Patents by Inventor Alexander Fletcher

Alexander Fletcher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11979499
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides protocols, methods and systems which provides advantages such as the resistance of centralisation of mining on a blockchain network, preferably a Proof-of-Work blockchain. A method in accordance with an embodiment may comprise generating a plurality of non-parallelisable challenges (or “puzzles”) and allocating one of said plurality of challenges to each miner on the network. The miner uses an inherently sequential (non-parallelisable) algorithm to find a solution to his allocated challenge. The challenges are generated by a committee of nodes, and a new set of challenges is generated for each block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: nChain Licensing AG
    Inventors: Craig Steven Wright, John Fletcher, Alexander Tennyson MacKay
  • Patent number: 10121162
    Abstract: The invention provides for tracking and rewarding commuters according to their contribution to unclogging roads by opting for alternative Transport forms and improving their health and the health of the environment. In particular, the invention relates to commuters who travel under human power to and from their place of work and who sign up as subscribers to a managed system that tracks their travel events, compares data gathered about the event with other events and determines whether or not the event qualifies as a commute, in which case an account of the user is credited. When the accumulated credit in the account reaches a threshold amount, the user qualifies for receiving a reward such as by means of a value token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Fletcher, Alexander Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20160232550
    Abstract: The invention provides for tracking and rewarding commuters according to their contribution to unclogging roads by opting for alternative Transport forms and improving their health and the health of the environment. In particular, the invention relates to commuters who travel under human power to and from their place of work and who sign up as subscribers to a managed system that tracks their travel events, compares data gathered about the event with other events and determines whether or not the event qualifies as a commute, in which case an account of the user is credited. When the accumulated credit in the account reaches a threshold amount, the user qualifies for receiving a reward such as by means of a value token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Fletcher, Alexander Fletcher
  • Patent number: 9390431
    Abstract: This invention provides for tracking and rewarding commuters according to their contribution to unclogging roads by opting for alternative transport forms and improving their health and the health of the environment. In particular, the invention relates to commuters who travel under human power to and from their place of work and who sign up as subscribers to a managed system that tracks their travel events, compares data gathered about the event with other events and determines whether or not the event qualifies as a commute, in which case an account of the user is credited. When the accumulated credit in the account reaches a threshold amount, the user qualifies for receiving a reward such as by means of a value token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Fletcher, Alexander Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20150206166
    Abstract: This invention provides for tracking and rewarding commuters according to their contribution to unclogging roads by opting for alternative transport forms and improving their health and the health of the environment. In particular, the invention relates to commuters who travel under human power to and from their place of work and who sign up as subscribers to a managed system that tracks their travel events, compares data gathered about the event with other events and determines whether or not the event qualifies as a commute, in which case an account of the user is credited. When the accumulated credit in the account reaches a threshold amount, the user qualifies for receiving a reward such as by means of a value token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: FREEWHEELER PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Paul Fletcher, Alexander Fletcher