Patents by Inventor Daniel Robert Ferrin

Daniel Robert Ferrin 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the limitation of the mining of blocks on a block chain
    Patent number: 10187214
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described wherein a block chain or block chain network can be created and the mining of new blocks can be limited to certain actors holding a specific set of private keys and verified by the corresponding public keys accessible to consumers interested in validating the block chain. These keys are stored in software or on specific hardware devices designed to not reveal the private key. Only blocks mined using those keys are acceptable on the block chain. The signing of the blocks in the particular block chain is integrated in such a fashion as to be integral to the proof of work for the block chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Robert Ferrin
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE LIMITATION OF THE MINING OF BLOCKS ON A BLOCK CHAIN
    Publication number: 20180205558
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described wherein a block chain or block chain network can be created and the mining of new blocks can be limited to certain actors holding a specific set of private keys and verified by the corresponding public keys accessible to consumers interested in validating the block chain. These keys are stored in software or on specific hardware devices designed to not reveal the private key. Only blocks mined using those keys are acceptable on the block chain. The signing of the blocks in the particular block chain is integrated in such a fashion as to be integral to the proof of work for the block chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel Robert Ferrin
  • Method and apparatus for the limitation of the mining of blocks on a block chain
    Patent number: 9973341
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described wherein a block chain or block chain network can be created and the mining of new blocks can be limited to certain actors holding a specific set of private keys and verified by the corresponding public keys accessible to consumers interested in validating the block chain. These keys are stored in software or on specific hardware devices designed to not reveal the private key. Only blocks mined using those keys are acceptable on the block chain. The signing of the blocks in the particular block chain is integrated in such a fashion as to be integral to the proof of work for the block chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel Robert Ferrin
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE LIMITATION OF THE MINING OF BLOCKS ON A BLOCK CHAIN
    Publication number: 20160218879
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described wherein a block chain or block chain network can be created and the mining of new blocks can be limited to certain actors holding a specific set of private keys and verified by the corresponding public keys accessible to consumers interested in validating the block chain. These keys are stored in software or on specific hardware devices designed to not reveal the private key. Only blocks mined using those keys are acceptable on the block chain. The signing of the blocks in the particular block chain is integrated in such a fashion as to be integral to the proof of work for the block chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Daniel Robert Ferrin