US 12,231,578 B2
Systems and methods for distributed extensible blockchain structures
Phillip H. Griffin, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/228,126.
Application 18/228,126 is a continuation of application No. 17/494,006, filed on Oct. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,757,655.
Application 17/494,006 is a continuation of application No. 16/247,270, filed on Jan. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,153,097.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/637,315, filed on Mar. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379170 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3247 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/68 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a computing system, comprising:
generating a first block comprising first content;
creating a first hash in the first block, the first hash identifies a second block to which the first block is appended, wherein the first block is created with the first hash or amended to include the first hash;
creating a first pointer in the first block identifying a location of the second block;
signing attributes of the first block and adding a first signature value to the first block;
creating a second hash in the second block identifying the first block;
creating a second pointer in the second block identifying a location of the first block; and
signing attributes of the second block and adding a second signature value to the second block.