Patents by Inventor Wenyuan Yan

Wenyuan Yan 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: 11455631
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing transaction requests in ledger systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Wenyuan Yan
  • Patent number: 11455297
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing transaction requests in ledger systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Benquan Yu, Yize Li, Wenyuan Yan, Xinying Yang
  • Patent number: 11271760
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes: transmitting a timestamp request for a to-be-timestamped block in a blockchain to a trust time server by a ledger server in a centralized ledger system that stores data in the blockchain, the trust time server being associated with a trust time authority and independent from the centralized ledger system, the blockchain including a plurality of blocks storing transaction data, receiving a timestamp and associated signature for the to-be-timestamped block from the trust time server by the ledger server, and storing information of the timestamp and the associated signature for the to-be-timestamped block in the blockchain by the ledger server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinying Yang, Benquan Yu, Yuan Zhang, Wenyuan Yan, Yize Li
  • Patent number: 11250428
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing transaction requests in ledger systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Benquan Yu, Yize Li, Wenyuan Yan, Xinying Yang
  • Publication number: 20210334268
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing transaction requests in ledger systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Benquan Yu, Yize Li, Wenyuan Yan, Xinying Yang
  • Publication number: 20210334801
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing transaction requests in ledger systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Benquan Yu, Yize Li, Wenyuan Yan, Xinying Yang
  • Publication number: 20210334802
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing transaction requests in ledger systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Wenyuan Yan
  • Patent number: 11038695
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes: receiving timestamps and associated signatures from an independent trust time server associated with a trust time authority by a centralized ledger server in a centralized ledger system, storing the timestamps and the associated signatures in a centralized trust timestamp blockchain that stores trust timestamp information of the trust time server for the centralized ledger system that stores data in blockchains each including a plurality of blocks, receiving a timestamp request for a block of a blockchain from a ledger server associated with the blockchain by the centralized ledger server, and transmitting a timestamp and associated signature that is stored in the timestamp blockchain and corresponds to the timestamp request to the ledger server by the centralized ledger server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Wenyuan Yan, Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10936734
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a server storing one or more blockchain ledgers, an authorization request from a client, in which the authorization request includes a service end identifier and a user identifier; generating, based on the authorization request, a database authorization instruction corresponding to the authorization request and a ledger identifier corresponding to the authorization request; authorizing a service end corresponding to the service end identifier as a user in a blockchain ledger corresponding to the ledger identifier; configuring a permission value of the user in the blockchain ledger, in which the permission value determines a degree to which the service end can operate the blockchain ledger; and sending authorization information including the user identifier and the ledger identifier to the service end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenyuan Yan, Xinying Yang, Yuan Zhang, Yize Li, Benquan Yu
  • Patent number: 10924288
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes transmitting individual timestamp requests for to-be-timestamped blocks in a blockchain to a trust time server independent from a blockchain-based centralized ledger system that stores data in the blockchain, the blockchain including a plurality of blocks storing transaction data, receiving respective timestamps and associated signatures for the to-be-timestamped blocks from the trust time server, and storing information of the respective timestamps and associated signatures for the to-be-timestamped blocks in respective timestamped blocks in the blockchain, any adjacent two of the timestamped blocks in the blockchain being anchored with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenyuan Yan, Yuan Zhang, Xinying Yang, Benquan Yu, Yize Li
  • Patent number: 10904017
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes transmitting a timestamp request for a to-be-timestamped block of a blockchain at a time point to a trust time server by a ledger server in a blockchain-based centralized ledger system that stores data in the blockchain, the trust time server being associated with a trust time authority and independent from the blockchain-based centralized ledger system, the blockchain including a plurality of blocks storing transaction data, and disregarding the timestamp request in response to determining that a predetermined time period has lapsed after the time point and that there has been no reply to the timestamp request from the trust time server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yize Li, Yuan Zhang, Wenyuan Yan, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang
  • Patent number: 10904013
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes: receiving timestamps and associated signatures from an independent trust time server associated with a trust time authority by a centralized ledger server in a centralized ledger system, storing the timestamps and the associated signatures in a centralized trust timestamp blockchain that stores trust timestamp information of the trust time server for the centralized ledger system that stores data in blockchains each including a plurality of blocks, receiving a timestamp request for a block of a blockchain from a ledger server associated with the blockchain by the centralized ledger server, and transmitting a timestamp and associated signature that is stored in the timestamp blockchain and corresponds to the timestamp request to the ledger server by the centralized ledger server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Wenyuan Yan, Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10880105
