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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Uri Klarman, Evanston, IL (US);
Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06F 16/1834 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06Q 20/223 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/0838 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 67/1074 (2013.01); H04L 67/1078 (2013.01); H04L 67/1091 (2013.01); H04L 67/1093 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A server in a blockchain distribution network includes a processor and a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor. The transceiver is configured to receive bytes of an encrypted blockchain from a peer node in a peer-to-peer network, where the server is unable to identify a source node that generated the encrypted blockchain based on the received bytes. The transceiver is also configured to propagate the bytes of the encrypted blockchain to one or more additional peer nodes and to one or more additional servers in the blockchain distribution network.