US 12,333,516 B2
Privacy-preserving payments for peer-to-peer networks
Ville Ollikainen, Vihti (FI); Anni Karinsalo, Oulu (FI); Pekka Koskela, Oulu (FI); and Markku Kylänpää, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/216,642.
Prior Publication US 2025/0005552 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G06Q 20/223 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/367 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38215 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3825 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 20/401 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of payment for content provision in a peer-to-peer content provision network, the method comprising:
receiving a request for content;
receiving a digital payment token having a first assignment layer, the digital payment token being generated by digitally signing, with a token service private key, data including a consumer ephemeral public key, and the first assignment layer being added by digitally signing, with a consumer ephemeral private key, data including the digital payment token and a payment service public key, the consumer ephemeral private key corresponding to the consumer ephemeral public key;
in response to receiving the digital payment token from the consumer:
enabling consumer access to at least a portion of the requested content stored on a peer in the peer-to-peer content provision network;
adding a second assignment layer to the digital payment token by digitally signing, with a payment service private key, data including the digital payment token having the first assignment layer and a public key of the peer, the payment service private key corresponding to the payment service public key;
sending, to the peer, the digital payment token with the second assignment layer.