Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blockchain-based method and system for specifying the recipient of an electronic communication
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Application No.: US16344295Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US11574303B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Gavin Allen , Craig Steven Wright
- Applicant: nChain Holdings AG
- Applicant Address: CH Zug
- Assignee: nChain Holdings AG
- Current Assignee: nChain Holdings AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zug
- Agency: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Priority: GB1617950 20161025,GB1617951 20161025
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/056584 WO 20171024
- International Announcement: WO2018/078520 WO 20180503
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06Q20/38 ; G06Q20/06 ; G06Q20/36 ; H04L9/06 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/40 ; G06Q20/10 ; G06Q20/40 ; G06F21/64 ; H04L9/00

Abstract:
The invention provides a method and corresponding system for controlling a blockchain transaction output and/or specifying the recipient of the output. It also provides a method of controlling and/or generating an electronic communication. The invention is a blockchain-implemented solution, which may or may not be the Bitcoin blockchain. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the method may comprise the step of sending an electronic notification to a notification address which is provided as metadata within an unlocking script of an input of a transaction (Txi) on a blockchain. The unlocking script is provided in order to spend an output from a further transaction (Tx2) on the blockchain. The input of the transaction (Txi) and/or the output of the further transaction (Tx2) may be associated with a tokenised asset represented on, or referenced via, the blockchain. The notification address may be associated with an asset or resource represented on the blockchain, or a controller of an asset or resource represented on the blockchain. The notification address may be a network address, a cryptographic key, a uniform resource locator (URI), email address or any other address or identifier which can be represented in the metadata of a transaction script and used as a destination for an electronic communication.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190273725A1 BLOCKCHAIN-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING THE RECIPIENT OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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