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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/50 (2022.05);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for offline management of blockchain nodes are disclosed. A method performed by a first blockchain node may comprise transmitting, to at least a second blockchain node, a first message that includes information indicating a status of the first blockchain node and a value indicating a time at which the first block chain node will go offline; receiving, from the second blockchain node, a second message that includes information indicating a blockchain proxy node being selected for the first blockchain node; and transitioning to an offline status at the time indicated by the value.