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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. 07, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Mutualink, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);

Inventor:

Joseph R. Mazzarella, Tolland, CT (US);

Assignee:

MUTUALINK, INC., Wallingford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05);
Abstract

A communication method and a method for operating the communication network are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a network identifier (NI) for a first member of the communication network, where the first member is un-validated and associated with a first user; obtaining a vote value regarding the first user from a second user of a second member in the communication network, where the second member is validated; generating a trust score for the NI based on the vote value; and validating the first member, in response to the trust score satisfying a trust score threshold, by inserting a first validated member identity hash block (MIHB) based on the NI into a master blockchain ledger for the communication network.


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