Patents by Inventor Alex Coventry

Alex Coventry 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).

  • Publication number: 20260111886
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for cross-chain interoperability protocol privacy are disclosed for privately transferring cross-chain transactions from a source chain to a destination chain. Transfer of information and/or assets between blockchains is encrypted and decrypted, leading to improved functionality and privacy for each respective chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Applicant: SmartContract Chainlink Limited SEZC
    Inventors: Gregory Neven, Alex Coventry
  • Patent number: 12494909
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a randomness function to a smart contact on a decentralized network. An oracle receives a request for at least one random value to be supplied to a smart contract executing on a decentralized network, the request including a seed. The oracle generates the at least one random value based on the seed, and a secret key associated with the oracle, wherein the oracle is identified on the decentralized network by a public key associated with the secret key. The oracle generates a cryptographic proof based on the at least one random value and the public key and sends the at least one random value and the cryptographic proof to the decentralized network, whereby the proof, and thus the randomness of the at least one random value, can be verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: SmartContract Chainlink Limited SEZC
    Inventors: Sergey Nazarov, Alex Coventry, Ari Juels
  • Patent number: 12401532
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a randomness function to a smart contact on a decentralized network. A decentralized oracle network receives a request for at least one random value to be supplied to a smart contract executing on a decentralized network, the request including a seed. The oracle network generates the at least one random value based reports from a verified quorum of oracle nodes of the oracle network. The oracle network broadcasts a report including a randomness function to the smart contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: SmartContract Chainlink Limited SEZC
    Inventors: Alex Coventry, Lorenz Breidenbach, Christian Cachin
  • Patent number: 12074853
    Abstract: A system and method in which a network of offchain oracle nodes are used to provide dynamic information to consuming smart contracts in a decentralized computing environment. The off-chain oracle network and a corresponding protocol reduces the likelihood of damage from rogue oracles acting in concert. Periodically, the oracle nodes, jointly and in concert, run the protocol to sign a report containing observations from many of the oracles in the network. The report is transmitted to a smart contract C running on a DLT. The smart contract C can validate the report, pay each oracle node that contributed an observation to the report and expose the median, or other calculated value, of the reported values to the on-chain consuming smart contracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SmartContract Chainlink Limited SEZC
    Inventors: Lorenz Breidenbach, Alex Coventry, Ari Juels, Christian Cachin
  • Patent number: 12062037
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for implementing a secure state machine implemented as computer logic in a networked computing environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate a public key/private key pair for each of multiple participants respectively; provide a switch parameter for the state machine; specify time parameters for reporting, by an offchain oracle, the value of the switch parameter; and specify terms for reporting, by the offchain oracle, the value of the switch parameter to executable logic recorded on the distributed ledger. The executable logic making payment to pseudonymous wallet addresses associated with the keys in response to a value of the switch parameter received from the off-chain oracle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SmartContract Chainlink Limited SEZC
    Inventors: Alex Coventry, Steve Ellis, Ari Juels, Sergey Nazarov, Lorenz Breidenbach