG. 1 Patents |
| 1st Invent: | Nambi Sankaran (Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Technologies are shown for shipping route selection involving receiving sender and recipient shipping information for an item to be shipped and obtaining shipping route options for the item based on the sender and recipient shipping information. The route options are provided for display and selection of an option. A routing data block is created for the item at an address on a blockchain that stores shipping information for each stage of the selected route. A shipping tag is encoded with the blockchain address and attached to the item. The tag can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request information for a next stage of the shipping route from the block. The next shipping information from the block is received and utilized to ship the item to a next geolocation. The next shipping information can be determined based on current conditions, such as weather, pricing and availability. |
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| #12670489 | Blockchain implemented method and system |
| Applied: | 07/24/2017, #16/320995 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [3263 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (507 to 2205) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 90131 patents, 12806 companies, and 148690 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 10; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, ) with total patents of: 403 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell Tummino LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Stephane Savanah (London, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The invention provides a computer-implemented method for performing an exchange via a blockchain, comprising the step of submitting a funding transaction to the blockchain network, wherein the funding transaction i) comprises a tokenised contract relating to an asset to be transferred from a second user to a first user; and ii) is signed by the first user. It also comprises the step of sending, from the first user to the second user, one or more subsequent transactions wherein each said subsequent transaction spends an output of the funding transaction and is signed by the first user. It includes the step of submitting one of the subsequent transactions to the blockchain network, the submitted transaction having been signed by the second user. |
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| #12670493 | Privacy preserving asset transfer between networks |
| Applied: | 02/24/2022, #17/679549 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [1587 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 2205) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 90131 patents, 12806 companies, and 148690 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | International Business Machines (Armonk, NY) with total patents of: 125188 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Atty: David K. Mattheis |
| 1st Invent: | Kaoutar El Khiyaoui (Zrich, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | A method for providing privacy-preserving asset transfers between networks, by connecting to a first blockchain network, receiving login data from a user, receiving an asset pledge transaction for an asset, confirming that the user is an owner of the asset based on a previous asset transfer transaction associated with the user, verifying an availability of the asset based on first blockchain network records, determining that a recipient is a registered user of a second blockchain network, assigning the asset to a first unique identifier, receiving at least one of a pledge proof request, from the recipient prior to expiration of the deadline, and an asset reclaim transaction, from the user after expiration of the deadline, the pledge proof request and reclaim transaction each comprising the first unique identifier and responding to the at least one of the pledge proof request and the asset reclaim request according to the deadline. |
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| #12670496 | Method to validate application programming interface (API) leveraging non fungible token (NFT) |
| Applied: | 11/09/2022, #17/984108 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [1329 days App to Issue] Normal range: (515 to 1749) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 214865 patents, 13514 companies, and 240743 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 16; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | Bank of America (Charlotte, NC) with total patents of: 6320 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. |
| 1st Invent: | Shailendra Singh (Maharashtra, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An architecture is disclosed for submission and recordation of application programmer interfaces (APIs) using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) inserted into a blockchain. The API-NFT pairings are validated by nodes of the network. The system automatically searches for and generate NFTs for APIs and/or intermediate layers on a computer network based on metadata associated with the API and a hash of the API/intermediate layer. The API-NFT pair binding ensures that developers/consumers are ingesting APIs that are secure and do not include malicious rules. Furthermore, performance monitoring of the API is performed using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), including long short term memory (LSTM) neural networks. |
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| #12670640 | Partial exchange of NFT via NFT interaction |
| Applied: | 09/21/2023, #18/472113 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [1013 days App to Issue] Normal range: (507 to 2205) |
| Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] In this class there are; 90131 patents, 12806 companies, and 148690 inventors in 249 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
| Assignee: | The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Toronto, ) with total patents of: 830 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | No Firm or Attorney on Patent. Could be inside counsel. |
| 1st Invent: | Jessica Mashkevich (Greenville, SC) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=0 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | An example operation may include one or more of generating a unique image comprising a plurality of image segments via an image generating model and displaying the unique image via a user interface of a software application, installing a smart contract associated with the unique image on a blockchain ledger, detecting a command to move an image segment from among the plurality of image segments based on user inputs via the user interface of the software application, removing the image segment from the unique image and adding the image segment to a different image based on the detected command, and transmitting the different image to a user account of the software application. |
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| #12671585 | Systems and methods for governing use rights of digital assets across heterogeneous virtual platforms |
| Applied: | 02/19/2024, #18/581363 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [862 days App to Issue] Normal range: (515 to 1749) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 214865 patents, 13514 companies, and 240743 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | NIKE (Beaverton, OR) with total patents of: 14077 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Quinn IP Law |
