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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.:

US 11341522 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

May. 06, 2021

Blockchain data

Applicant:

Valassis Communications, Inc., Livonia, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jay Webster, Pacifica, CA (US);

Alexander J. Olson, San Carlos, CA (US);

Tobias Speckbacher, San Carlos, CA (US);

Andreas Binnewies, San Carlos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Valassis Communications, Inc., Livonia, MI (US);

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Thuy N Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 20/02 (2013.01); G06Q 20/0655 (2013.01); G06Q 20/36 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); H04L 9/0816 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A coupon-minter is configured to perform operations including: generating a coupon comprising encrypted discount information, wherein the encrypted discount information is encrypted with a discount key; generating, for the coupon, a hashlock from a preimage; introducing the coupon to a blockchain in association with the hashlock, wherein the blockchain is configured to permit claiming of the generated coupon only upon receiving access to the preimage used to generate the hashlock. A store-manager configured to perform operations including: claiming, using the preimage, the coupon in the blockchain; encrypting the discount key with a clearing-house public key; updating the coupon with the encrypted discount key. A clearing-house-manager configured to perform operations comprising: detecting the store-manager's claiming of the coupon; decrypting the encrypted discount key with a clearing-house private key to re-generate the discount key; and decrypting the encrypted discount information with the preimage.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Webster, Jay. (2022). Blockchain data (U.S. Patent No. 11341522). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11341522

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