# US 2019/0172023 A1 · Blockchain Probation

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- Number: US 2019/0172023 A1
- Document ID: US20190172023A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/996,436
- Filed: 2018-06-02
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-02
- Inventors: Ross Brandborg
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172023A1

## CPC

- G06Q 20/065: {using e-cash}
- G06Q 20/22: Payment schemes or models
- G06Q 20/381: {Currency conversion}
- G06Q 20/401: {Transaction verification}
- H04L 9/0618: {Block ciphers, i.e. encrypting groups of characters of a plain text message using fixed encryption transformation}
- G06Q 50/26: Government or public services (business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40)
- G06Q 2220/00: Business processing using cryptography
- H04L 9/50: {using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees}
- H04L 2209/56: Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
- 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

Probation supervision validation systems and methods are presented. Court ordered probation requirements are monitored through a blockchain with monitoring. The blockchain smart-contract can be considered a chronicle of person's path through probation. These court ordered transactions and the blockchain monitored probation provide a solid foundation for a judiciary based altcoin. A judicial based altcoin cryptocurrency and the natural blockchain and smart-contract probations or court order payments provide a solid foundation for blockchain based crypocurrency.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of probation comprising of implementing a blockchain to monitor probation.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method of conducting probation as in claim 1 further comprising;
entering the conditions of probation into a smart-contract,
funding the smart-contract on a blockchain with a cryptocurrency.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A method as in claim 2 further comprising;
funding the smart-contract on the blockchain with money previously posted as bail or from the probationer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A method as in claim 2 further comprising;
using results reported from the smart-contract and thus the blockchain to monitor probation.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A method as in claim 4 further comprising;
the smart-contract triggering and automatically paying the probationers fines to the court as probation conditions are met.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A method as in claim 4 further comprising;
the court monitoring the fine payments as a way of monitoring that probation conditions are met.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

A method of conducting probation as in claim 2 further comprising;
funding the smart-contract with a proprietary cryptocurrency specific to blockchain probation.

### Claim 8

A method of creating proprietary altcoin cryptocurrency with blockchain infrastructure specifically tied to payments through or to a judiciary system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A method of monitoring probation as in claim 1 further comprising;
the court assigning the sentence and or probation to a private company which then uses a blockchain to monitor the probationer.

### Claim 10

A method of the courts or judicial system of monitoring any litigants through a blockchain.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

A method as in claim 10 further comprising;
the judiciary using a blockchain to monitor payments.