Salesforce has filled and won a patent that will allow the software giant to use blockchain technology to track emails and detect if an email has been modified from its original version. The technology also be used to store and filter promotional and spam content.
Source: USPTO
In a patent filled with
USPTO titled “Secured event monitoring leveraging blockchain” has the following abstract:
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for a monitor security process is provided. The present invention may include configuring monitors in a chain configuration by configuring a network address of a primary monitor to a backup monitor. The present invention may include configuring a sensor to communicate with the monitors. The present invention may include receiving a first set of information from the sensor to a primary and backup monitor and broadcasting the information to a plurality of monitors and logging the information. The present invention may include receiving a second set of information from the chain of monitors. The present invention may include determining the information conflicts and marking a temporary log within the plurality of temporary logs as conflicting. The present invention may include determining a conflicting threshold has been exceeded, generating and executing an audit and recovery plan that isolates the affected monitor.
Email spam is one of the fastest growing cyber attacks in recent days and Salesforce plans to use blockchain technology to track and fight email spam.