A new patent filing from telecommunications provider Comcast suggest that the firm is looking at how to store key operational data on a blockchain.
In a new patent application released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 9, the telecom outlined two types databases which would hold its customers’ information. One of these databases, according to the filing, would be based on the distributed blockchain concept.
The blockchain database would hold private and identifying information for customers, and would only be accessible by certain entities. In a bid to boost transparency, the proposed system would maintain a log of every time someone accessed it.
The other database – which would still be on a distributed platform but not explicitly a blockchain – could contain location information for the user data on the other database, acting as a roadmap for entities trying to access the customer data.
As the application explains: […]
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