ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,453, issued on March 18, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Access controls for a decentralized network" was invented by Emily Chiu (San Francisco) and Daniel Buchner (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decentralized node may generate a network of decentralized nodes individually configured to store, receive, and transmit data based on rules associated with the decentralized nodes. A decentralized node may associate a decentralized identity of an entity with a select decentralized node of the decentralized nodes. A decentralized node may present a user interface including one or more access controls at a...