ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,549, issued on March 24.
"Information security using blockchain technology" was invented by Kevin Tobin (Avon, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Blockchain technology is used to provide security of electronic systems. The disclosed technology allows for a dynamic bond of trust to be applied to the field of information security without the need for a single point of trust to first be established. The lines of trust between electronic systems or devices is established by distributing information among the systems or devices. This allows for easy identification of commonalities and/or decision making whereby policy(s)/action(s)/moni...