US Patent Issued to American Express Travel Related Services on Oct. 6 for "Blockchain-based threat intelligence" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,005, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. (New York).

"Blockchain-based threat intelligence" was invented by Shankar Djeyassilane (Markham, Canada) and Hiranmayi Palanki (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for providing blockchain-based threat intelligence. First, a computer determines that a request for a remedial action has been recorded to a blockchain by a smart contract. Then, the computer evaluates the request for the remedial action to determine the remedial action to be performed. Subsequently, the computer causes the remedial action to be...