ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,928, issued on June 3, was assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, Switzerland).
"Blockchain-implemented method and system for access control on remote internet-enabled resources" was invented by Stephane Vincent (Luxembourg) and Craig Steven Wright (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a blockchain-implemented control method and corresponding system(s). The invention may control access to an internet-enabled resource such as an IoT device that is provided with computing capabilities enabling it to communicate with other computer-based resources and interact with a distributed ledger such as a blockchain. In one ...