Patents Examined by Dante Ravetti
  • Patent number: 12354163
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to computer systems, methods and program products for non-custodial trading of digital assets on an exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Gemini IP, LLC
    Inventors: Ismail Cem Paya, Jason Alexander Mintz
  • Patent number: 12354089
    Abstract: A request to perform an action related to a smart contract recorded on a public trust ledger external to the database system may be received via a communication interface at a database system. The request may authenticate a designated database system account. A determination may be made as to whether the designated database system account is authorized to perform the action by accessing definition information for a public trust ledger synthetic party identifying a plurality of database system accounts authorized to perform one or more actions related to the smart contract. The database system may communicate with a token exchange to perform the action by executing the smart contract when it is determined that the designated database system account is authorized to perform the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventor: Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan
  • Patent number: 12354092
    Abstract: In some examples, a computer system receives, via a network and from a software module executable on a mobile device coupled to a card reader, security information that includes first security information associated with the card reader and second security information that is based on content of the software module and/or a software environment of the software module. The computer system determines validity of the first security information associated with the card reader based at least on information previously stored in the card reader and also accessible to the computer system. The computer system also determines the validity of the second security information. Based on determining the first and second security information are valid, the computer system sends, to the mobile device, an indication that the computer system has validated the security information, prompting the software module and the card reader to establish a secure communication session with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Max Joseph Guise, Jason Waddle, Dino Dai Zovi
  • Patent number: 12327226
    Abstract: A device may obtain digital signature information relating to a quantity of a type of cryptocurrency, and receive transaction data relating to a credit account, associated with a user, after obtaining the digital signature information. The transaction data may include information identifying a transaction amount. The device may determine, after receiving the transaction data, an amount, of the type of cryptocurrency, that satisfies the transaction amount, perform, using the digital signature information, an action to conduct a sale of a portion of the quantity of the type of cryptocurrency based on determining the amount, and cause proceeds from the sale to be transferred to the credit account as payment for the transaction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Edwards, Adam Vukich
  • Patent number: 12321993
    Abstract: Automated systems and methods for a secure electronic ledger provide a technical solution such that entities referencing the electronic ledger that are associated with a relationship instance can (a) form a consensus that the outcome of the relationship instance is legitimate and (b) determine whether future relationship instances between entities are compliant. An authority entity publishes to the secure electronic ledger data on which digital rules regarding aspects of the relationship instance between a first entity and second entity are based. Entities subscribed to the secure electronic ledger make digitally signed entries in real-time in the secure electronic ledger including data regarding the relationship instance that are visible by all entities associated with the relationship instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Avalara, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Brandon Chan
  • Patent number: 12321930
    Abstract: The invention provides a secure method for exchanging entities via a blockchain. The invention incorporates tokenisation techniques, and also techniques for embedding metadata in a redeem script of a blockchain transaction. Embodiment(s) provide a method of: generating a first script, the first script comprising: a first set of metadata associated with a first invitation for the exchange of a first entity by a first user, the first set of metadata comprising an indication of the first entity to be offered for exchange and a first location condition for the exchange, a first user public key (P1A) associated with the first user, wherein the first user public key (P1A) is part of an asymmetric cryptographic pair comprising the first user public key (P1A) and a first user private key (V1A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: NCHAIN LICENSING AG
    Inventors: Craig Steven Wright, Stephane Savanah
  • Patent number: 12314941
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for performing cryptographic operations. In particular, the system receives identifiers for blockchain operation requests (e.g., bids) for transferring control of a non-fungible token (NFT) from a first blockchain address to a second blockchain address in exchange for payment (e.g., fungible tokens). The system provides visual indications of the blockchain operation requests to a first user device associated with a first cryptography-based storage application (e.g., an address associated with a cryptographic wallet of a user). The system may receive, from the first user device, a command to approve one of the blockchain operation requests and may determine an on-chain program (e.g., smart contract) for transferring the NFT. The system may submit, to the on-chain program, a request to transfer the NFT to the second blockchain address associated with the approved first blockchain operation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Coinbase, Inc.
