AT & T could create a blockchain-based mapping system of citizens' social media history

AT & T could create a system for mapping the history of people's social media

The telecommunications giant AT & T he recently filed a blockchain patent to create a social media history map. The patent it was published a few days ago by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent is titled Based Social Media HIstory Maps and shows a system that tracks the history of people's social media.

This patent application shows that the system could be used for many different purposes. This includes creating information or sharing between virtual communities or networks. Furthermore, it may be possible to track trends or specific behaviors of other users.

This could be very useful for companies that work in e-commerce, marketing and targeted advertising. At the same time, the patent application could also be used by employers to find people interested in a specific field. Companies could also learn what people are talking about on different platforms about them.

The document reads as follows:

"The social media history mapping platforms described here can take advantage of the immutable and permanent nature of blockchain records to store and provide access to data representing online transactions that occur across multiple social media applications."

The owner of the social media account will retain ownership of their online transaction data. Moreover, what passes from the owner of the social media account to the users of the map service is a notion of high visibility rights.

For example, it may be possible for some tweets or posts on other social media platforms to stay there even when they have been deleted from the social media platform.

The filing also shows that it may be possible to monitor purchasing behavior and online behavior in general. This is something that raises some privacy issues among the community. Clearly, companies would like to have access to this information, but users and people may not be interested in sharing this information with other companies or platforms. However, it may be possible for marketers to pay for access to it and users may opt-in to be monitored.

Self AT & T this patent is awarded, it will show how blockchain technology could work in different sectors and areas rather than just in the financial world to process transactions.