| 1st Invent: | Christopher Andon (Portland, OR) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Presented are computing systems for transferring digital assets between virtual platforms, methods for making/using such systems, and digital assets imported/exported by such systems. A method for controlling transfer of digital assets includes storing a fungible digital asset on a digital platform in association with a personal account of a user. A server computer of the digital platform receives a user request to transfer the fungible digital asset to another digital platform; in response, the fungible digital asset is converted to a non-fungible digital asset by generating a cryptographic (crypto) token, assigning the crypto token to the digital asset, and recording the crypto token on a blockchain ledger. The newly minted digital asset is transferred to an intermediate computing node and associated with another personal account of the user. The non-fungible digital asset is then transferred to the requested digital platform and associated with yet another personal account of the user. |
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| #12671599 | Systems and methods for a multi-system, multi-client, multidirectional, cyber-resilient, permissioned blockchain imaging data exchange platform |
| Applied: | 02/10/2023, #18/108203 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [1236 days App to Issue] Normal range: (515 to 1749) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 214865 patents, 13514 companies, and 240743 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 2; Unusually Few Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | SOFTHREAD (Severna Park, MD) with total patents of: 1 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Kutak Rock LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes (Miami, FL) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Techniques are described herein for enhancing the privacy, confidentiality, cyber-resilience, and operational efficiency of multi-system, multi-client, multi-directional image exchanges among client users, devices, servers, cloud environments, or other applications within one network or a system of networks by deploying a permissioned blockchain, that uses threshold cryptographic primitives and the key component of permissioned blockchains called Byzantine fault-tolerant (BFT) protocol, combined with fine-grained access control, publish/subscribe capabilities and a novel use of the private chaincode functionality during image exchange operations, which involves image sharing without sacrificing performance. Techniques, methods, processes, and systems described herein can enhance operational efficiency by increasing operational processing speed and reducing operational processing time for image exchange operations within the platform. |
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| #12671700 | Method for tracing path of attack on smart contract on blockchain |
| Applied: | 06/20/2023, #18/553906 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [1106 days App to Issue] Normal range: (515 to 1749) |
| Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] In this class there are; 214865 patents, 13514 companies, and 240743 inventors in 247 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 14; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 26) |
| Assignee: | BEIJING LINGZONG SECURITY TECHNOLOGY (Beijing, ) with total patents of: 1 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Yuefei Tan (Beijing, ) |
| Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure provides a method for tracing a path of an attack on a smart contract on a blockchain, belonging to the technical field of blockchains. The method specifically includes: determining a hacker''s attack address, and determining an attack''s start time and an attack''s stop time according to a data record of the hacker''s attack address; and determining hash values of all transactions from a hacker''s attack destination address between the attack''s start time and the attack''s stop time automatically, and obtaining a fungible token and a non-fungible token by parsing the hash values automatically. The problems of large error and low efficiency during original manual extraction are solved, accuracy and efficiency are higher, and the overall security is improved. |
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| #12671728 | Preserving attribution data of digital media within immutable ledgers |
| Applied: | 12/03/2024, #18/967041 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [574 days App to Issue] Normal range: (543 to 1841) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 667717 patents, 21381 companies, and 426387 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 30; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | SWEAR (Boise, ID) with total patents of: 8 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Holland Hart, LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Jason Lealand Crawforth (Boise, ID) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger. |
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| #12671873 | Synthetic content generation based on blockchain data |
| Applied: | 12/11/2024, #18/977699 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [566 days App to Issue] Normal range: (543 to 1841) |
| Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] In this class there are; 667717 patents, 21381 companies, and 426387 inventors in 250 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 28; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | Sonos (Goleta, CA) with total patents of: 2103 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Fortem IP LLP |
| 1st Invent: | Dayn Wilberding (Portland, OR) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | Generative content can be dynamically produced based on various inputs, which can include blockchain data, and conversely generative content or associated data can be written to a blockchain. As an example method, a computing device receives, via a network interface, first data corresponding to one or more input parameters, and provides the first data to one or more generative machine learning models. The device receives second data corresponding to output from the one or more generative machine learning models and causes first transaction data associated with the first data to be recorded on a first ledger comprising a blockchain. Second transaction data associated with the second data may be recorded on a second ledger. |
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| #12671989 | Ledger-based telecommunications network event archiving for trusted model non-3GPP devices and systems |
| Applied: | 09/19/2023, #18/470291 |
| Issued: | 06/30/2026, [1015 days App to Issue] Normal range: (525 to 1679) |
| Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] In this class there are; 153355 patents, 7250 companies, and 98485 inventors in 242 other Metros. |
| Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
| Assignee: | T-Mobile Innovations (Overland Park, KS) with total patents of: 887 (since 2005) |
| Counsel: | Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. |
| 1st Invent: | Marouane Balmakhtar (Fairfax, VA) |
| Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
| Abstract: 2000 char max | In various embodiments, ledger-based telecommunications network event archiving for trusted model non-3GPP devices and systems are provided. Trusted model non-3GPP devices can access network functions and services to utilize a ledger-based event recordation service. Through the recordation service, network events associated with trusted model non-3GPP UE device usage of network functions and services may be recorded to an event ledger. The event ledger may comprise a hyperledger and/or blockchain technology, and/or may comprise an element of a distributed ledger network (DLN) and/or distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based records repository. In some embodiments, to function as a trusted model device, a non-3GPP device is configured with a 3GPP compatible universal connectivity stack (UCS). The UCS may comprise software for creating a secure tunnel using 3GPP authentication and security protocols to functionally extend the N3 user plane tunnel from an N3IWF of the core network to the UCS within the non-3GPP device. |
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