    Inventors: Varun Varahabhotla, Erick Ho, Shiv Ansal, Andrew Hang, Mansi Prakash
  • Patent number: 12315009
    Abstract: A method for detecting and tracking tainted cryptographic wallets. The method measures a wallet's propensity to engage in criminal or suspicious activity. Naturally, transacting with a criminal is tantamount either to funding crime or laundering its proceeds, so it is in our collective interest to identify—and then monitor or quarantine—any wallet with criminal association. The method also automatically flags risky withdrawal requests in real-time for further review before committing them to the blockchain. In some embodiments, the exchange can quarantine wallets at a certain AddressScore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: DMG BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Glover, Sheldon Bennett, James Stafford-Coyte
  • Patent number: 12314938
    Abstract: A multi-layer cybersecurity system and method for protecting digital wallets holding blockchain-based tokens traded on a financial platform. Specifically, the invention employs random temporal windowing in relation to: (1) reshuffling designated machines running a multi-party computation protocol; and (2) rekeying of private keys held in both hot and cold environments. Furthermore, environmental based signature weighting is applied to the keys. As a result, cold signers can do anything hot signers can but hot signers cannot do what cold signers can such as taking control, recovering control, or reconstitute the holdings of the wallet in real time, if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Franklin Resources
    Inventors: Michael Muir, Igor Natanzon, Anirudh Yadav
  • Patent number: 12296243
    Abstract: A method of golf club fitting comprises providing a fitting system including a computing device that is in communication with a blockchain over a communication network, at least one sensor, and at least one golf club. Further, the method comprises collecting fit data associated with the at least one golf club, generating a non-fungible token including metadata and a digital object, configuring the non-fungible token to include at least one function, minting the non-fungible token to the blockchain network, and triggering the at least one function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael T. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 12288208
    Abstract: The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a virtual integrated circuit card (ICC). In one aspect, a method of creating a virtual ICC may be provided. The method may comprise obtaining executable code configured to run on a user device to facilitate financial transactions, preparing a first encryption key usable by the executable code, receiving a second encryption key associated with the user device, forming a virtual ICC comprising the executable code and the first encryption key, and encrypting the virtual ICC with the second encryption key. In another aspect, a virtual ICC may be embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The virtual ICC may comprise executable code configured to run on a user device to facilitate financial transactions and a first encryption key usable by the executable code. The virtual ICC may be encrypted using a second encryption key associated with the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Fingon LLC
    Inventors: Sergey Ignatchenko, Dmytro Ivanchykhin
  • Patent number: 12288181
    Abstract: A supply chain forecasting system with blockchain controls is discussed. The supply chain forecasting system can include a central computing system communicating with a third party computing system. The central computing system and third party computing system can initiate, adjust, and fulfill smart contracts associated with the delivery of physical objects using blockchain controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Tarun Dasari, Aditya Reddy Cheruku, Anand Banik, Sumanth B. Talasila, Kishore P. Sasthiri, Murthy N. Kolluru
  • Patent number: 12282903
    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include identifying an NFT linked with a first public and private key pair associated with the source account, having a transfer property indicating that the NFT is transferable from the source account, having a value property denominated in fiat currency, and having a volatility metric based on one or more requests to transfer the NFT prior to or concurrently with the request, transferring the NFT from the first public and private key pair to a second public and private key pair linked with the NFT transaction processor and associated with an institution account of the financial institution, generating a third public and private key pair linked with the second customer computing device and associated with the recipient account, and transferring the amount of currency from the second public and private key pair to the third public and private key pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Dennis E. Montenegro
  • Patent number: 12260393
    Abstract: A card having an antenna, one or processors, and memory having stored thereon a first application and a second application configured to receive an input of the card and determine a request associated with the input. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a contactless EuroPay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) data standard, the first application. The first application is configured to communicate, via near field communication (NFC), data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the EMV data standard for payment purposes. The card is further configured to activate, responsive to determining that the request is consistent with a near field communication data exchange format (NDEF) standard, the second application. The second application is configured to communicate, via NFC, data to the communicating device via the antenna based on the NDEF standard for verification/identification purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rule, Kaitlin J. Newman, Wayne David Lutz, Kevin Grant Osborn, Paul Moreton
