U.S. company Salesforce, which operates a cloud-based mailing platform, has patented a blockchain solution to distinguish between spam and regular emails. U.S. software company Salesforce has won a patent to detect spam emails using blockchain technology. The patent filing was published on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website Tuesday, Nov. 4. Salesforce, which […]
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Bank of America leads in the blockchain patent race On October 30, Bank of America (BofA) added yet another cryptocurrency-related patent to its collection of more than 50 applications filed within the same field. The second-largest bank in the US has been leading in the informal blockchain patent race, sidestepping such players as IBM and […]
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IBM has applied for a blockchain patent aiming to deter augmented reality game players from intruding on undesirable locations. Major global tech giant IBM has applied for another blockchain patent, this time aiming to deter augmented reality (AR) game players from intruding on undesirable locations. The tech firm’s latest patent document was released by the […]
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Payment processing giant Mastercard wants to patent a new method of simultaneous crypto and fiat storage. U.S. multinational financial services corporation Mastercard wants to apply principles of fractional reserve banking to cryptocurrency, a new patent application published Thursday, Oct. 25 reveals. According to the document, published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), the […]
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Sony continues to leverage blockchain technology, announcing the development of a platform targeting digital rights integrity. Japanese technology multinational Sony revealed it is working on a blockchain-powered extension of its digital rights management system Monday, Oct. 15. The project is a joint endeavor with both Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Global Education. The as […]
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What is a ‘subnet’ and how the financial services giant is going to partition a blockchain. On October 9, American financial services giant Mastercard was granted a patent for a method to partition a blockchain so that it can store multiple transaction types and formats. The filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office […]
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Mastercard has been awarded a patent for a method to partition a blockchain, making it capable of storing multiple transaction types and formats. Mastercard has been awarded a patent for a method to partition a blockchain, making it capable of storing multiple transaction types and formats. The patent filing was published by the U.S. Patent […]
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A new patent filed by Alibaba seeks to develop a blockchain system that enables authorized parties to intervene in a smart contract. Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a blockchain-based system that allows a third-party administrator to intervene in a smart contract in […]
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awards IBM a patent for a blockchain-based security system that effectively helps to reveal breaches. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently awarded a patent for a blockchain-based secure system to U.S. tech conglomerate IBM, according to a patent filing published on USPTO’s website Tuesday, October 2. […]
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Large institutions and multinational corporations are scrambling to acquire intellectual property, and Mastercard has submitted a new patent application for a new method of verifying coupon authenticity using blockchain technology. The application that was filed on November 29, 2016 is titled, “Method and System for Authentication of Coupons vis Blockchain” and was published on May […]
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