US 11,113,241 B1 · Computer application for blockchaining files through a graphical user interface

Abstract

The present specification discloses a blockchain computer application. This blockchain computer application includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that supports the organization and blockchaining of files to a blockchain. This GUI includes a virtual blockchain organizational tool onto which users can drag and drop files and organize them into various virtual blockchain blocks without permanently attaching those files to an actual blockchain until the virtual blockchain is converted to an actual blockchain. The conversion process preserves the organizational structure of the files set within the virtual blockchain. Files may also be automatically blockchained to a specific blockchain by dragging them and dropping them onto a blockchain application desktop icon. Files may also be automatically blockchained to specific blockchains by dragging them and dropping them onto a blockchain icon within the GUI where each blockchain icon is directly associated with a separate blockchain.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer medium containing instructions for a method of creating blockchains that have files as data using a computer application, comprising:

displaying one or more virtual blockchain blocks on a Graphical User Interface (GUI);
applying rules to the one or more virtual blockchain blocks that prevent files from being associated to specified virtual blockchain blocks based on file criteria;
associating files with the one or more virtual blockchain blocks through selecting a file from a file manager and identifying one of several virtual blockchain blocks to which the selected file is to be associated with through the use of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) pointing device and then adding metadata identifying the selected file to the one identified virtual blockchain block;
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converting the one identified virtual blockchain block to an actual new blockchain block added to a blockchain by accessing the selected file using the metadata from the one identified virtual blockchain block and creating a blockchain hash based on the selected file and a previous blockchain block, wherein the actual new blockchain block includes the blockchain hash and the selected file as data.

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Computer application for blockchaining files through a graphical user interface

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Computer application for blockchaining files through a graphical user interface

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Abstract

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