Patents by Inventor Samuel Howard Blackshear

Samuel Howard Blackshear 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: 20230135473
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for minting a digital collectible are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a request from a user to generate a digital collectible comprising user-created content; validate the user-created content was created by the user; receive a designation of a number of copies of the digital collectible that are to be generated; generate the digital collectible based on the user-created content; and record the digital collectible to a blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Adeniyi Emmanuel Abiodun, Konstantinos Chalkias, Evan Cheng, Samuel Howard Blackshear, Avery Li Kuang Ching
  • Publication number: 20230107198
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Avery Li Kuang Ching, Samuel Howard Blackshear, Benjamin D. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20220269672
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Blackshear, Shaz Qadeer, Todd Michael Nowacki, Dario Russi, Runtian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220188298
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Maurer, Samuel Howard Blackshear
  • Publication number: 20220164338
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Blackshear, Benjamin D. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20220147491
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Samuel Howard Blackshear
  • Publication number: 20220107918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Maurer, Samuel Howard Blackshear
  • Publication number: 20220075756
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Blackshear, Benjamin D. Maurer, Timothy Andrew Kenneth Zakian
  • Patent number: 11249947
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Blackshear, Benjamin D. Maurer, Timothy Andrew Kenneth Zakian
  • Patent number: 11126593
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Hurley, Benjamin D. Maurer, Samuel Howard Blackshear
  • Publication number: 20200394177
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Maurer, Samuel Howard Blackshear
  • Publication number: 20200394648
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Blackshear, Benjamin D. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20200394154
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Blackshear, Benjamin D. Maurer, Timothy Andrew Kenneth Zakian
  • Publication number: 20200394159
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Hurley, Benjamin D. Maurer, Samuel Howard Blackshear
  • Patent number: 10409707
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems for analyzing annotated programming code are detailed. For example, in an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises parsing code to identify a plurality of functions. For each function in the plurality of functions, the method further comprises determining a first annotation associated with the function and determining a second annotation associated with a first sub-function called by the function. The method further comprises generating an error message in an annotation summary for the function in response to determining that the first annotation associated with the function specifies the function as the first code type and the second annotation associated with the first sub-function called by the function specifies the first sub-function as the second code type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Emilien Georges Dubreil, Samuel Howard Blackshear
  • Publication number: 20180081783
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems for analyzing annotated programming code are detailed. For example, in an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises parsing code to identify a plurality of functions. For each function in the plurality of functions, the method further comprises determining a first annotation associated with the function and determining a second annotation associated with a first sub-function called by the function. The method further comprises generating an error message in an annotation summary for the function in response to determining that the first annotation associated with the function specifies the function as the first code type and the second annotation associated with the first sub-function called by the function specifies the first sub-function as the second code type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy Emilien Georges Dubreil, Samuel Howard Blackshear