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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ajith Thekadath, Foster City, CA (US);
Suman Mukherjee, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/3221 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network topology is provided that includes multiple data centers for building blockchain blocks. The data centers can process different subgroups of blocks, and then send updates to one another with information about new blocks. Additionally, some data centers may protect sensitive block body information, and instead may only share block headers.