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- Patent Title: Blockchain data
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Application No.: US17748852Application Date: 2022-05-19
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Publication No.: US11900405B2Publication Date: 2024-02-13
- Inventor: Jay Webster , Alexander J. Olson , Tobias Speckbacher , Andreas Binnewies
- Applicant: Valassis Communications, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Livonia
- Assignee: Valassis Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Valassis Communications, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Livonia
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; G06Q30/0207 ; H04L9/30 ; H04L9/08 ; G06Q20/38 ; G06Q20/02 ; G06Q20/06 ; G06Q20/36

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.
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