GM is Embedding Blockchain Data in Digital Images
General Motors (GM) has received its first patent in the Cryptocurrency Sector. The patent describes a process for embedding blockchain information into digital images. The process begins with an event detected by a vehicle, using vehicle…
Vending Machines: Now Accepting Cryptocurrency
An independent inventor has just received a patent for a digital-currency-enabled vending machine. The vending machine allows users to make purchases directly from their mobile devices. Each vending machine makes use of a control…
VISA is Providing Aliases for Cryptocurrency Transactions
VISA's latest published patent describes a dynamic cryptocurrency aliasing system. A temporary alias is assigned to a cryptocurrency address, where the temporary alias functions with mobile applications for cryptocurrency transactions.…
Cryptocurrency Mining Using the Human Body
A new published patent application from Microsoft relates to a cryptocurrency mining system that uses body activity data. Microsoft's system provides users with tasks in the form of "mining challenges" with cryptocurrency rewards. The…
Cryptocurrency Mining with Natural Gas
Crusoe Energy Systems has a new patent application publication relating to systems and methods for generating and consuming power from natural gas. Currently, stranded natural gas represents a very low-cost power generation…
Intel to Use Blockchain Technology for Copyright Protection
Intel has received a patent relating to the use of blockchain-based shadow images to facilitate copyright protection of digital content. This is performed on a client platform using a digital rights management (DRM) engine, enabling…
Fed Up With Honey and Pollination, Bees Switch to Cryptocurrency
Bee feeders today function primarily to dispense water, bee feeding supplements, or treatments to world or domestic bees. An inventor by the name of Paul Stamets, a mycologist and entrepreneur, wants to add a new function to this list:…
IBM is Trying to Solve a Major Issue with Online Gaming
There are over 55.2 million online gamers in the United States, with this number expected to grow another 3% by the end of 2020. Moreover, worldwide online gaming traffic accounts for over 915 petabytes of data per month, with this number…
Cisco is Tackling Software and Hardware Licensing Issues
Software licensing has typically been used to solve issues faced by vendors of computing and network equipment, specifically in controlling and handling the usage of hardware and software in customer environments. However, it becomes…
McAfee is Cracking Down on Cryptomining
Modern computers often have always-on Internet connections, providing greater exposure to security threats. McAfee is looking to reduce this exposure by employing cryptojacking detection techniques, with a specific focus on cryptomining.…
Crusoe Energy Systems: Using Natural Gas to Mine Cryptocurrency
Crusoe Energy Systems (Crusoe) has received its first published patent application relating to a natural gas processing system adapted to mine cryptocurrency. Crusoe's application provides a means of processing natural gas into a fuel gas…
The First Credit Card with Rewards in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and More
Blockrize just received its first patent application publication for a cryptocurrency loyalty program. How does it work? Much like typical credit cards, cardholders would receive cryptocurrency for completing transactions with Blockrize's…
Huawei Has a Solution to The VEP
One of the latest published patent applications from Huawei addresses issues related to verifying a property of plaintext using ciphertext. These issues are commonly referred to as verifiable encryption problems (VEPs). Huawei's solution…
Are You Getting Paid for the Playback of Your Media Content? Want it in Cryptocurrency? No Problem
BUBUKA LLC, a blockchain-powered music rights management service, has received its first patent application publication relating to a payment system for digital rights management. BUBUKA's platform monitors the playback of media content,…
Monticello Wants to Simplify Online Purchases
Monticello Enterprises LLC (Monticello) thinks shopping online is too difficult. Users have it easy with features such as Amazon's "one-click" or the ability to save purchase information across the Internet, don't they? But "one-click"…
Itron is Integrating Distributed Ledger Architecture into Smart Sensors and Smart Utility Meters
Itron has 3 published patent applications relating to the integration of distributed ledger architecture into smart sensors and smart utility meters. Itron is looking to evolve smart sensors and smart utility meters by addressing some of…
Enjin is Furthering Its Presence in Virtual Worlds
Enjin PTE's (Enjin) recent patent application publication centers around an improved system for generating and tracking digital items in video game systems by using blockchain technologies. The system functions by recording the sale of a…
Monticello is Creating a Cryptocurrency Shopping Experience
Monticello Enterprises LLC (Monticello) is creating an online shopping experience with cryptocurrency support. The end goal: reduce shopper friction when shoppers transition from searching for products to a merchant or social network. How…
Media Capital Technologies is Looking to Disrupt Film Financing
Media Capital Technologies' first patent application has been published. The application relates to the operation of an application on a distributed computing platform for managing the rights and entitlements associated with the production…
Introducing a Social Network for Trading Cryptocurrencies
DeAngelo Singleton, founder of Easy Bitcoin Buddies LLC, has a recently published patent application for a social network centered around cryptocurrency trading. The idea behind this new social network: remove current restrictions on…
Bipartisan Bill is Bad News for Facebook
This week, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill, titled "Managed Stablecoins are Securities Act of 2019," targeting Facebook's cryptocurrency, Libra. The bill would classify Libra as a security, encouraging increased regulation…
Equity Shift Blockchains Tokenized Securities to Meet Regs
Equity Shift is creating a blockchain platform for offering and purchasing tokenized securities, where the platform meets current and future federal, state, and offering and holding entity rules and regulations. Users perform transactions…
Innoplexus is Assessing the Value of Drug Discovery Research Using Cryptocurrency
Innoplexus, a global artificial intelligence (AI) company founded in 2015, has a recently published application for assessing the value of drug discovery research. A research project or document is assessed using two factors, status and…
American Express: Redeem Your Reward Points for Cryptocurrency
American Express' recent application publication focuses on letting users redeem their reward points for cryptocurrency. Users would register for reward point redemption with cryptocurrency using an authentication process. The system…
Crypto Giant Bitmain Is Setting Up a Miner Matchmaking Service
Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies Ltd. announced that it will launch a new platform to connect crypto miners with data-center facilities. Called the World Digital Mining Map, it will serve as a portal for miners to advertise their…
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