# US 12,010,541 B2 · System and method for cryptocurrency incentives in a global distributed crowdsourced spectrum monitoring network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,541 B2 - Document ID: US12010541B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/553,876 - Filed: 2021-12-17 - Published: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-18 - Assignees: ThinkRF Corporation - Applicants: ThinkRF Corporation - Inventors: Nikhil Adnani - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010541B2 ## CPC - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - G06Q 30/0207: Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates - H04L 9/3239: {involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD} - H04L 9/50: {using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees} - H04L 63/123: {received data contents, e.g. message integrity} - H04W 12/106: Packet or message integrity - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system and method for crowdsourcing monitoring RF spectrum in a global distributed and decentralized radio-miner system architecture is provided. A system and method comprising a cloud network comprising a plurality of clients and a plurality of radio-miners. An analog consensus mechanism that is rooted in analog capability and performance. The plurality of radio-miners demonstrating one or more technological requirements associated with one or more monitoring tasks provided by the plurality of clients. The consensus mechanism dependent on real-time analysis of over-the-air (OTA) RF signals performed by the plurality of radio-miners and the plurality of radio-miners adding to a blockchain once one or more radio parameters from the plurality of radio-miners are validated by geographically spread radio miners. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A global distributed and decentralized radio-miner system architecture for monitoring RF spectrum, comprising: a cloud network comprising a plurality of clients and a plurality of radio-miners; an analog consensus mechanism that is rooted in analog capability and performance; said plurality of radio-miners demonstrating one or more technological requirements associated with one or more monitoring tasks provided by said plurality of clients; said consensus mechanism dependent on real-time analysis of over-the-air (OTA) RF signals performed by said plurality of radio-miners; and said plurality of radio-miners adding to a blockchain once one or more radio parameters from said plurality of radio-miners are validated by geographically spread radio miners. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 1, wherein said one or more radio parameters comprise one or more of tune speed, sensitivity and dynamic range. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 1, wherein said real-time analysis of over-the-air (OTA) RF signals is from the group comprising one or more of sensitivity, location, frequency range, GNSS coordinates, demodulation of a known pilot waveform, one or more signal transmissions from said geographically spread radio miners and validation of one or more radio-miner locations. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 1, wherein said plurality of radio-miners are built using software-defined radio. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 1, wherein said analog consensus mechanism is validated in said cloud or in one or more geographically spread nodes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 1, wherein said analog consensus mechanism is a Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus mechanism. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 1, further comprising an incentive system that rewards an ability of said plurality of radio-miners to process signals based on client requirements. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 7, wherein said rewards are cryptocurrency. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 7, wherein the ability of said plurality of radio-miners to process signals includes capturing and analyzing of RF spectrum. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The radio-miner system architecture of claim 1, further comprising said analog consensus mechanism utilizing measures such as correlation and comparison against known databases or validating a known beacon transmission from a node to provide a level of confidence that can be accepted or rejected. ### Claim 11 A method for crowdsourcing monitoring RF spectrum in a global distributed and decentralized radio-miner system architecture, comprising: connecting, by a cloud network, a plurality of clients and a plurality of radio-miners; demonstrating, by one or more from said plurality of radio-miners, one or more technological requirements associated with one or more monitoring tasks to one or more geographically spread radio miners from said plurality of radio-miners; performing, based on an analog consensus mechanism that is rooted in analog capability and performance, real-time analysis of over-the-air (OTA) RF signals by said one or more radio-miners; validating, by geographically spread radio miners, one or more radio parameters from said one or more radio-miners; adding to a blockchain, by said one or more radio-miners, once said plurality of radio-miners are validated by said geographically spread radio miners; and rewarding said one or more radio-miners for processing signals based on requirements from said plurality of clients. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said one or more radio parameters comprise one or more of tune speed, sensitivity and dynamic range. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said real-time analysis of over-the-air (OTA) RF signals is from the group comprising one or more of sensitivity, location, frequency range, GNSS coordinates, demodulation of a known pilot waveform, one or more signal transmissions from said geographically spread radio miners and validation of one or more radio-miner locations. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said plurality of radio-miners are built using software-defined radio. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said analog consensus mechanism is validated in said cloud or in one or more geographically spread nodes. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said analog consensus mechanism is a Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus mechanism. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising incentivizing an ability of said plurality of radio-miners to process signals based on client requirements via one or more rewards. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said one or more rewards is a cryptocurrency. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the ability of said plurality of radio-miners to process signals includes capturing and analyzing of RF spectrum. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising utilizing measures, such as correlation and comparison against known databases or validating a known beacon transmission from a node to provide a level of confidence that can be accepted or rejected, via said analog consensus mechanism.