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- Patent Title: Utilizing blockchains to implement named data networking
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Application No.: US16774962Application Date: 2020-01-28
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Publication No.: US11297069B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Kevin M. McBride , Stephen Opferman , Steven M. Casey , William O'Brien, Jr.
- Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F16/27 ; H04L9/06 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L61/4511 ; H04L67/568 ; G06F16/23

Abstract:
Novel tools and techniques are provided for utilizing blockchain to implement named data networking. In various embodiments, a computing system might determine whether a cache that is communicatively coupled to the computing system contains data that is responsive to a first request received from a user. If so, the computing system might retrieve and send (to the client device) data that is responsive to the received first request. If not, the computing system might send, to a blockchain system, a second request for identifying a blockchain containing a block containing data responsive to the received first request. In response to identifying such a blockchain, the computing system might receive a copy of the identified blockchain; might abstract, from the identified blockchain, the block containing the data responsive to the received first request; might abstract the data from the identified block; and might send the data to the client device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200252220A1 Utilizing Blockchains to Implement Named Data Networking Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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