US 12,438,738 B2
Electronic device and method for sharing data using blockchain network
Seungmin Ha, Suwon-si (KR); Kyeongmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Sinae Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Moonkyu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yongjoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Younghwan Ryu, Suwon-si (KR); and Seongryeol Ma, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/138,529.
Application 18/138,529 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/017656, filed on Nov. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0161727 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261886 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/50 (2022.05) [G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
communication circuitry;
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry;
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
generate a public key regarding a first user of the electronic device and a blockchain address;
determine an external electronic device to share data;
transmit, to the external electronic device through the communication circuitry, an invitation message comprising information regarding the public key and the blockchain address;
based on a response message, received from the external electronic device in response to the invitation message, generate a blockchain network comprising the external electronic device as a node; and
store information regarding the blockchain network in an external server.