Inventor
HIGGINS STEPHEN
IE17 patents
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MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC
13 patentsUS11900367B2Feb 13, 2024
Method and system for enabling traceable privacy-maintaining multi-hop offline transactions in digital currencies
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC2 citations71
US12443946B2Oct 14, 2025
Method and system for enabling traceable privacy-maintaining multi-hop offline transactions in digital currencies
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US12437296B2Oct 7, 2025
Method and system for secure and verifiable offline blockchain transactions
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US12430322B2Sep 30, 2025
Method and system for pruning blocks from a blockchain
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US12282915B2Apr 22, 2025
Method and system for anonymous directed blockchain transaction
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US12056053B2Aug 6, 2024
Method and system for establishing a distributed network without a centralized directory
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US11978045B2May 7, 2024
Method and system for anonymous directed blockchain transaction
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US11947522B2Apr 2, 2024
Method and system for pruning blocks from blockchains for data retention and storage scalability purposes
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US11650921B2May 16, 2023
Method and system for establishing a distributed network without a centralized directory
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations61
US11373179B2Jun 28, 2022
Method and system for secure and verifiable offline blockchain transactions
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC1 citations61
US12039533B2Jul 16, 2024
Method and system for net settlement by use of cryptographic promissory notes issued on a blockchain
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations50
US12034861B2Jul 9, 2024
Method and system of storing smart contract events
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations43
US11128538B2Sep 21, 2021
Method and system for an interactive, tangible system for visualizing, designing and debugging distributed software applications
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC0 citations41