Tencent was granted a patent for blockchain-based resource processing.

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  "company": {
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Tencent patented blockchain software for tracking and processing virtual resources across digital transactions.",
    "summary": "Tencent was granted a patent for blockchain-based resource processing.",
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    "patent_title": "Blockchain-based data processing method, device, and readable storage medium",
    "patent_number": "US12748895",
    "uspto_assignee": "Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited",
    "patent_abstract": "A blockchain-based data processing method including: acquiring a resource consumption task including an initiating object address and a target resource identifier; calling, according to the resource consumption task, a resource consumption function, and determining, based on the resource consumption function, a holding object address holding a target virtual resource in the blockchain, the target virtual resource referring to a virtual resource represented by the target resource identifier; consuming, according to the initiating object address and the holding object address, the target virtual resource to obtain a transaction execution result of the resource consumption task; and broadcasting a resource consumption event corresponding to the transaction execution result to a service device corresponding to the initiating object address, so as to make the service device perform, on a target item, service processing associated with the resource consumption event, the target virtual resource being configured for representing ownership of the target item.",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
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