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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Lars Johnson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Hans Fischmann, Wellesley, MA (US);
Cristina Serban, Middletown, NJ (US);
Jennifer Morovitz, Ballwin, MO (US);
Paul Giura, Cohoes, NY (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, that includes a processing system including a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations including: creating an initial block in a blockchain, wherein the initial block includes first information describing an advertisement spot generated by a viewer device; adding second information to the initial block that identifies a purchaser of the advertisement spot; calculating a cryptographic hash for the initial block; and sending a copy of the cryptographic hash to a network element of a communications network, wherein the network element records the copy of the cryptographic hash in a hash ledger. Other embodiments are disclosed.