Microsoft had eight patents in blockchain during Q1 2024. Microsoft Corp’s patents in Q1 2024 focus on technologies such as digital tracking tags for data monitoring, generating combined receipts in distributed ledger systems, and utilizing authentication tokens on blockchains for network-based communication sessions. These innovations aim to enhance data control, transaction authentication, and user identification in various network environments. GlobalData’s report on Microsoft gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Microsoft grant share with blockchain as a theme is 25% in Q1 2024. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Data provenance tracking service (Patent ID: US20240070240A1)
The patent filed by Microsoft Corp. describes methods, systems, and devices for tracking user data shared between computing devices using digital tracking tags. These tags are embedded in the data or associated with it as metadata, containing information to identify the data and map actions to events related to the data. The tracking tags include an address of a tracking database where events related to the data transfer can be recorded by participants. The system allows for monitoring and controlling data as it moves between applications and devices.
The patent includes claims detailing a method for tracking user data shared between computing devices, involving sending requests for data copies, extracting identifiers and mappings from tracking tags, determining events and actions based on the tags, and communicating with a tracking database to record events. The claims also cover scenarios where different actions are specified for different devices receiving data copies, the use of unique identifiers in tracking tags, the distribution of the tracking database across multiple devices, and the utilization of blockchain technology for the database. Additionally, the patent describes machine-readable mediums storing instructions for performing the tracking operations and computing devices with processors and memory to execute these operations, emphasizing the importance of tracking data transfers for security and accountability purposes.
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