ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,292, issued on July 1, was assigned to DIGITAL CURRENCY INSTITUTE, THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA (Beijing).

"File sharing method, device, and system" was invented by Changchun Mu (Beijing), Gang Di (Beijing), Youcai Qian (Beijing), Sude Qing (Beijing), Qingjie Chen (Beijing) and Jinzhao Du (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method, apparatus and system for sharing files, and mainly relates to the technical field of computers. One specific implementation mode of the method comprises: acquiring files to be shared, and uploading, on a blockchain, formed compressed file packages; generating by calculation a r...