Patent ID: 11971874
Assignee: SALESFORCE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
performing a data merge operation for a data record persistently stored on the blockchain, wherein the data merge operation comprises:
retrieving the data record in its entirety from the blockchain to retrieve all of a plurality of data elements of the data record;
merging the validated updated values as specified by the transaction for the blockchain into the plurality of data elements of the data record to form a complete data record having the validated updated values embodied therein;
wherein writing the updated values to the blockchain comprises adding the transaction to the single new block on the blockchain by writing the complete data record having the validated updated values embodied therein to the new single block of the blockchain;
wherein the complete data record deprecates all prior versions of the data record stored on the blockchain and does not reference any prior version of the data record stored on the blockchain.