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US010755241B2

( 12 ) United States Patent                                                                             ( 10) Patent No .: US 10,755,241 B2
      Langschaedel et al.                                                                               (45) Date of Patent :   Aug. 25 , 2020
( 54 ) HOT WALLET FOR HOLDING BITCOIN                                                           ( 56 )                                         References Cited
( 71 ) Applicant: Coinbase , Inc. , San Francisco, CA (US )                                                                   U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
( 72 ) Inventors: Julian Langschaedel , Essen (DE ) ;                                                       2,634,738 A                         4/1953 Fuller et al.
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                  Brian D. Armstrong , Beaverton , OR                                                                                             (Continued )
                  (US ) ; Fred E. Ehrsam , San Francisco ,
                  CA (US )                                                                                             FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
( 73 ) Assignee: Coinbase , Inc. , San Francisco , CA ( US )                                    EP                           2634738                           9/2013
                                                                                                JP                       2007-109002 A                         4/2007
( * ) Notice:      Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this                                 WO                         2014190323 Al                       11/2014
                   patent is extended or adjusted under 35
                   U.S.C. 154 ( b ) by 678 days .                                                                                   OTHER PUBLICATIONS
( 21 ) Appl. No .: 14 /660,418                                                                  Computer Arch ( http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/cs101/
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(22 ) Filed :      Mar. 17 , 2015                                                               file ( Year: 2009 ) . *
                                                                                                                                                  (Continued )
( 65 )                Prior Publication Data
       US 2015/0262176 A1           Sep. 17 , 2015                                             Primary Examiner James D Nigh
                                                                                               Assistant Examiner Margaret M Neubig
                                                                                                ( 74 ) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — Jeffrey Schox ; Diane Lin
              Related U.S. Application Data                                                     (57 )                                            ABSTRACT
( 60 ) Provisional application No. 62/ 099,992 , filed on Jan.                                  A system and method for transaction bitcoin is described .
       5 , 2015 , provisional application No. 62 /086,669, filed                                Bitcoin can be sent to an email address . No miner's fee is
                         (Continued )                                                           paid by a host computer system . Hot wallet functionality is
                                                                                                provided that transfers values of some Bitcoin addresses to
( 51 ) Int. Ci .                                                                                a vault for purposes of security. A private key of a itcoin
       G06Q 20/06                ( 2012.01 )                                                    address of the vault is split and distributed to keep the vault
       G06Q 20/36                ( 2012.01 )                                                    secure . Instant exchange allows for merchants and custom
                         (Continued )                                                           ers to lock in a local currency price . A vault has multiple
(52) U.S. CI.                                                                                   email addresses to authorize a transfer of bitcoin out of the
     CPC           G06Q 20/065 ( 2013.01 ) ; G06Q 20/0658                                       vault. User can opt to have private keys stored in locations
                         ( 2013.01 ) ; G06Q 20/16 ( 2013.01 );                                  that are under their control. A tip button rewards content
                        (Continued )                                                            creators for their efforts. A bitcoin exchange allows for users
                                                                                                to set prices that they are willing to sell or buy bitcoin and
( 58 ) Field of Classification Search                                                           execute such trades .
       USPC                                       705 / 50-79
       See application file for complete search history .                                                                    8 Claims , 76 Drawing Sheets
                                                                                                                                                     Wallet 42A

                                                  Vault 64A                                                                                         Bitcoin Addr
                                                                               Intermediate                                                              76
                            Local Storage 56
                            Bitcoin Addr 80A
                               Total Value
                                               Bitcoin Addr 80A
                                                 Private Key
                                                    Value *       Transfermy    Hot Wallet
                                                                                   114                                        Transfer                 Value
                                                                                                                                                    Bitcoin Addr
                                                                                                                                                         78
                               Private Key                                                                             Tran„sfer Wallet 428            Value
                                                                                                                              Bitcoin Addr          Bitcoin Addr
                                                                                                                                   120                  74
                                                                                                                                 Value                 Value

                                                                                              ransfer   Wallet 42C
                                                                                                                              Bitcoin Addr

                                                                                                                                    Value
                                                                                                                                         122
                                                                                                                                                    Bitcoin Addr
                                                                                                                                                         98
                                                                                                                                                       Value
                                                                                                        Bitcoin Addr          Bitcoin Addr
                                                                                                            128                          124
                                                                                                           Value                    Value
                                                                                                        Bitcoin Addr          Bitcoin Addr
                                                                                                            130                          126
                                                                                                           Value                    Value
                                                                                                        Bitcoin Addr
                                                                                                            132
                                                                                                           Value
                                                                                                        Bitcoin Addr
                                                                                                            134
                                                                                                          Value
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