US Software Company Salesforce Wins Patent for Blockchain Anti-Spam Solution

U.S. software company Salesforce has won a patent to detect spam emails using blockchain technology.

The patent filing was published on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Salesforce, which offer its customers is a cloud-based mailing platform, patented a solution that allows for the detection of whether an initial email was modified while being sent.

The blockchain-driven program could help improve the existing filters that often fail to distinguish between spam and regular emails, such as promo letters.

Although the patent specifically addresses the mailing platform solution, Salesforce notes that blockchain can also solve issues with the authenticity of medical records, educational transcripts, deeds, property rights, and legal documents.

As Cointelegraph previously wrote, email management platform Credo is also trying to tackle spam using blockchain.

Other U.S. companies have been actively filing patents for various blockchain solutions.

International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, is ranked as one of the biggest providers of blockchain-related patent technologies.

IBM has filed a total of 89 blockchain patent by Aug. 31, beaten only by Chinese giant Alibaba with 90 patent applications.

The most recent patent that IBM has filed is set to maintain safe boundaries between augmented reality objects in video games and real-world physical locations.