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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Keir Finlow-bates, Kangasala, FI;
Keir Finlow-Bates, Kangasala, FI;
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for location sharing, consisting of sending a location report by a location determining device to a plurality of network enabled devices over a peer-to-peer network, the location determining device being associated with a first digital key pair. A first of the plurality of network enabled devices, associated with a second digital key pair, performs a validation computation on the location report and submits a validation computation result and the location report to a remainder of the plurality of network enabled devices for inclusion in a shared ledger. Including the location report creates commercially-valued credits associated with the public key of the second digital key pair recorded in the shared ledger. A transfer of commercially-valued credits from association with the first public key of the first digital key pair to the public key of the second digital key pair is also recorded in the shared ledger.