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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Xinying Yang, Hangzhou, CN;

Benquan Yu, Hangzhou, CN;

Yuan Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;

Wenyuan Yan, Hangzhou, CN;

Yize Li, Hangzhou, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01);
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.


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