  • Patent number: 12260412
    Abstract: Systems and methods discussed herein relate to a system for detecting and preventing fraudulent transactions through collecting requests for website access, stored-card trades and sales, and transactions using physical or electronically issued credit, debit, stored-value, and other cards. The fraud detection system not only flags individual transactions, but is also configured to dynamically track and update banned/watch lists associated with request artifacts and cards in order to catch and prevent individual actors as well as BOTs, at least by adjusting the thresholds used to evaluate risk scores and what is placed on the banned/watch lists based upon requests received as well as information from financial institutions, merchants, government agencies, and watchdog groups. The system is also configured to provide information to those groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Ivey, Rajiv Venkataramana Appana, Patrick Ramsey, Theodore Yeh
  • Patent number: 12254471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a decentralized marketplace for patient-generated health data are provided. The systems and methods can store medical records on an interplanetary file system (IPFS) and blockchain, with the ability to encrypt and decrypt data on the IPFS and blockchain. This can securely associate and/or dissociate users from their “owned” property, securely transfer the ownership of records, securely share the records to other users, facilitate payment for nonfungible token (NFT) records, and/or facilitate transfers to aggregators of health records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Hemang Subramanian
  • Patent number: 12248537
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing usage rights with a uniform code. Contract terms for licensing a property, such as a data product, can be represented as combinations of usage rights categories with associated action attributes and provision attributes. These usage rights categories, action attributes, and provision attributes can be encoded to generate a string representing the contract term(s). This string can be leveraged to readily ascertain the usage rights available or desired for a particular property, enabling streamlined management for complex contract terms across numerous properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: VendEx Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Fitzhugh Clements, Michele Irene Kelsey, Anya Milstein
  • Patent number: 12248946
    Abstract: A third party item listing management system useable for validation of third party items to be included on a retailer website is disclosed. The third party item listing management system includes an application programming interface (API) accessible by a plurality of third parties and configured to receive item data. An item management process receives the item data and calls an item validation pipeline which includes a plurality of item validation stages including an item legalization stage. In the item legalization stage, the item data and the identity of the third party are validated against a plurality of item listing rules to determine whether the one or more items are allowed to be offered via the retailer website by the third party. The item listing rules can include a rule preventing the third party from listing an item included in a core item collection offered by the retailer via the retailer website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge A. Trujillo, Andrew Boerema, Dakota Reese Brown
  • Patent number: 12244744
    Abstract: A distributed ledger-based system, method and apparatus for managing tasks. An authorization record proposal is validated by a localized blockchain authorization network against a validated schema published by, in some cases, a core blockchain network. Once validated, it is published on a localized channel for use by other nodes to validate actions of the task as the task is being performed. Data relating to completed tasks may be shared in accordance with sharing information in the validated authorization record and the data may be deleted upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Beyond Aerospace Ltd.
    Inventors: Oliver Michaelis, Mike Ball, Charles Andrew Hugh Baker, Peter Alexander Carides
  • Patent number: 12236419
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for providing instant authentication of a product and enhanced user experience with the product via blockchain technologies. A product verification system uses blockchain technologies to track the supply chain process of each instance (e.g., each copy) of a product. Upon receiving a request for authenticating an item, a code provided with the item is scanned. A token corresponding to an instance of a product is determined based on the code. The product verification system traverses a blockchain to access data associated with the token. The item is authenticated based on the data. Additional content provided by the supply chain and/or the manufacturer of the instance of the product may be presented on a user device in response to authenticating the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Touch Point Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Chen, Jonathan Ko