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Yuan Zhang, Wenyuan Yan
  • Publication number: 20200364356
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a server storing one or more blockchain ledgers, an authorization request from a client, in which the authorization request includes a service end identifier and a user identifier; generating, based on the authorization request, a database authorization instruction corresponding to the authorization request and a ledger identifier corresponding to the authorization request; authorizing a service end corresponding to the service end identifier as a user in a blockchain ledger corresponding to the ledger identifier; configuring a permission value of the user in the blockchain ledger, in which the permission value determines a degree to which the service end can operate the blockchain ledger; and sending authorization information including the user identifier and the ledger identifier to the service end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Wenyuan Yan, Xinying Yang, Yuan Zhang, Yize Li, Benquan Yu
  • Publication number: 20200366500
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes: receiving timestamps and associated signatures from an independent trust time server associated with a trust time authority by a centralized ledger server in a centralized ledger system, storing the timestamps and the associated signatures in a centralized trust timestamp blockchain that stores trust timestamp information of the trust time server for the centralized ledger system that stores data in blockchains each including a plurality of blocks, receiving a timestamp request for a block of a blockchain from a ledger server associated with the blockchain by the centralized ledger server, and transmitting a timestamp and associated signature that is stored in the timestamp blockchain and corresponds to the timestamp request to the ledger server by the centralized ledger server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Wenyuan Yan, Yuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200366499
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes: receiving timestamps and associated signatures from an independent trust time server associated with a trust time authority by a centralized ledger server in a centralized ledger system, storing the timestamps and the associated signatures in a centralized trust timestamp blockchain that stores trust timestamp information of the trust time server for the centralized ledger system that stores data in blockchains each including a plurality of blocks, receiving a timestamp request for a block of a blockchain from a ledger server associated with the blockchain by the centralized ledger server, and transmitting a timestamp and associated signature that is stored in the timestamp blockchain and corresponds to the timestamp request to the ledger server by the centralized ledger server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Wenyuan Yan, Yuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200344078
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes transmitting a timestamp request for a to-be-timestamped block of a blockchain at a time point to a trust time server by a ledger server in a blockchain-based centralized ledger system that stores data in the blockchain, the trust time server being associated with a trust time authority and independent from the blockchain-based centralized ledger system, the blockchain including a plurality of blocks storing transaction data, and disregarding the timestamp request in response to determining that a predetermined time period has lapsed after the time point and that there has been no reply to the timestamp request from the trust time server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Yize Li, Yuan Zhang, Wenyuan Yan, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang
  • Publication number: 20200344068
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes transmitting individual timestamp requests for to-be-timestamped blocks in a blockchain to a trust time server independent from a blockchain-based centralized ledger system that stores data in the blockchain, the blockchain including a plurality of blocks storing transaction data, receiving respective timestamps and associated signatures for the to-be-timestamped blocks from the trust time server, and storing information of the respective timestamps and associated signatures for the to-be-timestamped blocks in respective timestamped blocks in the blockchain, any adjacent two of the timestamped blocks in the blockchain being anchored with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Wenyuan Yan, Yuan Zhang, Xinying Yang, Benquan Yu, Yize Li
  • Patent number: 10790988
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing blockchain-based centralized ledger systems. One of the methods includes: receiving timestamps and associated signatures from an independent trust time server associated with a trust time authority by a centralized ledger server in a centralized ledger system, storing the timestamps and the associated signatures in a centralized trust timestamp blockchain that stores trust timestamp information of the trust time server for the centralized ledger system that stores data in blockchains each including a plurality of blocks, receiving a timestamp request for a block of a blockchain from a ledger server associated with the blockchain by the centralized ledger server, and transmitting a timestamp and associated signature that is stored in the timestamp blockchain and corresponds to the timestamp request to the ledger server by the centralized ledger server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yize Li, Benquan Yu, Xinying Yang, Wenyuan Yan, Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10789376
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a server storing one or more blockchain ledgers, an authorization request from a client, in which the authorization request includes a service end identifier and a user identifier; generating, based on the authorization request, a database authorization instruction corresponding to the authorization request and a ledger identifier corresponding to the authorization request; authorizing a service end corresponding to the service end identifier as a user in a blockchain ledger corresponding to the ledger identifier; configuring a permission value of the user in the blockchain ledger, in which the permission value determines a degree to which the service end can operate the blockchain ledger; and sending authorization information including the user identifier and the ledger identifier to the service end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Wenyuan Yan, Xinying Yang, Yuan Zhang, Yize Li, Benquan Yu