Wireless Network Services Operating with Blockchain Technology
AssigneeCrossover Capital
InventorDean Gardner
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods pertaining to wireless network technology. More particularly, an embodiment of the invention relates to systems and methods that employ wireless communication units and wireless base stations to provide Internet access and other communication services in exchange for an expenditure of a cryptocurrency. A related blockchain network may include mining computers that have been adapted to include specialized hardware dedicated to performing financial calculations related to cryptocurrency.
Claims16
A distributed wireless network, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless communication units, each communication unit having:
- a processor:
- a memory having a cryptocurrency bank;
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- an adaptive antenna array capable of using a non-line-of-sight propagation channel;
- a plurality of wireless base stations, each wireless base station having:
- a processor;
- an adaptive antenna array capable of using a non-line-of-sight propagation channel, wherein the adaptive antenna array and an adaptive antenna array of, a wireless communication unit of the plurality of wireless communication units form at least one communication link;
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- an Internet communication switch;
- a blockchain network, comprising a plurality of interlinked network mining computers, each network mining computer having:
- an account ledger in a memory having an entry corresponding to the cryptocurrency bank,
- wherein the processor in a communication unit of the plurality of communication units sends an Internet access request to a wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations via the adaptive antenna array, wherein the processor in the wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations sends the Internet access request to the blockchain network wherein each network mining computer receives the Internet access request, decrements the entry corresponding to the cryptocurrency bank, grants Internet access, wherein the blockchain network sends an Internet grant message to the wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations, wherein the wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations sends the Internet grant message to the communication unit of the plurality of communication units, and wherein the processor in the communication unit of the plurality of communication units decrements the cryptocurrency bank by an amount corresponding to the Internet grant message.
The distributed wireless network of claim 6 wherein the adaptive antenna array of the wireless communication unit of the plurality of wireless communication units and the adaptive antenna array of the wireless base station of the plurality of wireless base stations support at least one of fixed, mobile, and IoT services.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.