US 12,231,573 B2
Systems and methods for efficient and secure processing, accessing and transmission of data via a blockchain network
Craig Steven Wright, London (GB); Owen Vaughan, London (GB); Jack Owen Davies, London (GB); and Chloe Ceren Tartan, London (GB)
Assigned to nChain Licensing AG, Zug (CH)
Appl. No. 17/296,953
Filed by nChain Licensing AG, Zug (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/060226
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/110025, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1819284 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2018; application No. 1819286 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2018; application No. 1819290.6 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2018; application No. 1819291 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2018; application No. 1819293 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2018; application No. 1819297 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2018; and application No. 1819299 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0027492 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/3247 (2013.01) [G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38215 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3827 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/0836 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/3033 (2013.01); H04L 9/3073 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/3242 (2013.01); H04L 9/3249 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising the step of:
providing or using a plurality of blockchain transactions in a hierarchy such that a portion of data provided or referenced in at least one further transaction in a lower level of the hierarchy can be accessed or identified by comparison with a cryptographic key used to sign a first transaction in a higher level of the hierarchy.