Tencent receives patent for blockchain-based missing persons poster
2022.08.23 08:53
Tencent receives patent for blockchain-based missing persons poster
According to local news outlet 36kr.com, Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent recently received a novel patent for a blockchain-based missing person’s poster. The patent took nearly three years to be awarded from the date of its first submission in December 2019.
The patent consists of a data generation request upon user submission that a person has gone missing. The proposal is then unveiled publicly on the blockchain for verification. Once a consensus has been reached regarding the request, it is then stored in the public ledger and forwarded to nodes for broadcasting to a wider audience. Tencent said in the patent application that the design seeks to improve the efficiency of looking for missing persons.
